Looking at a black and white image, you are already looking at a strange world. Black and white creates a strange dreamscape that colour never can. But life is not black and white; there are multiple grey nuances to it. Although we see reality in colour, black and white has always been connected to the image’s deeper truth, to its most hidden meaning.

There is much symbolism associated with the dualism of black and white. They are different and distinct yet one cannot exist without the other. They depict opposites, good and evil, light and dark, truth and untruth and so on. Whether using the contrast of black and white alone, or softened with greys, artwork in the black-white spectrum always stands out.

Jayant Joshi