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XAVIER PONCE BEING COLORBLIND

"COLORBLIND" BECAME AN INTRINSIC PART OF ME. AT ONE POINT, COLORS EVEN BEGAN TO IRRITATE ME WHEN REVIEWING SHOTS. ALTHOUGH THAT RADICAL PHASE HAS PASSED, I STILL SELECTIVELY EMBRACE BEING "COLORBLIND"—COLORBLIND BY CHOICE."
-XAVIER PONCE

As a lifelong music fan, one of my favorite songs from the 90s is "Colorblind" by Counting Crows. Little did I know that this term would come to define my passion for monochrome photography in recent years.

This strong desire

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