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Sophia Loren in Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning and sexy capture of Sophia Loren in her role for the 1963 film "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow".
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is a 1963 comedy anthology film by Italian di...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Roger Moore - Ocha Rios, Jamaica 1972 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Roger Moore - Ocha Rios, Jamaica
1972
David Steen recalls: “Filming for Roger’s first Bond movie, Live and Let Die began in New Orleans and moved on to Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Cubby B...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Oak Seed #7
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn...” Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the dirt.
This is where life begins.
The journey starts in darkness.
Trees often inspire the gaze u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Platinum
Oak Seed #8
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn...” Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the dirt.
This is where life begins.
The journey starts in darkness.
Trees often inspire the gaze u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Platinum
Chrysler View - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Chrysler View
Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
paper size - 60x40 inches / 152 x 101 cm
Signed and numbered by artist on the front
Limited to only 3 this size
Unframed
Bo...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Journey of the Bobcat 2
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Beth Moon is an American-born photographer. She has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints.
This portfolio focuses on totem-like beliefs ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Verticalità, New York, 1955 - Contemporary Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
During the 15 years during which he gave himself to photography, Fabrizio La Torre traveled to Italy, Europe, North America and Asia. From everywhe...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rounds - underwater black and white photograph - archival pigment print 35x56"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white portrait of Justin Jedlica - The Human Ken Doll
Original gallery quality print on archival paper signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24
Image size...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Restaurant in Algeria, the Vintage Photograph - Mid-20 century
Located in Roma, IT
Restaurant in Algeria, the Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the stamp of copyright "ASSOCIATED PRESS" on the r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Evel Knievel on Motorbike
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1970s photograph featuring Evel Knievel, the legendary motorcycle daredevil who became one of the greatest American icons of the 1970s. Over his career, he attempted more than ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Eiffel Tower, Architecture Detail, Paris, mono photograph, limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gun found in drifting sand, Kelso, CA, 1/22/87
By Mark Klett
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting conditions as 19th-century photographs by the likes of seminal surveyors William Henry Jackson and Timothy O’Sullivan. These photos consider changes in landscape, history, culture, aesthetics, technology, representation, and perception. Klett has collaborated with several artists, including Byron Wolfe...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Black and White Portrait of a Cow with Beautiful, Sculptural Horns
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Mundari's Pride"
The long-horned cattle owned by the Mundari are an ancient breed called the Ankole-Watusi
In these scenes of life from South Sudan, exp...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Norah Jones - signed Limited Edition Oversize print (2004)
Located in London, GB
Norah Jones - Signed Limited Edition Oversize print
Mojo Magazine Cover Shoot
February 23 2004
New York
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
Unframed
Signed an...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Kitakata City, Fukushima, Japan (Landscape w/Two Birds on a Wire)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. His works depict nature eroded and broken down by civilization, but he does not put man and the environm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Funnel–Cornfield, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Funnel–Cornfield, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
The Earth is an ever-changing ecosystem. It existed well before we were here and will hopefully be here we...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Surreal World, Skyscraper, Megacity, Dubai, black & white cityscape photo print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Limited edition of 9.
Archival fine art pigment print. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm white ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...
Traditional Jewelry Worn in an Ethiopian Tribe, Fashion-Inspired, Horizontal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Untitled 45"
This award-winning image features women in the Suri tribe who traditionally bend metal around their ankles and wrists for decorative purposes. Jewelry conveys individ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wild Sable Island Horse, Equestrian, Horizontal, Contemporary
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Wild Heart"
A dark horse with a brilliant blaze of white on his forehead gallops freely against the backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean.
Representative of the unparalleled, untamed es...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arrowhead and Bullet from Campsite Used by Hunters for Centuries, 11/25/89
By Mark Klett
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting conditions as 19th-century photographs by the likes of seminal surveyors William Henry Jackson...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Anna Wong Sitting with Dragon Shadow
Located in Austin, TX
This awesome black and white capture features Anna Wong sitting, posed against a large shadow of a dragon.
Anna Wong was an American actress, considered to be the first Toisonese (T...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
David Bowie Scary Monsters Clown full contact sheet large format print by Duffy
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art, limited edition contact sheet print of David Bowie in the Scary Monsters Clown costume from the official Duffy Archive.
Taken from the original 1980 negativ...
Category
Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rolling Stones - signed Limited Edition print (1998)
Located in London, GB
Rolling Stones - signed Limited Edition print
Album Cover Shoot
August 25 1998
Berlin
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and numb...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Lana Turner - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Lana Turner - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo Cineclassico/Alamy Archives)
American actress-
Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Carole Lombard Dramatic Portrait in Hat
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white image features Carole Lombard in a dramatically lit portrait, posed profile in a large brimmed hat.
Carole Lombard was an American film actress. She wa...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jazz Dancers (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Jazz Dancers (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Charles Hewitt/Picture Post /Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
A series of images showing Britis...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vivienne Westwood
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of acclaimed British fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood by photographer, Andrew Cotterill.
“I took this picture when i was assisting in the early 90’s. The photographer i was working with said take one of my other cameras and shoot what you see. It was a very kind gesture to mention this, so i did and had a great time. Vivian was wonderful and totally eccentric having created this tiny room she called her “Saloon”. Its was a little scary but probably got me on my way.”
This print is available in different sizes:
12 x 16” - Edition 25
16 x 20” - Edition 20
20 x24” - Edition 15
30 x 40” - Edition 10
East London born Andrew Cotterill is a Photographer with a genuine passion and engendered affinity with his subject matter. His work for Q Magazine, Mojo, Spin, Sony Style, NME, Big Issue and Dazed & Confused has taken him from court photographer of the mid-90's drum 'n' bass explosion to the expert eye on Jamaica's dancehall renaissance. Andrew's, association with music runs true and deep - his passage into photography was a natural progression from his passion of the 80's club and warehouse-party scene. Andrew's entry into magazines came, suitably enough, with pictures of Public Enemey's Chuck D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Social Security Debate - Vintage B/W photo - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Social security debate is an original photograph realized in 1970 in Italian Parliament in Montecitorio by an Anonymous photographer.
Tyyped notes on the rear, the description in Ita...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Acqua e fantasia, 1956 - Limited Edition Photorealist Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
An impressive flood of the Tiber had already battered the pontoons of the few ...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marcy
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 1.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production.
Shipping time depends on method of shipping.
Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph.
ABOUT:
For the last two years Mark and Kristen have collaborated using one of the earliest photographic methods, collodion wet plate to create ambrotypes on glass and tintypes on aluminum. They use a 1860 style view camera to create one-of-a-kind images, which become windows into an intimate, romantic, and beautiful world of faces, still lives, nudes, and landscapes. In this demanding process, the collodion coated tin or glass plates are immersed in a silver nitrate solution, and then they must be exposed in the camera and developed while still wet. Serendipitous flaws and beautiful imperfections are an inevitable part of this imprecise hands-on process.
This show includes a combination of 24 tintypes and ambrotypes, which are 8x10 and smaller in size. Their intimate sizes ask the viewers to look closer and spend more time with these photographs to fully appreciate their power. — A welcome antidote to today's nonstop, ¬instantaneous imagery. Paradoxically, this intersection of past and present gives these pieces an unmistakably contemporary feel. The two collaborators deliberately play up the ambiguity of time.
The nudes (some recalling E.J. Bellocq's alluring portraits of New Orleans prostitutes in 1912) are suffused with freshness and sensuality, even eroticism at times, with nearly all of them coming off as refined rather than crass.
Fredrick Scott Archer developed the collodion process in 1851. Artists such as Julia Margaret Cameron, Lewis Carroll, William Henry Jackson and Civil War photographer Mathew Brady...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ed Abbey in Turkey Pen Ruins, Grand Gulch, UT, 5/17/88
By Mark Klett
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting conditions as 19th-century photographs by the likes of seminal surveyors William Henry Jackson and Timothy O’Sullivan. These photos consider changes in landscape, history, culture, aesthetics, technology, representation, and perception. Klett has collaborated with several artists, including Byron Wolfe...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Soundgarden - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print (1996)
Located in London, GB
Soundgarden - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print
Personal Work
May 16 1996 New York
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist.
Unframed
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition limited to 10 only this size
Printed 2020
This size image: 30 x 40" / 76 x 101 cm
About the image:
Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Living Souls
Located in New York City, NY
Available sizes:
32x47in ed.20
40x60in ed.15
47x71in ed.10
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Kevin Westenberg, Billy Bob Thornton 2001 Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Billy Bob Thornton 2001 Signed Limited Edition
By Kevin Westenberg
Archival Pigment Print, Signed Limited Edition
Print size 24 x 30 inches / 61 x 76 cm
signed
numbered
edition s...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Black and White Portrait of a Cow with Beautiful, Sculptural Horns
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Mundari's Pride"
The long-horned cattle owned by the Mundari are an ancient breed called the Ankole-Watusi
In these scenes of life from South Sudan, exp...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn "The Nun's Story"
By Leo L. Fuchs
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey Hepburn standing on what seems to be a wood branch bridge taking a portrait for the 1959 film "The Nun's Story".
British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn is regarded...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Young Boy Walking Through the Cattle Camps at Dusk, Black & White, Surreal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Embers"
Portrait of a young Mundari man walking swiftly through the cattle camps in South Sudan with a rope
In these scenes of life from South Sudan, experience the surreal, rovin...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tori Amos Vintage Print 12"x16" by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
Original hand-printed vintage 12x16” darkroom print from photographer Jake Chessum of Tori Amos. Printed by Jake in the 90's, at the time of the photo shoot.
Jake recalls the sessio...
Category
1990s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Otherworldly Black & White Image of a Herd of Giraffes Walking Across the Plains
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Crossing Time"
Black & white image of a herd of giraffes walking across the plains
Exceptional Creatures is a limited edition print series documenting the most extraordinary anima...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
No More Crutches
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The implied act of opening the boxes, releases the energy of the occupants, allowing
them to take flight. The people and objects confined within, through the simple act of
unfolding,...
Category
2010s Constructivist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Full Portrait of Aretha Franklin - Vintage B/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Full Portrait of Aretha Franklin is a vintage photographic print on baryta paper from 1960 circa.
Agency ink stamp on the back.
Excellent conditions.
Dim: cm 30 x 19,5
In the pho...
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Listening to the Sky
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Beth Moon is an American-born photographer. She has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints.
This portfolio focuses on totem-like beliefs ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Young Lion Cub Relaxing in the Grass, Black & White, Kenya
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Creature Comfort"
Young lion relaxing in the grass and looking at the camera
Exceptional Creatures is a limited edition print series documenting the most extraordinary animals roa...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of a Water Buffalo Against a White Backdrop, Fashion-Inspired
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Buffalo Spirit"
Portrait of a water buffalo in Kenya
Exceptional Creatures is a limited edition print series documenting the most extraordinary animals roaming our Earth.
These l...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Princess Audrey (1953)
Located in London, GB
Princess Audrey (1953)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
Audrey Hepburn preparing for a scene in the 1953 film “Roman Holiday” by William Wyler.
Assisting Hepburn is dresser Sally G...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Surreal Scene of Life Among the Cattle Camps in South Sudan, with Long-Horned Ca
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Creation"
Expansive portrait of life in the stunning cattle camps of the Mundari on the banks of the Nile River
In these scenes of life from South Sudan, experience the surreal, r...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of a Cheetah Walking Towards the Camera in the Grass
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Rhythm and Poise"
Black & white image of a cheetah walking towards the camera in Kenya
Exceptional Creatures is a limited edition print series documenting the most extraordinary a...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Surreal Scene of Life Among the Cattle Camps in South Sudan, with Long-Horned Ca
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Creation"
Expansive portrait of life in the stunning cattle camps of the Mundari on the banks of the Nile River
In these scenes of life from South Sudan, experience the surreal, r...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bottle With Sharon's Seeds, black and white, still life photograph, signed, ltd
By James Pitts
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Bottle With Sharon's Seeds, black and white, still life photograph, signed, ltd
James Pitts, based in Santa Fe New Mexico, delicate still lifes are crafted as exquisite hand-coated...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Péone, Alpes Maritimes, 2002
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. His works depict nature eroded and broken down by civilization, but he does not put man and the environm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Landscape #43
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"I make the images by first creating drawings on clear mylar. These drawings are then laid on top of light sensitive paper in the darkroom and then the paper is exposed to light. For images with layered landscapes, multiple drawings are placed on the paper which is then exposed at intervals and a drawing removed at the end of each interval. The stars are created by exposing the paper to light through a mask with small holes poked into it. The darkroom aspect of the process creates a photogram negative, which I then scan and invert into a positive image digitally. The final images are pigment prints on archival rag paper." -- Vanessa Marsh
Vanessa Marsh was born in Seattle, Washington, and currently works in Oakland, California. Marsh first became interested in Photography when her mother gave her a Nikon E series camera in 9th grade. She earned her MFA in 2004 from California College of the Arts. Marsh has exhibited widely including the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Hillside Fence, Study 6, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan. 2007, black and white photo
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Hillside Fence, Study 6, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan. 2007 is a black and white (silver gelatin print) photograph by Michael Kenna and is signed and numbered.
Michael Kenna is master...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sophia Loren in "Houseboat": Between the Curtains
By Bud Fraker
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of Sophia Loren appearing between two curtains for her role in "Houseboat".
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress. With a career spanning over 70 years,...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Parking Wars Traffic Warden By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Parking Wars Traffic Warden
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 54 x 41" / 137 x 104 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1970 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 20
note other ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Warrior in Kenya Leading Camels Across Desert, Horizontal, Iconic
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Arteti Leading Camels"
In this iconic photograph, a Rendille warrior takes his camels to find water. It is part of his role to make sure that each animal has what they need, even ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Super Constellation Lockheed
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1953, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (framing, contrast, light, etc.) was approved by him. This is a very high quality fine art prints on 310 gr/m² Fine Art paper with museum quality pigment inks.
The TWA (Trans World Airlines) Super Constellation...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Monza Grand Prix (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Monza Grand Prix (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by David Lees/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
British racing champion Stirlin...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Moonrise, Clouds, and Star Trails, Lake Tsomoriri, Ladakh, India
By Linda Connor
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Printed onto direct positive Printing Out Paper and then gold-toned.
Linda Connor's imagery of ancient and sacred places explores the relationship between nature, civilization and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Gold
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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