Warm weather returned to New York this week. I had a chance to just sit and watch people---an activity far more interesting than any television program or film. These two images felt right in black and white, throwbacks/homages to "real" street photography.
While these two bloom with spring color. And it made me wonder, why do we tend to change the color of our attire with the seasons?
We change the color of our attire because we're enslaved to the beck and call of the marketing and merchandisers all around us. And it's not everyone. I don't recall you wearing bright pastels and striped shirts. You always look like you walked out of a black and white photograph.
ReplyDeleteIt's startling the difference between the black and white photos and the color ones. Completely different feeling. The black and white ones feel like timeless artifacts. The color is more immediate and contemporary. Very weird how that's working.