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
Bath House, Salton Sea, California, USA, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Abandoned single bath house at Salton sea, California, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and number...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Touch - underwater nude black & white photograph - print on aluminum 24"x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young naked women touching her reflection in the water surface.
Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist.
The artwor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
"Aneta" Black & White Photography 32" x 24" inch Edition of 7 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aneta" Black & White Photography 32" x 24" inch Edition of 7 by Lukas Dvorak
32" x 24" inch
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2008
Ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT THE ARTIST
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment
Mountain Meadow, Iceland, contemporary, black and white photograph, landscape
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
The Touch - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 35x52"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young naked women touching her reflection in the water surface.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus: Candid Golf Legends
By Morgan Fitz
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus smiling together as Arnold helps Jack with his "winners" jacket. A truly rare capture of two of the greatest...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Rockface 27: Still Life of Graphic Jagged Rock Cliff in Black and White)
By Andrew Buck
Located in Hudson, NY
Rockface 27 by Andrew Buck
archival pigment print, edition of 5
44 x 44 inches framed
Print is dry mounted without glazing (no glass). Black metal frame is approx 1/2 inch face widt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Caribbean Feeling, Palm Trees, Ireland, black and white 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
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Archival Pigment...
Photography - New York City landscape art photography black and white
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Our gallery has the most extensive art photography of New York City, due to our abiding love for the city. We present the work of different photographers, some of whom are emerging talents who have had their work published in noted magazines in Europe or the USA, others, who are recognized for their work in international photography competitions.
ABOUT THIS PIECE:
This is drawn from archive of an award winning photographer.
The work is a C print -sold print...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Black Dahlia #2 by Philip Gatward - Black and White Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Black Dahlia #2 is a rich and luxurious Archival Inkjet Print by contemporary photographer Philip Gatward.
It is available in this size of 32" x 32" in an Edition of 10.
Gatward'...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Black and White, Inkjet
Monument Valley Panorama, Mojave Desert, Limited Edition, American Landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama landscape photography. Monument Valley the famous rocks in the Mojave Desert with beautiful clouds, Navajo Tribal Park, USA. Archival pigment ink pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Valentina & Niklas, Los Angeles, contemporary, photography, 21st century
Located in München, BY
Edition of 20
A black and white portrait of a female and a male model sitting in a diner in Los Angeles California.
Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Ja...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Randal Ford - Leopard Appaloosa Horse No. 1 (BW), 2024, Printed After
By Randal Ford
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Marlon Brando, Hawaii, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of famous actor Marlon Brando.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns t...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Oak Seed #4
By Beth Moon
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Platinum
W.C. Fields Eating a Pizza
Located in Austin, TX
This candid black and white capture features W.C. Fields eating a pizza.
W.C. Fields was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. Fields' comic persona was a misanthropic a...
Category
1920s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ciro's Owner Herbert Hover and Marilyn Monroe
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Candid capture of Circo nightclub's owner Herbert Hoover helping bombshell actress Marilyn Monroe with her fur coat.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress model and singer. Famous...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Angel Statue, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris, black and white photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Cityscape Photography for Sale. Angel Statue, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris, France. Archival pigment ink p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Broken Chain. Architectural limited edition black and white photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Frames that capture the transformation from everyday life into another reality. Images that explore how the future will look. The proposal comes from the contemporary but goes beyond...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Archival 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Road and Sunstreams, Angelina National Forest, Broaddus, Texas
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Born in 1939 in Louisville Kentucky, David Gibson is primarily a self-taught photographer. Years of developing and refining his photographic technique have afforded him much recognition, especially for his panoramic landscapes of Texas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Oak Seed #11
By Beth Moon
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Platinum
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...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Southern Oaks
By Beth Moon
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Platinum
Bold and Beautiful All White Horses Running in the South of France, Best-Seller
By Drew Doggett
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. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digit...
Lightning Storm and Homestead
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For nearly a decade, Mitch Dobrowner has ventured out with professional storm chasers into the American heartland photographing the energy of a wondrous and sometimes perilous planet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Pool Party VII - underwater black & white photograph - print on paper 24" x 36"
By Alex Sher
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Archival Pigment...
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...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
World Class Sailboats on the Open Seas, Classic, Horizontal, Minimalist
By Drew Doggett
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bob Dylan and the Grateful dead
By Jay Blakesberg
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Bob Dylan plays with the Grateful Dead in Oakland, CA. 1987.
Photograph is signed limited Edition by photographer.
Edition of 50.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
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 ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Hollywood Diet" Photography 30" x 30" inch Edition of 7 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hollywood Diet" Photography 30" x 30" inch Edition of 7 by Brendan North
NOT framed. Ships rolled in a tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 18" x 18" inch
Edition of 7: 40" x 40...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, 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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frank Sinatra with Ford
By Frank Worth
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...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival 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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Gi...
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Wood
"Rise" Photography Edition 2/28 32" x 32" inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Rise" Photography Edition 2/28 32" x 32" inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
"Rise"
Photography
Edition of 28
Year photo was taken: 2017
This picture is a part of Spirit series.
The pic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, 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...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Contemporary black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary black and white photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add black and white photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Tyler Shields, Ian Sanderson, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and David Yarrow. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary black and white photography, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available.