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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
Oak Seed #11
Located in Sante Fe, NM
“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn...” Ralph Waldo Emerson In the dirt. This is where life begins. The journey starts in darkness. Trees often inspire the gaze u...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Platinum

Irish Coast, Ireland, shoreline, fine art, black and white landscape photo 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...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Irish Coast Panorama, Ireland, black and white photography, landscape, fine art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Photography - Impressive coastal panorama of the cliffs of Ireland with small islands. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and nu...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Claudette Colbert in Nature Scene
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American film actress and a leading lady in Hollywood for over two decades, Claudette Colbert. Colbert is featured here in a dramatic nature sc...
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1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Men" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Men" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper

Six Flying Birds, Bath, Avon, England,
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Reed Crescendo, Eagle Nest Lake, New Mexico
Located in Sante Fe, NM
David Gibson is primarily a self-taught photographer. Years of developing and refining his photographic technique have afforded him much recognition. He has also photographed extensi...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fishbones Panorama, Beach, Shoreline, Portugal, black and white landscape print
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...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, black and white photograph, limited
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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Sunday Relaxing, Sunny Beach, landscape photograph, limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 15. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm white border. International award winner photographer - Gerald Berghammer...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Swayambhunath, Nepal, 1994
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. His works depict nature eroded and broken down by civilization, but he does not put man and the environm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Southern Oaks
Located in Sante Fe, NM
All photographs are platinum/palladium prints. These metals are hand coated on 100% rag cotton water color paper with natural deckled edges and contact printed. Since platinum, like ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Platinum

Bent Palm, Beach, Florida, USA, black and white fine art photography, 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...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digit...

Bold and Beautiful All White Horses Running in the South of France, Best-Seller
Located in US
"Luminary" In this award-winning photograph, the incredible features of the all-white horses of Camargue are on full display as they gallop through the water of their remote home. ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Klockelefall, Waterfall, Mountain stream, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Waterfall detail from the beautiful Klockelefall, Pitztal, Austria. Archival pigment ink print as part of a...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

A Moment with Mario by James Sparshatt. Silver gelatin photo of jazz musician
Located in Coltishall, GB
A photograph of Mario locked in a harmonious embrace with his trumpet… a moment of magic in a jazz club in New Orleans. James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fifth Avenue Theater, Seattle – Hiroshi Sugimoto, Cinema, Photography, B/W
Located in Zurich, CH
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (*1948, Japan) Fifth Avenue Theater, Seattle , 1997 Silver gelatin print Sheet 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.) Edition of 25 (#21/25) A Label signed by the artist is prov...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Romantic Couplec- Free delivery- Signed limited edition fine art, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Romantic Couple - Signed limited edition archival pigment print 1988, Edition of 10 This image was captured on film in Paris in 1988. The negativ...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...

Randal Ford - Leopard Appaloosa Horse No. 1 (BW), 2024, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available Sizes: 30" x 45" Edition of 15 40" x 60" Edition of 10 48" x 72" Edition of 5 The second I saw Eva; I knew I had to create a portrait of her. Her classic leopard appaloos...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

On a Dust Kissed Drive
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In Home By Nightfall, Angela Bacon-Kidwell photographs a lone road surrounded by stretches of a seemingly infinite smokey landscape bathed in gausy light. Ultimately speaking of tran...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beach Huts, Promenade, France, black and white photography, fine art 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...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, 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...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marlon Brando Kissing Dog, Libertyville, IL 1950 - Large Format Black & White
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a large scale black and white photo of Marlon Brando as a young man at his family farm with his dog. In 1951 Life Magazine asked Art Shay to photograph Marlon Brando at his family home in Libertyville, IL. This is one of the photos from that shoot. In 2000, Art Shay published Album for an Age: Unconventional Words and Pictures from the Twentieth Century. This artwork is matted and framed. Art Shay Marlon Brando Kissing Dog...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pool Party VII - underwater black & white photograph - print on paper 24" x 36"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of young women diving naked in a pool. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dune - Signed limited edition fine art print, black white sepia brown, Oversize
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Dune - Limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then printed on H...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...

Pine Trees, Study 4, Wolcheon, Gangwondo, South Korea, silver gelatin print
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pine Trees, Study 4, Wolcheon, Gangwondo, South Korea, silver gelatin print Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Cows on the foggy Pasture, fairy Forest, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Fairy forest of madeira in the fog with cows and crooked trees, Fanal, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, tit...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Monument Valley, cloudy, desert, USA, black and white photography, 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...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Solovki, White Sea, Russia
Located in Sante Fe, NM
This print is currently featured in our exhibition, Warm Regards, and will be available to ship after the show closes June 24th, 2017. Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in co...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Gloria DeHaven Glamour Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white studio portrait features Gloria Dehaven posed in a captivating glamour portrait. Gloria DaHaven was an American actress and singer who was a contract st...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

World Class Sailboats on the Open Seas, Classic, Horizontal, Minimalist
Located in US
"In Sync" The iconic super yachts Lionheart, Ranger, Rainbow, and Velsheda appear to work together to create a pattern where there was none in this timeless and classic black and white photograph...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Vaiora" Photography 29.5" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Vaiora" Photography 29.5" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Kseniya Vashchenko Not framed. Ships rolled in tube. Available sizes: Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in Edition of 7: 39" x 31" ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

"Sculpt - S5 Diptych" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sculpt - S5 Diptych" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor "S5 Diptych" from SCULPT series Year: 2010 Medium: Photography Print size: Each of the 2 print at s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

After the Sunset, Scotland, Lake, black and white photography, landscape, art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure landscape photography print. Island with trees on a small mountain lake in the highlands of Scotland at sunset. Archival pigment ink print, edi...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Torso - Signed limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Square, Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Torso - Signed limited edition archival pigment print 1987 , Edition of 5 This print that is being offered is a high-quality Archival Pigment print which has been printed on fiber b...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...

"A Fisherman's Wife" Photography 39" x 31" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"A Fisherman's Wife" Photography 39" x 31" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper

Bruce Springsteen
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Archival digital print. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Image size: 19.5 x 19.5 in. Edition of 25. Number 25/25
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20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Picasso in his Atelier
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful black and white image of painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso hard at work in his studio. Pablo Ruiz Picasso born on the 25th of October 1881 and passed on the 8th of April ...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Crown Chakra" Black & White Photography 32" x 32" in Edition of 5 by Oleg Char
Located in Culver City, CA
"Crown Chakra" Black & White Photography 32" x 32" in Edition of 5 by Oleg Char Not framed. Ships rolled in tube. Available sizes: Edition of 20: 18 x 18 inch Edition of 10: 24...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital

Night Lights, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition 11 of 45 Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains hig...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

James Sparshatt Stormy Waters Large Archival Print with Wooden Frame, 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
Rolling waves crashing against the breakwater in St Monan’s calmed by a long exposure after dark. James Sparshatt’s black and white landscapes have an ethereal beauty. They are mom...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Rag Paper, Wood

Frank Sinatra with Ford
Located in Austin, TX
Circa 1955 in Hollywood, California: American jazz musician and singer Frank Sinatra leaning on a classic Ford parked next to a camping trailer. Frank Sinatra was an American singe...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Island, Burma
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For many years, I have made portraits of fishermen and their families in small villages in Burma/Myanmar. The country has a long, troubled histo...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo "Inspiration"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white studio portrait features Greta Garbo posed for her role in "Inspiration". Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. ...
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1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Mina, Study 3, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ten years ago, after a particularly tumultuous period in his life, Michael Kenna quietly made a decision to expand his photographic practice to include the human form. Kenna is well known for his minimalistic landscapes, and has been vocal in the past about the absence of the human figure in his photographs stating, "I feel they gave away the scale and became the main focus of the viewer’s attention." But, believing "fixed dogma is not a creative tool...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Group of Elephants Underneath a Tree, Africa, Vertical, Wild Animals
Located in US
"The Gathering" A group of elephants wait out the hottest part of the day under a lone Acacia tortilis tree in this iconic photograph taken in Kenya. Exceptional Creatures is a li...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Waiting for Brasil by James Sparshatt. Archival Print with Wooden Frame
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Atlantic Ocean stretching out from Dingle. In Irish folklore Brasil was believed to be a phantom island lost in mists that appeared once every seven years but could never be reac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Rag Paper, Wood

"Firestarter" Black & White Photography 47" x 35"in Edition of 3 by Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Firestarter" Black & White Photography 47" x 35"in Edition of 3 by Lukas Dvorak Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper 2021 Unframed Ships rolled in a tube ABOUT THE ARTIST Luka...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Pigment

Bette Davis, Marlon Brando, and Grace Kelly at the Oscars
Located in Austin, TX
"This black and white image features Bette Davis Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly smiling and holding awards at the 1954 Oscar Awards. Grace Kelly was an American actress who, after s...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Golfing in the rough - black and white photography
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful piece comes as print only with a certificate of authenticity from Contmepop Gallery. Framing options are available upon request. "I remember the moment that the idea for Bodyscapes® came to me. I was thinking that the shape and structure of the universe repeated itself at every level and suddenly I had the image in my mind of a skier going down a breast. This was it - the universe repeating its shapes - a body looking like a mountain. It was also an example of two realities coexisting. The picture could be seen as a landscape and it could also be seen as a body. Although they were different, both perceptions were right at the same time. I knew instantly that I had an entire series of images waiting to be captured on film" black and white photography miniature photography sport photography...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Candid Martin Luther King Jr.
Located in Austin, TX
A classic 1960's Photograph depicting the Reverend, Dr. Martin Luther King. One of the most famous and influential men of the 20th Century, the Baptist minister, Nobel Peace Prize wi...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Intimate Portrait of an Iconic White Camargue Horse, France, Ethereal, Calming
Located in US
"Entranced" A close-up, detailed portrait of an all-white Camargue horse and his bold and expressive profile. The print series Band of Rebels: White Horses of Camargue captures t...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Harness Racing, Beach, black and white photograph, limited edition landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome closeup publicity still of Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in their roles for the Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief. To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Boathouse at Mountain Lake, Austria, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscpe - photography. Boathouse at the Toplitzsee with water reflections from the forest. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Claudette Colbert in Awesome Jungle Scene
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American film actress and a leading lady in Hollywood for over two decades, Claudette Colbert. Colbert is featured here posed in a jungle sce...
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1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ponta Da Piedade, Portugal, black and white photography, fine art, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art waterscape - landscape photography print. Large Format analog print from Ponta Da Piedade, an impressive coastal landscape in Portugal. Archival pigment ink ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Lisa - Signed limited edition contemporary print, Back white photo, Sensual
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Lisa - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 ( Available : 4 ) This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Gi...

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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