Question #2

I agree that photographing people in black and white takes away the distractions and truly brings out the person and their emotions as the subject. Without color, the person's clothes, background, and setting don't mask their true feelings, and their facial expressions are able to speak louder and convey the photograph to the viewer. In a nice green field, a smile may just seem like... well a smile, comprising of mere happiness at the subject's state of being. However, when the color is taken away, the view may be able to pick up on minor details about the person's smile, possibly that they are not truly happy but just putting on a mask. The lack of color takes away the emotions from the environment of the image and allows the face to speak for itself without the message to the viewer being altered by the apparently happy or sad surroundings.