Two portraits. Why is black and white photography so attractive

TWO MODEL PORTRAITS IN BLACK AND WHITE

Photography in style and genre - Portrait. What is good about photography in black and white? I think that by its simplicity and brevity. Different colors do not interfere with perception, and all unnecessary disappears, both in the foreground and in the background. Monochrome color defines the concept of photography and grabs the viewer's attention. This is the main role for understanding in the work of the photographer. So why is black and white photography so attractive? It doesn't matter for whom - it is the photographer, the model, and the viewer himself. But the magic of attraction is there, and that's for sure! Some will say that these monochrome images attract the attention of everyone who is looking. Maybe this is so, but the point is also in the very presentation of the photograph, in its composition, the play of contrast.

Even now that we have entered the digital era of color photography, photographers are still doing film photography. They are also attracted in their work by black and white photography. It's like a real classic. Looking at everything - I think that the genre of black and white photography is eternal. Someone loves color photographs, and someone black and white. The photograph that a photographer takes today in black and white gives photography a touch from the past. It makes no difference whether it was made today or 50 years ago. This is, apparently, the appeal of black and white photography. There is no gap in time, we accept these pictures in the same way as photographers from past years took them in their work. And the main thing that black and white photography hides is that nothing distracts the viewer in the picture.

We seem to be in a single space, where, with a good and simple composition, there are accents. This helps to quickly understand what the photographer wanted to convey in his work. The simplicity of presentation allows everyone to see something of their own, and this really touches and evokes emotions. Some of the spectators react positively, and some negatively. But there are no indifferent people and that's good. Black and white photography is perceived more vividly than color, which is often overloaded with bright splashes from the world around us, be it a landscape or a portrait of a person. Who and what thinks about this? Write below, we'll talk...

(Translated via Google translator from Russian)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
-original photo;
-first publication;
-camera Sony 16.2.