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Black and White Photography For Sale
Style: Abstract
Style: Street Art
Stony Mountain Stream, California, USA, black and white photography, landscape
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...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Crohy Sea Arch, Rock Beach, black and white photograph, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art seascape - landscape photography. Crohy Sea Arch and the black beach in the stormy waters of Ireland. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, title...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Stairway to Beach, Portugal, fine art black and white photography, landscapes
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...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Twenty Cherry Trees, Avenue, Austria, black and white photograph, landscape
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...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Cypress Tree, Field, Panorama, Tuscany, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure panorama landscape photography print. Cypress trees in a hilly landscape in the middle of Tuscany, Italy. Archival pigment ink print, edition o...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Waterfall, Bavaria, black and white, long exposure, photography, landscape
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
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hot Air Balloon world Championship, black and white photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Medium Format Photography. Hot Air Balloon Panorama, World Championship, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbere...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Hot Air Balloon Championship, black and white photography, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art photography print. Two hot air balloons over a corn field during the world cup in Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated an...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Into the Ocean, contemporary black and white photography, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure panorama waterscape - landscape photography. Railway tracks in the Atlantic Ocean in France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Diving Platform Panorama, France, black and white Photograph, limited, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Panorama Photography - Diving Platform in the pool with the wild Atlantic ocean in the background. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
By John Reed
Located in Surfside, FL
Spaceloom XXIII
The Photographer is John Reed. It bears his stamp verso. An East Hampton Photographer who shot Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Larry Rivers, Philip Guston, Conrad Marca-Relli, Syd Solomon, and James Brooks amongst other art luminaries.
This is for the original vintage photograph. I believe the inscription is in the hand of Ibram Lassaw some also bear the photographers stamp.
Lassaw was born in Alexandria, Egypt, of Russian Jewish émigré parents, he went to the U.S. in 1921. His family settled in Brooklyn, New York. He became a US citizen in 1928. He first studied sculpture in 1926 at the Clay Club and later at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York. He made abstract paintings and drawings influenced by Kandinsky, Sophie Tauber Arp...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Four Lines, Monochrome Print, Minimalist Photograph, Limited Edition Landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama photography. Row of breakwaters in the sea in front of the beach of Sylt island, Germany. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Heading In
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition 2/15
Archival pigment print
“Water's Edge” a collection of photos by Marian Crostic defines the power of the ocean
and the land which borders it. Having spent much of her l...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Drift Wood, Lakeside, monochrome, long exposure, waterscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Skogafoss gigantic waterfall, Iceland. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Past Furnace, Photograph, Archival Ink Jet
By John Flatz
Located in Yardley, PA
"Misdirection" is a perfect example of Hunter's highly fluid, expressionistic style -- which so often results in arresting images with a sense of depth and sculptural form. Black and...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Acrylic
Shine On Me Crazy Diamond - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Untitled (Signal Box, Basel)
By Roland Fischer
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original Aluminum backed C-print by Roland Richer created in 2001.
The work was acquired from Von Lintel Gallery in May of 2002.
(71 x 49 1/4 inches)
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Aluminum
'Undercurrents (10/31/21)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 24 by 80 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Adagio 3- Signed limited edition abstract orange pink print, Square Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Adagio 3 - Limited edition pigment print of 5
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ).
Signed + numbered by artist, with cert...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pig...
Sarah's Cameras Original Stencil by Matthew Eller
Located in New York, NY
Original Stencil of Sarah's Camera
Comes with a signed photograph as well so the collector can choose which one to use in the frame or frame both!
8.5 x 12 inches
Framed Stencil...
Category
2010s Street Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Stencil
Geoffrey Beene
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Geoffrey Beene", Black and White screen print on Harmon paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 14 x...
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1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Paco Rabanne
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Paco Rabanne", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 14 x 1...
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1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Jean-Charles de Castelbajac", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Availabl...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Chantal Thomass
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Chantal Thomass", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 14 ...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
2020 - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Waterfall Galleria" Black and White Figurative Photography
By Pat Truax
Located in Houston, TX
Photograph of the iconic waterfall in the Houston Galleria area. This photograph showcases the Sabbttier process or the results of solarization. The photograph is not framed.
Artist...
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1960s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
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1990s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1990s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1990s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1990s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1990s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Land I - Landscape Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
The Ruler - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Architectonic 3- Signed Limited edition abstract print, Large format contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Architectonic 3 -Large scale photograph by Michael Banks
Contact me if you are interested in another photograph of my store, we can always discuss
Archival Pigment print on fiber ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival P...
"Empire in Black and White"New York, Giclee Print, Abstract Photography, Limited
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Empire in B&W / From the series of Lights of New York / Photograph
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2021
Dimension: 40 x 60”
External Dimension( with white border) Height:40.8 i...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Giclée
The Entertainer - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Space Running Girl - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Kuss - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
SoHo Fire Escapes Manhattan 1984 (Soho Manhattan photograph)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
SoHo Fire Escapes, New York, 1984 by Fernando Natalici:
The simplicity & grace of iconic New York architecture rendered timeless by the snap of the camera. A window into a street photographer's decisive moment. A window into, not only the New York of 'then', but the hidden poetry of urban architecture...
Archival Inkjet Print.
Approximately 12 x 18 inches (image size: approx 12 x 17in.).
Hand signed from an edition of 20.
Obtained directly from artist.
Excellent condition.
New York based photographer Fernando Natalici is best known for his iconographic documentation of the downtown Manhattan art scene of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. Natalici’s portfolio includes sought after images of a young Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Keith Haring, The Ramones and more. As an Art Director, Fernando has played a key role in creating memorable visuals for historic NY venues such as CBGB's, The Mudd Club, Area and Danceteria.
Soho Building Architecture, A Brief History
The SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District comprises about 500 buildings, many of which are characterized by their cast-iron facades. Development of the district began in the late 18th century. The population surged after the War of 1812, and some homes from this era still remain. The latter half of the 19th century saw the district evolve into a center of commerce and entertainment, and the majority of the cast-iron buildings the district is known for were constructed during this period. The use of cast-iron allowed for ornate facades that were a much cheaper alternative to granite and marble. However, an increase of industrial production along with rising crime and “immorality” steadily drove residents out of the area.
The district began to decline in the early 20th century, leaving many spaces vacant for decades and leading some to refer to the area as Hell’s Hundred Acres.
It was not until the late 1960s that artists became attracted to the area because the large, unoccupied loft spaces made affordable studios. Many of those who moved into the area lived in their workspaces, even though it was illegal to do so, and the area was not sufficiently equipped for residential life, lacking basic necessities.
At the same time, the entire landscape of SoHo was threatened by plans to build the Lower Manhattan Expressway (LOMEX) - a proposed ten-lane elevated highway that would require the demolition of much of SoHo and Little Italy.
Artists in the area collaborated with other preservation advocates in the first, unsuccessful attempt to designate SoHo as a historic district for its architectural significance. Although that failed, they also formed Artists Against the Expressway and ultimately helped defeat the plans for LOMEX, which saved the architecture in the area.
The “SoHo Effect” has become a model for repurposing an industrial district for mixed use, both commercial and residential, while preserving much of the existing structural integrity. Today SoHo is known for its unique cast-iron architecture, desirable loft living...
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1980s Street Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Boy Boxed
Located in Agoura Hills, CA
Edward L. Rubin is an award-winning fine art photographer, film and television production designer, and painter based in Los Angeles. He studied architecture at UC Berkeley and holds...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Dog Running on Galway Beach
By Sarah Hadley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Water's Edge
I grew up spending entire summer days by the ocean. These outings were always a special event and the beach was a place of wonderment, fascination and exploration f...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Shadows Kept Alive No.2", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 2” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
Tree Trunk
By Wynn Bullock
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount with a title and negative number in pencil on the back of the mount.
What is likely Wynn Bullock's most renowned neg...
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1970s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Dead Kennedys New York 1986 (punk photography)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jello Biafra, New York, 1986 by celebrated downtown photographer Fernando Natalici. Jello Biafra – Dead Kennedy’s – Leader of the semianl early punk group The Dead Kenendys. Shot in...
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1980s Street Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hodge-Podge
By Jim Dingilian
Located in East Quogue, NY
Small bleached found abstract photographic artwork by Jim Dingilian. Offered framed in plexiglass.
Frame size: 5 x 6.25 inches
Paper size: 3 3/8 x 4.75 inches
Jim Dingilian makes ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Shadows Kept Alive No.113", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 113” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. The gallery is offering Free Shipping on this item globally, which ships rolled carefully in a tube.
From the artist, Chris MaGee...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
Entrance: framed abstract black & white photograph collage w/ key, shoe, trees
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Entrance" is a black & white framed silver gelatin collage photograph with forms of a key, shoe, trees, pyramid, hair, and other abstract elements from artist Jenny Lynn's "Extrapol...
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1990s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
1977 "Boat, Barn, Truck" Still Life Black & White Photograph
Located in Arp, TX
Tricia Sample
Boat, Barn, Truck
1977
Matte black and white photo
12.5" x9.5" Frame measures 16.25"x19.25"
Gallery label on reverse from the Friends of Photography Gallery
Friends of Photography was a nonprofit organization started by Ansel Adams and others in 1967 to promote photography as a fine art. During its existence the organization held at least 330 photography exhibitions at its galleries in Carmel and San Francisco, California, and it published a lengthy series of monographs under the name Untitled. Among those who were featured in their exhibitions and publications were well-known photographers Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, Ruth Bernhard, Harry Callahan, Roy DeCarava, Lee Friedlander, Emmet Gowin, Mary Ellen Mark, Barbara Morgan, Aaron Siskind, Paul Strand, Brett Weston, Edward Weston and Minor White, as well as then newly starting photographers such as Marsha Burns, William Garnett, Richard Misrach...
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1970s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
#InTheSky San Francisco #41
By James Bacchi
Located in East Hampton, NY
San Francisco
#inthesky
22”x17” photographic prints on archival paper
Each limited to an edition of 7
#inthesky
A mobile photography essay that began in 2015. This ongoing internat...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Extraterrestrial Plantation
Located in Paris, IDF
Photograph on canvas, edition of 15
Vibrant Archival ink print on Epson matte finish Canvas. Canvas print with museum finish archival inks lasting more than 50 years in vibrancy and...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
'Undercurrents (2/6/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 28 by 36 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Dune
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount, and again on the back of the mount. Printed in 1961 for inclusion in the "Fifteen Photographs" port...
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1930s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Atlantic Wave
By Paul Dempsey
Located in East Hampton, NY
Dye Sublimation Print on metal
- 40x60
- 20x30 -
can also do as 20"x40"
About the artist:
A computer programmer and Webmaster by trade, Paul describes himself as a fine art photographer and a “digital manipulator.” His keen vision captures ordinary details from daily life and transforms them into images of beauty and wit, filled with contrasting shapes and effects.
Paul’s current series of abstract work focuses on macro images of nature combined with additional exposures of ice, snow, sand, and sky. These futuristic scenes, inspired by the writings of Kurt Vonnegut...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
'Undercurrents (6/19/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 17 by 44 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
'Undercurrents (1/30/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 24 by 80 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
'Undercurrents (3/27/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 15 by 40 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
'Undercurrents (7/9/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 23 by 44 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Carbon 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.