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Black and White Photography For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1910s
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...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Greta Garbo "Two Faced Woman"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white silhouette features Greta Grabo in a publicity still for her role in "Two-Faced Woman". Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American film actress during the 192...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white pinup style portrait features blonde actress and film icon Marilyn Monroe. Captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth this sexy image features the actress se...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Digital

Marilyn Monroe Poolside Glamour
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 ...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

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...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Backstage At La Scala Essentials Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Backstage At La Scala 1948 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Elizabeth Taylor Washing Face
Located in Austin, TX
A great candid capture of legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor at home washing her face in the bathroom. Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanita...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Playful Elizabeth Taylor
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor spinning on a grass lawn smiling as her skirt lifts in the air. Elizabeth Taylo...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Norma Shoulders, Henrietta, OK by John Stryker, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Norma Shoulders, Henrietta, OK by John Stryker is a 10 x 8 inch vintage silver gelatin print. This photograph is signed in ink on print recto, and titled in pencil on print verso. John Stryker was born in Rockford, Illinois, September 1, 1883. He is most remembered for his body of photographs he took of the "Olympic of Western sport"*- the Rodeo. During his lifetime he crossed America, working rodeos as an announcer, a producer, promoter and sometimes a rider. He invented the chute that the animals come out of and he developed new ways of photographing action during an event. Dramatic shots were taken from the ground, propping his camera on the toe of his right boot right next to a bucking bronco. Some historians believe that John Stryker was directly responsible for the growth and sophistication of the sport. His negatives are in the collection of the University of Texas at Permian Basin, Odessa. His photographs have been exhibited during his lifetime at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming, and the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas. His photographs have been published widely including Life, Look, The Cattleman, The Western Horseman, and The Quarter Horse Journal. In 1977, The Rodeo of John Addison Stryker...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dinner Jazz Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz 1949 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. ...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Mary Illen, Ft. Worth, TX by John Stryker, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Mary Illen Ft. Worth, TX by John Stryker is a 10 x 8 inch silver gelatin print. This photograph is signed in ink on print recto and titled in pencil on print verso. This photograph features a cowgirl riding a light colored horse, resting at a river. The horse reaches down to the water for a drink, while the woman looks down lovingly at the horse. John Stryker was born in Rockford, Illinois, September 1, 1883. He is most remembered for his body of photographs he took of the "Olympic of Western sport"*- the Rodeo. During his lifetime he crossed America, working rodeos as an announcer, a producer, promoter and sometimes a rider. He invented the chute that the animals come out of and he developed new ways of photographing action during an event. Dramatic shots were taken from the ground, propping his camera on the toe of his right boot right next to a bucking bronco. Some historians believe that John Stryker was directly responsible for the growth and sophistication of the sport. His negatives are in the collection of the University of Texas at Permian Basin, Odessa. His photographs have been exhibited during his lifetime at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming, and the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas. His photographs have been published widely including Life, Look, The Cattleman, The Western Horseman, and The Quarter Horse Journal. In 1977, The Rodeo of John Addison Stryker...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

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...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Peter Lorre, Actor in The Maltese Falcon & Casablanca. Smoking Portrait
Located in Carmel, CA
After a successful acting career in Europe, Peter Lorre came to the United States and starred in such classic films as “The Maltese Falcon”, “Arsenic and Old Lace”, and “Casablanca”....
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1940s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Jazz Scooter'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Jazz Scooter 1949 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Car Racing in France, 1911 - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Agence Meurisse, Paris. Car racing in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, circa 1911. Features: Original silver gelatin print pho...
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1910s Art Deco Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine" is a photography by famed and landmark photographer Ansel Adams. The photograph is signed on verso with artist's stamp, "Photograph by Ansel Adams Winter...
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1940s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Signed Flag Raising at Iwo Jima, 1945
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Joe Rosenthal's photograph "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" was first published in Sunday newspapers on February 25th 1945. It became extremely popular and was ...
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1940s Photorealist Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Avro Lancaster Bomber AU-Q loading bombs original press photograph 1940s
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Connoisseur, Photograph, Archival Ink Jet
Located in Yardley, PA
Study in three tones, white, gray, and black. A man takes off his glasses to examine an abstract work of art. :: Photograph :: Black & White :: This piece comes with an official cer...
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1910s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink

Winchester Virginia February 1940 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Surfside, FL
photo is 9X13.5 (image size), 16X20 is the mat. Mounted to original mat. Vintage photograph. Main Street, Winchester, Virginia. February, 1940. Arthur Rothstein ( 1915 – 1985) was an American photographer. Rothstein is recognized as one of America’s premier photojournalists. During a career that spanned five decades, he provoked, entertained and informed the American people. His photographs ranged from a hometown baseball game to the drama of war, from struggling rural farmers to US Presidents. Rothstein was born in Manhattan, New York City, and he grew up in the Bronx. He was a graduate of Columbia University, where he was a founder of the University Camera Club and photography editor of the Columbian. Following his graduation from Columbia during the Great Depression, Rothstein was invited to Washington DC by one of his professors at Columbia, Roy Stryker. Rothstein had been Stryker's student at Columbia University in the early 1930s. Stryker hired Rothstein to set up the darkroom for Stryker's Photo Unit of the Historical Section of the Resettlement Administration (RA). Perhaps Rothstein's most famous photo...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber VN-N R5689 original press photograph 1942 for Aeroplane
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber with 8000lb cookie bomb original press photograph 1943
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bombers original press photograph 1940 for 'Aeroplane' magazine
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber AU-Q being bombed up original press photograph 1940s
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A series of four shots of film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoying a joke at...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A series of four shots of film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoying a joke at...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A series of four shots of film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoying a joke at...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Grange Meeting Fairfax County Virginia January 1940 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Surfside, FL
photo is 9X13.5 (image size), 16X20 is the mat. Mounted to original mat. Vintage photograph. Three young Grange members represent Flora, Ceres and Pamona in Fairfax, 1940. Arthur Rothstein ( 1915 – 1985) was an American photographer. Rothstein is recognized as one of America’s premier photojournalists. During a career that spanned five decades, he provoked, entertained and informed the American people. His photographs ranged from a hometown baseball game to the drama of war, from struggling rural farmers to US Presidents. Rothstein was born in Manhattan, New York City, and he grew up in the Bronx. He was a graduate of Columbia University, where he was a founder of the University Camera Club and photography editor of the Columbian. Following his graduation from Columbia during the Great Depression, Rothstein was invited to Washington DC by one of his professors at Columbia, Roy Stryker. Rothstein had been Stryker's student at Columbia University in the early 1930s. Stryker hired Rothstein to set up the darkroom for Stryker's Photo Unit of the Historical Section of the Resettlement Administration (RA). Perhaps Rothstein's most famous...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Style 'Florence Pritchett Smith'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Burlington Arcade 1955 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity Model turned fashion editor turned ...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster R5845 YW-T after crash original 1943 silver gelatin photograph
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Jazz Scooter'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Jazz Scooter 1949 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Style 'Burlington Arcade'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Burlington Arcade 1955 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity Shops in Burlington Arcade, which r...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'King of Jazz'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons King of Jazz 1949 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity 1949: Photographers taking pictures of A...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lisa on Silk, New York, 1940 - Horst P. Horst (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Horst P Horst (1906-1999) (Black and White Photography) Lisa on Silk, New York, 1940 Signed on reverse Silver gelatin print 14 x 11 inches Horst was a perfectionist who raised the s...
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1940s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons Jazz S...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

Avro Lancaster Bombers in Factory original 1942 silver gelatin press photograph
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The King Of Jazz Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
The King Of Jazz 1949 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 – 1971) as...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster 'Birth of a Lancaster Bomber' original 1942 photograph
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". Birth of a Lancaster Original Silver Gelatin photograph, 1942 19 x 25 cm Stamped to reverse “Topical Press Agency Limited, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street London” and (partially obscured) “Certified by Topical Press Agency as passed by censor” “The Avro Lancaster...
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber arming D-Day +1 original 1944 photograph undercarriage
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster HK543 original 1945 silver gelatin press photograph World War 2
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New Year at Romanoff's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Black and White Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971) as he plays his trumpet in the Colosseum, Rome. Slim Aarons The King of Jazz...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Digital, Black and White, Emulsion

1947 Philippe Halsman photograph of Violinist Yehudi Menuhin, Hollywood
Located in Larchmont, NY
Philippe Halsman (Latvia born American, 1906 - 1979) Title: Yehudi Menuhin, Hollywood Date Of Negative: 1947 Sight size: 12 x 10 in. Framed: 19 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. Artist stamp verso In...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons Jazz S...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

September Affair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2013) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Emulsion, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

September Affair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2013) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

September Affair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2013) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

September Affair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2013) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

New Year at Romanoff's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

New Year at Romanoff's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
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1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Photogram, Emulsion, Digital

Muscle Beach, Los Angeles
Located in Carmel, CA
Gelatin Silver Print, entitled "Muscle Beach,1949" by Max Yavno, measuring 5 5/8" x 91/2", photograph circa 1970 w' EXTENSIVE artist handwritten verso burn and doge notations, number...
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1940s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber W4131 original 1943 photograph undercarriage
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber LL683 original 1943 photograph Hercules Power Egg MkII
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber original 1943 silver gelatin photograph de-icing system
Located in London, GB
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'The King of Jazz'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons King of Jazz 1949 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity 1949: Photographers taking pictures of A...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber DS689 ABC-fitted original 1943 silver gelatin photograph
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". Lancaster Bomber DS689 with Crew Original silver gelatin photograph c. 1943 21 x 16 cm Stamped to reverse ‘This Photograph has been Passed by Censor’ and ‘Copyright Aeroplane [Magazine]’ A photograph of the ground- and air-crew of DS689. The engine fitter second from left is Samuel Greisman. That the aeroplane has five operations marked on its nose suggests a date of late August or early September for the photograph. This photograph was publisehd in ‘Jews in Uniform’ by Michael Greisman, published by Aster Publishing. DS689 OW-S (identifiable from another photograph we have listed on account of the nose art...
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1940s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

V&A Museum London 'HRH Princess Elizabeth' by Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
'HRH Princess Elizabeth' by Cecil Beaton (1904-80) Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, in a Norman Hartnell gown, Buckingham Palace, Engla...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Mary and Maude Platt, 1912
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexiglas, free shipping and a 14 day return policy. Lora Webb Nichols Mary and Maude Platt, 1912 15 x 15 inch gelatin silver print Image Size: 10.75 x 11 inches frame size 18 x 18 x 2 inches Edition of 15 Lora Webb Nichols was born in 1883 and grew up in the small mining town of Encampment, Wyoming. At the age of 16 Lora received her first camera and from that moment and for the next few decades she produced work that is both stunning in its singular voice and revealing in the world it opens up for us. At first Nichols photographed her family, friends, and the landscape around Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope to become a photographer for hire shooting portraits and industrial photographs. When the boom collapsed, Nichols took the risk of opening her own business in Encampment - The Rocky Mountain Studio - which opened in 1925. The studio ran for ten years, accumulating 24,000 negatives that illustrate the lives and environment of the people living in and around the town while creating a distinctive and surprising body of work. If one was to attempt an analogy – Nichols’ pictures fit somewhere between Lartigue and Lange - joyful and generous while objectively intimate. In particular what seems to distinguish Nichols’ work is the way she sees the world from a female perspective. As Vince Aletti...
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1910s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Shop Black and White Photography

There’s a lot to love about black and white photography.

The unique and timeless quality of a black and white photograph accentuates any room. Some might argue that we’re naturally drawn to color photography because it’s the world we know best. This is a shared belief, particularly in the era of camera-phone photography, editing apps and the frenetic immediacy of sharing photos on social media. But when we look at black and white photography, we experience deep, rich shadows and tonal properties in a way that transfixes us. Composition and textures are crisp and engaging. We’re immediately drawn to the subjects of vintage street photography and continue to feel the emotional impact of decades-old photojournalism. The silhouettes of mountains in black and white landscape photography are particularly pronounced, while portrait photography and the skylines of urban cityscapes come to life in monochrome prints.

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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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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.

Sebastião Salgado Takes Us on a Close-Up Journey to Amazônia

The famed Brazilian photographer tells us about the seven years he spent immersed in the Amazon rain forest.

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