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Black and White Photography For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1990s
Period: 18th Century
Period: 1910s
A. Rear View
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Staging Pictures: Early Polaroids focuses on Stivers' working Polaroid prints, shot with a Hasselblad Polaroid back for instant proofing of lighting and composition of his subjects. ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
16 x 20" Dancer/Choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer/choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov, 1993. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the verso. Comes directly fr...
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City Costume Party on Horseback, Black and White Equestrian Photograph
Located in New york, NY
From the horse crazy world of City Riders by Roberta Fineberg, a black-and-white photograph of girls in costumes while riding horses in the streets of New York City.
The young ride...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
C.
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Staging Pictures: Early Polaroids focuses on Stivers' working Polaroid prints, shot with a Hasselblad Polaroid back for instant proofing of lighting and composition of his subjects. ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kalevala, Karelia, Russia (Dog looking at Lenin poster)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
This print is currently featured in our exhibition, Warm Regards, and will be available to ship after the show closes June 24th, 2017.
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in co...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Large Albumen Photo Jerusalem - House Of The "Rich Man"
Located in Surfside, FL
The Original American Colony was a colony established in Jerusalem in 1881 by members of a utopian society led by Anna and Horatio Spafford. Now a hotel in East Jerusalem, it is still known by that name today.
After suffering a series tragic losses following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (see hymn "It is Well with My Soul"), Chicago residents Anna and Horatio Spafford led a small American contingent in 1881 to Jerusalem to form a utopian society. The "American Colony," as it became known, was later joined by Swedish Christians. The society engaged in philanthropic work amongst the people of Jerusalem regardless of religious affiliation, gaining the trust of the local Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities.During and immediately after World War I, the American Colony carried out philanthropic work to alleviate the suffering of the local inhabitants, opening soup kitchens, hospitals, orphanages and other charitable ventures.
Towards the end of the 1950s, the society's communal residence was converted into the American Colony Hotel. The hotel is an integral part of the Jerusalem landscape where members of all communities in Jerusalem still meet. In 1992 representatives from the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel met in the hotel where they began talks that led to the historic 1993 Oslo Peace Accord.
Panorama of Jerusalem, c. 1890-1920
The Colony moved to the large house of a wealthy Arab landowner, Rabbah Husseini, outside the city walls in Sheikh Jarrah on the road to Nablus. Part of the building was used as a hostel for visitors from Europe and America. A small farm developed with animals, a butchery, a dairy, a bakery, a carpenter's shop, and a smithy. The economy was supplemented by a shop selling photographs, craft items and archaeological artifacts. The American Colonists were embraced by the Jewish and Palestinian communities for their good works, among them, teaching in both Muslim and Jewish schools.
Photography
Around 1900, Elijah Meyers, a member of the American Colony, began taking photographs of places and events in and around the city of Jerusalem. Meyers's work eventually expanded into a full-fledged photographic division within the Colony, including Hol Lars (Lewis) Larsson and G. Eric Matson, who later renamed the effort as the Matson Photographic Service. Their interest in archeological artifacts (such as the Lion Tower in Tripoli pictured here), and the detail of their photographs, led to widespread interest in their work by archeologists. The collection was later donated to the Library of Congress.
World War I
When the Ottoman Empire entered World War I as an ally of Germany in November 1914, Jerusalem and Palestine became a battleground between the Allied and the Central powers...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Argentine Ballet Dancer Julio Bocca, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, of Argentinian dancer Julio Bocca, one of the most important ballet dancers of the later part of the 20th centu...
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kemio, Finland (Children laying in hammock in lush garden)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
This print is currently featured in our exhibition, Warm Regards, and will be available to ship after the show closes June 24th, 2017.
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in co...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer/choreographer Molissa Fenley performing
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer/choreographer Molissa Fenley performing, 1991. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with ...
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Argentinian Ballet Dancer Julio Bocca
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Argentinian dancer Julio Bocca, one of the most important ballet dancers of the later part of the 20th centur...
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jerome L' Huillier - Noir - Black and White Photograph of Fashion Show
Located in New York, NY
This is a 39.5 x 59 inches archival giclée black and white print on archival exhibition paper. It is part of a limited edition of 6 plus 2 AP. Signed and numbered in the back.
It sh...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
2016-New Orleans - Black and White Photograph of New Orleans Historic Street Car
Located in New York, NY
This is an 39.5 x 59 inches archival giclée black and white print on archival exhibition paper. It is part of a limited edition of 6 plus 2 AP. Signed and numbered in the back.
It s...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Jerome L' Huillier - Palais Royal - Black and White Photograph of Fashion Show
Located in New York, NY
This is an 39.5 x 59 inches archival giclée black and white print on archival exhibition paper. It is part of a limited edition of 6 plus 2 AP. Signed and numbered in the back.
An e...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Martinmere, England
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
1990s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eva Herzigova and John Foster, South of France, 1991
Located in München, BY
Printed later.
Edition of 5
Portrait of the young Supermodel Eva Herzigova and John Foster on a motorbike, South of France, 1991
Fashion and fine art e...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tori Amos 1994 Vintage 12"x16" Darkroom Print by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
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
Martinmere, England
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
1990s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
British Aeronaut EWC Perry circa 1910, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography by ROL
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency ROL Paris taken circa 1910 with British aeronaut E.W.C. Perry. We see the aviator in an experimental machine from the beginnings of aviation.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photograph unframed.
Press photograph.
Press agency: ROL Paris.
Photographer: Anonymous.
Title: E.W.C. Perry, British aviator circa 1910.
Provenance: Private collection.
Image Size: 4.69 in high (11.8 cm) x 6.57 in wide (16.6 cm) - Archivally matted in a 17 x 13 mat.
The ink stamp at the back reads ROL.
Hand-written French comment at the back: "Aéronaute anglais tué en France, E.W.C. Perry sous-lieutenant de réserve du corps des aviateurs anglais tué dans un accident le 16 aout 1914." (British aeronaut killed in France, E.W.C. Perry, second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps...
Category
1910s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Square Table (Contemporary Sepia Toned Still Life Photograph of Antique Table)
Located in Hudson, NY
Square Table, 1992
Still Life Photograph of Antique Table by David Halliday
Sepia toned silver gelatin print, edition of 15
Custom brown wood shadow box frames, no mat
with AR non g...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Silver Gelatin
Joey Arias Channeling Billie Holiday Portrait, NYC. B&W limited edition photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist” - Oscar Wilde
Men, Women, and Drag, draws inspiration from his diverse roles as a ph...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Les Acrobates I. Limited Edition Photograph
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Les Acrobates I, by Uwe Ommer
1995
35.5 x 27.5
Edition 6
Les Acrobates Series
This series was part of a calendar, and pays tribute to the art of the circus and its artists.
_______...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Champs Gym, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Photography by Larry Fink
By Larry Fink
Located in Long Island City, NY
From Larry Fink's series focusing on boxing and boxers at Champs Gym in Philadelphia. This photograph is true to Fink's style with a hard flash in the midst...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Les Acrobates VI. Limited edition Photograph
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Les Acrobates VI
H 35.5 in. x 27.5 in. W
Edition 6
Unframed
Les Acrobates Series
This series was part of a calendar, and pays tribute to the art of the circus and its artists.
_____...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Les Acrobates IV. Limited Edition Photograph
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Les Acrobates IV
H 35.5 in. x 27.5 in. W
Edition 6
Unframed
Les Acrobates Series
This series was part of a calendar, and pays tribute to the art of the circus and its artists.
___...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Craig- Signed limited edition nude print, Black white Contemporary, Man in bed
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Craig - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1998 - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film.
This print that is being offered is a high-quality Archival Pigment p...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Black and White, Pi...
Banya- Signed limited edition contemporary print, Black white photo, Dog Animal
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Banya - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1998 - Edition of 5
A Basset Hound with her friend in a French café
This image was captured on film.
The negative was s...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Madonna the Giraffe, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1998
Located in New York, NY
Madonna the Giraffe, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1998
1998/printed later
Estate stamp in black ink, verso
Archival pigment print
6 x 6 inches (15.24 x 15.24 cm), sheet
5.5 x 4.25 inches (14 x...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Moscow, Russia (Boy playing accordion on street)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
This print is currently featured in our exhibition, Warm Regards, and will be available to ship after the show closes June 24th, 2017.
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in co...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Moscow, Russia (Boy playing accordion on street)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
This print is currently featured in our exhibition, Warm Regards, and will be available to ship after the show closes June 24th, 2017.
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in co...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ivolginski, Buryatia, Siberia (Monks)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Druridge Bay, England, 1998
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. His works depict nature eroded and broken down by civilization, but he does not put man and the environm...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Evan Dando - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Evan Dando - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Evan Dando, frontman of American band The Lemonheads, photographed in a cemetery in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Cover shoot ...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Alek Wek, New York 1996
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15
signed and numbered
Also available in:
90 x 120 cm / 35.4 x 47.2 in
120 x 160 cm / 47.2 x 63 in
Portrait of Supermodel Alek Wek.
Thierry...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Sophia Loren, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of the Italian actress Sophia Loren waring sunglasses and sits in a director's chair.
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mark Wahlberg Smoking #1, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of the smoking model, actor and singer Mark Wahlberg.
Fr...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Medicine Ball Front
By Luke Smalley
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 15)
Stamped and numbered, verso
20 x 16 inches, sheet
From the series, "Gymnasium."
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York Cit...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dune
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ferris Wheel from the Tuileries
By Lynn Saville
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Lynn Saville. Ferris Wheel from the Tuileries, 1999. Photographic print. Edition 5/25. Image measures 12.5 x 18 inches. Sheet is larger. Measures 21.5 x 27 framed. Signed, titled and...
Category
1990s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tabboo! Wigstock Portrait, NYC. Limited edition B&W photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“They will roll down the rugs or sprawl carefully on coaches. Their make-up will be perfect. They will take back the night.”
- Chi Chi Valenti, Take Back the Night
Men, Women, and ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
Catalogue No: OA056JF
Artists: Oasis, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher
Location: Slane Castle, Ireland
Date: 22nd July 1995
Era: The 1990's
Edition: hand signed Limited Edition
17/50
Print type: Giclée Print
Paper type: Archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag
printed this year
Oasis performing at Slane Castle in 1995 as the support for REM. Fourteen years later they would headline the festival.
paper size 61 x41 cm / 24 x 16 inches
© Jill Furmanovsky
Slane Castle, Ireland. 22 July 1995
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
'I feel blessed to have photographed so many extraordinary musicians over my 50-year career. Their music formed a soundtrack to my life and has inspired my work. This exhibition at Proud is homage to their magical gifts. ‘No Music No Life’ says it all.' Jill Furmanovsky
Her legacy is profound.' Gail Buckland (guest curator and author of 'Who Shot Rock & Roll - Brooklyn Museum)
'She reveals you to yourself.' Nile Rodgers (Chic)
'Through the honesty of Jill’s work, we are brought closer to the frailty and humanity of celebrity.' (Neville Brody, designer of The Face Magazine)
'Jill is one of my favourite photographers of all time.' Jools Holland
Jill Furmanovsky body of work exudes at its heart her love of music and unique ability to capture its vibrancy and spirit throughout her career. Her intimate and candid shots of Oasis reflect her close relationship with the band during their zenith.
Rockarchive founder, Jill Furmanovsky, was born and brought up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her parents moved to London in 1965 when she was eleven. As a teenager, she became a Beatles fan and often stood outside Abbey Road Studio hoping to catch sight of them. Her first rock shot was of Paul McCartney and two school friends taken on a Kodak Instamatic outside of his home in St. John’s Wood.
Jill studied textile and then graphic design at the Central School of Art and Design in London. In January 1972, whilst on a two-week block course in photography, she had a lucky break when she was offered a job as in-house photographer for premier rock venue, The Rainbow Theatre. From then on, she took live shots and features for the music press of the day of the 1970’s and 80’s, including NME, Melody Maker, Sounds, Smash Hits and The Face. In the 1990s Jill became the main photographer for Oasis.
Jill has won many awards for her music photography including The Jane Bown...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Roses in Pitcher, Photograph by David Hamilton
Located in Long Island City, NY
David Hamilton was a British photographer and film director best known for his photography of young women and girls. In addition to he composed photographs of flowers, men, landscape...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Keith Richards - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print (1998)
Located in London, GB
Keith Richards - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print
Album Cover
August 26, 1998
Berlin
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Banya- Signed limited edition still life print, Black white photo, Dog, Animal
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Banya - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1998 - Edition of 5
A Basset Hound with her friend in a French café
This image was captured on film.
The negative was ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Drinking water from a pothole downstream from Uranium mine, 5/23/92
By Mark Klett
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting condi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Kabuki Starshine, Wigstock, NYC. Girlfriend Series. B&W Portrait Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“Nobody wakes up looking like Dietrich or Garbo” - Kabuki Starshine
Men, Women, and Drag, draws inspiration from his diverse roles as a photographer, poet, and activist. His work of...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Dorian Corey, Wigstock, NYC. Girlfriend Series. B&W Portrait Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“If two people remember your name, then you’ve left a mark. If you shoot an arrow and it goes real high, hooray for you.” - Dorian Corey.
Men, Women, and...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Lavinia Co-op, NYC. Girlfriend Series. Black and White Portrait Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Men, Women, and Drag, draws inspiration from his diverse roles as a photographer, poet, and activist. His work often intersects with themes of identity, social justice, and cultural ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Butch Chanel: John, Robert and Michael, Portrait NYC. Limited edition B&W photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“He left Phoenix in the morning, in the early dawning moments when the world is purple; and he saw on the highway, bands of spectral birds clustered on the pavement searching for God...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Lena by reflecting pool, Muley Pt., 7/14/96
By Mark Klett
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting conditions as 19th-century photographs by the likes of seminal surveyors William Henry Jackson and Timothy O’Sullivan. These photos consider changes in landscape, history, culture, aesthetics, technology, representation, and perception. Klett has collaborated with several artists, including Byron Wolfe...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Chefoo, View of Settlement - Ancient Albumen Print 1880/1900
Located in Roma, IT
Chefoo view of Settlement is an albumen print made by an unidentified photographic studio.
Print in excellent condition, applied to hardcover. The photographer's name is printed on ...
Category
1890s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
April Light, Cypress Creek, Wimberley, Texas
Located in Dallas, TX
"I like to go back to a place. Seasons change. Light, which is theater, changes. Nature is tumultuous, and our contact with it makes life happen.” - David H. Gibson
David H. Gibson ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jarvis Cocker Paris 1996 - Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Jarvis Cocker
Paris Olympia
NME Cover Shoot
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist.
Unframed
Signed and numb...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Jimmy James, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of singer songwriter Jimmy James.
From personality portraits and advertising campaign...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nude with White Line
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Blur by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blur
Damon Albarn,
London,
1999.
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class mus...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Large Albumen Photo - Via Dolorosa In Station Of The Bross. Jerusalem
Located in Surfside, FL
The Original American Colony was a colony established in Jerusalem in 1881 by members of a utopian society led by Anna and Horatio Spafford. Now a hotel in East Jerusalem, it is still known by that name today.
After suffering a series tragic losses following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (see hymn "It is Well with My Soul"), Chicago residents Anna and Horatio Spafford led a small American contingent in 1881 to Jerusalem to form a utopian society. The "American Colony," as it became known, was later joined by Swedish Christians. The society engaged in philanthropic work amongst the people of Jerusalem regardless of religious affiliation, gaining the trust of the local Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities.During and immediately after World War I, the American Colony carried out philanthropic work to alleviate the suffering of the local inhabitants, opening soup kitchens, hospitals, orphanages and other charitable ventures.
Towards the end of the 1950s, the society's communal residence was converted into the American Colony Hotel. The hotel is an integral part of the Jerusalem landscape where members of all communities in Jerusalem still meet. In 1992 representatives from the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel met in the hotel where they began talks that led to the historic 1993 Oslo Peace Accord.
Panorama of Jerusalem, c. 1890-1920
The Colony moved to the large house of a wealthy Arab landowner, Rabbah Husseini, outside the city walls in Sheikh Jarrah on the road to Nablus. Part of the building was used as a hostel for visitors from Europe and America. A small farm developed with animals, a butchery, a dairy, a bakery, a carpenter's shop, and a smithy. The economy was supplemented by a shop selling photographs, craft items and archaeological artifacts. The American Colonists were embraced by the Jewish and Palestinian communities for their good works, among them, teaching in both Muslim and Jewish schools.
Photography
Around 1900, Elijah Meyers, a member of the American Colony, began taking photographs of places and events in and around the city of Jerusalem. Meyers's work eventually expanded into a full-fledged photographic division within the Colony, including Hol Lars (Lewis) Larsson and G. Eric Matson, who later renamed the effort as the Matson Photographic Service. Their interest in archeological artifacts (such as the Lion Tower in Tripoli pictured here), and the detail of their photographs, led to widespread interest in their work by archeologists. The collection was later donated to the Library of Congress.
World War I
When the Ottoman Empire entered World War I as an ally of Germany in November 1914, Jerusalem and Palestine became a battleground between the Allied and the Central powers...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Car Racing in France, 1911 - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Agence Meurisse, Paris. Car racing in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, circa 1911.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print pho...
Category
1910s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Don't Tell Mamma #1. Black and white lips photograph
By Koray Erkaya
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This is a series of black and white nude photographs that began with analog photography between 1992 and 2005, followed by a transition period to digital photography. Erkaya is curre...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shop Black and White Photography
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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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