WHY BNW?

From the beginning of photography, light was the essential and key part in creating a virtual drawing of what was represented in front of the lens, without it, imagery is impossible. Through the early to mid 20th century, all images were of BNW. Until around the 50’s when colour film was invented, Ernst Haas being one of the first to pioneer and endure colour photography, even though at the time, it was frowned upon. So now, nearly a century later, why still shoot BNW when we have progressed to colour? Well it’s quite simple… It’s just magical. Seeing the world in monochrome is fantasy like. Our world is full of vivid colours, when all colour is gone and we focus on light, it’s like we are in a whole new world. We are also then concentrated on emotion, light and texture, rather than an attractive dress, sunset or vivid reflection. Bnw offers so much more than colour does, as strange as that may sound. The world already consists of colour, isn’t it boring to replicate what we already see? Instead of create a new realm in the monochromatic world that takes all distractions away and focuses on the emotion and story of the scene and subject? The photography i like to portray is focused on the untold and unseen stories and emotions that are misunderstood or completely missed in society, when i view this in bnw, nothing else BUT that matters…