Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.
If you're not a curious person, you're certainly not going to be a good photographer.
Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general.
All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice.
I've been around so long, most editors think I'm dead.
Photoshop is useful in many ways but must NEVER be used for the altering of photographs. My assistants and my agency do whatever Photoshop work for me that may be required as it is too complicated for my brain.