Black and White Photography: Digital Editing and Retouching
The world in black and white
A course by Cristian Maturana Ortiz , Visual artist
Joined June 2019
About the video: The world in black and white
Overview
“In this lesson, we will see different ways to approach the technique of black and white depending on the concept, analyzing different photographers and some of their representative works.”
In this video lesson Cristian Maturana Ortiz addresses the topic: The world in black and white, which is part of the Domestika online course: Black and White Photography: Digital Editing and Retouching. Achieve total control over the tonal range and learn how to capture, retouch, and print your photos.
Partial transcription of the video
“The world in black and white In this lesson we will see ways to assume the technique of black and white depending on the concept. Black and white historically carries the stigma of being artistic. However, countless authors have worked from the color. Olafur Eliasson, James Turrel, for example, have worked the color As a unique dimension. In painting, virtually all painting is color. Even the first of the avant-garde, the impressionism that derives of the irruption of photography, when painters are released of the burden of being mimetic and they decide to work the impressions on the landsc...”
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Course summary for: Black and White Photography: Digital Editing and Retouching
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Photography, Film Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography

Cristian Maturana Ortiz
A course by Cristian Maturana Ortiz
Chilean photographer and artist Cristian Maturana lives in Viña del Mar, where he teaches Professional Photography at the Instituto Arcos. He is also a printer and framing artist in the specialized workshop of fine art photography Taller Atacama. In addition to photography, he studied architecture and cinema.
He has received the Fondart award for the C.M./C.M project. (Yo es Otro), has published 2 books, and has participated in several individual and collective exhibits in important galleries and museums in Chile, Mexico, Colombia, and Spain.
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