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Wall, Windows, Shadows - 1978

            This photo ends my Black and White Week on Flickr; thanks to all for your insightful comments. Remember Paul Simon's great line in his 1972 hit, Kodachrome? "Everything looks worse in black and white." I'm pretty sure he was referring to reality, not to photography...

Note that this is the only b & w image in the set that doesn't have people as the subject. A lot of folks tell me they don't know how to photograph people, or have no interest in doing so, and that's fine - we are drawn to different subject matter just as we are drawn to different modes of creative expression. I will simply respond that I see people as merely another wildlife subject, albeit one of the more dangerous ones. With suitable precautions, though, it's possible to get close shots and survive the encounter.

Meanwhile, images such as the one on view here are not easy for me to create. There are so many distractions on a busy city street or urban neighbourhood; I get overwhelmed too easily. With persistence, I've been able to nab the occasional okay shot, and after 44 years, I think this one holds up. In the original there was a thin line of grass at the bottom, and during processing I decided it was one element too many and I cropped it out. 

Photographed in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada); scanned from the original Tri-X negative. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©1978 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken on: December 1, 1978

Tags:

house

wall

windows

tree

shadow

winter light

urban

city

street shot

geometric $Everybody's photos tagged with fractal$ fractal

black and white

B & W

film

scan

Tri-X

ISO 400

1978

Vancouver

British Columbia

Canada

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Sets appears in: • Best 1970-1979 • Doors & Windows more » • Scans from b&w negatives « less

Groups appears in: • Monochromatic world • A Better B&W Group more » • Joy of Black & White • Living Life Through A Lens • Your Very Best • ***Are You Experienced°°°Film Only*** « less

Camera: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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