{"id":15974,"date":"2015-11-02T11:55:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T15:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=15974"},"modified":"2021-12-02T21:19:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:19:34","slug":"expanding-the-definition-of-black-white-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/15974\/expanding-the-definition-of-black-white-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding the Definition of Black &#038; White Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Suffusion_XX_2012.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Suffusion_XX_2012.jpg\" alt=\"Suffusion XX\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">neutral image<\/p>\n<p>The division between color and black and white in photography has been overemphasized based on the limitations of 20<sup>th<\/sup> century processes. 21<sup>st<\/sup> century processes are significantly different and beg a reconsideration of this division. Today, when we make black and white images we typically capture, process, and print with color.<\/p>\n<p>When people use the term black and white they generally mean neutral (without saturation or bias towards one or more hues). Typically the use of the phrase \u201cblack and white\u201d also encompasses warm and cold toned monochromatic images, cross-toned duochromatic images, and in some cases subtly tinted polychromatic images. The guiding principle behind these related but varied palettes is an emphasis on luminosity values, along with a restrained use of hue and very low levels of saturation.<\/p>\n<br><script src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js\"><\/script><form method=\"post\" id=\"los-pp-form\"><table cellpadding=\"7\" style=\"background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #C0C0C0\"><tr><td colspan=\"2\">Insights Members can login to read the full article.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Email:<\/td><td> <input name=\"los_pp_email\" type=\"text\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><button class=\"g-recaptcha\" type=\"submit\" data-sitekey=\"6LecTYkqAAAAAHJvkyBxFs7D81oS4wjaoHknShEt\" data-callback=\"onSubmit\">Login<\/button> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/get-news\/\">Sign up<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/form><script> function onSubmit(token) { document.getElementById(\"los-pp-form\").submit(); } <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>neutral image The division between color and black and white in photography has been overemphasized based on the limitations of 20th century processes. 21st century processes are significantly different and beg a reconsideration of this division. 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