• Original idea : Sylvie D.
• Organizers : Pietro Asproni - Fátima Seehagen & Sylvie D.
• Text : Pietro Asproni
• Title idea and creation of the intro image: Fátima Seehagen
• Choice of colors : Fátima Seehagen
• All the co-owners chose the order of their photos.
• Layout : Sylvie D.
BLaCK aND WHiTE a RECoRDiNG
iN LiGHT aND iNSPiRiNG 2
Let's think in black & white!
23 Authors:
Helena Layzu - Sol Vasilliorf - Michelle C. - François Pradenc - Jimm Hughey
Emmanuel Geitz - Sherry O'Connor - Jobove-Reus - Margret Tschirch - Swati Kamalakar
Wolfgang Barth - Rossend Gri i Casas - Renato Pozzoli - Gian Corrado DONATI - Eser Dilmen
Matt Mawson - Gute75 - Jose Bongia - Jaroslaw Rufer - Wellington Lee - Oskar Thiemicke
Peter Sauermann - Sylvie D
From 16 countries:
Bangladesh - Brazil - United States of America - France - Mexico - Canada - Spain - India
Germany - Italy - Belgium - Turkey - United Kingdom - Argentina - Poland - Netherlands.
The B&W
“I don’t think that it exists a contrast between black & white and color, in photography as well as in any other form of art. B&W and color represent different forms of visual expression that we can intentionally chose to propose our point of view on a specific scene or moment.
Summarizing the opinions of some eminent photographers, as Elliot Erwitt and Joel Meyerowitz, the use of color is suitable for descriptive works, while the B&W better fits with interpretative photography. To me, this means that the B&W lets the observers use their imagination to develop their own story just looking to an image, thus the B&W offers a larger range of freedom than color. The use of colors gives an important amount of information that makes the image more legible and quickly comprehensible for the observer ; on the other hand, B&W images need more time to be read and to try to obtain some information that, because of the absence of colors, are often inaccessible, thus obliging the reader to develop his/her own interpretation of the scene. The aim of our B&W projects is not to state that B&W is better or more artistic than color, which was a common opinion in 60’s and early 70’s.
The aim of our projects is just to put in light a form of visual expression that recently has been partially neglected, with the diffusion of social networks and smartphones that have contaminated the visual language with rapidity and consumerism germs.”
~ Pietro Asproni
From Bangladesh ✧ Helena Layzu 🙂 BD
Hands
Media: Mixed Media on Paper
Size: A4
Year: 2025
From Brazil ✧ Sol Vasilliorf
URANUS
Uranus hovers over Oceanus, searching for Gaia. He adorned himself for her with his fabulous celestial cloak of clouds. He will discard it when he finds her, transforming it into a fertilizing rain. From the grandeur of this encounter, a new Titan will emerge.
From United States of America ✧ Michelle C.
From France ✧ François Pradenc
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From United States of America ✧ Jimm Hughey
HONEYMOON
Marriage joins two spirits.
The honeymoon plants a seed for love to grow.
Celebrating this spiritual union, we leave caution to the wind and engorge ourselves in the delight of one another.
It is a time of adventure and discovery with the door to acceptance wide open.
A schoolroom of passion fixes memories of what is possible.
We travel together, sharing new experiences in the unknown land of soul melding.
Done well, this time sets the tone for a union of significance and a lifetime of intimate meaningfulness.
(The author took all photographs)
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HOME
Where the heart lives.
Those black-and-white moments captured over time create a collage of a life well lived.
Within each frame, there is a piece of love.
These are sacred shared moments that make a house a home.
Where love abides, families dwell in delight.
(The author took all photographs)
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HISTORY
A Young French Noble 1715–1740
A French Rococo court portrait
Sash: Cordon bleu style, referencing the Order of the Holy Spirit
A young French noble of high rank, portrayed ceremonially
Artist: Follower of Hyacinthe Rigaud (not Largillière)
He stands in the ceremonial splendor of early eighteenth-century France, wrapped in crimson velvet and gold embroidery, a young noble shaped by the elegance and expectations of the Louis XV court.
The softness in his expression reveals someone still discovering who he is beneath the symbols he wears.
We can sense the quiet hum of an inner life preparing to unfold. He stands not only as an heir to privilege but as a young soul at the threshold of becoming, learning to navigate the roles placed upon him while something deeper waits to emerge.
Though his name is lost, his presence remains. He invites us to remember our own moments of stepping into expectations, our own journeys of finding awareness beneath identity.
(The author took all photographs)
From Mexico ✧ Emmanuel Geitz
Untitled (ink on paper)
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Untitled (photograph)
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Self-portrait (digital photograph)
From Canada ✧ Sherry O'Connor
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From Spain ✧ Jobove - Reus
1. Reus - IA (expelled, out) - Baix Camp
2. Horta de Sant Joan - Plaça Sant Salvador d'Horta - Terra Alta
3. Roda de Berà - Urb. Roc de Sant Gaietà - Tarragonès
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Reus - cementiri - Baix Camp
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Irati - Selva d'Irati - Navarra
From Germany ✧ Margret Tschirch
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From India ✧ Swati Kamalakar
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From Germany ✧ Wolfgang Barth
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From Spain ✧ Rossend Gri i Casas
Sculptural group
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1. Mercaders Street - Girona 2. Neu Street - Girona 3. Castanyes Square - Girona
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Glass
From Italy ✧ Renato Pozzoli
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From Belgium ✧ Gian Corrado DONATI
Photos that show my vision of landscapes, animals, and architecture.
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From Turkey ✧ Eser Dilmen
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From United Kingdom ✧ Matt Mawson
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From Spain ✧ _ gute75
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From Argentina ✧ José Bongianino
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From Poland ✧ Jaroslaw Rufer
Jarek & Jarek (an author of photos) during the 1970 summer vacation (me on the right, my friend on the left) when we visited the Tatra Mountains, among other places. The photos were taken with a Kijew camera on a self-timer, which was placed on the soles of my shoes.
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Tatras - the mountains where our friendship crystallized.
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Flowers symbolizing my sadness - farewell flowers.
From United States of America ✧ Wellington Lee
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
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An Actor in the Easter Parade
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The Famous Statue of Atlas in Rockefeller Center
Rainforest at Bronx Zoo, New York City
From Germany ✧ Oskar Thiemicke
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From Netherlands ✧ Peter Sauermann
Industrial heritage before it will make way to a housing project.
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Time passes...
... at the Pointe-à-Callière Archaeology Museum
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Time passes drawing ... a cat climbing a tree,
Strathmore paper 14 x 17"
Pencils: DeSerres, Staedtler, Derwent.
Pencils: DeSerres, Staedtler, Derwent.
... a cavalry horse in its paddock.
Strathmore paper 14 x 17"
Pencils: DeSerres, Staedtler, Derwent, Prismacolor and Conté in Paris.
Pencils: DeSerres, Staedtler, Derwent, Prismacolor and Conté in Paris.
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Time passes... during a sleepless night. Time never stops.
"Time is the best critic; and patience the best teacher."
~ Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin - Artist, composer, musician, pianist (1810-1849).
"Le temps passe. Et chaque fois qu'il y a du temps qui passe,
il y a quelque chose qui s'efface." ~ Jules Romains -
"Time passes. And every time time passes, something is erased."
French writer, philosopher, poet, and playwright (1885-1972).
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