Purpose

Ongoing CHALLENGE !!!
If you see one single picture in this group that you think is not art, please say so (by commenting on it) and tell us why. If you are convincing - we will remove it. This group is to show case the most resistive pictures from the
B&W Art Photography - Is Your Art universal

If your picture has been blogged here, it means that it has appealed to over 300 art jurors for a whole week or more. Congratulations!!!
Hmmm... but what does that mean ??? well according to This ... it means your picture is "... extremely resistant to people wanting to get rid of it", :)

Saturday, 5 December 2009

WATER WATCH


WATER WATCH, originally uploaded by -DECEEM-.

WRI_SHOOT_7


WRI_SHOOT_7, originally uploaded by markfrommelt.

Drowned in Bollywood


Drowned in Bollywood, originally uploaded by N A Y E E M.

This is an old picture of my wife, lying down and watching TV when she was pregnant....She loves Bollywood movies and their music....of which I am not a big fan.
The room was pitch dark and the only light there was coming from the TV.

.


., originally uploaded by frederic.desmots.

Salton Sea 2008


Salton Sea 2008 , originally uploaded by Digital Eye1.

Vitalic


Vitalic, originally uploaded by Chrispz.

Highway 95, Nevada

amanecer y reflejo


amanecer y reflejo, originally uploaded by Rodrigo HerRaz.

River at dawn and reflection from the window.

Taken with a Lomo Diana + on T-Max 400 film. Chiapas, México. October 2009.

shades


shades, originally uploaded by william-zimpel.

Sunflower 3


Sunflower 3, originally uploaded by agripix1.

This image © Colin J Clarke 2009

Toyo-View 45C, Rodenstock Geronar MC 1:6.8 f=210mm, Fuji Acros 100
Developer Ilfosol-S diluted 1:14 for 8'45" @ 20c. ISO 100 Acros exposed at EI80

Simplification


Simplification, originally uploaded by blinked.

Dual nature.


Dual nature., originally uploaded by [n].

Taj Mahal 2


Taj Mahal 2, originally uploaded by kortney_thoma.


, originally uploaded by LaTol.

Languish


Languish, originally uploaded by evitbolt.

Originally a black and white photo, shot on location in Poland in 1995.

Experiments with grayscale.


Experiments with grayscale., originally uploaded by MissCreant.


, originally uploaded by in.girum.

Central Park, Manhattan, 2009

Why Not Embrace The Sunset?

Why Not Embrace The Sunset?

Looking West from the Northen tip of Bray Head. . He had a nice view too, if he'd turned off his mobile phone & embraced the magic of the moment. I'ts OK, I suppose I embraced it for him... :)

(in the largest version of this you CAN actually see that he IS talking on his phone, sideways on to the beauty of that sinking star he is ignoring at the time)


Another 2007 scraping from the vault floor.


, originally uploaded by Uringhai [u: ring hä ē].

Niagara Falls 2009
Ilford HP5 Plus push to 800 ISO Speed
www.uringhai.com

Lone Cedar


Lone Cedar , originally uploaded by g.o.howell.

Bord de mer


Bord de mer, originally uploaded by Sébastien Béghin (grain59).

Rolleiflex 3,5f, tmax100,hc-110

Prise à Dunkerque, filtre gris neutre nd8
http://www.focale-fixe.com/

Atalaya 2


Atalaya 2, originally uploaded by agripix1.


Hasselblad 503CW, Zeiss Distagon CF FLE 1:4 f=50mm, Fuji Neopan 400, Ilfosol-S 1:9 5m15s.

Atalaya Castle Ruins, Litchfield, South Carolina

Point 30


Point 30, originally uploaded by Hypnagogic visions.

Morning Mist 2


Morning Mist 2, originally uploaded by dragonzoul.

"How futile it seems when life is compared to a morning dew, a mist like nothing anew and disappears from our eyes like a flashing films in the sky?" - Heart Stone

football everywhere


football everywhere, originally uploaded by ozgurcakir.

Oct 2007
back streets
Old Mardin City,
Turkey

PS: ALL sizes please

Tuesday, 24 November 2009


, originally uploaded by Anita Libera Corsi.

Baby Shot - YaoLi Beautiful Time


Baby Shot - YaoLi Beautiful Time, originally uploaded by Tomo Li.

Reading Terminal Market 2 (Philadelphia)

Demolarea


Demolarea, originally uploaded by Alla Light.

street scene, ostuni


street scene, ostuni, originally uploaded by hughlook.

Monday, 23 November 2009

ExistentNorNonexistent II

Horseshoe Bay British Columbia

Today. Early morning in Szczecin


Today. Early morning in Szczecin, originally uploaded by A.gga.

+170 FAVS!!! +1000 views! Thanks a lot :)

wte


wte, originally uploaded by wee2046.


, originally uploaded by blinked.

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are..."
-Anais Nin

Heygate


Heygate, originally uploaded by Lewis K. Bush.

Like many post-war estates Heygate developed a reputation for crime and is soon to be demolished. I wanted to capture the utopian, 'brave new world' feel that the place must once have had, but now on the eve of its destruction.

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Serenity


Serenity, originally uploaded by draganea and ljilja.

.


., originally uploaded by BeViewed.

Emanating


Emanating, originally uploaded by Wolfhorn.

twisted wire rosewood


twisted wire rosewood, originally uploaded by fotofish.

Pinhole at local beach, printed on kentmere warmtone, developed in Rollei lith

Stream of consciousness


Stream of consciousness, originally uploaded by blinked.

metro


metro, originally uploaded by dima999000.

Venice - Giudecca


Venice - Giudecca, originally uploaded by marellaluca.

Mass Marketing


Mass Marketing, originally uploaded by Stevenas135.

These patterns keep following me...

Location: UK, United Kingdom
Just me photographing old historic linear elements. I love patterns and was drawn to this ancient old church.

Leica R4, wide angle lens, F4, 1/60th sec. Agfa 100 ASA film.

before the storm


before the storm, originally uploaded by lucianolteanu2006.

ressac / the backwash of the sea

escalera


escalera, originally uploaded by weg!.

In my house


In my house, originally uploaded by Pandémik.


, originally uploaded by in.girum.

Istanbul, Turkey, 2009
http://www.moonrocksmagazine.com/issue5.html


, originally uploaded by Parham.Mortazavian.

I wonder
how life will be with a death that I shall never see
I wonder
why life must be .a life that lasts eternally

Topography of the body and mind and the pulsing spiritual dimension.

Topography of the body and mind and the pulsing spiritual dimension.
Hailing high above the grounded interspace.

Lac d'Aumar - Encre de chine


Lac d'Aumar - Encre de chine, originally uploaded by Jean Isard.

untitled


untitled, originally uploaded by aikidojones.

A studio shot with Ashley. Interested to hear interpretations of this piece. I never know if other people are seeing what I see in my figure work.

Lighting: Single B800 strobe in large softbox high camera right.

Polio and wheelbarrows

Sharing the crack with my father last night and conversation moved to my uncle who passed away on Sunday morning at a decent age. Dad talked about how his brother had got polio at a young age and how my granny had to take him in a wheelbarrow to the doctors...a different time but not that long ago. The title of the photo sprung to mind as they used to live at Tore...a wee place on the Black Isle in the background of the shot.

Lonely teddy...


Lonely teddy..., originally uploaded by joshlty.

you can almost catch a glimpse of a tear in his eye...
you wanna give him a hug?

Girl with a Pearl Earring


Girl with a Pearl Earring, originally uploaded by ugo dap.


, originally uploaded by Láma.

Leaves


Leaves, originally uploaded by IK 169.

It was very cloudy outside. Lighting was perfect so I went to my front yard with my Hasselblad with 32000 ISO film loaded in it and shot whole roll trying to get this photograph. It is very dramatic in it is own way. It reminds me a lot about the ages of Pictorialism...

Dolphin Sex


Dolphin Sex, originally uploaded by BombardeMaxima.

Fireworks


Fireworks, originally uploaded by Jessse [ANALOGUE].

Proud of this one, set the shutter speed to 1/30 and sat there waiting for the fireworks to shed enough light on Lari's face.

Crime


Crime, originally uploaded by JoseAnV.

306. Baroque ruskov


306. Baroque ruskov, originally uploaded by Mallory.Pérot.