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Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
"Locals Only" 40x60 Fine Art Photography of Mountain Lion, Cougar Unsigned Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Image title: "Locals Only"
This is a contemporary photograph of 2 North American Mountain Lions.
40x60
Printed on archival paper using archival ink
Framing available. Inquire for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Palm, Three. Limited Edition Black and White Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Archival Pigment print
Medium Ed of 10
Palm & Trees: For this series, the artist explores short poems, the expansion of the palms, textures, and ease of the male figure surrounded b...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Lose yourself - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lose yourself - 2021
40x50cm,
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2022-2009.
Not mou...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Mustang Reflection" 36x48 - Black and White Photography of Wild Horse Horses
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of a American Wild Mustang.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom"
36 x 48 Edition of 12. Signed by artist.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Peonies afloat - blooms, black and white photography, Limited edition 20
Located in London, GB
'Peonies afloat' 2024
Photographed using large format 4x5 film camera, that captures incredible detail and the light dynamics of peony flowers in water.
From limited edition of 20....
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White
'Nude Female Torso'
By Ed Freeman
Located in London, GB
'Nude Female Torso' by Ed Freeman
A stunning image of a female torso, that appears almost like a landscape, jutting into the clouds.
Beautiful mint...
Category
Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Undo - signed fine art photograph with pre-order copy of 'Solace' book
Located in London, GB
This limited-edition signed photograph by Ugnė Pouwell is a timeless exploration of light, shadow, and texture, capturing the themes explored in her debut photography book, Solace. E...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
'Old Desert Road' - Black and White Photography - Landscape - Walker Evans
By Chris Little
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Old Desert Road' is a black and white landscape photograph. This print is edition 1 of 20. This listing is for an unframed print - a framed print is also available.
Chris Little is inspired by the work of Ernest Hass, Jay Maisel...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Strike a Pose - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Strike a Pose' (Bombay Beach) 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Animal nitrate - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Animal nitrate - 2021
40x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2022-2007.
...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Alas Tres, Acto Uno, Series. Male Nude Black and White Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Alas Tres, by Ricky Cohete
From the series "Acto Uno"
Archival Pigment print
Medium size: 24 in H x 36 in W.
Edition of 10 + 1AP
Unframed
2020
Black and White Photograph
All prices...
Category
Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Plane and Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered.
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery transports you to iconic and placid landscapes ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Who I am - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Who I am
2019, 20x20 cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019 - 749...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
World Class Racing Yachts in Italy, Nautical, Horizontal, Iconic
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Rainbow Trailed"
The J-Class boats Rainbow and Velsheda sail at near impossible angles as the sailors freely dangle their feet over the edge of the deck.
This award-winning image is in the permanent collection of the Mariners' Museum, Newport News...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Trees in snowy Field, Winterland, black and white, landscape photography, print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Seascape V - large format photograph of monochromatic black white water surface
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale abstract b&w photograph of mesmerizing monochromatic water surface
SEASCAPE V by Frank Schott
60 x 48 inches / 152cm x 122cm
signed edition of...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
THE WAVE - Arctic
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 6
More sizes on request
Sebastian Copeland is considered a photographer "who has created works of outstanding artistic quality and conveys messages of urgent glob...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Balance - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment 63х43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white nude photograph of young woman and her reflection in the water surface.
Original digital archival pigment print signed by the artist.
Limited edition o...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ann Richards and Dolly Parton in Austin Texas by Scott Newton
Located in Austin, TX
Texan politician and former Texas governor, Ann Richards with Dolly Parton taken at the Driskill Hotel, Austin Texas in 1982 by photographer Scott Newton
Photographers notes: We wer...
Category
Photorealist 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Bloom - analogue black and white floral photograph, limited edition of 5.
Located in London, GB
'White Bloom'
London, United Kingdom 2024.
It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera.
The photograph is signed front and back ...
Category
Minimalist 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée
Grip - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Grip - 2020
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-839.
Not mounted.
...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Shell (Black & White Still Life Photograph of a White Shell, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Black and white still life photograph of a white shell on a simple white background
"Shell", photographed by David Halliday in 2003
Sepia toned silv...
Category
Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Double Peony - still life film photography collage, limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Double Peony'
It is a black and white still life film photography collage, a limited edition of 5.
Photograph is shot on a 4x5 large format camera Linhof. All processing and prin...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Giclée
160.06.11 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
160.06.11 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Tribute to Modigliani".
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wildlife Tiger Nature Very Large Black White Photograph Vintage India Forest
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh Untitled Photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper
65" x 44" unframed (165cm x 112cm) 2017
Edition 1/15
*Should you wish the photograph to be printed ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Pause -Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pause - 2020
40x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-949.
N...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Homeward Bound, Poland
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist.
Edition 1/40
Limited edition of 40 total in all sizes.
Retired Negative - Retired from printing!!
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Viki" Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Viki" Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in
Edition of 7: 39" x 31" in
Ed...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Breeze - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Breeze - 2024 -
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
inventory PL2024-039.
Not mount...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Frederick Collier, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
A nude male model is standing in in the shade of a blind.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has dev...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Golden Gate Bridge Lands End -black and white photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Golden Gate Bridge Lands End, 2023
Limited edition of 20
Photograph shot using mid-century large format film camera Linhof.
Printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper. ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Tules, Sky, and Isosceles BOOK & PRINT SET
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand Printed Photograph by the artist
Signed in pencil on recto
Edition 30/75
Printed 2008
Comes with a limited edition hard bound slip case cover book 'Fractal Dreams'
Signed, titl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sunbeams - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 24x16"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black & white photograph of a young naked woman wrapped in air bubbles and sunbeams.
There were five grand-pianos at her house, a pool on the third floor, and a sad man o...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New World Order Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
New World Order
by BATIK
Satirical pop art artwork featuring Vladimir Putin, VP J.D. Vance, Donald Trump and Elon Musk in WW2 war rooms.
BATIK is a London based fine artist and im...
Category
Pop Art 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Giza Pyramids, Study 2, Cairo, Egypt. 2009
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Diane K, Pharrell B&W, Toni Garnn II. Photo intervened by the artists.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunter & Gatti wanted to pay tribute to the neo-expressionist Jane-Michel Basquiat's legacy by merging the celebrity portraits they had made in the past for fashion editorials and ca...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Half Angels Half Demons #13, Nude in a landscape black and white photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The angel is a being that religion has bequeathed us as a sign of purity, innocence, and goodness, from the same source, we have been sold to the devil as the form that represents ev...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
36x48 Tiger Photography Wildlife Art Photograph "Tiger Portrait" Unsigned Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of a Tiger by Shane Russeck.
Printed on archival paper using archival inks
Shane Russeck is a modern day photographer, adventurer, and explorer. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brainpower II, III and I. Triptych. From The Horses Series
By Juan Lamarca
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Brainpower I, Untitled I, and Untitled II (Triptych) 2018 by Juan Lamarca
From the Horse Series
Fine Art Cotton Paper
Overall size:
Image size: 16.5 in H x 36 in W
Frame size: 17.7 ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
"Elan" Photography Edition 4/28 36 x 36 inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Elan" Photography Edition 4/28 36 x 36 inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography
Year photo was taken: 2019
Unframed - ships in a tube
This picture is a part of Spirit series.
...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Ivory Brigade, Canada by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivory Brigade
Nunavut, Canada, 2006
24 × 36 in / 61 × 91.4 cm / Edition of 20 - $3,500
31 × 46.5 in / 78.7 × 118.1 cm / Edition of 15
40 × 60 in / 101.6 × 152.4 cm / Edition of 10
...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Barn Owl Study 9
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
My fascination with birds of prey began eight years ago. There have been nesting owls on my family’s land in the United Kingdom as far as I can remember. I have heard them calling to...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Velum" Black & White Photography 39" x 31" in Ed. of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Velum" Black & White Photography 39" x 31" in Ed. of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in
Edition of 7: 39" ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Frozen Farmland, minimalist black and white photograph, limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stilt House, Fishing, France, long exposure, black and white, photography, print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digit...
Dogs USA, Black and White Photograph of Pets in a Sports Car
Located in New york, NY
Dogs, USA, Greenwich, CT is a 5" x 7" black and white photograph, stamped “vintage” by the Freed estate on verso (back) of gelatin silver press. Provenance: Freed archive.
The photo...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Little Lies - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Little Lies - 2022
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2022-2041.
No...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Dissolve me (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dissolve me (Bombay Beach) - 2023
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2023-0...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
161.11.11 by Klaus Kampert - Fine art nude photography, woman's body, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
161.11.11 is a work by contemporary photographer Klaus Kampert, from the 'On Body Forms' series.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
48x36 "Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" Photomosaic Pop Art Photography Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Dr Dre imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Signed
Framing op...
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
June - abstract black and white butterfly photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
From June and Oris collection
-
June
As she steps inside, day gives way to night. The air is thick with warmth, heavy with the scent of simmering broth. Hands move in quiet rhythm...
Category
Abstract 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Prevail - photography of Italian coast, centred pine tree, edition 4 of 20
Located in London, GB
'Prevail’
Lerici, Italy 2022.
Photograph of pine tree elevated above Italian sea coastline.
The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
The Hair Willy Ronis Humanist black and white photography woman naked nude
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
Willy Ronis is one of the most famous members of the French Humanist photography.
Silver print on photographic paper
Hand-signed by the artist lower right
Stamp of the artist's stud...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Wanaka Lake Tree, Study 2, Otafo, New Zealand, black and white photograph
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Wanaka Lake Tree, Study 2, Otafo, New Zealand is a black and white photograph by Michael Kenna. The (silver gelatin) print is signed and numbered.
Michael Kenna is master of cont...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Top of the world
Located in New York City, NY
Available sizes:
32x47 inches (80 x 120 cm) - Edition of 20
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based i...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Frozen beach No.2 - black and white polaroid photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Frozen beach No.2'
Neringa, Lithuania 2023
A photograph captured with a Polaroid camera that showcases the winter landscape of Lithuania in black and white.
Printed on the fines...
Category
Minimalist 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Polaroid
Half Angels Half Demons #17, Nude in a landscape. Black and white photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The angel is a being that religion has bequeathed us as a sign of purity, innocence, and goodness, from the same source, we have been sold to the devil as the form that represents ev...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Intimate Portrait of an Iconic White Camargue Horse, France, Vertical, Ethereal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Hush"
The delicate nature of this image encompasses the otherworldly appeal of the Camargue horses in this best-selling black and white photograph.
The print series Band of Rebel...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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