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Perception and Imaging, 4th Edition
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Perception and Imaging, 4th Edition

by Richard D. Zakia
February 2013
Beginner
424 pages
13h 30m
English
Focal Press
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Black and White Photography

Thom Halls

Chairman, Photography, Fresno City College

We all have a personal reference in our minds of time as it passes. One of the most common signposts of time passage is photographs. From our shared experiences reflected in that old photo album of mom’s to the major news events, we can ascertain a position of “place” by noting these visual records. But, what if our personal, visual record could not be trusted? What if that security we derive from the sense of “place” was not fact at all?

Why Black and White?

Our cultural conditioning has been to develop our perceptions of “place” from this visual record primarily made up of black and white (B&W) photography. We base our historical perspective on B&W and to a ...

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