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Black and White Photography For Sale
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Guatemala, Woman, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 23, 1 x 17, 1 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Barges on the Seine River near Paris, 1926 - Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph. Charenton le Pont, east suburb of Paris, France, June 1926. A view of the canal with its barge boats in Charenton le Pon...
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1920s Art Deco Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fidel Castro - Vintage Press Print - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Fidel Castro - Vintage press print, Sepia Photo realized in 1986. Anniversary Salute -On the occasion of the anniversary in July of 1986 in the city of S...
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1980s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Lone Mangrove, Study No.30, Charley’s Pass, Florida' - southern photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade wooden frame lined with gold leaf. 12 by 9 inches framed. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative team. Characterized by the dynamic nature of the land-sea interaction, barrier islands are places with many shape narratives, and inversions. A barrier island is ephemeral, an instance of simultaneity, above and below what we call the surface. Mangroves straddle these mirror worlds, walking on water, making something out of nothing. Light rushes through every keyhole and seam in palm forest...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Metal, Gold Leaf

'Barrier Island, Study No. 15, Pine Island Sound, Florida' southern photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade wooden frame lined with gold leaf. Frame measures 12 by 9 inches. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative team. Characterized by the dynamic nature of the land-sea interaction, barrier islands are places with many shape narratives, and inversions. A barrier island is ephemeral, an instance of simultaneity, above and below what we call the surface. Mangroves straddle these mirror worlds, walking on water, making something out of nothing. Light rushes through every keyhole and seam in palm forest...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Metal, Gold Leaf

Mushrooms, Tuscany
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Naiio by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
This young Turkana girl in northern Kenya wears a goatskin known as an ‘egolas’. In traditional Turkana communities the inhabitants are excellent at making garments from animals, and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

'Barrier Island, Study No. 14, Pine Island Sound, Florida' southern photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade wooden frame lined with gold leaf. Frame measures 12 by 9 inches. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative team. Characterized by the dynamic nature of the land-sea interaction, barrier islands are places with many shape narratives, and inversions. A barrier island is ephemeral, an instance of simultaneity, above and below what we call the surface. Mangroves straddle these mirror worlds, walking on water, making something out of nothing. Light rushes through every keyhole and seam in palm forest...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Gold Leaf, Metal

Horny Toad
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Waiting for Brasil by James Sparshatt. Archival Print with Wooden Frame
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Atlantic Ocean stretching out from Dingle. In Irish folklore Brasil was believed to be a phantom island lost in mists that appeared once every seven years but could never be reac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Wood, Rag Paper

'Barrier Island, Study No. 41, Cayo Costa, Florida' southern photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade wooden frame lined with gold leaf. Frame measures 12 by 9 inches. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative team. Characterized by the dynamic nature of the land-sea interaction, barrier islands are places with many shape narratives, and inversions. A barrier island is ephemeral, an instance of simultaneity, above and below what we call the surface. Mangroves straddle these mirror worlds, walking on water, making something out of nothing. Light rushes through every keyhole and seam in palm forest...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Gold Leaf, Metal

'Barrier Island, Study No. 37, Pine Island Sound, Florida' southern photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade wooden frame lined with gold leaf. Frame measures 12 by 9 inches. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers a...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Metal, Gold Leaf

Light Painting - swamp - water - southern photography - cypress
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a c-print and handmade botanical paper framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative team. “Place...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

Lokope by John Kenny. Portrait, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount, 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
A girl of the Samburu A return to Kenya. On this trip John took a different approach to lighting. Building makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets held up by four war...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Mexico, Ruins, Mitla, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 17, 1 x 23, 2 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, and the USSR in the 1960s.In the invitation to an exhibition of her works in 2003, one reads: "Hanna Seidel, observing the world through her camera lens, could capture everyday situtations in a unique manner."A touring exhibition containing 100 selected photographs entitled "From Rio Grande to Cape Horn" was organised by the Commerzbank and Lufthansa in 1965 and had its opening in the Cologne branch of the bank, Unter Sachsenhausen. At the time, the press described the works as being of "enchanting beauty and dignity."The exhibition of 1965 was curated by Hanna Seidel. Vintageprints offered for collectors come from this selection, each work is unique and exists only once, created as a unique print for the exhibition. Title: Mexico...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Candidate for U.S. Vice Presidency - Vintage Photograph - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Candidate for U.S. Vice Presidency Acknowledges Ovation is a black and white photo realized in 1944. In acknowledgement of the ovation accorded senator Harry S. Truman by cheering delegates a the Democratic Party...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

James Sparshatt Mists O’er The Loch Large Archival Print with Wooden Frame, 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
A frozen morning in the highlands of Scotland and the sun battles to emerge from the mists. James Sparshatt’s black and white landscapes have an ethereal beauty. They are moments w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Wood, Rag Paper

James Sparshatt Aodh’s Domain Large Archival Print with Wooden Frame, 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
Aodh is a god of the underworld and prince of the Daoine Sidhe in Irish mythology. The crashing waves in this cave made its legend as a gateway to the realm of the Gods entirely u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Rag Paper, Wood

James Sparshatt Stormy Waters Large Archival Print with Wooden Frame, 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
Rolling waves crashing against the breakwater in St Monan’s calmed by a long exposure after dark. James Sparshatt’s black and white landscapes have an ethereal beauty. They are mom...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Wood, Rag Paper

American Trails by James Sparshatt. Archival Print with Wooden Frame, 2013
Located in Coltishall, GB
June Lake on the Eastern Escarpment of the Californian Sierra Maestre range. Hours before sunrise the frozen lake was buffeted by winds. The ice cracked and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Wood, Rag Paper

Sands of The Himalaya by James Sparshatt. Archival Print with Wooden Frame
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Nubra Valley is part of the Tibetan plateau. It is an arid landscape surrounded by awesome peaks, a high altitude desert inhabited by a few small Ladakhi communities and their ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Rag Paper, Wood

Crossing Ebenezer - wet plate collodion - naturalism - landscape photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame lined with gold leaf. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCuller...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media

Mirror World - wet plate collodion - landscape photography - water
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame lined with gold leaf. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCuller...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media

Black and white landscape print of The Isle of Harris in the Hebrides Scotland
By ALEX BOYD
Located in London, GB
Toe Head, The Isle of Harris, The Hebrides, Scotland by Alex Boyd Series: No Innocent Land This image, made on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides shows the hill of Ceapabhal on the Toe Head peninsula. Print details: © Alex Boyd, Courtesy MMX Gallery Archival Pigment Print from the Wet Plate Collodion, Artist Proof, Hand Signed by the Artist Image: 82 x 58 cm Frame: 116 x 91 cm Frame; Original Frame, slightly distressed from being vintage out of the Scottish castle; the print accompanied with the mount board and finished with antireflective UV protective AR art glass Shipping worldwide; the framed print would be crated and shipped by professional shipping company, Free delivery in London postcodes and in a selected areas in the UK. Free pick up from the gallery. About the Artist: ALEX BOYD Alex Boyd's images represent a major addition to the tradition of modern landscape photography" – Robert Macfarlane, Author Alex Boyd is a landscape and documentary photographer, printmaker and writer. His work is primarily concerned with the Scottish landscape. As a photographer his work examines the role of early Scottish landscape photographers, often using antique processes such as the Victorian wet-plate collodion process using antique cameras in mountain environments. He is best known for his conceptual and figurative landscape photography which explores concepts of Scottish identity through historical and contemporary romanticism, neo-romanticism, Romantic nationalism and Spirit of Place. His work is largely concerned with depictions of the Celtic landscape, conservation and remote places, and is often characterised by its stark, poetic and introspective qualities. In 2019 he was awarded a Daiwa Foundation Scholarship to work and photograph the mountains of the Japan Alps centred on Mount Yari as well as shortlisted for the Hariban Award. He was the Mountain Photographer of the Year at the Kendal Mountain Festival in 2013, the UK’s largest mountain festival. His work on the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye as the Royal Scottish Academy’s artist in Residence is in several National Collections. His work has been widely exhibited internationally with solo exhibitions at the Scottish Parliament, as well as group exhibitions at the Royal Academy, Royal Ulster Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy. His work is held in the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, The Royal Photographic Society, the Royal Scottish Academy, the V&A in London and the Yale Centre for British Arts in the USA. His first book St Kilda – The Silent Islands was recently shortlisted for a Saltire Award. His second book The Isle of Rust, a collaboration with writer Jonathan Meades was, like his first book, named as a photography book of the year by The Scotsman. He is a Fellow of the National Library of Scotland, The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, and the Royal Society of Art. He is currently working on a PhD on Scottish Photography at Northumbria University, a selection of new books on The Faroe Islands, The Outer Hebrides. A collection of his Scottish and Irish collodion work is due out in 2021 as well as a solo exhibition ‘Hesperus’ at Stills, Scotland’s Centre of Photography, in June 2020. A contributing Arts Editor for The Island Review, Boyd has also written for Art North, The Modernist, Earthlines and many other publications. WORK REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS: The National Galleries of Scotland, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Royal Photographic Society, The National Media Museum, The University of Glasgow, St Andrews University, North Ayrshire Council, Dumfries & Galloway Council, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, The University of the Highlands & Islands, Highland Print Studio, Cape Farewell, The Scottish Maritime Museum, NHS Greater Glasgow & New South Glasgow Hospitals, BC Partners, Cigna, The Yale Center for British Art, The V&A *** NO INNOCENT LAND The series 'No Innocent Land' is a journey across the islands of Scotland using an antique process to document the dramatic landscapes of Scotland. Using a 100 year old camera...
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2010s Romantic Black and White Photography

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Glass, Wood, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Archival Paper, Giclée

Dawn Over Bagan by James Sparshatt. Archival Print with Wooden Frame, 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
Just after sunrise the mists disburse to reveal a panorama of pagodas stretching across the Bagan valley in Burma. Drifting slowly in the almost imperceptible breeze a flotilla of h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Rag Paper, Wood

Nature Painting Ebenezer No. 3 - swamp - water - southern photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a c-print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative team. “Places Remember What People Forget...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

At Old Augusta Road - wet plate collodion - naturalism - landscape photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame lined with gold leaf. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCuller...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media

Colombia, Rice, Harvest, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24, 4 x 24, 2 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Adagio 3 - Signed limited edition abstract brown pigment print, Contemporary
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Adagio 3 - Limited edition pigment print of 5 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ). The inks used are known for their longe...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, C...

Halcyon
Located in Nashville, TN
Evan Foster is a photographer whose work is rooted in the exploration of exotic landscapes and cultures. After nearly a decade leading marine and terrestrial-based adventures across ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Reportage from Albania - Saranda - Vintage Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Albania - Saranda - Photograph is a vintage photograph in color. Good conditions. the landscape of Albania through the art of photography is captured aesthetically through precise...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Galahs in a Tree, Pt Lincoln South Australia
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Drinks for Bozo (Early 70s)
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sax Detail
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Memory Flows Here No. 15 - wet plate collodion - landscape photography - water
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame lined with gold leaf. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative tea...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media

Witness No. 14 - wet plate collodion - swamp - water - southern photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame lined with gold leaf. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCuller...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media

Airplane 2
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Gold bars
Located in New York City, NY
40x40in ed.18 Archival Pigment Print Mounted and Framed Also available in 48x48in and 60x60in. Limited edition signed print by Guido Argentini. Guido Argentini was born in Florenc...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Fall of Light - wet plate collodion - landscape photography - tree
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame lined with gold leaf. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCuller...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media

Colombia, Ships, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 17, 2 x 23, 3 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Shrouded - wet plate collodion - landscape photography - swamp - water
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame lined with gold leaf. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCuller...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media

Memory Flows Here No. 18 - wet plate collodion - landscape photography - water
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame lined with gold leaf. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative tea...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media

Winter on the Creek - wet plate collodion - swamp - water - southern photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame lined with gold leaf. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative tea...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media

Nature Painting Ebenezer No. 1 - swamp - water - southern photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a c-print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative team. “Places Remember What People Forget...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

Light Bridge - swamp - water - southern photography - cypress
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a c-print and handmade botanical paper framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative team. “Place...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

Pitali by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
Sometimes a more practical hair arrangement is needed for warriors and braids are rolled into a net that is tied to keep the hair firm. Once the hair is long, a warrior will only sha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Cathedral of Murano - Ancient Silver Salt Photograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cathedral of Murano - Ancient Silver Salt Photograph is a vintage photo realized in the 1860s. Applied by gluing on a white paper. Good Conditions and aged margins with some cut an...
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Late 19th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Columbia, Fortress, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24, 9 x 24, 3 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Manuel Komroff
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by Andre Kertesz Vintage gelatin silver carte postale 3 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. Signed in graphite in artist's hand on recto
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Concertina Detail
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sax 1
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tuba 2
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Benny 2, 1973
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Colombia, River, Canal, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24, 6 x 24, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Naiio by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
This young Turkana girl in northern Kenya wears a goatskin known as an ‘egolas’. In traditional Turkana communities the inhabitants are excellent at making garments from animals, and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Colombia, Boat, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24, 8 x 24, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

The Creek is Two Surfaces, Bounds Two Worlds, That Touch - wet plate collodion
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unique object features a wet plate collodion print framed in a handmade sunken cypress frame lined with gold leaf. Cecilia Montalvo & Charlie McCullers are a collaborative tea...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media

Reportage from Albania - Lukova - Vintage Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Albania - Lukova - Photograph is a vintage photograph in color. Good conditions. the landscape of Albania through the art of photography is captured aesthetically through precise l...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

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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