Modern Photography vs. Black and White Photography

In this modern age of printers and pixels where color is the norm you may be wondering why people choose black and white photography, especially when few current photographers who love the acetic acid soap bath and the smell of fixer. Colors give off exuberance and have a seductiveness not associated with grayscale images, but still photographers are churning out black and white images. Why?

Black and white photography was how it all began and thus still holds its own among modern photographers, thanks to the ease with which it can be learned, although it takes many a year to master. But even beginners can expose, develop and print their own images and draw pleasure in watching images slowly materialize from the below the red and amber safelight. There is also the fact that black and white photographs last longer than colored ones.