UnintendedConsequences

There is something calledthe law of unintended consequences. It manifests itself though the occurrence of events that no one could have forecast based on prior developments. 

As digital image processing and inkjet printing take hold as the preferred means of processing and printing fine-art photographs, let alone consumer and hobbyist output, one would think that the days of black and white photography would be numbered. Anything but!

Instead what we see is a major resurgence of interest in B&W (monochrome) photography and printing. This has become manifest in several different ways.

 Alien Relations‚ Toronto, 2001

Photographed with Leica M6 and 90mm f/2 Summicron lens on Ilford Delta 100

Magazines

During the past two years there have appeared at least two new magazines that I am aware of devoted to B&W photography, one published in the US and one in the UK.  The American magazine is titledBlack & White Magazi...