Meditations in Monochrome

[johnastovall]

"Even though I am primarily a color landscape photographer, many of my favorite landscape images are black and white photographs. Of course, everyone thinks of Ansel Adams right away. Other favorite landscape photographers of mine are Edward Weston, Wynn Bullock, Minor White, and Brett Weston. There are also many contemporary photographers worth checking out, such as Paul Caponigro, Michael Kenna, John Sexton, Jerry Uelsmann, Bruce Barnbaum, Chris Rainier and Huntington Witherill. When I stop and think about where my inspirations have come from, I realize that I have found as much or more inspiration in black and white photographs as in color work. Well then, why haven't I ever pursued making black and white images myself? Good question..."

Essay and images by William Neil