I grew up making black and white photographs. It’s what I love the most about photography and the way I have long thought about the photographic image. But the digital revolution has spawned a dilemma; the digital camera sees in color, and I have to shift my mind to think in black and white.
I’m intrigued by the difference in mindset that happens when you have a camera that you know can only take black and white images and when you have one that you know can make both color and black and white.
The word “photography” comes from a combination of two Greek words; “photos” (light) and “graphos” (writing or marking). So, “photography” means to “write with light” and light has a counterpart, shadow, something for light to play off of.
I’m giving Camera Position listeners an “assignment” to work with these two fundamental building blocks of photography. Go out, shoot some images with this idea in mind and, if you’d like, upload some to either the new Jeff Curto Podcasts Facebook Page or the Camera Position Flickr group so we can all take a look.
