Contemporary Black and White Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
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Style: Contemporary
Artist: Mitch Dobrowner
Mars Formation, limited edition archival photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Mars Formation, limited edition archival photograph, signed and numbered
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his ima...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Temple of the Sun, limited edition archival ink photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Temple of the Sun, limited edition archival ink photograph, signed and numbered.
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lone Pine Peak, Eastern Sierra Nevada, CA, limited edition photograph, signed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Lone Pine Peak, Eastern Sierra Nevada, CA, limited edition photograph, signed
While photographing, the world gets quiet around me... things seem simple again – and I obtain a respe...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Volucris in High Desert, Trementina, NM, limited edition photograph, signed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Volucris in High Desert, Trementina, NM, is a landscape photograph by Mitch Dobrowner. This photograph is printed using archival pigment and is signed and numbered in graphite.
Mi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Torqueo Over Plains, Wagon Mound, NM, limited edition photograph, signed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Torqueo Over Plains, Wagon Mound, NM, limited edition photograph, signed
In his epic landscape photography, Mitch Dobrowner is drawn towards nature at its most sublime. Influenced d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Asperitas Cloud, Seibert, CO, limited edition photograph, signed, archival ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Asperitas Cloud, Seibert, CO, limited edition photograph, signed, archival ink
In his epic landscape photography, Mitch Dobrowner is drawn towards nature at its most sublime. Influ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Supercell Swirls and Lightning, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Supercell Swirls and Lightning, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
In his epic landscape photography, Mitch Dobrowner is drawn towards nature at its most sublime. Influenced during his early years in New York by the images of Minor White and Ansel Adams, Dobrowner now captures rolling deserts and the vast expanses of the Great Plains...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cloud with Wings, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered, archival
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Cloud with Wings, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered, archival
In his epic landscape photography, Mitch Dobrowner is drawn towards nature at its most sublime. Influenced during his early years in New York by the images of Minor White and Ansel Adams, Dobrowner now captures rolling deserts and the vast expanses of the Great Plains...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Farm House and Shelf Cloud, limited edition photograph, signed, archival ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Farm House and Shelf Cloud, limited edition photograph, signed, archival ink
In his epic landscape photography, Mitch Dobrowner is drawn towards nature at its most sublime. Influenced during his early years in New York by the images of Minor White and Ansel Adams, Dobrowner now captures rolling deserts and the vast expanses of the Great Plains...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saucer Over Northern Plains, limited edition, signed, archival pigment ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Saucer Over Northern Plains, limited edition, signed, archival pigment ink
The adrenaline of seeing Mother Nature during some of her finest moments will be ingrained in me forever. It is a humbling experience - and I feel fortunate to have witnessed her power and grandeur over the past 12 years. My experiences are hard to describe in words
During this last trip (July 2021) we traveled over 6400 miles in 10 days crossing through 10 different states - all in my quest/passion to photograph these storm systems. But this time the events of the last year made me more aware, opened my eyes wider, and had a different effect on me. The effects of Climate Change have become obvious.
The current patterns are changing and they are accelerating faster than anyone realized or predicted. Just over the past decade, the characteristics of the Jet Stream and the Gulf Stream have changed. Pandemics, droughts, devastating heatwaves, wildfires, massive floods, and rising oceans are accelerating. As I sit here in my house in Lone Pine, CA in 103-degree heat I can hardly see the outlines of Lone Pine Peak and Mount Whitney...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Storm over Sierra Nevada, limited edition photograph, signed, archival ink print
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Storm over Sierra Nevada, limited edition photograph, signed, archival ink print
Artist Statement
The Earth is an ever-changing ecosystem. It existed well before we were here and w...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Shiprock Storm, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered, archival
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Shiprock Storm, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered, archival.
*No more than 50 prints of this image will be made, all three sizes combined.
For nearly a decade, Mitch D...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sunrise Over Lone Pine, limited edition photograph, signed, archival ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Sunrise Over Lone Pine, limited edition photograph, signed, archival ink
"The Eastern Sierra Nevada has always been a major inspiration for me - and a reason why I started photographing the landscapes of the Desert Southwest. Owens Valley, the Alabama Hills and specifically the town of Lone Pine was one of the first areas I spent time exploring when I first arrived in California (30+ years ago). The sight and majesty of Lone Pine Peak and Mount Whitney...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Crown
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-changing complexion of weather. For Dobrowner, these swirling skies and monolithic mountains inspire a reverence and respect for our vast, wondrous, and sometimes perilous planet. While photographing, Dobrowner keeps the words of Edward Abbey...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bentonite Wave
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-changing complexion of weather. For Dobrowner, these swirling skies and monolithic mountains inspire a reverence and respect for our vast, wondrous, and sometimes perilous planet. While photographing, Dobrowner keeps the words of Edward Abbey...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rock Family
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hoodoo
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-changing complexion of weather. For Dobrowner, these swirling skies and monolithic mountains inspire a reverence and respect for our vast, wondrous, and sometimes perilous planet. While photographing, Dobrowner keeps the words of Edward Abbey...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pinaca Form
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Setting Sun Shiprock
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dawn, Trona
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dusk, Trona
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Goblin Valley
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-changing complexion of weather. For Dobrowner, these swirling skies and monolithic mountains inspire a reverence and respect for our vast, wondrous, and sometimes perilous planet. While photographing, Dobrowner keeps the words of Edward Abbey...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Merrick Butte
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Church Rock
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-changing complexion of weather. For Dobrowner, these swirling skies and monolithic mountains inspire a reverence and respect for our vast, wondrous, and sometimes perilous planet. While photographing, Dobrowner keeps the words of Edward Abbey...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bennett Peak
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-changing complexion of weather. For Dobrowner, these swirling skies and monolithic mountains inspire a reverence and respect for our vast, wondrous, and sometimes perilous planet. While photographing, Dobrowner keeps the words of Edward Abbey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tse' Bit' Ai
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-changing complexion of weather. For Dobrowner, these swirling skies and monolithic mountains inspire a reverence and respect for our vast, wondrous, and sometimes perilous planet. While photographing, Dobrowner keeps the words of Edward Abbey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Throne
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tornado Over Farmland
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American heartland photographing the energy of a wondrous and sometimes perilous planet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, ABS
Sister Storms and Lightning
Located in Sante Fe, NM
New 2015 Storms Release
The Earth is an ever-changing ecosystem. It existed well before we were here and will hopefully be here well beyond the time we leave it. It’s real, at tim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Helix and Trees
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American heartland photographing the energy of a wondrous and sometimes perilous planet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Raven Rock
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American heartland photographing the energy of a wondrous and sometimes perilous planet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Volcano and Skeleton
Located in Sante Fe, NM
NEW WORK by prominent landscape photographer Mitch Dobrowner. JUST RELEASED, JAN 2018
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tornado Crossing Power Poles
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner has always been drawn to weather and in 2009 he actively started seeking out tempests and twisters in the company of professional storm chasers, and since that time, storm ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lightning Storm and Homestead
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American heartland photographing the energy of a wondrous and sometimes perilous planet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rainshafts
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American heartland photographing the energy of a wondrous and sometimes perilous planet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Center Dome, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered, archival ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Center Dome, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered, archival ink
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nimbus
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American heartland photographing the energy of a wondrous and sometimes perilous planet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saguaro Portrait
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American heartland photographing the energy of a wondrous and sometimes perilous planet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Strata Storm and Bales
Located in Sante Fe, NM
New 2015 Storms Release
The Earth is an ever-changing ecosystem. It existed well before we were here and will hopefully be here well beyond the time we leave it. It’s real, at tim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Oval BA
Located in Sante Fe, NM
2015 STORMS Release
The Earth is an ever-changing ecosystem. It existed well before we were here and will hopefully be here well beyond the time we leave it. It’s real, at times bea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jupiter: Mobridge, South Dakota, 2011
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saguaro and Storm
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American heartland photographing the energy of a wondrous and sometimes perilous planet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Storm Approaching Silo
Located in Sante Fe, NM
New 2015 Storms Release
The Earth is an ever-changing ecosystem. It existed well before we were here and will hopefully be here well beyond the time we leave it. It’s real, at times...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Storm, Field, and Trees, landscape photograph, archival pigment print, signed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Storm, Field and Trees, 2017 is a signed photograph by Mitch Dobrowner.
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American heart...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Superstition Mountain, Apache Junction, Arizona
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mammatus, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered, archival ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Mammatus, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered, archival ink
Dobrowner has always been drawn to weather and in 2009 he actively started seeking out tempests and twisters...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ship Rock, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ship Rock, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Urbane
Located in Sante Fe, NM
A natural and an urban environment preserving Dobrowner's signature approach to the landscape – one that emphasizes vastness, drama, and a grand respect for the planet in which we in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Natron Sunrise
Located in Sante Fe, NM
A natural and an urban environment preserving Dobrowner's signature approach to the landscape – one that emphasizes vastness, drama, and a grand respect for the planet in which we in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Raincloud
Located in Sante Fe, NM
New 2015 Storms Release
The Earth is an ever-changing ecosystem. It existed well before we were here and will hopefully be here well beyond the time we leave it. It’s real, at tim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Zodiac
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American heartland photographing the energy of a wondrous and sometimes perilous planet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Promethei Terra, Trona, California
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arm of God, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Arm of God, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
The Earth is an ever-changing ecosystem. It existed well before we were here and will hopefully be here well be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bear's Claw, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered , archival ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at once capturing seemingly eternal geological formations and the ever-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Monsoon and Storm Over Town, limited edition photograph, signed, archival
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Monsoon and Storm Over Town, limited edition photograph, signed, archival
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American he...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Heart and Cloud
Located in Sante Fe, NM
photo-eye Galley is excited to debut 9 new images form Mitch Dobrowner's STORMS series.
Dobrowner has always been drawn to weather and in 2009 he actively started seeking out temp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
War of the Worlds, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered, archival ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
War of the Worlds, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered, archival ink
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the Ameri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Painted Storm
Located in Sante Fe, NM
photo-eye Galley is excited to debut 9 new images form Mitch Dobrowner's STORMS series.
Dobrowner has always been drawn to weather and in 2009 he actively started seeking out temp...
Category
2010s 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.