I went to the Denver Art Museum this past Sunday for a final look at the photographic portraits of August Sander and Seydou Keita. These black and white photographs are wonderful! Sander photographed all manner of people, usually dressed in their work clothes, in pre-WWII Germany. Keita photographed his subjects in colonial Mali during the 1950s. He photographed his subjects as they wished to be portrayed - the dandy, the urban success story, a successful son or daughter. These photographs make you appreciate photography for the true art form it is. It almost makes me want to give up digital and go back to traditional black and white. Almost. Those memories of falling asleep face first in the developer and waking up in the darkroom at 4:00 A.M. are still too vivid.
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