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I love black and white photos, although I don’t particularly like the “artsy” bias usually associated with it, as, sometimes, they tend to be considered more "artistic", just because they are in b&w.

As a TV screenwriter once joked about (...with more insight that what was probably intended...): "Just because a photo is in B&W, it does not mean it has to be good".

...Me,I just find them one more way to express a view on things.

Sometimes even, they are simply a by-product of something that would just not work in color.

Pious.jpg
Pious.jpg		 Family
Family		 Mesmerizing
Mesmerizing		 Sky Split
Sky Split		 Fight.
Fight.
Foam
Foam		 Humble Abode
Humble Abode		 Coriander
Coriander		 Late Sail, Early Catch
Late Sail, Early Catch		 The Silva's Are Coming Home
The Silva's Are Coming Home
For Future Memory
For Future Memory		 Tobacco, as an hazard
Tobacco, as an hazard		 Mitochondria Love, Concrete Cytoplasm
Mitochondria Love, Concrete Cytoplasm		 This Tall
This Tall		 Late to the Party
Late to the Party
Done.
Done.		 Charge
Charge		 Lost Losanges
Lost Losanges		 The Light Queen II
The Light Queen II		 Waiting For The Flying Dutchman
Waiting For The Flying Dutchman
The Twins Face The Sun
The Twins Face The Sun		 Soul Stir
Soul Stir		 Ben Bulben - (Co. Sligo) (Check caption for W. B. Yeats poem)
Ben Bulben - (Co. Sligo) (Check caption for W. B. Yeats poem)		 The White Mantle
The White Mantle		 Keynote
Keynote
Old Bazaar
Old Bazaar		 Security is a Strenuous Job
Security is a Strenuous Job		 Alternate Ending
Alternate Ending		 The Unexpected Guest
The Unexpected Guest		 The Feminine Condition
The Feminine Condition
The Beautiful Debt
The Beautiful Debt		 In Stone
In Stone		 Sea Breeze
Sea Breeze		 God is Actually Quite an Earthly Thing.
God is Actually Quite an Earthly Thing.		 Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives
Strolling Alien
Strolling Alien		 Absent Bells
Absent Bells		 Coming Home
Coming Home		 Mass End
Mass End		 A Maze Me
A Maze Me
Chapel
Chapel		 Harmony
Harmony		 Never Sailed
Never Sailed		 Tunnel Vision
Tunnel Vision		 Arch Echoes
Arch Echoes
Aqua Pair
Aqua Pair		 Lift-off
Lift-off		 Knight and Day
Knight and Day		 Seen Many Storms
Seen Many Storms		 Earth is a Short Step From Heaven
Earth is a Short Step From Heaven
Two Towers, No Ring
Two Towers, No Ring		 Rue Capone
Rue Capone		 The Space Beneath
The Space Beneath		 Stranded
Stranded		 The Pinnacles
The Pinnacles
I See Shells
I See Shells		 Row 3
Row 3		 Insidious
Insidious		 Douro Meets The Atlantic
Douro Meets The Atlantic		 Be Boat
Be Boat
Track 13b
Track 13b		 Brainwashed
Brainwashed		 Something I Shouldn't Have Said
Something I Shouldn't Have Said		 Things We Need
Things We Need		 About Stone And Angels
About Stone And Angels
Way Out
Way Out		 Mute
Mute		 Intricate
Intricate		 Joyride
Joyride		 Pagoda
Pagoda
Mirabilis Extremis
Mirabilis Extremis		 Moto Continum
Moto Continum		 Love
Love		 Gone
Gone		 Expiate
Expiate
Culture is a Power Issue
Culture is a Power Issue		 Ancient Call
Ancient Call		 Last Call
Last Call		 A Question of Frequency
A Question of Frequency		 Commute
Commute
Eiffel
Eiffel		 Mystic Bridge
Mystic Bridge		 Rolls Royce
Rolls Royce		 Airborne
Airborne		 The Parliament
The Parliament
Miller is Double Crossed
Miller is Double Crossed		 Bringovar
Bringovar		 Lima Sky
Lima Sky		 Board
Board		 School is So Far Away - Bretanha, S.Miguel
School is So Far Away - Bretanha, S.Miguel
Contemplation at Ribeira Quente - S.Miguel
Contemplation at Ribeira Quente - S.Miguel		 Dutch Connection
Dutch Connection		 Spark Needed
Spark Needed		 What I Dream About
What I Dream About		 The Failed Rendez-Vous
The Failed Rendez-Vous
Lightly Feminine (Ann Called It)
Lightly Feminine (Ann Called It)		 One Missing For The Apocalypse
One Missing For The Apocalypse		 Acqua Imaging
Acqua Imaging		 Hence, The Fields
Hence, The Fields		 Pim-Pam-Pum
Pim-Pam-Pum
Light Central
Light Central		 Power Nature
Power Nature		 Specimen 9086
Specimen 9086		 The Dreamy Vessel
The Dreamy Vessel		 The Leader
The Leader
Sail Away
Sail Away		 Just Come Back
Just Come Back		 Overform, Underfunction
Overform, Underfunction		 Exposed
Exposed		 Rowing as a Different Thing
Rowing as a Different Thing
...Or Just Watching TV
...Or Just Watching TV		 Holy Eolic Trinity
Holy Eolic Trinity		 Mariehamn
Mariehamn		 How Sibelius Sounds
How Sibelius Sounds		 Old Habits Die Hard
Old Habits Die Hard
Team
Team		 All Hears
All Hears

comment
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)26-Jul-2014 17:13
Spectacular work! BV
Paolo
Guest 14-Apr-2009 13:44
Excellence B&W Galleries. I love the way you take a picture. V
Guest 11-Feb-2007 16:34
Extremely talented!!
Ernst van Loon27-Nov-2006 12:40
Beautiful!'This gallery is in my B&W topic now...
and voted of course ;-)
Guest 15-Mar-2006 20:16
I keep coming back to this gallery with more appreciation each time. Is certainly among my most favorite B&W galleries I've come across. More, Please!
Jola Dziubinska06-Feb-2006 23:23
Excellent, delicate B&W images. Voted.
Guest 19-Jan-2006 13:51
This is a beautiful gallery - you have a wonderful eye. :)
Guest 12-Nov-2005 00:00
A beautiful B&W gallery photokhan. Hope you can come over to my B&W gallery sometime. http://www.pbase.com/adamantski/black__white
Regards, Adam
dave weathers03-Nov-2005 23:08
Great gallery once again.. Black and white photos have such a unique appeal.. Something in them makes you search deeper into the photo as opposed to color which we sometimes take for granted or may feel is commonplace. I agree with you that color or balck/white can be artistic or not...
Jose Canovas28-May-2005 17:05
You simply have a D I V I N E eye!
Guest 26-May-2005 19:28
This is a powerful and inspiring gallery. I agree with your statement about B&W purists. I have a friend who thinks that black and white is much more valid artistically. To me, there are some subjects that really need the color they are associated with to evoke the necessary emotional response of the viewer. Sometimes, black and white better captures this. To each image its own medium...
Sheila Smart15-May-2005 10:09
Very nice work here. I'll drop by again!

Cheers
Sheila
Guest 18-Jan-2005 23:01
Impressionante galeria!!!
Steven Adams27-Sep-2004 00:04
Just FANTASTIC! I love what you did here. And by the way my wife and I love your country! we were there on our honeymoon in 2000. We plan on visiting again very soon. We in the Algarve at Albufera. I hope I spelled that correctly. Thanks for stopping by!
Yiannis Pavlis01-Sep-2004 03:04
very nice bw images , i like them
PauloCGama16-May-2004 16:40
Meu irmão, uma bela coletianea de PB! Parabéns! :-))
Abração.
Guest 28-Jan-2004 23:39
You are a master of the B&W. I enjoyed the visit very much.
Arif
Emma 17-Jan-2004 19:34
Thank you for sharing your wonderful pictures (and captions!)
Marisa Livet08-Dec-2003 12:26
I do love your black & white pictures. Have you ever tried to work a little more on portraits? I'm sure you could have great results.
Thank you for sharing such beautiful images!
Durr Wise07-Nov-2003 15:02
I love your composition and the exposures are just right for the B& W photos. Nice work. Thanks for sharing with us.
pjbgravely13-Sep-2003 13:23
Very good, great contrast
Guest 28-Apr-2003 17:55
Nice, in some ways, I prefer B&W over color.

Peace
Jim
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