"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

Ancora Simone Bianchi

Così, giusto per la gioia dell’anonimo con un gusto pessimo.
Anche voi preferite la versione in bianco e nero o sono solo io?simone bianchi bw

simone bianchi col

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Artificial Integrity in the Age of Anxiety

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8 Comments
  • HowlingWolf
    Posted at 11:22h, 18 March Reply

    Credo anch’io che, avendo a disposizione la tavola in grande formato, preferirei il b/n.

    Nel piccolo, il colore aiuta a definire le figure.

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 11:46h, 18 March Reply

    Per essere in bianco e nero, comunque, è piuttosto definita: se le trovo, ti posto altre due copertine (ne ho in mente una di Greg Land e una di Cassaday) in cui veramente in bianco e nero non si capisce una mazz… ehm… non si capisce niente. In questo senso, l’uso delle ombre di Bianchi aiuta davvero.

  • HowlingWolf
    Posted at 15:18h, 18 March Reply

    Pienamente d’accordo, anzi, ha un tratto splendido… il fatto è che nel piccolo il colore aiuta…

  • Damiani
    Posted at 19:44h, 18 March Reply

    B&W of course!

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 12:49h, 20 March Reply

    Da te non avevo dubbi, mio caro.

  • heraclitus
    Posted at 08:35h, 21 March Reply

    assolutamente meglio il b/n.

  • Lothwen
    Posted at 11:44h, 21 March Reply

    Li hai fatti tu?

    cmq non sapri quale è meglio mi piacciono molto tutti e due

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 13:17h, 21 March Reply

    No no no, ci mancherebbe altro, magari! E’ roba di un professionista attualmente piuttosto quotato.

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