Unintentional B&W Photography

Take a cloudy day, a quasi black-and-white motif with dominant dark and light tones — and any camera. Et voilà, without any post-processing, you end up with unintentional black-and-white photography. Subject/object of this series is the marble and granite mountain church San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Valle Maggia, Switzerland, by well-known architect Mario Botta.

Near the end of a long and winding road, seen from outside, the church of Saint John the Baptist is elliptical in shape, with a slanting roof and black and white stripes. The interior has a dizzying checkerboard design in the same colors. Can’t do much wrong as a photographer…

Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta
Chiesa Alpina di San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, by Mario Botta