Miron Zownir: Interview

MZ: Black-and-white photography is more mysterious; discreet; less explicit than color photography. It triggers the imagination, rather than focusing on disturbing details. It puts more weight on the unseen, which remains covered by layers of grey and shadow. Sometimes, it allows us to venture into a space beyond what the eye can see. In short, it is more poetic and dreamlike—but nevertheless real enough to disturb and to make us question and reflect.

All my favorite photographers—Kertesz, Weegee, Diane Arbus, Brassai, Robert Frank or Don McCullin—worked in black-and-white. If you choose to work in black-and-white, you differentiate yourself from the millions of mobile phone operators, whose digital aesthetic is so interchangeable, dull, uninspiring.

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