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
Period: 20th Century
Jackie Kennedy, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s
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
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Star Wars, Sience Fiction Filmstill, 1977
Located in Cologne, DE
The original Star Wars trilogy, formerly marketed as the Star Wars Trilogy (and colloquially referred to as the 'original trilogy'), is the first set of three films produced in the S...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
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 world-class musicians, artists and ...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Naomi with Raised Arms Los Angeles by Herb Ritts Vintage print
By Herb Ritts
Located in London, GB
Naomi with Raised Arms Los Angeles 1988
by Herb Ritts
World renowned British super model, Naomi Campbell, posing in front of the lens with her arms raised.
Unframed
Matted
Overall ...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Vivienne Westwood by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood
by Arthur Steel
The Pirate Collection of 1981 was Westwood and McLaren’s first catwalk show. This offered a romantic look which burst onto the London fashion sce...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Björn Borg by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Björn Borg
by Arthur Steel
Björn Borg, the rock star of tennis – Wimbledon Tennis Championships, London, 1973 (photo Arthur Steel)
Borg-Mania Plea to Girls – Lovesick fans of Swedi...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Coco Chanel Lies on Divan, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco Lies on Divan, 1957 -- This photo, published in LIFE in 1957, shows Coco Chanel, aged 74, at her apartment on the Rue Cambon in Paris reclining on her massive divan. In notes ta...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Stonehenge by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Stonehenge
STONEHENGE SALISBURY WILTSHIRE 1977
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 24 x 19" / 61 x 48 cm
signed a...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Best by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
George Best
by Arthur Steel
George Best – Just released from Ford Prison, 1985 (photo Arthur Steel) Arthur recalls: “I photographed George Best having his first bath following his...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Catfight V by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight V
by Arthur Steel
Catfight – Female Bikini Mud Wrestlers, Hollywood Tropicana, Los Angeles 1985 – Set of 6 prints.
Arthur recalls:
“I was in Los Angeles with the British c...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida with a Nikon
Located in Cologne, DE
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (4 July 1927 – 16 January 2023) was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, artist and politician. She was one of the highest-profile European actresse...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
The Ant Chelsea by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The Ant Chelsea
Anthony Paul Fawcett is a British writer, art critic, and a former personal assistant to John Lennon and Yoko Ono from 1968 until 1970.
‘If you’re a millionaire po...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Picture Frame Westminster Bridge by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Picture Frame Westminster Bridge
by Arthur Steel
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE | LONDON 1969
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida at nightclub
Located in Cologne, DE
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (4 July 1927 – 16 January 2023) was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, artist and politician. She was one of the highest-profile European actresse...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
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
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pearl Jam by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Pearl Jam
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 s...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Ring by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The Ring
by Arthur Steel
British heavyweight boxers Don Cockell, Jack Peterson, Jo Erskine, Henry Cooper, Jack Gardner, Len Harvey & Tommy Farr honour American heavyweight boxer R...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Uproar by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Uproar
by Arthur Steel
Landseer Lion Trafalgar Square London, 1970
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 24 x 19" / ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The young Marilyn Monroe, ca. early 1950s
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spe...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Leonard Bernstein, ca. 1960
Located in Cologne, DE
Leonard Bernstein, August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990 was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most importa...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Super Mac by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Super Mac
Super Mac – John McEnroe, Wimbledon Tennis Championships 1984
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 24 x 1...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The QE II by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The QE II
by Arthur Steel
The Queen Elizabeth ship – Clydebank, Scotland, 1967
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced on...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fallen Angel by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Fallen Angel
by Arthur Steel
Fallen Angel – London, 1982
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper ...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Parking Wars by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Parking Wars
by Arthur Steel
LONDON 1978
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 44 x 33.5 " / 112 x 85 cm
signed an...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John And Cynthia Lennon by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
John And Cynthia Lennon
by Arthur Steel
St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1965
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced on...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Henry Rollins by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins in deep water,
Tokyo,
1997
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying im...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ian McCulloch, Echo and the Bunnymen by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Ian McCulloch, Echo and the Bunnymen
1998
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-cl...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Protective Pooch by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Protective Pooch
by Arthur Steel
Great Britain, 1975
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 54 x 41 " / 137 x 104 cm...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Italian Priest by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Italian Priest
by Arthur Steel
St. Peter’s Basiica, Rome, 1971
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 44 x 33.5 " / ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Crash Call by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Crash Call
by Arthur Steel
WIMBLEDON, LONDON 1975
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 54 x 41 " / 137 x 104 cm
s...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Thinkers by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The Thinkers
by Arthur Steel
The Thinkers – The National Gallery London circa 1968. A female art lover admires’The Thinker’, a famous bronze by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Super Jimmy by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Super Jimmy
Super – Jimmy Connors, Wimbledon Tennis Championships, 1975
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 24 x 19...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Robert Smith by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Robert Smith
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
Drum Major Kirk by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Drum Major Kirk
by Arthur Steel
Drum Major Kirk, Senior Drum Major of The Coldstream Guards.1970
The Voice That Keeps No.10 On Its Toes [Published 15/05/1970] There’s not much d...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Visitor At No. 10 Downing Street by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Visitor At No. 10 Downing Street
Arthur recalls:
“I had been on a late shift for the Newspaper and clocked off at around 1a.m. in the morning. As I drove home, I took the route down Whitehall. To my astonishment, as I drove past Downing Street there were three policeman rolling a enormous snowball. Needless to say, I quickly pulled my car over and grabbed my camera. I trudged through the snow and managed to get a shot of the three officers rolling the giant ball...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hung Parliament by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Hung Parliament
by Arthur Steel
Hung Parliament – Margaret Thatcher hanging wallpaper,Kent, 1975
Margaret Thatcher (Known as The Iron Lady) hangs wallpaper at her country retrea...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Horseshoes by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Horseshoes
by Arthur Steel
IRELAND 1981
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 54 x 37 " / 137 x 94 cm
signed and n...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A Kray Wedding by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
A Kray Wedding
by Arthur Steel
Gangland Killer Ronnie Kray stares into Arthur Steel’s camera during his four minute wedding ceremony to Elaine Kray inside Broadmoor Hospital in 198...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chimney Pots by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Chimney Pots
by Arthur Steel
London, 1967
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 54 x 41 " / 137 x 104 cm
signed and...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Family Planning by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Family Planning
by Arthur Steel
Family Planning – Shaftsbury Ave, London, 1975
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ice Skating Priests by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Ice Skating Priests
by Arthur Steel
COUNTY DURHAM 1966
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 44 x 33.5 " / 112 x 85...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Kurt Cobain by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Kurt Cobain
1996
Jarvis Cocker, Pulp photographed by Kevin Westenberg for NME Magazine in Paris in July 1996.
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Catfight III by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight III
by Arthur Steel
Catfight – Female Bikini Mud Wrestlers, Hollywood Tropicana, Los Angeles 1985 – Set of 6 prints.
Arthur recalls:
“I was in Los Angeles with the British...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Depeche Mode by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Depeche Mode
1990
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
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Where Art Thou II by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Where Art Thou II
The Tate Gallery London, 1970 (photo Arthur Steel)
School boys study the famous ‘Blue spot’ painting by artist Bernard Cohen.
Arthur re...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Where Art Thou by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Where Art Thou
The Tate Gallery London, 1970 (photo Arthur Steel)
School boys study the famous ‘Blue spot’ painting by artist Bernard Cohen.
Arthur reca...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Leonard Bernstein, ca. 1950s
Located in Cologne, DE
Leonard Bernstein, August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990 was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most importa...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Limestone Walls by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Limestone Walls
by Arthur Steel
Insheer, the Arran Islands, 1966
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 44 x 33.5 " ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Chauffeurs Feast by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Chauffeurs Feast
by Arthur Steel
Chauffeurs Feast – Twickenham rugby ground, London, 1976
Published Text (1967):
The Car Park at Twickenham Rugby Ground
The chauffeurs who bring ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elton John in a soccer match, Watford FC Shirts, 1973
By Tim Graham
Located in Cologne, DE
Elton John in a soccer match, Watford FC Shirts, 1973
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Catfight IV by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight IV
by Arthur Steel
Catfight – Female Bikini Mud Wrestlers, Hollywood Tropicana, Los Angeles 1985 – Set of 6 prints.
Arthur recalls:
“I was in Los Angeles with the British...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tyre Repairs by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Tyre Repairs
by Arthur Steel
SURREY 1975
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 24 x 19" / 61 x 48 cm
signed and nu...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Def Leppard by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Def Leppard
Joe Elliott, Def Leppard on stage
1983
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jarvis Cocker by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Jarvis Cocker
1996
Jarvis Cocker, Pulp photographed by Kevin Westenberg for NME Magazine in Paris in July 1996.
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is fa...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Michael Stipe by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Michael Stipe
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
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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