What's up with the black and white pictures, we had colors in 1984!
Gimmick to make me feel old?
Gimmick to make me feel old?
Many press photographers used B&W film since there was little point using (and paying more) for colour. Also, they likely bought their cameras and worked as media photographers for several decades beforehand when B&W was even more prevalent.
ISO 1600 colour film will have been available at the time, but was probably pretty poor compared to B&W.