Abstraction Quote by Mary Ellen Mark

Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white... to highlight that contrast.

— Leonard Nimoy

For me, the subtlety of black and white inspires the imagination of the individual viewer to complete the picture in the mind's eye. It…

— Michael Kenna

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

The whole basis of working in black and white and grays became the basis of my understanding of color, because it's all about tone,…

— David Small

I did not move into developing or processing color. I stayed with black and white. I still think to this day that I prefer…

— Leonard Nimoy

With my coloring, I'm nothing in black and white. I've seen my films sometimes on black-and-white TV. Disaster.

— Sissy Spacek

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

In the '70s, in Britain, if you were going to do serious photography, you were obliged to work in black-and-white. Color was the palette…

— Martin Parr

...one sees differently with color photography than black-and-white... in short, visualization must be modified by the specific nature of the equipment and materials being…

— Ansel Adams

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

— Sarah Moon

I don't see the world completely in black and white. Sometimes I do.

— Benicio Del Toro

Black and white is abstract; color is not. Looking at a black and white photograph, you are already looking at a strange world.

— Joel Sternfeld