Contemporary Black and White Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
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Style: Contemporary
Period: 1970s
Le Troisième Angle - Original Vintage Photo by Eva Klasson - 1976
By Eva Klasson
Located in Roma, IT
Eva Klasson, Le Troisième Angle, Photo, 1976. cm 18.2 x 18.8.
On rear autograph notes in pencil with evocative words that complets the picture.
Excellent conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Neil Young "After the Gold Rush"
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Neil Young walking with Graham Nash in Greenwich Village, New York City. 1970
This is the original full frame photograph that was used for Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" album c...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
RINGO STARR, SPAIN, JULY, 1971 - Portrait, Black & White Photo
By David Steen
Located in Brighton, GB
Edition of 50.
David Steen recalls: “Ringo was becoming known for character spots in feature films, in Blindman as a vicious kidnapper – he had tired of pl...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Bruce Springsteen boardwalk
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Bruce Springsteen standing on the boardwalk in front of the Empress Hotel in Asbury Park, NJ. 1979
This photograph was used as the single sleeve cover f...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Neil Young back of Limo
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Neil Young in back of Limo after purchasing his Gretsch "White Falcon" guitar in the West Village of NYC. 1970. Signe by photographer on front and back. Limited Edition of 75
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Keith Swimming Pool "mouth open"
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Keith Richards swimming at the Villa Nellcote
Taken by the late photographer Michael Cooper. Edition of 25
Estate Stamped
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Businessmen in London, Street Photography England 1970s, Vintage Print
Located in New york, NY
Businessmen in London, 1973 by Leonard Freed is signed verso (on back) by the photographer. This is a 20" x 24" vintage gelatin silver print, also stamped verso, focuses on British men...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Neil Young "After the Gold Rush"
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Neil Young walking with Graham Nash in Greenwich Village, New York City. 1970
This is the original full frame photograph that was used for Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" album c...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Neil Young with "Flying V"
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Neil Young standing in front of speakers at the Bayfront Center Arena. St. Petersburg. Florida. 1973
Limited Edition of 75. Signed by the photographer on front and back.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Leonard Cohen
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Leonard Cohen backstage. 1970
Limited Edition of 75. Signed on bottom right.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Neil Young backstage
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Backstage at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia, February 1970. Chosen by Neil for his After The Gold Rush album cover gatefold.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Making Leaves (a sexy still life where 2 rakes and some leaves turn up the heat)
By Arthur Tress
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tress uses a bed, the juxtaposition of two rakes and a scattering of fallen leaves to enter a sexy anthropomorphic world. Often men are called "rakes" to suggest amoral activity. In...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Anya Phillips on the set of 'The Foreigner, ' New York City
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Fernando Natalici, Anya Phillips New York City, 1977
A rare vintage original photograph of Mudd Club co-founder and seminal Downtown art scene legend, An...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Patti Smith photograph New York 1977 (Patti Smith the Palladium)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Patti Smith New York City, 1976 by Fernando Natalici:
This classic rock image was captured at the historic, New York Palladium show headlined by Patti Smith, John Cale, and Television.
Digital C print on Kodak lustre.
16 x 20 inches
Hand signed, dated and numbered on the reverse from an edition of 20.
Excellent overall condition.
Acquired directly from Natalici
New York based photographer Fernando Natalici is best known for his iconographic documentation of the downtown Manhattan art scene of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. Natalici’s portfolio includes sought after images of a young Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Keith Haring, The Ramones and more. As an Art Director, Fernando has played a key role in creating memorable visuals for historic NY venues such as CBGB's, The Mudd Club, Area and Danceteria.
Fernando’s photo archive and art design were recently featured in two highly regarded New York shows: “Area” at The Hole Gallery NYC (2014) & “Downtown New York Film” at The Museum of The Moving Image (2015).
Recent Publications & Exhibits
Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words & Noise (2015)
Another Magazine (London, 2014)
Black Book (2014)
Curbed NY (2014)
The Museum of The Moving Image (New York, 2015)
The Hole Gallery NYC (New York, 2014)
The Chelsea Hotel (New York 2013)
New York University Tisch School of The Arts (2013)
A perfect compliment to your Robert Mapplethorpe, Roberta Bayley...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital
Telephone Booth, 3 a.m., Rahway, NJ
By George Tice
Located in Westwood, NJ
Print: 12/6/05
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Keith Swimming Pool
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Keith Richards swimming at the Villa Nellcote summer 1971. This was taken during the time period that the Rolling Stones were recording "Exile on Main ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hudson River Pier, Jersey City, NJ
By George Tice
Located in Westwood, NJ
Print:11/22/99
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie
By Neal Preston
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
David Bowie at Radio City Music Hall, NYC February 14, 1973.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Robert Plant-"Golden God"
By Peter Simon
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin looks at Sunset Strip from a balcony at the "Riot House" (the former Continental Hyatt House). 1975
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Neil Young backstage
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Backstage at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia, February 1970. Chosen by Neil for his After The Gold Rush album cover gatefold.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Baby Chairs" Brazil Photograph
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Fernando Natalici, "Baby Chairs," Brazil 1978
Shot during a trip to the countryside of São Paulo Brazil, this pair of rustic wood children's chairs belonged...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Williamsburg Bridge Photograph Brooklyn 1973
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Williamsburg Bridge, 1973 by Fernando Natalici
The simplicity & grace of this iconic New york landmark rendered timeless by the snap of the camera...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Neil Young "After the Gold Rush" -Album Cover
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Taken in Greenwich Village, NYC. 1970. Neil Young and Graham Nash.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chelsea 101 (vintage Chelsea Manhattan photograph)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
'CHELSEA 101' by noted New York downtown art scene photographer, Fernando Natalici
Vintage original sepia toned photo taken in Manhattan's historic Chelsea area in 1979. Artist statement: "As I was riding by 101 West 25th Street, north-side of block, closer to 6th Ave., workers were removing a newer sign that was mounted on top of CHELSEA 101, unaware what was under… They didn’t show much surprise and proceeded to mount the new sign… Seeing that, from my bike, I stopped and got the shot before they covered it up with another sign… CHELSEA 101 remained there until the building was renovated; today, a window into a bygone era of family owned sewing machine shops..."
Silver gelatin print, 1979
8.5 x 11 inches (full frame printed to the edges)
Hand signed from an edition of 2 A/P's on the reverse
Obtained directly from artist. Seller is a primary dealer rep of Natalici.
Well-preserved; very good to excellent condition
New York based photographer Fernando Natalici is best known for his iconographic documentation of the downtown Manhattan art scene of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. Natalici’s portfolio includes sought after images of a young Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Keith Haring, The Ramones and more. As an Art Director, Fernando has played a key role in creating memorable visuals for historic NY venues such as CBGB's, The Mudd Club, Area and Danceteria.
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William Klein. Henri Cartier Bresson. Saul Leiter. NYC street signs...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Seurat's A La Grande Jatte with Marcel Marceau, Chicago, 1958
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
This 1958 photograph by Art Shay shows Marcel Marceau in front of George Seurat's famed painting "Sunday Afternoon" at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Art Shay
A La Grande Jatte, 1958...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lady Vanishes in Manhattan (street photography)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
'Lady vanishes in Manhattan'
Abstract black and white Manhattan street photography from by Fernando Natalici.
A woman walks into the Manhattan night. H...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Blurry Reality' vintage Manhattan photograph
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Fernando Natalici - Blurry Reality, 1992 - Shot in Midtown Manhattan, pre-uber period as people waited for a rainstorm, cars drove by, the usual, no taxis one pedestrian wearing a lo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pickup, Morgue Work
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 12
Signed, titled, dated, print date, numbered and series in black ink on print margin.
Jeffrey Silverthorne was an American photographer known for photographing the dead...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Morticians and Hearse, H Building, Morgue Work
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 12
Signed, titled, dated, print date, numbered and series in black ink on print margin.
From the series: Morgue
Jeffrey Silverthorne was an American photographer known fo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Carlos Santana, Day On the Green, Oakland Coliseum, Oakland CA, July 1977
By Baron Wolman
Located in Westwood, NJ
This is a unique handmade platinum palladium print editioned #AP1
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Caitlyn Bruce Jenner, Montreal Olympics, 1976, Black and White Photograph Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
This iconic photo of Bruce Jenner (aka Caitlyn Jenner) is at the moment of his decathlon win at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. The photographer, Art Shay, s...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Muhammad Ali, Silver Gelatin Photograph by Howard Bingham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Howard Bingham, American (b. 1939)
Title: Muhammad Ali
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Photograph, signed by Bingham and autographed by Ali in marker
Year: 1978 (printed 2003...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Ticket Lady, " Times Square, New York, 1978
Located in NEW YORK, NY
In 1978, photographer Fernando Natalici, the creative mind behind the graphic design for iconic venues like CBGB and the Mudd Club, spent twenty-four hours shooting the raw scenery o...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
McDonald's Modern Day Care Center, from Leisure series
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
"McDonald's modern day care center keeps the boys out of my hair and lets me have a moment to myself. Kansas City, MO", 1976
Edition 7/15
Signed and artist stamps.
Printed 2007
Serie...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rollin and His Dog
Located in Dallas, TX
Signature, title, date and print type in pencil on verso.
Vintage gelatin silver print
Jeffrey Silverthorne was an American photographer known for photographing the dead at the stat...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Patti Smith, "Vogue", New York, NY
Located in New York, NY
20x24 Limited Edition Print #1/25
Signed, numbered & titled by the photographer.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Swimmer - Park Meridian
Located in Dallas, TX
Swimmer - Park Meridian, 197
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 16 x 20 in., Image size: 11 1/4 x 16 7/8 in.
Signed in black ink on print margin by Paul Greenberg
Paul Greenberg becam...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Genesis, Central Park, New York, NY
Located in New York, NY
16x20 Limited Edition Print #3/50
Signed, numbered & titled by the photographer.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
New York: Sixth Avenue
By Peter Hujar
Located in New York, NY
This black and white photograph by Peter Hujar is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
New York: Sixth Avenue
1976
Signed in ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill - Brigitte Bardot hands on hips, Photography 1971, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is one of the most iconic French actresses and models in the world. She is one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s and was widely referred...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver
Lawrence Fried - Georgia O’Keeffe at the Whitney Museum, 1970, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver print
American artist Georgia O’Keeffe photographed at the Whitney Museum on a retrospective exhibition of her work at the age of 83. This story was published in the ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gered Mankowitz - Suzi Quatro London, Photography 1973, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver, signed and numbered
American rock singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actress Suzi Quatro photographed in London, 1973.
Available Sizes:
16" x 20” Edition ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (17)
By Diane Arbus
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (17)
1970-71/1990
Estate stamped and signed by Doon Arbus for the Estate of Diane Arbus, verso; Also titled, dated, and numbered in black ink, verso
Gelatin silver print (...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Flood Dream
By Arthur Tress
Located in New York, NY
Ocean City, New Jersey, 1971
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, recto
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 50)
14 x 11 inches, sheet
10 x 10 inches, image
Contact gallery for price.
Literature:
John Minahan, The Dream Collector (Westover Publishing Company: Richmond, Virginia, 1972)
Michel Tournier...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Michael and Cathy in Les Baux, France
By Will McBride
Located in New York, NY
Michael and Cathy in Les Baux, France
1978
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso
Gelatin silver print
11.75 x 17.25 inches, image
16 x 20 inches, shee...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Diana Vreeland at home, 550 Park Avenue, New York, 21 July 1979
Located in New York, NY
Diana Vreeland at home, 550 Park Avenue, New York, 21 July 1979
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
44" x 44.5" Archival Pigment Print
Edition Nº 1 of 9
Certificate of Orig...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
University Tutorial
By Arthur Tress
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, numbered, and dated, recto
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 50)
14 x 11 inches sheet
10 x 10 inches image
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by Clamp...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Burning Warehouse
By Arthur Tress
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and numbered, recto
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jack Nicholson, LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in Munich, DE
Combined Edition 25
Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch
and as combined Edition 10 in
76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch
101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch
Portrait of American actor and fi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jack Lemmon, LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in Munich, DE
Combined Edition 25
Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch
and as combined Edition 10 in
76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch
101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch
Portrait of American actor and mu...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kim and Robin, Jamaica Plain
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George, Provincetown
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bruce Springsteen, Los Angeles, 1975
Located in Chicago, IL
Singer Bruce Springsteen on Sunset Strip, 1975. He is in Los Angeles to promote his album ‘Born to Run’.
Paper size: 20 H x 16 W inches
Edition size: 50
*Please inquire for additi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Alfred Hitchcock LA, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in Munich, DE
Printed later
Combined Edition 25
Also available in 40 x 50 cm/ 16 x 20 inch
and as combined Edition 10 in
76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch
101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch
Portrait of the famous Director and Author Alfred Hitchcock...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
I bought the lawn
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
"I bought the lawn in six-foot rolls. It's easy to handle. I prepare the ground and my wife and son helped roll out the grass. in one day you have a front yard."
Edition of 15
Signed...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
My dad thinks it's a good idea
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
"My dad thinks it's a good idea to take all the leaves off the tree and take up the yard. I think he is crazy."
Edition of 15
Signed, numbered, and artist stamp.
Series: Suburbia
Bi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sunday Afternoon, from Suburbia series
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
"Sunday afternoon we get it together. I cook the steaks and my wife makes the salad."
Edition of 15
Signed, numbered, and artist stamp.
Series: Suburbia
Bill Owens was born and rais...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Queen (1975)
Located in Westwood, NJ
Edition: 50
Artist Proof: 10
These silver gelatin prints made directly from Terry O’Neill’s negatives and are offered as part of an edition of 50 numbered, digitally signed and embos...
Category
1970s 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.