179 Best Black And White Instagram Captions + Quotes

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Short Black And White Instagram Captions

1. Life looks better in black and white.

2. It’s less what the eye sees, and more what the soul feels.

3. Photography is the memory of our lives.

4. Black and white isn’t sad, it’s poetic.

5. We take photographs as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.

6. Black and white dreaming.

7. Click with love.

8. Good times in black and white.

9. Photography is a lifelong love affair.

10. All the best things are black and white.

11. Don’t judge someone by their mistakes but on how they fix them.

12. Adjust your focus when life gets blurry.

13. Today’s aesthetic: black and white.

14. Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.

15. Sleepless nights in black and white.

16. Mood: black and white.

17. A picture never changes, even when the people in it do.

18. Things aren’t always black and white.

19. Photography is a story I can’t put into words.

20. Black and white vibes.

21. My passport is my camera.

22. Follow your heart in everything you do.

23. A black and white postcard.

24. Go where you feel most alive.

25. Find me in black and white.

26. The unexpected moment is always sweeter.

27. Shadows vs. light.

28. I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.

29. Life on film.

30. Once upon a time, in black and white…

31. Take only photos, leave only footprints.

32. In my black and white era.

33. Feeling the magic that is black and white.

34. Putting on my black-and-white-tinted glasses.

35. Black is the new black.

Cute Black And White Instagram Captions

36. You’re the yin to my yang.

37. In black and white, with love.

38. The best memories are captured in black and white.

39. A black and white affair.

40. Another day, another photo.

41. Young and free, in black and white.

42. Soul full of sunshine.

43. Endless adventures in black and white.

44. Sunny rays, and black and white days.

45. Found inner peace in black and white.

46. Meanwhile, in black and white…

47. Paradise found.

48. In my black and white element.

49. Find your path to paradise.

50. Unbothered in black and white.

51. The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever.

52. Black and white is pure magic.

53. Some days, I am the flower. Some days, I am the rain.

54. Black and white baby.

55. I’m not here for a long time, I’m here for a good time.

56. Capturing dreams in black and white.

57. Your soul shines in black and white.

Black And White Selfie Instagram Captions

58. Black and white looks good on me.

59. Me, myself, and I.

60. I’m classic, just like black and white.

61. Living the good life.

62. I’m the rose that came from concrete.

63. I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than yesterday.

64. Life is tough, but so am I.

65. Working on my dreams.

66. The only person I dress to impress is me.

67. See good in all things.

68. When I started counting my blessings, I realized I have everything I could ever need.

69. Me doing me.

70. Keep your chin up so your crown doesn’t slip.

71. A smile can change the world.

72. I finally turned my cant’s into cans and my dreams into plans.

73. I’m under your spell.

74. Life is only as legendary as you make it.

75. Don’t just exist, live.

76. Be the person you needed when you were young.

77. Every heart has a story waiting to be told.

78. Be your own sunshine.

79. Leave a little sparkle everywhere you go.

80. Miss me?

81. Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

82. I’m not one in a million, I’m one in 7 billion.

83. My life, my rules.

84. Hello, is it me you’re looking for?

85. Find me where the wild things are.

86. Live by the sun, love by the moon.

87. Blessed beyond measure.

88. You make me smile.

89. Forever and always.

Black And White Quotes For Instagram Captions

90. “There’s something strange and powerful about black and white imagery.” – Stefan Kanfer

91. “Black and white symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” – Robert Frank

92. “When you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls.” – Ted Grant

93. “Color is everything, black and white is more.” – Dominic Rouse

94. “She sees in black and white, thinks in grays, and loves in color.” – Unknown

95. “I see more in black and white – I like the abstraction of it.” – Mary Ellen Mark

96. “Black and white photography erases time from the equation.” – Jason Peterson

97. “I think it’s because it was an emotional story, and emotions come through much stronger in black and white.” – Kim Hunter

98. “Looking at a black and white photograph, you are already looking at a strange world.” – Joel Sternfeld

99. “Black and white creates a strange dreamscape that color never can.” – Jack Antonoff

100. “Don’t define the world in black and white, because there is so much hiding in the gray.” – Unknown

101. “Black-and-white always looks modern, whatever that word means.” – Karl Lagerfeld

102. “To see in color is a delight for the eye, but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul.” – Andri Cauldwell

103. “Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white… to highlight that contrast.” – Leonard Nimoy

104. “Black and white can transform a scene into something magical.” – Rob Sheppard

Beautiful Black And White Quotes

105. “In black and white, you suggest; in color you state. Much can be implied by suggestion, but the statement demands certainty.” – Paul Outerbridge Jr.

106. “No person is completely wicked, just as no person is perfect. We are all gray.” – Sweety Shinde

107. “In the beginning it was all black and white.” – Maureen O’Hara

108. “It’s about you. If you win, it’s you; if you lose, it’s you. Black and white. Nowhere to hide.” – Greg Rusedski

109. “In tragedy, it’s hard to find a good resolution; it’s not black and white: it’s a big fog of gray.” – Paul Dano

110. “Life isn’t black and white. It’s a million gray areas, don’t you find?” – Ridley Scott

111. “Books bring alluring colors to our mundane black and white world.” – Caleb Reese

112. “I don’t know why we work, my husband and I. We just do. We are black and white – yin and yang.” – Heidi Klum

113. “My philosophy, like color television, is all there in black and white.” – Monty Python

114. “The first draft is black and white. Editing gives the story color.” – Emma Hill

115. “I don’t see the world completely in black and white. Sometimes I do.” – Benicio Del Toro

Quotes About The Color Black

116. “Black is the hardest color in the world to get right—except for gray.” – Diana Vreeland

117. “[You] can have any color, so long as it’s black.” – Henry Ford

118. “Black is always elegant. It is the most complete color in the whole world, made of all the colors in the palette.” – Riccardo Tisci

119. “I’ve been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.” – Henri Mattise

120. “Black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all.” – Louise Nevelson

121. “I wore black because I liked it.” – Johnn Cash

122. “You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a ‘little black frock’ is essential to a woman’s wardrobe.” – Christian Dior

Black And White Song Lyrics For Instagram Captions

123. “We’re just trying to find some color in this black and white world.” – The Maine, “Color”

124. “I see us in black and white, crystal clear on a starlit night.” – Niall Horan, “Black And White”

125. “The world is black, the world is white. It turns by day and then by night.” – Three Dog Night, “Black And White”

126. “It don’t matter if you’re black or white.” – Michael Jackson, “Black Or White”

127. “Before you came into my life, everything was black and white. Now all I see is color.” – MNEK, “Color”

Photography Quotes For Instagram Captions

128. “A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.” – Ansel Adams

129. “Photography is all about light, composition, and most importantly, emotion.” – Larry Wilder

130. “Don’t shoot what it looks like, shoot what it feels like.” – David Alan Harvey

131. “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams

132. “Photography is about capturing souls, not faces.” – Unknown

133. “The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things with words.” — Elliott Erwitt

134. “When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.” – Robert Frank

135. “Once photography enters your bloodstream, it’s like a disease.” – Unknown

136. “Photography is the quintessence of a telling memory, where it allows us to preserve time in a photograph.” – Unknown

137. “Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” – Photography Journals

138. “Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.” – Mark Riboud

139. “Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” – Aaron Siskind

140. “Essentially what photography is is life lit up.” – Sam Abell

141. “A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.” – Diane Arbus

142. “I think good dreaming is what leads to good photographs.” – Wayne Miller

143. “What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” – Karl Lagerfeld

Beautiful Photography Quotes

144. “Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.” – Ambrose Bierce

145. “There are no rules for good photographs. There are only good photographs.” – Ansel Adams

146. “A picture is a poem without words.” – Horace

147. “A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.” – Irving Penn

148. “Photography’s beauty is to find beauty even in ugly situations.” – Biju Karakkonam

149. “I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.” – Diane Arbus

150. “Great photography is about the depth of feeling, not the depth of field” – Peter Adams

151. “In successful photography, you don’t just look alive at the photo, but the photo also looks alive at you!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

152. “If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.” — Linda McCartney

153. “If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it’s already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.” – David Glen Larson

154. “A photograph shouldn’t be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.” – Amit Kalantri

Meaningful Photography Quotes

155. “When people ask what equipment I use, I say – my eyes.” – Cole Thompson

156. “If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.” – Jim Richardson

157. “The eye should learn to listen before it looks.” – Robert Frank

158. “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” – Dorothea Lange

159. “Every photograph is an open-ended visual statement.” – Unknown

160. “The picture that you took with your camera is the imagination you want to create with reality.” – Scott Lorenzo

161. “Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.” – Matt Hardy

162. “In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson

163. “There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” – Robert Frank

164. “A photograph is an opportunity to keep a moment forever.” – Destin Sparks

165. “A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” — Eudora Welty

166. “Photography is what emotions look like.” – John Luvelli

167. “Photography is austere and blazing poetry of the real.” – Ansel Adams

Inspiring Photography Quotes

168. “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” – Ansel Adams

169. “In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” — Alfred Stieglitz

170. “Photography is inspired by beauty, captured with passion.” – Destin Sparks

171. “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them as an artist.” – Picasso

172. “All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.” – Unknown

173. “Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.” – Yousuf Karsh

174. “A photo is a unique record of the state existing at a certain moment of time and at a certain place.” ― Eraldo Banovac

175. “Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world.” – Bruno Barbey

176. “Seeing is not enough. You have to feel what you photograph.” – Andre Kertesz

177. “Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase.” – Percy W. Harris

178. “There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.” – Robert Heinecken

179. “This is what I like about photographs. It’s proof that once, just for a heartbeat, everything was perfect.” – Jodi Picoult

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