This is also true of black-and-white photography, where many photographers choose to shoot in solely black and white, since the stark contrasts enhance the subject matter.

A technique which Parrish used frequently involved creating a large piece of cloth with a geometric pattern in stark black-and-white ( such as alternate black and white squares, or a regular pattern of black circles on a white background ).

Combined with the inherently stark black-and-white nature of the photoengraving process, these devices served to break up the image into a regular pattern of dots of various sizes with optimized shapes.

During the Wood era, the company developed the Futurestore concept with stark black-and-white decor.

The cover featured Robert Freeman's portrait that was used for the UK With The Beatles release with a tinted blue hue added to the original, stark black-and-white photograph.

It was shot in stark black-and-white, underscoring the film's gritty feel.

Alternatively, the cleared portions of the scratchboard may be left blank for a stark black-and-white image.

In the stark black-and-white photo, riot police are seen chasing two black teenagers on the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant.

The stark cover design of Wire ( band ) | Wire's debut LP, Pink Flag, symbolized the evolution of punk style.

The stark black & white cover art and title were also a reflection of the somber mood of the band during this time.

Hamilton's design was in stark contrast to Peter Blake's vivid cover art for Sgt.

Featuring a stark monochrome cover designed by The Designers Republic, with whom Autechre have long held a close association, Tri Repetae was perhaps their most sparse and deliberately cold work yet, exhibiting stripped down mechanical beats and an increasingly more subtle use of synthesizers.

" The cover was also intended to create a collision between the overly romantic and classic image which made a stark contrast to the typography based on the modular, colour-coded alphabet he created solely for the band.

Smith was a longtime roommate of Mapplethorpe and a frequent subject in his photography, including a stark, iconic photograph that appears on the cover of Smith's first album, Horses.

Its cover depicts a simple illustration of a mansion behind a fountain of skulls depicted in stark, relatively flat colors.

The Industrial Records logo is a stark black and white depiction a low-definition photo of an Auschwitz crematory.

Edward Rawson, secretary of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, described him as `` a man whose spirit was stark drunk with blasphemies and insolence, a corrupter of the truth, a disturber of the peace wherever he comes ''.

it had a look of grim stark realism, resembling other cities whose habitual climate was cold, instead of the sprawling bumptious open-handed greedy Western city basking in eternal sunshine at the foot of mountains stored with endless riches and resources.

Perhaps a packing trip into the Sierras, let his beard grow -- but that was too stark.

By the standards of 19th century tycoons, Carnegie was not a particularly ruthless man but a humanitarian with enough acquisitiveness to go in the ruthless pursuit of money ; on the other hand, the contrast between his life and the lives of many of his own workers and of the poor, in general, was stark.

It is said that the rivalry was fueled in the 1970s due to the stark contrast of the teams: the Cowboys, being more of a " flashy " team with Roger Staubach's aerial attack and the " flex " Doomsday Defense ; while the Steelers were more of a " blue-collar " team with a strong running game and the 1970s-esque Steel Curtain defense, a contrast that still exists today.

His disciplinarian regime was a stark contrast to the indulgent Florentine Court of Leopold.

Schmidt's private life was in stark contrast to the success of his distinguished professional career, and was overshadowed by tragedy.

He was critical of modern philosophy for its lack of progress, which he believed was in stark contrast to the dramatic advances in the natural sciences since the Renaissance.

However another study, had observed that pusher syndrome is also present in patients with left hemisphere lesions, leading to aphasia, providing a stark contrast to what was previously believed regarding hemispatial neglect, which mostly occurs with a right hemisphere lesion.

In stark contrast to earlier opulence, William Poel's 1881 production of the Q1 text was an early attempt at reconstructing the Elizabethan theatre's austerity ; his only backdrop was a set of red curtains.

This is in stark contrast to the media climate prior to the 20th century, where the media market was dominated by smaller newspapers and pamphleteers who usually had an overt and often radical agenda, with no presumption of balance or objectivity.

This was in stark contrast to the stiff representations of birds by his contemporaries, such as Alexander Wilson.

To Lovelock, the stark contrast between the Martian atmosphere and chemically dynamic mixture of that of our Earth's biosphere was strongly indicative of the absence of life on the planet.

This role was in stark contrast to his appearance in the lighthearted romantic comedy, Picture Perfect the following year.

Rather than having a specific message for any of his films, Pyryev promoted Stalin ’ s slogan “ life has become better, life has become more joyous .” Sometimes this message was in stark contrast with the reality of the time.

In stark contrast to its predecessor, Huevos was recorded in a swift, fiery fashion, with many first takes, and minimal second guessing.

Despite his love of Japanese traditional design, this was a stark, modernist concrete structure.

This meta-analysis was controversial and stands in stark contrast with two different reviews also performed in 2006 by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and a second JAMA review ; both indicated decreases in total mortality and cardiovascular incidents ( i. e., myocardial infarctions ) associated with the regular consumption of fish and fish oil supplements.

The party's future seemed bright, but it suffered from a number of weaknesses, not the least of which was its dependence on Gysi, considered by supporters and critics alike as a super-star in German politics who stood in stark contrast to a colorless general membership.

Worley discounted concerns that Wright was pursuing his own interests and wrote of it: "' Twelve Years ' is convincingly Northup's tale and no one else's because of its amazing attention to empirical detail and unwillingness to reduce the complexity of Northup's experience to a stark moral allegory.

Oxford educated and Western in his style of dress, Shoghi Effendi was a stark contrast to his grandfather ` Abdu ' l-Bahá.

While many icons of the modern movement are depicted as stark, barren spaces devoid of human use, photographs and motion pictures taken at the Eames house reveal a richly decorated, almost cluttered space full of thousands of books, art objects, artifacts, and charming knick-knacks as well as dozens of projects in various states of completion.

Mendelssohn did not shrink from portraying the episode according to the stark account in the Hebrew Bible, as the discredited prophets of Baal are subsequently taken away and slain.

However, the band was taken aback by the stark difference between the sound on the album and group's " rawer " live sound, likening the recording to " a pasteurized version of ourselves ".

The ethnic cleansing and killing that has taken place in Europe in recent weeks are a stark example of the need for vigilance.

This differs from the stance taken by Aristophanes in the Symposium and is in stark contrast to the Phaedrus, which presents pederasty in a positive light.