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Art Subject: Animal
Born a Lion, contemporary, wildlife, black and white photography, Lion
Located in München, BY
Edition of 12
more sizes on request
A Portrait of big majestic male lion lying in the sun.
Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are amo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of a Raven
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
When the trembling heart stops beating, what remains is a tiny beautiful corpse. I make a portrait to commemorate that life and to express my sorrow and regret. It’s my gesture towar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shaun the Sheep, Tree Avenue, B&W photograph, limited edition landscape, print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art panorama landscape photography. Lots of sheep in a beautiful tree avenue in the Netherlands. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Large Leopard Black White Landscape Photograph Nature Wildlife Cat Forest Kenya
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh, Untitled, photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper
53" x 36" unframed (134.62 cm x 91.44 cm) 2022
Edition 1/10
*Should you wish the photographs to be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Two Iconic, Large Elephants Walking Across Amboseli National Park, Wildlife
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Titans of Time"
The world’s two largest tusked elephants, Tim & Craig, can go months without crossing paths so seeing the two together is one of the most extraordinary sights in th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cheetah in Profile Walking Across the Grass in Kenya, Black & White
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Spotted on the Plains"
Cheetah walking in the grass of East Africa
Exceptional Creatures is a limited edition print series documenting the most extraordinary animals roaming our E...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Detailed, Fashion-Inspired Profile Portrait of an Elite Horse
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Velvet Crest"
The smooth coat and bridle are highlighted in this profile portrait of a delicately arched horse's neck.
The print series Equus: Light & Form focuses on the details...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Feast from the Deep, Dominica by Paul Nicklen -Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Feast from the Deep
Dominica, 2019
36 in x 24 in (91.4 x 61cm) Edition of 20
46.5 in x 31 in (118.1 x 78.7cm) Edition of 15
60 in x 40 in (152.4 x 101.6cm) Edition of 10
90 in × 60 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Black & white portrait of a leopard looking to the right atop a rock in Kenya
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
Ethereal portrait of a leopard sitting majestically atop a rock, looking at something to the right out of frame
Exceptional Creatures is a limit...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bucking Bronco - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
'Bucking Bronco' is a black and white photographic print by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Michael Ormerod: Vanishing Point'.
Michael Ormerod w...
Category
20th Century American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper
Unbreakable Bond, Dominica by Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
Unbreakable Bond
Dominica, 2019
20 x 30 in / Edition of 6 - $4,500
Also available:
32 x 48 in / Edition of 6 - $7,500
40 x 60 in / Edition of 6 - $10,500
50 x 75 in / Edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Andalusian Horse - Limited Edition Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
By Baldur Tryggvason
Located in London, GB
'White Andalusian Horse' by Baldur Tryggvason
A beautiful close up image of a white Andalusian horse dramatically silhouetted against a black backgro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Chinchilla Glamour' Silver Gelatin Print
By George Mayer
Located in London, GB
'Chinchilla Glamour' Silver Gelatin Print
George Mayer
Exquisite, very large 40x40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Silver Gelatin resin Print.
Certificate of authenticity provided.
Stampe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dance of the Giraffes
Located in New York City, NY
Available sizes:
32x47in ed.20
40x60in ed.15
47x71in ed.10
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Great Grey Owl, limited edition photograph, signed, Platinum/Palladium Print
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Great Grey Owl, limited edition photograph, signed, Platinum/Palladium Print
My fascination with birds of prey began eight years ago. There have been nesting owls on my family’s lan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Koylia, Finland (Two Kittens Playing in a Field)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti was born in 1950 in Helsinki, Finland. Sammallahti was surrounded by works from his grandmother, Hildur Larsson, who was a photographer in the early 1900s. Sammallahti has been photographing the world around him with a poetic eye since the age of eleven. At the age of nine, he visited "The Family of Man...
Category
1970s Minimalist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Schnitzel Please!, " Dresden Germany 1999 (dog photograph)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
"Schnitzel Please!"
This timeless, charming photo of a town favorite Dresden Dog, was captured by New York based photographer Fernando Natalici in Germany...
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Detailed, Iconic Profile Portrait of a Large Tusked Elephant
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Unlikely Companions"
In this image, a large tusked elephant in Amboseli enjoys the grass that grows on the plains while two birds wait in the background ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brotherhood
Located in New York City, NY
47x71 inches
120x180cm
Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed
Ask us for framing options.
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based in Stockholm, S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
"King Olobor"- Majestic Lion in Africa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The superstar of Masai Mara, Olobor resting on a hill top in all his glory. This is the second year I photographed this majestic creature, and he gets more beautiful every time I see...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Photographic Paper
Kennedy, Jackie Rides White Horse, Looking Right, 1963
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Rides White Horse, 4027_0076 -- JBK on Horse at Merrywood, her mother's estate. This image looks best in the 11 x 17 size. The 17 x 22 size is soft. Image size is 13.75" x 20"...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Cloud Horse
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 5.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Silverback
Located in New York City, NY
Available sizes:
32x47in ed.20
40x60in ed.15
47x71in ed.10
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
1S Shell
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The most iconic of the Weston shells, throughout 1927 he took twenty-six still life images of shells, including Nautilus 1927 (Museum of Modern Art, New York). His interest in nautil...
Category
Early 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elegant, graceful lines make up the gentle curve of this horse's neck
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
Elegant, graceful lines make up the gentle curve of this horse's neck
This fashion-inspired image focuses on the beautiful details of this elite horse
The print series Equus: Light...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Herd of American Bison Walking Across the Plains of Yellowstone National Park
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"On the Move"
From the story of their survival to their hulking, unmistakable physiques, the American bison is one of the rarified animals that has become larger than life in cultu...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Cheetah Who Shops" by B C Parade
Located in London, GB
"Cheetah Who Shops" by B C Parade
American silent film actress Phyllis Gordon (1889 - 1964) window-shopping in Earls Court, London with her four-yea...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Wise Pack, Greenland by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Wise Pack
Qaanaaq, Greenland, 2015
24 × 36 in / 61 × 91.4 cm / Edition of 20 - $3,500
31 × 46.5 in / 78.7 × 118.1 cm / Edition of 15 - $7,500
40 × 60 in / 101.6 × 152.4 cm / Edition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cats at Doorway and Cats on Rocks (2 photographs), 1944
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This offering comes as a pair of two original photographs made by Edward Weston. Cats at Doorway is initialed and dated on the front of mount. Cats on Rock is unsigned.
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Arctic Nomad, Canada by Paul Nicklen - Polar Bear - National Geographic
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Arctic Nomad
Manitoba, Canada, 1996.
36 x 24 in / 91.4 x 61 cm / Edition of 20
46.5 x 31 in / 118.1 x 78.7 cm / Edition of 30
60 x 40 in / 152.4 x 101.6 cm / Edition of 30
"A male polar bear waits for the sea ice to freeze. Every year the sea ice forms later in the fall and melts earlier in the spring, leaving bears stranded on land for longer periods of time. As long as there is sea ice, bears like this one will continue to dominate the food chain in the Arctic." - Paul Nicklen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brainpower II, III and I. Triptych. From The Horses Series
By Juan Lamarca
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Brainpower I, Untitled I, and Untitled II (Triptych) 2018 by Juan Lamarca
From the Horse Series
Fine Art Cotton Paper
Overall size:
Image size: 16.5 in H x 36 in W
Frame size: 17.7 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Alpha, Canada by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Alpha
Canada, 2011
24" x 36" / Edition of 20 - $3,500
Also available:
31" x 46.5" / Edition of 15 - $7,500
40" x 60" / Edition of 10 - $12,500
Paul Nicklen's Biography:
Paul Nick...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dogs USA, Black and White Photograph of Pets in a Sports Car
Located in New york, NY
Dogs, USA, Greenwich, CT is a 5" x 7" black and white photograph, stamped “vintage” by the Freed estate on verso (back) of gelatin silver press. Provenance: Freed archive.
The photo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Barn Owl Study 9
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
My fascination with birds of prey began eight years ago. There have been nesting owls on my family’s land in the United Kingdom as far as I can remember. I have heard them calling to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wildlife Tiger Nature Very Large Black White Photograph Vintage India Forest
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh Untitled Photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper
65" x 44" unframed (165cm x 112cm) 2017
Edition 1/15
*Should you wish the photograph to be printed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Tim - Preserver of Peace, Platinum, animal, elephant, black and white photograph
Located in München, BY
Joachim Schmeisser
"Tim - Preserver of Peace", Kenya 2019
Edition of 3 + 2 AP
4 Handmade Platinum Palladium Prints
Signed, titled and numbered
Sheet size 76 x 112 cm / 30 x 44.1 inc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Ivory Brigade, Canada by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivory Brigade
Nunavut, Canada, 2006
24 × 36 in / 61 × 91.4 cm / Edition of 20 - $3,500
31 × 46.5 in / 78.7 × 118.1 cm / Edition of 15
40 × 60 in / 101.6 × 152.4 cm / Edition of 10
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Top of the world
Located in New York City, NY
Available sizes:
32x47 inches (80 x 120 cm) - Edition of 20
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
"Amas Luna Storm II" (FRAMED) Photography 60" x 40" in Ed. 1/3 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Amas Luna Storm II" (FRAMED) Photography 60" x 40" in Ed. 1/3 by Aaron Mcpolin
Archival Giclee Print & Museum Framed
Size framed: 61.5" x 41.5" in
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE:
Edition o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Unbelievable Wild Horse With Beautiful Mane, Iconic, Vertical
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Legend"
This wild horse's mane stands out among the rest of the 500 horses on Sable Island. It is the grandest and most regal of them all.
The print series Discovering the Horses...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lone Wild Horse Looks Over Tall Grass, Meditative, Calming, Equestrian
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Windy Solitude"
This best-selling image features a single horse on Sable Island as he looks back at the camera. "
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sable Island documents...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Contemporary Japanese Photography, Ginzan Spa by Issei Suda, Signed Ed 28/100
By Issei Suda
Located in New york, NY
The photograph "Ginzan Spa, Yamagata, August 1976 from Fushikaden," is by Japanese photographer Issei Suda. The print is hand-signed by the photographer on ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...
Dark Horse Swimming in Clear Water, Design & Fashion-Inspired, Equestrian
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Dance of the Sea"
This dark horse swimming appears drawn in charcoal - a chiaroscuro effect - while the water's lightness complements and heightens the dr...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gaia Diptych 127 - Limited Edition Black and White Photographic print
Located in Brighton, GB
Gaia Diptych #127 by Jaume Llorens is a 24cm x 18cm Black and White print on Premio Kozo 180gsm White Paper by Awagami Factory. This size is a limited edition of 10 + 2 Artist's Proo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Digital
Eskimo Girl, Nude, Fine Art Photography
Located in München, BY
Images size 55 x 70 cm
Limited Edition of 12
Platinum Print
Framed with Wengé and Passepartout
Framed Size 92 x 112 cm
Evocative, sensual and voluptuous, Marc Lagrange's work celebr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Platinum
Half Angels Half Demons - Zebra #26, Black and White Photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Mauricio Velez's photographs seeks to refine the viewer's sensitivity and perception of art and the human body, elevating these elements to an aesthetic realm that can inspire, distu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Silence II, contemporary, wildlife, black and white photography, Lion
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7
more sizes on request
A Cheetah is lying on a termite hat and looks for prey.
Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are amo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Cheetah Who Shops' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
American silent film actress Phyllis Gordon (1889 - 1964) window-shopping in Earls Court, London with her four-year-old cheetah who was flown to Britain from Kenya. (Photo by B C Par...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Sitting Lionesses, Serengeti – Nick Brandt, Lion, Lioness, Africa, Animals, Wild
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Sitting Lionesses, Serengeti
2002
Platinum print
Image 69.5 x 88 cm (27 3/8 x 34 5/8 in.)
Sheet 76.5 x 99 cm (30 1/8 x 39 in.)
Edition of 25; Ed. no. 16/25
Framed
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli – Nick Brandt, Elephants, Photography
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli
2008
Platinum print
Image 58.42 x 106.68 cm (23 x 42 in.)
Sheet 76 x 111.2 cm (29 7/8 x 43 3/4 in.)
Edition of ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Barn Owl XIII
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
My fascination with birds of prey began eight years ago. There have been nesting owls on my family’s land in the United Kingdom as far as I can remember. I have heard them calling to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chinstrap Penguins, Deception Island, Antarctica, 2005 - Sebastião Salgado
Located in London, GB
Chinstrap Penguins, Deception Island, Antarctica, 2005 - Sebastião Salgado
Stamped with photographer’s copyright blind stamp
Signed, inscribed on re...
Category
Early 2000s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"SITTING KING" 24x36 Black and White Lion Photography Africa African Lion
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion.
Printed on Archival Paper Using Archival ink
24x36 Edition of 50. Signed by Shane.
Printed on archival paper and using archiv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Giraffe in grass, Giraffe, animal, Africa, black and white photography
Located in München, BY
Edition No. 7/12
image size 28,5 x 35,6 cm
signed and numbered
Framed with mat and anti-reflex glass
A giraffe is lying in the tall grass in front of Mount Kenya.
Joachim Schmeisse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
An elite horse's immaculate coat and braided mane are the focus of this image
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
An elite horse's immaculate coat and braided mane are the focus of this image
Close up portrait of a speckled white horse with a braided mane and a bridle
The print series Equus: ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blood Brothers
Located in New York City, NY
Available sizes:
32x47in ed.20
40x60in ed.15
47x71in ed.10
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Savannah Spirit, Hold Onto Power (Black and White Nude Photography B&W)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this self portrait, Savannah Spirit turns the tradition of black and white female portraiture back on itself. The muse is the artist, and the gaze is her own.
Through her artistic, social and curatorial projects, Spirit also takes on technology and social media censors, who assume that the unclothed body of a human, especially of those who identify as female, is pornography that must be controlled. Her artwork asserts that a woman is her own muse.
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag.
Press
FORBES: Savannah Spirit Wants to Trigger Your Trump
VICE: Erotic Art Fights Trump with Scenes of Female Pleasure
BULLETT: The Art Show Fighting Fascism with Erotica
HUFFINGTON POST: Artists Are Resisting Trump's Misogyny with Erotic Art
DAZED: The Erotic Show Taking on Donald Trump
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag.
Published:
City Journal
Huffington Post
The Color Theory Expert
Snap
The Nation
Global Yodel
THE magazine
Live Mag!
The Villager
Ravelin
D/Railed Magazine
Open Letr
Style: This photograph combines a feminist eye and modern feminism with classic vintage pinup...
Category
2010s Conceptual Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New Release : David Bowie : Natural Villains monochrome
Located in Austin, TX
New release July 2022. Museum quality fine art print of David Bowie by photographer Markus Klinko, from his celebrated collection "Bowie Unseen", released...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
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