Altare Della Patria/The Monument of Vittorio Emmanuelle, Rome, Italy, October 2016.
Here’s both versions of this photo, because I was unable to decide which I liked better. Personally I like them both. I’m realising this image forms part of a series I have been shooting, perhaps unwittingly throughout my travels over the past couple years. I shall present them all together, most likely as portfolio gallery on this blog, along with the others under the heading ‘Portfolio’ in the main menu.
Please enjoy!
Phi 
I’m interested to see your series together. 🙂 I like the color on their faces (it was seriously orange out there), but I also like his glasses in the black and white.
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Thanks, honey. It was very orange out there, but I have to admit that I favouring the feel of Harry Gruyaert’s style lately. I think I’ve definitely bridged the divide between my own purism and artistic inclinations when it comes to photography. I love how creative I can be with images without detracting from the original composition itself. Is it an honest interpretation?
Yes, I think so, in that it’s my honest interpretation. Also I don’t care whether people approve of my editing choices or not. That part is nobody’s business.
The bottom line has to be whether you like the image or not, right?
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I agree completely. What’s real is interesting, if you’re shooting a documentary. If you’re being a photographer, however, it should be what you see in your head.
What’s really asinine is people being “purists” about what comes out of the camera, initially, given that it’s almost never what the camera actually saw or what the human eyes saw. I think the point is to show what exists, and especially those people too faint, brief, or obscure to have been otherwise noticed.
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Yes.
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Although, even documentary photography is heavily stylised and edited according to the periodical’s stylistic expectations.
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Yes.
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Black and white was my first pick—but the coloured has equal charm (makes me think of my misspent youth and golden sunsets).
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Thank you, kind Sir. It was a wonderful sunset and not a lot less colourful than the image. But I do like exercising some artistic license. It’s fun. 🙂
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