Black and White Photography Prints

Black and white photography is a special type of art. The absence of color strips an image down to its essential elements — tones, light, shadow, form, texture — and forces both the photographer and the viewer to be more attentitve. The great tradition of black and white landscape photography starts with Ansel Adams's legacy- his monochrome photographs of Yosemite valley(and other places). Which is basically being immitated by many photographers, but with any of them being extremely popular. Reason is, black and white photography is pretty difficult. When Ansel was doing it, it was pretty much the only viable option and he had no choice but do black and white. Today however it is a skill that requires special focus and dedication that not many people want to take on. Modern cameras shoot in colors that contain 65million different shades. Going back to black and white seems like going back in time and turning over some skeletons of dark history. But many photographers still try.

Thus, this colleciton of black and white photographs is my best attempt at it. Mind you, most of these photos were still shot as color and later, for whatever reason, converted into black and white. Some I didn't like the colors, some I thought black and white would look better. One day I will try to shoot in black and white only and put some more effort into it. I've always wanted to do more of it and I will try my best to give it a better shot at it when I get a chance.

All prints in this collection are produced as TruLife acrylic-mounted fine art prints, signed and numbered limited editions with Certificate of Authenticity. The optical clarity of TruLife acrylic is especially well-suited to black and white photography — the contrast between deep blacks and bright whites is rendered with a precision that makes these prints look genuinely gallery-caliber on any wall. Free US shipping on all orders.