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Abstract Black and White Photography

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Twenty Cherry Trees, Avenue, Austria, black and white photograph, landscape
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...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Cypress Tree, Field, Panorama, Tuscany, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure panorama landscape photography print. Cypress trees in a hilly landscape in the middle of Tuscany, Italy. Archival pigment ink print, edition o...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Hot Air Balloon world Championship, black and white photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Medium Format Photography. Hot Air Balloon Panorama, World Championship, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbere...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Hot Air Balloon Championship, black and white photography, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art photography print. Two hot air balloons over a corn field during the world cup in Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated an...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Into the Ocean, contemporary black and white photography, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure panorama waterscape - landscape photography. Railway tracks in the Atlantic Ocean in France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Diving Platform Panorama, France, black and white Photograph, limited, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Panorama Photography - Diving Platform in the pool with the wild Atlantic ocean in the background. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Farmland Panorama, single tree, field, black and white, landscape, photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure landscape photography. Single tree in the field in stormy weather with an impressive cloudy atmosphere, Austria. Archival pigment ink print as ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Empire State Building, New York City, black and white photography, art cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited ed...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Four Lines, Monochrome Print, Minimalist Photograph, Limited Edition Landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama photography. Row of breakwaters in the sea in front of the beach of Sylt island, Germany. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Drift Wood, Lakeside, monochrome, long exposure, waterscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Skogafoss gigantic waterfall, Iceland. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

There Is No Past - Large Scale Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Color

Untitled (Signal Box, Basel)
By Roland Fischer
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original Aluminum backed C-print by Roland Richer created in 2001. The work was acquired from Von Lintel Gallery in May of 2002. (71 x 49 1/4 inches)
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Early 2000s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Aluminum

Geoffrey Beene
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Geoffrey Beene", Black and White screen print on Harmon paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century Hand signed by Lucille Khornak Available sizes: 14 x...
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1980s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Paco Rabanne
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Paco Rabanne", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century Hand signed by Lucille Khornak Available sizes: 14 x 1...
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1980s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Jean-Charles de Castelbajac", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th Century Hand signed by Lucille Khornak Availabl...
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1980s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film

Chantal Thomass
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Chantal Thomass", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century Hand signed by Lucille Khornak Available sizes: 14 ...
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1980s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film

2020 - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Great Dune
Located in East Hampton, NY
Snow Fence on Dunes in the Hamptons Black & White Photography Printed to order edition of 10 Title: Great Dune Year: 2018 Medium: Photography (printed on metal) Size: 20" x 30" (lar...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Metal

"Waterfall Galleria" Black and White Figurative Photography
Located in Houston, TX
Photograph of the iconic waterfall in the Houston Galleria area. This photograph showcases the Sabbttier process or the results of solarization. The photograph is not framed. Artist...
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1960s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film

Snowdance - Mountain Snowboarding Black & White Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Tree Trunk
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount with a title and negative number in pencil on the back of the mount. What is likely Wynn Bullock's most renowned neg...
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1970s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Land I - Landscape Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Architectonic 3- Signed Limited edition abstract print, Large format contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Architectonic 3 -Large scale photograph by Michael Banks Contact me if you are interested in another photograph of my store, we can always discuss Archival Pigment print on fiber ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival P...

Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
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1990s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
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1990s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
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1990s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
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1980s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
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1990s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
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1990s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Boy Boxed
Located in Agoura Hills, CA
Edward L. Rubin is an award-winning fine art photographer, film and television production designer, and painter based in Los Angeles. He studied architecture at UC Berkeley and holds...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink

The Entertainer - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Space Running Girl - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Kuss - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Soulpeacesilence - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Hodge-Podge
By Jim Dingilian
Located in East Quogue, NY
Small bleached found abstract photographic artwork by Jim Dingilian. Offered framed in plexiglass. Frame size: 5 x 6.25 inches Paper size: 3 3/8 x 4.75 inches Jim Dingilian makes ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper

"Shadows Kept Alive No.72", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 72” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée

"Shadows Kept Alive No.65", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 65” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée

"Shadows Kept Alive No.2", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 2” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée

"Shadows Kept Alive No.113", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 113” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. The gallery is offering Free Shipping on this item globally, which ships rolled carefully in a tube. From the artist, Chris MaGee...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée

Ice Forms, Lake Irwin, Colorado
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed photograph. Print Date 2013 Anne Larsen worked as a successful photographer for one of the largest commercial studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1994 she moved to the United States to pursue a career in fine-art photography. Anne’s intimate still life images and delicate photographs of the natural environment, all made with a 4x5" view camera or medium format camera; share a common luminosity and elegance. Anne Larson hand made silver gelatin prints are distinguished by their impeccable execution and tonal subtlety. Anne has assisted and taught on workshops instructed by James Baker, Morley Baer, Ruth Bernhard, Charles Cramer, Philip Hyde, Ray McSavaney, and John Sexton. Her prints are in numerous private and public collections in North America and Europe. Her images have been included in exhibitions at the Susan Spiritus...
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Early 2000s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Extraterrestrial Plantation
Located in Paris, IDF
Photograph on canvas, edition of 15 Vibrant Archival ink print on Epson matte finish Canvas. Canvas print with museum finish archival inks lasting more than 50 years in vibrancy and...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Canvas, Archival Pigment

Entrance: framed abstract black & white photograph collage w/ key, shoe, trees
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Entrance" is a black & white framed silver gelatin collage photograph with forms of a key, shoe, trees, pyramid, hair, and other abstract elements from artist Jenny Lynn's "Extrapol...
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1990s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

'Undercurrents (2/6/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 28 by 36 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available. Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Carbon Pigment

1977 "Boat, Barn, Truck" Still Life Black & White Photograph
Located in Arp, TX
Tricia Sample Boat, Barn, Truck 1977 Matte black and white photo 12.5" x9.5" Frame measures 16.25"x19.25" Gallery label on reverse from the Friends of Photography Gallery Friends of Photography was a nonprofit organization started by Ansel Adams and others in 1967 to promote photography as a fine art. During its existence the organization held at least 330 photography exhibitions at its galleries in Carmel and San Francisco, California, and it published a lengthy series of monographs under the name Untitled. Among those who were featured in their exhibitions and publications were well-known photographers Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, Ruth Bernhard, Harry Callahan, Roy DeCarava, Lee Friedlander, Emmet Gowin, Mary Ellen Mark, Barbara Morgan, Aaron Siskind, Paul Strand, Brett Weston, Edward Weston and Minor White, as well as then newly starting photographers such as Marsha Burns, William Garnett, Richard Misrach...
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1970s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

#InTheSky San Francisco #41
Located in East Hampton, NY
San Francisco #inthesky 22”x17” photographic prints on archival paper Each limited to an edition of 7 #inthesky A mobile photography essay that began in 2015. This ongoing internat...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media

Dune
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount, and again on the back of the mount. Printed in 1961 for inclusion in the "Fifteen Photographs" port...
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1930s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dog Running on Galway Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Water's Edge I grew up spending entire summer days by the ocean. These outings were always a special event and the beach was a place of wonderment, fascination and exploration f...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Atlantic Wave
Located in East Hampton, NY
Dye Sublimation Print on metal - 40x60 - 20x30 - can also do as 20"x40" About the artist: A computer programmer and Webmaster by trade, Paul describes himself as a fine art photographer and a “digital manipulator.” His keen vision captures ordinary details from daily life and transforms them into images of beauty and wit, filled with contrasting shapes and effects. Paul’s current series of abstract work focuses on macro images of nature combined with additional exposures of ice, snow, sand, and sky. These futuristic scenes, inspired by the writings of Kurt Vonnegut...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Metal

Large framed black&white abstract vertical Unique Silver Gelatin Print
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Condense 2" is a black and white unique gelatin silver print, (chemical print on fiber-based paper), in white frame. There is no glass or acrylic covering the work, allowing the viewer to connect with the texture of the work. Betsy Kenyon...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Undercurrents (6/19/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 17 by 44 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available. Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Carbon Pigment

'Undercurrents (1/30/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 24 by 80 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available. Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Carbon Pigment

"Removal of Self #56" Photography 16" x 20" inch Edition 1/1 by Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Removal of Self #56" Photography 16" x 20" inch Edition 1/1 by Ben Cope 2011 Photo on deconstructed paper 16” x 20” inch Ben Cope is a Georgia native graduating from Columbus Sta...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Pigment

'Undercurrents (3/27/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 15 by 40 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available. Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Carbon Pigment

'Undercurrents (7/9/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 23 by 44 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available. Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Carbon Pigment

'Undercurrents (3/20/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 14 by 44 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available. Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Carbon Pigment

'Undercurrents (1/16/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 24 by 80 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available. Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Carbon Pigment

'Undercurrents (8/6/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 24 by 53 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available. Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Carbon Pigment

'Undercurrents (1/23/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 19 by 44 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available. Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
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2010s Abstract Black and White Photography

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Carbon Pigment

Abstract black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract black and white photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Seb Janiak, Kimberly Schneider Photography, Hsu Yun Chin, and Osheen Harruthoonyan. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Photographic Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract black and white photography, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for black and white photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $140 and tops out at $28,000, while the average work sells for $1,250.

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