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Black and White Photography For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Surrealist
Black Leftovers, Wavebreaker, minimalism photograqph, limited edtion 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
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Blinded - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blinded - 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 PL2020-916.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Golden Gate, San Francisco, Bridge Detail, limited edition photo print, USA
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited ed...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Female Nude, Kate Bending, Vintage Black and White Photography, Signed Print
Located in New york, NY
Leonard Freed's stamped vintage (verso), 14" x 11," gelatin silver signed print, Kate Bending, is from the Kate series, 2002. A photographer herself, model Kate remains complicit in ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Palm Trees on the Roadside, black and white photography, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Eiffel Tower, Paris, limited edition photograph, cityscape, fine art print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Golling Falls, Waterfall, Landscape, Limited Edition, monochrome fine art 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 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Snow Covered Central Park, New York City, black and white photo, limited edtion
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity includ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Tree in Death Valley, California, USA, monchrome photograph, landscape, limited
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
Black End, France, minimalist seascape photograph, 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
Upper Belvedere palace, Panorama, Vienna, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Belvedere palace with water fountain during a storm, Vienna, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Calle Bissa, French Black and White Photography of Venice
By Willy Ronis
Located in New york, NY
Interested in “ordinary people" French photographer Willy Ronis was a postwar (WWII) photographer who roamed the streets whether In France or Italy, photographing people in love, at ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Joy" Black and White Landscape Photography 48 x 36 In Ed. 1/7 by StillVika
Located in Culver City, CA
"Joy" Black and White Landscape Photography 48 x 36 In Ed. 1/7 by StillVika
Medium: Canson Platine 310GSM
Print only. Ships rolled in tube.
Amidst a chaotic world filled with dis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital
Mapplethorpe, Cross IV, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Photogravure on papier gravure Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main moulé-pressé paper, as issued. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbe...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
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
Palm Trees at the Beach, black and white photograph, limited edtion landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long 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 ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abandoned, House, Desert, Arizona, USA, black and white, landscape, photography
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
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Candid with Newspaper
Located in Austin, TX
This candid capture features a young Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, sitting with a newspaper circa 1967.
The Rolling Stones were at the forefront of the Briti...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Panorama, Venice, black and white photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure panorama waterscape - landscape photography. Gondolas in front of the Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy. Archival pigment ink p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Award Winning Beach, minimalist monochrome, photograph, 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
Jazz Legends: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Located in Austin, TX
This awesome capture features jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong posed smiling for the camera, circa 1956.
Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalis...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Two World-Class Racing Yachts On the Open Seas, Black and White, Horizontal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"In Pursuit of Northern Light"
In this best-selling image, the iconic 12-Meter yachts race on the open seas. With a strong history of competition in the Olympics and Americas' Cup r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Santa Maria della Salute, Gondola, Venice, monochrome photograph, limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - cityscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hot Air Balloon, World Championship, 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
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Lago di Como" Photography 39" x 29.5" inch Edition of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lago di Como" Photography 39" x 29.5" inch Edition of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2009
Unframed
Ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lukas Dvorak...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment
Lemmy & Johnny Rotten at The Limelight Club 1986 25x17 b/w photograph
Located in Norwich, GB
David Koppel served his photographic apprenticeship in the rough-and-tumble world of the Fleet Street paparazzi in 1980’s London when his skills captured the very essence of the Me Decade that gave birth to the celebrity culture of today.
Koppel’s classic photographs of Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton & the Royal Family appeared in every major newspaper and magazine and marked him out as that rarity amongst press photographers: the artist with a camera.
Building on the reputation gained through the photographs for the book Still Waters, his black-and-white portraits of ordinary people now rank among the many famous names in his portfolio.
Koppel also went one better and in 2002 bought the St Giles St Gallery , bringing the best of local and international contemporary art and photography to Norwich, including the works of Sir Peter Blake, Terry O’Neill, David Bailey, Maggie Hambling, Storm Thorgersson, Tim Woolcock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Giclée
Stranger - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stranger - 2016
80x80 cm, Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016 - ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lonely Tree on the Rock, minimalist landscape, limited edition photograph, print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Single tree on giant stones in front of the forest, Mühlviertel, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Michalek, Contemporary, Nude, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Portrait of a male model from the back.
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
Marilyn Monroe Posed on Car
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Circa 1945 in Los Angeles, California: Before she was the famous Marilyn Monroe, was known as Norma Jeane Dougherty, seen here siting on a sports car in Hollywood.
Marilyn Monroe wa...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Muhammad Ali Sitting on a Million Dollars, Photograph by Howard Bingham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Howard Bingham, American (1939 - 2016)
Title: Muhammad Ali Sitting on a Million Dollars
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Photograph, signed by Bingham and autographed by Ali in m...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot with cigar - Spain, 1971 - co signed by Terry O'Neill and Bardot
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of "The Ballad of Frenchie King" in Almeria, Spain, 1971
Co signed by Brigitte Bardot and Terry O'Neill
40 x 60 inches
Edition Size: 50 +...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Fencer back, 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
Orchid - Signed limited edition still life print, Romantic, Flowers Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Orchids by Ian Sanderson
Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1991 - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file whi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Black and White, ...
Male Nudes, Portrait Photograph in Studio, Thompson and Brown
Located in New york, NY
A black and white photograph, Thompson and Brown, c. 1980 by George Dureau is a 20" x 16" gelatin silver print, signed and titled recto (front of photo) below the image. Often compar...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Female Nude, Contemporary Black and White Photograph on Beach Cliffs, Nude #125
By Carl Hyatt
Located in New york, NY
Nude #125, 1999 by Carl Hyatt is a signed, vintage gelatin silver, gold toned print. It is 8" x 10", matted 16" x 20", and signed. The photographer focuses on aesthetic and spiritual...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
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
Divine and Bulldogs, 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 famous actor Divine.
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
Populus Forest, tree avenue, Austria, black and white art landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Orchid-Signed limited edition fine art print, Black White Nature, Still life
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Orchids by Ian Sanderson
Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1991 - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file wh...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pi...
Heartbeats - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Heartbeats - 2021 -
20x25cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1054.
Not m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Nude Female, Black and White Photograph of Sculptural Woman, Kate #4
Located in New york, NY
Kate #4, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a 8" x 10" signed black and white photograph, stamped vintage on verso (back of print). Model Kate remains forever complicit i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Dance Floor, lifeguard tower, black and white photography, landsacpe, minimalism
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Platform for the lifeguard tower on the lonely sandy beach on the island of Sylt, Germany. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 15. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abandoned Hut, desert, California, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paris, France, Longchamp, Vintage 1980s Black and White Photograph of Parisians
Located in New york, NY
Paris Longchamp, 1989 by Leonard Freed is stamped and signed verso (back of photo), a gelatin silver vintage print, 16" x 12". The documentary photograph captures chic beautiful peop...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Amagansett Beach Hut
Located in East Hampton, NY
Beach Hut, Amagansett, NY, Archival Pigment Print, ,
With Surfboards
The Hamptons
Printed to Order
*Photography: U Wash Truck, Death Valley and Mulford Lane, Amagansett 2012 have ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Seeschloss Ort, black and white photography, long exposure, 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
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Figurative photo, Nude art print, Black white, Contemporary Portrait - Estelle
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Estelle‘ who was captured on film in 199...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Photographic Film, Pi...
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
David Bowie and Cher: Fashion Icons of the Age
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white full-length capture of David Bowie and Cher posed on stage.
David Bowie was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music indu...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Tessellate - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tessellate - 2023,
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2024-007.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Real Coco de Mer by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Nude, woman, muse
Located in München, BY
Real Coco de Mer
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
JJK shows his perfect play with light and shadow in this intimate photograph.
The shape of the body reminds us of th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lisa - Signed limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Sensual sexy Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Lisa - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 10
Morning light in Bordeaux, France.
This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digita...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Reveal - 21st Century, Contemporary, Nude, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Reveal' - 2018,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2018-221.
Not mounted.
Kirsten...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper
Three Girls at the Bar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Each image is hand-printed by the artist on archival paper
Signed
Edition 3/17
Ask about other sizes
Renée Jacobs is one of the most celebrated photograp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ariane- Signed limited edition print, Black white, Woman on the beach high heels
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Ariane - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity, unframed
This print that is being offered is...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment
Torqueo Over Plains, Wagon Mound, NM, limited edition photograph, signed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Torqueo Over Plains, Wagon Mound, NM, limited edition photograph, signed
In his epic landscape photography, Mitch Dobrowner is drawn towards nature at its most sublime. Influenced d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Twenty cherry Trees, avenue, black and white panorama photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, limited edition of 9. Cherry Tree avenue at the edge of the cornfield, Weinviertel, Austria. All ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital 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.
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.