The Guru of black and white photography Michael Kenna, an English photographer, was born in 1953. He is known for his monochromatic landscapes. Such images are not necessarily stark in contrast, they are mostly produced in shades of gray. Many artists prefer colour in their work, however there is a certain beauty in black & white pictures. Kenna enthralls the audience with his splendor in monochrome photography. In London, Michael took commercial photography and did landscape photography alongside. Then he moved to San Francisco and met Ruth Bernhard and became a printer and assistant to her for 8 years.