Digital BW, The Print

Not to sure how close this is to the primary purpose of this Group, nor 
quite what point I'm making - but for me this was fascinating ...

Ernst's comment reminded me of an experience in 1965 that left a lasting 
impression on me.  When I was 16 year old schoolboy I visited Russia for 
2 weeks (from the UK).  An amazing trip with many strong memories.  But 
the overwhelming memory was to discover that Russia was in colour!  It 
was almost a shock.  Everything I'd seen about Russia up to that point 
was via B&W TV and newspapers.  Colour TV was only just starting to 
appear at that time and there was no colour in newspapers for many more 
years.  B&W had been my norm as far as my notions of what the place 
would be like; indeed of what much of the world was like.  I wonder 
whether that 'grounding' in our formative years in B&W media experiences 
sets us older folks apart in some way from those who are younger for 
whom colour has been really been the norm in all of the media.  I doubt 
it - but I do wonder.

Steve Gledhill
http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/

Ernst Dinkla wrote:
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> Come to think of it. If I go to an old B&W movie like
> Polanski's Repulsion, Cul de Sac, Cassevete's Shadows,
> whatever from that period when color was available but not
> affordable for everyone, you don't think about abstraction
> after the first 10 seconds. Deneuve, Pleasence, become as real
> as they were in color movies.
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