Black And White Photography

Black-and-white is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts. It is often abbreviated B/W or B&W.
Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white most of these media included varying shades of gray. Further, many prints, especially those produced earlier in the development of photography, were in sepia (mainly to provide archival stability), which gave a richer, more subtle shading than reproductions in plain black-and-white, although less so than color.