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Shaker Interior, Sabbathday Lake, Maine
By George Tice
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Shaker Interior, Sabbathday Lake, Maine
Silver print, selenium toned, 1971
Signed in pencil lower right (see photo)
Titled verso (see photo)
Printed c. 1971
Condition: Excellent
Image: 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches
Frame: 14 x 17 inches
Original Kulicke welded frame
George A. Tice, born in Newark, New Jersey, United States, October 13, 1938, the son of a college-educated New Jerseyan, William S. Tice, and Margaret Robertson, a Traveller of Irish, Scottish, and Welsh stock with a fourth-grade education. George was raised by his mother, maintaining regular visiting contact with his father, whose influence and advice he valued highly.
Education
His first contact with photography was in the albums of family photographs belonging to his father, and this gave him the desire to create images of his own. George Tice began with a Kodak Brownie. In 1953, having bought a Kodak Pony, which gave him some control over exposure and focus, and a Kodak developing kit, he began to advance his craft. George Tice also joined the Carteret Camera Club. Tice's photographs of homeless men on the Bowery won second place in the black and white print competitions. George Tice decided at this point to make photography his career.
In 1955 George Tice attended the Newark Vocational and Technical High School, where he briefly studied commercial photography under Harve Wobbe. When he turned sixteen, he quit school and took a job as a darkroom assistant for Classic Photo, a portrait studio in Newark. He also worked as a stock boy at Kreske's Department Store in Newark, then as an office boy in the circulation department of the Newark Evening News.
In 1956 George Tice enlisted in the United States Navy, in which he rose to the rank of Photographer's Mate Third Class. After boot camp and two years at Naval Air Station Memphis, he was transferred to sea duty aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Wasp...
Category
1970s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot with Cigar in Spain, 1971 - Platinum Lifetime Print
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of "The Ballad of Frenchie King" in Almeria, Spain, 1971
Platinum lifetime print. (lifetime signed)
20 x 24 inches
Edition Size: 50 + 10 ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
USA, New York City, 1954 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
USA, New York City, 1954 - 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
Arctic Journey, Canada by Paul Nicklen
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Arctic Journey
Greenland, 2015.
24 x 36 in / 61 x 91.4 cm / Edition of 20 - $3,500
31 x 46.5 in / 78.7 x 118.1 cm / Edition of 15
40 × 60 in / 101.6 x 152.4 cm / Edition of 10
An I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stevie Wonder V1, Los Angeles, California - Black and White, Musician, Piano
Located in Denton, TX
Stevie Wonder V1 by Al Satterwhite is a black and white portrait of the famous American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
Archival Pigment Print
20 x 24 in.
Ed. of 2...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Georgia O'Keeffe
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed by the artist on the front of the mount. Printed later circa 1980-90s. Excellent condition. The piece does NOT include the frame. Frame shown just for reference. From the esta...
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude Dancer, from The Female Figure Series by Karl Struss, 1917
By Karl Struss
Located in Denton, TX
Nude Dancer, from The Female Figure series by Karl Struss features a nude woman standing on one leg, with her leg lifted in an arabesque position. Her arms are raised above her head ...
Category
1910s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frank Sinatra - Me and My Shadow
Located in Chicago, IL
Portrait of Frank Sinatra circa 1939. Taken at their apartment on Garden St, Hoboken, NJ. Photo by Nancy Sinatra Senior. This striking photo is one of the family’s favorites. This is...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Rat Packin' with a Bottle of Jack
By Earl Leaf
Located in Chicago, IL
July 25, 1961. Singer Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. sit at a table as fellow singer and Rat Pack member Frank Sinatra pours Jack Daniels from a bottle at the Cocoanut Grove during...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frank Sinatra - Relaxing on Tour - Estate Stamped
Located in Chicago, IL
Relaxing on Tour – Frank Sinatra circa April 1962 at a stop on his 30 stop World Tour for Children. They stopped in Honolulu, HI on the way to the first concerts in Japan. This was f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Bear Scents by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
"Bear Scents"
Yukon, Canada 2012
Available sizes:
24 × 36 in / 61 x 91.4 cm / Edition of 20
31 × 46.5 in / 78.7 x 118.1 cm / Edition of 15
40 × 60 in / 101.6 x 152.4 cm / Edition of 10
60 × 90 in / 152.4 × 228.6 cm / Edition of 7
Paul Nicklen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Clint Eastwood on the Set of Magnum Force, Photograph by Julian Wasser - 2/20
Located in Chicago, IL
Clint Eastwood, 1973, Bravo (black and white)
Photographed on the set of Magnum Force, the 1973 sequel to Dirty Harry. Ten years earlier, Eastwood had been a struggling actor, but t...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Modelling for Saks Fifth Avenue - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White
Edie Beale at 860 Broadway
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Little Edie visits The Factory and is photographed by Warhol. An image from this photoshoot is later published in Andy Warhol's Exposures.
Stamped on verso b...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Miro's Fish
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Original gelatin silver print, made and signed by the artist Roman Loranc. It is also signed, edition, titled, dated with an inscription to the owner of the Weston Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida with the Cactus
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition
Signed in black ink on print margin.
Titled, dated and print date in black ink on artist label.
Paper size: : 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.
“Frida told me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ka. Te. Mi., Slatina, C2
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 35
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Vojtech V. Sláma
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jewish Refugees, Lydda Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel by Ruth Orkin, 1951
By Ruth Orkin
Located in Denton, TX
Jewish Refugees, Lydda Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel by Ruth Orkin depicts a window with three faces peering out into the world. A reflection of a large ship is cast onto these young fac...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lion Before Storm II, Maasai Mara, 2006 – Nick Brandt, Africa, Animal, Art
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Lion Before Storm II, Maasai Mara, 2006
Platinum Print
Sheet 71.1 x 91.4 cm (28 x 36 in.)
Edition of 15 plus AP's (from sold out edition)
Print only
Ni...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Madonna Look-alike Contest at Macy's
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Two Callas
Located in New York, NY
This supremely elegant photograph illustrates why Imogen Cunningham’s botanical pictures are a keystone of modernist photography. In the 1920s, Cunnin...
Category
1920s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hollywood Icon Marilyn Monroe close up in pool, 1962 by Lawrence Schiller
Located in Chicago, IL
When Lawrence Schiller got the assignment from the French magazine Paris Match to photograph Marilyn Monroe on the 20th century Fox set of Something’s Got To Give, he thought nothing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
From the series 'PaINting'
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan)
From the series 'PalNting', 2010
Acrylic on B/W photography
43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)
Unique
Print only
Nobuyoshi Araki is a contemporary Japanese ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Acrylic, Black and White
Untitled (Horses Kissing)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pentti Sammallahti
Untitled (Horses Kissing)
1979
Gelatin Silver print
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
521 – René Groebli, Black and White, Nude, Photography, Body, Woman, Erotic, Art
By René Groebli
Located in Zurich, CH
René GROEBLI (*1927, Switzerland)
521, 1952
Vintage silver gelatin print on Baryta paper
Image 27.6 x 19 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Sheet 34 x 23 cm (13 3/8 x 9 in.)
Unique
Framed
Signed and dated on verso
This photograph is part of the MoMA permanent collection.
René Groebli (born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1927) secured his place among the elite of Swiss post-war photographers with his 1949 portfolio MAGIE DER SCHIENE (RAIL MAGIC). In the early fifties Groebli worked as reporter for Life, Picture Post and other international magazines. During the following years he owned a studio for industrial and advertising photography. In 1957 the American Color Annual named him MASTER OF COLOR.
In the early 80s Groebli stopped working for advertising and rediscovered for himself the possibilities of expression that black & white photography offers. In 1999 the Zurich Kunsthaus (Art Museum) showed a representative selection of his photographs from the years 1946 to 1996.
With NUDES René Groebli gives us a work for sensuous pleasure that had grown over half a century. In the long history of sensual art photography one is hard pressed to find anyone comparable to the Swiss photo...
Category
1950s Post-War Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pulqueria, Mexico, 1926
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled with artist's reference number on back of mount. Stamped, 'Edward Weston printed by' and signed by Cole Weston on back of mount. Negative Code 62A. The Weston Gallery is locat...
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled. From The Leather ands Skin Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2024 by Ricky Cohete
From The Leather ands Skin Series
Archival pigment print
Image size: 36 in H x 24 in W.
Edition of 10
Unframed
The artist explores the intersection b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Untitled - Winter in Central Park (children in snow) - Vintage Print, New York
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
Untitled - Winter in Central Park (children in snow) by John Albok is a black and white photograph of children playing in a snowy Central Park, with a large barren tree in the foregr...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Surf Wagon, St. Petersburg Beach, FL, 1964
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, titled, dated, print date, and numbered.
Paper size: 36 x 54 in.
AVAILABLE SIZES:
11 x 14 in., Edition of 25
16 x 20 in., Edition of 25
24 x 36 in., Edition of...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Triangles, Houston by George Krause, 1988, Gelatin Silver Print
Located in Denton, TX
White Triangles, Houston by George Krause features a nude woman, reclining on a patterned couch. She leans her head back and holds her white bra in her hand, which is draped over the couch.
Open edition
Signed and dated in pencil on print margin by George Krause
Gelatin silver print, 14 1/2 x 19 in.
Printed 1997
George Krause is an American photographer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1937. Krause studied at the Philadelphia College of Art where he explored painting...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tule Fish
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the bottom right of mount. Signed, titled, editioned on the back of mount. Printed in 2005. Edition 8 of 50. Sold Out in most sizes.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
NM-A-N2G
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed by Cole Weston from the original negative now housed at the Center for Creative Photography in Tuscon, Arizona, retired. The Weston Gallery is owned by Matthew (grandson of Edward Weston) and his wife Davi Weston and we've been dealing in fine art photography since 1975! Edward Weston (1886 – 1958) was an American photographer, and co-founder of Group f/64. Most of his work was done using an 8 by 10 inch view camera. In 1902, he received his first camera for his sixteenth birthday, a Kodak Bull's-Eye #2, and began taking photographs in parks in Chicago and at his aunt's farm. The young Weston met with quick success, and his photographs were already being exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute merely a year later, in 1903. Weston worked mainly with nudes, still life - his shells and vegetable studies were especially important - and landscape subjects. After a few exhibitions of his works in New York, he went on to found Group f/64 in 1932 with fellow photographers Ansel Adams, Willard van Dyke...
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 769.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 769.
American eagle; flying.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 6 5/8 x 17 1/4 inches
Muybridge copyright imprint ...
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Secret of Muhammad Ali - Black and White Photograph, Athlete, Boxer, Sports
Located in Denton, TX
The Secret of Muhammad Ali by Al Satterwhite is a limited edition black and white photograph of professional boxer Muhammad Ali. Ali is holding an envelope with handwriting reading "...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jodie Foster
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eiffel Tower
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also written on verso
Work comes with ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
End of 42nd Street, New York
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Unmounted, unsigned. Authenticated and stamped by the Brett Weston Archive. Printed later.
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Whiteout, Greenland by Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
"Whiteout"
Greenland
20 x 30 in / Edition of 6 - $4,500
Also available:
32 x 48 in / Edition of 6 - $7,500
50 x 75 in / Edition of 6 - $15,500
Archival Pigment Print printed on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
On the Bowery #1. Nude Black and White Photograph
By David Jay
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Artwork by photographer David Jay exclusive to The Art Design Project.
David Jay's work gives a unique and intimate perspective on how we define beauty. A confrontation between the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Plank Walk, Morecombe, Lancashire, England
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on the front of the mount recto. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on the back of the mount. Number 5 of 45. Printed in 1992...
Category
1990s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Onishi Tree Shadow and Clouds, Study 2, Hokkaido, Japan, by Michael Kenna, 2023
Located in Denton, TX
Onishi Tree Shadow and Clouds, Study 2, Hokkaido, Japan by Michael Kenna is a 8 x 8 inch* silver gelatin print, available in an edition of 25.
*Please note: the measurements of this ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol with Clown Nose in Zurich
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude Model
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Photograph of Debbie Harry (Blondie), 1985
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The singer, songwriter, and actress Debbie Harry is an icon of 1980s punk and new wave. The lead singer of the new wave band Blondie, named for Harry's sign...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Tina Turner on Nightclub Balcony
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kussharo Lake, Study 5, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered by Micheal Kenna
Sepia toned gelatin silver print.
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frank Sinatra - Live at The Sands
Located in Chicago, IL
Live at The Sands – Frank Sinatra circa mid 1950s. Performing at the Copa Room, Sands Hotel. Las Vegas, NV.
Giclee 300gsm smooth archival rag paper and arch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Young Navajo at Baseball - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Young Navajo at Baseball by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle photographic paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Carte-postale printing on back of print. Unsigned.
A very rare example. We have not seen another image of this portrait at market.
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sade 'Love Deluxe' – Albert Watson, Black & White, Celebrity, Fashion, Sade
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Sade 'Love Deluxe', 1992
Archival pigment print
142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only
Drake purchased a series of Al...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marie-Chantal & Robert Miller
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Men in Pool
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Photograph of William S. Burroughs at the Chelsea Hotel
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
William S. Burroughs was an influential American writer and poet and a central figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his 1959 novel Naked Lunch...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frank Sinatra - Study for a Bronze Bust
Located in Chicago, IL
Bronze Bust – Frank Sinatra posing at the studio of famous Sculptor Jo Davidson. Circa 1946. Note the famous bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Lake Chamo, Ethiopia by Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
"Lake Chamo"
Ethiopia , 2023
20 x 30 in / Edition of 6 - $4,500
Also available:
32 x 48 in / Edition of 6 - $7,500
40 x 60 in / Edition of 6 - $10,500
50 x 75 / Edition of 6 - $1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Children of Sheffield
By Bill Brandt
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed by the artist and numbered on the front of the print. 11/25. Printed in 1982.
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frank Sinatra - Reading the funnies
Located in Chicago, IL
Frank Sinatra at home in Hoboken New Jersey. Circa 1939. Relaxing in bed reading the cartoons from the newspaper. Photo taken by Nancy Sinatra Senior.
G...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Ines De La Fressange in Chanel, Paris, 1985 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Ines De La Fressange in Chanel, Paris, 1985
1985
Archival pigment print
Image 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shop Black and White Photography
There’s a lot to love about black and white photography.
The unique and timeless quality of a black and white photograph accentuates any room. Some might argue that we’re naturally drawn to color photography because it’s the world we know best. This is a shared belief, particularly in the era of camera-phone photography, editing apps and the frenetic immediacy of sharing photos on social media. But when we look at black and white photography, we experience deep, rich shadows and tonal properties in a way that transfixes us. Composition and textures are crisp and engaging. We’re immediately drawn to the subjects of vintage street photography and continue to feel the emotional impact of decades-old photojournalism. The silhouettes of mountains in black and white landscape photography are particularly pronounced, while portrait photography and the skylines of urban cityscapes come to life in monochrome prints.
When decorating with fine photography, keep in mind that some color photographs may not be suitable for every space. However, you can be more daring with black and white photos. The gray tones are classic, sophisticated and generally introduce elegance to any corner of your home, which renders black and white prints amazingly versatile.
Black and white photography adapts to its surroundings like a chameleon might. A single large-scale black and white photograph above the sofa in your living room is going to work with any furniture style, and as some homeowners and designers today are working to introduce more muted tones and neutral palettes to dining rooms and bedrooms, the integration of black and white photography — a hallmark of minimalist decor — is a particularly natural choice for such a setting.
Another advantage to bringing black and white photography into your home is that you can style walls and add depth and character without worrying about disrupting an existing color scheme. Black and white photographs actually harmonize well with accent colors such as yellow, red and green. Your provocative Memphis Group lighting and bold Pierre Paulin seating will pair nicely with the black and white fine nude photography you’ve curated over the years.
Black and white photography also complements a variety of other art. Black and white photos pair well with drawings and etchings in monochromatic hues. They can also form part of specific color schemes. For example, you can place black and white prints in colored picture frames for a pop of color. And while there are no hard and fast rules, it’s best to keep black and white prints separate from color photographs. Color prints stand out in a room more than black and white prints do. Pairing them may detract attention from your black and white photography. Instead, dedicate separate walls or spaces to each.
Once you’ve selected the photography that best fits your space, you’ll need to decide how to hang the images. If you want to hang multiple photos, it’s essential to know how to arrange wall art. A proper arrangement can significantly enhance a living space.
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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