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Black and White Photography For Sale
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Bosque de Palmas, Toche. Pigment Print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bosque de Palmas, Toche, 2021 by Miguel Winograd From the Series "Bosques" Pigment Prints Image Size: 43 in H x 36 in W Edition of 5 + 2AP Black and white Edition Unframed All P...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography

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Pigment, Black and White

Eclipse, Pigment print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eclipse, 2021 by Miguel Winograd From the Series "Bosques" Pigment Prints Image Size: 43 in H x 36 in W Edition of 5 + 2AP Black and white Edition Unframed All Prices are quoted...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Pigment

Le photographe a Londres
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Sabine Weiss was born in Switzerland in 1924. In 1942, she wonders what she will do with her life, and decides that she should become a photographer because it is what she loves to do. She is the daughter of a mother who showed her art galleries and Roman churches at a very young age, and of a researcher chemist father who loved to see her print her little photos with the resources available at the time. From 1942 until 1945 she was an apprentice at Boissonnas in Geneva, house of a dynasty of photographers that celebrated its 80th birthday. In 1945 Sabine Weiss moved to a studio in Geneva, but in 1946 she decided to leave the city of her childhood to live in Paris. She knew there was no turning back. She asked Willy Maywald...
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Egg Study 4 and 5. Diptych. Abstract. Black and White Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Egg Study 4 and 5 (Diptych), 2021 by Shine Huang Silver gelatin print on Ilford Fiber Paper. Overall size: 20 in. H x 32 in. W Individual size: Image size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W Editi...
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2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

American Girl in Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
Open Edition Blind stamp on print margin. Signed by Estate, titled, dated and copyright date in pencil on artist stamp. Gelatin silver print Paper size: 16 x 20 in., Image size: 12 x 18 1/4 in. Ruth Orkin (1921 - 1985) was an American photojournalist and filmmaker. Orkin photographed many celebrities and eminent personalities amongst the likes of Einstein, Marlon Brando, Alfred Hitchcock, Doris Day, and Tennessee Williams. She travelled the world on assignments from magazines such as LIFE and Look, and her most celebrated photograph from those travels is “An American Girl in Italy...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Egg Study 1. Still Life . Black and White Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Egg Study 1, 2021 by Shine Huang Silver gelatin print on Ilford Fiber Paper. Image size: 14 in. H x 21 in. W Edition 1/9 Signed on verso in ink. unframed ___________________________...
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2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Untitled, Balance Series. Abstract Photography mounted on acrylic and aluminum
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone From the series Balance Photography and acrylic mounted on aluminum Image size: 50 in. H x 35 in. W Edition of 3 + 1AP All Prices are quoted as "...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital, Archival Pigment, Acrylic

Peacock Study No. 2
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 35 Toned gelatin silver print Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in. Signed, titled, dated and number in pencil on print verso by Keith Carter Keith Carter is a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Maserati 250F Formula One Cars, Pau
Located in Dallas, TX
No Edition Signed in ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Gelatin silver print, 11 x 16 1/2 in. Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photographers in history. His images of vintage automobiles and the people who gave them life; captured from the European race circuit during the 1950’s and 60’s are collected and exhibited by museums and galleries throughout the world. Jesse Alexander was involved in photography and especially motorsports photography since the early 1950s when he covered the original Mexican Road Race. He then spent many years in Europe covering Formula One...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New York City (broken mirror)
Located in New York, NY
14 x 10 inch gelatin silver print, initialed "H.L." on verso. From the James Agee Family Collection. Helen Levitt was a true master of the street, one whose poetic vision, humor, an...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled, from Women are Beautiful Portfolio
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 80 Signed, numbered and misc. notations by Garry Winogrand Gelatin silver print Paper size: 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 3/4 x 13 in. Printed 1981 From the Women are Beautiful Portfolio Garry Winogrand was an American photographer from New York. He is known for his extensive documentation of American life.. Winogrand was the recipient of the various Guggenheim Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His work is included in the George Eastman Museum, Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Center for Creative Photography...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled, MT Inv. No 11-1-120 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic) Untitled, MT Inv. No 11-1-120 Unknown, ca. 1970-1990 Silver Gelatin Print Sheet 17,9 x 13 cm (7 x 5 1/8 in.) Unique Print only Tichý, pract...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-6-88 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic) Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-6-88 Unknown, ca. 1970-1990 Silver Gelatin Print Sheet 17 x 10,3 cm (6 3/4 x 4 in.) Unique Print only Tichý, practic...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled, MT Inv. No 10-1-167 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic) Untitled, MT Inv. No 10-1-167 Unknown, ca. 1970-1990 Silver Gelatin Print Sheet 17,7 x 17,8 cm (7 x 7 in.) Unique Print only Tichý, practically reinventing photography from scratch, reconstitutes pictorialism along with it, and not as a distortion of the medium but as something like its essence. What counts for him is not only the image - just one moment in the photographic process - but also the chemical activity of the materials, which is never entirely stable or complete, and the delimitation of the results via cropping and framing. Marginal and exceptionally voyeuristic, in his methods Tichý could be described as an “art brut photographer” yet he is also marked by classical influences. Though his images are produced with poor-quality equipment and carelessly shot, they offer an idiosyncratic and almost hallucinatory vision of a fantastical, eroticised reality. With his endless return to the same subject and the volume and regularity of his production, Tichý’s work draws many parallels to certain practices of conceptual art during the same period. – Art, Black and White...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Street Champion, 4th Ward, Houston, Texas by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1986
Located in Dallas, TX
Street Champion, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall Jr. features a group of children posing in front of a house. One of the boys flexes his arms while wearing boxing gloves, posing like a champion. A small trophy sits in the window in the background. Street Champion by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., is an 8 x 10 inch vintage gelatin silver print. This print is signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Los Angeles, 1999 – Balthasar Burkhard, Color Photography, Cityscape, Grid
Located in Zurich, CH
Balthasar BURKHARD (1944–2010, Switzerland) Los Angeles, 1999 Silver gelatin print on Baryta paper, artist's iron frame, museum glass Sheet 125 x 25...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled, MT Inv. No 3-8-437 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic) Untitled, MT Inv. No 3-8-437 Unknown, ca. 1970-1990 Silver Gelatin Print Sheet 11,8 x 20,4 cm (4 5/8 x 8 in.) Unique Print only Tichý, prac...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled - Triptych (Bent Spoons)
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso. Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish photographers, who is greatly known for his monochro...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Boy jumping into Hudson River, NYC by Ruth Orkin, 1948, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Boys jumping into Hudson River, NYC by Ruth Orkin depicts a thrilling scene. A boy is suspended in the air after jumping off a tall building in New York City. Children are are seen s...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rebirth II. Abstract. Black and White Print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rebirth II, 2018 by Shine Huang Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle fine art paper. Image size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W Edition 1/9 + 1AP Signed on verso in ink. unframed _____________...
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2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

New York (girl with lily)
Located in New York, NY
7 x 9.25 inch gelatin silver print. Signed, titled, and dated on verso. Provenance - from the James Agee Family Collection Helen Levitt was a true master of...
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1940s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

267 Arcadia, Milan – Hiroshi Sugimoto, Cinema, Photography, Black & White
Located in Zurich, CH
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (*1948, Japan) 267 Arcadia, Milan 1998 Gelatin silver print Image 119,4 x 149,2 cm (47 x 58 5/8 in.) Framed 152,4 x 182,2 x 7,6 cm (60 x 71 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.) Editi...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled, MT Inv. No 6-9-23 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic) Untitled, MT Inv. No 6-9-23 Unknown, ca. 1970-1990 Silver Gelatin Print Sheet 23 x 16,5 cm (9 x 6 1/2 in.) Unique Print only Tichý, practic...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Alas Tres, Acto Uno, Series. Male Nude Black and White Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Alas Tres, by Ricky Cohete From the series "Acto Uno" Archival Pigment print Medium size: 24 in H x 36 in W. Edition of 10 + 1AP Unframed 2020 Black and White Photograph All prices...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Pigment, Black and White, Archival Pigment

Serra Pelada, Brazil - Sebastião Salgado (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Serra Pelada, Brazil Sebastião Salgado Stamped with photographer's copyright blind stamp Signed, inscribed on reverse Silver gelatin print Undertakin...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dr. Siegfried Bernfeld
By Sonya Noskowiak
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed in pencil on mount margin.
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jacqueline Bisset, 1967 (Terry O'Neill - Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Jacqueline Bisset, 1967 (Terry O'Neill - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print 16x20: £2,100 20x24: £2,700 30x40: £4,800 48x72: £12,000 Edition of 50 and 10 APs per si...
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Late 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Texas
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed in black ink on print margin, signed, titled, dated and misc. notations in pencil on print verso by Elliott Erwitt Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in. Born to Russian parents i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Tattoo Parlour, New Orleans, Morgan Silk - Contemporary City Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Image size: 14.5 x 14.5" Sheet size: 17 x 24" "Tattoo Parlour, New Orleans" b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Ink, Inkjet

Cerro de Hombres. From the Cerros, series. Male Nude Dancer Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cerro. From the "Cerros" series by Ricky Cohete From the "Cerros" series Small size: 30 in H x 20 in W. Edition of 13 Unframed All prices are quoted as "initial price" and may chan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment, Black and White

Frida and Diego Caught Kissing, New York City, NY
Located in Dallas, TX
Open Edition Signed in black ink on print margin by Lucienne Bloch Titled, dated and print date in black ink on artist label. Paper size: 14 x 11 in., Image size: 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. From the Lucienne Bloch Estate “Nor have I had finer company than Diego and Frida...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bauatelier Gropius
By Edmund Collein
Located in Dallas, TX
Bauhaus I Portfolio Ed. 33/70 Signed, stamped, and numbered on verso. Printed 1985 Gelatin silver print, 7 x 9 1/2 in.
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled (Touching) – Lina Scheynius, Black and White, Woman, Body, Nude, Female
Located in Zurich, CH
LINA SCHEYNIUS (*1981, Sweden) Untitled (Touching) 2021 Fibre-based silver gelatin print Sheet 90 x 60 cm (35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in.) Edition of 3, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 1/3 Print only Touc...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

E-Z Street, Nashville Tennessee, Morgan Silk - Contemporary Urban Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Image size: 14.5" x 14.5" Sheet size: 17" x 24" "E-Z Street, Nashville Tennessee...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Archival Ink, Inkjet, Photographic Paper

Italian Party - Getty Archive, 20th Century, Food Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White

Russian Woman, Moscow – Albert Watson, Photography, Woman, Vintage Print
Located in Zurich, CH
ALBERT WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Russian Woman, Moscow 1988 Vintage platinum print Sheet 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.) Unique Albert Watson (*1942, Scotland...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Platinum

Jack Kerouac, New York City, 1953 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Jack Kerouac, 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 l...
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bosque de Palmas, Toche, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bosque de Palmas,Toche, 2021 by Miguel Winograd From the Series "Bosques" Selenium- Toned Gelatin Silver Prints Image Size: 14 in H x 11 in W Edition of 7 + 2AP Black and white Ed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Eclipse, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eclipse, 2021 by Miguel Winograd From the Series "Bosques" Selenium- Toned Gelatin Silver Prints Image Size: 14 in H x 11 in W Edition of 7 + 2AP Black and white Edition Unframed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

69YK #19 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Nude, Black and White, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 69YK #19, 2009 Gelatin silver print 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-based photographer. Araki completed his studies at Chiba University’s Department of Photography, Painting and Engineering with a focus on the study of film and photography. His photographic project Satchin earned him the prestigious Taiyo Award in 1964, shortly after he had joined the advertising agency Dentsu, where he worked until 1972. At Dentsu he met his wife Yoko, to whom he paid homage in Sentimental Journey, a photographic record of their honeymoon published in 1971. Eros and thanatos (sex and death) has been a central theme in Araki’s work; an abiding fascination with female genitalia and women’s bodies in Japanese bondage...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Cascada, Gachantivá, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cascada, Gachantivá, 2021 by Miguel Winograd From the Series "Bosques" Selenium- Toned Gelatin Silver Prints Image Size: 14 in H x 11 in W Edition of 7 + 2AP Black and white Editi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Liquor Store, Nashville Tennessee, Morgan Silk - Contemporary City Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Image size: 14.5" x 14.5" Sheet size: 17" x 24" "Liquor Store, Nashville Tennessee...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet

Four stitched gelatin silver prints of Nude Male by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
"Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred works each comprising several identical photographs stitched together with thread. At the edges of the work excess thread ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Italy, Milan, 1949 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Italy, Milan, 1949 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label Silver gelatin print, printed later Available...
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Late 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Holland Canal
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and dated on the front of the mount.
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1970s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Cross Walk, Nashville Tennessee, Morgan Silk - Contemporary Urban Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Image size: 14.5" x 14.5" Sheet size: 17" x 24" "Cross Walk, Nashville Tennessee...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet, Black and White

Ferrari Reims
Located in Dallas, TX
Gelatin silver print Paper size: 19 1/2 x 16 in., Image size: 13 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photographers in history. His images of vintage...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New York City
Located in Dallas, TX
Open Edition Gelatin silver print Paper size: 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 x 12 in. Signed in black ink on print margin by Elliott Erwitt Signed, titled, dated and misc. notations in p...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Interstellar II. Abstract. Black and White Print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Interstellar II, 2019 by Shine Huang Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle fine art paper. Image size: 42 in. H x 42 in. W Edition 2/6 + 1AP Signed on verso in ink. unframed ________...
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2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Artichoke I and II Abstract. Black and White Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Artichoke I and II (Diptych), 2018 by Shine Huang Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle fine art paper. Overall size: 20 in. H x 32 in. W Individual size; Image size: 20 in. H x 16 i...
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2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Kate Moss, Marrakech – Albert Watson, Nude, Portrait, Woman, Model, Contemporary
Located in Zurich, CH
ALBERT WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Kate Moss, Marrakech 1993/2015 Archival pigment from a polaroid negative face mounted to acrylic (Diasec) Sheet 238 x 182.5 cm (93 3/4 x 71 7/8 in.) F...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Kiss – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Glamour, Black and White, High Heels
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain) The Kiss, 2011 Silver gelatin print Image 17.5 x 13.5 cm (7 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.) Sheet 25.5 x 21.5 cm (16 x 12 3/4 in.) Edition of 10, plus 2 AP; Ed...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Franciscan Church of Assumption, Lithuania
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Roman Loranc's "Franciscan Church of Assumption, Lithuania" was made in 2001. It is completely sold out from the artist and has been for some time. This piece on offer was printed on...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

My Little Grey Home in the West
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled with artist's reference number and signed in pencil by Cole Weston with Edward Weston's facsimile signature on back of mount. Printed later by Cole Weston from the original ne...
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20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Egg Study 3. Abstract. Black and White Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Egg Study 3, 2021 by Shine Huang Silver gelatin print on Ilford Fiber Paper. Image size: 14 in. H x 21 in. W Edition 1/9 Signed on verso in ink. unframed ___________________________...
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2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Egg Study 2. Abstract. Black and White Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Egg Study 2, 2021 by Shine Huang Silver gelatin print on Ilford Fiber Paper. Image size: 14 in. H x 21 in. W Edition 2/9 Signed on verso in ink. unframed ___________________________...
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2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Pharrell Williams 3 and 4, Portraits, Intervened by the artists
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pharrell Williams #3 and #4, (Diptych) by Hunter & Gatti Black and White Photography with broken glass on top of the image. Overall size: Image size...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Glass, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment

Jardin des Plantes, Study 1, Paris, France by Michael Kenna, 1988
Located in Dallas, TX
Jardin des Plantes, Study 1, Paris, France by Michael Kenna presents a tranquil scene. Tall trees with barren branches line the park road, leading back to a building in the distance....
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1980s Contemporary 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.

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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