Monochromia

Should we? Shouldn’t we?

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

A couple trying to decide if they were going to buy a painting in the street market in Copenhagen.
Nikon F5
Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Rollei Retro 100
Caffenol for 12mins

Indian River Inlet Bridge

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Mobile Photography, Photography

Not too shabby for a cellphone image, taken through the windshield, from a moving car.

To see this image in color, and another as well, PLUS the bridge history, visit Life on the Bike

Tethered

Black And White Photography, David Jensen, iPhoneography, Mobile Photography

Captured while walking along the waterfront in Chicago on a rainy day.

I was carrying a Canon 5D Mk4 that day and it never came out of the bag due to the rain. This was with an iPhone 16 Pro. I also discovered that I need a new rain jacket as my current one did not keep me dry.

More of my photography can be found on my website and my blog.

Out, Damnet Spot

Alakajay, Black And White Photography, Photography

Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C..

She walks with her eyes closed, her hand reaching for something no one else can see. This is Lady Macbeth in her final unraveling – the sleepwalking scene from Act V, captured in white marble by German-American sculptor Elisabet Ney in 1905, just two years before her own death.

Ney gave her not madness but something quieter and more terrible: a woman entirely alone inside her own mind, still trying to clean what cannot be cleaned.

Silent Observations

Black And White Photography, Marcus, Photography
Nubian woman wearing traditional clothes enjoying a moment of silent observations
Silent Observations | Assuan | 2026

A woman sits in the doorway of her house in a Nubian village on the banks of the Nile in Upper Egypt. Wearing a light-colored traditional dress and headscarf, she holds a glass in her hands and enjoys a moment of silent observations. The photograph was made using the available late afternoon light, with sunlight falling across her face and clothing while the interior behind her remains in shadow. Shooting in monochrome was the easy choice to emphasize the contrast between light and dark, drawing attention to her expression and the everyday scene of village life.

Taken with my Nikon Zf and the Nikkor Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR, image specs 1/800 sec @f/6.3 and ISO 2000, 200mm focal length

More of my photography can be seen on my blog “Streets of Nuremberg“