Comment by lblume
19 hours ago
I cannot really explain why, but I feel like each of these photos captures so much more about the respective person than a modern colored photo ever could.
19 hours ago
I cannot really explain why, but I feel like each of these photos captures so much more about the respective person than a modern colored photo ever could.
Back then photos were more expensive, rarer and taken primarily by professionals. It makes sense that they on average were more compelling to look at than the average picture taken today.
But there are plenty of great modern colored photos.
Portraits are like long exposure photos where the artist watches a person and captures the right elements at the right moments.