Black and White Explorations 1

It has been many years since I’ve worked in strictly black and white. Having always been so seduced by the colours of the place I am visiting, monochrome images, the sensuality and discovery that I derived from shooting in “mono”, were set aside many years ago.

I still remember the euphoric feeling I had when I would see some Velvia or Kodachrome film image of mine printed in Cibachrome. God the colour!

So it was a lot of fun recently to revisit that form of story-telling. Like reconnecting with a long lost old friend. One that is much more complex and intricate than I remembered.

Though not shot with my old favorites, Ilford Pan F, Kodak’s Panatomic F or TMAX (I do so miss the smells of the chemistry to process them) the challenges of telling a story in B & W are still the same.

This blog post is an exploration of travel photography as told in blacks and whites.

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“When I think back
On all the crap I learned in high school
It's a wonder
I can think at all”


“And though my lack of education
Hasn't hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall”


“Kodachrome
You give us those nice bright colors”


“You give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah! “


“I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph”


“So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away”


“If you took all the girls I knew
When I was single”


“And brought them all together for one night
I know they'd never match
My sweet imagination”


“And everything looks worse in black and white”


“Kodachrome
You give us those nice bright colors”


“You give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah!”


“I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph”


“So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
“Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away”


“Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away”


“Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome”


“Mama, don't take my Kodachrome (away)
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome”


“Mama, don't take my Kodachrome (away)”
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome”


“(Leave your boy so far from home)”


“Mama, don't take my Kodachrome (away)”
― Paul Simon

I look forward to seeing you out there.

Julian Ray
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