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Black and White Photography For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
View of Monuments Of Rome - Original Photograph by L. Tuminello - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View of Monuments Of Rome is a Vintage Photograph in black and white on paper realized in the late 19th Century by Ludovico Tuminello.
Written Tuminello Roma on the lower.
Included...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Sheltering From Rain" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Inside St Stephen's" by Fox Photos
February 1928: People sheltering from the rain under the portico of the National Gallery in London. The church of St-Martin-in-the-Fields can be ...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Young Competitors" by MacGregor
Located in London, GB
"Young Competitors" by MacGregor
11th August 1925: Three young competitors arriving at the courts for the Open Junior Lawn Tennis Tournament at Brockenhurst, Hampshire..
Unframed
P...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Vintage Large Albumen Photo - Via Dolorosa In Station Of The Bross. Jerusalem
Located in Surfside, FL
The Original American Colony was a colony established in Jerusalem in 1881 by members of a utopian society led by Anna and Horatio Spafford. Now a hotel in East Jerusalem, it is still known by that name today.
After suffering a series tragic losses following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (see hymn "It is Well with My Soul"), Chicago residents Anna and Horatio Spafford led a small American contingent in 1881 to Jerusalem to form a utopian society. The "American Colony," as it became known, was later joined by Swedish Christians. The society engaged in philanthropic work amongst the people of Jerusalem regardless of religious affiliation, gaining the trust of the local Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities.During and immediately after World War I, the American Colony carried out philanthropic work to alleviate the suffering of the local inhabitants, opening soup kitchens, hospitals, orphanages and other charitable ventures.
Towards the end of the 1950s, the society's communal residence was converted into the American Colony Hotel. The hotel is an integral part of the Jerusalem landscape where members of all communities in Jerusalem still meet. In 1992 representatives from the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel met in the hotel where they began talks that led to the historic 1993 Oslo Peace Accord.
Panorama of Jerusalem, c. 1890-1920
The Colony moved to the large house of a wealthy Arab landowner, Rabbah Husseini, outside the city walls in Sheikh Jarrah on the road to Nablus. Part of the building was used as a hostel for visitors from Europe and America. A small farm developed with animals, a butchery, a dairy, a bakery, a carpenter's shop, and a smithy. The economy was supplemented by a shop selling photographs, craft items and archaeological artifacts. The American Colonists were embraced by the Jewish and Palestinian communities for their good works, among them, teaching in both Muslim and Jewish schools.
Photography
Around 1900, Elijah Meyers, a member of the American Colony, began taking photographs of places and events in and around the city of Jerusalem. Meyers's work eventually expanded into a full-fledged photographic division within the Colony, including Hol Lars (Lewis) Larsson and G. Eric Matson, who later renamed the effort as the Matson Photographic Service. Their interest in archeological artifacts (such as the Lion Tower in Tripoli pictured here), and the detail of their photographs, led to widespread interest in their work by archeologists. The collection was later donated to the Library of Congress.
World War I
When the Ottoman Empire entered World War I as an ally of Germany in November 1914, Jerusalem and Palestine became a battleground between the Allied and the Central powers. The Allied forces from Egypt, under the leadership of the British, engaged the German, Austrian and Turkish forces in fierce battles for control of Palestine. During this time the American Colony assumed a more crucial role in supporting the local populace through the deprivations and hardships of the war. Because the Turkish military...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
V&A Museum London Indian Maharaja
Located in London, GB
'Indian Maharaja' from the V&A Portfolio
Colonel HH Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (1872-1933), Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, 1906-1933. Lafayette Po...
Category
1920s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
10 x 12" p...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mohammad Ali Alabaster (1920) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Mohammad Ali Alabaster (1920) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
Architectural view of the Mohammad Ali Alabaster Mosque in the citadel, ...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Photo of Ben Turpin and Thelma Hill, probably from "A Prodigal Bridegroom" 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Rare photo of Ben Turpin and Thelma Hill, probably on the set of "A Prodigal Bridegroom" 1926 circa.
Gel-bromide print (Velox). Stamp of former collection on the back. In the pictur...
Category
1920s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
12 x 16" p...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Clare College and Bridge, Cambridge Albumen photograph c. 1870
Located in London, GB
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Clare College...
Category
Mid-19th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Key - Signed limited edition sensual fine art print, Contemporary photograph
By Geoff Halpin
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The key - Signed limited edition monochrome pigment print - Edition of 5
Brighton, UK, 2002
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm (Acid-free and lignin-free paper, Museum quality paper for highest age resistance and a popular alternative to analogue baryta paper) using pigment inks which are known for their longevity.
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity
Please note. There are three sizes of this print; each is an edition of five (5) making the total that can be printed as fifteen (15). This will include any custom sizes requested.
Archival pigment print available sizes ( Image size , the white margin is not counted) :
52 x 31 cm / 20,74 x 12,20 in. - Edition of 5
75 x 45 cm / 29,53 x 17,72 in. - Edition of 5
117 x 70 cm / 46,06 x 27,56 in. - Edition of 5
Geoff Halpin...
Category
1880s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
MIKE + MECHANICS - Signed limited edition still life fine ar print, Record cover
By Geoff Halpin
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
MIKE + MECHANICS - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
Record cover for Mike + The Mechanics 'Living Years’ 1988
This image was captured on film.
The...
Category
1880s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean) as little child, ca. 1927, 16, 4 x 21, 5 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spe...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Forum Romanum - Photograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Forum Romanum is a Vintage silver salt Photograph in black and white realized in the late 19th Century.
Good condition, aged with some folding.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
16 x 20" p...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
30 x 40" p...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chefoo, Harbour of Junks - Ancient Albumen Print 1880/1900
Located in Roma, IT
Chefoo Harbour of Junks is an albumen print made by an unidentified photographic studio.
Print in excellent condition, applied to cardboard.
Caption in Italian ink hand-written on ...
Category
1890s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mammoth Photograph of Notre Dame
Located in Rochester, NY
Grand tour 19th century photograph of Notre Dame Cathedral, late 19th century. Matted. Unframed.
Category
Late 19th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper
'Derby Spectator' Giant Oversize Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Darkro...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ancient Views of Yokohama - Vintage Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Views of Yokohama is a set of four original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
They were realized in 1890s.
Good conditions except for being aged.
Cap...
Category
1890s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Cardboard
Stamford Bridge (1920) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Stamford Bridge (1920)
Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Getty Images Archive)
Stamford Bridge, Chelsea Football...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
'The Three Graces' Oversize V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
Located in London, GB
Detail of The Three Graces, Antonio Canova (1757-1822), National Collection of Sculpture, Victoria and Albert Museum
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Beautiful Extra Large 40 x ...
Category
1810s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Japanese Bath House - Ancient Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese Bath - House is an hand-inked Albumin print with aniline applied on hardcover.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 22x 27
Yokoha...
Category
1880s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chefoo Trade Harbour - Ancient Albumen Print 1880/1900
Located in Roma, IT
Chefoo Trade Harbour is an albumen print made by an unidentified photographic studio.
Print in excellent condition, applied to cardboard.
Caption in Italian ink hand-written on har...
Category
1890s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Yokohama - Vintage Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Views of Yokohama is a set of 4 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
They were realized in the 1890s.
Good conditions except for being aged.
Ca...
Category
1890s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Cardboard, Photographic Paper
Portrait of John Ruskin - Photograph by Charles Philip McCarthy - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of John Ruskin by Charles Philip McCarthy is a Photogravure realized in 1890 circa.
Print realized on hight quality cotton paper in big size ...
Category
1890s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Via di Monte Savello - Disappeared Rome - Vintage Photo 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Via di Monte Savello - Disappeared Rome, is a photographic print on Baryta paper, by unknown photographer.
Excellent condition, cm 22.5 x 16.5.
The ...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Souvenir of Florence by Giacomo Broggi - Collection of Ancient Photos - 1880s
By Giacomo Brogi
Located in Roma, IT
Ricordo di Firenze by Giacomo Brogi is a photographic album composed of 50 albumen prints, realized with chromatic reinforcement treatment.
Excellent conditions, each black and whit...
Category
1880s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Repose - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Contemporary and Sensual
By Geoff Halpin
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Repose - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
London 1985
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was ...
Category
1880s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Two Vintage Views of the Ghetto in Rome by Studio Vasari - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Views of Ghetto in Rome is a lot of two photographic prints on gelatin bromide hard paper. Information about pictures are printed on the front: "307. ROMA- Avanzi del Portico di Otta...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Rainy Embankment' London (Limited Edition) Oversize
Located in London, GB
A man standing alone on a rain-drenched pavement on the River Thames Embankment, London. August 1929.
(Photo By Fox Photos/ The Getty Images Photographic Archives London, England)
...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Painter Carlo Ferrari - Original Original Photograph - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original photo on yellowish paper realized in 1870 by an Anonymous Artist of the XIX century.
Included original passepartout: 32.5 x 26.5 cm.
The state of preservat...
Category
1870s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
MER DE LA SÉRÉNITÉ_ARCHIMÈDE_PLATON. - Héliogravure of the moon's surface.
Located in London, GB
Héliogravure after photographs by Loewy and Puiseux depicting the Moon’s surface, from Atlas Photographique de la Lune.
[Published: Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1899].
The finest a...
Category
1890s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium
Jumping A Hurdle (1886) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Jumping A Hurdle (1886) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Eadweard J. Muybridge/George Eastman Museum/Getty Images).
Jumping a hurdle; saddle; bay horse, Daisy, between 1884 a...
Category
1880s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Beauty in the Beast
By J. B. Pardoe
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful vintage photograph by American artist, Dr. J. B. Pardoe. Silver gelatin print, 10. 3/8 x 13 inches. Minor wear at corners, otherwise good condition. Unframed. Studio stamp...
Category
1920s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lethal Losch (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)
6th April 1929:
Tilly Losch (1904 - 1974) dancing in an extravagant cost...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Rainy Embankment (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Fair Fun (1938) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
August 1929: A man standing alone on a rain-drenched pavement on the River Thames Embankment, London...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Animal Locomotion, Plate 531", Collotype by Eadward Muybridge, 1887
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eadweard Muybridge, British/American (1830 - 1904)
Title: Animal Locomotion, plate 531
Year: 1887
Medium: Collotype
Image Size: 8.5 x 13 inches
Frame Size: 20 x 24 inches
Category
1880s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Ancient Albumen Print - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Albumen Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is an albunen photographic print made by Giovanni Puppo in Milan around 1870.
Dim: 14,5 x 11
Header of photographer on the lower edge on the...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage View of a street in Wuchon (China) - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
View on a China street is a b/w photograph in gel print taken very likely in 1925.
The picture, taken through the streets of Wuchon, immortalizes some bystanders among the houses.
Indications in pen in German on the back...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
BOUSSINGAULT _ VLACQ _ MAUROLYC - Héliogravure of the Moon Surface.
Located in London, GB
Héliogravure after photographs by Loewy and Puiseux depicting the Moon’s surface, from Atlas Photographique de la Lune.
[Published: Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1899].
The finest a...
Category
1890s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium
'Derby Spectator' Giant Oversize Limited Edition Black and White Photography
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Darkroom photograph - beautiful and H...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shanghai Backstreet (1926) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Shanghai Backstreet (1926) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
Silhouettes in a Chinese backstreet,
Shanghai, China, circa 1926.
Additio...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
The Arrigoni collection, Esposizione Musicale Milanese - Photographic - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
The Arrigoni collection, Esposizione Musicale Milanese, is a photographic albumen print applied on cardboard.
The print is made by coeval enlargement and applied on cardboard witho...
Category
1880s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Repose - Signed limited edition still life fine art print, Sensual Model, Black
By Geoff Halpin
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Repose - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
London 1985
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...
Category
1880s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Bl...
Le marais aux canards (Marsh with Ducks).
Located in Storrs, CT
1862. Original cliché verre. Delteil, Melot 133. 6 1/2 x 7 7/8 (image and sheet). Edition 150, #85. Posthumous impression from the 1921 edition of 150 printed in Paris by Sagot-Le ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Barbizon School Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chefoo, View of Settlement - Ancient Albumen Print 1880/1900
Located in Roma, IT
Chefoo view of Settlement is an albumen print made by an unidentified photographic studio.
Print in excellent condition, applied to hardcover. The photographer's name is printed on ...
Category
1890s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Photo portrait of Gentlemen - Florence 1896
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage silver-salt photo taken in 1896 by Studio Moretti, Florence. Date and dedication on the back. Good conditions.
Category
1890s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
GEMMA FRISIUS_SACROBOSCO_DESCAR - Héliogravure of the Moon's Surface.
Located in London, GB
Héliogravure after photographs by Loewy and Puiseux depicting the Moon’s surface, from Atlas Photographique de la Lune.
[Published: Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1899].
The finest a...
Category
1890s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium
MAUROLYCUS_WERNER_SACROBOSCO - Héliogravure of the Moon's Surface.
Located in London, GB
Héliogravure after photographs by Loewy and Puiseux depicting the Moon’s surface, from Atlas Photographique de la Lune.
[Published: Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1899].
The finest a...
Category
1890s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium
POSIDONIUS_ATLAS_CORNE BORÉALE. - Héliogravure of the Moon's Surface
Located in London, GB
Héliogravure after photographs by Loewy and Puiseux depicting the Moon’s surface, from Atlas Photographique de la Lune.
[Published: Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1899].
The finest a...
Category
1890s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
By Marc Vaux
Located in Surfside, FL
Marc Vaux, a figure of Montparnasse, produced a trove of photographs which are currently held in the collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Marc Vaux was committed equally to supporting artists, notably by creating the Foyer des Artistes (1946-70) and, in 1951, the first Musée du Montparnasse at 10, rue de l’Arrivée.
Marc Vaux was born on February 19, 1895 in Crulai, Normandy Thanks to the color merchant from whom he bought his plates and his photographic equipment, he met the sculptor Charles Desvergnes winner of Prix the Rome and author of various memorials who was looking for someone to photographs his works. Two of Marc Vaux’s first clients were his neighbors of 21 Avenue du Maine- Marie Vassilieff and Maria Blanchard...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Derby Spectator (1923) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator (1923) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Photo by (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June ...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
PÔLE SUD_PITISCUS_ZAGUT. Héliogravure of the Moon's Surface
Located in London, GB
Héliogravure after photographs by Loewy and Puiseux depicting the Moon’s surface, from Atlas Photographique de la Lune.
[Published: Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1899].
The finest a...
Category
1890s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium
Portrait of Garibaldi - Original Albumen Print - 1874
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Garibaldi by Lodovico Tuminello is an albumen print applied on grey cardboard.
Exellent condition, print cm 16,5 x 11. Dry stamp by photogr...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Scherzo (Nude female dancer c.1920s photograph)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract female nude photo by American artist, Richard T. Dooner. Archival print measures 3 x 3.75 inches. Small cream in lower left corne...
Category
1920s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
26N ~ Margarethe
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled with artist's reference number on back of mount. Stamped, 'Edward Weston printed by' and signed by Cole Weston on back of mount. Inscribed. Printed from the original negative by Cole Weston. Edward Weston, (1886 - 1958) Edward Weston was an American photographer, and co-founder of Group f/64. Most of his work was done using an 8 by 10 inch view camera. In 1902, he received his first camera for his sixteenth birthday, a Kodak Bull's-Eye #2, and began taking photographs in parks in Chicago and at his aunt's farm. The young Weston met with quick success, and his photographs were already being exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute merely a year later, in 1903. Weston worked mainly with nudes, still life - his shells and vegetable studies were especially important - and landscape subjects. After a few exhibitions of his works in New York, he went on to found Group f/64 in 1932 with fellow photographers Ansel Adams, Willard van Dyke...
Category
1920s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Charlie Chaplin, portrait, 1926
Located in New York, NY
Photo by Edward Steichen
Featured in Vanity Fair, October 1, 1926
Portrait of English actor Charlie Chaplin wearing a suit.
Limited Edition Archival ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shop Black and White Photography
There’s a lot to love about black and white photography.
The unique and timeless quality of a black and white photograph accentuates any room. Some might argue that we’re naturally drawn to color photography because it’s the world we know best. This is a shared belief, particularly in the era of camera-phone photography, editing apps and the frenetic immediacy of sharing photos on social media. But when we look at black and white photography, we experience deep, rich shadows and tonal properties in a way that transfixes us. Composition and textures are crisp and engaging. We’re immediately drawn to the subjects of vintage street photography and continue to feel the emotional impact of decades-old photojournalism. The silhouettes of mountains in black and white landscape photography are particularly pronounced, while portrait photography and the skylines of urban cityscapes come to life in monochrome prints.
When decorating with fine photography, keep in mind that some color photographs may not be suitable for every space. However, you can be more daring with black and white photos. The gray tones are classic, sophisticated and generally introduce elegance to any corner of your home, which renders black and white prints amazingly versatile.
Black and white photography adapts to its surroundings like a chameleon might. A single large-scale black and white photograph above the sofa in your living room is going to work with any furniture style, and as some homeowners and designers today are working to introduce more muted tones and neutral palettes to dining rooms and bedrooms, the integration of black and white photography — a hallmark of minimalist decor — is a particularly natural choice for such a setting.
Another advantage to bringing black and white photography into your home is that you can style walls and add depth and character without worrying about disrupting an existing color scheme. Black and white photographs actually harmonize well with accent colors such as yellow, red and green. Your provocative Memphis Group lighting and bold Pierre Paulin seating will pair nicely with the black and white fine nude photography you’ve curated over the years.
Black and white photography also complements a variety of other art. Black and white photos pair well with drawings and etchings in monochromatic hues. They can also form part of specific color schemes. For example, you can place black and white prints in colored picture frames for a pop of color. And while there are no hard and fast rules, it’s best to keep black and white prints separate from color photographs. Color prints stand out in a room more than black and white prints do. Pairing them may detract attention from your black and white photography. Instead, dedicate separate walls or spaces to each.
Once you’ve selected the photography that best fits your space, you’ll need to decide how to hang the images. If you want to hang multiple photos, it’s essential to know how to arrange wall art. A proper arrangement can significantly enhance a living space.
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