WePhoto B&W 2017 Vol 4 Dear all, Here comes yet another moment of pride for WePhoto while bringing out the next Book in ‘The Series’ representing the genre - Black and White (B&W) Photography. I founded the WePhoto Group in February 2014 and since then we have come this far simply out of our passion for this art form. Over the time, thanks to the continuous help and support of many likeminded colleagues, who have shared every moment of success while working together with equal enthusiasm. We have created other groups and thematic pages to better represent the various styles in photography. Today WePhoto group has the widest presence across Facebook representing almost every possible genre of photography. As of date there are twelve different groups and related pages, with picture boards on Pinterest and about seventy e-books published on issuu.com. This annual collection called - The Series - comprises eBooks, each belonging to a specific photographic theme, and includes the artwork of several authors from Italy and abroad. The one in your hands is the forth thematic book dedicated to B&W Photography. Apart from the e-version these publications are available in the form of coffee table books too. Editorial Team / Redazione Mario Bunčuga: Editor Mario Bunčuga: Art Director Pankaj Anand: Review Associate Barbara Stoia: Review Associate Germana De Chellis: Graphic Designer and B&W Group Leader
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We are so excited and happy to feature these beautiful images and most of all, be able to share them with a wide range of viewers. Please spread it across by sharing, and recommend wherever you can to download these free eBooks from our webpages and links given ahead. Do make sure to leave your feedback on the eStores — a 5-star rating would be greatly appreciated. This is how you may help us grow and share our passion for photography! In this Book you can also find the links to our Facebook Groups - WePhoto and WePhoto Minimal. Come and join the groups, invite your friends to share their work and enjoy some of the best images from around the world.
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Special thanks and Credits Special thanks to Germana de Chellis, Chief of WePhoto B&W Group/Page, closely supported by Barbara Stoia and Maria Giovanna Quaranta, who have helped me select images, contact authors and collect materials. These people may always been found putting things together in the back office. Thanks to all the authors who have made this volume such a great collection with their valuable contributions. Thanks to our staff too, which is constantly managing and taking care of the group with its 12 thematic pages, groups and online magazines.
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Thanks to my admin colleagues for their patient dedication. All this time when I remain away from the routine management of our network, they are the ones who take care of everything for the groups. I have no words to express my gratitude for the wonderful work they do every day with great passion and commitment. Mario Bunčuga the Founder WePhoto Network
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Copyright All rights are reserved, to respectively WePhoto, Mario Bunčuga for entire ebook and single authors for personal photos included in the related chapters. This book can be downloaded for free and distributed freely only as whole. The images and text are of exclusive property of the authors who, prior personal contact, may authorize the use or not. you can also print from our link to Peecho online print service. Any other use will be fined by the existing rules on the subject of copyright. © 2017 WePhoto
© 2017 Mario Buncuga
© 2017 Corrado Corradini
© 2017 Daniel Berner
© 2017 Saturas Muhammad © 2017 Riccardo Vezzosi © 2017 Rita Scarola
© 2017 Ryeo Baba
© 2017 Ruth Chudaska-Clemenz
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Black And White Black and White (B&W) Photography belongs to an altogether different era and the interesting part is that the art form has not only survived all this long, it is thriving with innovations taking place every next time. Seems as if man is finding it difficult to come out of its spell. B&W comes with a rich heritage in the form of works of Ansel Adams, Henri CartierBresson, Edward Weston etc, who created masterpieces out of the constraints of equipment, tools and above all - color. But absence of the latter evidently came to their advantage and helped them see what would not be visible in a colored world. Colors dominate frame, its aspects and elements; and so a B&W photographer will rather focus on the potentials of placement, shape, pattern, texture, tonal contrast and above all flow and quality of light. B&W photography is way beyond mere conversion of a color photo to grayscale. It is about creation of fine art objects from the scene around us. B&W is inspiring, ethereal and will remain forever.
Mario BunÄ?uga the Founder WePhoto Network October 2017
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CORRADO CORRADINI Melegnano, Itaia
ww.corradocorradini.com www.facebook.com/corrado.corradini.73 Mi chiamo Corrado Corradini, ho 63 anni e vivo in Lombardia. Ho fatto il fotografo di professione per otto anni presso un'affermata agenzia foto giornalistica di Milano. Durante quegli anni mi sono occupato di sport seguendo numerosi eventi di varie discipline, di spettacolo, di cronaca etc... Esaurito l'entusiasmo iniziale per il lavoro, diventato ormai di routine e molto poco creativo, ho abbandonato la fotografia per circa vent'anni. Per gioco e per documentazione, nel 2009, con una piccola digitale, ho dovuto fare qualche scatto ed è stato come ritrovare un grande Amore mai dimenticato. Oggi scatto libero da ogni vincolo, solo per divertimento, ed è fantastico. Il digitale poi, per chi ha esperienza sull'analogico, è il paese delle meraviglie. Non sono un Fotonaturalista; considero le mie foto reportage.
My name is Corrado Corradini. I'm 63 and live in Lombardy. I had been a professional photographer for eight years at a well-established photo agency in Milan. During those years I was involved in sports coverage following the various events of numerous disciplines, performances, journals etc.
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DANIEL BERNER Buenos Aires, Argentina
www.dberner.com www.facebook.com/danielberner www.instagram.com/dmberner//
I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina and currently live in Menlo Park, California. With or without a camera, I'm always taking pictures
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RUTH CHUDASKA CLEMENZ Finsterwalde, Germany
500px.com/shadows Photographie faszinierte mich schon immer und schon früh in meinem Leben. Mein Vater gab mir die erste Kamera, als ich ungefähr 8 Jahre alt war. Es war eine ganz altmodische Balgenkamera, bei der man noch alles manuell einstellen mußte. Vor dem Abitur traf ich auf einen Berufsphotographen, der mir die „Essentials“ der Photographie beibrachte und mir die erste Nikon auslieh. Er veröffentlichte sogar meine ersten Schwarz-Weiß-Photos in Photozeitschriften als ich 18 Jahre alt war. Es war schnell mein Traum, einmal eine Nikon zu besitzen. Inzwischen sind mehr als 30 Jahre vergangen. Obwohl ich es zeitweilig überlegt hatte, bin ich nicht seinem Vorbild gefolgt, ein Berufsphotograph zu werden. Ich wollte frei sein in meinen Entscheidungen, welche Aufnahmen ich machen möchte und welche nicht. Ich habe ihn dabei aber nicht als frei erlebt. Für mich ist Zwang der Tod jeder Kreatitivät in der Photographie. Aber die Faszination der Photographie verließ mich nie vollständig. Inzwischen konnte ich meine Träume realisieren und nach langer Experimentierphase mit analogen Nikon-Kameras habe ich vor einigen Jahren zu den digitalen Modellen gewechselt. Das war die in dieser Hinsicht ultimative Erfüllung meiner Träume: heute besitze ich eine professionelle Ausrüstung und versuche ständig, meine Fähigkeiten zu erweitern und zu verbessern. Daher lerne ich praktisch jeden Tag neue und interessante Themen in der Photographie und der digitalen Nachbearbeitung. Es ist und bleibt eine spannende Herausforderung. Im Hauptberuf bin ich als psychiatrische Sachverständige für die deutsche Justiz tätig.
I was fascinated about photography very early in age. My father gave me the first toy camera when I was about 8 years old. During my high school time I met a professional photographer who showed me the essentials and lended his first Nikon to me. He even published my first photos when I was 18. Soon it became my dream to own a Nikon for myself. Now, more than 30 years have passed. I did not follow his way to be a professional photographer because I wanted to be free in my decisions with what to shoot and what not to. For me compulsion is the end of creativity in photography. But the fascination for photography never completely left me. Meanwhile I could realize my dreams and after having long experiences with analogue Nikons I changed to the digital one some years ago.. This is like getting one of my dreams fulfilled: Today I own professional gear and try constantly to improve my skills and to learn every day new and interesting things about photography and post processing. In my usual profession I work as psychiatrist, expert in testimonies for legal authorities in Germany. 34
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RICCARDO VEZZOSI Firenze, Italia
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Riccardo Vezzosi, Artista fiorentino di fama nazionale, si occupa di fotografia dall’età di 18 anni, tiene regolarmente workshop di fotografia per circuiti fotografici e riviste di settore. I suoi lavori sono stati pubblicati su “Secret” (edito da Jurgen Boedt), “Nu” (Sottomondo Edizioni) e su “Bizzarreries” (glittering image). Assieme a Tom Porta è l’unico fotografo italiano sul testo “Fetish Photo Antology” che presenta i cento artisti più importanti del mondo. Ha effettuato performances a Londra e in molte città italiane. Le sue opere sono state presentate in importanti collettive italiane ed europee.
I am an artist of national repute from Florentine, and have been dealing with photography since the age of 18. I have been regularly holding photography workshops in photographic circles and magazines. My works have been published in: "Secret", (edited by Jurgen Boedt), "Nu" (Submarine Editions) and "Bizzarreries" (Glittering Image). I am one of the only two Italian photographers, the other being Tom Porta, covered in "Fetish Photo Anthology" that presents the hundred most important artists in the world. I have made performances in London and many Italian cities. My works have been presented in important Italian and European photographic collections. 46
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RITA SCAROLA Grumo Appula, Italia
www.facebook.com/rita.scarola.1 www.flickr.com/photos/131188175@N07/ instagram.com/ritascarola/ 500px.com/rita scarola/ Rita Scarola nasce a Grumo Appula nel 1990, studia materie pedagogiche e si laurea in Scienze Politiche a Bari nel 2016. Durante gli anni universitari da autodidatta inizia ad interessarsi di fotografia maturando definitivamente quel legame indissolubile con la macchina fotografica che la accompagnerà durante i numerosi viaggi in giro per il mondo. India, Kenya, Turchia, Balcani, Bielorussia, sono solo alcuni dei “mondi altri” che negli scatti della Scarola divengono luoghi dell'anima dove cercare dialoghi possibili con culture lontane anche solo attraverso lo sguardo. Gli occhi, le mani, i volti, il sorriso, il pianto: la ricerca del particolare come racconto del reale, come necessità di immortalare ciò che ad occhio nudo andrebbe perso e come bisogno di vedere al di là delle apparenze: un particolare che funge al contempo da paradigma universale della condizione umana nel tempo e fuori dal tempo e la cui essenza l'animo umano ha il dovere di cogliere. Membro del Gruppo Fotografico "Quelli della Torre" Autrice e curatrice delle mostre fotografiche collettive: -WhoMan, Grumo Appula, 2017 -Riflessi di Donna, Torre a Mare, 2016 -Torre a Mare colori e Tradizioni, Torre a Mare, 2015 -Strade, Bari, 2012
Rita Scarola was born in Grumo Appula in 1990, studied pedagogical subjects and graduated in Political Science at Bari in 2016. During self-taught university studies, she began to be interested in photography, definitively maturing that indissoluble bond with the camera that would accompany her during her many trips around the world. India, Kenya, Turkey, the Balkans, Belarus, are just some of the other worlds that she explored her soul in. Rita pursued the possible dialogue with distant cultures even if it would happen only through a gaze. Eyes, hands, faces, smiles, tears: the quest for detail, for a tale to be told of the real world and for a necessity to immortalize what a naked eye might lose after it moves on and how to see beyond what was visible: a particular moment whose essence the human soul has the duty to seize. Member of Photo Group "Those of the Tower" Author and curator of collective photographic exhibitions: Â -WhoMan, Grumo Appula, 2017 -Reflections of Woman, Sea Tower, 2016 Membro del Gruppo Fotografico "Quelli della Torre" Autrice e curatrice delle mostre fotografiche collettive: -WhoMan, Grumo Appula, 2017 -Riflessi di Donna, Torre a Mare, 2016 -Torre a Mare colori e Tradizioni, Torre a Mare, 2015 -Strade, Bari, 2012 58
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RYEO BABA Selangor D.E,Malaysia
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Salam sejahtera dari Malaysia.Saya berminat street photography sebab dapat berinteraksi dengan orang.Sinaran cahaya dan bayangan menjadi fokus saya semasa mengambil foto dipersekitaran jalanan.Gambaran kehidupan harian dapat dikekal menerusi street photography untuk dinikmati dimasa depan.
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SATURAS MUHAMMAD Kaliwungu, Indonesia
www.facebook.com/saturasmuhammad www.facebook.com/Saturasphotography/?ref=nf
Namaku : Saturas muhammad tinggal di Kaliwungu ,jawa tengah Indonesia. Saya mengkhususkan diri dalam fineart photography dan portrait with avialable light Bagiku fotografi adalah tentang mimpi, Sebuah harapan, dan sisi lain dari itu. Kesedihan, kebahagiaan .. seperti yang dilihat oleh mata Anda menutup untuk menyembunyikannya, dan terbuka untuk menunjukkannya Mimpi dan kebahagiaan melalui kesedihan Semoga mimpi melalui kekosongan Sentuh lampu di sekitar kegelapan Cobalah untuk menangkap kata-kata yang tidak terucap Untuk arti mimpi dan harapan
I'm Saturas, a Kaliwungu, based in Indonesia. I specialize in fine art photography and portraits in ambient light. To me photography is about a dream, A hope, and the other side of it. Sadness, happiness.. as said by the eyes You close to hide it, and open to show it Dream the happiness through the sadness Hope the dreams through the emptiness Touch the light around the darkness Try to catch the unspoken words For the meaning of dreams and hope. 82
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