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Since the Lumière brothers' potato starch-based colour photography process, known as "autochrome", colour photography has come a long way. While some photographers believe that "coloured complication" disturbs visual simplification and takes away from the artist's wishes in favour of black and white, others believe that it is easier to read and perceive naturally, and thus to impregnate the work. Today, colour photography is an integral part of the image and its application has become widespread in most photographic uses.
The appearance of this character who "eats" the image and finds himself completely immersed in the frame, shows us someone neutral. The appearance of this character who...
Colour is the main element in the construction of this image that plunges us inside the face, the eye attracts us as much by its colour as by its empty gaze. Colour is the main element in the...
The very theatrical character of this image refers particularly to the stage and the way one decides to show oneself to others. The softness of the light that falls on the person and the way in which the person takes hold of it refers to emancipation and self-acceptance. The very theatrical character of this...
The metaphor of black acts here almost like a monster that swallows its prey, but colour adopts the role of light emerging from the shadows and illuminating the face and the image. The metaphor of black acts here...
This baba (old woman) is “carrying” the harmonica player, in the Carnaval parade with the traditional oraci group in the town of Okiç, in the Ptuj region of Slovenia. This baba (old woman) is “carrying”...
Made of a durable wood, these masks are often constructed over a few years. On the island of Bubaque in Guinea-Bissau, each Carnaval, a new change is added to the mask. Made of a durable wood, these masks...
The botarga is a traditional Carnaval character of central Spain, representing the devil and leading the religious procession to the church but not entering it. The botarga is a traditional Carnaval...
Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans is well-known and attracts many visitors, but locals also put forward their artistic take on masking. Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of...
In New Orleans, far away from the famous French Quarter and the Uptown floats, the Mardi Gras Indians are a group of African-Americans whose tradition honors the Native Americans who protected escaped slaves in the 1800s. In New Orleans, far away from the...
One of the characters in the traditional Slovenian Carnaval, Death helps in the effort to capture young children and teenagers in each village and brings them to be pelted with ash by the Ugly Ones (Ta Grdi). One of the characters in the...
One of the participants of the Carnaval procession in downtown Recife. One of the participants of the...
During Carnaval, throngs of people choke the streets at night on Rua de Bom Jesus, in the old district of the city of Recife, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. During Carnaval, throngs of people...