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Black and White Photography For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Photorealist
In the Blazing Sun at George Airfield
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
In the Blazing Sun at George Airfield, 1951
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British fashion model Wenda Parkinson wearing...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Dolly Parton by Jim Herrington
Located in Austin, TX
Dolly Parton in Joelton, Tennessee, 1997 by photographer Jim Herrington
17x22" Archival pigment print on baryta 315 gsm, acid-free, 100% cotton-fiber paper. Edition 75
Signed on re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chelsea FC Stamford Bridge (1920) - Giant Oversize 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 Foo...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
New York
Located in Denton, TX
Signed by Elliott Erwitt.
Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 in.
Born to Russian parents in Paris in 1928, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, Italy, b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$10,500
"Ali vs Frazier" Muhammad Ali Portrait 40x60 Photomosaic Pop Art Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Ali vs Frazer" 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
On Broadway, New York City (1955) - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1955, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (framing, contrast, light, etc.) was approved by him. This is a very high quality fine art prints on 310 gr/m² Fine Art paper with museum quality pigment inks.
“ On Broadway, near Trinity Church”, New York December 1955. A rainy Sunday morning, a solitary pedestrian seems to be falling over on the slippery surface. As is always the case with Fabrizio La Torre’s photographs, quite apart from the artistic merit, this picture invites us to speculate what is the story behind it: why this deserted avenue at 11:10 on that particular morning, what was the man in the rain doing, why is that car defiantly parked right underneath a no parking sign...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alas Tres, Acto Uno, Series. Male Nude Black and White Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cohete's ritual with movement and the male dancer formations, inhabits his black and white theater-like habitat. Like light; always in motion.
The harsh lights and shadows in the wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment
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
Cerro and Cuerpos II, Diptych. From the Cerros Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this series the artist documents how in the roar of the hills, these two bodies intertwine and connect with each other, forming mountains of desire.
The harsh lights and shadows ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant 1955
by Frank Worth
James Dean in thought seated behind a barbed wire fence for his role in the film 'Giant', 1955.
James Byron Dean was an Ameri...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jimi Hendrix by Baron Wolman rare signed platinum print
By Baron Wolman
Located in Austin, TX
JIMI HENDRIX ON STAGE AT THE WINTERLAND BALLROOM IN SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 1968.
One copy available
Signed limited edition #7/150
Rare signed platinum print with deckled bottom edge
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
$2,800 Sale Price
37% Off
Make Up Mirror (1953) - Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Make Up Mirror (1953) - Silver Gelatin Print
(Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images Archive)
8th August 1953: Judy Dunlop, a participant in the Holiday Girl...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Darling" Black & White Photography 60" x 40" in Ed. 2/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Darling" Black & White Photography 60" x 40" in Ed. 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in tube.
Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish
Com...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro
Located in Cologne, DE
Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Principio, Acto Uno, Series. Male Nude Black and White Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cohete's ritual with movement and the male dancer formations, inhabits his black and white theater-like habitat. Like light; always in motion.
The harsh lights and shadows in the wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Storefront
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil mount recto, and again mount verso. Printed in 1961 for inclusion in "Fifteen Photographs" (edition of 50). Mounted to...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"It Never Rains in LA" Nude Photography 45" x 30" in Ed. 2/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"It Never Rains in LA" Nude Photography 45" x 30" in Ed. 2/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cuerpos II. Cerros series. Male Nudes Black & White Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this series the artist documents how in the roar of the hills, these two bodies intertwine and connect with each other, forming mountains of desire.
The harsh lights and shadows ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
David Bowie The Archer - New special edition
Located in Austin, TX
Special limited edition series produced for the David Bowie Worldwide Fan Convention.
This iconic image of David Bowie as The Thin White Duke was taken by renowned Rock photographer...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor On The Set Of Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955
by Frank Worth
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie and William Burroughs, framed signed print by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Ready to ship immediately. Free domestic US shipping.
David Bowie and William Burroughs in Los Angeles, February 1974, signed Terry O'Neill, 8x10" print, custom framed with non-glar...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
1000 Kilometer Race Start, Nurburgring, Germany
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition.
Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 14 x 11 in. Image size: 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.
Jesse Alexander was considered one of t...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Teeing Off - silver gelatine print Oversize Golf
Located in London, GB
Golfer teeing off circa 1939. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts)
Beautiful large silver gelatine print of an elegant looking golfer
fashionably dressed teeing off during the late 1930...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marianne Faithfull by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
English singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull, photographed at The Salisbury pub in London, 1964.
Available in the following sizes. All prints signed and numbered by Ger...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Kearsarge Pinnacles, Southern Sierra
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin photograph, printed in the late 1920s on Kodak Vitava Athena paper, is signed in pencil beneath the image with a typeset title centered in the lower margi...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Travel Elegance - Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Print Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Vintage Travel Elegance
circa 1925
by H Armstrong Roberts Archive
Passengers Awaiting Boarding Beside Classic Propeller Aircraft circa 1925
Giant supersize silver gelatine print ...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Bardot (1963) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Swan In A Car (1936) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Reg Lancaster/Getty Images)
French actress and sex symbol Brigitte Bardot stage name of Camille Javal, dancing in a scen...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Model Boats" by Norman Smith
Located in London, GB
"Model Boats" by Norman Smith
20th June 1937: Three competitors for the 'Scrutton' Medals carrying their model sailing boats to the starting point...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Bob Marley 1975
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Bob Marley
Bob Marley at the Island Records office, London, July 1975.
Bob Marley was a legendary Jamaican singer, songwriter, and global icon known for populari...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Silver Gelatin Photograph Hand Signed Photo Pablo Picasso Lucien Clergue
Located in Surfside, FL
Lucien Clergue (FRENCH, 1934 - 2014)
Gelatin silver photographic print depicting Pablo Picasso titled "Mougins".
Jacqueline et Pablo Picasso écoutant Manitas de Plata, circa 1968.
H...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 —
Signed Limited Edition Print
by Gered Mankowitz
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones is photographed next to his beloved Aston Martin DB...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Greta Garbo "Mata Hari" Film Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo "Mata Hari" Film Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
A black and white photograph, matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of the star titled 'Mata Hari,' printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp, verso further with two "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western...
Category
1930s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Pennsylvania Station (1930) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Pennsylvania Station (1930) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
Sun rays streaming through the windows...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Poppy bud - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Poppy Bud captures a quiet, transitional moment in nature—the fragile opening of a poppy bud. The tightly closed bud, with its textured, velvety surface, contrasts beautifully with t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
84x48 "Triple Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"TRIPLE ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images.
Archival photographic paper ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin 1975
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
Jimmy Page performs at Earls Court, London 1975
Jimmy Page is the legendary guitarist and founding member of Led Zeppelin, renowned fo...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Carlton Hotel'
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
Gorgeous print measuring a very large 30 x 30" inches / approx 76 ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
"A Cheeky Little Wine" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"A Cheeky Little Wine" by Thurston Hopkins
16th August 1952: A workman savours a glass of red wine in a Paris bistro. Original Publication: Picture Post ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
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 ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
64x48" Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images.
Archival photographic paper
Framin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$920 Sale Price
20% Off
No Way - black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x55"
By Alex Sher
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...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Black and White Photograph of Johnny Weissmuller
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Black and White Photograph of Johnny Weissmuller
Black and white photograph 1932, depicting Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller (Hungary, 1904-1984) by George Hurrell (Ameri...
Category
1920s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
'Nude Female Torso In Water' OVERSIZE C Print
By Kennet Havgaard
Located in London, GB
'Nude Female Torso In Water'
by Kennet Havgaard
Exquisite, very large 40x30" inches / 101 x 76 cm C Print.
Stamped.
Free shipping.
(This image by Kennet Havgaard / Getty Images)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
Category
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Tennis Guests later Jackie Kennedy Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis Guests 1953
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Michael Canfield and Jacqueline Bouvier (later Kennedy and then Onassis) at Newport Casino for Tennis Week, 1953. Original Publicati...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Bailarín II. The Bailarín, series. Male Nude dancer. Black & White photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Expansion and light come together here to capture the opening of the expulsion.
The harsh lights and shadows in the warm Florida weather led Ricky Rocket to explore photography. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
60x40 "Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" Photomosaic Pop Art Photography Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Dr Dre imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Signed edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Nathan's, Coney Island, NY - New York City Landscape Photography
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
'Nathan's Coney Island, NY' is a black and white archival inkjet print by Morgan Silk.
It is available in this size of 18" x 18" in a limited edition of 10.
Taken during a road tr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Ink
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Pigment
Paeseggio Urbano, New York City (1955) - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1956, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (fram...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Lynch by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
David Lynch
Film director David Lynch, Cannes, 2001
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images o...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Who - Pete Townshend 1979 - Limited Edition Estate print
Located in London, GB
Pete Townshend of the Who Madison Square Garden New York 1979
Large limited Estate edition (ed size 50 only this size)
silver gelatin print.
numbered and signed by the Estate on reverse
stamped with blond embossed Archive stamp on front
paper size 20x16" inches / 51 x 31 cm
Certificate of authenticity supplied.
unframed
Framing available on request
Ships securely from London England
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE pls enquire
About Michael Putland the photographer :
Born in 1947, Michael grew up in Harrow where he took his first pictures at the age of nine before leaving school at sixteen to work as an assistant to various photographers including Time-Life photographer, Walter Curtain and the legendary motor racing photographer, Louis Klemantaski. In 1969 he set up his own studio and by 1971, he was the official photographer for the British music magazine Disc & Music Echo. His first assignment for them that year was to photograph Mick Jagger in London.
From the editorial work for Disc and Music Echo, Sounds and later Smash Hits & Q magazine amongst others, to the 1973 tour with The Rolling Stones that led to a long-standing relationship working with the band, Michael has shot prodigiously including for major record labels including CBS, Warner, Elektra, Polydor, Columbia Records and EMI. Relocating to New York in 1977, it was here that Michael founded the photo agency, Retna.
It has been said that Michael photographed everyone from Abba to Zappa … when looking at his archive this is actually true.
Now living in East Sussex, recent 2016 exhibitions include “Off The Record” at The Lucy Bell Gallery in Hastings showing images both on and off stage including previously unseen contact sheets; whilst Ono Arte in Bologna, Italy is hosting a David Bowie show. Autumn 2014 saw Michael’s 50 year retrospective at the Getty Gallery...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"First Class Travel" by Victor Blackman
By Victor Blackman
Located in London, GB
"First Class Travel" by Victor Blackman
25th August 1967: Paul McCartney of the Beatles and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones sit opposite each other on a train at Euston Station, w...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Dinner Jazz
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz
American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
Paper size 48 x 48" inches / 121 x 121 cm
Estate ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photogravure
Ballet - underwater black and white nude photograph - archival pigment 27" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a young female dancer diving in pool. The naked dances is covering herself with tutu skirt.
Original gallery quality archival pigment pri...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Muddy Waters in NY
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Muddy Waters in NY" is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white States. The photo was taken during a t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Centre Line, Acto Uno, Series. Male Nude Black and White Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cohete's ritual with movement and the male dancer formations, inhabits his black and white theater-like habitat. Like light; always in motion.
The harsh lights and shadows in the wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Pigment, 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.
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