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
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Jackie Onassis, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960
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
Silver Gelatin
Jackie Onassis, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960
By Ron Galella
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
Silver Gelatin
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jackie Kennedy, Black and White Photography, ca. 1970s
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
1970s 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
Jackie Kennedy, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960
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
Silver Gelatin
Digging for Clams (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Digging for Clams on Black Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1960
Chromogenic Lambda print
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black B...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Scene of the Film Au Revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Captivated Audience by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Captivated Audience
by Arthur Steel
SURREY 1979
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 16 x 12" / 41 x 31 cm
signed a...
Category
1970s 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
WELL HEELED WESTMINSTER BRIDGE LONDON, 1973
“I’d just acquired a 19mm lens for my Leica flex SL9 and was keen to explore it’s ability to focus very ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jackie Kennedy, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960
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
Silver Gelatin
The Upper Glasses by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The Upper Glasses
by Arthur Steel
Royal Ascot members enclosure 1977
Ascot Racecourse is a British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, England, which is used for thoroughbr...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Skating Waiter by Horace Abrahams
Located in London, GB
"Skating Waiter" by Horace Abrahams
8th January 1938: A waiter skates across the ice at St. Moritz carrying a tray of drinks for his customers.
Unframed
Paper Size: 60" x 40'' (in...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
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
Elton John, 1973
By Tim Graham
Located in Cologne, DE
Elton John, soccer match, 1973
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
John Lennon, Adelaide Stage Show, 1964
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
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
Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis Jr - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis Jr
"How to Marry a Millionaire"
by Frank Worth
This exuberant shot of Sammy Davis Jr. entertaining Marilyn Monroe was taken on the backlot of 20th...
Category
1950s 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
1990s 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
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Crash Test Dummies by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Crash Test Dummies
by Arthur Steel
Crash Test Dummies – General Motors dummy hospital, Detroit, 1969
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jeff Buckley by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Jeff Buckley
1994
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
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
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
Madonna by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Madonna
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 sta...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Party’s Over by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
High Roller
by Arthur Steel
The Party’s Over -Kevin Keegan hangs up his football boots and retires after his last ever game playing for Newcastle United. 1984
Arthur recalls: “Be...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
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
"Street Games" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"Street Games" by Thurston Hopkins
A young child wearing an Indian headdress hides in a coal hole as he takes aim under the watchful eye of a friend....
Category
1950s 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
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
Dido by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Dido
2004
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
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
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
Ethan Hawke by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Ethan Hawke
2001
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
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Big Bang by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Big Bang
by Arthur Steel
QUEEN ELIZABETH TOWER | LONDON 1968 (photo Arthur Steel) A workman in the process of demolishing the old St.Thomas’s Hospital. Camera & Film: Leicaflex SL2,...
Category
1960s 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
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
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
R.E.M. by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
R.E.M.
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 sta...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Backstage At The Muppet Show by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Backstage At The Muppet Show
by Arthur Steel
Backstage At The Muppet Show – Elstree Studios, England 1978
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produc...
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
The Coen Brothers by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
The Coen Brothers
2011
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, arti...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
High Roller by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
High Roller
by Arthur Steel
ALEXANDRA PALACE 1966. Mr Arthur Bird tries to get a return on his investment at the Casino.
All prints are hand signed lim...
Category
1960s 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
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
Baby Bugatti Tourer by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Baby Bugatti Tourer
by Arthur Steel
Baby Bugatti Tourer – Vintage car auction, Alexandra Palace, 1975
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced on...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Blur by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blur
London
1995
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
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
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.