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Black and White Photography For Sale
Period: 1980s
Gelatin silver print of Boston Terrier Dog by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
Pro...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gelatin silver print of Pat Cleveland Doing Handstand in Montauk by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
Pro...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gelatin silver print of Cars in Parking Lot by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
Pro...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gelatin silver print of Graffiti on Industrial Building by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
Pro...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gelatin silver print of Bette Midler by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
Pro...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Black and white gelatin silver print of Debbie Harry by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Date stamped on verso Oct 27 1980
Provenance: Fr...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Six stitched gelatin silver prints of Nude Male by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
"Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred works each comprising several identical photographs stitched together with thread. At the edges of the work excess thread ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Byrne
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Dated "SEP 21 1982" on the verso.
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation i...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chris Harris, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 25
Also available in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch, Edition 25
Black and white portrait of Chris Harris.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layo...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Andy Warhol with Tony Shafrazi and Ronnie Cutrone
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tony Shafrazi had represented Keith Haring until the artist’s death in 1990. Shafrazi said of his first time ever entering The Factory in 1965, “I remember putting down my suitcase and looking out the window and seeing some people on the fire escape across the street. I realized that it was Andy Warhol’s Factory. So I went up to the Factory, and I remember Andy coming to the elevator and seeing me dressed up in this little mod, shiny, mohair suit...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Halston Holding American Flag at Warhol's Montauk Estate
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Dated 'Jul 6 1982' (on the reverse).
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The And...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kentucky Mansion
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Dated 'May 03 1982' (on the reverse).
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Keith Haring's Pop Shop
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Keith Haring opened his Pop Shop in the Soho district of New York in 1986, selling t-shirts and novelty items at affordable prices. "I wanted to continue this same sort of communicat...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Photograph of a Marilyn Monroe Drag Impersonator
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gelatin silver print of a Man Wearing a Marilyn Monroe T-shirt by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work
Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in.
Framed dimensions: 17.125 x 15.125 in.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundatio...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jerry Hall and Pele
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jerry Hall is a model and the former partner of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, with whom she has four children. “Even Andy, who was known for knowing sl...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Telephone
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in.
Framed dimensions: 17.125 x 15.125 in.
Dated 'SEP 07 1982'.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
City Skyline in Spain
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Dated 'Jan 24 1983' (on the reverse).
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male Bather
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 13.625 x 16.25 in.
Dated 'JUN 14 1982' on the reverse.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Wa...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jerry Hall and Grace Jones
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Grace Jones began her career as a model, working for fashion houses such as Yves Saint Laurent and Kenzo and appearing on the covers of Elle and Vogue. She began her music career as ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor at Halston's
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
One of the most popular classic Hollywood movie stars, Elizabeth Taylor starred in such films as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, for which she w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Juan Dubose and Keith Haring
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol and a Male Model
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in.
Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York.
This is a unique work.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts inventory number written on verso and initialed Tim Hunt (“T.J.H.”).
The work comes with either a Certificate of Provenance or Certificate of Authenticity from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to Hedges Projects...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Torso
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Phyllis Diller
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The comedic actress Phyllis Diller was known throughout the 1960s and 70s for her offbeat stage persona and outlandish costumes. She appeared regularly ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sam Bolton
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in.
Framed dimensions: 17.125 x 15.125 in.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundati...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bathroom
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fauchon
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bedroom
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol on Commercial Set
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Four stitched gelatin silver prints of Artist and Three Girls by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
"Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred works each comprising several identical photographs stitched together with thread. At the edges of the work excess thread ...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shoe Closet
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Photograph of a Sign (We Reported You to the Police...)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in.
The work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York.
Stamped on th...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Peter Beard
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Ar...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol, Photograph of Diana Vreeland and Fred Hughes
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
As Editor-in-Chief, Diana Vreeland brought Vogue to the forefront of international fashion magazines. Richard Avedon said of Vreeland at her memorial, “Diana lived for imagination ruled by discipline, and created a totally new profession. Vreeland invented the fashion editor.” Photographers such as Irving Penn, Franco Rubartelli, David Bailey, Patrick Litchfield, Cecil Beaton, and Richard Avedon contributed some of their landmark pieces to the magazine. As one of the greatest fashion icons in history, Diana Vreeland had many of her own thoughts on fashion. She says, “Fashion is a part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in clothes.”
Fred Hughes...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Francesco Clemente at Cafe Roma
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991.
This is a unique work.
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 16.125 x 18....
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Catherine Guinness and Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in.
Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York.
This is a unique work.
Stamped on the re...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Caroline in the Entrance Hall, Villa Victoria, MONTE-CARLO, B&W photography
Located in Cody, WY
UNIQUE PRINT SILVER GELATIN - silver gelatin print mounted on diebond and framed in black frame.
THE MONTE-CARLO SERIES (1980), Early works from 1980, Executed in 2011. Shot in abandoned 19th century villas in and around Monaco and Monte-Carlo between 1980 and 1982, the photographs feature young women in the artist's intimate circle of friends playfully posing in eccentric vintage attire...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Thompson and Brown, Male Nudes Photographed in Studio, Queer Art
Located in New york, NY
A black and white photograph, Thompson and Brown, c. 1980 by George Dureau is a 20" x 16" gelatin silver print, signed and titled recto (front of photo) below the image. Often compar...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Surf Club, Miami 1989
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 25.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through September 11th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after September 11th. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production.
Shipping time depends on method of shipping.
Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph.
ABOUT:
In the hazy, warm New York summer, little is more refreshing than reclining on the beach in the mist of the icy ocean waves or enjoying a family trip to the country house. Each summer, Rice curates her favorite show, the Summertime Salon, which reminds us of this exact seasonal sentiment. The two, long walls of the gallery become mosaicked, top to bottom, side to side, in photographs that evoke all the preeminent feelings and memories of summer. Each year, the Summertime Salon matures and Rice’s annual masterpiece comes into fruition. This year is no exception. The show is a haven of what the Robin Rice Gallery stands for, a community of art and experience.
As the largest annual exhibition, the Summertime Salon is carefully pieced together, the results are staggering. The works of the 53 gallery artists come together communally, reinforcing the overall sense of unity that the show creates as a whole. In knowing the photographs so fluently, Rice strategically places them together in a way that will enhance the individual stories contained in each. Details from one image flow from into the next, elevating every photograph in a distinctly unique way.
This year’s invitational image, “Surf Club” by Silvia Lareo-Vasquez, features a woman in a vintage sun hat reclining in the pool with a drink. The black and white image evokes an extreme sense of nostalgia in its cinematic portraiture and supple texture. Though the figure of the woman is tauntingly beautiful, the drink is the darkest tone, nearing black, and is centered in the frame. With this, we are reminded of the refreshing notes of summer and the utter serenity of taking the day off to relax.
The show’s imagery is evocative of all eras of summer, thus any viewer can relate or connect to one of the images. As Rice likes to say, “There’s something for everyone.” One image by Benjamin Heller details a strong owl flying...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stretch - Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Black and white, Model
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stretch - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
This image was captured on film in 1982.
From the same photoshoot, the so-called 'Zip' print by Ian San...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Corso Sienna, 1989
By Todd Burris
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 1 of 10
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is prod...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Torso
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 25, includes black frame with white mat.
Robert Farber’s style has influenced generations of photographers. His painterly, impressionistic style captures the essence of compo...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
RuPaul, Peachtree Street Garden, Atlanta
Located in New York, NY
This black and white portrait of a young RuPaul, taken by Paula Gately Tillman in 1988, is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
RuPaul, Peachtree Street Garden, Atlanta
1988/printed l...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Keith Haring Subway Art photo c.1981 (Keith Haring subway drawings)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Subway Drawings Photograph:
This photograph captures Keith Haring's epic conquest, producing public art across the New York City subway platforms, during the early 80's....
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
John Kelly, Backstage, at the Limelight, Chelsea, New York City
Located in New York, NY
This black and white portrait, taken by Paula Gately Tillman in 1986, is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
John Kelly, Backstage, at the Limelight, Chelsea, New York City
1986/prin...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tish and Snooky, Founders of Manic Panic, St. Mark's Place, New York City
Located in New York, NY
This black and white photograph by Paula Gately Tillman is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Tish and Snooky, Founders of Manic Panic, St. Mark’s Place, New York City
1986/printed ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Miss Guy, Wigstock, Tompkins Square, New York City
Located in New York, NY
This black and white portrait of a young RuPaul, taken by Paula Gately Tillman in 1988, is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Miss Guy, Wigstock, Tompkins Square, New York City
1992...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wookie Head
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 2/25, includes white frame.
A Long Island native, von Hohenberg has always been a world traveler and took an interest in photography at the young age of fourteen. He was raised ...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wookie Feet
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 6/25, includes white frame.
A Long Island native, von Hohenberg has always been a world traveler and took an interest in photography at the young age of fourteen. He was raised ...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Platinum Palladium print over pure Gold leaf, Limited Edition, Nude - Franci ..
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Franci & Michelle - Platinum Palladium print over pure 24 carat Gold leaf on vellum paper
Edition 1 of 5 , plus 2 AP ( size 1 )
Signed + numbered with certificate of authenticit...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Gold, Platinum, Gold Leaf
Figurative photo, Signed limited edition contemporary print, Black white-Raquel
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 ‘ Raquel ‘ who was captured on film in 19...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Elvis Teardrops
Located in New York, NY
This is a black and white photograph of Elvis Presley by Bruce Cratsley offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Elvis Teardrops
1984
Gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, and dated, ver...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986 - Sebastião Salgado (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986
Sebastião Salgado
International Shipping Available
Stamped with photographer’s copyright blind stamp
Signed, inscribed on reverse
Undertaking projects of vast temporal and geographic scope, Sebastião Salgado (born 1944) is one of the most celebrated photojournalists working today. Whilst inescapably memorable for their beauty, Salgado’s photographs...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Signed Keith Haring Pop Shop poster (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Signed Keith Haring Pop Shop poster 1988:
A historical 1980s Keith Haring Pop Shop poster/fold out catalog (reverse), endearingly inscribed, ‘Love K. Haring 88’ in black marker with ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Wookie Hands
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 2/5, includes white frame with white mat.
A Long Island native, von Hohenberg has always been a world traveler and took an interest in photography at the young age of fourteen. ...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Signed limited edition nude photography, Contemporary black white, Sensual Nadia
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nadia - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
Sexy photo shoot of a woman in profile, hunched over an old dentist's chair with a su...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Georgia O'Keeffe, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1980
By Myron Wood
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Myron Wood. Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz in Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1980. Image size: 10 x 12.5" dry mounted. Gelatin silver print. Signed and dated on mount recto. Printed by the artis...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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.
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