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Black and White Photography For Sale
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Owl VI, Great Horned, ed. 2/50
Located in Denver, CO
This is an unframed photographic print. Francois' Animalia series is described as “a photographic menagerie of startling, sensitive portraits.” The series started when the artist saw...
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2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
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Archival Pigment
Temples in Japan - Ancient Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Temples of Japan is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a single cardboard.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 9 x 13.5
Yokohama School...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Palm Four, Sepia. Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sepia Color Archival Pigment print
Medium Ed of 10.
Palm & Trees: For this series, the artist explores short poems, the expansion of the palms, textures, and ease of the male figur...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Palm embrace. Sepia Archival pigment print, Medium
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sepia Color Archival Pigment print
Medium Ed of 10.
Palm & Trees: For this series, the artist explores short poems, the expansion of the palms, textures, and ease of the male figur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Triplets - black and white portrait and nature multi exposure photograph
Located in New York, NY
Finnish Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible to tell where one ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini In Borromean Islands - Rome - Vintage Photo - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini In Borromean Islands ' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized in 11.4.1935.
Very good co...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Owl VI, Great Horned, ed. 2/50
Located in Denver, CO
This is a framed photographic print. Francois' Animalia series is described as “a photographic menagerie of startling, sensitive portraits.” The series started when the artist saw a ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Miss Autumn - black and white portrait and nature multi exposure photograph
Located in New York, NY
Finnish Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible to tell where one ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
First Frost - black and white hands and nature multi exposure photograph
Located in New York, NY
Finnish Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible to tell where one ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Collector - black and white portrait and nature multi exposure photograph
Located in New York, NY
Finnish Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible to tell where one ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Butterfly Mind - black and white portrait and nature multi exposure photograph
Located in New York, NY
Finnish Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible to tell where one ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Wildy - black and white portrait and nature multi exposure photograph
Located in New York, NY
Finnish Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible to tell where one ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Guardian - black and white portrait and nature multi exposure photograph
Located in New York, NY
Finnish Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible to tell where one ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Resting Butterfly - black and white hand and nature multi exposure photograph
Located in New York, NY
Finnish Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible to tell where one ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Moon child - black and white portrait and nature multi exposure photograph
Located in New York, NY
Finnish Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible to tell where one ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dearest - black and white portrait and nature multi exposure photograph
Located in New York, NY
Finnish Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible to tell where one ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Pons Aemilius - Disappeared Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pons Aemilius - Disappeared Rome is a gelatin silver - bromide print, realized between 1920 and 1930 from a older negative. The original image dates back to no later than 1887. Excellent conditions cm 19.5 x 25.5
The descriptive caption is printed on the lower margin: "N° 751 Roma. Ponte di Ferro con isola Tiberina". The logo "EPC" of the photographic agency is print on the image.
The horizontal and strong body of the bridge runs the entire longer of the picture, perfectly framing the profile of the Tiber island...
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Scherzo (Nude female dancer c.1920s photograph)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract female nude photo by American artist, Richard T. Dooner. Archival print measures 3 x 3.75 inches. Small cream in lower left corne...
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1920s Abstract Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
English Soldiers in Tientsin - Vintage Photo 1939
Located in Roma, IT
English Soldiers in Tientsin is a b/w photographic print on polished paper, taken on July 31, 1939 by World Photos (England).
Stamp and stereotype in ...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini In Oath Ceremony - Vintage Photograph 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini In Oath Ceremony' is a b/w photographic print on baryta paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, photographer's stamp canceled with pencil...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini At Circus Maximus - Vintage Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini At Circus Maximus' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized on 29 October 1934, in Rome.
The p...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini in Sanatorium - Vintage Photo 1934
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini In Sanatorium' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, here Mussolini participated in the inaugurat...
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1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini With Shovel - Vintage Photo 1937
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini With Shovel' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, here Mussolini makes the first shot of shovel...
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1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Daily Life in Seto Islands, Japan - Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Daily Life in Seto Island is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a single cardboard.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 9 x 13.5
Yokoha...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Daily Life in Seto Islands, Japan - Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Occupational Portraits in Seto Islands is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a single cardboard.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 9 x...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Landscapes of Seto Islands, Japan - Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Landscapes of Seto Islands is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a single cardboard.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 9 x 13.5
Yokohama School print (Yokohama Shashin), realized during the Meiji dinasty (1868-1912). From a collection printed in the Shin-E-Do studio, as evidenced by the ink stamp on some copies. These prints does not show visible stamps on the front. On the lower margin of the prints some hand-written captions in black ink Italian on the cardboard.
In the lot, four landscapes...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini in Venice - Vintage Photo - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini in Venice is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back. realized on 23 April 1937.
In the photo, Mussolini is in Venice for the meeting with Chancellor Schuschnigg. Mussolini stands on a motorboat near the Santa Lucia...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini in Milan - Rome - Vintage Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini In Milan' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, shows Mussolini's speech in Milan, realized on 6....
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Owl VI, Great Horned ed. 1/20
Located in Denver, CO
This is a unframed photographic print. Francois' Animalia series is described as “a photographic menagerie of startling, sensitive portraits.” The series started when the artist saw ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mussolini with Workers' Children - Vintage Photo - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini and Workers Sons' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized on 21 October 1937.
Very good condi...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
"Esquire Magazine", New York, NY, 2001
By Jose Picayo
Located in Hudson, NY
This photograph is printed on Japanese Paper.
The price is for an unframed photograph.
11" X 14" Edition of 25.
The Robin Rice Gallery is pleased to announce, 25 Years of Polaroids, a new exhibit by Jose Picayo. The opening reception will be held Wednesday, November 7th, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The exhibit will run through January 6, 2019.
In this exhibition, Picayo seeks to revive the concept of unadulterated beauty captured as a single moment in time. An unapologetic user of film, Picayo prides himself on his avoidance of digital processing for personal work. When asked why it remains his preferred medium, Picayo answers, “Digital is so overpoweringly real; photography is more magical to me.” For Picayo, Polaroid film is a medium where he can capture something as is – a moment in time. Just to hold the photograph in his hands is enough.
25 Years of Polaroids showcases Picayo’s most iconic work. This exhibit includes personal photographs of Cuba from 1994, Polaroid image transfers showcasing his impressive use of visual texture and his eye for fashion. Also included are his Atget-esque tree portraits from a New Jersey public arboretum in 2012. Additionally, a selection of 8” x 10” Polaroids from Mugshots 2008, will be included, exploring how a person’s soul can be captured in what appear to be basic photographs. The main questions at the heart of Picayo’s photography stem from the mystery of human perception and the precious things that are lost to time.
The invitational image, Rotating Doll, 1997, features a multi-paneled display of polaroids which cover an entire length of a wall. These 20” x 24” Polaroids appear larger than life and were given much praise in Picayo’s recent exhibit Polaroids 2016 at The Erie Museum in Erie, PA. This series stems from a collection of children’s dolls Picayo has found over the years, each one with its own strange and authentic story to tell. By cultivating a deteriorated look reminiscent of antique fresco painting, Picayo examines time using the inanimate faces of broken dolls, reflecting on the objects we hold dear and how they fall apart as we try to hold onto them.
Picayo speaks of his own influences, crediting photographers Eugène Atget, Walker Evans, and Edward Curtis, Michael Disfarmer, and Torkil Gudnason with impact on both his fine and commercial art. He is well known for his work in fashion, but for Picayo his personal and commercial work are interrelated, each extensions of one another. Born in Cuba, Picayo immigrated to Puerto Rico during his childhood and settled in New York City by the early 80s. After receiving his BFA from Parsons School of Design, Picayo began his professional career as a commercial photographer, shooting for magazines such as Vanity Fair, Sassy, Taxi, and Connoisseur. Picayo’s work has since appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, L.A. Style, New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Rolling Stone, NY Magazine, HG, and Elle Décor. Picayo has held nine solo exhibits to date at the Robin Rice Gallery.
Esquire Magazine...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Gheishas During a Feast - Ancient Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Gheishas During a Feast is an hand-inked Albumin print with aniline applied on hardcover.
Very good conditions, there is a tear on the upper left margin with old restoration that do...
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1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini during Manoeuvres in Bozen - Vintage Photo - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini In Manoeuvres of Bolzano' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized on 2 September 1935.
Fair c...
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1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Devotional Portraits from Kyoto - Ancient Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Devotional Portraits in Kyoto is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a single cardboard.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 9 x 13.5
Yo...
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1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini With Officers - Vintage Photo 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini With Officers' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized on 31.08.1935.
Very good condition...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ceremony of Honor - Vintage Photo 1934
Located in Roma, IT
'Ceremony Of Honor' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, here is the ceremony of honor for the martyrs of the fascist revolution, realized in Florence, on 29.10.1934.
Very good conditions, except for some emulsion opaque in some parts.
In the photo, some coffins come out of Santa Maria del Fiore...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini Commemoration Filippo Corridoni - Vintage Photograph 1936
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini In Commemoration' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back. Here Mussolini and Filippo Corridoni's mother...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini During The Anniversary of the city of Rome - Vintage Photo - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini During The Anniversary of Rome' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized in Rome on 29 October...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini with Children - Vintage Photo - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini With Children' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized in Tobruk on 15 Mars of 1937.
The phot...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient Portraits from Osak, Japan - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits of Osaka Workers and Traders is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a single cardboard.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 9 x...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient Portraits from Osaka, Japan - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Occupational portraits in Osaka is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a single cardboard.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 9 x 13.5
...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini At 13th Anniversary of Fascism - Vintage Photo - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini At 13th Anniversary is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized on 29 October 1935.
In the photo,...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Waterway in Osaka - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Waterway in Osaka is an hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on hardcover.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 22x 27
Yokohama School print (Yokohama Shas...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini Speaks to Soldiers - Vintage Photo 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini Speaks To Soldiers' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, here Mussolini participated in the inau...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Landscape of Seto Inland Sea - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape of Seto Inland Sea is an hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on hardcover.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 22x 27
Yokohama School print (Yo...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Dalel Tangour, Tunisian artist photographer, Portrait diptyque black & white
Located in Paris, FR
Portrait diptyque, technique print from Negative Black & White treated in the laboratory on Lith film to obtain a solarization effect. Signed in pencil by the artist on the plate.
Edition: limited 1/3
The artist Dalel Tangour...
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1990s Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Film
Glimpses of Japanese Shrines in Kyoto - Ancient Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Glimpes of Japanese Shrines in Kyoto is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a single cardboard.
Very good conditions. Cardboar...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini with a Group of Women - Vintage Photo - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini and Women Group' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized on 24 April 1935.
Very good conditions.
In the photo Mussolini participated in the inauguration of the aviation study center of Guidonia, he greeted by a group of costumed women...
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1930s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mussolini in Libya - Vintage Photo - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Mussolini in Libya is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized on 20 Mars of 1937.
Very good general conditi...
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1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Priests in Kyoto - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Priests in Kyoto is an hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on hardcover.
Very good conditions, slightly faded shade, perfectly legible details . Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Prin...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Japanese Country Women - Ancient Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese Country Women is an hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on hardcover.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 22x 27
Yokohama School print (Yokohama...
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1880s Modern Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Osaka - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Views of Osaka is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a single cardboard.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 9 x 13.5
Yokohama School p...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
View of a Bay in the Seto Inland Sea - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
View of a Bay in the Seto Inland Sea is an hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on hardcover.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 22x 27
Yokohama School p...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Maiden Dance (Chicks and Chicks)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Maiden Dance' (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)
Edition 5/10, 20x20cm, 2017
Based on a Polaroid
not mounted, Artist inventory 20216.05
The 'Chicks and Chicks' series is part...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Monsieur - Madame Paulhan Fly a Farman Airship 1910 Los Angeles Int. Air Show
By Roy Christian
Located in Soquel, CA
Reprint of a vintage photograph titled "Monsieur (Louis) and Madame Paulhan of France ready to fly a Farman model lll in Los Angeles - 1910 from an original photograph by an unknown ...
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Early 2000s Realist Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Collection of Vintage Photos from Norther Africa - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Collection of Vintag Photos from Northern Africa is a precious lot composed by 79 original silver-salt photographs ( including some duplicated photos) by an anonymous author.
Surely...
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Early 20th Century Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Tyler Shields - Chanel Champagne - Indulgence
Located in New York City, NY
Available Sizes:
20 x 20 Edition of 3
40 x 40 Edition of 3
60 x 60 Edition of 3
Print only.
Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both yo...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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C Print
Woman with Mask
Located in San Francisco, CA
This photograph "Woman with Mask" c.1980 is an original gelatin silver print by famous German photographer and artist Michael Andreas Russ, born 1945. The photograph size is 8.35 x 12.75 inches, framed is 11.90 x 13 inches. It is framed in a wooden maple frame. It is in excellent condition.
About Michael Andreas Russ.
Michael Andreas Russ (born January 1945 in Berlin) is an German/American photographer, photo designer and film director. Russ' career as a photographer began in New York in the late 1960s where he photographed his fellow acting students. Self-taught, he eventually moved to his own studio off Union Square, Manhattan and connected with the local underground art scene. Photograph by Russ was published on the cover of “Art Direction Magazine of Visual Communication” with a Gertrude Stein quotation: “The composition in which we live makes the art which we see and hear” In his early years Russ focused on men's fashion magazines and erotic sequential photographic scenes for Playboy Press books. He eventually experimented with distinctive photographic techniques, turning 35mm black and white film into chemically toned, masked, solarized and hand colored, one of a kind silver gelatin prints. These 'TinTones' as Russ would call them eventually became the trademark of his work. They were published in popular fashion and lifestyle magazines and brought him international recognition in the art world. His work was published in major fashion, lifestyle and avant-garde magazines, GUNNARS, Mode International, Mode Avant Guarde, PHOTO Magazine, Zoom (photography magazine), as well as German Playboy (magazine), Photo Reporter and cover art to IL Magazine. He also contributed sequential 'sujets de chambre' to Vogue magazine His erotic postcard edition "The Compagnie" became part of the permanent collection of the Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris, an annex to the Louvre museum.
Selected Exhibitions.
1980: Musee des Arts Decoratifs (Louvre Annex, Paris). "Postcard edition The Compagnie"
1983: China Club...
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Shop Black and White Photography
There’s a lot to love about black and white photography.
The unique and timeless quality of a black and white photograph accentuates any room. Some might argue that we’re naturally drawn to color photography because it’s the world we know best. This is a shared belief, particularly in the era of camera-phone photography, editing apps and the frenetic immediacy of sharing photos on social media. But when we look at black and white photography, we experience deep, rich shadows and tonal properties in a way that transfixes us. Composition and textures are crisp and engaging. We’re immediately drawn to the subjects of vintage street photography and continue to feel the emotional impact of decades-old photojournalism. The silhouettes of mountains in black and white landscape photography are particularly pronounced, while portrait photography and the skylines of urban cityscapes come to life in monochrome prints.
When decorating with fine photography, keep in mind that some color photographs may not be suitable for every space. However, you can be more daring with black and white photos. The gray tones are classic, sophisticated and generally introduce elegance to any corner of your home, which renders black and white prints amazingly versatile.
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Antique Vintage Ski
Black White Photography With Water Rocks
Vintage 80S Dolls
Vintage Antique Skis
Singapore Vintage Photos
Shirtless Man
Alice Terry
California Vintage Guitars
Vintage Everglades
Swing Vintage Music
Plaza Hotel Silver
Jfk Campaign
1953 Cartier
Chip Hooper Photography
Streetcar Named
Taylor Guitar
Vintage Ed Hardy
Set Of 6 Framed Vintage Prints