Contemporary Black and White Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Beige
Brigitte Bardot: Hollywood's French Icon
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning closeup features French bombshell actress Brigitte Bardot in a wide-brimmed hat.
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, often referred to by her initials B.B. ., is a French f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital
THOUGHTS by Guido Argentini
Located in New York City, NY
Series: SHADES OF A WOMAN
All available sizes and editions:
40" x 40" editions of 18
50" x 50" editions of 7
60" x 60" editions of 3
Archival Pigment Print on Fine Art Baryta paper...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mohammad Reza Shah - Black and White Photo - Original Photograph - Early 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Mohammad Reza Shah, King of Iran Saluting is an original photograph realized to document a historical moment of a ceremony while Shah in the front i...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Octopus Vulgaris ( Special Edition)
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
While also available as a platinum print on Arches Platinum Rag (56 x 76 cm), this larger version (63 x 99 cm) of Schlegel's famous "Octopus Vulgaris" is a true prowess. It is printed on 30 gsm Japanese Hand-made Gampi paper. Taking into account the thinness of the paper and the fact that the platinum salt emulsion is embedded into its fiber during the printing process, this is a real feat of technical strength.
Considered as the most archival process of all; its perfectly matte tonal range goes from a cool, slightly purple black to split tones of brown and warm black, to a very warm brown.
Sold framed with a museum glass measuring 85 x 115 cm
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The ocean has always been one of the most mysterious places on earth. In the past many legends and myths have evolved around monsters living in the deep sea. As a child many of us used to fantasize about underwater monsters like giant colossal squids having so much power that they were able to take down ships.
By looking at Jan C. Schlegel his pictures, you can get a small glimpse of the richness and diversity of our oceans. When we think of fish, we usually perceive them as food and think of salmon or tuna.
The photographs reveal much more than what could be imagined and are truly a special tribute to all the different kind of species living underneath the surface. There are sea horses that look like dragons with galaxies on their skin, flounders with their perfect flat form and their ability to turn invisible or even squids that will remind you of aliens from another planet. Using platinum printing as a process allows Jan C. Schlegel to create a deepness in his pictures that makes every small detail and structure visible for the human eye. It gives you the impression of being able to feel the animal just by looking at the pictures. This series celebrates the art of nature...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In many respects, Pentti Sammallahti is a modern-day nomad, an itinerant photographer who records lands and peoples as he comes upon them. One of the most distinguishing elements of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Corn on the Cob
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chikako Suga, Matsuo Kabuki
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Grandpa Jones (Early 70s)
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ralph Stanley and Curley Ray Cline
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Billy Monroe (Early 70s)
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
James and Fighting Cock
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Los Sueños by James Sparshatt. Framed Palladium Platinum Photograph
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dreams of a moment…
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm of the moment.
The work is available as silver g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Cornet
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bear and Horse
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Clock 2
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Artichoke
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pears
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Onions
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fox Boy Fox
By Molly McCall
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Molly’s current photographic work explores themes of memory, the passage of time, a sense of place, and the natural world, using both painting and photography. Her unique silver gela...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Natsuki Tukamoto, Matsuo Kabuki
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot: Hollywood's French Icon 24" x 20" Edition of 75
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning closeup features French bombshell actress Brigitte Bardot in a wide-brimmed hat.
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, often referred to by her initials B.B. ., is a French former actress and singer, and animal rights activist. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated personae with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best-known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s. Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she became an animal rights activist and remains a major popular culture icon. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot was an aspiring ballerina in her early life. She started her acting career in 1952. She achieved international recognition in 1957 for her role in the controversial And God...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label, art...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Maiko Takaku, Matsuo Kabuki
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
I Wonder
By Molly McCall
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Molly’s current photographic work explores themes of memory, the passage of time, a sense of place, and the natural world, using both painting and photography. Her unique silver gela...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Salton Sea Destruction II (California Badlands), Edition 7/10
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Salton Sea Destruction II' (California Badlands) - 2016,
24x20cm, Edition 7/10,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 19393.1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Invisible
By Molly McCall
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Molly’s current photographic work explores themes of memory, the passage of time, a sense of place, and the natural world, using both painting and photography. Her unique silver gela...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wandering II (Wastelands) - analog hand-print, vintage. 58x56cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hidden Valley (Wastelands),
57x56cm,
Edition of 5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid,
Artist inventory Number 1192....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label, a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
Mexican Palm (Salton Sea) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Mexican Palm (Salton Sea) - 2022
20x20cm,
Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on back with Certificate.
Not mounted.
"The Salton Sea is a strange and mysterious place. I remember going there with my parents on vacation and marveling at this sea in the middle of the desert. There have been rumors about the water, about the towns and about the people that lived there then and live there now. Some rumors are true and some are not. What you can say about it is that no matter what burden nature or man places upon it, it continues to survive. It is a place of strange beauty." (Erin Dougherty...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Polaroid
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
50x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label, art...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Chrysler Building
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is # 1 of an edition of 30
Laurence Winram is a Scottish photographer based in Edinburgh. His projects are diverse but the work most personally re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Oshuto, Ena Bunraku
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Musing (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Musing (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
24x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label, artist Invento...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
20x20cm, Edition of 10,
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 9257.
Not mounted...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
#1
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Photograph of #1
8x10 inch. Edition of 15.
Photograph signed and numbered by photographer.
*Photograph is available framed or un-framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marina Ema & Kazusa Ito, Matsuo Kabuki
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gaku Tada, Matsuo Kabuki
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man against wall, Two. Motion Series. Male Nude Sepia Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Man against wall Two by Ricky Cohete
From Motion series
Sepia Archival Pigment print
Medium 36"x24"
Ed of 10 + 1AP
Throughout his exploration of the movement of the body, with mode...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Neighbors (Salton Sea) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Neighbors (Salton Sea) - 2022
20x20cm,
Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on back with Certificate.
Not mounted.
"The Salton S...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Polaroid
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004
20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 355...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Spectral Device No. 13
Located in Sante Fe, NM
At nearly the same time that photography was invented, the practice of Spiritualism was being born in the "burned-over district" of New York. Central to its belief was the practice o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Enea and ISI the computer was born from human "senses" - Original Photos - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Enea and ISI the computer was born from human "senses" is an original photograph realized in 1986 in Rome by an Anonymous photographer.
Typed notes on the r...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Little House on the Prairie, 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Little House on the Prairie', 2018,
50x50cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Digital C-print, Based on an original Polaroid.
Signed o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
David Bowie and Band
By Mick Rock
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
David Bowie with Mick Ronson and the Spiders during the filming Jean Genie. 1972
Signed by the late Mick Rock
Edition #14/50
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
After All (Cyndi Lauper) - 'Bring Ya to the Brink' record cover shoot
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
"After All" (Cyndi Lauper) from the 'Bring Ya to the Brink' Cyndi Lauper record Album) - 2009
20x20cm,
Edition - 5, plus 2 Artists Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid,
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Man against wall, One. Motion Series. Male Nude Sepia Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Man against wall one by Ricky Cohete
From Motion series
Sepia Archival Pigment print
Medium 36"x24"
Ed of 10 + 1AP
Throughout his exploration of the movement of the body, with mode...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004
20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 355...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Ashtray Heart - Original Polaroid - Unique piece
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ashtray Heart - 2019
Original Polaroid - Unique Piece,
signed and titled on back.
7.8 x 7,7cm (image area)
10.7 x 8.7 cm ( including white Polaroid frame)
Artist inventory PL2019...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Chains of Love, Gelatin Silver Print, Hand Tinted, Portrait by Jan Saudek 1980s
By Jan Saudek
Located in New york, NY
"Chains of love" is in a series of portraits by Jan Saudek, depicting two figures – either male or female chained together. In this work, the two models...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Edge of the Sea
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Edge of the Sea, 2016, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Based on an original Polaroid, Digital C-print, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Magic Mountain (California Badlands)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Magic Mountain' (California Badlands), 2016, 24x20cm, Edition 1/10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 19398.08,
not mounte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
"Brides Magazine, Bedford", New York, NY, 2003
By Jose Picayo
Located in Hudson, NY
This photograph is printed on Japanese Paper.
The price is for an unframed photograph.
11" X 14" Edition of 25.
The Robin Rice Gallery is pleased to announce, 25 Years of Polaroi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bird Print - Still Life Black and White Film Photographic Print Framed
By Pia Clodi
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bird Print - Still Life Black and White Photographic Print Framed
Pia Clodi’s works have a beautiful way of breathing life into the everyday. Taking moments from throughout her life...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Polaroid
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Bodybuilding Ballerina 20" x 16" Edition of 125
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome color capture of Arnold Schwarzenegger practicing his ballet movements in the studio, circa 1976.
Arnold Schwarzenegger born is an Austrian-American actor, producer, busines...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Slab City Bible Belt - California Badlands
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Slab City Bible Belt (California Badlands) - 2016,
20x24cm, Edition 10/10,
Archival Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid
Gendarmes on guard, Algeria - Original Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gendarmes on guard, Algeria is an original black and white vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the stamp of copyright "Associated Press Photo" on the rear....
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Palm Springs E-Type (Californication) - Polaroid, Jaguar, vintage, contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Springs E-Type (Californication) - 2021
50x50cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Invento...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004
20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 202...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Contemporary black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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. If you’re looking to add black and white photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Tyler Shields, Ian Sanderson, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and David Yarrow. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary black and white photography, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available.