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http://velvet-eyes.deviantart.com/journal/11297291/ Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:52:03 PST
As its quality improved, color film became a more popular choice for photographs, causing black and white photography to decline in popularity.

However, at present, black and white photos are enjoying a revival. Photographers are rediscovering the power and timeless nature that black and white film can lend to photos.

I think black and white photos can add an air of romance, class, timelessness and mystery to otherwise ordinary photographs. A run-of-the-mill color photo may look entirely different when seen in black and white.

So black and white photography does more to evoke an emotion and freeze a moment in time than any other medium.
Generally I prefer colors, but sometimes the subtle tones of grays, the strong emphasis of the blacks, and the softness of the whites makes one look much closer at the subject and composition due to the lack of natural color. Especially I dislike B&W used in flowers photography, on the other hand I think it is suitable for architectures, cityscapes and portraits.

"Do I point my camera outwards to the existing world or turn it inward towards my soul.
Am I taking photographs of existing reality, or creating my own world, so real but non existent.
Results from this two opposite approaches are notably different and, in my opinion, conceptual.
Photography is a higher form of artistic expression that places photography on the level of painting, poetry, music and sculpture. It employs the special talent of intuitive vision. By translating the personal concepts into the language of photography, it reflects the possible answers to major questions of being: birth, death and life.
Creating an idea and transforming it into reality is an essential process of conceptual photography."
-Misha Gordin

I collect here some B&W experiments.

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http://velvet-eyes.deviantart.com/journal/10935516/ Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:01:49 PST Thank you Helen

Well, purple reminds me the Egyptian queen Cleopatra who loved this color and Richard Wagner who composed his operas in a room with shades of violet, his color of inspiration.

Purple combines the stability of blue and the energy of red. Often it is associated with royalty, wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic.

It symbolizes power, nobility, luxury, and ambition.

Some people consider purple artificial tint, but I often found it in flowers.
Bright purple is used when promoting children's products. It evokes romantic and nostalgic feelings.
Dark purple evokes gloom and sad feelings.

I don't like very much this tint, but I think some of my better photos are collected here.
I hope you will enjoy about this new collection

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]]> *velvet-eyes Colors collection: blue http://velvet-eyes.deviantart.com/journal/10842545/ http://velvet-eyes.deviantart.com/journal/10842545/ Sat, 25 Nov 2006 07:20:37 PST It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth and heaven.

Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect. In heraldry, it is used to symbolize piety and sincerity.
It is often used to promote products and services related to cleanliness, air and sky, water and sea. Blue is also used to suggest precision in high-tech products's promotions.
Finally it is defined a masculine color; according to studies, it is highly accepted among males.
Dark blue is generally associated with depth, expertise, and stability; it is a preferred color for corporate America (also in Italy as I know).
Light blue is associated with health, healing, tranquility, understanding, and softness.

I hope you will enjoy about my blue collection

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http://velvet-eyes.deviantart.com/journal/10765175/ Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:31:57 PST Outside sky is so dark... that is why I start with the most vivid and joyful color: yellow!

Yellow is the color of sunshine. It's associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy.

Yellow produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle energy. Yellow is seen before other colors when placed against black; this combination is often used to issue a warning.

Use yellow to evoke pleasant, cheerful feelings. Men usually perceive yellow as a very lighthearted, 'childish' color, so it is not recommended to use yellow when selling prestigious, expensive products to men. Yellow is an unstable and spontaneous color, so it is not used to suggest stability and safety.

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]]> *velvet-eyes Collages... new experiments http://velvet-eyes.deviantart.com/journal/8890383/ http://velvet-eyes.deviantart.com/journal/8890383/ Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:00:15 PDT

Nature

Conceptual

During these days I'm crazy about collages, not only mine!

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]]> *velvet-eyes I'm going to be thirty http://velvet-eyes.deviantart.com/journal/8638496/ http://velvet-eyes.deviantart.com/journal/8638496/ Mon, 01 May 2006 06:54:30 PDT

Well, when you reach thirty years, you start seriously to take the sum of goals you achieved.

Academic degree and college years seem so far, as carefree moments with schoolmates, whole months spent at seaside...
Things change, new challenges to undertake; people change... someone leaves our lives, others come in.
It's incredible, sometimes you feel life is so wonderful, and other time so cruel!

But now I'm happy again...
I like my job; my parents are in good health; I just came back from a wonderful trip; a special person lies close to me: repository of my fears, enthusiasms, little secrets...
Finally, I've discovered photography and with-it a new world, even a sort of peace.
Taking pictures I started to see around me with different eyes, so... nature, places, human expressions.. everything lock up a little miracle.

Me and my camera around the world, this is a beautiful dream! (Big dream, I know)

I know, anyway, that on my Birthday

the best gift will be love of all people who everyday surprise me with their carefulness and loyalty.
Also you, who sometimes make me so happy with kind comments and generous encouragements. So thank you again!

At last a special thanks to whom told me about DA and to whom subscribed it in behalf of me. You gave me a wonderful haven.

Wind blows through wind chimes... and life go on.

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]]> *velvet-eyes Chrysalis http://velvet-eyes.deviantart.com/journal/5891572/ http://velvet-eyes.deviantart.com/journal/5891572/ Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:53:13 PST
Part of us is looking back, yearning for the magic we lost;

part is glad to say good-bye to our chaotic past; part looks ahead with whatever courage we can muster; part is excited by the changing potential; part sits stone-still not daring to look either way."

Marion Woodman ~ The Pregnant Virgin

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