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Black and White Photography For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1990s
Florence Devastated by the Waters of the Arno - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Florence devastated by the waters of the Arno is an original vintage photograph realized by the photography agency of Farabola. With the stamp of Agency and the notes on the rear. ...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Jimi at Woburn Festival 1968" framed B&W photograph by Michael Putland
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Jimi at Woburn Festival 1968" framed black and white photograph by Michael Putland of Jimi Hendrix at the July 6, 1968, Woburn Music Festival in England. "Jimi at Woburn Festival 19...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Digging for Clams on Black Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Digging for Clams on Black Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1960 Chromogenic Lambda print Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black B...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Lambda

Ben 2-Signed limited edition contemporary print, Black white, Man, Homoerotic
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 ‘Ben 2 ‘ who was captured on film in 1989...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Balenciaga
Located in London, GB
Platinum palladium print, framed, Signed by the artist, on verso Image: 40.6 x 40.6 cm (sheet: 57 x 57 cm), Framed: 60.5 x 60.5 cm Edition of 10 David Bailey is a renowned British...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Platinum

#14 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe / Bob Holbert, Daytona 2000 Kilometer race
Located in Dallas, TX
#14 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe/Bob Holbert, Daytona 2000 Kilometer race by Al Satterwhite is an 11 x 14 inch archival pigment print. This photograph features a racecar with the numbe...
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1960s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Mr. Harlem, Photograph of African-American Body Builder, New York City 1960s
Located in New york, NY
The image of a body builder from the 1960s captures African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s. Mr. Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is from the photographer's book Black in White Am...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film

Ferris Wheel from the Tuileries
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...
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1990s Realist Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Surf Wagon, St. Petersburg Beach, FL, by Al Satterwhite, 1964
Located in Dallas, TX
Surf Wagon, St. Petersburg Beach by Al Satterwhite is a 16 x 20 inch archival pigment print, available in an edition of 25. This photograph features a group of teenagers sitting on top of a car filled with surfboards. The image size is 12 x 17 3/4 inches, the paper size is 16 x 20 inches. This photograph is signed, titled, dated, print date, and numbered by Al Satterwhite. This photograph is available in multiple sizes: 11 x 14 in., Edition of 25 16 x 20 in., Edition of 25 24 x 36 in., Edition of 25 36 x 54 in., Edition of 25 Al Satterwhite started working as a photographer at a major daily newspaper in Florida while in high school, covering major news stories in the Southeast. After a year as the Governor of Florida's personal photographer, he started a career as a freelance magazine photographer. Over the next 10 years he worked on assignment for almost every major magazine (Automobile, Car & Driver, Fortune, Geo, Life, Look, Money, Newsweek, People, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, Time, Travel & Leisure, to name a few). He was a consultant to Kodak for digital imaging for a number of years. He has lectured at Boston University, Brooks Institute of Photography, Hallmark Institute of Photography, ASMP, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, PhotoExpos in Los Angeles & New York. He has given workshops at Dawson College (Montreal), ICP (NYC), Kauai Photographic (Hawaii), the Maine Workshops, the Missouri Workshops, Palm Beach Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe Workshops & his own studio in New York City. He lectures and holds workshops at various facilities around the U.S. His photographic prints are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Houston Fine Art...
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1960s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Feminist Movement, Divorce Right - Vintage b/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Feminist movement, Divorce Right is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the1960s. Good conditions. With the stamp of copyright on the rear.
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Signed limited edition still life print, Black white, Contemporary - Arum Lilies
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Arum Lilies - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1993 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm (Acid- and lignin-free paper, Museum quality for highest age resistance and a popular alternative to analogue baryta paper) using pigment inks which are known for their longevity. Please note. There are three sizes of this archival pigment print ; each is an edition of five (5) making the total that can be printed as fifteen (15). This will include any custom sizes requested Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity, packaged with care. Edition : 1/5 , unframed Archival pigment print available sizes ( Image size , the white margin is not counted) : 50 x 45 cm / 19,68 x 17,72 in - Edition of 5 75 x 66 cm / 29,53 x 25,99 in - Edition of 5 100 x 89 cm / 39,37 x 35,04 in - Edition of 5 Ian Sanderson (born 1951 Scotland, died 2020 Spain) was a Scottish photographer. Ian produced images over a 35 year career. For most he worked as both a Commercial and Fine Art photographer; during his last years concentrated on his personal archive. Ian and his widow Nathalie have worked for many years with alternative printing techniques in their workshop, ISP, creating Platinum Palladium, Silver Gelatin, Lith or Gum Bichromate. This culminated in a large retrospective exhibition in Barcelona which was sponsored by the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation. Platinum Palladium printing is a traditional photographic technique which precedes silver gelatin technique. Many photographers have worked with it in the past as Irvin Penn, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sebastiao Salgado o Ormond Gigli with its Platinum with gold leaf print 'Girls in the Windows'. ISP Workshop continues with the work of Ian's widow to create archival pigment prints like this one but also rare and personalized photographs. The original Platinum Palladium technique she uses is more advanced by adding another precious metal (silver or gold leaf depending on the desired rendering) that only a handful of artists in the world have the expertise to practice it today. Silver or Gold bring longevity and rarity to the print but also a tonal range and depth unmatched by digital printers which are valued by collectors. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. categories : Black and white photography, 20th. century, Archival pigment print, Monochromatic Art...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pi...

Talisa Sato, Naples, Italy, 1990 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion, Woman
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Talisa Sato, Naples, Italy, 1990 1990 Archival pigment print Image 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.) Edition of 10, plus 2 AP Print only Albert Wa...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

On the Dutch Ferry
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Louis Stettner On the Dutch Ferry, 1962 Silver gelatin print Framed Dimensions: 17 x 21 inches (43.2 x 53.3 cm) Sheet: 11.5 x 16 inches (29.2 x 40.6 cm) Image: 8.5 x 12.5 inches ...
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Private Road with Clouds
Located in Carmel, CA
Roman Loranc's most famous image. Still powerful in this size. Gifted to owner by Roman. No edition number. Framed in Flat Black Metal Frame with plexiglass 20x24 is numbered and si...
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1990s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Blind Beggar - Broadway & 34th St., New York City
Located in Saint Louis, MO
S. Vincent Dillard Blind Beggar - Broadway & 34th St., New York City, 1992 Gelatin silver print 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

1991 "Gate" Large Scale Signed Vintage Silver gelatin Print Photograph
By Zeke Berman
Located in Surfside, FL
Gate Taught Version 1991. Large format silver gelatin photo. signed and dated. Zeke Berman’s still lifes are fabrications derived from the material of ordinary and intimate experience, reconstituted to satisfy the demands of improvised play, monocular vision, and the special characteristics of photographic description. They are concerned with the pictorial aspect of sculpture and the provisional nature of realistic indication. In the central tradition of still-life art, they aim to establish an unsuspected order in the congregation of unremarkable things. Since the late 1970's Zeke Berman has been making singular, studio-based photographs. These works reflect his long standing interest in visual cognition, optics and the intersection between sculpture, photography and drawing. The formal range of his work and his sculptural use of materials is varied, original and idiosyncratic. Berman’s work has been collected and exhibited in museums such as The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan, Whitney, Art Institute of Chicago and LA County Museum. His work was featured in the first New Photography Exhibition, 1984, at MoMA. Awards include Guggenheim, NEA and NYFA Arts Fellowships. Berman lives and works in New York City. from MOMA A World of Its Own: Photographic Practices in the Studio examines the ways in which photographers and other artists using photography have worked and experimented within their studios, from photography’s inception to the present. Featuring both new acquisitions and works from the Museum’s collection that have not been on view in recent years, A World of Its Own brings together photographs, films, and videos by artists such as Berenice Abbott, Uta Barth, Zeke Berman, Karl Blossfeldt, Constantin Brancusi, Geta Brătescu, Harry Callahan, Robert Frank, Jan Groover, Barbara Kasten, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, Paul Outerbridge, Irving Penn, Adrian Piper...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Entrance: framed abstract black & white photograph collage w/ key, shoe, trees
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

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Me & You: framed abstract black & white photo collage w/ nudes, insect, heart
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Me & You" is a black & white framed silver gelatin collage photograph with images of nudes, insect, heart, key, and other abstract elements from artist Jenny Lynn's "Extrapolations"...
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1990s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Pascale Faye #1, Dancer photo
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
HOWARD SCHATZ (American, 20th Century) Pascale Faye #1, 1996 Gelatin silver, 1996 20 x 16 inches. pencil annotations Unframed Schatz was awarded the 2015 IPA International Photogra...
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1990s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Wading Pool Girl - Greenwich Village, New York City
Located in Saint Louis, MO
S. Vincent Dillard Wading Pool Girl - Greenwich Village, New York City, 1968 Gelatin Silver Print 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eve Babitz and Marcel Duchamp playing chess during Duchamp's Pasadena Art Museum
Located in New York, NY
Listing is for an unframed print and includes free shipping to the continental US and 14-day return policy. Julian Wasser Eve Babitz and Marcel Duchamp pl...
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Muscle Boy, Harlem, Black and White Photography 1960s African American Children
Located in New york, NY
Muscle Boy, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a signed and numbered archival Iris print. The edition 25/100 was in a planned edition of 100 and halted at 25 prints (as annotated on ve...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital Pigment, Photographic Film, Arc...

Carroll Shelby/Sebring, FL by Al Satterwhite, 1964, Archival Pigment Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated and numbered. Paper size: 20 x 16 in. AVAILABLE SIZES: 11 x 14 in., Edition of 25 16 x 20 in., Edition of 25 "The discovery of fast cars and auto racing rocked my world as a high school student in the early 1960s. After graduating I did everything I could to wrangle assignments to cover two of the biggest international endurance races held annually in Florida. The Daytona 24-Hour and Sebring 12-Hour races were the highlight of my early years as a photographer. Covering racing events in the Sixties was a lot different from what it is today. Access to the racers and the cars was much easier and there were far fewer photographers covering any event. As a fan and a photojournalist in search of a great story, I usually hung around Carroll Shelby’s pit. Shelby and his Cobras were always race winning contenders. “Shel” was easy to work with and to be around. He let me do what I wanted and go where I pleased to capture a story. At the 1964 Sebring race, Shel was recovering from surgery, alternating between crutches and a wheelchair. As his good friend and motor racing artist Bill Neale...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cilento, Olive Trees, Italy
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...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Guatemala, Market, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 24 x 24 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, and the USSR in the 1960s.In the invitation to an exhibition of her works in 2003, one reads: "Hanna Seidel, observing the world through her camera lens, could capture everyday situtations in a unique manner."A touring exhibition containing 100 selected photographs entitled "From Rio Grande to Cape Horn...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Tule Raft, Retired Negative.
Located in Carmel, CA
Mint Condition Printed by artist Gifted to owner by Roman No Edition Serene Image Japanese Like
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1990s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Tania Mallet' V&A Portfolio Fashion Photography Limited Edition print
Located in London, GB
'Tania Mallet' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print The exquisite Tania Mallet modelling a hat, John French (1907-66), London, 1960 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Fashion P...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish by Kevin Cummins
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of English band Blur, posing in front of the graffiti slogan 'Modern Life is Rubbish', the title of their 1993 album. Blur were the kings of Britpop and are from L-R: Damon...
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1990s Photorealist Black and White Photography

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C Print

Kent, England
Located in Dallas, TX
Kent, England, 1968 Gelatin silver print Paper size: 20 x 24 in., Image size: 14 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. Printed c. 1985 Signed in black ink on print margin by Elliott Erwitt Born to Russi...
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1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Michael Ochs 'Brigitte Bardot' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20 x 30
Located in San Rafael, CA
Brigitte Bardot with cigarette in hand by photographer Michael Ochs, originally taken in 1962. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Marilyn With Diamonds, Laughing Marilyn Monroe
Located in Carmel, CA
Sometimes referred to as Marilyn with Pearls or Marilyn Laughing into Camera. Taken with 35mm hence the format, image size smaller. Printed on 16x20 paper. Signed on front in pen. T...
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Richard Burton, Hollywood Actor
Located in Carmel, CA
Taken 1961 possible 1962. Printed 1988 Signed and stamped on verso. Story told to me by his friend – “The jacket is on backwards because Mr. Stern was having issues getting the ligh...
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward wearing a dinner dress by Gustave Tassell, Beverly Hills, 1960. The bodice is made of white silk faille and the skirt i...
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1960s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Gary Cooper with Gun and Cowboy Hat, Esquire Magazine
Located in Carmel, CA
Printed by artist in 1987 Excellent Condition
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

NYC 1969 - Woman in Room
Located in Carmel, CA
Mint Condition Platinum Photograph
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Platinum

Paul Wunderlich smoking
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
Portrait of Paul Wunderlich smoking by his wife Karin Székessy. Printed as a Photo serigraph and signed by the artist. 'Paul Wunderlich smoking’ By Karin Székessy Medium - Photo ser...
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1960s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

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Screen

Monique and Babies; Monique Chevalier in Norman Norell Harvey Winston Diamonds
Located in Carmel, CA
Mint Condition silver gelatin photography printed by Bert Stern. Stamped on verso. Vogue 1962
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Digging for Clams (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Digging for Clams on Black Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1960 Chromogenic Lambda print Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black B...
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1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

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Lambda

Aristotle Onassis - Vintage b/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Aristotele Onassis - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1960s. Stamped on the rear. Good conditions. With the handwriting on the rear.
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Elephant - Ceylon Photo Reportage - Vintage Photograph by Folco Quilici - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Elephant - Ceylon Photo Reportage is a Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1960s by Folco Quilici. Good conditions. Stamped on the rear.
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mexico, Man, Handcraft, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24, 2 x 24 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Reg Lancaster 'Birkin and Gainsbourg' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
By photographer Reg Lancaster, English actress Jane Birkin and French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, at home in Paris, 1969. As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we ...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

ABT Dancer Lupe Serrano & Rudolph Nureyev Rehearsing for Television, Signed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theater ballerina Lupe Serrano and Rudolf Nureyev rehearsing at ABT for a television appearance, 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mitchell, (1925-2013) bulging photographic portfolio of actors, writers, painters, musicians and especially dancers describes a pictorial history of the arts in the late 20th century. Mr. Mitchell, who took hundreds of pictures for The New York Times, was both a portraitist and a capturer of complex motion. An expert in lighting, he worked mostly, though not entirely, in black and white, and he was known — by his subjects, by the magazine and newspaper editors he worked for, and by critics — as someone who could make a photograph reveal character. Jack Mitchell was the official photographer for the American Ballet Theater, and he chronicled the work of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for more than thirty years. When he retired in 1995, he had fulfilled more than 5,000 assignments in black and white, and nearly a thousand in color. He photographed more than 160 covers for Dance magazine, and his photos have appeared in Time, Life, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and many other publications. Mitchell’s photographs are in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, among others. The 2019 USPS Black Heritage postage stamp honoring American performer Gregory Hines was made from a Jack Mitchell photograph, and a Jack Mitchell photograph of Audre Lorde...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Guatemala, Street, People Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 29 x 24 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Guatemala, Man, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 23 x 17, 1 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1960s
By ANSA
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photo realized in the 1960s by Agenzia ANSA. Good condition except for signs of wear on top left margin. Monica Vitti ...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mont Llia, Wales (One single stone in field)
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...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Male Nude in Motel (Desert Nudes) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Men
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude in Motel (Desert Nudes) - 1999 - 20x25cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inve...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Michael Ochs 'Brigitte Bardot' Limited Edition Photograph, 20 x 16
Located in San Rafael, CA
Brigitte Bardot with cigarette in hand by photographer Michael Ochs, originally taken in 1962. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Palm Bay Club
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965 Slim Aarons Palm Bay Club Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Num...
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1960s American Realist Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Twiggy, Paris Collection Vogue
Located in Carmel, CA
Twiggy wearing Cardin with wine, break and a television monitor. Twiggy - Paris Collection Vogue 1967 Printed by Bert Stern Printed 1985 Stamped and signed on verso
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ray Charles Posed Portrait
Located in Carmel, CA
Rare portrait of Ray Charles. Signed, Title and Date and stamped on Verso For Vogue 1969
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Orchid-Signed limited edition fine art print, Black White Nature, Still life
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Orchids by Ian Sanderson Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1991 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file wh...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pi...

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...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Guatemala, Landscape, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 24, 4 x 24 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

John Minihan 'Yves Saint Laurent' Limited Edition Photograph Print, 30 x 40
Located in San Rafael, CA
By photographer John Minihan, Yves Saint Laurent, French designer with two fashion models, Betty Catroux (left) and Loulou de la Falaise, outside his 'Riv...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, 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...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Guatemala, Woods, Man, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 24 x 24 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, and the USSR in the 1960s.In the invitation to an exhibition of her works in 2003, one reads: "Hanna Seidel, observing the world through her camera lens, could capture everyday situtations in a unique manner."A touring exhibition containing 100 selected photographs entitled "From Rio Grande to Cape Horn...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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.

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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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