Modern Black and White Photography
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Modern
Frankfurt, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Frankfurt, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Frankfurt, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Frankfurt, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Terry O'Neill - Backyard Beatles - hand signed limited edition Oversize
Located in London, GB
The Beatles 1963 Abbey Road Studios London England.
The first major group portrait of the Beatles was taken by Terry O’Neill during the recording of their first hit single and album...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Beach Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Eiffel Tower Leg - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Architecture, France
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Liz in Furs, 1957 - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Elizabeth Taylor
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
La Fenice - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Opera House, Music
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Frankfurt, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cologne, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cologne, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cologne, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cologne, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cologne, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cologne, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cologne, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cologne, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cologne, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cologne, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Pamplona, Spain, 1936, Civil War, View from a tower
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatin Print by Erich Andres, 1936.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photographe...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Agaves Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Agave
by Justin Creedy Smith 2005
Agaves in Tangiers, Morocco.
Photo, July 2005.
Exquisite large oversize 20 x 20 inches / 51 x 51 cm
silver gelatin print
signed and numbered by the artist.
1/50
biography
Justin Creedy Smith is a British photographer.
Having graduated with a bachelor of arts degree – including a thesis on the role of war photography as a propaganda tool – he moved to Paris in 1984. Initially working as a studio assistant, his apprenticeship in fashion and advertising photography was both intense and diverse. He rapidly started assisting on a free-lance basis the likes of Horst P. Horst and Steven Meisel.
From 1985 until 1987 he was assistant to Peter Lindbergh.
In 1987 he travelled to Japan for the first time, a voyage that had a profound impact on him. Returning to Europe in 1988 he started working for Japanese magazines...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mountain Stage, Tour de France - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper
Würzburg, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Würzburg, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Dining Out - Getty Archive, Black and White Photography, 20th Century, Classic
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
John F. Kennedy Election campaign 1960
Located in Cologne, DE
Born in Cologne in 1922, died in Hamburg in 2004.
Apprenticeship as a machinist from 1937, then studied engineering (not completed due to the war). Served in the war and imprisoned....
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'White Leaf' Hand Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'White Leaf' Hand Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
Beautiful Archival Pigment Print of a banana leaf in Sri Lanka, 2013.
40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size - hand signed a...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Doris Day Applies Lipstick' (Silver Gelatin Print)
Located in London, GB
'Doris Day Applies Lipstick' 1959
Doris Day In 'Pillow Talk,' 1959.
The iconic singer and actress starred in the 1959 romantic comedy film directed by Mic...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Grandfather with child, Germany 1935
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print from 1998, photo by Erich Andres, 1935,
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of t...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Cavanagh' V&A Limited Edition Oversize silver gelatin print
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Cavanagh' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
A model wearing a evening dress designed by John Cavanagh, John French (1907-66), England, 1954
© Victoria and Albert Museum, Londo...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Marilyn Relaxes In A Hotel Room' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Marilyn Relaxes In A Hotel Room' by Ed Feingersh
Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the newspaper ‘Motion Picture Daily’ as she relaxes on a couch in her hotel room at the Ambassador Hot...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gravestone Leap-Frog
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A young boy from the Gorbals area of Glasgow playing leap-frog over gravestones. Children play in the graveyard because they have no gardens or playgrounds. Original Publication: Pic...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Goodbye
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Tearful wives waving goodbye as a troop train pulls out of a station. Original Publication: Picture Post – 1133 – Wartime Terminus – pub. 1942
(Photo Be...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self - Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
' Self '
by Justin Creedy Smith 1997
Creedy Smith, Justin; English Photographer.
– Self portrait (silhouette with skull of an ox outside Ulan-Bator, Mongolia).
Photo, August 1997...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Italy 1956 - Boy reading a newspaper
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print from 1998, photo by Erich Andres, 1956,
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of t...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Guru"
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print from 1998, photo by Erich Andres, ca 1965,
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one o...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Niagara Falls, USA, 1965
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1947.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'New York Skyline' SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
Located in London, GB
'New York Skyline' by Stuart Möller
The skyline of New York City, 2014.
The magnificent skyline of the iconic city of New York.
Beautiful mint condition SIGNED LIMITED Edition Ar...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Bird Of A Feather' Limited Edition silver gelatin print V&A Portfolio
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Bird Of A Feather' Limited Edition silver gelatin print V&A Portfolio
A model wearing a cocktail dress and feathered hat, John French (1907-66), London, 1960s
© Victoria and Albert...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rhodos, Greece, Children dancing
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Change and wash house, Essen, Germany 1952
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1947.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Marilyn Getting Ready To Go Out' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Marilyn Getting Ready To Go Out' by Ed Feingersh
Actress Marilyn Monroe prepares to go out to the play ‘Cat On A Hot Tin Roof’ by applying make-up and pe...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Manhattan Island' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Manhattan Island' by Stuart Möller
Portrait photograph of the island of Manhattan and the New York Skyline.
New York City, New York, 2014.
A bea...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Louis Armstrong On Stage - Giant Oversize Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Louis Armstrong On Stage - 1956
by Haywood Magee
huge Giant Oversize Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Exquisite 60x40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size -
silver gelatin pri...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris, Seine, Fisher in the morning, 1955
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1955.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'White Leaf' Hand Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'White Leaf' Hand Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
Beautiful Archival Pigment Print of a banana leaf in Sri Lanka, 2013.
60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
John F. Kennedy Election campaign 1960
Located in Cologne, DE
Born in Cologne in 1922, died in Hamburg in 2004.
Apprenticeship as a machinist from 1937, then studied engineering (not completed due to the war). Served in the war and imprisoned....
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rhodos - Girl with water jug
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1955.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Yves Saint Laurent'
Located in London, GB
'Yves Saint Laurent' 1974
by Giancarlo Botti
Portrait of the famous late Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer for Christian Dior and soon after his own fashion labels.
Beautiful large silver gelatin print measuring 20x24" inches / 51 x 61 cm's paper size.
Certificate of authenticity included.
EDGE PRINTS...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elephant And Castle
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
8th January 1949: The Elephant and Castle in the London Borough of Southwark, South London.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre dark...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dasha & Mari - Summer Opium - limited edition
By Dasha & Mari
Located in London, GB
Dasha & Mari - Models In Hats - limited edition
20x20" inches oversize C print - numbered and stamped limited to 100 only.
Sumptuous, sensual with erotic undertones, this is a beaut...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Venice - Rialto Bridge 1954
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1954.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Venice - Ponte dei Sospiri 1954
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1954.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
V&A - John French - Shrimpton Modelling - Limite Edition
Located in London, GB
V&A - John French - Shrimpton Modelling - Limited Edition
Jean Shrimpton modelling a summer dress, John French (1907-66), England, 1961
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Exquisite limited edition silver gelatine fibre print - limited to 100 only - authorised exclusively by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England.
Oversize 40 x 40 " inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size.
Keywords
1960's ladies fashion Victoria and Albert museum white dress black and white polka dots dress white flowers white hydrangea London models V&A certified style glamour sophisticated sophistication black and white darkroom flowers on tapestry
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
'North By North West'
Located in London, GB
NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Cary Grant, 1959/ Everett Collection.
A beautiful archival pigment print -
Large 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm's
(paper size)
(The Everett Collection )
...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Modern black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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 purple, blue, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mark Shaw, Slim Aarons, Kevin Westenberg, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Silver Gelatin Print, and Digital 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 Modern black and white photography, so small editions measuring 0.63 inches across are also available. Prices for black and white photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $152,896, while the average work sells for $1,500.