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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Style: Contemporary
Paris France, Black and White Photography Night Life 1950s, Crazy Horse Stripper
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
American photographer Burt Glinn's Stripper, Crazy Horse Saloon, Paris, 1956, is a 16" x 20" gelatin silver print, signed and authenticated by the Glinn estate. This photo offers an ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Warrior in Kenya Leading Camels Across Desert, Horizontal, Iconic
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Arteti Leading Camels"
In this iconic photograph, a Rendille warrior takes his camels to find water. It is part of his role to make sure that each animal has what they need, even ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bavaria, Germany
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Invacuo Project #21. B&W Portrait inspired by the Gezi Park resistance movement
By Koray Erkaya
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In his new photographic art series, Erkaya revolts against individual and social de-sensitization. In order to address the memory and to increase awareness, he uses “gas” against everyone –without discrimination. He tests his models with gas in the specifically prepared labyrinth made of mirrors. When we see ourselves in the eyes of the models in the mirrors...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
ONE WAY Panorama, Palm Tree, Florida, USA, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Great Grey Owl, limited edition photograph, signed, Platinum/Palladium Print
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Great Grey Owl, limited edition photograph, signed, Platinum/Palladium Print
My fascination with birds of prey began eight years ago. There have been nesting owls on my family’s lan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Striped Woman at Studio 54
Located in New York, NY
Arlene Gottfried
Striped Woman at Studio 54
January 1, 1979
Vintage gelatin silver print
14 x 11 inches
Arlene Gottfried was a New York City street photographer celebrated for h...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Katharine Hepburn with Dogs
Located in Austin, TX
"Black and white candid capture of actress Katharine Hepburn smiling outdoors with her dogs, circa 1938.
Katharine Hepburn was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leadin...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy, black and white photography, fine art, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - cityscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eartha Kitt Stunning Smile
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant and glamorous black and white studio portrait features Eartha Kitt smiling to the camera with her back turned.
Eartha Kitt was an American singer, actress, dancer, act...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Pont Neuf, Paris, France, black and white photography, landscape, fine art print
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
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot b/w silver gelatin photograph.
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill is one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and collected photographers, whose work hangs in national galleries and private collections around the globe. Since ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Lambda
Woman Protestor, March on Washington, African-American Civil Rights Photography
Located in New york, NY
Woman Protestor, March on Washington, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver photograph, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is in Leonard Freed's book “This Is the Day: The March on Washington'' (p. 50).
Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and as a "concerned photographer" his work demonstrated humanitarian concerns. The photographer travelled to New York, Washington, D.C., and throughout the South, capturing the daily life of African-Americans. Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the East Coast to the Deep South, Freed’s photo essay culminated in the book Black in White America, which contributed to Freed's becoming one of the well-known documentary photographers of 20th Century America.
After Freed’s death in 2006 his widow, Brigitte Freed was inspired to compile a book on the March on Washington from her late husband’s archive when she heard then-Senator former President Barack Obama remark to an audience of civil rights activists, “I stand here because you walked.”
The March on Washington series is a powerful visual testimony, capturing protests that culminated in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream'' speech, delivered at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
Provenance: Freed archive.
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Artist’s Bio:
Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Figurative photo, Signed limited edition contemporary print, Black white-Raquel
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Raquel ‘.
This photograph is minimali...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Brigette Bardot
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Terry O'Neill's photograph of Brigitte Bardot in Spain is a timeless portrayal of the iconic actress exuding effortless allure. Captured in black and white, Bardot is depicted from t...
Category
19th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Close-Up Profile Portrait of a Sable Island Horse, Iconic, Meditative
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Reflection"
This intimate interaction with a beautifully wild horse could only happen on Sable Island.
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sable Island documents one of the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Giza Pyramids, Study 3, Cairo, 2009
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 among ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Blur" Black & White Photography 27.5" x 20" in Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Blur" Black & White Photography 27.5" x 20" in Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
161.03.11 by Klaus Kampert - Fine art nude photography, woman's body, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
161.03.11 is a work by contemporary photographer Klaus Kampert, from the 'On Body Forms' series.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sacha..-Signed limited edition fine art nude print, Black and white photo, Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Sacha and Pearl ‘ who was captured on f...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Summer 85 - Limited edition nude photo, Graphic, Sensual woman, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Summer 85 '
Young topless woman sunbath...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Black Rocks and a few Stones, black and white photography, landscape, fine art
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lose yourself - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lose yourself - 2021
40x50cm,
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2022-2009.
Not mou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Rounds - underwater black and white photograph - archival pigment print 22x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white portrait of Justin Jedlica - The Human Ken Doll
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnished with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Spellbound - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Spellbound
2019, 20x20 cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019-751...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Contemplation, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Contemplation - 2018
Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Based on the Polaroid
Archival C-print,
not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-20...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Because- Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Because - 2021
40X50cm,
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2022-2009.
Not mounted.
Kirsten Thys van den Audenae...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Female Nude, Black and White Portrait Photography, Kate #9 by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #9, 2002 by Leonard Freed is an 8” x 10” signed black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate on verso (back of photo). Model, photographer, and yogini Kate ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Higher ground - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Higher ground - 2021
25x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2021-1070.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Portrait of a Young Women in Kenya, Black and White, Meditative
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Fabric of Youth"
A young Rendille woman named Adato watches over the deserted salt flats of the Chalbi Desert. She is a beacon of hope for the future of her tribe.
This image is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Two Wild Horses Running on the Beach of Sable Island, Horizontal, Equestrian
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"In Pursuit"
The wild horses are the only full-time residents of Sable Island and roam freely wherever they want.
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sable Island documents...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Distant Mountains, Passo delle Capannelle, Pizzoli, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
All my most Beautiful - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'All my most Beautiful', 2016,
Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proof
20x20cm / 7.8x7.8 inches
Based on a Polaroid, digital C-Print,
not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Animal nitrate - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Animal nitrate - 2021
40x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2022-2007.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Who I am - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Who I am
2019, 20x20 cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019 - 749...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Indian Autumn 2" Black and White Photography 47x35 in Ed. of 5 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Indian Autumn 2" Black and White Photography 47x35 in Ed. of 5 by Lukas Dvorak
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2014
Not framed. Ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Luk...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment
Hot Air Balloon, World Championship, b&w photograph, limited edition landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Seascape V - large format photograph of monochromatic black white water surface
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale abstract b&w photograph of mesmerizing monochromatic water surface
SEASCAPE V by Frank Schott
60 x 48 inches / 152cm x 122cm
signed edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Untitled from "Breathers (After Alzheimer's)"
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Breathers (After Alzheimer's) is an emotional typology of Pacific Northwest trees and their relationship to the developing landscape of my mother in-law’s early-onset Alzheimer’s Dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Clara
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15
signed and numbered
Also available in:
90 x 120 cm / 35.4 x 47.2 in
120 x 160 cm / 47.2 x 63 in
Portrait of black woman in...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Titans, Paris, 2003 by Markus Klinko
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print by photographer Markus Klinko. "Titans, Paris, 2003"
This print is available in the following sizes, signed and numbered by Markus Klinko
24" high - Ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Styrofoam - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Styrofoam - 2021
80x60cm,
Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2021-1078.
Not mo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Ancient Laurel Cloud Forest, Trees, black and white photography, landscape, art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Ancient laurel cloud forest in mystical fog in Fanal on the island of Madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
168.04.12 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
168.04.12 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Wrapped".
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is availabl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Double Peony - still life film photography collage, limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Double Peony'
It is a black and white still life film photography collage, a limited edition of 5.
Photograph is shot on a 4x5 large format camera Linhof. All processing and prin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Giclée
After midnight - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
After midnight - 2020
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-932.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Portrait of Two Wild Horses, Minimal, Vertical
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Kisses"
Two wild horses share a affectionate moment in an ethereal scene from Sable Island.
This is a best-selling image.
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sable Isla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
World-Class Yachts in Motion, Black and White, Vertical, Design-Inspired
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Velsheda in Pursuit"
As the J-Class racing yacht Velsheda chased Ranger across the sea, the billowing sails created a stark contrast with the water below.
This image is in the p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
A Single Giraffe Runs Across the Plains in Africa
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Flight"
A giraffe runs across the parched Earth near Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Exceptional Creatures is a limited edition print series documenting the most extraordinary anim...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Figurative photo, Limited edition print, Contemporary, Portrait- Dentist chair
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Dentist chair - Signed limited edition archival pigment print
Edition of 10
This image was captured on film in 1986.
This print that is being offered is a high-quality Archival P...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Georgianna, Paris 1994
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15
signed and numbered
Also available in:
90 x 120 cm / 35.4 x 47.2 in
120 x 160 cm / 47.2 x 63 in
Thierry Le Gouès, born in Britta...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
The Cold Light of the Morning - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Cold Light of the Morning (Bombay Beach) - 2024 -
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certifica...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Foggy Revelation, Mountains, Foggy Lake, black and white photograph, limited
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 20. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to ord...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Grace (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Grace (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Muhammad Ali
Located in Manchester, GB
Muhammad Ali, 1963
Cassius Clay during a training session at White City, London, before his fight with British Heavyweight Champion Henry Cooper, 29 May 1963
Fine art giclée print....
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Waiting (Ensign Broderick record Shoot 'Blood Crush') - Bombay Beach, CA
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Waiting (Ensign Broderick record Shoot 'Blood Crush') - Bombay Beach, CA - 2019
40x40cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature lab...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Figurative photo, nude print, Black white, Large, Contemporary- Morning
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Morning ‘ who was captured on film in ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Dogs USA, Black and White Photograph of Pets in a Sports Car
Located in New york, NY
Dogs, USA, Greenwich, CT is a 5" x 7" black and white photograph, stamped “vintage” by the Freed estate on verso (back) of gelatin silver press. Provenance: Freed archive.
The photo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Young Hamer Woman. By John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Markets are the lifeblood of social interaction in the Omo valley as they bring together widely scattered groups for a few hours each week. For the remainder of their time, many fam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Silver Souls - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Silver Souls - 2024 -
20x25cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
inventory PL2024-27.
Not m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sunrise on the California Coast, Black and White Photography, Vertical, Classic
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Alight"
This timeless image features a stretch of California Coast where it seems like the Earth ends and disappears into the sea.
Join the photographic journey through the cultu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fire of the Himba by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Himba women have a devotion to red ochre powder and butter fat that exceeds even the Hamer of the Omo valley in Ethiopia. They apply huge amounts to almost their entire bodies inclu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Going Vertical 1 - Belgium 2021 - # 2 / 7 Limited Edition Fine Art Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
This is # 2/7 Fine Art Print Limited Edition 42cm x 60 cm
VADOR THE SPACE SHOW is the first exhibition of photographs by Stefan Darte which is currently being held in Brussels in the coworking area named The Spaces (Gare Maritime - Tour & Taxis) from december 15th up to march 31st
Thirty prints are housed in high quality black anodized metal American boxes and all prints are supplied on heavyweight fine art paper printed with museum pigment inks. All photographs are exclusively offered in limited editions in 4 different formats :
42cm x60cm (7+2AP) 60cm x80cm (7+2+AP) 70cm-100cm (5+2AP) 100cmx150cm (3+2AP)
Stefan Darte is a fighter pilot in the Belgian Air Force...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Damage control - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Damage control - 2020
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-946.
Not mount...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
160.04.11 by Klaus Kampert - Black & white nude framed photograph, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
160.04.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series "Tribute to Modigliani".
This photograph is a limited edition of 15 copi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Valérie- Signed limited edition Still life print, Black white photo, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Valérie - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which is then printe...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Giza Pyramids, Study 2, Cairo, Egypt. 2009
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City, Harlem, African American Children 1960s, Muscle Boy, Limited Ed
Located in New york, NY
Muscle Boy is an iconic image by Leonard Freed who was a pioneer in socially conscious photojournalism.
In this photo a boy flexes his muscles for the camera perhaps making a state...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigmen...
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photo realized in 1970s by Agenzia ANSA. Good condition.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
160.06.11 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
160.06.11 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Tribute to Modigliani".
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Freddie Mercury at Wembley Stadium
By Neal Preston
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Freddie Mercury on stage during the Magic tour. Wembley Stadium, UK. 1986.
Signed on bottom right by photographer.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Titter, Scantily Clad Woman Viewing Titter Magazine, 1950 Vintage Photograph
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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.