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Black and White Photography For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1960s
Photo Student, Teacher Lander School Budapest Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Serotta
Student and Teacher, The Lander School of Budapest. Judaica.
silver gelatin print, matted, captioned by hand and hand signed and numbered. B/W photographs document...
Category
1990s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Photo Purim Pestalozzi Str Synagogue Berlin Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Serotta
Purim in the Pestalozzi Strasse Synagogue Berlin.
silver gelatin print, matted, captioned by hand and hand signed and numbered. B/W photographs documenting Jewish li...
Category
1990s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Carmel Valley From Halls Ridge, California Hills
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by the artist
Edition Print 13
Archival Frame
Powerful landscape of Carmel
Category
1990s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1960s Gelatin Silver Print - David Hockney Shower - Original Photograph AMG
By Bob Mizer
Located in Köln, DE
Two of Bob Mizer's models in the infamous shower that inspired David Hockney's "Boy About To Take A Shower" – an icon of 20th century LGBT art.
Gelatin silve...
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kings of Hollywood
1957
Fiber print
estate edition of 150
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Wenda Parkinson wearing knee-buttoned jeans and ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
24 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Jamaica Sea Sailing, 1953
Fiber print
Estate edition of 150
Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity
1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaic...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tina Turner at hungry-i, San Francisco, 1967
By Baron Wolman
Located in Westwood, NJ
A very special Platinum Palladium artist proof (AP) print of Tina Turner performing at the Hungry-i in San Francisco on November 23rd 1967 which was to became the cover of Rolling S...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
In Voluptas Mors (Dalí)
Located in Dallas, TX
In 1951, Salvador Dali, everyone's favorite mustachioed surrealist, teamed up with Magnum photographer Philippe Halsman to create one of the most enchanting, morbid and bizarre photo...
Category
1950s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Top of the Chrysler in New York
By Tom Baril
Located in Greenwich, CT
Tom Baril, iconic Chrysler shot is fabulous for an urban setting. Shot in his classic style that makes the image look like a still from a film. He was born in Connecticut in 1952 an...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jinx Staring, Florence by Ruth Orkin, 1951, Silver Gelatin Print
By Ruth Orkin
Located in Dallas, TX
Jinx Staring, Florence by Ruth Orkin presents a woman staring up at a detailed sculpture of two men in the nude. Her facial expression reflects the sculpture's expression, creating a...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Steve McQueen, filming “The Sand Pebbles, ” Taiwan, 1966
Located in New York, NY
11x14”
Premiere Limited Edition Print
John R. Hamilton Estate Stamped
Next available edition printed upon purchase. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Andres: Arches Nationalpark, Utah, 1966
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1966.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet and friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet, with friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran, 1971, nude photographed in 1971 in New York City. Comes di...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Surf Club, Miami 1989
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 25.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through September 11th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after September 11th. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production.
Shipping time depends on method of shipping.
Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph.
ABOUT:
In the hazy, warm New York summer, little is more refreshing than reclining on the beach in the mist of the icy ocean waves or enjoying a family trip to the country house. Each summer, Rice curates her favorite show, the Summertime Salon, which reminds us of this exact seasonal sentiment. The two, long walls of the gallery become mosaicked, top to bottom, side to side, in photographs that evoke all the preeminent feelings and memories of summer. Each year, the Summertime Salon matures and Rice’s annual masterpiece comes into fruition. This year is no exception. The show is a haven of what the Robin Rice Gallery stands for, a community of art and experience.
As the largest annual exhibition, the Summertime Salon is carefully pieced together, the results are staggering. The works of the 53 gallery artists come together communally, reinforcing the overall sense of unity that the show creates as a whole. In knowing the photographs so fluently, Rice strategically places them together in a way that will enhance the individual stories contained in each. Details from one image flow from into the next, elevating every photograph in a distinctly unique way.
This year’s invitational image, “Surf Club” by Silvia Lareo-Vasquez, features a woman in a vintage sun hat reclining in the pool with a drink. The black and white image evokes an extreme sense of nostalgia in its cinematic portraiture and supple texture. Though the figure of the woman is tauntingly beautiful, the drink is the darkest tone, nearing black, and is centered in the frame. With this, we are reminded of the refreshing notes of summer and the utter serenity of taking the day off to relax.
The show’s imagery is evocative of all eras of summer, thus any viewer can relate or connect to one of the images. As Rice likes to say, “There’s something for everyone.” One image by Benjamin Heller details a strong owl flying...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Beatles
By Curt Gunther
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
The Beatles in the back of a Limo while on the 1964 Tour through the United States.
Estate Stamped photograph.
Part of a Edition of 75.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Figurative photo, Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sensual - Punk
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Punk ‘ who was captured on film in 198...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pi...
Henry Miller And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge - 1954 Original Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Henry And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge" - 1954 Original Photograph
1954 original black and white silver gelatin photograph of Henry and Eve Miller at their house on Partington Ri...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Hammer & Sickle, acetate of iconic image, given by Warhol to Chromacomp Inc.
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol
Hammer & Sickle, 1976
Acetate negative acquired directly from Chromacomp, inc. Andy Warhol's printer in the 1970s. accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from the r...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
Young Lad ( haunting portrait of young boy on a crowded London street)
By Richard Sadler
Located in New Orleans, LA
Richard Sadler's "Young Boy" is a haunting portrait of a very serious young British lad amidst a crowd of other people. He is dressed very formally in hat, coat and tie. He clutche...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film
Feeling the Spirit by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1987, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Feeling the Spirit by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. depicts a group of men and women standing outside, singing into a microphone. A woman dressed in white stands in front of the group, passion...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beastie Boys Adam Yauch MCA Vintage Darkroom Print by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Original hand-printed vintage print from photographer Jake Chessum of Beastie Boys Adam Yauch, know as MCA, playing double bass in the studio in 1994.
Printed by Jake back in the d...
Category
1990s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tori Amos Vintage Print 12"x16" by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Original hand-printed vintage 12x16” darkroom print from photographer Jake Chessum of Tori Amos. Printed by Jake in the 90's, at the time of the photo shoot.
Jake recalls the sessio...
Category
1990s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Female Nude Study by Lucien Clergue Vintage print
Located in London, GB
Nude Female Study 1968
by Lucien Clergue
A curved, sculptured shot of a nude female torso and breast captured by Lucien Clergue
Unframed
Matted
Overall size : 12 x 16" inches / 30...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
One Pistol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol began using the big-shot Polaroid camera in 1971 and continued using it religiously until his death in 1987. Despite the camera being discontinued in 1973, he continued t...
Category
1980s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Hurd Hatfield
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Carl Van Vechten is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Hurd Hatfield
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rocket Man, Dungeness, Kent, 1979 / Howard Jones - Crossed That Line 1989
Located in London, GB
“It was shot on a grey misty day on Dungeness Beach in Sussex. Charlie Wood lit the sky rocket and stood to attention, and I fired the flashgun that was stuffed into his trousers to ...
Category
1970s Symbolist Black and White Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Oak, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White...
Bandstand, Eastbourne - Black & White Set of Three Framed Photographs
By Samuel Field
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Bandstand', set of three framed artworks, captured on a visit to his grandparents at the British seaside in Eastbourne, this collection by Samuel Field is a beautiful reminder of da...
Category
20th Century Post-War Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin
Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Haynes, Washington, DC
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 5, includes black frame with white mat.
Vincent Ricardel is a photographic artist whose career has spanned the editorial, commercial and fine art worlds of photography. Throu...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger/Leopard – Albert Watson, photography, portrait, animal, contemporary
Located in Zurich, CH
ALBERT WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Mick Jagger/Leopard
1992/2011
Chromogenic print
Image 195,6 x 152,4 cm (77 x 60 in.)
Sheet 238,7 x 177,8 cm (94 x 70 in.)
Frame 245 x 185,6 x 6 cm (96 1/2 x 73 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Edition of 5; Ed. no. 5/5 (from a sold out edition)
Albert Watson (*1942, Scotland) is a Scottish photographer well known for his fashion, celebrity, and art photography, having shot over 200 Vogue and 40 Rolling Stone covers since the mid-1970s. His photographs are signature, classical, and bold, and in our world of manipulation, Watson prefers the enlargers and the trays; an artist who greatly enriches our perception with his unique photographic view. Photo District News named Watson one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time, along with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn, among others.
Watson shared intimate moments about shooting celebrities like Johnny Depp, 50 Cent and Clint Eastwood and dove into the history behind famous shots like the double exposure of Mick Jagger and the leopard that Watson shot by chance. "The leopard was all over Mick so we had to build a glass partition...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
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
Captain Oates (1910-13)
Located in London, GB
Captain Oates (1910-13)
(photo by Herbert Ponting)
Scott’s Last Expedition, the ‘Terra Nova’ at the Icefoot Ross Island
British Antarctic Expedition South Pole
Herbert George Pon...
Category
1910s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Warren Beatty, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Memphis, TN
Warren Beatty (b.1937) dropped out of Northwestern University to study acting with Stella Adler. He made his film debut in Elia Kazan’s Splendor in the Grass...
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Anthony Tudor
Located in New York, NY
This black and white photograph by Carl Van Vechten is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
USA, New York City, 1948 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
USA, New York City, 1948 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
Ava...
Category
Late 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
China Cove, Point Lobos Carmel California
Located in Carmel, CA
Gelatin silver print on paper, a later printing by Cole Weston
With the Edward Weston stamp verso, signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil by Cole Weston verso: PL40-K-4
Comes ...
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tori Amos 1994 Vintage 12"x16" Darkroom Print by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Oginal hand-printed 12x16” darkroom vintage print from photographer Jake Chessum of Tori Amos. Printed by Jake in the 90's, at the time of the photo shoot.
Jake recalls the session...
Category
1990s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Lower Manhattan, 1910, Camera Work 36
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Alfred Stieglitz. Lower Manhattan, New York City, 1910 (printed 1911), vintage photogravure from Camera Work 36.
Category
1910s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' Nude, Signed
Located in Senoia, GA
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' magazine nude study, photographed in 1972. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Georgia O'Keeffe, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1980
By Myron Wood
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Myron Wood. Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz in Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1980. Image size: 10 x 12.5" dry mounted. Gelatin silver print. Signed and dated on mount recto. Printed by the artis...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Flipping Boy, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1983
Located in Dallas, TX
Flipping Boy, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. is a 14 x 11 inch silver gelatin print. This photograph features a boy flipping in the street, with people watching from th...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Fishermen at work on a beach in Montego Bay Jamaica circa 1940.
by Toni Frissell
40 x 40" inches / 101 ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1960s Gelatin Silver Print - Original Photograph - AMG Studio Stamp - Genuine
By Bob Mizer
Located in Köln, DE
BOB MIZER
Gelatin silver print
Original from the time, no reprint
5 x 4″ (12.8 x 10.4 cm)
AMG/Bob Mizer studio stamp on the verso
Taken between 1962 and 1968, this photograph shows...
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Santa Fe, NM
The image of Alfred Stieglitz standing in front of Black Iris III painted by Georgia O'Keeffe in 1926. When Imogen Cunningham took this picture in 1934, the painting was hanging in S...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Keith Haring Subway Art photo c.1981 (Keith Haring subway drawings)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Subway Drawings Photograph:
This photograph captures Keith Haring's epic conquest, producing public art across the New York City subw...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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 Bin...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
"Monument Valley" Black and White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Monument Valley" Black and White Photograph
Stunning photograph of Monument Valley, Utah, by an unknown artist (20th Century). A gnarled, ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill - Backyard Beatles - hand signed limited edition Oversize
Located in London, GB
The Beatles 1963 Abbey Road Studios London England.
The first major group portrait of the Beatles was taken by Terry O’Neill during the recording of their first hit single and album...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kings of Hollywood
1957
Fiber print
estate edition of 150
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cristo, Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Paul Strand – American (1890-1976)
Title: Cristo, Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca
Year: 1933, printed 1967, Da Capo Press, New York
Medium: Photogravure hand-printed from the original plates on BFK Rives paper
Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1967, New York
Sight size: 10 ¼ x 7 7/8 in. (260 x 200 mm)
Sheet size: 15 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. (402 x 313 mm)
Framed size: 17 x 14 inches
Edition:1000
Condition: Excellent
This hand-pulled photogravure is from Paul Strand’s Mexican Portfolio, first published in 1933. This photogravure is from the 2nd edition, published in 1967. It is in excellent condition. It is enclosed in a simple metal frame and Plexiglas only for protection.
A seminal work by a legendary figure in 20th century American photography, the photographs taken by the author on his travels through Mexico in 1932-33 show architecture, landscape, the indigenous people, and religious folk sculpture. Strand's work first made its appearance as "Photographs of Mexico" in a limited edition of 250 copies in 1940, with the printing of the steel-faced gravure plates by master platemaker Otto Wackernagel being supervised by Strand himself and executed by Charles Furth and the Photogravure and Color Company. The second edition used the original Wackernagel plates, printed by Albert Delong at the Andersen Lamb Company of Brooklyn. Strand was even more pleased with this version, stating "Delong has made these plates sing." The images are a celebration of the subjects' pride, dignity and endurance.
Paul Strand (1890–1976) is considered one of the most significant photographers of the 20th century. His breakthrough work in the 1910s heralded photography’s importance as a modern art form. Early in his career he broke from the soft, impressionistic Pictorialist style to produce among the first abstract images made with a camera. His questioning attitude led him to radically change his work multiple times in his career, always with the highest ambitions for the quality of his photographic prints. In 1932, Carlos Chavez, the director of the fine arts department at the Secretariat of Public Education in Mexico, invited Strand to Mexico. At this time, the Mexican government was concerned with demonstrating a national culture that was reflective of a burgeoning, modern, twentieth-century Mexico. In light of this, Chavez invited Strand to document the new social and physical environment. Over the next two years, Strand travelled around Mexico photographing...
Category
1930s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Photogravure
Grateful Dead
By Herb Greene
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
The Grateful Dead on the corner of Haight and Ashbury St, San Francisco, CA. 1967.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Arrows on the Ground
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Evergon (b. 1946) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian photographer with over 40 years of artistic production. Evergon is best known for his accomplishments across photography and n...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Here Anytime
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Evergon (b. 1946) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian photographer with over 40 years of artistic production. Evergon is best known for his accomplishments across photography and n...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Shop Black and White Photography
There’s a lot to love about black and white photography.
The unique and timeless quality of a black and white photograph accentuates any room. Some might argue that we’re naturally drawn to color photography because it’s the world we know best. This is a shared belief, particularly in the era of camera-phone photography, editing apps and the frenetic immediacy of sharing photos on social media. But when we look at black and white photography, we experience deep, rich shadows and tonal properties in a way that transfixes us. Composition and textures are crisp and engaging. We’re immediately drawn to the subjects of vintage street photography and continue to feel the emotional impact of decades-old photojournalism. The silhouettes of mountains in black and white landscape photography are particularly pronounced, while portrait photography and the skylines of urban cityscapes come to life in monochrome prints.
When decorating with fine photography, keep in mind that some color photographs may not be suitable for every space. However, you can be more daring with black and white photos. The gray tones are classic, sophisticated and generally introduce elegance to any corner of your home, which renders black and white prints amazingly versatile.
Black and white photography adapts to its surroundings like a chameleon might. A single large-scale black and white photograph above the sofa in your living room is going to work with any furniture style, and as some homeowners and designers today are working to introduce more muted tones and neutral palettes to dining rooms and bedrooms, the integration of black and white photography — a hallmark of minimalist decor — is a particularly natural choice for such a setting.
Another advantage to bringing black and white photography into your home is that you can style walls and add depth and character without worrying about disrupting an existing color scheme. Black and white photographs actually harmonize well with accent colors such as yellow, red and green. Your provocative Memphis Group lighting and bold Pierre Paulin seating will pair nicely with the black and white fine nude photography you’ve curated over the years.
Black and white photography also complements a variety of other art. Black and white photos pair well with drawings and etchings in monochromatic hues. They can also form part of specific color schemes. For example, you can place black and white prints in colored picture frames for a pop of color. And while there are no hard and fast rules, it’s best to keep black and white prints separate from color photographs. Color prints stand out in a room more than black and white prints do. Pairing them may detract attention from your black and white photography. Instead, dedicate separate walls or spaces to each.
Once you’ve selected the photography that best fits your space, you’ll need to decide how to hang the images. If you want to hang multiple photos, it’s essential to know how to arrange wall art. A proper arrangement can significantly enhance a living space.
On 1stDibs, explore a vast collection of compelling black and white photography by artists such as Mark Shaw, Jack Mitchell (a photographer you should know), Berenice Abbott and David Yarrow.
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