Entitled Arrangements in Black and Grey, it featured the work of six photographers, who use a wide variety of equipment to capture their images.
The photographer who impressed me most was Mark Voce, of Yorkshire (markvoce.com). The top four photos above are by Mark and they show the wonderful tonal qualities of monochrome. As Mark says in the exhibition notes: “Without the use of colour the photograph, in order to be successful, depends upon the use of, and the relationship between, form and texture”.
He also says that black and white photography is “one step away from reality” and “allows a greater amount of freedom and artistic interpretation to help capture the true feeling of a particular scene”.
I like this enhanced ability to convey mood and feeling, which can also be seen in the photo of Versailles by Nettie Edwards (bottom right) and even in a still life by Trevor Ashby (bottom left). Interestingly, all three photographers use different techniques - Voce a digital SLR (and sometimes large format film camera), Ashby a film camera and Edwards an iPhone plus various apps.
