R Magazine, Ex-TeenArt_Issue 1_Authenticity Jun. 2015 | Page 39

Heirs of black
and white
At first, the black and the white was the
prerogative of all photographic and film
works. The processes used since the
invention of the photography (and taken up
afterward in the cinema), allowed only black
and white with few variants.
Then the color was! But it was complicated
and expensive. The elaboration of colors
movies or photos supposed the use of
expensive technical processes for its time.
This is why, black and white has widely
dominated the artistic landscape until years
50-60.

. At this moment it takes place a transfer
towards the color (as in the 30s with the
passage from the silent movies to the talkies).
The color film such as we know today dates only
the 30s. Gradually, movies and photos turned
into color, however, it does not mean that the
black and the white become obsolete. A large
number of inflexible continued to film in black
and white. Punctual stylistic composition or
artist’s trademark, the achromia inspires and
still possesses a place among the contemporary
works. Small overview …