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Black and White Photography For Sale
Style: Abstract
Style: Surrealist
André Courrèges
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak ( American ), "André Courrèges", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 1...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Donna Karan
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Donna Karan", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 11 x 14...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Gravity Bulle d'air 01 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity Bulle d'air 01 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5
In his Gravity Bulles d'air series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Magnetic radiation 14 (Medium)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5
In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofluids. A ferrofluid is a liquid substance magnet...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Arnold Scaasi
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Arnold Scaasi", Black and white screen print on Harmon paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 14 x ...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Issey Miyake
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Issey Miyake", Black and white screen print on Harmon paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 11 x 1...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Angelo Tarlazzi
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Angelo Tarlazzi", Black and white screen print on Harmon paper, 20 x 16. Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 14 ...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Jean-Charles de Castelbajac", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Availabl...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Paco Rabanne
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Paco Rabanne", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 14 x 1...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Geoffrey Beene
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Geoffrey Beene", Black and White screen print on Harmon paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 14 x...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gravity - Liquid 05 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 05 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Gravity - Liquid 04 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 04 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist w...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Magnetic radiation 99 (Medium)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofluids. A ferrofluid is a liquid substance magne...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Surrender - Ltd Ed
By Kat O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Movement on Metal is part of a series of graphic, industrial, black and white photographic images. All are limited editions and produced with infused archival inks on metal which means the image is permeated into the metal thereby becoming part of the material versus being merely printed on the surface. It can be inside or outside in all seasons for years with very little loss of resolution. A mounting system would be included. The finish is a metal black gallery wrap. What that means is, imagine a metal frame that the image rests on. It is an inch deep and presents the art in an elegant, museum quality fashion...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
"Ripples", abstract, black and white, reflection, metal print, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Ripples” is part of her abstract series capturing reflection. The 16 x 16 inch photo with glossy finish is infused directly into metal making it waterproof and eas...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Old Cadillac
By Brett Weston
Located in Buffalo, NY
Signed and dated on the front of the mount. Limited edition of 35. Number 14 of 35. From the “Twenty Photographs, 1970-1977” Portfolio.
Category
1970s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cuchillo, Madrid (knife-ruler)
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, dated and numbered.
Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish photographers, who is greatly known for his monochromatic, surreal still-life...
Category
1990s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Signal Box, Basel)
By Roland Fischer
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original Aluminum backed C-print by Roland Richer created in 2001.
The work was acquired from Von Lintel Gallery in May of 2002.
(71 x 49 1/4 inches)
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Aluminum
Abstract art photography in black and white - framed in custom made wood frame
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modern Art Etc presents new abstract art photography. This series of sultry fluid rings evokes a timeless elegance. The aesthetic patterns evolve from the fluids in motion. Modern Ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Photograph - Classical abstract structures n.16
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modern Art Etc presents this series of abstract classical forms in balck and white archival pigment prints.
The photographer was trained at the Centr...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Matador Smoke series - abstract photography of smoke
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series curated and commissioned by Modern Art Etc Los Angeles.
This series presents various fleeting imagery captured by an award winning US photographer depicting the f...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Peine/Disco, Madrid
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed.
Toned gelatin silver print.
Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish photographers, who is greatly known for his monochromatic, surreal st...
Category
1990s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Metro, Madrid
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed and dated.
Toned gelatin silver print
Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish photographers, who is greatly known for his monochromatic, s...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Memorial to Anais Nin
By Val Telberg
Located in New York, NY
Val Telberg was a Surrealist-influenced photomontagist who famously collaborated with Anais Nin.
Mr. Telberg was born of Finnish-Russian parents in Moscow...
Category
1970s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cypress Swamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in.
Series: Ghostland
Keith Carter is an American photographe...
Category
1990s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled, Madrid (Sandals w/ Grass)
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, dated and numbered.
Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish photographers, who is greatly known for his monochromatic, surreal still-life...
Category
1980s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled, Madrid
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, dated and numbered.
Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish photographers, who is greatly known for his monochromatic, surreal still-life...
Category
1990s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Moon in Gong)
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition 2/7
Signed on print margin.
Printed 2011
Frame included.
Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish photographers, who is greatly known for his monochroma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Statue of Liberty Mooning
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed and dated.
Category
20th Century Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Huang Shan C - Yellow Mountains (landscape black and white art) unframed print
By Peter Leung
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Like a poetic storyteller, Modern Art Etc promotes American photographer Peter Leung’s fine art photography captures the natural beauty and landscape in China. With immaculate composition that comes from planning and patience, waiting for the best natural light and objects to fall into place, the resulting images evokes the spirit of the place and its people. Pictorialism and art conjoin to produce something acutely poetic. One wonders when looking at his pictures – is this a photograph or a painting?
ABOUT THIS WORK
“Huangshan C”, China
The famous Huangshan, (literal translation "Yellow Mountains"), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. The materials comprise of ancient rocks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Fading Beauty
By Drew Tal
Located in New York, NY
With his works included in the permanent collection at the Norton and the New Britain Museum, Drew Tal’s successful career has been nothing but a soaring ascension into the global ar...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Bud of the Bud
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone...
Category
2010s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photogram, Archival Pigment, Archiva...
Wieder ein Konzept, black and white gelatin silver fineart print, baryta, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
GELATIN SILVER PRINT ON BARYTA
Edition 2/5+Ap / 2022 - Printed and signed by artist.
Mounted on aluminum dibond, handmade frame, white, metal corners for wall mounting.
Ismael Picker-Schiebel
1989 lives and works in Waidhofen an der Ybbs and Vienna
2022 - Studis Fine Arts, Sculpture and Space with Prof. Hans Schabus at the University of Applid Arts Vienna
2017 - Studis Fine Arts, Photography with Prof. Gabriele Rotheman at the University of Applid Arts Vienna
2015-2016 - Photographic training at fotoK Center for Photographic
2005-2014 - Training as a farrier and self-employed
EXHIBITIONS
Kill your Darlings, Singersrasse 27, Wien, A (Solo)
Stone in a Glass House...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Kopf, black and white fine art photography, gelatin silver print, baryta, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
GELATIN SILVER PRINT ON BARYTA
Edition 1/2+Ap / 2022 - Printed and signed by artist.
Mounted on aluminum Dibond, handmade walnut frame, natural, anti-reflection glass, UV 70, metal corners for wall mounting.
Ismael Picker-Schiebel
1989 lives and works in Waidhofen an der Ybbs and Vienna
2022 - Studis Fine Arts, Sculpture and Space with Prof. Hans Schabus at the University of Applid Arts Vienna
2017 - Studis Fine Arts, Photography with Prof. Gabriele Rotheman at the University of Applid Arts Vienna
2015-2016 - Photographic training at fotoK Center for Photographic
2005-2014 - Training as a farrier and self-employed
EXHIBITIONS
Kill your Darlings, Singersrasse 27, Wien, A (Solo)
Stone in a Glass House...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Leuchte, black and white art photography, gelatin silver print, baryta, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
GELATIN SILVER PRINT ON BARYTA
Edition 1/2+Ap / 2022 - Printed and signed by artist.
Mounted on aluminum dibond, handmade walnut frame, natural, anti-reflection glass, UV 70, metal corners for wall mounting.
Ismael Picker-Schiebel
1989 lives and works in Waidhofen an der Ybbs and Vienna
2022 - Studis Fine Arts, Sculpture and Space with Prof. Hans Schabus at the University of Applid Arts Vienna
2017 - Studis Fine Arts, Photography with Prof. Gabriele Rotheman at the University of Applid Arts Vienna
2015-2016 - Photographic training at fotoK Center for Photographic
2005-2014 - Training as a farrier and self-employed
EXHIBITIONS
Kill your Darlings, Singersrasse 27, Wien, A (Solo)
Stone in a Glass House...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Torn Awning, Marketplace, Boston, MA. 1960
Located in Santa Fe, NM
PAUL CAPONIGRO, Torn Awning, Marketplace, Boston, MA. 1960. Vintage Polaroid, Type 53. Unique one-of-a-kind positive print. edition 1/1.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Tin Wall, Chelsea, MA. 1962
Located in Santa Fe, NM
PAUL CAPONIGRO, Tin Wall,Chelsea, MA. 1962. Vintage Polaroid, Type 53. Unique one-of-a-kind positive print. edition 1/1.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Bell Pepper Cross Section, Winthrop, MA, 1964
Located in Santa Fe, NM
PAUL CAPONIGRO, Bell Pepper Cross Section, Winthrop, MA. 1964. Vintage Polaroid, Type 53. Unique one-of-a-kind positive print. edition 1/1.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Dried Sunflower, Winthrop MA. 1965
Located in Santa Fe, NM
PAUL CAPONIGRO, Dried Sunflower, Winthrop MA. 1965. Vintage Polaroid, Type 53. Unique one-of-a-kind positive print. edition 1/1.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Sunflower Center, Winthrop, MA, 1965
Located in Santa Fe, NM
PAUL CAPONIGRO, Sunflower Center, Winthrop, MA, 1965. Vintage Polaroid, Type 53. Unique one-of-a-kind positive print. edition 1/1.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Corner No. 03 at the Guggenheim Museum
By Kenji Aoki
Located in New York, NY
Corner 2018
No.1, No.2, No.3
The origin of “space”
20 x 30 inches
Platinum print
Signed and numbered edition of 5
In our daily space recognition, information composed of multiple elements such as direction, distance, shape and size is perceived as space. The minimum element to visually perceive space is dots and lines. Mathematical “points and lines” are also the starting point of science, and are conceptual in common with the number 0 and do not exist as substances. This is because, even if it looks like a dots or a line, it looks like a “point” becomes a circle and a line becomes a surface.
On the other hand, our naked eyes can “find” dots and lines from anywhere in our daily lives, which appear at the intersection of two surfaces.This work is a landscape that gives perspective to the “corners” that are familiar to you but are not appreciated.
For me, “dots and lines” are the origin of space and the starting point of beauty.
Taken with a 35mm digital camera inside the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The resolution of the photography was technically broken down, and the particles which appeared were printed by using the chemical elements platinum and palladium using...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Corner No. 02 at the Guggenheim Museum
By Kenji Aoki
Located in New York, NY
Corner 2018
No.1, No.2, No.3
The origin of “space”
20 x 30 inches
Platinum print
Signed and numbered edition of 5
In our daily space recognition, information composed of multiple elements such as direction, distance, shape and size is perceived as space. The minimum element to visually perceive space is dots and lines. Mathematical “points and lines” are also the starting point of science, and are conceptual in common with the number 0 and do not exist as substances. This is because, even if it looks like a dots or a line, it looks like a “point” becomes a circle and a line becomes a surface.
On the other hand, our naked eyes can “find” dots and lines from anywhere in our daily lives, which appear at the intersection of two surfaces.This work is a landscape that gives perspective to the “corners” that are familiar to you but are not appreciated.
For me, “dots and lines” are the origin of space and the starting point of beauty.
Taken with a 35mm digital camera inside the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The resolution of the photography was technically broken down, and the particles which appeared were printed by using the chemical elements platinum and palladium using...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Corner No. 01 at the Guggenheim Museum
By Kenji Aoki
Located in New York, NY
Corner 2018
No.1, No.2, No.3
The origin of “space”
20 x 30 inches
Platinum print
Signed and numbered edition of 5
In our daily space recognition, information composed of multiple elements such as direction, distance, shape and size is perceived as space. The minimum element to visually perceive space is dots and lines. Mathematical “points and lines” are also the starting point of science, and are conceptual in common with the number 0 and do not exist as substances. This is because, even if it looks like a dots or a line, it looks like a “point” becomes a circle and a line becomes a surface.
On the other hand, our naked eyes can “find” dots and lines from anywhere in our daily lives, which appear at the intersection of two surfaces.This work is a landscape that gives perspective to the “corners” that are familiar to you but are not appreciated.
For me, “dots and lines” are the origin of space and the starting point of beauty.
Taken with a 35mm digital camera inside the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The resolution of the photography was technically broken down, and the particles which appeared were printed by using the chemical elements platinum and palladium using...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Portrait of Roger Parry
By Maurice Tabard
Located in New York, NY
Stamped, verso
Vintage silver print
9 x 7 inches
18 x 15.5 inches, framed
Roger Parry learned photography from Maurice Tabard by working as his studio assistant in 1928. In 1929 the...
Category
1930s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Density 1919-1922
Located in New York, NY
Unique
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Density 1920
Located in New York, NY
Unique
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled [Science]
By Joseph Mills
Located in New York, NY
Varnished photo montage on paper
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
![Untitled [Science]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_9323/1584647427635/Mills_Untitled_Varnished_Photo_1200_2_master.jpg?width=240 "joe mills nude")
Moonrock
Located in Fairfield, CT
Moonrock by Gustavo Ten Hoever.
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Can O' Nudes
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed and dated in black ink on print margin by Alfred Gescheidt
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 9 in.
Category
20th Century Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man Playing his Favorite Instrument
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed and dated.
Category
1950s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Philosopher's Desk)
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front. Contact gallery for prices and available sizes as they are subject to change - available as a 11 x 14 or 16 x 20 inch gelatin silver prints. All works are open e...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wagon Wheel
By Greg Lotus
Located in Hudson, NY
Print is available in sizes from small to mural.
Edition of 25.
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:
Inside the gallery, the viewer is surrounded by an arresting display of glamour in the wild. Drawing inspiration from classical paintings and geometric forms, Greg Lotus' work has been compared to Herb Ritts, Man Ray and Richard Avedon, and his exhibition fuses his high fashion background with the rural environment of his youth. Yet Lotus admits to no formal training throughout his career, "I'm completely self-taught, lots of trial and error over the years."
His foray into fashion photography was a twist of fate. In the 90s he was sharing living quarters with young models, and began photographing them to help them build their portfolios—work that eventually brought his work to the attention of agencies. When it comes to his own models, Lotus prefers the "unspoiled" types, holding castings to find those with quirk as well as beauty.
"Over time, most artists develop their own palette and look using color and light in a very personal way. I express my own aesthetic sense which is what makes my work recognizable, regardless of subject or setting." "Swimmer Cap," is an example of Lotus' signature pop of color. Here, a cast of sinewy models convene in a locker room; their candy-colored swim caps give the piece its surreal, dreamlike quality.
In the invitation piece, "Nurses" beauties in black bathing suits pop against a light background while being hosed down by a nurse. "You can almost feel the spray and hear the whoosh under the miniskirt," says Lotus. Besides the visual play on light and dark, he says water is the linking element that turns the piece theatrical and makes it breathe.
Greg Lotus was born in 1967 in rural West Virginia. He shot in Paris and New York City before settling in Miami to pursue his craft. After landing his first major job in Europe, Lotus interviewed with the editor of Italian Vogue, Franca Sozzani...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist 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.