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
Fidel Castro entering buidling, Cuba 1950s.
Located in Cologne, DE
Fidel Castro entering buidling, Cuba 1950s.
Keywords: Cuba; Havana; Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz; communist; communism; revolutionary; politics; politi...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Edgar Evans (1910-13)
Located in London, GB
Edgar Evans (1910-13)
(photo by Herbert Ponting)
Scott’s Last Expedition, the ‘Terra Nova’ at the Icefoot Ross Island
British Antarctic Expedition South Pole
Herbert George Ponti...
Category
1910s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Cary in the Rain, 1957 - 20th Century Photography, Cary Grant, Hollywood Photo
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
Andres: Ruhr area, near Recklinghausen, Germany 1954
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1954.
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
Audrey Hepburn in Striped Sweater Lounges, Arms Back, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey in Striped Sweater Lounges, r28_1 -- Shot for Life in 1953. Audrey Hepburn often ate dinner alone on the floor while reading classical drama "with heavy helpings of Shaw and S...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Karl Kling, Mercedes W196, Grand Prix of France, Reims, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Karl Kling, Mercedes W196, Grand Prix of France, Reims, France, 1955
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 16 x 20 in., Image size: 11 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
Signed in black ink on print margin...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elvis Hysteria (1956)
Located in London, GB
Elvis Adoration (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
May 27, 1956
Fans Reacting to Elvis Presley Performing at the University of Dayton Fieldhouse.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 16x20''
Printed Later
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''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
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 Black and white Photography...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Touching The King (1956)
Located in London, GB
Touching The King (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
May 27, 1956.
Elvis Presley mobbed by adoring fans backstage after a performance at the University of Dayton Fieldhouse.
Ad...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Untitled (Russian Peasant Woman in Church)
By Robert Capa
Located in Dallas, TX
"Cappa-Russia" in pencil on print verso.
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stacey Keach
By Nik Wheeler
Located in Cologne, DE
American Film Actor Stacy Keach at Home in Malibu
American actor and star of TV series Mike Hammer, Stacy Keach, at home he shares with with third wife Jil...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stacey Keach
By Nik Wheeler
Located in Cologne, DE
American Film Actor Stacy Keach at Home in Malibu
American actor and star of TV series Mike Hammer, Stacy Keach, at home he shares with with third wife Jil...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude Dancer, from The Female Figure Series by Karl Struss, 1917
By Karl Struss
Located in Dallas, TX
Nude Dancer, from The Female Figure series by Karl Struss features a nude woman standing on one leg, with her leg lifted in an arabesque position. Her arms are raised above her head ...
Category
1910s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race, 1955, Printed Later
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, in London's Soho, 1955
Est...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
JFK visits Stash and Chuck during the 1963 Hike
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
February 1963, JFK warns Americans that they need to toughen up by taking up the newest fad, the 50 mile Hike. In this instance Stash Radziwill along with Chuck Spalding and Agent Cl...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Stacey Keach
By Nik Wheeler
Located in Cologne, DE
American Film Actor Stacy Keach at Home in Malibu
American actor and star of TV series Mike Hammer, Stacy Keach, at home he shares with with third wife Jil...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stacey Keach
By Nik Wheeler
Located in Cologne, DE
American Film Actor Stacy Keach at Home in Malibu
American actor and star of TV series Mike Hammer, Stacy Keach, at home he shares with with third wife Jil...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dior, Jardin D'hiver Dress, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
A model wearing Dior photographed by Mark Shaw in the mid 1950s. Recently published in the book Dior, Glamour, Mark Shaw. Rizzoli, 2013. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A woman is standing in front of an ornate wall mirror. She adorns a white floral dress...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Original Fred Mcdarrah Press Photograph 1960's Woodstock Music Festival Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
People walking alongside puddle at Woodstock in Bethel NY - 1969
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Grey Dior Outside Paris Louvre Metro, Side, BW, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Photographed for Dior, Palais de Glace Dress, 1957. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
Fashion photography of a model wearing a grey Dior dress outside by the Louvre metro. A model is wearing a dress with gloves...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Strolls, 1953.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Strolls, c21_11, 1953 -- "On a day off Audrey Hepburn strolls in front of her Beverly Hills apartment" -- One of Mark Shaw's most loved images of Audrey in her trademark boy's...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955
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
Brian Jones at the Monterey Pop Festival
By Ed Caraeff
Located in New York, NY
Ed Caaraeff
Brian Jones, 1969
Silver gelatin print
24 x 20 inches
Singed and numbered edition of 50
Founding member of the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones at the Monterey Pop Festival in Monterey, California, 18 June, 1967.
ED CARAEFF is a name recognized by anybody who is anybody in the music industry. A photographer, illustrator and graphic designer, he has directed art for, photographed, and designed hundreds of record album covers from 1967 to 1982 for numerous artists, including The Stooges, Elton John, Steely Dan, Carly Simon, Three Dog Night...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Edgar Evans (1910-13)
Located in London, GB
Edgar Evans (1910-13)
(photo by Herbert Ponting)
Scott’s Last Expedition, the ‘Terra Nova’ at the Icefoot Ross Island
British Antarctic Expedition South Pole
Herbert George Ponti...
Category
1910s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Weegee "Sailor and Girl Kissing"
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Weegee (1899-1968) was equally fascinated and inspired by cinema and all of its tangents, from Hollywood movie stars to ordinary civilians going to the movies. While Weegee is typically associated with crime/disaster images, the broad theme of "entertainment" is a major component of his oeuvre.
An interesting and provocative sub-genre of his cinema-related work are his images of couples (often heavy-petting) in movie theatres.
Recent scholarship has established that many of Weegee's supposed clandestine images were actually staged or arranged with friends or co-operative strangers.
Nevertheless, Weegee created these photographs in the dark with an array of clever techniques including infrared film, filtered flashbulb and triangular prism lens. Employed in shots such as this one, the prism lens would allow the artist to “see around corners,” useful at times when his subjects were in compromising locations.
These images of kissing couples, Weegee wrote in 1959, were “his best seller, year in and year out.”
"Sailor and GIrl at the Movies...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kennedy, John F. Portrait, Left Shoulder Front, Smiling, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
John F. Kennedy Portrait, 006d. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each pri...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Under the Dryer Holding Cigarette Side View, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Under the Dryer Holding Cigarette, c10_16 – Photographed for LIFE in 1953, Audrey Hepburn, under the hair dryer, smokes a cigarette -- While working on the film Sabrin...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Managua, Nicaragua
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by Elliott Erwitt.
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in.
Born to Russian parents in Paris in 1928, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, Italy, before emigrating to the Un...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Seahorse
By Tina West
Located in Hudson, NY
Each year, Robin Rice celebrates a Salon style exhibition to showcase her gallery artists and invite new ones.
With Robin’s extensive experience as a gallery curator, all Robin Rice...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stacey Keach
By Nik Wheeler
Located in Cologne, DE
American Film Actor Stacy Keach at Home in Malibu
American actor and star of TV series Mike Hammer, Stacy Keach, at home he shares with with third wife Jil...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kennedy, Jackie and John Jr. with Clipper, 1963
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie and John Jr. with Clipper, nb_143 -- Photographed in 1963, this image of Jackie and John-John on the beach with Clipper, the family dog, shows a warm and happy time with no hi...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn in Doorway, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn in Doorway, c21_39 -- An out take from photos taken for the December 7, 1953 issue of LIFE. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
Standing between a carpeted room and a wooden-floor room, Audrey Hepburn leans against the white door frame. Behind her in the carpeted room is a dark chair...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
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
Vanity Fair Pleated Capelet Seated Back, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Pleated Capelet Seated Back -- This image was part of a Vanity Fair award-winning advertising campaign photographed by Mark Shaw over the course of ten years. THE 24” x 3...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Rodeo (Cowgirl)
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 60
Signed and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Harold “Doc” Edgerton was born in 1903, in Fremont, Nebraska. During his summers as a teenager, he worked in his uncle’s ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Yves St. Laurent with Bolts of Fabric, 1960
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurent with Bolts of Fabric -- Fashion Designer Yves St. Laurent in his studio as photographed by Mark Shaw. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Hysterical Elvis Fans (1956)
Located in London, GB
Hysterical Elvis Fans (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
May 27, 1956.
Fans Reacting to Elvis Presley Performing at the University of Dayton Fieldhouse.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 16x20''
Printed Later
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''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
20 x 30''
30 x 40''
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 Black and white Photography
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Evelyn Tripp with Two Poodles, Front, 1954.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Model with Two Poodles, Side, 1954 -- Shot by Mark Shaw for a 1954 Ad campaign, Evelyn Tripp poses with black and white poodles. According to her 1995 New...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Cary Grant Seated Looks Left, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Cary Grant Seated Looks Left -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for a 1955 issue of Mademoiselle. Cary Grant was called one of the "Charm Boys." Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" pape...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
By Marc Vaux
Located in Surfside, FL
Marc Vaux, a figure of Montparnasse, produced a trove of photographs which are currently held in the collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Marc Vaux was committed equally to supporting artists, notably by creating the Foyer des Artistes (1946-70) and, in 1951, the first Musée du Montparnasse at 10, rue de l’Arrivée.
Marc Vaux was born on February 19, 1895 in Crulai, Normandy Thanks to the color merchant from whom he bought his plates and his photographic equipment, he met the sculptor Charles Desvergnes winner of Prix the Rome and author of various memorials who was looking for someone to photographs his works. Two of Marc Vaux’s first clients were his neighbors of 21 Avenue du Maine- Marie Vassilieff and Maria Blanchard who introduced him to Parisian avant-garde artists: Juan Gris, André Lhote, Jacques Lipchitz, Ortiz de Zarate...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
New York City, (Marilyn Monroe, 'The Seven Year Itch') by Elliott Erwitt, 1954
Located in Dallas, TX
New York City, (Marilyn Monroe, 'The Seven Year Itch') by Elliott Erwitt depicts American actress Marilyn Monroe standing on top of a sidewalk vent. She is on the set of her movie, T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn strolls in front of her Beverly Hills apartment, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
On a day off Audrey Hepburn strolls in front of her Beverly Hills apartment" -- One of Mark Shaw's most loved images of Audrey in her trademark boy's button down shirt and tight capris pants. Because it was shot in black and white few viewers realize the shirt was pink and her pants were bright red! Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
Audrey Hepburn is stepping through a wooden fence into a garden. She wears a white high...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed Purses Lips, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed Purses Lips, c7_22 -- Photographed for Life in 1953, part of Audrey Hepburn's nightly ritual was a shampoo given at the studio. Image size is 22" x ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Sonny Grey, 1963 - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Musicians
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
Calvary - Original Gelatin Silver Photography, Hand Signed - c. 1940
By Josef Sudek
Located in Paris, FR
Josef Sudek
Calvary
Original gelatin silver photography
Hand signed in pencil on the back (see picture)
Printed in the 1940s
28.5 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 8.6 in)
PROVENANCE : The Jan St...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dior, Jardin D'hiver Dress, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
A model wearing Dior photographed by Mark Shaw in the mid 1950s. Recently published in the book Dior, Glamour, Mark Shaw. Rizzoli, 2013. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A woman is standing in front of an ornate wall mirror. She adorns a white floral dress, a series of black pearls on her neck, and long black...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
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
Klaus Nomi
Located in New York, NY
Klaus Nomi, 1979
Archival pigment print
image size: 24 x 24 inches
Signed and numbered
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, k...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn with Feet Up in Dressing Room, Head Back, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Feet Up in Dressing Room, Head Back – Out take from the photo essay for the December 1953 issue of LIFE. Audrey Hepburn is seen with costume designer Edith Head. ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, c7_26, 1953 – Photographed for LIFE in 1953, Audrey Hepburn is shampooed on the set of Sabrina. Aged 24, Audrey was alre...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Pavillion Blur - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Brighton, Dancing
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
' The Wet Set ' Oversize Limited Edition - Victoria and Albert Museum London
By John French
Located in London, GB
' The Wet Set ' Oversize Limited Edition Print 1963 - Victoria and Albert Museum, London
By John French
The Wet Set, John French (1907-66), London, 1963
© Victoria and Albert Museu...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Funny Face' Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Funny Face' Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Belgian-born actor Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993), Audrey Hepburn – Funny Face – ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida with the Cactus
Located in Dallas, TX
Open Edition
Signed in black ink on print margin.
Titled, dated and print date in black ink on artist label.
Paper size: : 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.
“Frida told me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn Bicycles Sabrina Movie Set, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c26_17 -- Audrey Hepburn regularly bicycled from the movie studio's make up department to the set. In the early days of her movie career, bicycles were a common mode ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Hachiro and Craigie - Vintage Photo 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Hachiro and Craigie is a b/w photographic print on polished paper by The Associated Press of Berlin, taken on July 28, 1939.
Stamp of agency and stereotype in German are printed on t...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pons Aemilius - Disappeared Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pons Aemilius - Disappeared Rome is a gelatin silver - bromide print, realized between 1920 and 1930 from a older negative. The original image dates back to no later than 1887. Excellent conditions cm 19.5 x 25.5
The descriptive caption is printed on the lower margin: "N° 751 Roma. Ponte di Ferro con isola Tiberina". The logo "EPC" of the photographic agency is print on the image.
The horizontal and strong body of the bridge runs the entire longer of the picture, perfectly framing the profile of the Tiber island...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe Candid Moment - 20th century black and white photography
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the book ‘To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting’ by Michael Chekhov in a quiet moment at the Ambassador Hotel in March 1955 in New York City, New York...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dior, Jardin D'hiver Dress, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
A model wearing Dior photographed by Mark Shaw in the mid 1950s. Recently published in the book Dior, Glamour, Mark Shaw. Rizzoli, 2013. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A woman is standing in front of an ornate wall mirror. She adorns a white floral dress...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
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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.