I recently bought a little Fujifilm mirrorless camera, an X-E3. Fujifilm made films which were much favoured by photographers. Their new digital cameras have the option of making digital images look as if they were shot with the old films, such as Provia, Velvia, Astia and Acros. More here.
Acros is Black and White. The photos look great.
A recent Mexican movie is called 'Roma'. Check it out on Netflix. It is also black and white, and absolutely beautiful.
It sometimes seems to me that images of the Gold Coast are distorted by the priorities of the tourism industry, real estate and promotions like the Meter Maids. Glossy colourful pictures of dream homes, beaches, and girls in bikinis. It contributes to the clichéd image of the Gold Coast as being shallow and glitzy. I should like to honour some of the competent genuine characters who live and work on the Gold Coast, with some photos of people in black and white.
Here are a few samples.
Bruce Makin, tennis mate and emu farmer
Emu
Wal Mayr, bushcare worker. This photo reminds me of Dorothea Lange's famous photo of a migrant family in the depression.
Chad, digger driver mending the tennis court.
Mica, Brent and Dazz, pouring concrete
Dazz on the concrete hose
Mick minding his concrete truck
Using a rail-saw
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