“Montage” 2018. Credit Lorna Simpson.

I liked how Teju Cole valued and emphasize light and shadow in photography, especially shadow. I feel shadow is harder to control than light in photography because it’s a passive element. Photographers may be able to set the lighting, yet shadow has to be determined by the light. And when the hue is removed from a photo, light and shadow are among few things remaining to show the depth. Like “Montage” above, though there were minimum colors in the photo, the image still conveyed a strong message.

Source: Evoking What Can’t Be Seen