Andy Summers in black and white

[areaeleven]

Andy has some work showing at Luminato in Toronto at the moment. The Globe and Mail did a quick interview with him and his showmates. It has some interesting thoughts:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/andy-summers-in-black-and-white/article1175353/

I like:

“With digital of course, there are some people doing incredible things with colours. But I don't think it has the same power as black and white,”

but then again he's saying something I want to hear

Cheers

 

[Colin Corneau]

I loved that interview. One quibble: no one seeing, for example, Edward Burtynsky's work in colour will say it lacks impact or power. Among many examples.

Really wish I could have attended this event - respect to the guy for his devotion and obvious talent.

 

[jd callow]

Colour film used with purpose can be every bit as powerful, if not more so, than black and white and to identify colour with digital and film with B&W annoys me to no end.

 

[Colin Corneau]

Not wanting to detract from Mr. Summers' excellent work and long-time devotion, though....I absolutely love hearing about long-term projects like this.

 

[mabman]

Other than the above, the "WTF?" quote for me in the article is "...Leica has a custom Ralph Gibson signature model of its MP film camera – a camera that has the older, more tactile feel of manually changing the f-stops and shutter speeds and demands that photographers get relatively close to their subjects...." (emphasis mine) - unless they've glued a 35mm or shorter lens to it, I don't see how that statement makes any sense.