I thought it might be appropriate to post some quotes by photographers who have become known especially for their work in Black and White. Sebastian Salgado is Brazilian born, has exhibited his work internationally and has published several books of his photojournalism work.

The Lies of Color

Renown photographer Sebastian Salgado only photographs in black and white nowadays. In an interview with Bryan Appleyard from the Sunday Times, Salgado exclaims that he never trusted the color in color film.

I never see this red in my life. Colour itself was a kind of lie. It was a huge exaggeration when I saw my colour picture, I was much more interested in the colour than in the personality or dignity of the person. How can I go to a person and make them my story, and I dont feel the story in my photographs? Of course, black and white is an abstraction, but from the brightest white to the darkest black what you have is greys, and these greys are what I had in my mind when I took the pictures.

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