The prompt is to focus on a single colour.
The world is grey, said the photographer,
As he loaded a new roll of black and white film
Into his camera.
All the colours are condensed into an infinite
Spectrum of grey, he said, pointing to the myriad
Of greys in the forest.
White is the lightest grey, he said, and of course
Black is the darkest grey, and silver is grey
And the sea shines silver.
Colour is just a filter, he said, that covers the essential
Greyness of all things, and we should always try
To remove the filter.
He took twenty-five shots, then went home to
His darkroom where he worked with a red light
To produce mono prints.
Then he pinned his prints to an orange string
And hung them against a pink wall,
Sat in his blue jeans and turquoise t-shirt
Drinking tea from his lime green mug
Whilst he looked at his day's work.
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