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Black and White Photography For Sale
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'Historic European Bridge', by Unknown, Black & White Photograph
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 20" x 16" framed black and white photographic print depicts a European bridge, river and landscape. The bridge disappears into the left side of the canvas and leads to what appe...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lemmy & Johnny Rotten
Located in Norwich, GB
David Koppel served his photographic apprenticeship in the rough-and-tumble world of the Fleet Street paparazzi in 1980’s London when his skills captured the very essence of the Me Decade that gave birth to the celebrity culture of today.
Koppel’s classic photographs of Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton & the Royal Family appeared in every major newspaper and magazine and marked him out as that rarity amongst press photographers: the artist with a camera.
Building on the reputation gained through the photographs for the book Still Waters, his black-and-white portraits of ordinary people now rank among the many famous names in his portfolio.
Koppel also went one better and in 2002 bought the St Giles St Gallery , bringing the best of local and international contemporary art and photography to Norwich, including the works of Sir Peter Blake, Terry O’Neill, David Bailey, Maggie Hambling, Storm Thorgersson, Tim Woolcock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paul McCartney - Farirground
Located in Norwich, GB
Astrid Kirchherr ( 20 May 1938 – 12 May 2020) was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Truck
Located in Norwich, GB
Astrid Kirchherr ( 20 May 1938 – 12 May 2020) was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Floating • # 1 of 9 • 42 cm x 59 cm
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Floating • 2018 • 1/9 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 different sizes.
All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper.
Three different sizes are available, th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's cocktail party ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John Lennon Fairground
Located in Norwich, GB
Astrid Kirchherr ( 20 May 1938 – 12 May 2020) was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City, 1953 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
New York City, 1953 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
Availabl...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
In the dressing room - Film Noir Actress smoking a cigarette
Located in Lafayette, LA
This photograph is an Ai generated image of a Film Noir Actress taking a break and smoking a cigarette by Francis X Pavy 12" by 12". Signed on the Reverse.
About Francis X Pavy
...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Taking a Break - Film Noir Blonde smoking a cigarette 12" x12"
Located in Lafayette, LA
This photograph is an Ai generated image of a Film Noir Actress taking a bear and smoking a cigarette by Francis X Pavy 12" by 12". Signed on the Reverse.
About Francis X Pavy
I...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Leading Man taking a Coffee Break on the sound stage - Film noir
Located in Lafayette, LA
This photograph is an Ai generated image of a Film Noir Actor drinking coffee on the sound stage by Francis X Pavy 12" by 12". Signed on the Reverse.
About Francis X Pavy
In th...
Category
2010s Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
FIlm Noir Discussion on the Sound stage -
Located in Lafayette, LA
This photograph is an Ai generated image of a Film LEADING LADY AND MAN having a discussion on the sound stage by Francis X Pavy 12" by 12". Signed on the Reverse.
About Franci...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Albert Einstein
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Carmel, CA
Signed in ink with early markings Ottawa.
Vintage Photograph.
An amazing example of one of the greatest portrait photographers of our generation.
Great condition.
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Photograph Triptych - "Naissance " - Cyrille Druart
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Triptych photography by Cyrille Druart.
Edition: III/V
Dimensions:
Each picture 150 x 100 cm
Triptych (without space): 300cm wide
Cyr...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Sparring - Chris Smith, Muhammad Ali, Ali, boxing, black and white, 20x30 in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937)
Sparring
silver gelatin fibre based print
20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in.
signed and numbered
printed later
This work is available in the following si...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Kennedy, Jackie Leads Horse, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
JBK Leads Horse nb_064_065 -- Shot for LIFE in 1959, Jackie Kennedy leads Sagebrush across a meadow at Merrywood, her mother's Virginia Estate. This image is also part of the Mark Shaw Photographic Archive's fine art gallery collection. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A black and white photo of Jackie Kennedy...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Running White Deer, Wicklow, Ireland
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Paul Caponigro. Running White Deer, Wicklow, Ireland, 1967. Gelatin silver print. Signed on print mount recto.
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Woody Allen Proof-Sheet
Located in New York, NY
18x26”
Premiere Archival Print
Limited Edition
Next available edition printed upon purchase. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Highway One, Big Sur California
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed silver gelatin photograph by artist.
Signed in pencil lower right hand side on mat.
Stamped on verso with artists address.
Dry mounted to acid free board.
Category
Late 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rio sem cor #9, Geometria Carioca series, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2019
Located in New York City, NY
JOAQUIM NABUCO
Geometria carioca, Rio sem cor 8, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018
72 x 48 inches
Edition of 15
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed (B...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Theia, Goddess of Light. Big Sur. Nude Woman by Swing In Forest
Located in Carmel, CA
Beautiful dream like image. Taken in the early morning light, Big Sur California.
Hand printed silver gelatin photograph.
From film photography
Archival. Dry mounted to mat board.
Category
2010s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986 - Sebastião Salgado (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986
Sebastião Salgado
International Shipping Available
Stamped with photographer’s copyright blind stamp
Signed, inscribed on reverse
Undertaking projects of vast temporal and geographic scope, Sebastião Salgado (born 1944) is one of the most celebrated photojournalists working today. Whilst inescapably memorable for their beauty, Salgado’s photographs...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
The Caress
Located in Carmel, CA
Excellent Condition
From the Portafolio De Las Mujeres
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Coco Chanel Lies on Divan, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco Lies on Divan, 1957 -- This photo, published in LIFE in 1957, shows Coco Chanel, aged 74, at her apartment on the Rue Cambon in Paris reclining on her massive divan. In notes ta...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Boy in Burnt Out Furniture Store, Newark, New Jersey
By Arthur Tress
Located in Carmel, CA
Purchased directly from artist.
Hand printed silver gelatin photograph,.
Mint Condition
Signed and titled in pen on recto.
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Claire De Lune, Breezy Point, New York
By Arthur Tress
Located in Carmel, CA
Mint Condition
Purchased directly from artist.
Loose Print
Titled in Pen Left Hand Side
Signed in Pen Right Hand Side
Category
Late 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, r24_3 -- Informal portrait of Audrey Hepburn. Out take from the cover shoot for the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life. Image size is 22"...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli – Nick Brandt, Elephant, Photography, Africa
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli
2011
Archival pigment print
Sheet 177,8 x 142,24 cm (70 x 56 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP; AP1 (from a sold out edition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Commissionaire’s Dog' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
'Commissionaire’s Dog'
Kurt Hutton, 1938
A hotel commissionaire talking to a small dachshund dog in Piccadilly Circus, London, 1938.
A beautiful image of a commissionaire dressed ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn Portrait on Set of Sabrina, Street at Night, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey, r34_2 -- Audrey Hepburn in the studio village for Paramount's Sabrina Fair. Photographed for the December 7, 1953 issue of Life. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Scattered (Young Woman and Flowers)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A black and white photograph of a young woman with flowers
Category
2010s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Orchids Close-up
Located in Norwalk, CT
This image is part of my Floraphilia portfolio that has been an ongoing visual exploration for over two decades. A B&W portfolio was first published in Lenswork Magazine in 2010, a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ballerina
Located in Norwalk, CT
This image is part of my Floraphilia portfolio that has been an ongoing visual exploration for over two decades. A B&W portfolio was first published in Lenswork Magazine in 2010, a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Steaks, " 1970s NY Time Square photograph (New York street photography)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
In 1978, photographer Fernando Natalici, the creative mind behind the graphic design for iconic venues like CBGB and the Mudd Club, spent twenty-four hours shooting the raw scenery of Times Square and 42nd Street.
"Natalici's shots candidly recall a Times Square of flashing marquee lights, electric sexual energy and wild lawlessness. His photographs resuscitate a New York of yesteryear in all of its chiaroscuro, with it all of the dark tenets of urban life that are today masked beneath a glossy veil of uniformity." (Jessica Dailey, Curbed NY, July 29th 2014)
Archival Ink Jet Print
13 x 19 inches
Hand signed & titled in ink on the verso from a limited edition of 10
Excellent condition.
Obtained directly from artist.
About Fernando Natalici
New York based photographer Fernando Natalici is best known for his iconographic documentation of the downtown Manhattan art scene of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. Natalici’s portfolio includes sought after images of a young Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Keith Haring, The Ramones and more. As an Art Director, Fernando has played a key role in creating memorable visuals for historic NY venues such as CBGB's, The Mudd Club, Area and Danceteria.
Fernando’s work was recently featured in the Jeffrey Deitch curated show “Area” at The Hole Gallery NYC, with his film stills from "Unmade Beds" & "The Foreigner"- two of the most significant underground films of the 1970’s New York Punk scene, recently exhibited at The Museum of The Moving Image.
Recent Exhibits & Publications
The Museum of The Moving Image (New York, 2015)
The Hole Gallery NYC (New York, 2014)
The Chelsea Hotel (New York 2013)
New York University Tisch School of The Arts (2013)
Toby Mott, Showboat (Dashwood Books, 2016)
Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words & Noise (2015)
Another Magazine (London, 2014)
Black Book (2014)
Curbed NY (2014)
Photography Now (2013)
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Robert Frank. Diane Arbus. Nan Goldin. William Klein. Daido Moriyama. Manhattan. Street Photography. 70s New York.
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1970s Street Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Sophie- Signed limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Sexy, Contemporary
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sophie - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1995 - Edition of 10
A classical approach, sensual not sexual
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling Iconic ‘After Dark’ magazine cover shot
Located in Senoia, GA
Andy Warhol superstar Candy Darling ‘After Dark’ this is the iconic cover shot, vintage 11 x 14" silver gelatin photograph, 1971, the actual photo scanned for the magazine cover. Sig...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Coco Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957 -- Chanel visits with the famous French film actress, Jeanne Moreau. Mark Shaw's informal, grainy, black and white images of Coco Chanel were c...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Tunnel View 2, Yosemite National Park California
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed Palladium photograph (no pull down for that)
Edition 1/15
Corner Mounted
Over matted
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Angela Lansbury as 'Mame' on Broadway
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actress Angela Lansbury in costume for 'Mama' on Broadway, 1966. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido" – Daido Moriyama
Located in Zurich, CH
DAIDO MORIYAMA (*1938, Japan)
"How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido"
1987/2021
Silver gelatin print, later print
Sheet 34 x 26.5 cm (13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
not p...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tunnel View 2, Yosemite
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist
Print Date 2016
Edition 1/15
Gum Platinum/Pallidum Print (no pull down for that!)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Copts 08 - Signed limited edition portrait print, Black white, Coptic Christians
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Copts 08- Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2012 - Edition of 5
Cairo, Egypt.
In assignment for ARTE & LE LOUVRE 2012
Exhibition in Le Louvre, Paris France
This is...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...
'Into The Beyond'. Wild nature mountain panorama sky snow forest landscape white
Located in Penzance, GB
'Into the Beyond'
Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered
_________________
Painted pools of light dance across the richly layered mountainscape of t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Supine Reading, Sitting up, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r8_10 -- Informal portrait of Audrey Hepburn. This image is an out take from the photo shoot for the December 7, 1953 issue of Life magazine. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A black and white photograph of Audrey Hepburn sitting and reading...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
England- Signed limited edition landscape art print, Contemporary black white
By Sam Thomas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
England - Limited edition pigment print - Limited Editions of 5
Pebble beach in England with a single summer visitor under his umbrella, 2005
This is an Archival Pigment print on...
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Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Woman Model, Intimate - Caroline
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 ‘ Caroline ‘
Signed by Ian Sanderson lo...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Fern Spring Dusk, Yosemite Valley CA, 1961
By Ansel Adams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Ansel Adams, Fern Spring Dusk, Yosemite Valley CA, 1961. Printed 1973. Toned gelatin silver print. Signed in pencil mount recto "Ansel Adams'. Signed on mount recto ‘Ansel Adams”. ...
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Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Elvis Presley: The Wink - Oversize Limited Print
By Lloyd Dinkins
Located in London, GB
Elvis Presley: The Wink
by Lloyd Dinkins
Vintage candid image of The King, Elvis Presley photographed early in his career in 1956 in Memphis Tennessee by Lloyd Dinkins. Elvis Aaron...
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2010s Modern Black and White Photography
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Archival Pigment
Tyler Shields - Experimentation, Photography 2021 Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Provocateur
Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper
All available sizes and editions:
30" x 30"
70" x 70"
Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs
Tyler Shields is a photograp...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Luster, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Paper
Three Little Black Dresses
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped. Includes black frame with white mat.
Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990...
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1960s Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Star Wars, Chewbacca, Sience Fiction Filmstill, 1977
Located in Cologne, DE
The original Star Wars trilogy, formerly marketed as the Star Wars Trilogy (and colloquially referred to as the 'original trilogy'), is the first set of three films produced in the S...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography
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Black and White
Copts 07 - Signed limited edition portrait print, Black white, Coptic Christians
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Copts 07- Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2012 - Edition of 5
Man in a market, Cairo, Egypt.
In assignment for ARTE & LE LOUVRE 2012
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Dramatic White and Black Roses Platinum Palladium Print Photograph
By Tom Ferguson
Located in Surfside, FL
16.5x20.5, 7.5x9.5 actual image
Born in 1957 at Kalamazoo and raised in Detroit, MI, Tom Ferguson has photographed still lifes, flowers, botanicals, collage, city-scapes and landscapes. He works in platinum, palladium, cyanotype, gum, silver gelatin and other alternative processes. He is also a fine commercial photographer. This is similar in feel to Karl Blossfeldt and Irving Penn.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1976, and currently lives in Simi Valley.
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1990s American Modern Black and White Photography
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Platinum
Waterfall, Ireland, black and white long exposure photography, landscape, art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Archival Pigment...
ATO>MIC #9, Unique Silver Luminogram Print, "Atomic like Explosion or Moonscape"
Located in London, GB
ATO>MIC #9, 2020
Unique Gelatin Silver Print/ Luminogram and Photogram technique, Printed on tea infused fibre based paper, Framed
23 x 18 cm print size
38 x 35.5 cm framed
Unique
Series: ATO>MIC
Signed and dated in pencil on print's verso
© Michael G Jackson...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
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Archival Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin
Sex Flower - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Sex Flower
A pink hibiscus flower photographed following rain.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the world,
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2010s Modern Black and White Photography
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Archival Pigment
the haunting 3/3 - Contemporary Dark Landscape Photography
Located in Vienna, AT
Tina Ribarits
the haunting - Contemporary Dark Landscape Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Black and White
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.
Black and white photography adapts to its surroundings like a chameleon might. A single large-scale black and white photograph above the sofa in your living room is going to work with any furniture style, and as some homeowners and designers today are working to introduce more muted tones and neutral palettes to dining rooms and bedrooms, the integration of black and white photography — a hallmark of minimalist decor — is a particularly natural choice for such a setting.
Another advantage to bringing black and white photography into your home is that you can style walls and add depth and character without worrying about disrupting an existing color scheme. Black and white photographs actually harmonize well with accent colors such as yellow, red and green. Your provocative Memphis Group lighting and bold Pierre Paulin seating will pair nicely with the black and white fine nude photography you’ve curated over the years.
Black and white photography also complements a variety of other art. Black and white photos pair well with drawings and etchings in monochromatic hues. They can also form part of specific color schemes. For example, you can place black and white prints in colored picture frames for a pop of color. And while there are no hard and fast rules, it’s best to keep black and white prints separate from color photographs. Color prints stand out in a room more than black and white prints do. Pairing them may detract attention from your black and white photography. Instead, dedicate separate walls or spaces to each.
Once you’ve selected the photography that best fits your space, you’ll need to decide how to hang the images. If you want to hang multiple photos, it’s essential to know how to arrange wall art. A proper arrangement can significantly enhance a living space.
On 1stDibs, explore a vast collection of compelling black and white photography by artists such as Mark Shaw, Jack Mitchell (a photographer you should know), Berenice Abbott and David Yarrow.
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