Some people ask why I usually shoot black and white*, and I don’t always have an answer ready for them. As always, someone have said it better than me, so I quote:

“Working with black and white photography has always been the most direct way for me to reach more existential questions. In black and white I feel my images are not bound to a specific location or time, but they create their own universe. I like to think they are about something else and more than just what they show. At least that is my ambition; to focus on our emotions and a state of mind that is not defined by how we look or where we come from, but on the things that connect us and make us dependent on each other.”

Couple riding the London Underground, september 2011, from the project “Anonymous”.

*) Because I usually shoot digital, and I want to keep my internal organs, I digitally develope black and white files and prints from colour RAW-data, but that is besides the point.