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
Cheeky Briefs by Kurt Hutton
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
Cheeky Briefs by Kurt Hutton
A badly sun-burned holidaymaker admires his friend's leopard-print briefs, while standing at the bar of a holiday camp on C...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cerro and Cuerpos II, Diptych. From the Cerros Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this series the artist documents how in the roar of the hills, these two bodies intertwine and connect with each other, forming mountains of desire.
The harsh lights and shadows ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Bob Marley 1975
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Bob Marley
Bob Marley at the Island Records office, London, July 1975.
Bob Marley was a legendary Jamaican singer, songwriter, and global icon known for populari...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A female dancer frozen mid-performance
Located in Cologne, DE
This evocative black-and-white photograph from 1952, taken by German photographer Klaus Redenbacher, captures a moment of poised intensity and expressive motion in a studio setting. ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
The Italian filmmaker Alberto Bevilacqua - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$38 Sale Price
20% Off
White bloom in water - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
White Bloom in Water captures the serene elegance of a single flower floating on the water’s surface, its sharp, intricate details contrasted by the soft, abstract shadow beneath. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eldorado Auto Skooter, Coney Island NY - New York Landscape Photography
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
'Eldorado Auto Skooter, Coney Island New York' is a black and white archival inkjet print by Morgan Silk.
It is available in this size of 18" x 18" in a limited edition of 10.
Tak...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Ink
"French Economy" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"French Economy" by Bert Hardy
14th June 1952: A young French girl holding a large loaf of bread while reading a sign about a possible decrease in bakery prices in the home town of ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Robert Smith by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Robert Smith
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
Storefront
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil mount recto, and again mount verso. Printed in 1961 for inclusion in "Fifteen Photographs" (edition of 50). Mounted to...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
In the Blazing Sun at George Airfield
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
In the Blazing Sun at George Airfield, 1951
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British fashion model Wenda Parkinson wearing...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
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
NEW: Slim Aarons 'Safari Party at Romanoff's' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at a fancy dress party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles in 1950.
Slim Aarons
Safari Party at Romanoff's, 1950
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stampe...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Chic Shoes" by Joseph McKeown
Located in London, GB
"Chic Shoes" by Joseph McKeown
18th September 1954: A poodle adds a touch of chic to an array of footwear designed by 26-year-old Jean Matthew to follow current American and Italian...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photogravure
Italian Party - Italian Family Portrait Black and White Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Italian Party - Italian Family Portrait Black and White Photograph
16" x 20" print Silver Gelatin print.
Prints are made from the scanned original negative, and are offered as Silv...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photogravure
Norman Parkinson 'Audrey Hepburn, Vogue''
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
'Audrey Hepburn, Vogue'
1952
Silver gelatin print
20 x 24 inches
Estate stamped and numbered on verso
“The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassi...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
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 without flash in available light.
The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted with a burlesque corset for her ride on a pink elephant at a charity event at Madison Square Garden. (from Wikipedia)
This is a unique silver gelatine print, made in 1988 from the original negative.
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Travel Elegance - Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Print Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Vintage Travel Elegance
circa 1925
by H Armstrong Roberts Archive
Passengers Awaiting Boarding Beside Classic Propeller Aircraft circa 1925
Giant supersize silver gelatine print ...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Bob Marley" by Michael Ochs Archives
Located in London, GB
"Bob Marley" by Michael Ochs Archives
Bob Marley Los Angeles 1979.
Unframed
Paper Size: 16"x 12'' (inches)
Printed 2022
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"First Class Travel" by Victor Blackman
By Victor Blackman
Located in London, GB
"First Class Travel" by Victor Blackman
25th August 1967: Paul McCartney of the Beatles and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones sit opposite each other on a train at Euston Station, w...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
The Jam In The City by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
The Jam In The City
The Jam, In The City LP cover viewed through 1974 Hasselblad camera. Shot 1977
Photo by Martyn Goddard
Printed 2024.
Signed limited edition photograph; editi...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
The Who Pete Townshend 1981
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
The Who Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend of The Who leaping on stage during 1981 UK Tour
Pete Townshend is the innovative guitarist an...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Airplane, Denver
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
This is a Swiss made Pilatus PC-12 , 2005
This image sits on the 16"x 20" paper to mat over with a border . The image is 13" w x 19"H
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
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
Liza Minnelli iconic picture, unknown date
Located in Cologne, DE
Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Michael Ochs 'Brigitte Bardot' Limited Edition Photograph, 20 x 16
By Michael Ochs
Located in San Rafael, CA
Brigitte Bardot with cigarette in hand by photographer Michael Ochs, originally taken in 1962. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
48x36 "Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" Photomosaic Pop Art Photography Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Dr Dre imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$280 Sale Price
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Andres: Children playing street soccer, Barcelona 1957.
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Erich 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 photographers, who used a Leica. His images today...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Elizabeth Taylor On The Set Of Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955
by Frank Worth
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prince 1986
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Prince
Prince performs at small London club gig after show at Wembley Arena, London 1986
Limited edition Estate print.
Edition 20 only this size.
Limited edi...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Sade Adu" by Express Newspapers
Located in London, GB
"Sade Ade" by Express Newspapers
Nigerian-born British singer and songwriter Sade (Helen Folasade).
Unframed
Paper Size: 24"x 20'' (inches)
Printed 2022
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Jamaica Sea Sailing, 1953
Fiber print
Estate edition of 150
Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity
1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaic...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Ali In Training" by R. McPhedran
Located in London, GB
"Ali In Training" by R. McPhedran
American heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali throws bare-handed punches in the ring while in training for his fight against Brian London, London, Englan...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Paris 1952 , a picturesque moment
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph, taken in 1952 in Paris along the Seine River, captures a tranquil and picturesque moment. In the foreground, a man wearing a light-colored straw hat ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Couple At Party (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Couple At Party (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Getty Images)
A debutante at a 'Coming-Out Ball' for British actress Anna Massey in Highgate, north L...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Mojave Desert, California, Black and White, USA 1960s, 16.0 x 23, 7 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1960.
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
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Carly Simon 1972
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Carly Simon
Carly Simon, London 1972she kissed my cheek, I did not wash for a week!
Carly Simon is an acclaimed American singer-songwriter known for her introspe...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Barbara Mullen
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Barbara Mullen, 1960
C print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Irish-American fashion model Barbara Mullen photographed with dogs b...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Women entering spa resort at Cannstatt, Stuttgart 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
Clearing Storm, Sonoma County Hills
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed in ink on the front of the mount beneath the image with title in pencil on the back of the mount. Likely printed in the early 1960s.
From the co...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin 1975
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
Jimmy Page performs at Earls Court, London 1975
Jimmy Page is the legendary guitarist and founding member of Led Zeppelin, renowned fo...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Italian Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni and the Italian Actress Laura Morante in a scene from the movie "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal" by Mario Monicelli.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Flood of the Seine River in Paris, 1930s, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare, unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Agence Meurisse, Paris, circa 1930. The flood of the Seine River at Port de la Tournelle.
Features:
Original silv...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
At The Embassy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A group of people at the Embassy Club in London during World War II 1941.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre darkroom print made ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White Andalusian Horse - Limited Edition Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
By Baldur Tryggvason
Located in London, GB
'White Andalusian Horse' by Baldur Tryggvason
A beautiful close up image of a white Andalusian horse dramatically silhouetted against a black backgro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Late Afternoon" Nude Photography 40" x 56" in Edition 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Late Afternoon" Nude Photography 40" x 56" in Edition 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Comes with COA
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 25" x 35" inch
Edition o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Paris 1952 , a picturesque moment
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph, taken in 1952 in Paris along the Seine River, captures a tranquil and picturesque moment. In the foreground, a man wearing a light-colored straw hat ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rapids Below Vernal Fall, Yosemite, CA
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin contact print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount, with Portfolio One stamp and numbering in red crayon on the back of the mount. This print com...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Gray Wave II' Archival Pigment Print - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
'Gray Wave II' by Stuart Möller
Gorgeous capture of a single wave.
An exquisite Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print.
Abstract seascape / landscape.
Edition Size 10
Signed & N...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Private Dancer' Brigitte Bardot 20th century black and white photography
Located in London, GB
'Private Dancer' Brigitte Bardot 1961
by Giancarlo Botti
Wonderfully intimate shot of the French sex symbol and icon, Brigitte Bardot, on set of the film 'A Very Private Affair' w...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955
by Frank Worth
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jumping A Hurdle (1886) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Jumping A Hurdle (1886) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Eadweard J. Muybridge/George Eastman Museum/Getty Images).
Jumping a hurdle; saddle; bay horse, Daisy, between 1884 a...
Category
1880s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Elton John, Marc Bolan & Ringo Starr 1973
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Elton John, Marc Bolan & Ringo Starr
Elton John, Marc Bolan of T-Rex and Ringo Starr at a party after the premiere of 'Born to Boogie' Marc's film directed by Rin...
Category
1970s 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
"Betty Slade Dives" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Betty Slade Dives" by Fox Photos
England's champion woman diver, Betty Slade, doing a back dive from the springboard, during training at Wood Green baths.
Unframed
Paper Size: 40"...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Mobile by Alexander Calder (O'Keeffe at Abiquiu), Myron Wood Photograph
By Myron Wood
Located in Denver, CO
This stunning black and white photograph by renowned photographer Myron Wood captures the iconic mobile by Alexander Calder at Georgia O'Keeffe's Abiquiu home in April 1980. The imag...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Happy Marilyn, 1956 - Marilyn Monroe Portrait Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Happy Marilyn, 1956 - Marilyn Monroe Portrait Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
American actress Marilyn Monroe is caught in this unposed, unscripted, beautifully candid moment by the...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 —
Signed Limited Edition Print
by Gered Mankowitz
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones is photographed next to his beloved Aston Martin DB...
Category
1960s 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.
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