B and W fine art photography by Teus Renes | Seeking Light

Close-up, sepia-toned portrait photograph of a Ugandan fisherman.

Portrait of a Ugandan FishermanUganda, Africa

Collection Note

A quieter way into the b & w collection.

Because I work in black and white across every subject, this collection cuts across the whole archive: landscapes, animals, still lifes, portraits, and city scenes. The works below give a sense of that range.

Close-up, sepia-toned portrait photograph of a Ugandan fisherman.

Portrait of a Ugandan Fisherman

A close portrait of a fisherman on the banks of the Nile in Uganda. At this distance a portrait only happens if both people agree to it. Printed in sepia.

A vintage Singer sewing machine in Botswana.

Botswana Stitch in Time

An old Singer sewing machine in a room in Botswana, worn from years of use and still working.

A solitary tree silhouetted in the distance through dense fog, above a dark field of grass.

Solitary Tree in Fog

A field near Kalmthout in November fog. Almost all the detail is gone and only the trunk, the spread of the branches, and a faint horizon are left.

Black and white photograph of a person walking through a graffiti-covered urban underpass with strong overhead lighting and wet cobblestones.

Graffiti Passage

A person walking through a Rotterdam underpass covered in graffiti, silhouetted against the daylight at the far end. The columns and overhead lights lead the eye out.

Interior of Antelope Canyon slot canyon showing striated sandstone walls folded around a bright shaft of light, rendered in black-and-white.

Carved Light, Antelope Canyon

In black and white, Antelope Canyon comes down to layered rock and one bright opening. The sweeping lines in the sandstone were cut by water.

Black-and-white abstract of the structural lines of Liège-Guillemins station in Belgium.

Luik Lines, Liège

The lines of Liège-Guillemins station (Luik, in Dutch) cropped into an abstract in black and white.

Black-and-white close-up of tangled fibres caught on a wire.

Tangled Fibres on Wire

Tangled fibres caught on a wire, photographed close up in black and white, April 2010.

Black-and-white photograph of stone stairs with the shadow of a railing across them.

Architectural Detail

The shadow of a railing falling across stone stairs, April 2010. Black and white.

A pigeon perched on a ledge against a weathered brick wall.

Pigeon on a Brick Ledge

A pigeon on a ledge in front of an old brick wall. The depth of field is shallow enough that the wall turns into texture. Black and white, 2010.

Black-and-white photograph of tall, thin tree trunks rising from a field of blurred vertical grasses beneath a low, misty horizon.

Vertical Silence

Thin trees and reeds become a row of dark and light strokes under a low, misty horizon. Black and white.

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