cole
thompson photography
classic images in black & white
Web site design and photography are © Copyright 2005, Cole Thompson. All
photographs appearing
on this site are the exclusive property of Cole Thompson and are protected under
International Copyright
laws. The photographs may not be reproduced, copied, stored or manipulated in
any way without the
written permission of Cole Thompson. Use of any image in any way is a violation
of Copyright Law and
will be enforced to its full extent. No images are within Public Domain.
This site was last updated 04/03/08
Cole Thompson
Cole Thompson's goal is simple, to produce fine art black and white photography.
Fine Art Photography in Black and White
As a teenager, Cole Thompson would spend hours looking at fine art black and
white photographs from the great masters of photography. They
shaped Cole Thompson's vision
of what fine art black and white photography was and what he wanted to do. He loved fine art
black and white photography and knew he would someday become a fine art black
and white photographer.
classic images in black and white
While over the years Cole Thompson has broadened his subject matter, he has never abandoned those photographic ethics that he developed as a youth. In 2004 Cole Thompson took the radical step of converting to digital and had to wrestle with new ethical questions that arose from the advances in technology. At the time, digital was not considered appropriate for fine art black and white photography. And yet, almost all of the Cole Thompson fine art black and white photographs on this website are digital, captured and printed digitally. It is for you the viewer to decide if Cole Thompson has maintained that tradition of the classic masters of fine art black and white photography.
Fine Art Black and White Photography
Please browse Cole Thompson's fine art b&w photographs. He produced these fine art black and white photographs and created this website himself. Please feel free to contact Cole Thompson for further information or how you can purchase an original Cole Thompson fine art b&w photograph. Cole Thompson also welcomes your questions regarding his fine art b&w photographs.
Cole Thompson Black and White Photographer
If you are wondering why we keep mentioning Cole Thompson, Black and White Photography, Black and White Photographs, Fine Art B&W Photography and B&W Photographer, it is to improve Cole Thompson's chances of coming up on a search of the those phrases. As you can imagine, if someone searches for these phrases:
You will get tens of thousands of hits. How does Cole Thompson distinguish his site from those? By mentioning these phrases as many times as he can. Because Cole Thompson is a Fine Art Black and White Photographer and produces Fine Art Black and White Photographs, this is an easy thing to do.
Cole Thompson was born in Salina, Kansas. Cole's father was in the Air Force and so Cole Thompson and his family moved around quite a bit. Cole Thompson was fortunate enough to live in Rochester NY and this is where Cole Thompson was led to read the biography of George Eastman, the modern father of popular photography. From there Cole Thompson began a life long fascination with black and white photography. Cole Thompson has always considered himself a black and white photographer, despite the career path Cole Thompson chose. Cole Thompson is actively pursuing a second career in fine art b&w photography. Cole Thompson someday will retire and devote his full efforts to Cole Thompson black and white photographs.
Cole Thompson
classic images in black & white
Web site design and photography are © Copyright 2005, Cole
Thompson. All photographs appearing
on this site are the exclusive property of Cole Thompson and are protected under
International Copyright
laws. The photographs may not be reproduced, copied, stored or manipulated in
any way without the
written permission of Cole Thompson. Use of any image in any way is a violation
of Copyright Law and
will be enforced to its full extent. No images are within Public Domain.
