Photorealist Black and White Photography
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
Italian Contemporary Photography by Luca Battaglia - Folding Cities #11
Located in Paris, IDF
Photographic Fine Art Paper 325 g, ed. 3/7. Artwork can be shipped in a tube or in a crate if frame is requested
Luca Battaglia is an Italian architect and photographer born in 1970...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
1960's Hollywood Photography by Lawrence Schiller 'Barbara Streisand'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Barbara Streisand, 1969' by American photographer, Lawrence Schiller. Digital pigment, Ed. 10/35. Image: 13.75 x 19 in. / Paper: 16 x 20 in. This bl...
Category
1960s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967 Contact Sheet by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, London 1967 by Gered Mankowitz
Signed limited edition 16x20" print, signed and numbered by Gered Mankowitz featuring Gered's embossed stamp.
Also avai...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Going Home (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
John Lennon 1968 portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition, silver gelatin print of John Lennon by Alec Byrne, taken during a 1968 party held at the Mayfair Hotel for new Apple Publishing act Grapefruit.
Alec Byrne si...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
Black_and_White_Ver4
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigm...
El Puerto
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
David Bowie at The Dorchester Hotel 1972 - Artist Proof Print
Located in Austin, TX
Signed artist proof 20x24" print of David Bowie by Alec Byrne, taken at the Dorchester Hotel, July 1972
Signed by photographer, Alec Byrne and marked "AP" ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish by Kevin Cummins
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of English band Blur, posing in front of the graffiti slogan 'Modern Life is Rubbish', the title of their 1993 album. Blur were the kings of Britpop and are from L-R: Damon...
Category
1990s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
David Bowie holds a cassette player, 1974 by Terry O’Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Never before printed, a rare image from the Terry O’Neill archive, available now for the first time.
An outtake from the iconic Freddie Burretti suit photoshoot in Los Angeles, 1974...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bernadette Peters, 1977
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Bernadette Peters, 1977
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: 106/150
Sig...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie 1977 Heroes session – See No Evil
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie, "See No Evil", 1977 by Masayoshi Sukita during the photoshoot that produced the album cover shot tor Bowie's Heroes album cover - Signed limit...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
David Bowie 1977 Heroes session – Speak No Evil
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie, "Speak No Evil", 1977 by Masayoshi Sukita, taken during the photo shoot for the Heroes album cover - Signed limited edition 20" x 24" print ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
John Lee Hooker
By Guido Harari
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of John Lee Hooker by Guido Harari, taken in Redwood City, California, 1991.
Available in the following sizes:
A. 11” x 16” - Edition 50
B. 16” x 20” - Edition 50
C. 20” x 28” - Edition 25
D. 32” x 44” - Edition 10
E. 44” x 59” - Edition 5
Guido Harari has photographed many music legends in his prolific career in Italy.
Lou Reed said about him: "I'm always happy when Guido takes my picture because I know it will be a musical picture...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chris Cornell
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Chris Cornell by Jake Chessum.
Jake recalls the session: ” This was a brief and friendly shoot at the Toronto Internatio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Steve Martin, Los Angeles 1974 “Let’s Get Small”
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of Steve Martin, taken in Los Angeles by Norman Seeff in 1974.
Norman recalls - “When I relocated to LA as Creative Director of United Artist ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Italian Contemporary Photography by Luca Battaglia - Honfleur
Located in Paris, IDF
Photographic Fine Art Paper 325 g, ed. 2/7. Artwork can be shipped in a tube or in a crate if frame is requested
Luca Battaglia is an Italian architect and photographer born in 1970...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chinese Chess (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$3,423 Sale Price
20% Off
Lama 1 (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
Ninos de la Calle 1
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital P...
1960's Hollywood Photography by Lawrence Schiller 'Marilyn Monroe'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Marilyn Monroe, 1962' by American photographer, Lawrence Schiller. Archival digital pigment, AP 3/5. Image: 12.5 x 19 in. / Paper: 16 x 20 in. From the set of the film 'Something's ...
Category
1960s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digita...
$16,250
Play Chess (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
Spring (Hungary)
Located in MADRID, ES
Hungary - Manipulated photography.
As the country where Wei Xiang has lived for more than 30 years, Hungary has become a continuous source of inspiration for the artist. Evocative la...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$3,423 Sale Price
20% Off
San Pietro
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken at San Pietro - Rome
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works be...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Contemporary photograph by Hunter Barnes of boy with horse at local rodeo
Located in New York, NY
This work is an artist proof, archival silver gelatin, handprinted by the artist and signed on verso.
Directly acquired from the artist.
The framing is 100% archival, with the use of only acid frame materials.
Glazing, Optium non glare museum plexi.
Hand carved wooden hand finished frame.
Hunter Barnes is a documentary photographer whose work captures aspects of culture and communities ignored by the mainstream and often misrepresented in the modern American narrative.
Hunter trained in photochemistry and traditional photographic techniques. At a young age, he began a nomadic life on the road. In his early twenties, Hunter self published his first book, Redneck Roundup, documenting the dying communities of the Old West. Other projects followed: four years spent with the Nez Perce tribe; months with a serpent handling congregation in the Appalachain mountains; bikers, lowriders, and street gangs...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bridges. Chicago I
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Chicago I" is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white States. The photo was taken during a trip to th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Bridges. Memphis I
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Bridges. Memphis I" is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white States. The photo was taken during a t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Ferry (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,757 Sale Price
20% Off
Duplex (Maldives)
Located in MADRID, ES
World - Manipulated photography
The artist Wei Xiang is an artist who usually travels to obtain sources of inspiration for his art pieces. In this series of photographs manipulated w...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$3,423 Sale Price
20% Off
Icelandic Landscapes 1 (Iceland)
Located in MADRID, ES
World - Manipulated photography
The artist Wei Xiang is an artist who usually travels to obtain sources of inspiration for his art pieces. In this series of photographs manipulated w...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$3,423 Sale Price
20% Off
La Madre
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Muddy Waters in NY
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Muddy Waters in NY" is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white States. The photo was taken during a t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Uncle Mao 1 (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
San Babila
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Babila church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works betwee...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
collection of 85 argentic photos
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
incredible collection of photographies belonging to Gerard de Villers.
Gérard de Villiers (French: [ʒeʁaʁ də vilje]; 8 December 1929 – 31 October 2013) was a French writer, journalist and publisher whose SAS series of spy novels have been major bestsellers. According to the New York Times, "His works have been translated and are especially popular in Germany, Russia, Turkey, and Japan. The SAS series has sold a reported 120 million copies worldwide, which would make it one of the top-selling series in history, on a par with Ian Fleming's James Bond books...
Category
1960s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The lake in winter (Hungary)
Located in MADRID, ES
Hungary - Manipulated photography.
As the country where Wei Xiang has lived for more than 30 years, Hungary has become a continuous source of inspiration for the artist. Evocative la...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$3,423 Sale Price
20% Off
Maquina 1
Located in New York, NY
Black and white photography in Cuba.
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment
Lama 3 (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
Farmer’s Market (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
Motorbiker (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$3,423 Sale Price
20% Off
Pantheon
Located in Milano, MI
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works between Milan and Barcelona. He bega...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Happy Old Woman (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
Lama 2 (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
A Game of Cards (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
The horses (Hungary)
Located in MADRID, ES
Hungary - Manipulated photography.
As the country where Wei Xiang has lived for more than 30 years, Hungary has become a continuous source of inspiration for the artist. Evocative la...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
$3,423 Sale Price
20% Off
Sunset on the Lake (Hungary)
Located in MADRID, ES
Hungary - Manipulated photography.
As the country where Wei Xiang has lived for more than 30 years, Hungary has become a continuous source of inspiration for the artist. Evocative la...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$3,423 Sale Price
20% Off
Comunal Meal (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
Silence. Limited edition no. I/V
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Silence" is a limited edition of a black and white photograph by the contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the Black and White States series. The photo was taken during a trip to Fr...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Procession Sheep (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
Ninos de la Calle 3
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigm...
Sant'Alessandro
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the Sant'Alessandro church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works b...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
El Patriarch
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Ninos de la Calle 4
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this skill over time, meticulously p...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment...
Battistero - Firenze
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the Battistero - Firenze (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works between Mil...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
San Gottardo
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Gottardo church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works betw...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
San Bernardino alle Ossa
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Bernardino alle Ossa church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives an...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Muhammed Ali shadow boxes, 1977
Located in White Plains, NY
'Muhammed Ali shadow boxes,' 1977 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print, 15 x 10 inch photo on 16 x 20 inch on the fine...
Category
1970s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
San Carlo
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Carlo Church of Milan.
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He l...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Centrale
Located in Milano, MI
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works between Milan and Barcelona. He bega...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Photorealist black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist 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. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alex Sher, Allan Tannenbaum, Jake Chessum, and Kevin Cummins. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment 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 Photorealist black and white photography, so small editions measuring 5.5 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 $11 and tops out at $200,247, while the average work sells for $1,815.
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