Many of my photos are in black and white. This is a different medium from colour. It is true that black and white looses some of the experience of ‘being there’ but it is about making a different kind of image. Without colour we get the subtlties of light and tone, exposure, range and contrast. It is in contrast that black and white images are distinctive and a fairly uninteresting scene can be given more character and allure. That said, some of the photos on these pages will be kept in colour – sometimes this is essential to portray the scene and highlight its depth. These are a few of my favourite monochrome photos.
Canterbury Cathederal in the mist. Monochrome sinplifies the image but also the mist creates a spectral insubstantial arua around the buildings
Shadows of people walking by. London
Figure through the sculpture, at Karlskirche, Vienna. I took many photos of this structure and caught the moment someone wakled through the frame. The way the scupture folds in on itself creates a sense of timelessness while the figure adds purpose, since he is going somewhere.
Shadow on the wall. London. This use of black and white creates a pro-filmic sense of uncertainty and threat. Allyways and shadows create a sense of unease
Ruin Crete. An abandoned village of Mili outside Rethymno.
Street in Lisbon with mist. The gaze of the passing man interrogates the photographer.
Tramlines. Lisbon
In a bar in Lisbon
Jazz bar. I liked the play of light and shade, especially on the face of the woman and her absorption in the music
Holocaust memorial. Berlin Jewish Museum
Figure on beach. Seasalter, Kent
East Jerusalem. Steps in black and white
Sunset. Budapest. Fisherman’s Bastion
Canterbury Cathederal. Arches in black and white
Birds. Dublin.
After the demonstration. London
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