Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Black and white capture of singer Johnny Cash smoking while visiting Folsom Prison circa 1968. This listing is for a limited edition archival print. What's included: - Limited Edi...

Hankau Conquest is a photograph on polished paper taken on October 28, 1938. Stamp of Atlantic-Photo and stereotype in German on the back.  The photo shows a view on the port of Han...

"Sexy Scot" by Bob Haswell 28th October 1963: British actor Sean Connery lounges on a sofa with a cigarette. He is in London during filming of the thriller 'Woman of Straw' with Gin...

"Joan Crawford" by Thurston Hopkins American actress Joan Crawford (1906 - 1977) asks her assistant to bite off a loose thread from her dress at the Dorchester Hotel...

The Carlton Hotel (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive) A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlto...

"Yves Saint-Laurent" by Reg Lancaster 7th April 1965: Yves Saint-Laurent, ex-wonder boy of Dior, working at his own fashion house in Paris. Unframed Paper Size: 40" x 30'' (inche...

"Prince Alexander Of Yugoslavia At Eton College 1937" by Keystone-France UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 23: Prince Alexander Of Yugoslavia (2Nd From Left), The Son Of Regent Prince Paul...

"Marilyn On The Roof" by Ed Feingersh American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) leans over the balcony of the Ambassador Hotel in March 1955 i...

"Sunbathing Skier" by Don circa 1956: With the temperature at around 80?, a skier reclines on her propped up skis and sunbathes in a swimming costume...

"Marilyn In Lace" by Darlene Hammond 1953: American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) smiling as she sits at the home of director Jean Negulesco, after the premiere of his film, 'How to Marry a Millionaire,' in which she starred. Monroe is wearing a lace evening gown and a white fur stole...

Brando As Stanley (1951) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (photo A.F. Archive/Alamy Archives). Actress Ava Gardner during the filming of Pandora And The Flying Dutchman...

Bette Davis Eyes (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives) 1935, Portrait of actress Bette Davis circa....

Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore, one of the twelve Picture Post Personality Girls of 1954, skiing in Glencoe, Scotland. She was the second woman ever to finish the International Inferno race. ...

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On Target (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images) 18th July 1966: A beret by Simone Mirman is modelled b...

Carole Lombard (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (photo by ScreenProd / Alamy Archives) 1932, Actress and fashion model Carole Lombard Additional I...

The protest - Historical photographs about the feminist movement is an original vintage photograph realized by anonymous photographer With the stamp of th...

Perso nell'immensità, 1955. Men and hats, in the streets of New York. Work sold in perfect condition, print on baryta paper 310 grs pigment inks of museum quality, limited edition of 5 copies Lost in the vastness of the city, this little man sitting against a building, probably a little busy alcohol, seems indifferent to this landscape without horizon, made of stones and steel. In his notes, the photographer specifies that he took this shot on a Monday morning, when the offices and stores. A desert vision of Manhattan that it's hard to imagine these days. During the 15 year period in which Fabrizio La Torre...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol Superstar Jane Forth, star of 'Trash', 1970. This is a print that was published by After Dark Magaz...

From Orson Welles' 1941 masterpiece, this vintage large format 10” by 8” negative is over 80 years old and still in perfect condition, having only just been found in an old filing ca...

Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1960. 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...

New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive) Two women recline on improvised sunbeds at the Cranmore...

A great candid capture of legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor at home washing her face in the bathroom. Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanita...

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted ...

Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintgae b/w photograph realized in 1960s by Associated Press. Good condition. Monica Vitti is born in Rome on N...

Leonard Bernstein, August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990 was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most importa...

Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of P...

Josef Sudek Prague : National Theatre, 1963 Original gelatin silver print Hand signed in pencil in the lower right corner (see picture) 17 x 23 cm (c...

'The Misfits' Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print A gorgeously candid portrait of the first rebel of Hollywood and greatly respected young son of method acting - before ...

At the petrol station is an original vintage silver salts photograph, made by the great Russian Constructivist artist Aleksandr Michajlovic Rodčenko (Saint Petersburg, 1891 - Moscow, 1956) in 1935 ca. Printed later, presumably between the 1940s and the 1950s. In very good conditions, it is rare and precious. A scene of ordinary life is portrayed in an unusual point of view. The oblique cuts, the use of diagonal as the dynamics of this image, the close position of the machine are constants of Rodčenko'style and something of absolutely revolutionary and innovative at that time in the field of photography! Provenance: Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Great Britain; Forum Auction, London; Private Collection. Bibliography: Alexander Rodchenko. Catalog of the retrospective exhibition published from the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1979. Aleksandr Michajlovič Rodčenko (St. Petersburg, 1891 - Moscow, 1956) Aleksandr Michajlovič Rodčenko was a Russian painter, photographer and graphic designer, a leading figure of the Russian avant-gardes who collaborated in the establishment of the Constructivist movement. In 1924 Rodcenko definitively abandoned painting as the main artistic medium to embrace photography...

Royal Family - Vintage Photograph is a vintage press print realized in 1960. Good conditions.

Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica. 1953 Kennedy and Friends 1953 Fiber print Estate signature stamped and ...

Kings Of Hollywood 1957 Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at...

Love Nest is a 1951 American comedy-drama film directed by Joseph Newman, and starring June Haver, William Lundigan, Frank Fay and Marilyn Monroe. The post-World War II comedy featu...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol Superstar Jane Forth, star of 'Trash' photographed for Vogue, 1970. This is a print that was published by After Dark Magazine...

Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition This photo was made in 1956, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (fram...

Artwork sold in perfect condition During the 15 year period in which Fabrizio La Torre dedicated himself to photography, he travelled in Italy, Europe, North America and Asia. From ...

Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...

Black and white film still of actor and driver Steve Mqueen in "The Great Escape". This listing is for a limited edition archival print. What's included: - Limited Edition Archival...

Photography done for the publication Mexico/ Volk und Welt Berlin, 1967, signed on the back by the author.

This black-and-white comedic image features Bob Hope and Marlon Brando "fighting" over an Oscar in 1954. Bob Hope was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, and ...

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...

This photo was taken a few minutes before the Stones appeared on 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' at ATV studios in Birmingham in 1963. This was their first TV appearance and Phillip caught ...

stamped with notations in pencil on verso; copyright date with signature of printer Gelatin Silver Print Image: 19 3/8" x 15 7/16", Paper: 20" x 16", Mat: 24" x 20" Gelatin Silver Pr...

James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor in a car on the set of the 1950s Film "Giant". Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber...

You cannot help but smile when you see the pure joy on this young boy's face as he shows off his "prize" catch to a group of onlookers in Art Shay's photo aptly titled "Boy with Fish...

This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman has last-minute adjustments made to her dress at a debutante ball. This is a...

This black and white candid capture features a radiant Jane Russell stands out from the crowd while arriving for an event in Hollywood, California, circa 1958. Jane Russell was an ...

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...

Soldiers is a vintage photograph realized in the mid-20th Century. Good conditions.

This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direct...

Black and white portrait of actress Jayne Mansfield in a black leotard, posed against wood wall. Photographed by legendary celebrity photographer Frank Worth. Jayne Mansfield was an American actress, nightclub entertainer, singer, and one of the early Playboy Playmates. She was a major Hollywood sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s and 20th Century Fox's alternative to Marilyn Monroe, who came to be known as the &"Working Man's Monroe";. She was also known for her well-publicized personal life and publicity stunts, such as wardrobe malfunctions. In 1963 she became the first major American actress to have a nude starring role in a Hollywood motion picture, and, although many people have never seen her movies, Mansfield remains one of the most recognizable icons of 1950s celebrity...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer and choreographer Blondell Cummings performing in 1991. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack...

VOGUE – HANOVER SQUARE – 1961 This photograph by Duffy was taken in 1961. The bare trees reveal a very different W1 Hanover Square to how it is 50 years later. To the left, you can see the statue of William Pitt (The Younger) which still remains today. Once a highly desirable and exclusive Mayfair address, the square now comprises mostly of offices. The models, wearing various evening dresses are stood opposite the Vogue head office at 1 Hanover Square. The offices were completed in 1958 and have been the publications UK headquarters since. The image was used for a feature titled “Getting home with the milk” for British Vogue in June 1961. AT DUFFY’S MEMORIAL SERVICE LORD DAVID PUTTNAM ADDRESSED THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF DUFFY AND SAID ‘THE WORLD NEEDS MORE DUFFY’S.’ HE THEN WENT ON TO CALL HIM A MAVERICK, SOMEBODY WHO WAS PREPARED TO TAKE RISKS WITH HIS ART FORM AND DESCRIBED DUFFY AS A ‘SUPREMELY TALENTED AND ESOTERIC MAN.’ ‘A man who thrived on risks and challenges, who lived to create.’ In 2013 Duffy was voted as one of the top most 100 influential photographer’s of all time and he richly deserves that title. When Duffy felt he had pushed the boundaries as far as he could and was no longer satisfied with stills photography he abruptly shut his studio, attempted to burn all of his negatives and moved into commercials. Despite repeated requests to return to still photography, give interviews or discuss his career, he became reclusive and his remaining negatives would have stayed in boxes under the stairs had it not been for the persistence of his eldest son, Chris. Chris realised that Duffy’s name was slowly slipping into obscurity and regularly tried to persuade him to do something with his remaining archive. It wasn’t until 2006 when Duffy was diagnosed with the degenerative lung disease Pulmonary Fibrosis that he finally gave Chris the green light to start putting the archive together. The process was a labour of love for the first few years. Organising, scanning and databasing his negatives took many hours whilst Chris was running his own photographic studio. In 2009 the opportunity to exhibit at Chris Beetles Gallery in Mayfair London (now Beetles & Huxley) gave Duffy the platform for his first ever exhibition which was hailed with great critical acclaim. The exhibition ignited an incredible interest in his work and there were regular queues to see the show. During the process of putting the exhibition together, the BBC commissioned a documentary on Duffy’s life and work which aired in 2010. Chris then started on the first monograph but sadly Duffy was never to see this and passed away on 31st May 2010. Since 2010 Duffy’s work has been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries around the world. In 2012 the Victoria and Albert Museum requested use of the original Aladdin Sane record cover ‘dye transfer’ print for their British Design 1948-2012 cultural exhibition. In 2013 the V&A approached the archive for use of the newly released ‘Eyes Open’ version as the lead image for the ‘David Bowie is’ exhibition. This exhibition has achieved record breaking numbers in several venues and has been seen by over 1.5 million visitors. Duffy’s name has now become recognised by an international audience and is now firmly back on the map. In 2014 Duffy’s second book was released – Duffy Bowie: Five Sessions which covers his work with David Bowie. Written by Chris Duffy and Kevin Cann the book explores the chemistry and creation of these five iconic sets of images illustrated with interviews from people who were directly involved. The book is also available in French and Italian. The archive is made up of negatives and contact sheets that have been retrieved from numerous UK and international publications; Vogue, French Elle, Glamour, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph to name but a few in addition to work held by independent archives. The process of exhibiting Duffy’s work continues and the future holds several more book projects illuminating Duffy’s eclectic and influential work. ARCHIVE TIMELINE 2008 The Duffy Archive was established by Chris Duffy. 2009 BBC Documentary “The Man Who Shot The Sixties” One hour documentary on Duffy’s life and work. First exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery Mayfair, London (now Beetles & Huxley)* See Exhibits page for full list of exhibition since 2009
 2010 Duffy passed away 31st May 2010 2011 Publication of first monograph “Duffy Photographer” Published by ACC Editions features over 160 iconic images from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and in 2011 the V&A Museum London requested Duffy prints for their permanent collection.
 2012 Solo Exhibitions and contributions in Italy, Paris, Amsterdam, Spain, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, London and Australia. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2013 David Bowie Is launched at the V&A Museum with Aladdin Sane as the lead image. Also named as one of one hundred ‘most influential photographers of all time’ by the British Journal of Photography. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2014 Publication of Duffy / Bowie – “Five Sessions” Published by ACC Editions. Publication of French Elle – “In The Eyes of Brian Duffy” – Published in French by Glenat. David Bowie Is V&A Exhibition goes on tour to: Sao Paulo, Berlin and Chicago. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2015 David Bowie 'Is' continues to tour Paris, Australia and the Netherlands.
 See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2016 David Bowie 'Is' continues to tour Italy and Japan. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2017 David Bowie 'Is' reaches Barcelona. The Archive also contributed to Holden Luntz Gallery...

Jayne Mansfield was an American actress, nightclub entertainer, singer, and one of the early Playboy Playmates. She was a major Hollywood sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s and 20th Century Fox's alternative to Marilyn Monroe, who came to be known as the "Working Man's Monroe". She was also known for her well-publicized personal life and publicity stunts, such as wardrobe malfunctions. In 1963 she became the first major American actress to have a nude starring role in a Hollywood motion picture, and, although many people have never seen her movies, Mansfield remains one of the most recognizable icons of 1950s celebrity...

'Gorbals Boys' (1948) by Bert Hardy Limited Edition 44/300 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print Paper size 10 x 12 inches Printed later Two boys in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. The Gorbal...

One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Alex Katz in his studio in 1964. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with ...

This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...

Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1947. 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 photograph...