FRENCH LANGUAGE Black and white photography, strictly speaking, appeared in the 1880s, producing contrasts of pure black and white, combined with a range of greys - previously photographers used a palette ranging from sepia to deep blues. Black and white photography predominated until the 1970s, despite the introduction of color processes. While the use of color intensified in the mid-1970s, black and white continued in some photographic movements that used it as a means of aesthetic expression with an emphasis on graphics and matter. Moreover, it appears as the bearer of a universal,