Black and white film remained popular for decades after color film because it had different properties and could be easier to work with. Some photographers also preferred the aesthetic. Before digital photography became as good as film, B&W continued to be used in professional photography.
At least this is somewhat more excusable since newspapers were still mostly using B&W. The color photos would have been for the weekly or monthly news magazines which were using color.
Your title got me too.
I’ve always found it interesting how a black and white photo can distort our perception of when something happened.
Was researching million man March for a presentation. Some of the first pictures were in bnw even though it happened in the 90s.
My conspiracy side says it’s deliberate. 🤷♂️
Black and white film remained popular for decades after color film because it had different properties and could be easier to work with. Some photographers also preferred the aesthetic. Before digital photography became as good as film, B&W continued to be used in professional photography.
Appreciated. 👍
Oh it gets better (or worse?) there are plenty of color photographs from Dr King’s 1963 march and speech. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kennethbachor/rare-color-martin-luther-king-photos
At least this is somewhat more excusable since newspapers were still mostly using B&W. The color photos would have been for the weekly or monthly news magazines which were using color.