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Black and White Photography For Sale
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Ursula Andress, London
Located in London, GB
edition 2 of 50
signed and numbered
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
PHILIPPE ROBERT - Marie Agnes Gillot - Opera National de Paris 2008
Located in PARIS, FR
Limited edition of 12. Metal framed and aluminium monting. Signed and numbered on the back.
Philippe Robert was the first photographer to shoot the Opéra national of Paris ballerinas.
Marie Agnes...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pablo Picasso Painting the Backdrop for the Play 14th of July by Romain Rolland
By Dora Maar
Located in London, GB
Unique silver gelatin contact print
Provenance: The Estate of Dora Maar
Category
Early 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Savoie Cat, (Chat Savoie) III
By Dora Maar
Located in London, GB
Unique silver gelatin contact print
Provenance: The Estate of Dora Maar
Category
Early 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
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
Halston, Dolly Parton & Andy Warhol at Studio 54
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc.
Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Pat Hackett to Hedges Projects...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
''She'' Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print Of Five
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition 1 of 5
The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they have a so...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Rag Paper
Paul Newman, 1972 (Terry O'Neill - Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Paul Newman, 1972 (Terry O'Neill - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
16x20: £2,100
20x24: £2,700
30x40: £4,800
48x72: £12,000
Edition of 50 and 10 APs per size. Di...
Category
Late 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Barbra Streisand
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This black and white photograph is a portrait of Barbara Streisand backstage, getting ready for a performance. It is a beautiful and intimate portrait of the celebrity.
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee - Chris Smith, Muhammad Ali, 46x66 in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937)
Float like a Butterfly
1971
silver gelatin fibre based print
20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in.
signed and numbered
printed later
This work is available in the following sizes (paper size):
20 x 30 in., edition of 25 plus 2 AP, £3,000 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT)
34.5 x 48 in., edition of 50 plus 2 AP, £6,600 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT)
46 x 66 in., edition of 25 plus 2 AP, £9,600 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT)
Provenance:
Direct from the artist’s studio
Notes:
All photographs are signed and numbered and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the photographer.
'Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, 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
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
Another gorgeous and typically 'S...
Category
1950s Modern 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
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
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
'Evening Elegance' V&A Portfolio Fashion Photography Limited Edition
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Evening Elegance' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
A model wearing a fur stole, John French (1907-66), London, 1955
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Fashion Photograp...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rooves [Notre-Dame in the Distance], Paris, (Toits [Notre-Dame au Loin], Paris)
By Dora Maar
Located in London, GB
Unique silver gelatin contact print
Provenance: The Estate of Dora Maar
Category
Early 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
![Rooves [Notre-Dame in the Distance], Paris, (Toits [Notre-Dame au Loin], Paris)](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/dora-maar-photography-rooves-notre-dame-in-the-distance-paris-toits-notre-dame-au-loin-paris-for-sale/a_88/a_110562621666178433282/Copy_of_contact_image_23_master.jpg?width=240 "Dora Maar - Rooves [Notre-Dame in the Distance], Paris, (Toits [Notre-Dame au Loin], Paris)")
Dinka Cattle Camp of Amak, Southern Sudan, 2006 - Sebastião Salgado
Located in London, GB
Dinka Cattle Camp of Amak, Southern Sudan, 2006
Sebastião Salgado
Stamped with photographer's copyright blind stamp
Signed, inscribed on reverse
Silver gelatin print
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
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Larry Rivers
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number and initialed Tim ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nova Car - Marfa Texas - Vintage Car Photograph
By Pico Garcez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pico Garcez (b.1963, São Paulo, Brazil) In Love with Photography, Iconography and Painting, exercises his gaze from childhood when he began to play with his first camera. Practicing ...
Category
2010s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
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
Andy Warhol, Photograph with Farrah Fawcett circa 1979
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Farrah Fawcett was an American actress and model, best known for her role on Charlie's Angels and her iconic feathered hairstyle, which became a fad in the 1970s.
Image dimensions:...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Weir Dam, Sullivan County, Tennessee (#2312)
Located in New York, NY
8 x 10 inch (image size) gelatin silver contact print, on an 11 x 14 inch sheet
Edition 10. Signed and stamped on verso.
Framing additional.
Larger sizes available - please inqui...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
La Defense, Paris, France, 1972 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White)
Located in London, GB
La Defense, Paris, France, 1972 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White)
Signed and stamped with photographer's blind stamp
Silver gelatin print, printed 1980s
11 x 14 inches
Henri...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Managua, Nicaragua, 1957 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Managua, Nicaragua, 1957 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
Ava...
Category
20th Century 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
Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
A...
Category
Late 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee - Chris Smith, Muhammad Ali, 34.5x48 in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937)
Float like a Butterfly
1971
silver gelatin fibre based print
20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in.
signed and numbered
printed later
This work is available in the following sizes (paper size):
20 x 30 in., edition of 25 plus 2 AP, £3,000 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT)
34.5 x 48 in., edition of 50 plus 2 AP, £6,600 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT)
46 x 66 in., edition of 25 plus 2 AP, £9,600 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT)
Provenance:
Direct from the artist’s studio
Notes:
All photographs are signed and numbered and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the photographer.
'Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, 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
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
Slim Aarons, Kaufmann Desert House (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Catch Up by the Pool (Kaufmann Desert House)
1970
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and actress L...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"remembering the way" black and white photograph clouds sky bird silhouette
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Marie Navarre
remembering the way, 2021
archival digital print on Surface Gampi, Rives BFK
25.5" x 25" unframed
28.75" x 27.75" framed
Edition of 5
Marie Navarre’s deep interest in poetry, especially the Japanese form of Haiku, has had a profound influence on her work. She conjures dreamlike images that appear to be from just outside the realm of human observation, like the fragments of a distant memory. She prints her mysterious and timeless images of flocks of birds, grey sky and shimmering endless horizons unmoored from specific times and places, then hand stitches over a background of Gampi paper—a soft, silky Japanese paper that has a satin-like sheen. These enigmatic photographic constructions document the implications of a moment rather than its actuality. The artist understands that her relationship to photography is complex: “I have this trouble of being a photographer but wanting to make the photographs into something else. I still think like a photographer even though in some ways I’m sabotaging the way that photography works. I still begin my artmaking process by making pictures. I don’t know how to begin without the photograph.” At play is the tension of a fixed medium documenting a world in movement.
Navarre has a BA, MA and MFA from Arizona State University. Her work is collected nationally and she has received a number of awards including a Capp Street Project Residency Grant in San Francisco for her collaboration with Jim Campbell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
La Boda de Señorita Monica.
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Original Deborah Turbeville photograph.
Signed by the artist.
Category
1990s 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
Paul Newman in the motion picture "Cool Hand Luke", black and white portrait
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This black and white portrait of actor Paul Newman was taken by Lawrence Schiller in 1967 on the set of the movie "Cool Hand Luke".
A silver gelatin photograph by Post War artist Larry Schiller. This celebrity photograph...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War 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
Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier, New York City, 1971 - Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier, New York City, 1971 - Elliott Erwitt
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin prin...
Category
Late 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hammer and Sickle
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Image dimensions: 5 x 8 in.
Framed dimensions: 12.125 x 16.25 in.
Published in Contact Warhol: Photography Without End.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Cat
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
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Susan Sontag and Gloria Vanderbilt
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number and initialed Tim ...
Category
Late 20th Century 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
Raquel Welch, 1971 (Terry O'Neill - Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Raquel Welch, 1971 (Terry O'Neill - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
16x20: £2,100
20x24: £2,700
30x40: £4,800
48x72: £12,000
Edition of 50 and 10 APs per size. Digitally printed signature and edition number on bottom front border. Estate-stamped on reverse.
American actress Raquel Welch on the Spanish set of the western ‘Hannie Caulder’, directed by Burt Kennedy, 1971. She is wearing a number 9 Chelsea Football...
Category
Late 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Keith Haring in Park with Friends
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Nova Car - Marfa Texas - Vintage Car Photograph
By Pico Garcez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pico Garcez (b.1963, São Paulo, Brazil) In Love with Photography, Iconography and Painting, exercises his gaze from childhood when he began to play with his first camera. Practicing ...
Category
2010s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Silver gelatin photo booth strip of four images of Jim McLaughlin by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gelatin silver photobooth strip.
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...
Category
1960s 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
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
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
'Space Hats' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
Patti Boyd and Celia Hammond modelling ‘Dots and Moons’ hats designed by Edward Mann, John French (19...
Category
1960s Modern 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
Prayer Flags Bhutan - Abstract Photography
By Pico Garcez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pico Garcez (b.1963, São Paulo, Brazil) In Love with Photography, Iconography and Painting, exercises his gaze from childhood when he began to play with his first camera. Practicing ...
Category
2010s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Ozzy Osbourne and Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Unique Gelatin Silver Print
Paper size: 8 x 10 inches
Framed size: 23.75 x 25.25 inches
Provenance: Private collection, New York
This work originates from the Estate of Andy Warho...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Macaroni, from Bauhaus I Portfolio
By Irene Bayer
Located in Dallas, TX
Bauhaus I Portfolio
Ed. 33/70
Signed and dated in black ink on print margin.
Category
1920s Modern 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
New York City, 1974 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
New York City, 1974 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
Availabl...
Category
Late 20th Century 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.
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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