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
"Swimmers", New York, NY, 1995
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
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cloth Making Tool (Sepia Toned Still Life of Tools from Tonga)
Located in Hudson, NY
Sepia Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph of Clothing Making Tools from Ancient Tonga
17 x 17 inches, edition of 25
signature on face
Tonga was once at the center of a vast trading empire stretching...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
July 30, 2004
By Ion Zupcu
Located in New York, NY
Sepia-toned gelatin silver print, mounted to archival board
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
9 x 9 inches
(Edition of 50)
15 x 15 inches
(Edition of 30)
This artwork is offered ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
March 15, 2005 #2
By Ion Zupcu
Located in New York, NY
Sepia-toned gelatin silver print, mounted to archival board
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
9 x 9 inches
(Edition of 50)
15 x 15 inches
(Edition of 30)
This artwork is offered ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tete-à-Tete, Bavaria 2015
Located in Munich, DE
2 girls in traditional bavarian dresses showing their cleavage.
In "Heimat" (german for homeland) invites viewers on a photographic journey through her childhood homeland of Bavaria...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ceremony Canes (Sepia Toned Still Life of 6 Canes from Tonga)
Located in Hudson, NY
Sepia Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph of Six Ceremonial Canes from Ancient Tonga
17 x 17 inches, edition of 8/25
signature on face
Tonga was once at the center of a vast trading empire stretching...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Silver Gelatin
August 16, 2004 #1
By Ion Zupcu
Located in New York, NY
Sepia-toned gelatin silver print, mounted to archival board
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
9 x 9 inches
(Edition of 50)
15 x 15 inches
(Edition of 30)
This artwork is offered ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
March 5, 2005 #2
By Ion Zupcu
Located in New York, NY
Sepia-toned gelatin silver print, mounted to archival board
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
9 x 9 inches
(Edition of 50)
15 x 15 inches
(Edition of 30)
This artwork is offered ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Circus trio / tumbling family / children three framed phoos
By Nina Dietzel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Three framed contemporary black and white photographs featuring tumbling children, from when the artist visited a Romanian family circus during her travels.
Dietzel’s diverse proje...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Camel II
Located in Park City, UT
From Nine Francois' "Animalia" series, Camel 2 is one of 48 available animal images. Nine produces close-up photographs of animals which are presented ag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Afterglow
By Amy Friend
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the Dare alla Luce series, I initially responded to a collection of vintage photographs, retrieved from a variety of sources both personal and anonymous. Through hand-manipulated ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Up and Away - 21st Century, Contemporary, Polaroid, Boyhood
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Up and Away (It's only Me and You now)- 2017, Edition 2/10 plus 2 Artist Proof, 50x50cm,
Digital Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemühle photo rag paper,
not mounted. Sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Divination by Shadow
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Divination by Raindrop
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Divination by Key
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Homeward Bound - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Homeward Bound, 2017, Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proof
Based on an original Instant Film Digital C-print, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Atlantic City, 1948
By Amy Friend
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the Dare alla Luce series, I initially responded to a collection of vintage photographs, retrieved from a variety of sources both personal and anonymous. Through hand-manipulated ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
It's only You and Me now (1) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Polaroid, Boyhood
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
It's only You and Me now (1) - 2017, Edition 2/10 plus 2 Artist Proof, 50x50cm,
Digital Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemühle photo rag paper, not mounted.
Signed on ver...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Divination by Cloud
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Divination by Cards
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Liza Minelli
By Nigel Parry
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Portrait of Liza Minnelli by Nigel Parry.
Nigel Parry began his photographic career in London in 1987 and moved to New York in 1994. Since then he has been comissioned by many of ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dawn Mist, Mont St. Michel, France
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential am...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Copse and Tree, Mita, Hokkaido, Japan. 2007
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential am...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cougar 2
Located in Park City, UT
From Nine Francois' "Animalia" series, Zebra 1 is one of 48 available animal images. Nine produces close-up photographs of animals which are presented against a stark white backgroun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Dapple Grey Hill Pony", Dartmoor, UK, 2007
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 1.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Majestic", Dartmoor, UK, 2007
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for FRAMED print.
Edition of 1.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Salton Sea Palm Tree (California Badlands)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Salton Sea Palm Tree (California Badlands)
2016, 20x24cm, Edition 2/10,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 19400.09.
not mou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print
Frozen
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The past several years of my life have been colored by change, both positive and adverse: a new partner; a new child; loved ones that have fallen ill at an early age; friends and fam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
October
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The past several years of my life have been colored by change, both positive and adverse: a new partner; a new child; loved ones that have fallen ill at an early age; friends and fam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Isolde
By Amy Friend
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the Dare alla Luce series, I initially responded to a collection of vintage photographs, retrieved from a variety of sources both personal and anonymous. Through hand-manipulated ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
St. George's Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
By Lois Conner
Located in New York, NY
17 x 29.5 inch hand-pulled photogravure
Image size 9 x 23 inches
Signed, titled, dated and editioned on recto
Edition 40
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Blue Roses
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 1.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production.
Shipping time depends on method of shipping.
Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph.
ABOUT:
For the last two years Mark and Kristen have collaborated using one of the earliest photographic methods, collodion wet plate to create ambrotypes on glass and tintypes on aluminum. They use a 1860 style view camera to create one-of-a-kind images, which become windows into an intimate, romantic, and beautiful world of faces, still lives, nudes, and landscapes. In this demanding process, the collodion coated tin or glass plates are immersed in a silver nitrate solution, and then they must be exposed in the camera and developed while still wet. Serendipitous flaws and beautiful imperfections are an inevitable part of this imprecise hands-on process.
This show includes a combination of 24 tintypes and ambrotypes, which are 8x10 and smaller in size. Their intimate sizes ask the viewers to look closer and spend more time with these photographs to fully appreciate their power. — A welcome antidote to today's nonstop, ¬instantaneous imagery. Paradoxically, this intersection of past and present gives these pieces an unmistakably contemporary feel. The two collaborators deliberately play up the ambiguity of time.
The nudes (some recalling E.J. Bellocq's alluring portraits of New Orleans prostitutes in 1912) are suffused with freshness and sensuality, even eroticism at times, with nearly all of them coming off as refined rather than crass.
Fredrick Scott...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Divination by Needle
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Divination by Time
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Divination by Book
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Divination by Phillips
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Divination by Wax
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Divinations by Stranger
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Divination by Palm
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Monkey 4
Located in Park City, UT
From Nine Francois' "Animalia" series, Zebra 1 is one of 48 available animal images. Nine produces close-up photographs of animals which are presented against a stark white backgroun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prof. Hans Haacke, Cooper Union
By Paul Garrin
Located in New York, NY
Prof. Hans Haacke, Cooper Union, 1980
Vintage silver gelatin print (unique)
14 x 11 inches
signed
Paul Garrin began working with photography and vide...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A WINTER MELODY by Guido Argentini EROS series (DIASEC Photograph)
Located in New York City, NY
Series:: EROS
All available sizes and editions:
30" x 60" editions of 9
40" x 80" editions of 6
50" x 100" editions of 1
Archival Pigment Print on Fine Art Baryta paper
Price for U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Touch the Sky
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Elena S. #4, Russia
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Available in:
- Edition of 5 + 1 AP, 125x104 cm
- Edition of 6 + 1 AP, 77x64 cm
- Edition of 10 + 1 AP, 60 x 50 cm
“Tribes of Our Generation” is a series featuring alternative YouTube or IG influencers. While strangers to everyone who is not a part of that specific subculture, they act as role models to their community.
As an echo to his portraits of members from African tribes, Schlegel respectfully highlights their individuality. Beyond their external appearance, tattoos, hairstyles and piercings, it is their souls that transpires through their gaze. To quote Lars Elton: “It’s all about their eyes”.
All photographs are black and white silver prints taken using a 4 x 5 field camera...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sasha S. II, Russia
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Available in:
- Edition of 5 + 1 AP, 125x104 cm
- Edition of 6 + 1 AP, 77x64 cm
- Edition of 10 + 1 AP, 60 x 50 cm
“Tribes of Our Generation” is a series featuring alternative YouTu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Connoisseur Magazine, Armani", New York, NY, 1988
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 Polaro...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Thoughts
Located in New York City, NY
GUIDO ARGENTINI
Thoughts
40x40in
ed.18
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed
Also available in 48x48in and 60x60in.
Limited edition signed print by Guido Argentini.
Guido Arg...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Something in the way", photography by Cécile Plaisance (39.7x55.5in), 2022
Located in Paris, France
"Something in the way", black and white photograph of a cheetah by Cécile Plaisance.
In her new series of black and white photographs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Satin Paper
Guardian of Eden, Kenya, Elephant, Painting, Photography, Mixed Media
Located in Munich, DE
Unique Piece / One of a Kind
An elephant is grapping dust with his trunk. Museum Archival Print on Hahnemühle Laid paper.
Joachim is one of the multifaceted artists among Fine Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Pigment
Falling Man, limited edition archival pigment photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Falling Man, limited edition archival pigment photograph, signed and numbered
Storytelling comes naturally for photographer Keith Carter whose East Texas roots have greatly influen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Amanda's Gift, limited edition, archival ink print, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Amanda's Gift, limited edition, archival ink print, signed and numbered
Storytelling comes naturally for photographer Keith Carter whose East Texas roots have greatly influenced hi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Reindeer-I
Located in Park City, UT
Nine Francois produces close-up photographs of animals which are presented against a stark white background. Traveling to various animal preserves, the artist shoots up close – very ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tree of love, Bavaria 2015
Located in Munich, DE
Price range: 9,000 - 36,000 €
Edition 10
Also available in:
70x105cm, Edition of 7
120x180cm, Edition 3 SOLD OUT
150x230cm, Edition 3
Naked female is sitting in a trunk that looks ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Butterfly / Bug)
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, dated and numbered.
Paper size: 16 x 12 in., Images size 9/ 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.
Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish photographers, who is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
York
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Beauty is only skin deep. But ah! me; freckles go to the bone. ~Mark Twain
April, a freckled woman in this series, told me a story from her childhood: One day after playing outsid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Choromatsu, Suo Sarumawashi
Located in Sante Fe, NM
My photographs reflect both genuine interest in my subject as well as a respect for the element of serendipity. I strive for both calculation and discovery in my work, studying my su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Element I
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada’s work addresses notions of light, time, and space – but in a completely unique fashion. Printed on two layered silk screens bound and separated by mats, her images lite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silk
Figure 32
Located in Sante Fe, NM
f Men: Strength and Vulnerability is an examination of male behavior, in particular, platonic intimacy and how cultural biases set the parameters for physical relationships. Men in A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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.