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Period: 1950s
St. Peter's Square, Rome, Italy, Edition of Snow at the Vatican 1950s
Located in New york, NY
St. Peter's Square, Rome, Italy, 1958 by Leonard Freed is a black and white documentary photograph of two figures (priests) on a snowy afternoon dressed in black in contrast to the f...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Che Guevara
Located in Cologne, DE
Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Che Guevara
Located in Cologne, DE
Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Beauty Queen (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Beauty Queen, 1950
Silver Gelatin Print
Cosmetics queen Helena Rubinstein (1870 – 1965), third from right, at her Park Avenue, New York apart...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Stunning Elizabeth Taylor' (Limited Edition Oversize silver gelatine print)
Located in London, GB
'Stunning Elizabeth Taylor'
Portrait of the actress Elizabeth Taylor, 1953.
As the title suggests; a simply stunning close up image of the iconic movie star, fixing the camera with...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Coup De Trique
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A waitress serves coffee to a couple outside the Cafe De Coup De Trique near Le Mans, France, July 1955. In the foreground is an MG TF sports car. Original p...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Che Guevara
Located in Cologne, DE
Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Breakfast At Tiffanys' Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Breakfast At Tiffanys' Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Belgian-born actor Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993), during a shoot for the promotion of her film BREAKFAST...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bride, Naples, Italy, Black and White Street Photography 1950s
Located in New york, NY
Bride, Naples, Italy, 1958 by Leonard Freed is a black and white contemporary photograph, cinematic in nature. This is a gelatin silver, signed by the photographer, lifetime print, 24" x 20" from the Freed archive.
LITERATURE: W. A. Ewing, N. Herschdorfer, and W. van Sinderen, Worldview, Leonard Freed, Steidl, 2007, p. 73 and back cover.
Leonard Freed discovered Little Italy in New York...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Encore Du Vin
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A waiter serving clients outside a cafe in Le Mans, France, July 1955. Original publication: Picture Post – 7852 – Motor-Racing Must Go On ! – pub. 12th July...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Huddle, Democratic Convention, Los Angeles
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
V&A - John French - Make Up Mirror - Limited edition
Located in London, GB
V&A - John French - Make Up Mirror - Limited edition
Model in cap and white gloves, London, mid 20th century, John French (1907-66) London, circa 1950
© Victoria and Albert Museum...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot without flash in available light.
The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted with a burlesque corset for her ride on a pink elephant at a charity event at Madison Square Garden. (from Wikipedia)
This is a unique silver gelatine print, made in 1988 from the original negative.
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bathing Suit with Fins, Hyannis Port
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
By Sabine Weiss
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Sabine Weiss was born in Switzerland in 1924. In 1942, she wonders what she will do with her life, and decides that she should become a photographer because it is what she loves to d...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Deena's back - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, French Humanist Photography
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
One of the most famous members of the Humanist photography in France.
Signed lower right by the artist.
Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brian Jones, Brian Live Head, Black & White Photography, Fine Art Print, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
24 x 20 in (60.9 x 50.8 cm)
Silver Gelatin Print
Edition of 50
Price does not include tax.
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Street musicians Naples 1955
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Venice - Canale Grande with Rialto Bridge
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cannon Drive, Beverly Hills
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Cannon Drive, Beverly Hills, 1952
Chromogenic lambda print
Estate edition of 150
Cars driving along Cannon Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 1952.
Estate stamped ...
Category
American Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A walk in the park - Germany 1950ies - signed
Located in Cologne, DE
Couple walking in the park
Photographer: Rolf Gillhausen (May 31, 1922 in Cologne, died February 22, 2004 in Hamburg) was a German reportage photographer and journalist. He started...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Erik Bruhn and Nora Kaye in the American Ballet Theatre's 'Paquita' pas de deux
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Erik Bruhn and Nora Kaye in the American Ballet Theatre's "Paquita" pas de deux, 1958. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives wi...
Category
Pop Art 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Alexandra Danilova greets fans after final performance with the Ballet Russe
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Russian-born prima ballerina Alexandra Danilova greets fans after her final performance with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1957. Come...
Category
Pop Art 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
First Lady To Be, Jacqueline Bouvier (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Michael Canfield and Jacqueline Bouvier (1929 – 1994) at Newport Casino Tennis Week, Newport, Rhode Island, 1955.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of...
Category
American Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, Black and White Print, 1988 from Original Negative.
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot without flash in available light.
The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted with a burlesque corset for her ride on a pink elephant at a charity event at Madison Square Garden. (from Wikipedia)
This is a unique silver gelatine print, made in 1988 from the original negative.
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Drinking Man
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A man having a drink at a cafe in Gibraltar. 1954.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre darkroom print made utilising the original ne...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
London #1204
By René Groebli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
René Groebli (b. 1927) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. In the 1940s he studied under the noted photographer, Hans Finsler. In 1949 he secured his place among European post-war arti...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Gorbals Boys' Silver Gelatin Print (Limited Edition)
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
'Blackpool Railings' Oversize Silver Gelatin Print (Limited Edition)
Now widely recognised as a Master of Photography - this is considered to be o...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mercedes Racer
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Argentinian race car driver Juan Fangio (1911 – 1995) in his Mercedes at Le Mans, June 1955. The race saw the death of Mercedes team mate Pierre Levegh and 80 spectators. Original Pu...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer/Choreographer José Limón's 'The Moor's Pavanne' at Jacob's Pillow
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer/choreographer José Limón, with Pauline Koner, Lucas Hoving, and Betty Jones performing his most famous ...
Category
Pop Art 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Walter Ulbricht (1893-1973) posing at a desk, East Germany late 1950s.
Located in Cologne, DE
Walter Ulbricht (1893-1973) posing at a desk, East Germany late 1950s.
Keywords: GDR; DDR; German Democratic Republic; East Germany; politics; politician; glasses; sitting; desk; of...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris
By Sabine Weiss
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Sabine Weiss was born in Switzerland in 1924. In 1942, she wonders what she will do with her life, and decides that she should become a photographer because it is what she loves to do. She is the daughter of a mother who showed her art galleries and Roman churches at a very young age, and of a researcher chemist father who loved to see her print her little photos with the resources available at the time.
From 1942 until 1945 she was an apprentice at Boissonnas in Geneva, house of a dynasty of photographers that celebrated its 80th birthday.
In 1945 Sabine Weiss moved to a studio in Geneva, but in 1946 she decided to leave the city of her childhood to live in Paris. She knew there was no turning back. She asked Willy Maywald...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gare de Lyon, Paris
By Sabine Weiss
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Sabine Weiss was born in Switzerland in 1924. In 1942, she wonders what she will do with her life, and decides that she should become a photographer because it is what she loves to do. She is the daughter of a mother who showed her art galleries and Roman churches at a very young age, and of a researcher chemist father who loved to see her print her little photos with the resources available at the time.
From 1942 until 1945 she was an apprentice at Boissonnas in Geneva, house of a dynasty of photographers that celebrated its 80th birthday.
In 1945 Sabine Weiss moved to a studio in Geneva, but in 1946 she decided to leave the city of her childhood to live in Paris. She knew there was no turning back. She asked Willy Maywald...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Che Guevara
Located in Cologne, DE
Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Professional Gossip, Romanoff's Hollywood
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American actress and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (1890 – 1966) chatting with James Stewart (1908 – 1997) during a New Year’s Eve party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood,...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Audrey Hepburn' Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Audrey Hepburn' Limited Edition silver gelatin print
1953
Audrey Hepburn preparing for a scene in the 1953 film “Roman Holiday” by William Wyler.
Assisting Hepburn is dresser Sall...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Why Do I Love You? Louis Armstrong at 14, 000 feet over Africa, May 1956
Located in New York, NY
A 16 x 20 inch gelatin silver print, with image size of 12 x 17.75 inches. Printed in 2004. "Larry Burrows Collection" and copyright stamps on verso.
Larry Burrows career as a LIFE ...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Gorbals Boys' Silver Gelatin Print (Limited Edition)
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
'Blackpool Railings' Oversize Silver Gelatin Print (Limited Edition)
Now widely recognised as a Master of Photography - this is considered to be o...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Barge, 1958 - Jerry Schatzberg (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
The Barge, 1958 - Jerry Schatzberg (Portrait Photography)
Signed on Reverse
Silver Gelatin Print
Printed on 20 X 24 inch paper
From an edition of 20
Jerry S...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bluebell Girls
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
1955: The famous Bluebell Girls of Paris. Original Publication: Picture Post – 7873 – Blue Girls In Paris – unpub.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300)...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pearls, The First Family Portrait, Hyannis Port
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Capucine (Slim Aarons estate edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Capucine, 1957
Fiber print
30 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Love on the Boardwalk, Coney Island
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition 3/200
Signed, dated, and numbered in black ink on print margin by Harold Feinstein
Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in.
Harold Feinstein was born in Coney Island, New York, in ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lyon
By Sabine Weiss
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Sabine Weiss was born in Switzerland in 1924. In 1942, she wonders what she will do with her life, and decides that she should become a photographer because it is what she loves to d...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Emille Griffiths
By Ormond Gigli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ORMOND GIGLI was born in New York City in 1925. He became famous early on during the 1950s for his photographs of theatre, celebrities, dance, exotic persons & places. His work appea...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, Black and White photography print, from original 1988 negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot without flash in available light.
The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted with a burlesque corset for her ride on a pink elephant at a charity event at Madison Square Garden. (from Wikipedia)
This is a unique silver gelatine print, made in 1988 from the original negative.
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Audrey Funny Face' 1957 (Silver Gelatin Print)
Located in London, GB
'Audrey Funny Face'
Audrey Hepburn, dressed in a Givenchy evening gown, 1957.
(Photo: The Everett Collection)
Beautiful mint condition Open Edition Silver Gelatin Resin Print
me...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Breakfast At Tiffanys' Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Breakfast At Tiffanys' Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Belgian-born actor Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993), during a shoot for the promotion of her film BREAKFAST...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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