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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Style: Modern
Dali is painting medusas head on Galas forehead
Located in Cologne, DE
An amazing item, with numerous stamps and notes on the back showing its active life as a press photo. The quality is fair due to decades in use. But it is absolutly unique.
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rue Mouffetard - Diptych. Black and White Photographs. Fashion. Paris
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rue Mouffetard - Diptych by Uwe Ommer
Individual size: 23.62 in. H x 15.74 in. W
Overall size: 23.62 in. H x 31.48 in. W
Edition 6 ex. 5AP
Unframed
Printed ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
San Francisco, Hyde-Street, View to Alcatraz, USA 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1960.
This black-and-white photograph shows a classic San Francisco scene, featuring one of the city's iconic cable cars, numbered 524, des...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Barns
Located in East Hampton, NY
Title: Barns
Black & White Photography
Edition of 10
Also available in 20"x30" Edition of 10
*Photography: U Wash Truck, Death Valley and Mulford Lane, Amagansett 2012 have been ...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hombre en movimiento 1. Acto Dos, series. Male Nude. Black and White Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hombre en movimiento by Ricky Cohete
Small size: 20 in H x 30 in W.
Edition of 13 + 1AP
Unframed
All prices are quoted as "initial price" and may change due to current sales.
Explo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Tina Turner On Stage - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Tina Turner On Stage - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Tina Turner on stage in London, 1974 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size varies...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
40x50 " Hollywood Sign" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options ava...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gleb Derujinsky 'Balmain's Mermaid, A Night in Paris' Vintage Fashion
Located in New York, NY
Balmain's Mermaid, A Night in Paris
1957
Archival pigment print
Edition of 5
Estate stamped, signed and numbered by Andrea Derujinsky with certificate of authenticity
Groundbreaking...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Florence (City Photography, Italy, Firenze, Black & White Photography)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Heinz Finke
Florence (City Photography, Italy, Firenze, Black & White Photography)
Photograph
Titled by hand, verso
size: 8.4 × 6.6 inches
COA provided (gallery issued)
Heinz Finke (born January 27, 1915 in Haldensleben ; November 28, 2007 in Konstanz ) was a German photographer and photojournalist.
Heinz Finke, whose father died in the First World War , was forced into the Reich Labor Service in 1935, later as a "PK-Bildberichter" for the army newspaper "Der Sieg" in the Propaganda Company 625 of the Wehrmacht . There he met the journalist Hans Bayer , who became known as " Thaddäus Troll " after the war . After the end of the war he settled in Wertheim am Main and founded the "Wertheimer Pressedienst". Among other things, he worked for the then publisher and later Federal President Theodor Heuss . As the holder of one of the rare American press licenses, he was like for several daily newspapersFränkische Rundschau , Main-Post , Mannheimer Morgen and Hannoversche Allgemeine work as text and image authors.
Finke lived since 1951 in Konstanz and was Ullstein people to the publisher for the recent Berliner John Weyl founded Südkurier active in Konstanz as a press photographer. He became known as a photo reporter in the post-war years, especially with his photo reports, for example about Theodor Heuss , Albert Schweitzer , Willy Brandt and Konrad Adenauer...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Panama, Ship, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24, 3 x 24, 1 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, and the USSR in the 1960s.In the invitation to an exhibition of her works in 2003, one reads:
"Hanna Seidel, observing the world through her camera lens, could capture everyday situtations in a unique manner."A touring exhibition containing 100 selected photographs entitled "From Rio Grande to Cape Horn" was organised by the Commerzbank and Lufthansa in 1965 and had its opening in the Cologne branch of the bank, Unter Sachsenhausen. At the time, the press described the works as being of "enchanting beauty and dignity."The exhibition of 1965 was curated by Hanna Seidel. Vintageprints offered for collectors come from this selection, each work is unique and exists only once, created as a unique print for the exhibition.
Title: Panama, Ship...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Las Vegas Luxury - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Vegas Luxury
Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fi...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Florence Pritchett Smith'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Burlington Arcade
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Model turned fashion editor turned ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Ancient Charm of the Via Appia Antica in the 1950s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
The black-and-white photograph presents a serene view along the Via Appia Antica, captured in 1954 by Erich Andres. This iconic ancient road, lined with cypress trees and remnants of...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Behind the Camera - 20th Century Photography, Elizabeth Taylor, Hollywood, Film
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
Tattoo Parlour, New Orleans by Morgan Silk - Black and White Photography
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
'Tattoo Parlour, New Orleans' is an atmospheric print by Morgan Silk.
It is available in this size of 18" x 18" in a limited edition of 10.
Taken during a road trip across the Uni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Zandra Rhodes
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Zandra Rhodes", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th Century, Edition of 50.
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes:...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant 1955
by Frank Worth
James Dean in thought seated behind a barbed wire fence for his role in the film 'Giant', 1955.
James Byron Dean was an Ameri...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bailarin I. The Bailarín, series. Male Nude dancer. Black & White photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bailarín I by Ricky Cohete
From the "Bailarín" series
Small size: 30 in H x 20 in W.
Edition of 13
Unframed
All prices are quoted as "initial price" and may change due to current s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'Marisa Berenson in a feather hat, 1966'
Located in New York, NY
Marisa Berenson is photographed wearing a feather hat for a 1966 issue of Vogue magazine. Yves Saint Laurent dubbed her "the girl of the Seventies".
Marisa Berenson in a feather hat...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Party’s Over by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
High Roller
by Arthur Steel
The Party’s Over -Kevin Keegan hangs up his football boots and retires after his last ever game playing for Newcastle United. 1984
Arthur recalls: “Be...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Ingrid Boulting at Lacock Abbey. Vogue, July 1970'
Located in New York, NY
Ingrid Boulting wearing a dress from Suliman at Bond Street Fashion Market. Photographed at Lacock Abbey, former home of the nineteenth-century photographic pioneer William Henry Fox...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Edward Ray" by Kirby
Located in London, GB
"Edward Ray" by Kirby
26th June 1925: British golfer Edward Ray in action during the 1925 British Open at Prestwick. Prestwick golf course was founded ...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Peony in water - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20.
Located in London, GB
Peony in Water presents a study of natural beauty, showcasing a delicate peony floating serenely on a still water surface. The intricate textures of the petals, accentuated by the su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Calm Sea - Giant Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Calm Sea
A view of the sea at dusk.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the world,
Stuart Möller is a fine art photographer w...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Thom Yorke of Radiohead - Signed Limited Edition Print (2006)
Located in London, GB
Thom Yorke of Radiohead - Signed Limited Edition Print
Thom Yorke of RADIOHEAD
MAY 11 2006
AMSTERDAM, MOJO COVER
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist.
Unframed
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition limited to 25 only this size
Printed 2020
This size image: 24 x 20" / 60 x 50 cm
About the image:
Thomas Edward Yorke is an English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays guitar and keyboards, and is known for his falsetto. Yorke was born in Northamptonshire.
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke, brothers Jonny Greenwood and Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway. They have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
' Betty Grable ' c. 1930
Located in London, GB
Betty Grable, 1930s / Everett Collection.
stunning and vivid photograph of classic Hollywood film star Betty Grable.
"With the man the world is his hea...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ted Williams 'Billie Holliday'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Billie Holiday
1948 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Billie Holiday on-stage...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
by Frank Worth / Globe Photos
paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
edition of 24 only in this size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(fr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Palms Reflected Oversize Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Palm Reflections
by Stuart Möller
Oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
signed and numbered in pencil by artist on front
Unframed (framing ava...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Flower Giant Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
White Flower
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the world,
Stuart Möller is a fine art photographer whose images are often cha...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saks Fashion Show - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital, Black and White, Photographic Paper
Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
Catalogue No: OA056JF
Artists: Oasis, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher
Location: Slane Castle, Ireland
Date: 22nd July 1995
Era: The 1990's
Edition: hand signed Limited Edition
17/50
Print type: Giclée Print
Paper type: Archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag
printed this year
Oasis performing at Slane Castle in 1995 as the support for REM. Fourteen years later they would headline the festival.
paper size 61 x41 cm / 24 x 16 inches
© Jill Furmanovsky
Slane Castle, Ireland. 22 July 1995
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
'I feel blessed to have photographed so many extraordinary musicians over my 50-year career. Their music formed a soundtrack to my life and has inspired my work. This exhibition at Proud is homage to their magical gifts. ‘No Music No Life’ says it all.' Jill Furmanovsky
Her legacy is profound.' Gail Buckland (guest curator and author of 'Who Shot Rock & Roll - Brooklyn Museum)
'She reveals you to yourself.' Nile Rodgers (Chic)
'Through the honesty of Jill’s work, we are brought closer to the frailty and humanity of celebrity.' (Neville Brody, designer of The Face Magazine)
'Jill is one of my favourite photographers of all time.' Jools Holland
Jill Furmanovsky body of work exudes at its heart her love of music and unique ability to capture its vibrancy and spirit throughout her career. Her intimate and candid shots of Oasis reflect her close relationship with the band during their zenith.
Rockarchive founder, Jill Furmanovsky, was born and brought up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her parents moved to London in 1965 when she was eleven. As a teenager, she became a Beatles fan and often stood outside Abbey Road Studio hoping to catch sight of them. Her first rock shot was of Paul McCartney and two school friends taken on a Kodak Instamatic outside of his home in St. John’s Wood.
Jill studied textile and then graphic design at the Central School of Art and Design in London. In January 1972, whilst on a two-week block course in photography, she had a lucky break when she was offered a job as in-house photographer for premier rock venue, The Rainbow Theatre. From then on, she took live shots and features for the music press of the day of the 1970’s and 80’s, including NME, Melody Maker, Sounds, Smash Hits and The Face. In the 1990s Jill became the main photographer for Oasis.
Jill has won many awards for her music photography including The Jane Bown...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elvis Adoration (1956)
Located in London, GB
Elvis Adoration (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
May 27, 1956
Elvis Presley hugging a group of fans backstage after a performance at the University of Dayton Fieldhouse.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 12x16''
Printed Later
Paper: Archival Pigment
About the Image:
Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
About the Artist:
Phillip A. Harrington was born in 1920 and grew up in Holland, Michigan. He developed an interest in photography at an early age, joining the high school camera club at 16. At the age of 19, Harrington moved to New York City to study at the Clarence. H. White school of photography, a prestigious institution with graduates such as Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Laura Gilpin, and Ralph Steiner. Harrington studied under Clarence White, Jr., who described Harrington as being among the school’s best students.
Elvis, Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley2, LEADING MEN, Phillip Harrington Retro Vintage Color...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Matterhorn and Storybook Land, Disneyland 1962
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph captures the whimsical beauty of Disneyland’s Storybook Land with the towering Matterhorn in the background. The scene showcases a charming village of...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Oliver Reed – Broome Hall, England, 1975 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Oliver Reed – Broome Hall, England,
1975
The legendary British actor and hell-raiser began his film career in the late 1950s. In 1968 he played the role of Bill Sikes in the aware-winning musical Oliver!, directed by his uncle Carol Reed. Shamelessly outspoken, he once explained, ‘I do not live in the world of sobriety’. He died during the filming of Gladiator in 2000 – having drunk three bottles of rum – leaving director Ridley Scott the multi-million pound...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'Brigitte Bardot Hands On Hips'
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot, Hands on Hips, 1971
Silver gelatin print
72 x 48 inches
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity.
Brigitte Bardot ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Roadtrip around the Utah-Arizona borderline and Lake Powell, 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph from the 1950s captures a solitary figure gazing over the vast, rugged landscape surrounding Lake Powell in the American Southwest. The foreground rev...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Last Tango
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anne Silver (Mondinot) is an American photo-based artist who lives in France. She worked for 15 years as a psychotherapist. Her work explores themes of grief/loss, healing, hope, a...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Archival Pigment
50x40 " Andy Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Andy" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images.
Archival photographic paper
Unsigned
Framing optio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Ali" Muhammad Ali Portrait 60x40 Photomosaic Photography Pop Art Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Ali" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Show
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An evening dress being modelled at a fashion show held by Saks of Fifth Avenue, New York. The audience, who are in evening dress, are also being wined and dined, 1955.
Estate stampe...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Norman Parkinson 'Filmmaker John Huston at Elstree Studios, 1955'
Located in New York, NY
American film director, screenwriter and actor John Huston, photographed during the filming of his film 'Moby Dick' at Elstree Studios, 1955.
Filmmaker John Huston at Elstree Studio...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Cotton Club Marquee In NY" by George Karger
Located in London, GB
"Cotton Club Marquee In NY" by George Karger
Taxis line up out side of the Cotton Club at Broadway and 48th Street circa 1938 in New York City, New York...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
50x40 Jean Michel Basquiat PHOTOMOSAIC Street Pop Art Archival Photography Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Basquiat"is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons".
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smalle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
James Dean At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955
by Frank Worth
paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm
Limited edition of 6 only in this size
Archival pigment print
unframed
Certificate of authe...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
50x40 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images.
Archival photographic paper
Signed edition of 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hombre en movimiento 4. Acto Dos, series. Male Nude. Black and White Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hombre en movimiento 4 by Ricky Cohete
Small size: 20 in H x 30 in W.
Edition of 13 + 1AP
Unframed
All prices are quoted as "initial price" and may change due to current sales.
Exp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
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
Sean Connery Snooker – County Wicklow, Ireland, 1973 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Sean Connery – County Wicklow, Ireland,
1973
David Steen recalls: “Sean looked like a killer that day, all dressed in black, the sort of bad boy you’d see in an old western movie, you could just imagine him on the back of a horse being chased by others. I lit this photograph with a torch, I had someone stand on a chair and point it down onto his face, I needed to maintain the mood of the snooker hall, so flash was out of the question.”
Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print
Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold
Paper size - 44 x 31 " / 111 x 78 cm
Limited to 20 only this size
All prints are bespoke and printed to order
stamped and numbered by the Estate
Copyright: © David Steen / The David Steen Archive
David Steen’s introduction to photography was as a 15-year-old school leaver joining Picture Post where he had the good luck to be taken under the wing of the legendary Bert Hardy as an assistant. It was the ultimate training ground in photojournalism, and the launch pad for his career.
David’s reunion with Picture Post after doing his National Service (as special photographer based in Eygpt, covering the major trouble zones) was short-lived. The magazine was losing ground and closed. He moved to Fleet Street, first to a bright new Mirror title, Woman’s Sunday Mirror, where incidentally he picked up First Prize in Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Best Pictures of the Year Award for his sequence of ‘Birth of a Baby’, the progress of a young woman delivering her own baby under hypnosis.
He was 21, the youngest ever to be awarded this prize. There followed time as a staff photographer with The Daily Mail; Fleet Street was the hub of the world. Then on to freelancing…Queen magazine, Nova, the Sunday Times Magazine, international magazines around the world, over the years covering projects as diverse as riots in Harlem to a film set in Acapulco, a battered wives’ refuge to the Queen and family at Sandringham: the hopeless, the homeless, the glitterati. Trained on the maxim ‘every picture tells a story’ he has focused on film stars, actors, criminals, politicians, prime ministers and countless men, women and children going about their everyday lives.
David Steen believes himself to be lucky. He thinks lucky; luck is being in the right place at the right time, having the luck to have a loving family and enduring friends and winning a three-year battle against cancer.
Asked by aspiring photographers for his best advice, his stock reply is: ‘Get up early.’
David Steen † 1936 – 2015
Tags: sir thomas sean connery, 007, james bond, scottish, actor, producer, 1973, 70s, 1970s, the seventies, film star, legend, famous, fame, movies, hollywood, sex symbol, the untouchables, marnie, the name of the rose...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Blackpool Railings" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Blackpool Railings" by Bert Hardy
Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box ca...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
View on the city of Sandakan - Vintage Photo 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage View on the city of Sandakan is a b/w photographic print on polished paper, taken very likely in 1938 by Press Photo, Berlin.
Stereotype on the back. In very good conditions....
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kate Moss at 16 Side View - Framed Archival Pigment Print
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
"Kate Moss Side" by Jake Chessum
Portrait of a young 16 year old Kate Moss – just before she shot to supermodel stardom and became the icon she is today.
Jake grew up in Croydon, South London. He studied Graphic Design at St. Martins School Of Art, and started working as photographer straight out of college. Assignments for The Face, Arena, and an early ad campaign for “Neutrogena” featuring a 16 year old Kate Moss followed. By 1995 Jake was regularly flying the Atlantic on assignment for JFK Jrs' “George” Magazine and in 1999 he upped sticks and moved permanently to NYC where he still lives with his wife and 2 kids...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
David Bowie With Lou Reed And Iggy Pop - Limited Edition Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
David Bowie With Lou Reed And Iggy Pop - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
David Bowie, Lou Reed & Iggy Pop during a press conference at the Dorchester Hotel...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives )
Joan Crawford, on-set of the Film “Possessed”,
1931.
Additional Informati...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Jackie Kennedy at the Airport in Paris, France, ca. 1970s
Located in Cologne, DE
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of P...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe Photograph on Movie Set, 32/75
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marilyn Monroe’s status as an enduring figure of glamour made her one of the most famous figures in American history. Of all the images shot of the incomparable movie star, the most ...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Michael Stipe - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print (1996)
Located in London, GB
Michael Stipe - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print
NME Cover Shoot
July 23 1996
Los Angeles
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed ...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Soundgarden - signed Limited Edition print (1996)
Located in London, GB
Soundgarden - signed Limited Edition print'
Album cover Shoot
January 27, 1996
Seattle
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist.
Unframed
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Limited to 25 only this size.
Printed 2020
This size 20 x 16'' / 40 x 50 cm
About the image:
Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
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