“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!”― Ted Grant
“Quando fotografi le persone a colori, fotografi i loro vestiti. Ma quando fotografi persone in bianco e nero, fotografi le loro anime” —-Ted Grantle
This is not exactly what I think. I feel a bit like that. I would say to 70%. A picture is, for me, the most sophisticated among the languages. It has the intrinsic ability to combine a feeling to an image. An emotion to an instant. A soul to a face. ALWAYS. FOREVER. And every time it can be different. Because you can watch the same photo a thousand times and each time discover something different. Like a whispered, hidden and far away voice. It can happen that the narrator out of range suggests something to you. Perhaps reminds you another part of your soul. A photo in black and white is not a picture without color. But it is a picture where only the essential colors are shown. It also happens when you take away a red lipstick and magically return yourself. Or when you put it just to feel another one. The shadows, the gradients, the saturation, the brightness, the contrasts and the color tones are the cromatic expressions of a black and white photo. That reminds the many possible worlds to me.
Non la penso esattamente così. La penso un pò così. Direi al 70%. Una foto rappresenta, per me, il più sofisticato dei linguaggi. Ha l’intrinseca capacità di abbinare un sentimento a una immagine. Un’emozione a un istante. Un’anima a un volto. SEMPRE. PER SEMPRE. E ogni volta è diverso. Perché la puoi guardare anche mille volte e ogni volta scoprirai qualcosa di diverso. Come una voce sussurrata, nascosta e lontana. Come se il narratore fuori campo ti suggerisse qualcosa di te. Forse un’altra parte di te. Una foto in bianco e nero, non è una foto senza colore. Ma una immagine dove è rimasto solo il colore essenziale. Come quando togli il rossetto rosso per ritornare te stessa. O come quando lo metti per sentirti un’altra. Le ombre, le sfumature, la saturazione, la luce, i contrasti e le tonalità sono le espressioni cromatiche di una foto monocromatica. Che a me richiama i molteplici mondi possibili.
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36 Responses to “the nuances mean a lot”
Very beautiful women and photography
Sometimes I’m wondering if it is obvious to take good pics with such beautiful models!?!
I think it really depends so much on the photo! Some you will lose so much of the soul if you take the color away… others you will draw it out!
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B&W pics are always a great source of inspiration for me! Probably because I read what it’s not expressively shown! xxx
Chiarro scurro. It is the foundation for color in a painting.
that’s true! I think that a good photographer is potentially a good painter.
….and vice versa 😉 beautiful post!!!
ps. fammi sap per venerdi ^_^
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Sara’ molto divertente!!!! 😉
Great photos!
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Amazing photography!
I love the hand faces 🙂
they are genial! I want to try it one day!
Me too!
Thank you for liking my new post! I really love your photography here! <3
Love the Ted Grand quote!
So true! Love black and white and nude photography!
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Those pictures are incredibly nice ! And that is some very pretty ladys in the them !!
– jealous
Fashion Ramble,
Reblogged this on GPersona and commented:
INDEED!
wow you reminded me how I liked analogic photography 🙂
I love photography at 360°…:D
Youve captured one of the aspects of B&W perfectly, i couldn’t agree more on the point that colour isnt much of the soul, you would have to strip it bare to the mere dark and light for that.. great inspiration… and the photographs are pretty neat stuff..
Gorgeous! I’ve been a long-time follower, and finally had to comment…thank you for the beautiful posts.
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Bellissime foto scelto con gusto ! Xoxo
Wow, you makes me jealous of those gorgeous pictures and models 🙂
you can take them or reblogg if you want! You are more than welcome 😀
Grazie 🙂
:D! It’s a pleasure! xxx
Cin cin xoxo 🙂
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I loved the selection of photos … Black and white photos are really the most inspiring and original.
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Una gran serie, gracias por compartir, abrazos
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Gorgeous pictures.
Wonderful!
xoxo
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