Some may think that black and white photography is a lost art or an ancient technique (it’s true that film and paper manufacturer are distancing themselves more and more from this out-of-date technology), but it is also a mean for some of the greatest photography geniuses to express their inner selves. Today again, the contemporary artist can use these technical limitations as a way to transcend their emotion into a form which will dig deep into the souls of the readers of pictures that we all are.
Lori Vrba is one of these photographers who, without submitting to digital technology, keep using the most traditional tools (a Hasselblad camera, an Ilford HP5 film, selenium print from a home dark room). Limited light, a flair of mystery, here come soft images as sensitive as this self-portrait.
