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Black and White Photography For Sale
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King's Best - Neck, Stallion detail / abstract horse portrait
Located in London, GB
King's Best, ‘Neck’, 2001 by John Reardon
Edition of 7
Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass
This piece is part of : (after) Whist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Glass, Black and White, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Photographic...
"White Flowers" Photography 30"x26" inch Ed. 1/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Located in Culver City, CA
"White Flowers" Photography 30"x26" inch Ed. 1/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Author's direct print on wood
PRINT ON THE WOOD
The series is based on the idea to look at the famous literary work from an unorthodox perspective and show the content with the help of visual images. In Vladimir’s view the asexuality of the characters allows, within the given photographic project, to use a “transvestitism approach” with females portraying males. The task was to use a natural female refinement of the heroines.
Chronologically-wise the Chekhov’s characters find themselves in the 1920’s and the 1930’s when the very notion “style” was most graphic and fitting.
The retro-styling approach used in the series makes the photos both expressive and melancholic at the same time. With all his inherent theatricality and nostalgia the artist puts his post-modernistic compositions in the atmospheres of the years past reproducing long-gone motifs. He shows reality against the background of a “theatrical universe”. Grace Glueck, a prominent art critic for the New York Times newspaper, wrote that Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnyov’s large-scale photos look intriguing and, among other things, the photos have something really theatrical about them as if inspired by the system initiated by the Russian theatrical director of the early 20th century Konstantin Stanislavsky.
In a subject called Temptation, the rather spoilt servant Yasha in the role of a tempter portrays a so-called new Russian. The character is expressive and cynical; he is aloof, kind of cheeky and self-satisfied individual quick to elbow old-timers.
A tragic theme of old age, helplessness and eventual death of a servant named Firse is solved in the form of diptych with a little girl sitting alone in the corner of a huge empty room.
The image of land-owning lady Ranevskaya was quite logically portrayed by Renata Litvinova, an actress, script-writer and film director who had played the same role in the Moscow Art Theater...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment, Wood
Eclipse (aka Time Lapse) - black-and-white experimental contemporary photograph
Located in New York, NY
“Eclipse (aka Time Lapse), San Diego, CA” - is a one-of-a-kind location-specific mixed process silver gelatin print (wet cyanotype/cyano-lumen) made with materials I collected from W...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin
A Hopi Mother, Plate 403, 1921
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project. Print area is in good condition, edges of white border of paper has some handling creases.
Category
Early 1900s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
A Family Group – Noatak, Plate 717
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project.
Category
Early 1900s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Grinding Medicine – Zuni, Plate 606
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project.
Category
Early 1900s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Girl and Jar, San Ildefonso, New Mexico
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project. Print area is in good condition, white border of paper has some wear.
Category
Early 1900s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Cleaning Wheat – San Juan, 1905
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project.
Category
Early 1900s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
The Self Representation of Light #412, 2 x Luminograms as one work
Located in London, GB
It's really majestic piece. It's grand in size and its got a very beautiful and impressive contrast in shades.
This piece is something very special... two Luminograms in one work of...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin, Glass, Oak, Archival Paper
New York City Parade
By Karl Struss
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist stamp in blue ink and misc. notation in pencil on print verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
Karl Struss was an American photographer and cinematographer born 1886, in New York...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rocket Man, Dungeness, Kent, 1979 / Howard Jones - Crossed That Line 1989
Located in London, GB
“It was shot on a grey misty day on Dungeness Beach in Sussex. Charlie Wood lit the sky rocket and stood to attention, and I fired the flashgun that was stuffed into his trousers to ...
Category
1970s Symbolist Black and White Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Oak, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White...
Captain Oates (1910-13)
Located in London, GB
Captain Oates (1910-13)
(photo by Herbert Ponting)
Scott’s Last Expedition, the ‘Terra Nova’ at the Icefoot Ross Island
British Antarctic Expedition South Pole
Herbert George Pon...
Category
1910s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Land I - Landscape Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Kuss - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Woman With Flag, Mexico City
By Tina Modotti
Located in Carmel, CA
From a Portfolio printed by Mother Jones. Authorized copy. Stunning reproduction.
Category
1920s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Root Chakra" Mixed media photography 26" x 26" inch Edition 2/7 by Oleg Char
Located in Culver City, CA
"Root Chakra" Mixed media photography 26" x 26" inch Edition 2/7 by Oleg Char
Medium: UV print on Aluminum Dibond, glass neon, wood backing, metal frame.
R...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Redwood Trees In Fog, California
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist
In edition of 15
Platinum/Palladium (no pull down for it)
Mint Condition
Framing available
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Under and Above, New York City, "Brooklyn to Manhattan journey on the subway..."
Located in London, GB
UNDER AND ABOVE, NEW YORK CITY, 2021
Unique Silver Gelatin Print, Selenium toned; This is a mixed process print using luminogram, photogram and other darkroom techniques – all cameraless, two unique prints mounted on Aluminium Dibond.
Currently, this piece is mounted only but will be framed further with hardwood black frame and finish with antireflective UV protective art glass - please see further images for referrals regarding the framing.
2 x Prints as One work of Art: 80 x 50 cm
Framed 82 x 52 cm approx./ 32 x 20.5 inches approx.
Unique Work
Series: New York City
Signed by the Artist on verso and provided with signed and stamped Certificate of Authenticity
© Michael G Jackson...
Category
2010s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin, Photogram
1971 "Wintersville, Ohio" Attr. Chauncey Hare Photo
Located in Arp, TX
Attr. Chauncey Hare (1934-2019)
"Wintersville, Ohio"
1971
Gelatin silver print
19.75"x16" unframed
Unsigned
*Custom framing available for additional char...
Category
1970s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Print Old Jew in Jerusalem Pious Craftsman
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare vintage signed and dated silver gelatin black & white framed photograph.
This photo is signed but I cannot make out the signature. It is from the aftermath of the six day war. Leonard Freed, Micha Bar Am, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Rubinger...
Category
1960s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Italian Contemporary Photography by Luca Battaglia -Untitled, New York Series 10
Located in Paris, IDF
Pro pigmentary draw Premium Ultra Smooth Hahnemühle 305 g, edition of 7
Luca Battaglia is an Italian architect and photographer born in 1970 who lives and works in Paris, France. L...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Contemporary Photography by Luca Battaglia - Untitled, New York Series 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Pro pigmentary draw Premium Ultra Smooth Hahnemühle 305 g, edition of 7
Luca Battaglia is an Italian architect and photographer born in 1970 who lives and works in Paris, France. Lu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pig...
British Aeronaut EWC Perry circa 1910, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography by ROL
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency ROL Paris taken circa 1910 with British aeronaut E.W.C. Perry. We see the aviator in an experimental machine fro...
Category
1910s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Telepetist - Circus series A/P enchanting exotic daguerreotype reproduction
Located in Lafayette, LA
The Telepetist --The subject of this reproduction daguerreotype is a captivating young Indian woman who appears to be in her prime. Her features exude a sense of exoticism, a term of...
Category
2010s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Lily '23 - organic cotton canvas scroll on bamboo, limited edition 5
Located in London, GB
Lily '23
97×120 cm printed on organic cotton canvas, limited edition of 5 + 1AP
Canvas fixed on bamboo fixtures, to be and hanged as a scroll.
Photograph is signed and stamped at ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Organic Material, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Archival Pigment
OPEN TO LOVE by Guido Argentini
Located in New York City, NY
Series: SHADES OF A WOMAN
All available sizes and editions:
40" x 40" editions of 18
50" x 50" editions of 7
60" x 60" editions of 3
Archival Pigment Print on Fine Art Baryta paper...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
LOST WOMAN by Guido Argentini
Located in New York City, NY
Series: SHADES OF A WOMAN
All available sizes and editions:
40" x 40" editions of 18
50" x 50" editions of 7
60" x 60" editions of 3
Archival Pigment Print on Fine Art Baryta paper...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner Vintage Silver Gelatin Print FSA WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Photo is 9X13.5 (image size), 16X20 is the mat. Mounted to original mat. Vintage photograph.
Marion Post (June 7, 1910 – November 24, 1990), later Marion Post Wolcott, was a noted American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression documenting poverty and deprivation.
Marion Post was born in New Jersey on June 7, 1910. Her parents split up and she was sent to boarding school, spending time at home with her mother in Greenwich Village when not at school. Here she met many artists and musicians and became interested in dance. She studied at The New School.
Post trained as a teacher, and went to work in a small town in Massachusetts. Here she saw the reality of the Depression and the problems of the poor. When the school closed she went to Europe to study with her sister Helen. Helen was studying with Trude Fleischmann, a Viennese photographer. Marion Post showed Fleischmann some of her photographs and was told to stick to photography.
Marion Post Wolcott with Rolleiflex and Speed Graphic in hand in Montgomery County, Maryland. While in Vienna she saw some of the Nazi attacks on the Jewish population and was horrified. Soon she and her sister had to return to America for safety. She went back to teaching but also continued her photography and became involved in the anti-fascist movement. At the New York Photo League she met Ralph Steiner and Paul Strand who encouraged her. When she found that the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin kept sending her to do "ladies' stories," Ralph Steiner took her portfolio to show Roy Stryker, head of the Farm Security Administration, and Paul Strand wrote a letter of recommendation. Stryker was impressed by her work and hired her immediately.
Post's photographs for the FSA often explore the political aspects of poverty and deprivation. They also often find humour in the situations she encountered.
In 1941 she met Leon Oliver Wolcott, deputy director of war relations for the U. S. Department of Agriculture under Franklin Roosevelt. They married, and she continued her assignments for the FSA, but resigned shortly thereafter in February 1942. She found it difficult to fit in her photography around raising a family and a great deal of traveling and living overseas.
In the 1970s, a renewed interest in Wolcott's images among scholars rekindled her own interest in photography. In 1978, Wolcott mounted her first solo exhibition in California, and by the 1980s the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art began to collect her photographs. The first monograph on her work was published in 1983. She was an advocate for women's rights; in 1986, Wolcott said: "Women have come a long way, but not far enough. . . . Speak with your images from your heart and soul" (Women in Photography Conference, Syracuse, N.Y.)
She and other FSA WPA photographers, including Esther Bubley...
Category
1940s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Trees, Fog & Sun Cross Village Michigan
Located in Carmel, CA
A stunning photograph of light. Hand printed by the artist.
Edition 3/15
Gum Bichromate over Platinum / Palladium
Category
Early 2000s Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
"Annunciation 3" Photography 23"x19" inch Ed. 1/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Located in Culver City, CA
"Annunciation 3" Photography 23"x19" inch Ed. 1/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Author's direct print on wood
Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev was born in 1962 in Moscow, in the family of creative people. His father, Pedro Clavijo, was a Columbian journalist and a radio reporter. His grandfather by his father's side, Edmundo Clavijo Cubilios, was a famous Columbia's photograph and artist. His grandfather and grandmother by his mother's side, Vladimir and Margarita Telepnevs, were painters.
In 1986 Vladimir graduated from the Moscow Polygraphic Academy, faculty of graphic art, specializing in painting, graphics, and polygraphic design.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
ELTON JOHN
PRINCESS MICHAEL of KENT MARIE CHRISTINE
PETER...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Untitled (stairs and dress)
Located in Helsinki, FI
Mikael Siirilä
Sintra, Portugal, 2018
Handmade silver gelatin print. The fibre-based photograph is tea-toned, stamped, signed and numbered in pencil on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Singspiel, Running Stallion, Champion Equine Black and White Photograph
Located in London, GB
Singspiel, Stallion Portrait 2001 by John Reardon
76 x 51 cm
Edition of 5 only
Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Mu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Wood, Glass, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Photog...
On the Beach with the Seagulls, 1930 Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency Trampus, Paris. On an English beach with seagulls, circa 1930.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print pho...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Original Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Photograph is a color photograph realized in the Late 1970s.
Good conditions.
the landscape of Albania through the art of photography is captured ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Asian Garden
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by the artist.
From film.
Silver Gelatin Sepia Toned.
Edition 6/20
Category
Early 2000s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Annunciation 1" Photography 59"x30" inch Ed. 1/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Located in Culver City, CA
"Annunciation 1" Photography 59"x30" inch Ed. 1/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Author's direct print on wood
Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev was born in 1962 in Moscow, in the family of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment, Wood
Florence Devastated by the Waters of the Arno - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Florence devastated by the waters of the Arno is an original vintage photograph realized by the photography agency of Farabola.
With the stamp of Agency and the notes on the rear.
...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Catherinettes Racecourse, Paris 1931 - Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph shooted by photographer G. Devred for Press Agency ROL, Paris 1931.
The Catherinettes March.
The young girls carry a hat box in...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rail Freight Station in Wales, England 1930 Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Wide World Photos - New York Times in Paris. Railroad freight station in Wales, England circa 1930.
Features:
Original Silve...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris, 1930s, Carriages and Cars - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph shooted by Press Agency Trampus. Paris, carriages, and cars, circa 1930.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photograp...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
French Soldier nearby Paris, 1926 - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph. In the countryside nearby Paris, France, April 1926.
A soldier in uniform poses in front of the ruins of a house destroy...
Category
1920s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lost woman (mounted on Plexiglas)
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poppy no.3 - organic cotton canvas scroll on bamboo, limited edition 2 of 5
Located in London, GB
'Poppy no.3' 2023
97×120 cm printed on organic cotton canvas, limited edition of 5 + 1AP
Canvas fixed on bamboo fixtures, to be and hanged as a scroll.
Photograph is signed and st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Organic Material, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Archival Pigment
Thoughts
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
View from Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral 1950, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph. A view of Paris and the River Seine from the Notre Dame Cathedral, circa 1950.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Ph...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Street Musician in Lyon, France 1930, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. Street musician, and singer in Lyon, France, circa 1930.
Street musician playing accordion with singers in Lyon, France...
Category
1920s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Coupled Poppies - organic cotton canvas scroll on bamboo, limited edition 2 of 5
Located in London, GB
'Coupled Poppies' 2023
97×120 cm printed on organic cotton canvas, limited edition of 5 + 1AP
Canvas fixed on bamboo fixtures, to be and hanged as a scroll.
Photograph is signed a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Organic Material, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Archival Pigment
Sisters with Pony
Located in Maplewood, NJ
HEIDI NIEMALA PHOTOGRAPHY
Heidi Niemala is a New York-based fashion photographer best known for her timeless images. Her work has been described as “tran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
The War Memorial in Blagny France 1926, Silver Gelatin Black & White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. Blagny France, the War Memorial, April 6, 1926.
This photograph features a view of an automobile and a man in front of the War Memorial of Blagny, France, on April 6, 1926.
The automobile in the foreground is a Renault KZ (commercial name Renault 10CV).
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Photography Unframed
Press Photography
Press Agency: Anonymous
Photographer: Anonymous
Title: Blagny, the War Memorial, April 6, 1926.
Provenance: Private collection
Image Size: 6.69 in. wide (17.2 cm) x 4.33 in. high (11.3 cm) - Archivally matted in a 17 x 13 mat.
We will ship this piece in a mat (17 x 13 in.) that fits a standard-sized frame.
No ink stamp, no legend.
About:
Blagny is a commune in the Department of the Ardennes (northeast of France), approximately 30 miles east-southeast of Sedan. The monument lists the names of 31 soldiers and civilians from the Blagny area who fell in World War I. It shows a "poilu"* (WWI French...
Category
1920s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Guatemala, Village, People, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 24, 2 x 24 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
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Guatemala, Market, People, Black and White Photography, 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...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
White Witch Moth
By Kate Breakey
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
untitled
Located in Maplewood, NJ
HEIDI NIEMALA PHOTOGRAPHY
Heidi Niemala is a New York-based fashion photographer best known for her timeless images. Her work has been described as “transcendent” and “creating tangi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Ikulme by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
This elder from a Rendille community in northern Kenya wears a typical bright coloured fabric wrapped around his body. It is essentially the same as the blanket-like ‘shuka’ worn by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Guatemala, Lake, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 24, 1 x 24 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
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Guatemala, Market, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 24, 2 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...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
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...
Category
1920s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
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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