This week I’m sharing B&W versions of color photographs that I’ve used in various posts over the last six months. During that time period I shared just one post of B&W photographs, even though B&W is a medium that I often gravitate to. Color, though, has been a nice component of the images that I’ve shared from Cuba, Indonesia, and the Indian Himalayas. Some of the photographs, however, are also very good in B&W – one version doesn’t have to exclude the other. For this post I chose portraits that I thought were also great in B&W. Usually the connection with the subject’s eyes is a key ingredient, making the color component a bit less important. I hope you enjoy them!
A beautifully confident young girl in the small village of Nako, on the border of India and Tibet.
A little girl with mesmerizing eyes, in Nako. The Spiti Valley drops behind her in the distance.
A young man in Nako. His clothes were dressier than those of most of the other villagers.
A boy in Centro Habana, Cuba.
Centro Habana, Cuba.
A man in Centro Habana who had lived in the US for 10 years before being deported.
Two young women in Centro Habana, dressed up for the evening.
At the fish market in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.
Cat ready to make a move at the fish market in Labuan Bajo.
A family in Kampung Tengah, an old neighborhood on the waterfront in Labuan Bajo.
Young guys hanging out. Kampung Tengah, Labuan Bajo.
Buff guy showing off. Kampung Tengah, Labuan Bajo.
Kampung Tengah, Labuan Bajo.
Kampung Tengah. Preparing vegetables for a meal.
Catching the sunset from the wharf in Labuan Bajo.
Fishing from the wharf in Labuan Bajo.
Guys taking a rest, at a shipping container yard in Labuan Bajo’s wharf area.
Scene at a kitchen set up in Food Street, Chinatown, Singapore.
