Laborer's hands, by Doris Ulmann
Monochrome photography is photography where each position on an image can record and show a different amount of light (value), but not a different color (hue). The majority of monochrome photographs produced today are black-and-white, either from a gelatin silver process, or as digital photography. Other hues besides grey can be used to create monochrome photography,[1] but brown and sepia tones are the result of older processes like the albumen print, and cyan tones are the product of cyanotype prints.
As monochrome photography provides an inherently less accurate reproduction than color photography, it is mostly used for artistic purposes and certain technical imaging applications.
- ^ Lambrecht, Ralph W.; Woodhouse, Chris (2011). Way beyond monochrome: advanced techniques for traditional black & white photography (2nd ed.). Amsterdam: Focal press. ISBN 978-0-240-81625-8.