Black And White Photography

Guest Post – Martha Rohl

Black And White Photography, Martha, Photography

It gives me great pleasure to introduce Martha Rohl as our newest guest contributor to join Monochromia. She is a fellow Long Islander (or Lawn Guyland as we locals say it). Some of you might already recognize her work from our sister group Life in Black & White on Facebook. Its nice another photographer who is practically my neighbor on our site. Her first image was taken from underneath the glass staircase in a Manhattan Apple store.

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My name is Martha Rohl. I was born and raised on Long Island, New York and I currently live in Babylon. I owe my love of photography to my father, who bought me my first camera, a polaroid, at the age of eight. I was immediately hooked. I soon started to use his Argus 35mm, learning about shutter speed, F-stops and the beauty of Plus-X and Tri-X film. He built me a darkroom in the basement of his office, where many enjoyable hours were spent printing my images. I have always loved black and white, the nostalgic feeling, without the distractions of color to influence the viewer’s interpretation of the image.

I was intrigued and studied every LIFE Magazine that came to our house from cover to cover.  After high school, I studied photography at The Art Institute of Boston in the early 70’s, but life took me down a different path of raising two daughters and then caring for my mother until she passed away. It was then I re-entered the world of photography and the digital age.

I love real, unaltered images, a single human moment frozen in time. I want to document my vision of the world without any social agenda, just a single human moment with truth and objectivity. So street photography has been a perfect fit and my passion for the last several years. I feel very fortunate that I am a short train ride into New York City. I do have a day job, so right now, I am a weekend warrior. I shoot with Fuji X-100T for the street and Nikon D7000 with an 85mm for street portraits. I am honored to be part of the Monochromia group, thank you and I hope you enjoy my work.

You can view more of my images – here

In The Shuffling Madness

Black And White Photography, Joseph, Photography

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Fuji X-Pro 2 and XF 23mm f/2.0 Lens – 1/125 @ f/2.8 – ISO 1250

NYC Grand Central Terminal in all of its glory on a Saturday afternoon in October

If you would like to see a color version please click – here

Sailing On The East River

Alakajay, Black And White Photography, Photography

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I find there to be something extraordinary to look at the great island of Manhattan at night from across the east river. I am guessing sailing under Manhattan Lights must be a thrill too in its own right.

Guest Post – Sherry Galey

Black And White Photography, Photography, Sherry

Its my pleasure to introduce Sherry Galey as a new guest contributor to Monochromia. Some of you might already be familiar with her work on our sister group Life in Black & White on Facebook. I hope you will enjoy her work as much as I do.

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Boats on the Bay, copyright Sherry Galey

For the last five years, this is how we spent our winters, on a 36-foot sailboat cruising between Florida and the Bahamas. It was bliss, but now that we’ve sold the boat, all I have are my memories…and my images. Now I will be spending all seasons in a small town just outside of Canada’s capital, Ottawa.

I’m delighted to make my debut as a guest contributor to this wonderful site and join a group of passionate and talented black and white photographers.

It was my father who first instilled in me a love of black and white photography way back in the sixties. He made the most beautiful images with his Rollieflex, many of which I still have and cherish. He never saw my black and whites, but I think he would like them.

You can find more of my work at New York City In Black And White