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
High Roller By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
High Roller
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1960 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 30
...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Vintage b/w Photo - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress and singer Loretta Goggi during "Il bello della diretta".
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pete Doherty by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Pete Doherty
2022
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists a...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paul Weller by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Paul Weller
2022
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists an...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Black Leaf - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Black Leaf
Banana Leaf.
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 ...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Women Manifestation - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Manifestation - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1970s. Copyright by Giancolombo News Photo.
In the photo: Women Manifestation for the divorce right in piazza Repubblica of R...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Agostina Belli - Bb/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Actress Agostina Belli during "Vanità", a TV show directed by Giorgio Capitani.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
James Dean in Restroom - Oversize Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean in Restroom
by Globe Photo Archives
Hilarious black and white candid shot of actor James Dean talking on the phone while using the re...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bowie on stage by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Bowie on stage
David Bowie on stage,
1990s
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-c...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ho Chi Minh During a Party - Vintage B/W photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Ho Chi Minh during a party is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer in 1960s.
With the handwriting on the rear.
Stamp of "PHOTO KEYSTONE copyr...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View From The Bridge - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
View From The Bridge
A view of New York City from the Brooklyn Bridge, New York.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the worl...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
NYC Lights by Stuart Möller
Located in London, GB
NYC Lights
A view of a traffic light in front of some New York City buildings, New York
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and ...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
10 x 12" p...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Italian Singer Fiorella Mannoia - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the Italian Singer Fiorella Mannoia.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Milena Vukotic - B/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Milena Vukotic on the set of a movie.
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Foliage I - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Foliage I
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 chara...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sylva Koscina - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sylva Koscina - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Sylva Koscina is considered one of the be...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
San Francisco from Telegraph Hill
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This matte silver gelatin print bears the "Estate of William E. Dassonville" stamp on the back of the sheet.
Printed on Dassonville's proprietary "Charcoal Black" paper.
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
St. Sebastian and St. Rocco Ghirlandaio - Vintage Photo Detail - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
St. Sebastian and St. Rocco Ghirlandaio is an original vintage photograph taken in Civic museum in Pisa, Italy, and realized by an Anonymous photographer in the early 20th Century.
T...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sheep, Storm, South Park, Colorado (Sheep grazing on a Colorado plain)
By Myron Wood
Located in Denver, CO
Capture the timeless beauty of the American West with this vintage 1960s photograph by renowned photographer Myron Wood. Titled "Sheep, Storm, South Park, Colorado", this stunning bl...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Ice Skating Priests 2 By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Ice Skating Priests 2
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1960 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 30
note other print ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet with Enrico Montesano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet in a scene from the movie "Amore vuol dir gelosia", by Mauro Severino.
Lightly damaged.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Film Producer Vittorio Cecchi Gori - Vintage b/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Film Producer Vittorio Cecchi Gori.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Guggenheim - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Guggenheim
General view of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Art Museum, New York City, New York.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Well Heeled By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Well Heeled
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 64 x 48.5" / 162.5 x 123 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1970 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 10
note other print sizes a...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Night view Rio De Janeiro - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Night view Rio De Janeiro - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1970s. Copyright by press Agency Credit Photo, N. Drei.
With some handwriting on the rear.
Stamped on the rear.
Good ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$115 Sale Price
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View From The Bridge - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
View From The Bridge
A view of New York City from the Brooklyn Bridge, New York.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the worl...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Harbour Bridge - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Harbour Bridge
A view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney New South Wales Australia.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian ...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ambone - Cathedral of Torcello - Vintage Photo Detail - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ambone is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
It represents one of the Ambones of Torcello’s cathedral in a well- balanced composition.
14701- Venezia- Isola di Torcello Ambone...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Inisheer Limestone Walls By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Inisheer Limestone Walls
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1960 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 30
note other pri...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Short Back And Sidespin Snooker Hairstyle By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Short Back And Sidespin Snooker Hairstyle
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 54 x 41" / 137 x 104 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1970 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 20...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Parade in San Paolo - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Parade in San Paolo- Vintage b/w Photo realized by Octales Gonzales in the 1970s. Copyright by Agenzia JB.
Very Good conditions.
With the Stamped on the re...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sea Stones 2022 by Stuart Möller
Located in London, GB
Sea Stones
2022
Sea Stones
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 i...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Crash Test Dummies By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Crash Test Dummies
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 24 x 19" / 61x48 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1968 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 3...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Moscow Parade - Photograph by Karl Bulla - Late 19th Century
By Karl Bulla
Located in Roma, IT
Moscow parade is an original modern artwork realized in the end of 19th century by Karl Bulla.
Original black and white photograph.
The artwork depicts a parade in Moscow.
Include...
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Late 19th Century Modern Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Via di Monte Savello - Disappeared Rome - Vintage Photo 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Via di Monte Savello - Disappeared Rome, is a photographic print on Baryta paper, by unknown photographer.
Excellent condition, cm 22.5 x 16.5.
The ...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Anna Magnani w...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
M. Dumas - Photograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
M. Dumas, silver salt b/w print is a vintage silver salt Photograph realized in the 19th Century.
On the rear" Le Meme Sujet" Edition 3 fr, Emile Adan, Les de...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in The Mid-20th Century
Good conditions.
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Akio Morita - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Akio Morita - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1970s.
With the handwriting on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
George Best Bath By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
George Best Bath
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1980 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 30
note other print sizes...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stonehenge Model By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Stonehenge Model
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 54 x 41" / 137 x 104 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1970 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bjorn Borg By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Bjorn Borg
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 24 x 19" / 61x48 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1970 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 50
note other print sizes and frami...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Night view Rio De Janeiro - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Tightrope Walkers- Vintage b/w Photo realized in the Late 1980s.
With the handwriting on the rear.
Good conditions.
The photograph is captured aesthetically, in an interesting mom...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cherry Blossom in Japan - Vintage b/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Cherry Blossom - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the mid-20th Century. Copyright by Rizzoli Press, Milan
In the photo: In Japan cherry trees.
With th...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gary Barlow by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Gary Barlow
2022
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Depeche Mode by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Depeche Mode
2022
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists an...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jeff Buckley by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Jeff Buckley
1994
Jarvis Cocker, Pulp photographed by Kevin Westenberg for NME Magazine in Paris in July 1996.
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is fame...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
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Archival Pigment
Portrait of Prof. Giuseppe Lugli - Original Photos - Mid-20 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Prof. Giuseppe Lugli (archaeologist and Accademico dei Lincei) is an original photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Hand-notes on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Suede by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Suede
2022
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Emma Shapplin by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Emma Shapplin
2022
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists a...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Robert Plant by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Robert Plant
2022
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists a...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bob, Mick and Pete, 1978 - Oversize Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Bob, Mick and Pete, by Michael Putland, 1978
Limited Estate Edition
Bob Marley, Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh backstage after the Rolling Stones concert at th...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Japanese Bath House - Ancient Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese Bath - House is an hand-inked Albumin print with aniline applied on hardcover.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 22x 27
Yokoha...
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1880s Modern Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Sinead O’Connor by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Sinead O’Connor
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of worl...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Daniel Brhl by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Daniel Brhl
2003
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists a...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Vintage Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Photograph is a color photograph realized in the Late 1980s.
Good conditions.
the landscape of Albania through the art of photography is captured ...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pete Doherty by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Pete Doherty
2008
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists an...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Robert Plant by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Robert Plant
1993
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists a...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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.
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