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Black and White Photography For Sale
Double Trouble - underwater black & white nude photograph - paper print 24 x 35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of two naked young women in the pool. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist. Limited editio...
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2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Pair of 'Peony' and 'Peony No.2' black and white floral photography 8x10
Located in London, GB
Pair of 'Peony' and 'Peony No.2' Each print 8x10" from limitd edition of 30. Photographed in London, United Kingdom 2023. It is a still life black and white film...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography

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Film, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Giclée

Ashtray Heart - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century,
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ashtray Heart - 2019, 50x50 cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid

White Rose, Carmel
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and numbered on the front of the mount. Stamped titled and dated on the back of the mount. This piece comes framed in a beautiful silver plated wood with black detail. It is s...
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Late 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Female Nude, Golden Gate Bridge, Black and White Portrait Photography, Kate #15
Located in New york, NY
Kate #15, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" (small format) black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" on verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate. Shot In San Francisco with the Golden Gate Bridge backdrop Leonard Freed photographs Kate, a woman photographer and yogini who revels in dolce vita poses during a shoot on a cliff drive in California. The self-assigned photo series on Kate became a welcome reprieve for Leonard Freed who during a long photo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Jayne Mansfield with Seagrams Dogs (Limited Edition of 10, No 3-5) - 40"x50"
Located in New York, NY
Shot by Barry Kramer (1921- 1984), one of the most prolific photographers of his time, captures the essence of 1950's Hollywood movie star, Jane Mansfield...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Criss X, Nude Woman Standing. Big Sur, California
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed Silver Gelatin photograph by the artist. From film photography. All Natural Girl. Taken Big Sur, California Available in different sizes Matted to archival rag board Sig...
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2010s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Caine Punching, 1967 - Monochrome Print, Getty Archive Portrait of Michael Caine
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Photographic Paper

No Way - black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x55"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment p...
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2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

"Amas Luna Storm II" Nude Photography 24" x 16" in Ed. 1/15 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Amas Luna Storm II" Nude Photography 24" x 16" in Ed. 1/15 by Aaron Mcpolin Archival Giclee Print Not framed Ships in tube OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE: Edition of 15: 24 x 16 in Editio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Male Nude from Numbered Nudes Series, multiple exposure signed exhibition print
Located in Senoia, GA
5203 4 41 1995 1/20. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed both on the recto and verso. Chosen by the ...
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1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dogs USA, Black and White Photograph of Pets in a Sports Car
Located in New york, NY
Dogs, USA, Greenwich, CT is a 5" x 7" black and white photograph, stamped “vintage” by the Freed estate on verso (back) of gelatin silver press. Provenance: Freed archive. The photo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Kate Moss At 16
Located in London, GB
An Unknown Kate Moss At 16 by Jake Chessum 1990 limited edition edition size 20 only this size printed 2024 Archival pigment print numbered and ...
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1990s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Gaia Diptych 127 - Limited Edition Black and White Photographic print
Located in Brighton, GB
Gaia Diptych #127 by Jaume Llorens is a 24cm x 18cm Black and White print on Premio Kozo 180gsm White Paper by Awagami Factory. This size is a limited edition of 10 + 2 Artist's Proo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Digital

Signed limited edition print, Contemporary black white, Sensual Nadia
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Nadia - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 Sexy photo shoot of a woman in profile, hunched over an old dentist's chair with a su...
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1980s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Zarina -Signed limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Woman portrait
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Zarina - Limited edition archival pigment print, 1987 - Edition 2 of 5 Provenance : Ian Sanderson’s Estate This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creat...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...

Warhol Superstar Joe Dallesandro, iconic nude for After Dark, signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro the iconic nude portrait taken during the photo session for After Dark magazine, 1970, shortly after starring in Andy Warhol's 'Trash'. Vintage 11 x ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

David Bowie, New York, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Black and white portrait of Singer and Songwriter David Bowie with guitar. From personality portraits and advert...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Brigitte Bardot in "Une Parisienne"
Located in Cologne, DE
This black and white photograph features Brigitte Bardot from the 1957 film Une Parisienne. She is sitting on a bed, wearing a light-colored, sleeveless dress with delicate straps an...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Empire (Strange Love) - Empire State Building, New York, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Empire (Strange Love) 2005, 40x25cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print, based on a 35mm analog Negative strip, signature label and certificate, artist Inventory No. 30000. Not mo...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Sean Connery on the Moon as James Bond (Posthumous Estate-Stamped)
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 18/50, estate-stamped. Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From p...
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1970s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Charis Nude, 1934
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by Edward Weston's son Cole Weston. Stamped and signed on verso. Framed with a grey mat and black wood frame. I have inspected the photograph and it is in pristine cond...
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Black and White Canals, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe, Cityscape Photography
Located in New york, NY
Roberta Fineberg’s Black and White Canals, Amsterdam, 2024 renders the Dutch urban landscape with the crispness of an etching. In the artist's Cities series the photograph is 20" x ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Bob, Mick and Pete, 1978 - Oversize Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Bob, Mick and Pete, by Michael Putland, 1978 Limited Estate Edition Bob Marley, Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh backstage after the Rolling Stones concert at the Palladium Theatre, New Y...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Blurred - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blurred - 2021 - 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1027. No...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Shadows & Lines, Nude Big Sur, California
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist. Dry mounted on acid free board. Natural beauty! Can be printed larger to order. Edition 1/15
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2010s Realist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

40x50 " Hollywood Sign" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery. Archival photographic paper Framing options ava...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lifeline
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lifeline - 2020, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proof 20x20cm Archival Print, based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-888. Not mounted....
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Portrait of Man in Denim
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 9 x 12 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
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1970s Realist Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
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1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Lithograph

Bedside View - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. a sexy young girl lies in bed bathed in sunlight
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2010s American Modern Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

161.11.11 by Klaus Kampert - Fine art nude photography, woman's body, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
161.11.11 is a work by contemporary photographer Klaus Kampert, from the 'On Body Forms' series. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bubbles - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 17x24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of beautiful naked young woman breasts covered with air bubbles. “In my line of photography all best shots are ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Ali" Muhammad Ali Portrait 36x48 Photomosaic Photography Pop Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Ali" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller im...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

36x48 " Hollywood Sign" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Exhibition Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery. Exhibition Poster from series "The ICONS" Destr...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Kelp Nymph - underwater ocean black & white photograph print on paper 26" x 36"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a beautiful young woman diving in kelp forest. The picture is taken in Pacific Ocean near Palos Verdes, Califor...
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2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

NO. 7
Located in New York, NY
The photographs of the young Turkish artist Melissa Mizrakli focus on the human body, giving it a personal interpretation. In some of her black and white works she uses the human body only as a pictorial sign in order to create almost abstract works. First made anonymous, the female model is then cloned and circularly multiplied. The result is a kind of wheel in which the repeated human body gives birth to a new, seemingly vegetal or mineral structure. Thus, the human element seems to be transformed into different other natural species...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Tony and Rosetta, LA, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Black and white portrait of nude models Tony and Rosetta. From personality portraits and advertising campaigns t...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Photograph of "Arctic Wolf" 36x48 Black and White Photography, Wolves Art Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of an Arctic Wolf. Printed on archival paper using only archival ink. Framing available. Inquire for rates. Shane Russeck has bu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pool Party VII - underwater black & white photograph - print on paper 36" x 54"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of young women diving naked in a pool. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Schnitzel Please!, " Dresden Germany 1999 (dog photograph)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
"Schnitzel Please!" This timeless, charming photo of a town favorite Dresden Dog, was captured by New York based photographer Fernando Natalici in Germany...
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1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

Brigitte Bardot - Fashion Icon with Vintage Car
Located in Austin, TX
Brigitte Bardot Hollywood starlet posed with a vintage car, circa 1970. Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist. Famous fo...
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1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Crash
Located in London, GB
'Crash' 2022 Limited edition of 10. Printed on Hahnemuhle German Etching 80x100cm fine art paper. Photograph is carefully rolled in a cardboard tube and shipped with express del...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Giclée

James Dean (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (photo via A.F. Archive/Alamy Archives) 1955 James Dean (1931 - 1955) Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 16x20'' Printed...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Distorted Salvador Dali
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning artistic and distorted portrait of Salvador Dali. Perfect artistic addition to any style of decor. Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical ...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Lotus Fire #12
Located in Hudson, NY
Black and white, Still life, Flower, Botanical, Rose, Abstract, flower, still life, photograph, black and white photograph, abstraction, b&w All the photographs in a limited edition. 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 In 2008, Andrew Arrick and Michael Hofeman first came across The Robin Rice Gallery and immediately fell in love with the fine art photography becoming fans and collectors of the work. On a visit to the gallery this past winter, Michael and Andrew had a brilliant idea to join forces with Robin to curate an exhibition in tune with the aesthetic of their vintage lifestyle boutique, FINCH hudson...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Subway 39 Small, Black & White, Photograph, NYC, 1970s, Subway, Nuts, Man
Located in Riverdale, NY
Subway 39 by John Conn was originally photographed in New York City between 1975 and 1982. Each black and white photograph is signed. Edition of 20. It is 13x19, unframed. In this series, Conn captured the graffiti and one of the most crime ridden periods in New York. According to one source “In the 1980s, over 250 felonies were committed every week in the system, making the New York subway the most dangerous mass transit system in the world.” One image captures an Irish Catholic Nun...
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1980s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Untitled Sequence (Stranger than Paradise) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cowboys and Angels)- 2005 Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs - 100x60cm. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 1...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Racetrack - desert landscape panorama under mesmerizing starry night sky
Located in San Francisco, CA
Racetrack by Frank Schott 24 x 40 inches (56 x 102cm) edition of 25 signed 48 x 88 inches (122 x 224cm) edition of 7 signed archival quality fine art pigment print limited art ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

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 ...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lisa Ann, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10 Black and white portrait of model Lisa Ann. From personality portraits and advertising...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Three Wait on Dock, Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY
Located in New York, NY
Three Wait on Dock, Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY 1978 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso Gelatin silver print (Edition of 5 + 2 APs) 20 x 16 inches (Edition of 5 + 2 APs)...
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1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New York, Jazz City, Musicians, Black and White Photography on Street Music
Located in New york, NY
Drawn to street photography for her early work, Roberta Fineberg shot black-and-white film with a held-held 35mm camera in natural lighting in New York, Paris, and Moscow. Jazz City, New York, 1990 by Roberta Fineberg is a 10" x 8" black-and-white photograph of musicians...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

"Pygmalion and Galatea" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pygmalion and Galatea" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

"The Charge" 36x48 - Black & White Photography, Lion Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion. 36x48 Edition of 12. Signed by Shane. Printed on archival paper and using archival inks Framing available. Inquire for rates. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

My Sister's White Cat
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ghosts of Love If love took form, if we could see it, and if so watch, as it faded, or got lost, or just gave up, slowly softly, disappeared, disillusioned, dejected, I think I saw it, as a tree in the woods, as a pale moth, a boat upturned on a shore, moonlight on ocean, a feather, drifting down, discarded, I looked and, love was everywhere, sighing, trembling, shimmering, fluttering, tender, as it departed, and as I watched...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Calle Bissa, French Black and White Photography of Venice
Located in New york, NY
Interested in “ordinary people" French photographer Willy Ronis was a postwar (WWII) photographer who roamed the streets whether In France or Italy, photographing people in love, at ...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen,...
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1950s American Realist Black and White Photography

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

Shop Black and White Photography

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

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

When decorating with fine photography, keep in mind that some color photographs may not be suitable for every space. However, you can be more daring with black and white photos. The gray tones are classic, sophisticated and generally introduce elegance to any corner of your home, which renders black and white prints amazingly versatile.

Black and white photography adapts to its surroundings like a chameleon might. A single large-scale black and white photograph above the sofa in your living room is going to work with any furniture style, and as some homeowners and designers today are working to introduce more muted tones and neutral palettes to dining rooms and bedrooms, the integration of black and white photography — a hallmark of minimalist decor — is a particularly natural choice for such a setting.

Another advantage to bringing black and white photography into your home is that you can style walls and add depth and character without worrying about disrupting an existing color scheme. Black and white photographs actually harmonize well with accent colors such as yellow, red and green. Your provocative Memphis Group lighting and bold Pierre Paulin seating will pair nicely with the black and white fine nude photography you’ve curated over the years.

Black and white photography also complements a variety of other art. Black and white photos pair well with drawings and etchings in monochromatic hues. They can also form part of specific color schemes. For example, you can place black and white prints in colored picture frames for a pop of color. And while there are no hard and fast rules, it’s best to keep black and white prints separate from color photographs. Color prints stand out in a room more than black and white prints do. Pairing them may detract attention from your black and white photography. Instead, dedicate separate walls or spaces to each.

Once you’ve selected the photography that best fits your space, you’ll need to decide how to hang the images. If you want to hang multiple photos, it’s essential to know how to arrange wall art. A proper arrangement can significantly enhance a living space.

On 1stDibs, explore a vast collection of compelling black and white photography by artists such as Mark Shaw, Jack Mitchell (a photographer you should know), Berenice Abbott and David Yarrow.

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

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