The Beauty In Black And White
A DigitalNZ Story by wellingtonian
Black and white photograph has it's own very unique feelings when it comes to beauty.
I feel black and white photos are always a bit harder to take than coloured ones.
Young woman...
Auckland Libraries
Young woman [from Wargan family] looking at photograph album
Alexander Turnbull Library
Unidentified young woman
Alexander Turnbull Library
Haes, Frank (London) 1832-1916 :Portrait of unidentified young woman
Alexander Turnbull Library
Unidentified young woman with a crop or cane
Alexander Turnbull Library
Lady Annie Elizabeth Atkinson
Alexander Turnbull Library
Unidentified young woman
Alexander Turnbull Library
Mereana Hall
Alexander Turnbull Library
Unidentified young Maori woman
Alexander Turnbull Library
Unidentified young woman as a 'flower queen'
Alexander Turnbull Library
Unidentified young woman at the beach
Alexander Turnbull Library
Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939 :Young Samoan woman
Alexander Turnbull Library
Young Maori woman with poi
Alexander Turnbull Library
Portrait of a young woman
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Carnell, Samuel 1832-1920 : Portrait of unidentified young woman
Alexander Turnbull Library
She is so beautiful, no artificial heavy make up and up dos. And the light was perfect, too.
Miss Dorothy Montague 1911
Auckland Libraries
3/4 portrait of Miss Mullens who is wearing a dark calf length....
Auckland Libraries
The last two
As Theodora in "Theodora, Empress of the East." Talma, photo. (Otago Witness, 05 July 1905)
National Library of New Zealand
MISS TITTELL BRUNE: A STUDY. (Otago Witness, 05 July 1905)
National Library of New Zealand
The last two images shows how hard to get everything right, even the photo was perfect, when it comes to printing or scanning, it's still highly likely to go wrong.