Modern Black and White Photography
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
64x48 "Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" Photomosaic Pop Art Photography Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Dr Dre imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Casablanca - Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart Original 1942 Print
Located in London, GB
Casablanca - Original 1942 photograph
Vintage 1942 Casablanca Lobby Card:
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether o...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Well Heeled London by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Well Heeled
by Arthur Steel
WELL HEELED WESTMINSTER BRIDGE LONDON, 1973
“I’d just acquired a 19mm lens for my Leica flex SL9 and was keen to explore it’s ability to focus very ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Karstadt-Haus at Hermannplatz, Berlin, 1937, Mauritius Publishing
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Heinz Pollmann. His are an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. I...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
48x36 "Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" Photomosaic Pop Art Photography Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Dr Dre imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Pause - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Pause - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by the Agency of "Team Editorial Services
With the copyright and the stamp of Agency and two other ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Karstadt-Haus at Hermannplatz, Berlin, 1937, Mauritius Publishing
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Heinz Pollmann. His are an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. I...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jamaica Sea Sailing
Two men sailing their yacht ‘Eel II’ in Jamaica.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed 2024
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Jack Kerouac Street Sign Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
signed in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title..
Jack Kerouac, He called himself Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac); 1922 – 1969 was an American novelist and poet ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Captain Oates (1910-13)
Located in London, GB
Captain Oates (1910-13)
(photo by Herbert Ponting)
Scott’s Last Expedition, the ‘Terra Nova’ at the Icefoot Ross Island
British Antarctic Expedition South Pole
Herbert George Pon...
Category
1910s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'Brigitte Bardot Hands On Hips' (signed)
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot, Hands on Hips, 1971
Silver gelatin print
edition of 50
24 x 20 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 50
rare
cosigned also available in 24 x 34 inches for $30,000
...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Montego Bay Fisherman 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Fishermen at work on a beach in Montego Bay Jamaica circa 1940.
by Toni Frissell
30 x 30" inches / 76 x...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photo President Richard Nixon Innaugural
Located in Surfside, FL
Photograph signed in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title.
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United Stat...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Poet Allen Ginsberg Howl Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Allen Ginsberg reading Howl and other poems at Living Theater in 1959.
signed in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title.
Irwin Allen Ginsberg 1926 – 1997 was an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race
1955
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Waiters carrying half bottles of champ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Figurative photo, Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sensual - Punk
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Punk ‘ who was captured on film in 198...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pi...
Henry Grossman, Bobby Kennedy, Election campaign, 1968
Located in Cologne, DE
Henry Grossman, Bobby Kennedy (Robert Francis Kennedy (1925–1968)), Election campaign, 1968, Vintage
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race
1955
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Waiters carrying half bottles of champ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Signed limited edition nude photography, Contemporary black white, Sensual Nadia
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nadia - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
Sexy photo shoot of a woman in profile, hunched over an old dentist's chair with a su...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp Hand Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp
photo by Terry O’Neill
1963
A close cropped portrait of British actor Terence Stamp and model Jean ‘The Shrimp’ Shrimpton, London 1963.
The couple ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hepburn With Dove Hand Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Hepburn With Dove
1966
by Terry O’Neill
Lifetime hand signed Limited Print
Paper size 12 x 16″ inches / 31 x 41 cm
Gelatin Silver Print
signed and numbered by artist
40/50
With...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kings of Hollywood
1957
Fiber print
estate edition of 150
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Venice - Gondola on Water and Bridge of Sights, Italy, 1950s, 23, 3 x 15, 9 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Nobuyoshi Araki - GEISHA Limited ed. Skate Set Japanese Photography Modern Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Nobuyoshi Araki - GEISHA
Date of creation: 2016
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: 125
Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate)
Condition: In mint conditions and never displa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Wood, Digital Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Wenda Parkinson wearing knee-buttoned jeans and ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
24 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Andres: Arches Nationalpark, Utah, 1966
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1966.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
48x64 " Hollywood Sign" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options ava...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Signed limited edition nude photography, Contemporary black white - Sandrine
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sandrine 2 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
Naked woman from behind at a window of an old flat in Brittany, France.
Sensual view of her swaying hips ...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
JFK in Jamaica (Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Democratic senator for Massachusetts, John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917 - 1963) outside Sunset Lodge, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pi...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
36x48 " Hollywood Sign" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery.
Exhibition Poster from series "The ICONS"
Destr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
JR MIGRANTS, 28 MILLIMÈTRES: WOMEN ARE HEROES. Street Art Design
Located in Madrid, Madrid
28 MILLIMÈTRES: WOMEN ARE HEROES. ACTION IN KIBERA SLUM, "INTO THE WILD", KENYA (2009)
Date of creation: 2019
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: 500
Size: 80 x 20 ...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Wood, Maple, Digital Pigment
"Mop Head 8120", Black and White Horse Photograph, Horseshoes, Iceland
Located in Delaware , OH
"Mop Head 8120", Black and White Horse Photograph, Horseshoes, Iceland
ABOUT THIS PIECE:
"Mop Head 8120" was part of a Black and White Photography landscape series featuring horses...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Rag Paper
New York Glitter - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
New York Glitter
A building in Manhattan New York City, New York. 2014.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the world,
Stuart...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cambodia Smiles Signed Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
Cambodia Smiles
by Justin Creedy Smith 2001
Boys after the Sunday’s football match on the floating island of Kompong Phluk on lake Tonle Sap (Cambodia).
Photo, 02.12.2001
giant ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Agaves Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Agave
by Justin Creedy Smith 2005
Agaves in Tangiers, Morocco.
Photo, July 2005.
Exquisite large oversize 20 x 20 inches / 51 x 51 cm
silver gelatin print
signed and numbered...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
NYC View From The Bridge - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
View From The Bridge
A view of New York City from the Brooklyn Bridge, New York.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the worl...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
JR MIGRANTS, MAYRA, PICNIC ACROSS THE BORDER Street Art Design
Located in Madrid, Madrid
MIGRANTS, MAYRA, PICNIC ACROSS THE BORDER. TECATE, MEXICO–USA (2017)
Date of creation: 2019
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: 500
Size: 80 x 20 cm
Condition: In m...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Wood, Maple, Digital Pigment
The Rolling Stones I - black and white photography
Located in New York, NY
This photo was taken a few minutes before the Stones appeared on 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' at ATV studios in Birmingham in 1963. This was their first TV appearance and Phillip caught ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fire Escape - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Fire Escape
A view of a fire escape on the side of a New York City building, New York.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over th...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
One Pistol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol began using the big-shot Polaroid camera in 1971 and continued using it religiously until his death in 1987. Despite the camera being discontinued in 1973, he continued t...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Harbour Bridge - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Harbour Bridge
A view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney New South Wales Australia.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over t...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Terry O'Neill - Backyard Beatles - hand signed limited edition Oversize
Located in London, GB
The Beatles 1963 Abbey Road Studios London England.
The first major group portrait of the Beatles was taken by Terry O’Neill during the recording of their first hit single and album...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Fishermen at work on a beach in Montego Bay Jamaica circa 1940.
by Toni Frissell
40 x 40" inches / 101 ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
64x48 " Marlon Brando by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Brando" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Marlon Brando.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options available
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Andres: Venice, Murano Glas Mask, Italy, 1955
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
64x48 "Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" Photomosaic Pop Art Photography Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Dr Dre imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Signed edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Smiling with Head Back, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, 54_0309a_a -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of Mademoiselle. Her dress is a Claire McCardell creation. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS O...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Andres: Venice - Canale Grande with Rialto Bridge
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andres: Venice - Canale Grande with Rialto Bridge
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andres: Venice - Gondolas with people, Italy, 1955
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Dance Study 1578
Located in Lawrence, NY
#1 of 8, signed, numbered, dated
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a follo...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rome - Via Appia 1954
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kate Moss At 16
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
An Unknown Kate Moss At 16
by Jake Chessum 1990
limited edition
edition size 20 only this size
printed 2024
Archival pigment print
numbered and ...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Three Graces from the V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
Located in London, GB
Detail of The Three Graces, Antonio Canova (1757-1822), National Collection of Sculpture, Victoria and Albert Museum
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Beautiful Extra Large 60 x ...
Category
1810s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar'
Located in New York, NY
Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar'
1966 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
Signed and numbered by the artist
11 x 14 in - 25 + 5 AP - $ 8,000
16 x 20 in - 30...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Modern black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern black and white photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add black and white photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple, blue, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mark Shaw, Slim Aarons, Kevin Westenberg, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Silver Gelatin Print, and Digital Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern black and white photography, so small editions measuring 0.63 inches across are also available. Prices for black and white photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $152,896, while the average work sells for $1,500.