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Black and White Photography For Sale
Row of Trees, rapeseed Field, fantastic sky, monochrome photograph, limited art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. Row of trees on the rapeseed field with great cloud mood, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rocky Coast of Porto Venere, Cinque Terre, monochromo photogrph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Rocky Coast of Porto Venere, Cinque Terre, Italy. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Drangarnir Sea Stacks monochrome minimalist photograph limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Drangarnir Sea Stacks Study 2, Faroe Islands - no. 21295
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berg...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Blackpool Railings (1951) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Blackpool Railings (1951) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Bert Hardy / Getty Images Archive London)
Two women chatting on the railings in B...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Dream State" - 50x90 Black and White Photography Wild Horses Mustangs Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a black and white photograph of American Wild Mustangs by Shane Russeck.
Printed on Archival Paper Using Archival ink
Shane Russeck has built a reputation for capturing Am...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lifeguard Tower, Palm Trees, Miami Beach, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art photography. Lifeguard tower on Miami beach with palm trees and beach chairs, Florida, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot b/w silver gelatin photograph on paper
Located in Norwich, GB
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 presidents to pop stars, he ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Ancient Laurisilva Forest, foggy tree, Madeira, fine art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rankin - Kate 4 Ever - Kate Moss, Fashion, Supermodel, Nude
By Rankin
Located in London, GB
Kate 4 Ever
Inkjet print
20 x 24 inches
Edition of 500
photographed in 1999, printed in 2023
Comes with a signed COA from Rankin.
Rankin (born John Rankin Waddell in 1966) is a ren...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lonely Tree in Lavender, Provence, France, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. Single Tree in Lavender Field, Provence, France.
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by arti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Five Trees in snowy Field Austria black and white fine photography landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape - minimalist photography art print. Detached avenue of trees in the snow, Waldviertel, Austria.
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph "Beefcake" model LARRY KLEIN #2
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of popular young international physique model LARRY KLEIN. Klein is seen her...
Category
1950s Post-War Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eiffel Tower, Fontaine Du Trocadero, Paris, black and white fine art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Cityscape Photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Apriel - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 35 x 43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Apriel" captures a serene underwater moment in striking black and white. This fine art underwater photograph showcases delicate interplay between light, shadow, and movement as hair cascades weightlessly around the topless subject's contemplative profile. The monochromatic palette enhances the dreamlike quality, creating an ethereal atmosphere that transcends conventional portraiture. This evocative image continues the tradition of underwater fine art photography that explores themes of transformation and liminality. The composition's intimate perspective invites viewers to experience the boundary between worlds—a visual poetry of submersion and emergence that resonates within contemporary underwater portraiture.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnished with certificate of authenticity.
Limited edition of 24
Paper size: 36x44...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Shalom Harlow - Nude in army outfit - for the 1998 Pirelli Cal, Model portrait
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber.
Shalom Harlow was among the many iconic models photographed.
“Bruce Weber is a photographer and filmmaker best kn...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White
Antelope Canyon Desert, USA, abstract, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art abstract - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited edi...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Beach Shower, Storm, Tuscany, limited edition photograph, monochrome seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art monochrome long exposure seascape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are mad...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Palm Beach, Palm Tree, Florida, USA, black and white photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Phragmites, black and white gelatin silver art photograph, framed, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 1/9. Silver Gelatin Prints, Selenium Toned, Printed 2019. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, dark-brown, natural white archiva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Winter Storm, Minimalist Wooden Pier, Limited Edition, Waterscape Photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Winter Storm, Austria 2015 - no. 11591
Wooden pier during a storm on the lake Neusiedlersee in Austria. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Bergh...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
ONE WAY, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, monochromo photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gathering Clouds, Casoli, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Diane Arbus
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...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
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Italian Stone Pines, Tuscany, Italy, black and white art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Italian Stone Pines on a hillside with a big cloud and shadows over the field, Tuscany. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Baron/Getty Images)
circa 1954: Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), the most famous of Hollywood's female film stars, relaxes...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
156.12.11 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
156.12.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Torsi.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bea with a whip at The Other Side
By Nan Goldin
Located in New York, NY
Nan Goldin
Bea with a whip at The Other Side
1973
Gelatin silver print
14 x 11 inches; 36 x 28 cm
Edition of 100
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower right verso)
...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn Holding Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Audrey Hepburn posed in the sutdio, holding a Yorkie in her arms.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dancing on Ice Skyscraper New York, USA black and white photography landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Dancing on Ice, New York City, USA 2016 - no. 11787
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Ice Skating, Central Park, New York City, USA. Archival pigment ink pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Five Debutantes (1951) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Five Debutantes (1951) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Five members of the Debutante Cotillion rehearse for the Christmas Ball at the Waldorf Astoria Hot...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph "Beefcake" model LARRY KLEIN #1
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of popular young international physique model LARRY KLEIN. Klein is seen her...
Category
1950s Post-War Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sunbeams - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 24x16"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black & white photograph of a young naked woman wrapped in air bubbles and sunbeams.
There were five grand-pianos at her house, a pool on the third floor, and a sad man o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Beefcake Photograph of VIC SEIPKE & JIM PARK
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare 1950s Iconic Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of popular physique models VIC SEIPKE and JIM PARK.
Fireman Vic Se...
Category
1950s Post-War Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Way to Nowhere, Route 66, Street, Arizona, USA
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Oasis (Sidewinder) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Oasis (Sidewinder), 2005, Edition 3/5, 16 pieces each 48x47cm
analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
based on Polaroids mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection, based on an expired Polaroids, Artist inventory Number 3001.03
Installation shot at 'Mulholland Distilling' in LA with Danny Fox...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$23,228 Sale Price
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Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957
Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Great Pollet Sea Arch, monochrome photograph, limited edition, irland seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bad Eddies, Sunken Boat, Beach, Ireland, monochrome photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
UC Berkeley Campus, 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph offers a glimpse of the University of California, Berkeley, campus during the 1960s. The iconic Sather Tower, also known as the Campanile, stands prou...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cherry Tree Avenue, Winter, snowy Field, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Cherry tree avenue on the edge of the snowy field in Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 8. Signed, titled, dated an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Irish Coast, Shoreline, monochrome photograph, seascape, limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Snow covered Central Park New York USA limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Snow covered Central Park Study 3, New York City, USA - no. 11838
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Golden Gate Detail, San Francisco, USA, monochrome photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Manhattan, Top of the Rock, New York City, black and white photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. View of Manhattan from Top of the Rock, New York City, USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The San Remo Central Park New York monochrome limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
The San Remo Study 2, New York City, USA - no. 18078
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9.
All Ge...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Morning Sun, Single Tree, Dolomites, limited edition, landscape photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Single tree in the cornfield at sunrise, Seiser Alm, Italy. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and number...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pier on misty Lake Panorama, black and white long exposure photograph, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beaton, Buster Keaton, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Irish Coast, Cliffs, monochrome, Limited Edition landscape print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cardin Hat Over Paris 1960 (printed later) Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Cardin Hat over Paris, 1960
Silver Print
20 × 24 inches paper size
17.5 x 9' inches image size
Edition of 21 only
Printed 2023
certificate of authenticity by Norman Parkinson Archi...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Harness Racing, Horses on the Beach, monochrome photograph, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Harness racers on the lonely beach of normandy, France.
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included....
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Snow Moon and Cloud, New York City, Contemporary Night Photography
Located in New york, NY
Commonly referred to as the Snow Moon because of snowfall typical in February, the bright orb illuminated the night sky in New York City. The Snow Moon was the second full moon of 20...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Slim Aarons Hand Signed Limited Edition Print - Capucine 1957
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
1957: French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 - 1990) fanning herself at a New Year's Eve party held at Romanoffs in Beverly Hills.
DESCRIPTION
Slim Aarons - Signed Life...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Canary Islands Dragon Tree Madeira
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Dragen trees on the beautiful island of Madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbere...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Willie Nelson, Drinking a Lone Star
By Jay Dickman
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Willie Nelson by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, Jay Dickman, taken on the road in 1978
Signed limited edition prints, printed on Epson Heavywei...
Category
Late 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Grace Jones for After Dark
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait of Grace Jones, 1975. Period print measures 8 x 11.75 inches; 10.25 x 13 inches framed. Artist studio stamp on ve...
Category
1970s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Male Model Brian Destazio, Dot Pattern Projection Nude, Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine:
“After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications.
I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark.
Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beach Huts, silent Morning, minimalist black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Romantic beach huts with a bench on the stony beach of France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and num...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Le Petit Parisien, Paris, France, Iconic Contemporary French Photography
By Willy Ronis
Located in New york, NY
A much sought after photograph Le Petit Parisien, 1952 by French photographer Willy Ronis is a black and white image, a gelatin silver print, measuring 30 x 23,5 cm 12 x 9in. The w...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1940s "Beefcake" Photograph MIKE CARVER 1948 Mr. Michigan
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare 1940s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of MIKE CARVER - Mr. Michigan 1948.
This is a vintage black and white ori...
Category
1940s Post-War Black and White Photography
Materials
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.
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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