Black and White Photography

Photographical equipment at this pictorial was still primitive and many photographers felt that their lens’ recorded too much detail. Photographers started to employ different techniques to soften their images, their main goal was to create images that looked more abstract and with similar characteristics to paintings. This movement then transformed into naturalism where it was encouraged to treat photography as an independent art form. There was a belief that photography should be used to communicate something personal, and that the environment would be used as an inspiration.

In Kill Bill the only colours are black and white. The scene was made black and white partly due to censorship issues and for dramatic effect. Looking at the effect of the

It is said that “The true content of a photograph is invisible, for it derives from a play not with form but with time”. This makes me think that the real content of a picture, which is what the photographer tried to express, is not evident to perceive unless an explanatory text is provided. In fact, I believe that our perceptions of pictures changes over time as the historical context do. In addition, our opinions are never fixed as they are influenced by our environment. Therefore, when looking at a particular picture at a given time, it is certain that our perception of it will be different in the future based on what happen between the first time and second time we saw it.

     While the film is in color, sometimes it appears to be in black and white. There are no bright colors in the film. Most of the colors are either browns, beiges, whites, blacks, and grays, so that even when the characters are outside or in daylight, there are contrasts between lights and darks. For example, at the beginning Mr. Gettes is seated in a somewhat dark office, yet he is wearing an all-white suit. Later, when he goes to examine the dried up river bed, his black suit contrasts with the bright sunlight and light colored sand.

White balance – it adjusts the colours to make the image more natural and accurate. It corrects the colours in the pictures so they have a more realistic colour background.

One way used many times throughout the book is using black to reinforce a grim tone onto the reader. An example of this is in Book One on page 93. The image shown is of lunch counter protesters during a sit-in with a “counter closed” sign. The photo uses mostly black to develop a dark and unsettling tone. On the page before it is shown how the servers did not want to serve SNCC members. The negativity and hatefulness of the servers is reinforced with the dark tones used to create the image on page 93. Another instance the illustrator uses black is in Book Two on pages 102 through 108. The Freedom Riders were arrested and they were transferred to the Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm. This point in the Freedom Riders’ journey was one of the low points for the Riders. They were dehumanized and treated terribly in the jail, this shown in the way the panels are illustrated. As soon as the Riders entered the jail cells, the white borders started to transition into black borders. This transitions the tone the reader feels while reading. The dark colors cause the reader to subconsciously feel unsettled and unhappy, which is what the Freedom Riders felt during their time at the

Color is a very universal topic, describing not only the immediate, but also the mental world of humans. In the article, “What Abstraction Can Teach Us About Race and the Color Black,” the issue of using color to define and go beyond the description of race comes forth through the use of the color black. In different art pieces, the use of the color black evokes a new meaning to the civil rights of African Americans, with an exhibition's purpose to redefine what the term “blackness” means in today’s society. In a Radiolab segment “Why isn’t the Sky Blue?” a discussion takes place that looks at how cultures defined the colors they see, and more specifically how the color blue came about. Surprisingly, the majority of cultures came up with the

In Night and Fog it was an appropriate design the way the switched from color to black and white. I got two different meanings from this. 1) We live today in our present environment in a world filled with color. We don't go through hunger, torture and our dignities aren't taken from us. The black and white represents to me other people around the world which still today are going through similar times as these victims in this film went through. 2) The theme in on which the comparison is about the past and the present was very clear. The same pathways which were filled with the blood of the victims were now all buried under the ground. The color represented the present and the black and white represented the past.

The outline of the painting is contrast of dark dull depressing colors. These colors will help make the white pop out to show some symbols. The colors on the background and the people's clothing have a mixture of blue, light blue, orange, red, and brown. This helps enhances the pale skin, the background sky, and the flying soul.

The photograph is a very powerful medium. The French painter Paul Delaroche exclaimed upon seeing an early photograph “from now on, painting is dead!” (Sayre, 2000). Many critics did not take photography seriously as a legitimate art form until the 20th century. With the

The contrast from the darker background to the lightness of the skin tones of the subjects provides a distinct focal area and perspective. It also give a sense of spacial composition both in the distance

In addition, photography does it pivotal role by showing people the realities of life. One relevant example to this is photojournalism. Through photographic presentation, people are informed of the real situations of the stories about the real situations around the globe, may it be good or bad news. It is very easy to understand news or stories with photos attached to them. Therefore, photography is a powerful communication tool that embeds social happenings to the human awakening, with no other form of media can

Art critic Robert Hughes once said, “People inscribe their histories, beliefs, attitudes, desires and dreams in the images they make.” When discussing the mediums of photography and cinema, this belief of Hughes is not very hard to process and understand. Images, whether they be still or moving, can transform their audiences to places they have either never been before or which they long to return to. Images have been transporting audiences for centuries thanks to both the mediums of photography and cinema and together they gone through many changes and developments. When careful consideration is given to these two mediums, it is acceptable to say that they will forever be intertwined, and that they have been interrelated forms of

Color in films has been around since the early 1900s, though we did not see films being mass produced in color until much later. In 1915 “Technicolor was formed as a corporation”, but it wasn’t until around the 1940s that we started to see “greater use” of color in films (Vacche, 13-17). During this rise of color films, you tended to only see certain genres of films were done in color. Period pieces and musicals were the two genres that were most known for their use of color during this time. Then in the 1950’s the development of “Eastmancolor, a one strip color negative process,” we saw more and more films being done in color (Bitoun). Before the development of Eastmancolor, the process that had to be done to make a film in color was too costly. In the 1930s “color added about 30% to the average production cost of a film” (Bitoun), causing studios to have to pick and choose what movies were going to be made in color. Eastmancolor helped lower those cost, making it much more affordable for filmmakers to make films in color. This lead to filmmakers being able to make more films in color and began to start using color to their advantage.

Monochrome film photography allows one to learn and express emotions in their art differently. Great examples of this are the movie from 40s. They depicted all the emotions-death, love, and happiness with shades. Color usually makes this process very easy. Another use of monochrome is for shooting nudes. Eliminating color removes the smutty component from the picture and allows one to appreciate the naked body as piece of art. One of the biggest reasons for the popularity of black and white photography is its timeless nature. Black and white is still considered a piece from photographic past as it adds a timeless quality to the picture.