Abstract Quote by Joel Sternfeld

Black and white is a very minimalist art form and unlike color photographs does not pretend to mimic the world in a manner similar…

— Roger Ballen

Looking at a black and white photograph, you are already looking at a strange world.

— Joel Sternfeld

The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.

— Graham Greene

We see in colour all the time. Everything around us is in colour. Black and white is therefore immediately an interpretation of the world,…

— Michael Kenna

Although humans see reality in colour, for me, black and white has always been connected to the image's deeper truth, to its most hidden…

— Peter Lindbergh

I believe that the essence of photography is black and white. Color is but a deviance.

— Sarah Moon

I work in colour sometimes, but I guess the images I most connect to, historically speaking, are in black and white. I see more…

— Mary Ellen Mark

In black and white there are more colors than color photography, because you are not blocked by any colors so you can use your…

— Anders Petersen

Doesn't the world inside a black and white photograph seem more real? It's because the real world is losing its color

— Tablo

Life is in color, but black and white is more realistic.

— Samuel Fuller

Only in black and white can I see the design and textures. I don't consider color photography art. Black and white is an interpretation.…

— Clyde Butcher

Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.

— Robert Frank