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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
Sea Stack, Scottish rocky coast, black and white analog photography, wood frame
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art photography Gerald Berghammer. Gelatin Silver Print on Baryta, Printed 2018. Limited Edition 1/9. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, blac...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment, Silver Gelatin

Harness Racing, Horses on the Beach, monochrome photograph, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Harness racers on the lonely beach of normandy, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included....
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Enchanted Forest, foggy, sunny morning, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Enchanted Forest, Austria - no. 11496 // Black and white fine art panorama landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 20. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by ar...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Seeschloss Ort, Gmunden, Austria, black and white landscape photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Seeschloss Ort Study Study 1, Austria - no. 21053 // Black and white fine art long exposure landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All G...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Golden Gate Bridge, Marshalls Beach, black and white landscape art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Marshall's Beach view of Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 8. Signed, titled,...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

The bitter end - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The bitter end - 2020 60x48cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-963. Not mo...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dancing on Ice Skyscraper New York, USA black and white photography landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Dancing on Ice, New York City, USA 2016 - no. 11787 Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Ice Skating, Central Park, New York City, USA. Archival pigment ink pr...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

My Sister's White Cat
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ghosts of Love If love took form, if we could see it, and if so watch, as it faded, or got lost, or just gave up, slowly softly, disappeared, disillusioned, dejected, I think I saw it, as a tree in the woods, as a pale moth, a boat upturned on a shore, moonlight on ocean, a feather, drifting down, discarded, I looked and, love was everywhere, sighing, trembling, shimmering, fluttering, tender, as it departed, and as I watched...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Eiffel Tower, architecture detail, Paris, black and white photography, cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Eiffel Tower Study 12, Paris, France - no. 11988 // Black and White Fine Art Cityscape Photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by a...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Wheat Field, Tree Avenue, black and white photography, landscape, fine art
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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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Arches on Catedrais, Beach, Rocks, monochrome photograph, limited edition 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 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elvis Presley Laughing at a Press Conference
By Phil Roach
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white photo of Elvis Presley laughing at a press conference in Las Vegas, his arms raised, on 7/31/69. Elvis Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, ...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

3499 - signed fine art photograph with pre-order copy of 'Solace' book
Located in London, GB
This limited-edition signed photograph by Ugnė Pouwell is a timeless exploration of light, shadow, and texture, capturing the themes explored in her debut photography book, Solace. E...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Self Touches #10. Black and White Male Nude Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
All about narcissism. The series, which he started during the exhibition of the Don't Tell Mama photography series at the European Nu Photo Festival (Europeen de la Photo de NU) held...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Three Trees in snowy Field, minmalist landscape photograph, limited edition
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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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Photogravure on papier gravure Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main moulé-pressé paper, as issued. Inscription: unsigned and unnumb...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photogravure

Farm Hut, Cornfield, giant Clouds, black and white photography, landscape, art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Wine Press House Study 3, Austria - no. 21059 Archival pigment ink print, edition of 8. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed wi...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Casablanca Iconic Scene
Located in Austin, TX
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her and her husband (Henreid), a Czech resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Germans. The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Mystical Tree, misty, Fanal, Madeira, 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 7. 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

Waterfall, monochrome photograph, long exposure waterscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Pier, Lake, Silent Morning, monochrome minimalist photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Misty Morning at the Lake Study 1, Austria - no. 21191 Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edit...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Shalom Harlow; Topless in army outfit - Pirelli session (1997) for 1998
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber. Shalom Harlow was among the many iconic models photographed. “Bruce Weber is a photographer and filmmaker best kn...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment, Black and White, Photographic Film

Bend and break - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bend and break - 2020 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-958. No...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Rocky Peaks, monochrome photograph, minimalist seascape, limted edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Jetty on calm Lake
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Way to Nowhere, Route 66, Street, Arizona, USA
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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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Beach of Silencio, Rocks, Cantabrian Coast, fine art seascape photography 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 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Stony Mountain Stream California USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Stony Mountain Stream, CA, USA - no. 11912- Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Breakwater Pier Atlantic Coast black and white photograph limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Breakwater Pier Study 1, France - no. 21127 Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

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...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Madeira Peaks, Sunrise, Shadow Mountains, 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 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Rocky Stone Coast, long exposure, black and white photography, landscape, art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Rocky Stone Coast, France - no. 18153 Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography. Rocky stormy Atlantic coast of France. Archival pigment ink print, edit...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Iceberg, silent morning, Iceland, black and white fine art landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palm Trees on Promenade, Florida, 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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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hengifoss, Waterfall, Iceland, black and white photograph, limited edition 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 7. 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

Palm Tree, lonley Beach, Florida, 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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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

"Lakeborn" Nude Photography 39 x 29.5 in Ed of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lakeborn" Nude Photography 39 x 29.5 in Ed of 4 by Lukas Dvorak 39" x 29.5" inch Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper 2024 Ships rolled in a tube ABOUT THE ARTIST Lukas Dvorak...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Pigment

Pier on misty Lake, long exposure, monochrome minimalist photo, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, black and white photography, landscape, cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Eiffel Tower Study 5, Paris, France - no. 11826 // Black and White Fine Art cityscape - landscape photography. Fountain in front of the Eiffel tower, Paris, France, limited edition ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

ONE WAY, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, monochromo photograph, limited edition
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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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Aquaculture Structures, mono seascape, minimalist photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate o...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tree in Lavender Field Panorama, black and white photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama landscape photography. Single tree in stony lavender field in Provence, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Old wrought Iron Bridge, Venice, monochrome photograph, limited edition 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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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Irish Coast, Cliffs, Ireland, monochrome, landscape photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography. Ireland's wild cliffs during a storm. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and num...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Swimming Area, black and white photograph, seascape, landscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Drowned Island, Scotland, monochrome landscape, limited edition photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Trees on a small island in the flooding meadow in Scotland. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signe...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Row of Trees in Rapeseed Field
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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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Hot Air Balloon, Championship, monochrome landscape, limited edition, 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 Pigment

Georgianna, Paris 1994
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15 signed and numbered with label Also available in: 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 in 120 x 160 cm / 47 x 63 in A portrait of a naked model from the side, she looks like a B...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Eiffel Tower Stairs at the Trocadero Paris, black and white cityscape print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Eiffel Tower Study 13, Paris, France - no. 18117 // Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Ger...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Circle of Cypress Trees, Tuscany, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Circle of Cypress Trees 2, Tuscany, Italy - no. 21124 // Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Cypresses circle on field with beautiful clouds in Tuscany, Italy. Arc...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Place to Linger, Deserted Beach, minimalist landscape, monochrome, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. 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 Pigment

Heart, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA, Abstract Landscape, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Antelope Canyon detail in heart shape, Page, Arizona, USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Be...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Pink Granite Coast, Rock, monochrome photograph, limited edition landscape print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Huge Rock on the pink granite coast beach in Brittany, France. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Geral...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sunday Morning, Horse Riding, Beach, Nature, Ireland
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Horse riders on deserted sandy beach in north Ireland. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Bergha...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Palm Trees, Tuscany, monochrome photograph, limited edition 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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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Trees in snowy Field Winterland black and white landscape photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Trees in snowy Field Study 4, Austria - no. 18144 Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Pause -Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pause - 2020 40x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-949. N...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Golden Gate, San Francisco, black and white gelatin silver photography, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Golden Gate Study 14, CA, USA - no. 11634 © Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 2/20. Silver Gelatin Prints, Selenium Toned, Printed 2017. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmad...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Digital Pigment

Lerici 254 - Polaroid Tree Canopy Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Lerici '25 is an original black and white Polaroid photograph captured on SX-70 film along the Ligurian coastline of Italy. The image is part of a limited edition of 20, hand-signed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Polaroid

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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