There are all sorts of debates around street photography. One of them is the colour/black and white debate. There’s a convention that street photos should be in black and white. My own feeling is: it depends. Sometimes, like at the Pride Parade, colour is part of the point. Other time’s, a photo cries out to be processed in black and white. Here’s one I particularly like. I shot it late in the day near Bloor & Yonge. Given the direction of the sunlight, their faces should be in shadow, but they catch reflected light from the building. The high contrast makes the image ideal for black and white.
Here’s one I took in front of the Calvin Klein store. You can see the reflection of a person taking a picture. He’s standing under a poster for the Stanley Kubrick exhibit, so a crazy-eyed Jack Nicholson looks over the scene. Meanwhile a mostly naked couple embrace in the ad.
