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Black and White Photography For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Minimalist
Al Pacino LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Scarface, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 10
Also available in
101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch
and as combined Edition 25 in
40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch
50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch
This picture shows a scene of the movie blockbuster "Scarface" with Al Pacino.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph.
Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tony Ward bend over, LA, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
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 model Tony Ward.
From personality portraits and advert...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Raquel Welch on Bed - Terry O'Neill Lost Photoshoot
Located in Austin, TX
About the Collection
Terry O’Neill’s “lost photoshoot”. Terry shot these for Globe Photos almost half a century ago, but they remained lost until recently uncovered in our archives....
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fast Break Miles City Horses II
By Audrey Hall
Located in Bozeman, MT
Audrey Hall is an internationally collected photographer, known for her poignant landscapes and ethereal equine images. From rare, velvety platinum prints to idiosyncratic mixed-medi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Atherton Twins, Contemporary, Nude, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 10
Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25
Portrait of two male models dancing.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph.
Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer, Bette Midler, Grace Jones and Frank Zappa to name a few. A partial list of the films that he has generated graphics and publicity for include “The Hurt Locker”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “King Arthur”, “Tootsie”, “The Big Chill”, “Bull Durham...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Caviar Girls (Twins), Nude, Fine Art Photography
Located in München, BY
Unique Piece
Original Polaroid
Framed and Passepartout
Evocative, sensual and voluptuous, Marc Lagrange's work celebrates beauty and pleasure.
With a predilection for nudes and port...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
The Railsplitter, Nigeria, 1960
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman Limited Edition of ? ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Child with Sloth, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre Brazil
Located in New York City, NY
Araquém Alcântara
Child with Sloth, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre Brazil, 2013
70 x 105 cm
27.5 x 41 inches
Edition of 10
100 x 150cm
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 10
120 x 180 cm
47 x 71 inc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Black & White Abstract Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Seascape, Ocean, Beach
Located in New York, NY
Beach, Abstract Black & White Photography by Geoffrey Baris
Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper
Edition of 7
Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered by...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Bob Marley
By Neal Preston
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Bob Marley, Santa Monica, California December 2, 1979
Signed and numbered by Neal Preston
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Barn Owl
Located in Bozeman, MT
Charles Lindsay's glorious celebration of fishing and nature is performed with a zeal rarely witnessed in art photography. At a time when cool formalism and arms-length image-making ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stepping Stones, NYC (Limited Edition of 25) - Street Photography
By Viet Chu
Located in New York, NY
New York City based wildlife and street photographer Viet Chu, shot this black and white image of people walking on century old cobblestone in New York City. With monochrome color he...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Leaving (Strange Love)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Leaving (Strange Love) - 2005
20x30cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a 35mm film.
Signature label and certificate.
Not mounted.
Stefanie Schneid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid
Two Wild Horses Rearing Up on Sable Island, Equestrian, Iconic Photograph
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"The Dance"
This award-winning print features a stallion protecting his band from others by defending his family.
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sable Island documents...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled 3, Nude. Limited Edition Black and White Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Black and White Photograph
Archival Pigment print
Medium Ed of 10
Blanco: For this black and white photography series, he used elements such as water (emotions) to narrate a story....
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Ferocious I
Located in New York City, NY
Leandro Franco
Ferocious I, 2019
16 x 12 inches (Photograph size)
Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 20
Framed
Suggested framed size 24 x 20 inches.
Ask us about framing details and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Tonics" Black & White Nude Photography 40" x 32" in Ed. 1/3 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Tonics" Black & White Nude Photography 40" x 32" in Ed. 1/3 by Aaron Mcpolin
Medium: Archival Giclee Print
Available sizes:
Edition of 15 20 x 16 inch
Edition of 7 30 x 24 inch
Ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Equilibrium 2" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Equilibrium 2" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Confinement
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Confinement - 2020,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proof
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-858.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Nude) - Male Figure, Jewelry, Necklace, Back
By Rene Peña
Located in Denton, TX
Untitled (Nude) by Rene Pena is a black and white photograph of the back of a male figure in the nude. A beaded necklace drapes down his back, tied in a knot near his neck.
Gelatin ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sleeping Beauties II (Till Death) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sleeping Beauties II (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Marilyn Monroe in Monkey Business Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit for her role in "Monkey Business", circa 1952.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Savor" Photography Edition 2/18 47 x 47 inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Savor" Photography Edition 2/18 47 x 47 inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography
Year photo was taken: 2022
Unframed - ships in a tube
This picture is a part of Spirit series....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren in Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning and sexy capture of Sophia Loren in her role for the 1963 film "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow".
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is a 1963 comedy anthology film by Italian di...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
She drives me Crazy - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'She drives me Crazy' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, not mounted.
Signature label w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tupac Shakur – Albert Watson, Photography, Portrait, Black & White, Celebrity
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Tupac Shakur, New York City, 1991
Archival pigment print
107 x 142 cm (42 1/8 x 55 7/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Synchronicity - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Synchronicity - 2020
20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-934.
Not mou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tina Turner and Janis Joplin
By Amalie R. Rothschild
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
The only time that Tina Turner and Janis Joplin ever performed together was the night of November 27th 1969 one day after Tina turned 30 years old. Ike and Tina were the opening act...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elk I ed. 1/50
Located in Bozeman, MT
Francois' Animalia series is described as “a photographic menagerie of startling, sensitive portraits.” The series started when the artist saw a giraffe poking its head over a fence ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Eva G and Gorilla" Photography 23" x 16.5" inch Edition 4/10 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Eva G and Gorilla" Photography 23" x 16.5" inch Edition 4/10 by Lukas Dvorak
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2015
Ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lukas Dvorak is a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment
Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary, Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film in 1984.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Aglauros & Herse, Argentum
Located in New York City, NY
40x40in
ed.18
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed
Also available in 48x48in and 60x60in.
Limited edition signed print by Guido Argentini.
Guido Argentini was born in Florenc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Because I Am (29 Palms, CA) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Because I Am (Stage of Consciousness) - 2008
Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Cecilia Chancellor, New York City, 1984 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Cecilia Chancellor, New York City, 1984
1984
Silver gelatin print
Image 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only
Albert Wat...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bruce Springsteen in Concert, Wembley 1992 colour archival pigment print
Located in Norwich, GB
Iconic and rare limited edition print direct from the negative, signed lower right hand margin and stamped with photographers own blind stamp.
This is Number 1/25.
Paper size 25 x 17
Image size 20 x 14
photo shows Bruce Springsteen in concert at Wembley Arena, 1992. Working for the Sun newspaper...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Tequila - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tequila - 2024 -
40x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
inventory PL2024-18.
Not mounte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Man in the Ocean, Coast of Maine
Located in Hudson, NY
Black and white, landscape, water, weather, swimming, swimmer, man, waves, sea, Maine, photography, film photography, ocean, beach photography, beaches,
Listing is for UNFRAMED pri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dividers
Located in Westwood, NJ
Richard Kagan, born in Philadelphia, followed a circuitous path to become a photographer. Beginning with street photography using a meterless Asahi Pentax as a student at Temple Univ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Kate Moss Contact Sheet (horizontal), Marrakech – Albert Watson, Nude, Woman, BW
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Kate Moss Contact Sheet (horizontal), Marrakech, 1993
Archival pigment print
Sheet 61 x 86 cm (24 x 34 in.)
Edition of 25, plus 2 AP; AP1
Print only
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"The Glimmer Twins - Mick Jagger" Photography 40x30 in by Charlie Auringer
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Glimmer Twins - Mick Jagger" Photography 40x30 in by Charlie Auringer
Year: 1978
Edition of 50
Medium: Silver gelatin limited edition photographic print on paper
Signed and num...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
With Moonlight
By Dae Soo Kim
Located in Westwood, NJ
Dae-Soo Kim works in Paris and Seoul, while approaching this series with sensitivity and delicacy. In Korea the bamboo plants grow up to 30 meters high, while possessing a high symb...
Category
Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Obsidian Desert. - black and white landscape photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Obsidian Desert, 2023
Limited edition of 20
Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 308 gsm fine art paper, 'Obsidian Desert' combines the rugged majesty of Monument Valley with the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Truth Before Power
By Jenny Holzer
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Jenny Holzer (b. 1950) is a multi-disciplinary American artist best known for her text-based public art projects. She was the first woman to represent the United States at the 1990 V...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Eskimo Girl, Nude, Fine Art Photography
Located in München, BY
Images size 55 x 70 cm
Limited Edition of 12
Platinum Print
Framed with Wengé and Passepartout
Framed Size 92 x 112 cm
Evocative, sensual and voluptuous, Marc Lagrange's work celebr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
James Lewin - The Queen of Tsavo, Photography 2021, Printed After
By James Lewin
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available sizes:
18” x 24.29” , Edition of 8, Pigment Print
28” x 37.78” , Edition of 8, Pigment Print
38” x 51.28”, Edition of 6 Silver Gelatin
48” x 64.77”, Edition of 6 Silver Gel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Men" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Men" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Bob Dylan "Aust Ferry". Wales, UK. 1966
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
This is a very rare signed photograph by the Late Barry Feinstein. Roughly 50 of this photograph exist in the world that are signed.
Signed on verso by the artist.
Comes with cert...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Arnold Schwarzenegger Flexing
By Arthur Gordon
Located in Austin, TX
A Vintage 1976 image depicting a young Arnold Schwarzenegger, the champion bodybuilder who was Mr. Olympia a staggering seven times. Schwarzenegger would become the biggest action mo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Sacred Baobab of Nianing, Senegal
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
*22x30" editions and 24x36" editions are platinum prints. Editions with a width of 60" or greater are archival pigment prints*
Baobabs are one of Africa’s natural wonders: they can ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Platinum
Chains of Love, Gelatin Silver Print, Hand Tinted, Portrait by Jan Saudek 1980s
By Jan Saudek
Located in New york, NY
"Chains of love" is in a series of portraits by Jan Saudek, depicting two figures – either male or female chained together. In this work, the two models...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Constellation, China
Located in New York City, NY
Constellation, China, 2019
20 x 20 inches
Edition of 7
40x40 inches
Edition of 5
60x60 inches
Edition of 3
Ask us for framing options.
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rooting - black and white still life photography, limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
Rooting explores the quiet persistence of life as climbing plants stretch and anchor themselves against a textured wall. The fine tendrils of the roots, illuminated by soft light, cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Marlon Brando: The Chase
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white scene from The Chase starring Marlon Brando and Angie Dickinson, circa 1966.
The Chase is a 1966 American drama film, directed by Arthur Penn, written by Lillian Hel...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sax - Signed limited edition fine art print, Contemporary, Nude Model in bed
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Sax - Limited edition archival pigment print, 1999 - Edition of 10
Naked woman playing saxophone on a bed.
This print that is being offered is a high-quality Archival Pigment pri...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...
Elvis Presley Graceland
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1957 photograph depicting music's new sensation Elvis Presley posing for a photo outside of his new Memphis, Tennessee home, Graceland. This early portrayal was captured on Apr...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Surfboard Rio I - Rio de Janeiro series
Located in New York City, NY
JOAQUIM NABUCO
Surfboard I, Rio de Janeiro series
70 x 20 x 2.5 inches
polyester resin; hand-shaped polyurethane foam; digital print
Swallowtail: 70 h....
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Resin, Polyester
'Into The Beyond'. Wild nature mountain panorama sky snow forest landscape white
Located in Penzance, GB
'Into the Beyond'
Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered
_________________
Painted pools of light dance across the richly layered mountainscape of t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Paris France, Black and White Photography Night Life 1950s, Crazy Horse Stripper
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
American photographer Burt Glinn's Stripper, Crazy Horse Saloon, Paris, 1956, is a 16" x 20" gelatin silver print, signed and authenticated by the Glinn estate. This photo offers an ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
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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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.
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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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