Why BLACK & White PRINTS!

[Tin Can]

Simple for me

Safer

Less Toxic

and I prefer BW colors

I watch as many BW movies as I can find

HATE colorized Fiics

I thought I knew 'Route 66' I forgot!

I am slowly watching them all...

[ic-racer]

I did color printing in the 1970s. I'm not color blind, but I don't 'see' in color. It did nothing for me, other than frustration because no contrast control like the Zone system I used in the 1970s.

[Andre Noble]

I remember in 1976 my 5th grade teacher gave us camera and black and white film. The B&W prints seemed to be more "progressive", honest, have more life in them.

[bmikiten]

Depth, artistry, clarity and just pure beauty without the encumbrance of color getting in the way. They are just more honest.

[Oren Grad]

and I prefer BW colors

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[tundra]

Color is for cartoons

[Michael R]

It's like you people are parodies of yourselves at this point.

[Mark J]

I watch as many BW movies as I can find

The tonality of 40's/50's films, especially, is wonderful.

[jp]

Peter Henry Emerson : "No one but a vandal would print a landscape in red, or in cyanotype."
I like a cyanotype once in a while too.

Color printing as most of know it is more easily done well with an inkjet printer than darkroom these days. B&W should be just as easy with an inkjet, and I'm competent with computers and such, but I still can make a nicer B&W print in the darkroom and prefer that process.

[Drew Wiley]

I doubt I'll do any color printing this season because it tends to get intensive, I'd need to buy fresh chemisty, and I'm about to start up serious remodeling again. With black and white, I can just mix up the chemistry fresh from powder whenever I need it. But RA4 color is now actually cheaper to do than FB black and white.

I like both equally. But the logistics are a little different. And I don't see myself ever gravitating to inkjet, color or otherwise.

Those who think color is a lesser form are perhaps expressing a ludicrous stereotype based on a very low common denominator of rancid public taste. It can be every bit as nuanced as the finest black and white work. But many photographers confuse color with visual boom box noise, especially now in the current era of hog wild Fauxtoshop abuse. But they'll soon be out of a job anyway, as artificial bad taste takes over that particular role.