I've spent countless hours in the "doka" (Dutch for dark room) during my college years. The Willem de Kooning Academy of Fine Arts had a huge dark room, and there were days I didn't see daylight at all. I have uploaded a few of these older (scanned) prints. Nowadays with easy to use apps and filters, I'm able to mimic my favorite paper prints in just a few clicks. What I like about black & white images is that it emphasizes textures, structures, and light, as color is no longer distracting our view.