well i decided the whole series would be in b/w esp for the
"oldness" of chinatown. also, to give it a more photojournalistic
feel. newspapers used to be printed in only black and white, and
that was the only way to print pictures last time too.
u're right about the masks, the coloured version is really
striking, since the pillar is a nice red:
in this case, while the colour is vivid, i feel the red of the
pillar takes the eye and attn away from the subject, which are the
masks. my eye seems to be fighting to look at the pillar (with a
white contrasting pipe) and the masks...
