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Black and White Photography For Sale
Style: Modern
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Roman Holiday (1951) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
By Elia Kazan
Located in London, GB
Roman Holiday (1952) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo Phillip Harrington / Alamy Archives)
3rd April 1952.
Actress and fashion model Audrey Hepburn preparing for a sc...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sunbathing Skier (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing Skier (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Don/Three Lions/Getty Images)
circa 1956: With the temperature at around 80? a skier reclines on her propped-up skis ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
New Mexico Old Boys - oversized signed limited edition print
Located in London, GB
New Mexico Old Boys
by Homer Sykes
Aztec, New Mexico, June 1971. Men playing dominoes in a bar with a pool table. 1970s USA
oversize 30 x 20 inches ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Dasha & Mari - Summer Opium - limited edition
By Dasha & Mari
Located in London, GB
Dasha & Mari - Models In Hats - limited edition
20x20" inches oversize C print - numbered and stamped limited to 100 only.
Sumptuous, sensual with erotic undertones, this is a beaut...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bergstrom, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph, signed in pencil by Newton. Acquired from a private collection, Paris, France.
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
Street Night (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Street Night (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
29th September 1954: A bus and cars travelling ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
The Cotton Club from the Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Flooded Road (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Flooded Road (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Getty Images Archive)
A pedestrian attempts to leap across a flooded road near Hyde Park in London, ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Cuerpos. From the Cerros, series. Nudes. Limited Edition B&W Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cuerpos by Ricky Cohete
From the "Cerros" series
Small size: 30 in H x 20 in W.
Edition of 13
Unframed
All prices are quoted as "initial price" and may change due to current sales....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Terry O'Neill, Kate Moss Unitard (co-signed)
Located in New York, NY
Kate Moss Unitard, 1993
Silver Gelatin Print
30 x 30 inches
Edition of 50
Cosigned by Terry O'Neill and Kate Moss
Portrait of English fashion model Kate Moss, 1993.
Terry O'Neill ...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Backlighted Tree, Fort Davis, Texas
Located in Dallas, TX
"I like to go back to a place. Seasons change. Light, which is theater, changes. Nature is tumultuous, and our contact with it makes life happen.” - David H. Gibson
David H. Gibson ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Douglas Kirkland 'Brigitte Bardot, Mexico'
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Kirkland
Brigitte Bardot, Mexico (Cards)
1965
Silver gelatin print
Numbered and Signed by Douglas Kirkland
Edition of 24
French actress Brigitte Bardot photographed on set o...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jumping A Hurdle (1886) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Jumping A Hurdle (1886) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Eadweard J. Muybridge/George Eastman Museum/Getty Images).
Jumping a hurdle; saddle; bay horse, Daisy, between 1884 a...
Category
1880s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Elvis At The Piano (1956)
Located in London, GB
Elvis Adoration (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
May 27, 1956
Elvis Presley spends some time on the piano while waiting for a show to start at the University of Dayton Fieldho...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Blumenfeld, Composition, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Offset
Hombre en movimiento 3. Acto Dos, series. Male Nude. Black and White Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hombre en movimiento 3 by Ricky Cohete
Small size: 20 in H x 30 in W.
Edition of 13 + 1AP
Unframed
All prices are quoted as "initial price" and may change due to current sales.
Exp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
New England Skiing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing
1955
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed Ski Service Shop and Check Room in...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paul Newman - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Hollywood Actors
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
A gorgeous black and white fibre print, available in other sizes.
Taken from...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Shaken not Stirred, 1968 from the Getty Archive - James Bond, Monochrome Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Roger Moore casts a glance away from the camera as he sips the quintessential James Bond drink: the iconic martini, shaken, not stirred.
A gorgeous black and white fibre print, ava...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Beatles, Black and White Photography, 1967, 20, 2 x 25, 3 cm
By Michael Ochs
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Elvis At The Piano (1956) Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Elvis Adoration (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
May 27, 1956
Elvis Presley spends some time on the piano while waiting for a show to start at the University of Dayton Fieldho...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
On the Beach near Paris, 1920s - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency ROL, Paris 1929. Summer on the beach near Paris.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photography unframed.
P...
Category
1920s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eifeltower, Paris, 1955
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1955.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andres: Monument Valley, Arizona 1968.
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photographers, who used a Leica. His images today are d...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pulitzer On The Beach - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pulitzer On The Beach
Patsy Pulitzer at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilisi...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
View of Prague - Original Gelatin Silver Photograph
By Josef Sudek
Located in Paris, IDF
Josef Sudek
View of Prague
Original gelatin silver print
14 x 9 cm (c. 5.5 x 3.5 in)
Authenticated on the back by the workshop stamp (see picture)
Excellent condition
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Guatemala, Landscape, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 24, 4 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
Untitled #24 (Woman and Dog Westminster), 2013 - Limited Edition Silver Gelatin
Located in Brighton, GB
Untitled #24 (Woman and Dog Westminster) from the series Eternal London is a Limited Edition Silver Gelatin print by Giacomo Brunelli.
This size of 9" x 12" from a Limited Edition ...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
USS Roosevelt, New York Navy Day 1945, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Associated Press Photo. The USS Roosevelt aircraft carriers on the Hudson River, New York, during Navy Day...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New Year At Romanoff’s Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New Year At Romanoff’s
1955
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Calm Sea - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Calm Sea
A view of the sea at dusk in Sri Lanka.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the world,
Stuart Möller is a fine art p...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Madonna - signed Limited Edition print (2005)
Located in London, GB
Madonna - signed Limited Edition print
Press Commission
July 2, 2005
London Hyde Park
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist.
Unframed...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Arena Cuatro, From the series Acto Uno. Male Nude Limited Edition B&W Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Arena Cuatro, by Ricky Cohete
From the series "Acto Uno"
Archival Pigment print
Small size: 20 in H x 30 in W.
Edition of 13 + 1AP
Unframed
2020
Black and White Photograph
All pric...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"Audrey's Funny Face" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Audrey's Funny Face" by Bert Hardy
Actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) on the set of the Paramount musical 'Funny Face'. Costumes by Givenchy. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Need For Speed (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Need For Speed (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Joseph McKeown/Picture Post/Getty Images)
17th July 1954: Argentinian racer Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 - 1995) chalks up ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Private Transport Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Private Transport
1954
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Gladys ‘Patsy’ Bartlett (1928 – 2011, née Pulitzer, later Pulitzer Preston) rummaging in her bag on the se...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Climbing II, Paris, 1991. Photo collage Limited Edition Photograph
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Climbing II, Paris, 1991
Photo Collage
Edition 6/6 ex. 5 AP.
Sizes : 37 x 30 cm
Unframed
Femmes Objets Series
In this series in black & white and with the same model. The artist rep...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn in Car Writing, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn in Car, Writing, audrey_06 -- Photographed for LIFE's December 1953 issue. Audrey Hepburn is "doing homework" on her way to the studio. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Paris, Notre Dame Cathedral, Black and White Original Photography Postcard
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photography postcard by Albert Monier, Paris. Notre Dame Cathedral, circa 1950.
Features:
This original silver gelatin print photography po...
Category
1950s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Postcard, Silver Gelatin
Stamford Bridge (1920) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Stamford Bridge (1920)
Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Getty Images Archive)
Stamford Bridge, Chelsea Football...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Ali In Training (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Ali In Training (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by R. McPhedran/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
American heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali throws bare-handed punches in the ri...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn In Grand Central Station (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
Marilyn In Grand Central Station (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Ed Feingersh/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - MARCH 24: Actress Marilyn Monroe takes the ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Punk - Figurative photo, Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sensual
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Punk ‘
Signed by Ian Sanderson lower...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Blumenfeld, Composition, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Offset
Norman Parkinson 'Jane Birkin'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Jane Birkin
1969 (printed later)
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21
English-French actress, singer, songwriter, and model Jane Birkin photographed wearing a ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Slim Aarons- Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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
"Gina Lollobrigida" by Haywood Magee
Located in London, GB
"Gina Lollobrigida" by Haywood Magee
Italian film actress Gina Lollobrigida wearing an evening dress. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5952 - St...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Elvis And His Harley (1956)
Located in London, GB
Elvis Adoration (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
Tennessee, May 29, 1956.
Elvis Presley with his 1956 Harley KH, in the garage at 1034 Audubon Drive, Memphis.
Vernon Presley is crouching beside the Harley.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 16x20''
Printed Later
About the Image:
Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
20 x 30''
30 x 40''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
About the Artist:
Phillip A. Harrington was born in 1920 and grew up in Holland, Michigan. He developed an interest in photography at an early age, joining the high school camera club at 16. At the age of 19, Harrington moved to New York City to study at the Clarence. H. White school of photography, a prestigious institution with graduates such as Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Laura Gilpin, and Ralph Steiner. Harrington studied under Clarence White, Jr., who described Harrington as being among the school’s best students.
Elvis, Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley2, LEADING MEN, Phillip Harrington Retro Vintage Black and...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Actress Marilyn Monroe wins a trophy, 1952. Photographed by Earl Leaf
By Earl Leaf
Located in Cologne, DE
Actress Marilyn Monroe wins a trophy at the 'Star Of Tomorrow' Awards on January 26, 1952 in Los Angeles, California.
Photographed by Earl Leaf. Earl Leaf b...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Funny Face (1957) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives )
1957,
Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face, directed by Stanley Donen.
Additional In...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Jackie Onassis; Street Photography; Black and White, 1970s, 25, 2 x 20, 2 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. Her popularity as First Lady was due to her devotion to historical preservation of the White House, her fashion sense, and her devotion to her children, which endeared her to the American public. During her lifetime, Jackie was regarded as an international fashion icon. Her ensemble of a pink Chanel...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
Category
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Bruce Cratsley, American (1944-1998)
Vintage gelatin silver print
Lifting Hand (Scot) Chez Moi
A surrealist image of a hand with a light study
Hand signed, titled and dated 1986-1988 verso
image (each): 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches, matted to 24 X 20 inches
Provenance: From the collection of AGFA Graphics Corporation
David Bruce Cratsley (1944 - 1998) was an American photographer specialized in still lifes, portraits of friends, and life in New York City. He had a reputation of master of light and shadow.
Bruce Cratsley attended Swarthmore College, graduating in 1966, and then, in the early 1970s, The New School for Social Research, studying under Lisette Model.
Cratsley worked for many years as a gallerist at Marlborough Gallery before quitting in 1986 to become a full-time photographer. As "Bruce Cratsley", he exhibited in various New York galleries, like: Laurence Miller Gallery, Howard Greenberg Gallery and Witkin Gallery. Cratsley was represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery, a dealer of fine art photography based in SoHo. He was photographed by Elsa Dorfman...
Category
1980s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Italian Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni and the Italian Actress Laura Morante in a scene from the movie "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal" by Mario Monicelli.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Frida and Diego with Gas Mask - Black and White Photograph, Couple
Located in Denton, TX
Frida and Diego with Gas Mask is a limited edition black and white portrait of Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The couple embraces each other while Frida holds a gas m...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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.