A lone hiker stands atop a rocky outcrop overlooking the rugged landscape of Antelope Island and the hazy waters of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

Black & White

Black & White

Words and Photography by Gary Donaldson

A quick look at my Facebook page, Instagram feed, or the gallery on this website will show the vibrant colors in my photography. Most of my work lives in saturated color and strong contrasts. Often it feels like I see the world through a camera lens that has the image control set to vivid! Whether it’s the compliments on the color wheel or the soft golden glow of late-afternoon light, color influences how I interpret images. It shapes how I compose them.

Knowing this, I sometimes force myself to go color blind when looking at composition, which changes everything.

These six black and white photographs are selected from my travels. The stories are being told in form, light, shadows, and texture. Not bold, saturated colors. They offer a different, more contemplative way of seeing. We must process and interpret the delicate, subtle gradients of the in-between.

The Images

Goose Island on St. Mary's Lake - Glacier National Park
Goose Island on St. Mary’s Lake – Glacier National Park
Peshtigo Reef Light in a Storm, Green Bay of Lake Michigan
Peshtigo Reef Light in a Storm
Hooded Crow of Istanbul
Hooded Crow of Istanbul
Bison of Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah
Bison of Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah
Lone Oak in Cornfield, Northwest Wisconsin
Lone Oak in Cornfield, Northwest Wisconsin
La Antigua, Guatemala
La Antigua, Guatemala

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    Stunning! I love black and white!

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