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
Sex Flower - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Sex Flower
A pink hibiscus flower photographed following rain.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the world,
Stuart Möller ...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Priest Valley, Coalinga, CA
By Morley Baer
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin contact print mounted to board is signed in pencil on the front of the mount with credit, stamp, numbering, title and date in pencil on the back of the mount. Pho...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Where Art Thou Bernard Cohn Dot Painting 2 By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Where Art Thou Bernard Cohn Dot Painting 2
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 24 x 19" / 61x48 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1970 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 50
n...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
20th Century Black & White Photograph, Abandoned Victorian House
Located in Denver, CO
Atmospheric 20th-century black and white photograph by American photographer Harold E. Malde (1923–2007), featuring an abandoned Victorian-style house shrouded in wild, overgrown veg...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Alan Rickman by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Alan Rickman
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-cl...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Family Planning By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Family Planning
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 34 x 26" / 86 x 66 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1975 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 50
note other print sizes an...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Agave - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Agave
Agave succulent.
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 a...
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
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
Pete Doherty by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Pete Doherty
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movi...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
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
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
Italian Priest By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Italian Priest
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1970 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 30
note other print sizes ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Depeche Mode by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Depeche Mode
London
1990
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, art...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
John Mcenroe By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
John Mcenroe
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 and...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gymnast: Miami Beach
By David Saxe
Located in Hudson, NY
David Saxe - “Photography has always been the simple act of looking and being inspired to strip the unnecessary elements from the scene and frame the image down in a way to discover...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eddie Vedder by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder,Pearl Jam
2022
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-cl...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Italian Actress Agostina Belli - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Actress Agostina Belli during "Vanità", a TV show by Giorgio Capitani.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Careless Whisper By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Careless Whisper
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 16 x 13" / 41 x 33 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1980 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 50
note other print sizes an...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Bono by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Bono
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
The Jam by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
The Jam
By Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Songwriter Paul Weller, drummer Rick Buckler and bassist Bruce Foxton of The Jam, 1977.
All prints are sig...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Foliage I 2022 by Stuart Möller
Located in London, GB
Foliage I
2022
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 image...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Picture Frame Westminister Bridge By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The Picture Frame Westminister Bridge
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
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
Nick Cave by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Nick Cave
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 ...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bono by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Bono
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
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
Man and Woman
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed in pencil, verso
12.25 x 10 inches, sheet
6.25 x 6.25 inches, image
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Throughout his care...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Guggenheim 2014 by Stuart Möller
Located in London, GB
Guggenheim
2014
General view of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Art Museum , New York City, New York. 2014
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having gr...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elbow by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Elbow
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
Summer Evening Shadowplay 2022 by Stuart Möller
Located in London, GB
Summer Evening Shadowplay
2022
shadows on a wall made by plants and foliage are framed by actual foliage around it.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian ...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Keith Richards by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Keith Richards
1998
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists ...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pete Doherty by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Pete Doherty
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movi...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Spiritualized by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Spiritualized
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and mov...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Erykah Badu by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Erykah Badu
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...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
‘The Picture Frame’ by Arthur Steel Limited Edition
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
‘The Picture Frame’
by Arthur Steel
Paper size: 20 x 13.5 inches / 51 x 34 cm
Framing options available.
Note: Image unearthed January 2013.
Arthur r...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bono by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Bono
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
Royal Spoon - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Royal Spoon, vintage photograph realized in Turin by an Anonymous photographer. With the stamp of copyright on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Derby Spectator' Giant Oversize Limited Edition Black and White Photography
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)
Darkroom photograph - beautiful and H...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
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
Evan Dando by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Evan Dando
Evan Dando, The Lemonheads
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
Brett Anderson by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Brett Anderson
Brett smoking in the dressing room, Suede.
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of ...
Category
1990s 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
Manhattan Island 2014 by Stuart Möller
Located in London, GB
Manhattan Island
2014
Portrait photograph of the island of Manhattan and the New York Skyline. 2014, New York City, New York.
by Stuart Möller
Bor...
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
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
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
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
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
Soundgarden by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Soundgarden
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movi...
Category
2010s 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
Jokulsarlon, Iceland
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This moody contact print from an 8x20-inch film negative is one of two known prints—the other residing in the artist's core archive. Signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mo...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Giant 'Sexy Scot' Limited Edition Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
By Bob Haswell
Located in London, GB
'Sexy Scot' by Bob Haswell
British actor Sean Connery lounges on a sofa with a cigarette. He is in London during filming of the thriller ‘Woman of Straw’ with Gina Lollobrigida, 28t...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tom Kelley : Gal in Baggie Surfer Suit
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley
Ann St. Marie c. 1950's
C print
38 x 30 inches
Edition of 45
Photographs are printed on Archival Hahnemühle paper (luster)
estate signed and numbered in the border
Captio...
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1960s 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.