I see, very often, locally hung portraits or on facebook, of monochrome images with one item in color. (Think take a color image in photoshop, marque an object, select the inverse, and 100% desaturate.)
This sort of stuff seems to be taking the photography world by storm. And I don't understand it.
Am I missing something in trying to understand or appreciate this? Or is it all totally random?
The object that remains in color rarely seems to contribute to any meaning in the photo (it's typically an object of clothing), rarely contributes to the composition, doesn't seem to be chosen as a meaningful color (I'm thinking of emotional responses to color) or to match anything. It's almost like people want to like B&W, but can't let go of some color. Any other comments?
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