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.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Contemporary
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Fishing Hut on Stilts, atlantic coast, France, black and white landscape photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Black and White, Digital, Archival Pigment...
Young Price Charles of Wales - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Young Price Charles is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1950s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political events, me...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Shades of Glass (No. 1) - Abstract Black and White Photogram
Located in Wien, Wien
Ulrike Königshofer
Shades of Glass (No. 1)
2020
Photogram
33,9 x 25 cm
Unique copy
On Ulrike Königshofer´s series “Shades of Glass”:
The photogram series "Shades of Glass" displays ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photogram
Shades of Glass (No. 2) - Abstract Black and White Photogram
Located in Wien, Wien
Ulrike Königshofer
Shades of Glass (No. 2)
2020
Photogram
32,2 x 23,2 cm
Unique copy
On Ulrike Königshofer´s series “Shades of Glass”:
The photogram series "Shades of Glass" display...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogram
Jumbo Rocks Skull - analogue black and white desert rocks
Located in London, GB
'Jumbo Rocks Skull' 2023
Limited edition of 20
Photograph shot using mid-century large format film camera Linhof.
Printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper. Signed bot...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Soldiers - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is a vintage photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Kiss - Vintage Photograph after Francesco Hayez -20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Kiss is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Teresa Mozzi - Photo After a Painting - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Teresa Mozzi is an original photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Raoul Salan - Portrait - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Raoul Salan is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Viva Fidel - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Viva Fidel is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1956. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political e...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
#InTheSky San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge
By James Bacchi
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Mixed Media
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Ocean - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Ocean is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Soldiers - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is a vintage photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photograph of Prayer in the garden - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photograph of Vintage Photograph of Prayer in the garden of Gethsemane and the Mocking of Christ (Painting by Ercole dé Roberti) is a black and white vintage photo realized b...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Soldiers - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is an vintage photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Jumping During Military Training - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Jumping During Military Training is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions, except for some minor fold.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Simon Wiesenthal - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Simon Wiesenthal is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Tiber- Rome Historical Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tiber- Rome Historical photo in black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Raoul Salan - Portrait - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Raoul Salan is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome Desappeared - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Rome is a Historical Photo in black and white realized in the 1800s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously ...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Vintage Photograph of Painting at MET - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photograph of Painting at MET is a black and white vintage photo realized by an anonymous artist in 1953.
Good condition.
The artwork belongs to a series of photos which ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Iceberg, silent morning, Iceland, black and white fine art landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alexandra Princess of Kent - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Alexandra Princess of Kent is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1950s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political eve...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Castel Sant'Angelo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Castel Sant'Angelo in black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured,...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photograph of Prayer in the garden - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photograph of Prayer in the garden of Gethsemane and the Mocking of Christ (Painting by Ercole dé Roberti) is a black and white vintage photo realized by an anonymous artist...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photograph of John the Baptist by Bellini - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Up to the Calvary (Painting by Ercol dé Roberti) is a black and white vintage photo realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century.
Good condition.
The artwork belongs t...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic 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.
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