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Editorial • Black & White

A Brief History of Black and White Photography

The history of black and white photography is essentially a history of the medium itself, for, long before photographers captured the world in full vivid chromaticity, they did so in monochrome.⁠

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Bjane Levine
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2024 Street Photography Award

Profile • Black & White

Ruth Bernhard

Deemed “The finest photographer of the nude form” by her friend and contemporary Ansel Adams, Ruth Bernhard, renowned for her striking monochrome compositions, was one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century.

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Book Review • Street

Why street photography?

Since the early twentieth century, photographers have sought to capture the oddities of their surroundings, a format that today enjoys unprecedented popularity, and one that is widely known as: ‘Street Photography’.

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