More Black and White

As I go through the new year I find myself making more and more black and white images.  Why is this?   Is it because I am getting older?  Is it because my mood is becoming more melancholic? Or perhaps it is because I am appreciating the power of black.  Not just the blackness but the darkness.  This is even true in the colour images I am making of late.  I find myself making images with bold and heavy black.

Perhaps this is the influence of Winston Link.  he made images that were controlled by the darkness of night.  He used this as a canvas upon which he could literally use light, in his case flash bulbs, to illuminate the images he wanted to make.  Perhaps not.  Either way I am making more black and white images.

The above images is a field that will soon become a park and ride car park.  Of the joys of modern life.