You know, Ted Grant [1] said that when you photograph people in color, you only photograph their clothes, but when you take pictures of people in black and white, you photograph their soul.
I believe this might be true in a lot of cases. There’s something to a black & white photograph or portrait that you simply cannot achieve in color. Let’s have a look at 40 black and white portraits. I hope you enjoy this post!
c r y – b e l l e
[2]
Océane
photo by splinter666
Guy in black and white Portrait
[3]
Adrianne (Bama) Dobbs
[4]
Window Shopping Watching
[5]
Untitled
5
14
Times
[6]
Victoria – Old Man – Black and White – Portrait
[7]
Steve
[8]
Young Boy Portrait Black & White
[9]
Incense/Black and White
[10]
Paint That, Chuck
[11]
DSC_9639
[12]
3rd June 1977 – Bob Marley
Wiseman
[13]
Black Hearted Love
[14]
Your Heart Was Dying
[15]
Chris 02
[16]
Faith [Glass]
[17]
_____
[18]
156/365 (+1)
photo by Martina Photography
A Portrait in Darkness
[19]
I Can See The Light At The End Of The Tunnel & It Ain’t Colorful
[20]
Half-revealed…
[21]
Portrait
[22]
The heavens above
[23]
day 134 – 10.01.2009 – high key frustration
[24]
Laura Hayden 03
[16]
Black and white Kid!(test Sony A200)
[25]
Better late
image by drode
or black and white?
[26]
Thomas, Homeless (Black & White)
[27]
Black&White
[28]
Duy An
[29]
Markuz week, Day two
[30]
愛
[31]
Cold Sweat…
[32]
89/366 – Cigar
[33]
Your Turn To Talk
I hope you enjoyed this showcase of 40 black & white portraits. Feel free to share your thoughts with us via Twitter [34] or Facebook [35] and even link to some of your own black & white images! If you’d like to learn more about taking stunning B&W images, check out the Better Black & White guide [36].