New Beautiful Black and White Photography

If you’ve been following Smashing Magazine for a while, you know that almost all posts from the Monday Inspiration series are pretty colorful and eye-catching. This post is an exception. Compared to colorful designs where catchy colors help the design to stand out, in black-and-white designs the ability to stand out depends only on its ability to communicate rather than on its appealing visual presentation.
Indeed, beautiful black and white photography doesn’t attract with its play of colors. Here close attention to composition, lighting, perspective and the context it is shot in are important. Hence, before considering the photos presented below please prepare some patience and time. This post presents some truly excellent examples of beautiful black-and-white photography.

Toni Frissell



Alin Ciortea





Birds


Sally Mann


Larry Towell


Aneta Kowalczyk


Nick Brandt


Gary Winogrand


Larry Louie


Gabriele Caretti



source: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/09/beautiful-black-and-white-photography/