In celebration of the one-year anniversary of Lens-Artists Photo Challenge we are invited to post pictures on a subject of our choice. I decided to feature only black and white images this week. Interestingly, since not all pictures turn out to be good black and white candidates. Worthy ones tend to emphasis shapes, lines and texture, in addition to shadows, reflections and contrasts. Often times these features add mood and emotion and can attract more attention, maybe this is why many people believe this is photography in its purest form. Hope you enjoy seeing these images in a different “light”! 😊
“There’s something strange and powerful about black-and-white imagery.” – Stefan Kanfer
This was taken on Cougar Point Golf Course, Kiawah Island Golf Resort, on Kiawah Island, South Carolina. 
“In black and white there are more colors than color photography, because you are not blocked by any colors so you can use your experiences, your knowledge, and your fantasy, to put colors into black and white.” – Anders Petersen
The Cloud Gate sculpture, better known as The Bean, is in the foreground with downtown Chicago building in the background.
“One very important difference between color and monochromatic photography is this: in black and white you suggest; in color you state.” – Paul Outerbridge
This scallop boat ran aground on the beach at Kiawah Island, SC during a King high tide and bad storm a few years ago .
“To see in color is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul” – Andri Cauldwell
This is one of many decorative seahorses on either side of some of the gondola in Venice, Italy. It is said they are a symbol of protection and represented the horses of Poseidon’s chariot in ancient mythology.
Color is distracting in a way, it pleases the eye but it doesn’t necessarily reach the heart.” – Kim Hunter
An evening shot of a row of gondolas in Venice, Italy.
“Color is everything, black and white is more.” – Dominic Rouse
A late morning picture of brown pelicans sitting on a sand bar taken on Kiawah Island, SC. 
Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Ogunquit, Maine.
“Black and white is abstract; color is not. Looking at a black and white photograph, you are already looking at a strange world.” – Joel Sternfeld