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
Lisa- Limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Sensual woman, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Lisa - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 10
Morning light in Bordeaux, France.
Provenance : Ian Sanderson’s Estate
This image was captured on film.
The ne...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Sea Breakers, minimalist monochrome photograph, limited edition art print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography. Sea breakers on the stormy coast of France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Edwardo
By Bill Costa
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Edwardo
1992
Signed, titled, and dated in ink, recto
Gelatin silver print
8.5 x 6 inches (21.6 x 15.2 cm), image
10 x 8 inches (25...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,000
"Time of Silence" Nude Photography 39" x 31" in Ed. 1/7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Time of Silence" Nude Photography 39" x 31" in Ed. 1/7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in
Edition of 7: 39" ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Sophie - Signed limited edition portrait print, Black white photo, Nude woman
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Sophie - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1995 - Edition of 10
This image was captured on film in 1995.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Gi...
Summer 85 - Limited edition sensual photo, Contemporary Black white, Figurative
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Summer 85 '
Young topless woman sunbath...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
White Mountains, Lake Panorama, monochrome photograph, limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure winter waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Sophie- Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Naked woman, Portrait
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Sophie - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1995 - Edition of 10
A classical approach, sensual not sexual
This image was captured on film.
This print that is bein...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Photographic Film, Pi...
John F. Kennedy on an Airplane
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of President John F. Kennedy on an airplane.
John F. Kennedy, often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the Un...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$396 Sale Price
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The Divine, animal, black and white photography, cheetah, africa
Located in München, BY
Edition No. 10/12
image size 37,6 x 24,6 cm
signed and numbered
Framed with mat and anti-reflex glass
A beautiful portrait of a cheetah lying in the savannah
Joachim Schmeisser is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$3,922 Sale Price
20% Off
Lerici 251 - Polaroid Coastal Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Figurative photo, Nude fine art print, Contemporary black white Analogue - Katia
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Katia ‘ who was captured on film in 20...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
James Dean Standing with Porsche at Car Rally
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of actor James Dean unloading his Porsche at a car rally.
James Dean was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionme...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
You've got a hold on me - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'You've got a hold on me' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid,
not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid
Limited edition nude art print, Analogue, Sensual Charismatic woman, Estelle
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Estelle‘ who was captured on film in 199...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Sophia Loren in Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning and sexy capture of Sophia Loren in her role for the 1963 film "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow".
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is a 1963 comedy anthology film by Italian di...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Unbreakable Bond, Dominica by Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
Unbreakable Bond
Dominica, 2019
20 x 30 in / Edition of 6 - $4,500
Also available:
32 x 48 in / Edition of 6 - $7,500
40 x 60 in / Edition of 6 - $10,500
50 x 75 in / Edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Ar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sean Connery as James Bond in "Diamonds are Forever" by Terry O'Neill - 29/50
Located in Chicago, IL
Scottish actor Sean Connery as James Bond in ‘Diamonds Are Forever’, 1971.
Paper size: 20 H x 16 W inches
Matted and framed.
Lifetime Edition: 29/50
*Please inquire for additi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Mademoiselle Chanel in the Atelier, 1962" Ed. 9/24 signed by Douglas Kirkland
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mademoiselle Chanel in the Atelier, 1962" Ed. 9/24 signed by Douglas Kirkland
Hand signed by Douglas Kirkland
Medium: archival pigment print on Hahnemühle watercolor paper
Comes in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Cold Light of the Morning - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Cold Light of the Morning (Bombay Beach) - 2024 -
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certifica...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lerici 256 - Polaroid Coastal Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition 3 of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
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 10, hand-signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Helping Hand by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Berlin, Puppets
Located in München, BY
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
An employee of a transportation company is unloading mannequins and grabs a mannequin's crotch.
JJK is a pseudonym for one of the wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Feast from the Deep, Dominica by Paul Nicklen -Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Feast from the Deep
Dominica, 2019
36 in x 24 in (91.4 x 61cm) Edition of 20
46.5 in x 31 in (118.1 x 78.7cm) Edition of 15
60 in x 40 in (152.4 x 101.6cm) Edition of 10
90 in × 60 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saucer Over Northern Plains, limited edition, signed, archival pigment ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Saucer Over Northern Plains, limited edition, signed, archival pigment ink
The adrenaline of seeing Mother Nature during some of her finest moments will be ingrained in me forever. It is a humbling experience - and I feel fortunate to have witnessed her power and grandeur over the past 12 years. My experiences are hard to describe in words
During this last trip (July 2021) we traveled over 6400 miles in 10 days crossing through 10 different states - all in my quest/passion to photograph these storm systems. But this time the events of the last year made me more aware, opened my eyes wider, and had a different effect on me. The effects of Climate Change have become obvious.
The current patterns are changing and they are accelerating faster than anyone realized or predicted. Just over the past decade, the characteristics of the Jet Stream and the Gulf Stream have changed. Pandemics, droughts, devastating heatwaves, wildfires, massive floods, and rising oceans are accelerating. As I sit here in my house in Lone Pine, CA in 103-degree heat I can hardly see the outlines of Lone Pine Peak and Mount Whitney...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Black Stone Beach, Madeira, Portugal, monochrome seascape photograph, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Big black stones on the shore in madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Water Sketch - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 18x24
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young naked woman diving in a pool. The photograph is printed with high grain texture - as you may see on close up fragments.
Original gal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Summer 87 - Original Limited edition, Analogue Art, Sensual Charismatic women
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Summer 87 '
Limited edition of 10
Sign...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Terry O'Neill Bruce Springsteen on the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, 1975
Located in Chicago, IL
This photo captures a 25-year-old Bruce Springsteen just after his visit to Tower Records. Springsteen was in LA promoting his new album, Born to Run, 1975. The album was Springsteen...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White Castle, Route #1, Rahway
By George Tice
Located in Westwood, NJ
George Tice was born in 1938 in Newark, NJ, the state in which his ancestors had lived for generations earlier. He joined a camera club when he was fourteen, and is largely a self ta...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe Relaxed and Smiling
Located in Austin, TX
Young and beautiful Marilyn Monroe flashing that beautiful smile that lit up the silver screens during the 50's. The offered photo is a second-generation example and was issued in th...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Synchronicity - Original Polaroid - Unique Piece
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Synchronicity - 2020
Original Polaroid - Unique Piece 1/1,
signed and titled on back.
7.8 x 7,7cm (image area)
10.7 x 8.7 cm ( including white Polaroid frame)
Artist inventory P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Three Wait on Dock, Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY
Located in New York, NY
Three Wait on Dock, Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY
1978
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
20 x 16 inches
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jack Nicholson, LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
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
Daniel Craig Contact Sheet (Limited Edition of 25) - Celebrity Photography
Located in New York, NY
This is a 2002 contact sheet (a positive print of all the negative images from a roll of 35mm film or medium format film) of youthful-looking Daniel Craig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,655 Sale Price
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Welcome To Paradise - Large Scale Contemporary Art Photography
By Pia Clodi
Located in Zürich, CH
In a world dominated by digital precision and instant gratification, Pia Clodi stands as a beacon of nostalgia and unpredictability, finding beauty in the fleeting moments captured t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment, Polaroid
$1,817 Sale Price
20% Off
Black Leftovers, Wavebreaker, minimalism photograqph, limited edtion seascape
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
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Eartha Kitt Stunning Smile
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant and glamorous black and white studio portrait features Eartha Kitt smiling to the camera with her back turned.
Eartha Kitt was an American singer, actress, dancer, act...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wishing
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wishing - 2020,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proof
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-892.
Not mounted.
Kirs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sign of the Times - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sign of the Times - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019-7...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sur Le Toit
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Each image is hand-printed by the artist on archival paper
Signed
Edition of 17/ 3AP
Ask about other sizes
Renée Jacobs is one of the most celebrated pho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Ex Amino (from soul)" Nude Photography 39 x 29.5 in Ed of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ex Amino (from soul)" 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
2023
Ships rolled in a tube
Other sizes avail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment, Archival Paper
All I have to do is Dream - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
All I have to do is Dream - 2017,
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Bath House, Salton Sea, California, USA, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Bath House Study 3, CA, USA - no. 11741 // Black and white fine art landscape photography.
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Ce...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
BAOBAB I, Andombiry Forest
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
*22x30" editions and 24x36" editions are platinum prints. Editions with a width of 60" or greater are archival pigment prints*
Baobabs are one of Africa’s natural wonders: they can live more than 2,500 years, and their massive, water-storing trunks can grow to more than one hundred feet in circumference. They also serve as a renewable source of food, fiber, and fuel, as well as a focus of spiritual life. But now, suddenly, the largest baobabs are dying off , literally collapsing under their own weight. Scientists believe these ancient giants are being dehydrated by drought and higher temperatures, likely the result of climate change.
Photographer Beth Moon, already responsible for some of the most indelible images of Africa’s oldest and largest baobabs, has undertaken a new photographic pilgrimage to bear witness to this environmental catastrophe and document the baobabs that still survive. In this oversize volume, she presents breathtaking new duotone tree portraits of the baobabs of Madagascar, Senegal, and South Africa. She also recounts her eventful journey to visit these fantastic trees in a moving diaristic text studded with color travel photos.
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Platinum
Grace Jones Holding Pistol
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour studio portrait of Grace Jones holding a pistol for her role in Bond film "A View to a Kill", circa 1985.
Grace Jones is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, model...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Classic Comedian and Film Stars of the 30s
Located in Austin, TX
This black-and-white group portrait features some of the greatest stars of the 1920s and 30s all standing together and chatting. From left to right: Bela Lugosi...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Confinement
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Confinement – 2020
Edition of 7 + 2 Artist Proof
Archival Print, based on a Polaroid
Signed on the back with certificate
Artist inventory: PL2020-858
Unframed
Kirsten Thys van den A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled Sequence (Stranger than Paradise) - Polaroid, Landscape Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cowboys and Angels) - 2005
39x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
artist Inventory No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Spectral (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Spectral (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD7809) - large scale abstract photograph
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction.
She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and distilled formal purity, connecting the interior to the exterior, the visible to the hidden. These reflections cause one to linger, as they merge to create a dynamic equilibrium of tension, spaces and rythms.
AD7809 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence)
60" x 45" / 152cm x 114cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
40" x 30" / 102cm x 76cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
limited edition photograph is printed under artist supervision and accompanied by a signed artist certificate:
artist signature labels are 8x10 in size, signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and stamped for authenticity label
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Mona Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Kuhn's monograph titled Bushes and Succulents has been published by Stanley/Barker Editions, with a debut at Jeu de Paume in Paris, in 2019. A stunning career retrospective of Mona Kuhn's works has been published by Thames & Hudson, Spring 2021. Kuhn's forthcoming publication Kings Road, will be published and released by Steid this Fall 2021.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2021
Mona Kuhn: Works, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Mona Kuhn: Works, Flowers Gallery, London
Mona Kuhn: Works, Galerie XII, Los Angeles + Paris + Shanghai
Mona Kuhn: 835 Kings Road, Art, Design and Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara
2020
Still Light, Jardin du Bra'haus, Montée du Château, Clervaux, Luxembourg
Mona Kuhn: Early Depictions, Flowers Gallery, London
Mona Kuhn: Intimate, UP Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
Bushes and Succulents, Euqinom Gallery, San Francisco
Mona Kuhn: She Disappeared, Jackson Fine Art...
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Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Unintended - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Unintended - 2021
50x40cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2021-1093.
Not m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
David Hockney contact sheet, 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 as contact sheet of famous artist David Hockney in Malibu with his little Dachshund.
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Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Here with You - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Here with You - 2024 -
40x48cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
inventory PL2024-31.
Not ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
In too Deep
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In too Deep - 2020,
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proof
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-887.
Not m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Row of Trees in a rapeseed Field, black and white photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. Row of trees on the rapeseed field with great cloud mood, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white still of Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell in "The Seven Year Itch", circa 1955.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a pi...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Shanghai #3. Nude Portrait Black and White Photograph
By David Jay
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Through David Jay’s photography, context evaporates, and we as the viewer are left to engage the subjects, trade places, and for a moment, live behind their eyes. We recognize our sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Blinded - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blinded - 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 PL2020-916.
Not mount...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tree on the Waterfront monochrome landscape photograph limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Tree on the Waterfront Study 2, Portugal - no. 21297
Black and white fine art monochrome landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gera...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital 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.
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