“Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.” ― Amit Ray

Sunrise in Franklin, TN

Photo © Byron Jorjorian www.byronjorjorian.com

I am following Nature without being able to grasp her … ~ Claude Monet

By stripping away the familiar characteristics of color, black and white photography of nature reveals something new. It highlights a different aspect of the relationships between shapes, form, contrast and composition in the natural world.

I recently added a black and white gallery to the website you can view it HERE

Photo © Byron Jorjorian www.byronjorjorian.com

“Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso

Most of my photography features almost no photoshop manipulation. Usually just cleanup of dust and slight contrast and saturation adjustments to get a result similar to what I used to achieve with film. This image however, is purely from my imagination….

Photo © Byron Jorjorian www.byronjorjorian.com