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Black and White Photography For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1940s
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Citizen Kane Iconic Scene
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
Iconic scene from the influential film "Citizen Kane"..Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Bette Davis Eyes (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Bette Davis Eyes (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1932,
Portrait of actress Bette Davis.
Addi...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Business people, talking Moenckebergstrasse Hamburg Germany 1938 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirties, Karl Heinrich Lämmel produced several photographic reports of cities, including Munich and Cologne. Photographs that have yet to be seen and appreciated. Lämmel's pictures show a different view of Germany. His documentation is an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. Impressive images of cities and their architecture before the destruction of WWII .
The print is new, a Premium-FineArt-Print ( Hahnemühle 308g ), it comes in a secure role without passpartout and frame to reduce shipping cost. This sizes are limited to 25 copies per size.
Description: Geschäftsleute unterhalten sich auf der Mönckebergstraße in Hamburg, Deutschland 1930er Jahre. Business people having a small...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Mussolini Visits A Chemical Industry in Melegnano - Vintage Photo 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini Visits A Chemical Industry' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, here the Duce visits a chemical...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bette (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Bette (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(photo by Glasshouse Archive / Alamy Archives)
Actress Bette Davis,
Portrait by Jack Freilich,
1931.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 10x12...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Gloria DeHaven Glamour Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white studio portrait features Gloria Dehaven posed in a captivating glamour portrait. Gloria DaHaven was an American actress and singer who was a contract st...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wintertime at river Pregel with ship, Germany 1934 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Train to Degerloch waiting at platform, Stuttgart Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Marlene Dietrich: Stunning Glamour
By A.L. Whitey Schafer
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely glamour portrait of the impeccable Marlene Dietrich in an elegant sequined dress.
Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer, who remained popular throughout ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Wall Scrawls, Hornitos California initialed EW
Located in Carmel, CA
Original Edward Weston!
Framed in black.
Initialed in pencil on lower right of dry mounted photograph. Dated 1940 in pencil. Excellent Condition.
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Art Deco Greta Garbo' Giant Oversize print
Located in London, GB
'Art Deco Greta Garbo'
Greta Garbo in 'Mata Hari,' 1931.
(Photo: Clarence Sinclair Bull)
Beautiful mint condition Giant Archival Pigment print
measuring a very large
60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm's
Edge Prints...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Greta Garbo - Black and White Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1930
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo - Black and White Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1930
1930 Black and white portrait photograph of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) by Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979). Greta Garbo poses in a top hat and collard shirt while gazing away from the camera. Printed by the artist circa 1970's. A black and white photograph, matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of the star titled 'Mata Hari,' printed decades later from the original negative, pencilled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp, verso further with two "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western painter...
Category
1930s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Archive London)
Evacuee Barrie Peacop enjoys an ice cream as he sits on a mine ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
The Moon and Mars
Located in Austin, TX
Carly Anne Amos, in collaboration with Globe Photos, brings you a new collection of gorgeous twists to classic icons from our archives.
Carly Anne is a streetwear designer (The Colo...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Orson Welles Filming Citizen Kane
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
This rare image was taken behind the scenes of the cast working on a scene in the 1941 film "Citizen Kane".
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film by Orson Welles, its producer...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Orson Welles Filming Citizen Kane
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
This rare image was taken behind the scenes of the cast working on a scene in the 1941 film "Citizen Kane".
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film by Orson Welles, its producer...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Veronica Lake: Glamour in Mirror
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely capture of elegant actress Veronica Lake posed with her reflection in the mirror.
Veronica Lake was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake won both popular and...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marlene Dietrich in Feathers
By A.L. Whitey Schafer
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant portrait features the elegant Hollywood legend, Marlene Dietrich, posed in a tall feathered hat.
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a German-American actress and s...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Foundry - Black and White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
High contrast photo by Peter Stackpole (American, 1913-1997). The photo shows a hot bar of metal on a large machine, about to be worked. The metal is g...
Category
1930s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor Classical Elegance
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning elegant studio portrait of Elizabeth Taylor, 1957.
Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actre...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Greta Garbo "Inspiration"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white studio portrait features Greta Garbo posed for her role in "Inspiration".
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. ...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Poolside Glamour
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This captivating pinup features actress Marilyn Monroe standing poolside in a bathing suit and heels.
Marilyn Monroe was one of the most popular sex symbols in the early 1950s and ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Fred Astaire: The Gay Divorcee
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Clark Gable Posed on Sound Stage
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features Clark Gable pose on a sound stage, circa 1931.
Clark Gable was an American film actor and military officer, often referred to as "The King of...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Tee Off (1939) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Tee Off (1939) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
6th April 1939.
A man playing golf teeing-off golf ball from tee with driver outdoor.
...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Montego Bay Fisherman 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Fishermen at work on a beach in Montego Bay Jamaica circa 1940.
by Toni Frissell
30 x 30" inches / 76 x...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ascari At Silverstone (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Ascari At Silverstone (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images)
25th August 1949: Italian motor racing driver Alberto Ascari (left) approaching St...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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
Claudette Colbert in Awesome Jungle Scene
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American film actress and a leading lady in Hollywood for over two decades, Claudette Colbert.
Colbert is featured here posed in a jungle sce...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Second World War photograph, Lancaster bomber - G for George
Located in London, GB
Charles E. Brown
Lancaster bomber, G for George
Silver gelatine photograph
21 x 14 cm
This striking black and white photograph by Charles E. Brown showcases the magnificent Lancast...
Category
1940s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
At the old university of Koenigsberg, East Prussia, Germany 1934 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirties, Karl Heinrich Lämmel produced several photographic reports of cities, including Munich and Cologne. Photographs that have yet to be seen and appreciated. Lämmel's pictures show a different view of Germany. His documentation is an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. Impressive images of cities and their architecture before the destruction of WWII .
The print is new, a Premium-FineArt-Print (Hahnemühle 308g), it comes in a secure role without passpartout and frame to reduce shipping cost. This sizes are limited to 25 copies per size.
Description: An der alten Universität von Königsberg, im Hintergrund die Schloßkirche, Ostpreußen, 1930er Jahre. At the old university of Koenigsberg, the Schlosskirche in the background, East Prussia...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Sun In Rock
By Minor White
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
The print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount; titled, dated, stamped and labelled on the back of the mount.
This rare vintage enlargement comes from the Museum...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fountain behind Heiliggeist church Heidelberg, Germany 1936, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Brass ensemble at the belfry of a church, Stuttgart Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been miss...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
View on the city of Sandakan - Vintage Photo 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage View on the city of Sandakan is a b/w photographic print on polished paper, taken very likely in 1938 by Press Photo, Berlin.
Stereotype on the back. In very good conditions....
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Black Dune, Oceano California
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
Considered one of Brett Westons most beautiful dunescape. Denise Bethel of Sothebys remarked it was the greatest dune of Brett she had ever seen.
Vintage Photograph printed...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Sun Beams into Grand Central Station' Limited Edition Photograph 16 X 20
Located in San Rafael, CA
Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows at Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1930. (Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images)
As an authorized Get...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Ferry Passengers
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
French film actress Mila Parely amuses passengers onboard the ferry from Tower Bridge, London, to Southend, Essex. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4412 – Mila Goes To Southend –...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Race Order
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Maserati racing cars in the pit during a road race at at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, May 1947. Original publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racin...
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Graf Zeppelin, Framed Black and White Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Repairing the hull of the Graf Zeppelin during the flight over the Atlantic, 1934 by Alfred Eisenstaedt"
The Graf Zeppelin
Alfred Eisenstaedt, German (1898–1995)
Date: 1934 (Printe...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bismarck monument view to Deutsches Museum, Munich Germany 1937, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirties, Karl Heinrich Lämmel produced several photographic reports of cities, including Munich and Cologne. Photographs that have yet to be seen and appreciated. Lämmel's pictures show a different view of Germany. His documentation is an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. Impressive images of cities and their architecture before the destruction of WWII .
The print is new, a Premium-FineArt-Print ( Hahnemühle 308g ), it comes in a secure role without passpartout and frame to reduce shipping cost. This sizes are limited to 25 copies per size.
Description: The Bismarck monument with view to the Deutsches Museum at Munich, Germany 1930s.
Keywords: Deutschland; Deutsches Reich; 3.; III.; Drittes Reich; Bayern; Hauptstadt der Bewegung; Architektur; Gebäude; Innenstadt; 1930er Jahre; Germany; 3rd; Bavaria; architecture; building; inner city; 1930s; Otto von Bismarck...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
View of the Ancient Port of Singapore - Vintage Photo 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
View on a Singapore port is a b/w photographic print on polished paper by Press Photo, Berlin.
Stereotype in German on the back. In very good condi...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Early Black and White Still Life Photograph of an Interior Fireplace Hearth
Located in Houston, TX
Early black and white still life photograph of a fireplace. The piece also documents the various items used to decorate the hearth including woven basketed and earthen pots...
Category
1930s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala - Oversize
A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, Nov...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Flooded Mall London
Located in London, GB
A man crossing a stretch of floodwater with the help of two chairs after a storm caused flooding in the Mall, London.
(Photo by H. F. Davis/Getty Images Archive London England)
Pa...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Katharine Hepburn: Sexy Glamour Looking Up
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely glamour portrait of the great Katherine Hepburn looking upward.
Known for her fierce independence and spirited personality, Katharine Hepburn was a leading lady in Hollywood ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Moth and Stump, Interglacial Forest, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount, with image number "6" in the lower left corner. Portfolio Two stamp with print #6 and set #A in red c...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girls in the Sport Team - Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Girls in the sport team is an original black and white photograph realized by the Gherlone photography agency.
With the stamp of "Gherlone, Torino" on the rear.
Good conditions.
Vi...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini With Shovel - Vintage Photo 1937
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini With Shovel' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, here Mussolini makes the first shot of shovel...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Charles E Brown Lancaster Bomber testbed jet engined WW2 original photograph
Located in London, GB
Charles E Brown (1896-1982)
Testbed Avro Lancaster Bomber LL735
Silver gelatin monochrome photographic print
19 x 25 cm
Stamped to reverse "6231-3 Copyright photograph by Charles E ...
Category
1940s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Three Volkswagen beetle on street, Germany 1938 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Nolte. His work is an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. Impressive images of industry and products from this time.
The print is new, a Premium-FineArt-Print ( Hahnemühle 308g ), it comes in a secure role without passpartout and frame to reduce shipping cost. This sizes are limited to 25 copies per size.
Description: Drei Modelle des Volkswagen Käfer, oder KdF Wagen, mit offenem und geschlossenem Dach und als Cabrio auf der Reichsautobahn bei Wolfsburg, Deutschland 1930er Jahre. Three models of the Volkswagen beetle...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Hunter with Dog and Volkswagen beetle, Germany 1939 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Friedrichsbau building at Castle, Heidelberg Germany 1938, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Fishermen at work on a beach in Montego Bay Jamaica circa 1940.
by Toni Frissell
40 x 40" inches / 101 ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Entrance gate Darmstadt castle girls and woman, Germany 1938 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Twin belfries of Munich Frauenkirche church, Munich Germany 1938, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Women spa resort Cannstatt through window, Stuttgart Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
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Some of the Best Beatles Photos Were Taken by Paul McCartney
A trove of recently unearthed personal photos adds another dimension to the abundance of press images of the Fab Four.
This Photo of Big Sur Reveals the Awesomeness and Intimacy of Nature
When a beachcomber accidentally stepped in front of Jeffrey Conley’s camera, a perfect moment was captured.
Queen Elizabeth’s Life in Photos
She was one of the most photographed women in history, but the world’s longest-reigning queen remained something of a mystery throughout her decades on the throne.
Photographer to Know: William Klein
The noted lensman brought a bold sense of irony to fashion photography in the 1950s and '60s, transforming the industry. But his work in street photography, documentary filmmaking and abstract art is just as striking.
David Yarrow Tells Us the Tales behind His Wild, Wild Photography
To capture many of the cinematic images in his new show, the famed photographer traveled to the still-rugged parts of Alaska and the Rocky Mountains, shooting supermodels and carnivores alike.
Lori Grinker’s Artful Photographs of a Young Mike Tyson Are a Knockout!
The New York photographer tells us how an encounter with the then-13-year-old boxer led to a decade-long project that saw them both go pro.
John Dolan’s Photographs Capture the Art and Soul of a Wedding Day
In a new book compiling 30 years' worth of images, the photographer reveals that it's the in-between moments that make a wedding special.
Jonathan Becker Reflects on His Decades of Photographing A-Listers for ‘Vanity Fair’
After 30-plus years with the storied magazine, the photographer shares the tales behind some of his most famous (and often surreal) pictures.