Street Musician in Lyon, France, 1930 Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
By Press Photo
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique, original silver gelatin black and white photograph. Street musicians and singers in Lyon, France, circa 1930.
Silver Gelatin
$1,125Sale Price|25% Off
Musician & Composer Elizabeth Swados
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of musician and composer Elizabeth Swados performing in 1977. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authent...
Silver Gelatin
$9,500
Stevie Wonder V1, Los Angeles, California - Black and White, Musician, Piano
By Al Satterwhite
Located in Denton, TX
Stevie Wonder V1 by Al Satterwhite is a black and white portrait of the famous American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
Archival Pigment
$3,000
Stevie Wonder / Los Angeles, V2 - Black and White Portrait, Musician, Piano
By Al Satterwhite
Located in Denton, TX
Stevie Wonder / Los Angeles, Version 2 by Al Satterwhite is a black and white portrait of the famous American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer, playing the piano. 11...
Archival Pigment
Black and White Jazz Musicians Photograph, Silver Gelatin Print, 1990
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
Drawn to street photography for her early work, Roberta Fineberg shot black-and-white film with a held-held 35mm camera in natural lighting in New York, Paris, and Moscow.
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Street musicians Naples 1955
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. 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 photogr...
Silver Gelatin
$1,350Sale Price|32% Off
Musician/composer Philip Glass, studio portrait
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of musician/composer Philip Glass, studio portrait, 1984. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity...
Silver Gelatin
$2,300
Willie Nelson, Spicewood, Texas - Country Musician, Singer, Celebrity Portrait
By Michael O'Brien
Located in Denton, TX
Willie Nelson, Spicewood, Texas by Michael O'Brien is a black and white portrait of the beloved country musician.
Archival Pigment
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Composer & musician Fred Ho, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of composer and musician Fred Ho, 1995. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a c...
Silver Gelatin
$1,125Sale Price|25% Off
Musicians and friends Itzak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Musicians and friends Itzak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman photographed at Perlman's apartment in 1978. Signed on the print verso. Comes d...
Silver Gelatin
Blind Musician, London, 1934 - Dora Maar (Vintage Contact Print)
By Dora Maar
Located in London, GB
Dora Maar Blind Musician, London, (Musicien Aveugle, Londres), 1934 Unique silver gelatin contact print, printed c.1935 2 x 2 1/4 inches Provenance: The Estate of Dora Maar Born He...
Silver Gelatin
Jerry Schatzberg - Bob Dylan, Musician/Poet, 1965, Printed After
By Jerry Schatzberg
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available Gelatin Silver Print Sizes: 11" x 14" $8,000.00 Edition of 25 + 5 AP 16" x 20" $10,000.00 Edition of 20 + 4 AP 20" x 24" $15,000.00 Edition of 20 + 4 AP 30" x 40" ...
Platinum, Silver Gelatin
$1,125Sale Price|25% Off
Musicians and friends Itzak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Musicians and friends Itzak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman photographed at Perlman's apartment in 1978. Comes directly from the Jack Mitc...
Silver Gelatin
$1,350Sale Price|25% Off
Musicians and friends Itzak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Musicians and friends Itzak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman photographed at Perlman's apartment in 1978. This photograph is in the collecti...
Silver Gelatin
$900Sale Price|40% Off
African American jazz composer, conductor, and musician David Baker, signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of African American jazz composer, conductor, and musician David Baker, photographed in 1995. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. C...
Silver Gelatin
$975Sale Price|35% Off
'Talking Heads' musician/singer/songwriter David Byrne, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of musician/singer David Byrne, founding member and principal songwriter of the American New Wave band 'Talking Heads', photographed in 198...
Silver Gelatin
$1,350Sale Price|25% Off
Musician & composer Ravi Shankar performing at St. John, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of composer and musician Ravi Shankar, performing at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 1976. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print ver...
Silver Gelatin
Musician Playing Pork Chop Double Bass Silver Gelatin Print c. 1940
By Henry Rox 1
Located in Camden, ME
Henry Rox (1899–1967) Musician Playing Pork Chop Double Bass c. 1940 Vintage silver gelatin print 8 x 10 inches Estate stamp verso No known negatives extant This 8 x 10 inch vintage...
Silver Gelatin
$1,875Sale Price|25% Off
Musician/Composer Philip Glass iconic studio portrait, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Musician/Composer Philip Glass iconic studio portrait, 1984. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack M...
Silver Gelatin
$1,071
A Moment with Mario by James Sparshatt. Silver gelatin photo of jazz musician
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A photograph of Mario locked in a harmonious embrace with his trumpet… a moment of magic in a jazz club in New Orleans. James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the ...
Silver Gelatin
$990Sale Price|44% Off
Musician Peter Kaukonen portrait for After Dark magazine signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Portrait of Rock, Jazz, and New Age musician Peter Kaukonen, November 1972. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. Signed on the reverse. American photo...
Silver Gelatin
$1,350Sale Price|55% Off
Artist and Musician Yoko Ono photographed at her Dakota apartment in NYC
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist and musician Yoko Ono photographed at her Dakota apartment in 1990. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certifi...
Silver Gelatin
Ecuador, Musicians, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 22, 9 x 27 cm
By Hanna Seidel
Located in Cologne, DE
Vintageprints offered for collectors come from this selection, each work is unique and exists only once, created as a unique print for the exhibition. Title: Ecuador, Musicians, Bla...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Ecuador, Indigenous, Musicians, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 25 x 24, 3 cm
By Hanna Seidel
Located in Cologne, DE
Title: Ecuador, Indigenous, Musicians, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 25 x 24,3 cm Keywords: Hanna Seidel, photography, black and white, vintage, southamerica, Ecuador, 1960s, 1...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Naples 1954, Street music
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Keywords: 1952 Naples Street musicians Black-and-white photography Banjo Trumpet Drums Italian street life Historic Naples Street performance Vintage photograph Urban culture Music a...
Silver Gelatin
$2,300
Willie Nelson, Spicewood, Texas - Black and White Portrait, Country Musician
By Michael O'Brien
Located in Denton, TX
Willie Nelson, Spicewood, Texas by Michael O'Brien is a black and white portrait of the adored country singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Archival Pigment
Musician Elvis Costello performs live
By Michael Grecco
Located in Toronto, ON
Archival Pigment Print COA Hand Signed by Michael Grecco
Archival Pigment
$860Sale Price|20% Off
Dagoberto by James Sparshatt. Black and white portrait of an old Cuban musician
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Black and white portrait of a Cuban musician called Dagoberto. Dagoberto began playing his guitar in the Casa de la Trova in Holguin, Cuba, in 1944. Sixty years later in 2004 I had ...
Silver Gelatin, Wood
$500
Under Bethesda (Bethesda Terrace, Bethesda Fountain, Street Musician, Big Apple)
By David Pugh
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Pugh Under Bethesda Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton Fibre, 315 gsm, Acid and Lignin free, ISO 9706 conform / museum quality for highest age r...
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Bob Dylan, Musician/Poet, New York, 1965
By Jerry Schatzberg
Located in London, GB
Signed Vintage silver gelatin print 11 x 14 inches This artwork is a vintage silver gelatin print, printed in 1965 by Jerry Schatzberg. The work comes directly from Schatzberg's stu...
Silver Gelatin
$2,300
Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, Farm Aid - Country Musicians, Concert
By Michael O'Brien
Located in Denton, TX
Archival Pigment Print Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 18 x 12.8 in. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso. Michael O’Brien is an American photographer noted for...
Archival Pigment
Ornette Coleman, At Home, NYC - Jazz Musician, Saxophone, New York, Portrait
Located in Denton, TX
Ornette Coleman, At Home,, NYC by Jimmy Katz is a black and white portrait of the famous jazz musician in his home, posing next to a piano and saxophone. Inkjet Print 22 x 17 in. Si...
Inkjet
$980Sale Price|65% Off
Young actor & musician Kevin Bacon (age 21), signed exhibition print
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Actor and musician Kevin Bacon (age 21), photographed in 1980. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed bo...
Silver Gelatin
Musicians rehearsing, Havana, 1998
By Ernesto Bazan
Located in New York, NY
Italian photographer Ernesto Bazan, born 1959, uses his black-and-white photographs to document one of the most complex times in Cuban history. From the vivid street life he captured...
Silver Gelatin
Unavailable
H 20 in W 16 in
Louis Armstrong: Legendary Musician with Big Smiles Globe Photos Fine Art Print
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This black and white portrait features jazz legend Louis Armstrong up close, posed with a big smile. Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment
Prince, The Musician Fine Art Print
Located in Las Vegas, NV
The sudden death of Prince rocked the music world. Prince was a true pioneer and one of the most talented musician of all time, he will be missed. This image is credited to Globe P...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, C Print
Unavailable
H 16 in W 20 in
Pablo Casals Famous Cellist from Spain Original Silver Gelatin Portrait Musician
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
Signed by the artist from the studio of Karsh. “In the Abbey de Cuxa in Prades, I spent several glorious hours with the master of the cello. Our rapport was instantaneous - he trust...
Silver Gelatin
Unavailable
H 20 in W 16 in
Frank Zappa the Legendary Musician Candid Globe Photos Fine Art Print
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Frank Zappa was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity, and satire...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment
Dixieland Jam - Jazz Musicians Black and White Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Dixieland Jam - Jazz Musicians Black and White Photograph The Dixieland Jazz Band hosts an impromptu concert, crammed into a tiny cosy room with a massive audience crowded around th...
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold
H 16 in W 16 in
Chuck Berry in Chicago, 1988 - B&W Photograph of Famed Musician, Framed
By Richard Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Chuck Berry was introduced to Chess Records through his pal and fellow musician Muddy Waters. Berry’s collaboration with the record label would solidify his impact on music and his ...
Archival Pigment
Sold
H 20 in W 24 in
Musician & composer Ravi Shankar performing at St. John, signed exhibition print
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Musician & composer Ravi Shankar performing at The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in NYC, photographed in 1976. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by ha...
Silver Gelatin
Sold
H 8 in W 10 in
Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Artist Jasper Johns, Musician John Cage Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
Jasper Johns and John Cage 3/20/1981 Photographer is Fred McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its...
Silver Gelatin
Sold
H 20 in W 24 in
Musician/Composer Philip Glass iconic studio portrait, signed exhibition print
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Musician/Composer Philip Glass, iconic studio portrait, 1984. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed bot...
Silver Gelatin
Sold
H 17 in W 22 in D 0.1 in
Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, Farm Aid - Country Musicians, Concert
By Michael O'Brien
Located in Denton, TX
Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 18 x 12.8 in. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso. Michael O’Brien is an American photographer noted for his compelling portrait...
Archival Pigment
Louis Armstrong: Legendary Musician with Big Smiles
Located in Austin, TX
This portrait features jazz legend Louis Armstrong up close, posed with a big smile. Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, singer, and occasional actor who was one o...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Prince, The Musician Fine Art Print
Located in Las Vegas, NV
The sudden death of Prince rocked the music world. Prince was a true pioneer and one of the most talented musician of all time, he will be missed. This 1993 portrait is from the Gl...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
There’s a lot to love about black and white photography.
The unique and timeless quality of a black and white photograph accentuates any room. Some might argue that we’re naturally drawn to color photography because it’s the world we know best. This is a shared belief, particularly in the era of camera-phone photography, editing apps and the frenetic immediacy of sharing photos on social media. But when we look at black and white photography, we experience deep, rich shadows and tonal properties in a way that transfixes us. Composition and textures are crisp and engaging. We’re immediately drawn to the subjects of vintage street photography and continue to feel the emotional impact of decades-old photojournalism. The silhouettes of mountains in black and white landscape photography are particularly pronounced, while portrait photography and the skylines of urban cityscapes come to life in monochrome prints.
When decorating with fine photography, keep in mind that some color photographs may not be suitable for every space. However, you can be more daring with black and white photos. The gray tones are classic, sophisticated and generally introduce elegance to any corner of your home, which renders black and white prints amazingly versatile.
Black and white photography adapts to its surroundings like a chameleon might. A single large-scale black and white photograph above the sofa in your living room is going to work with any furniture style, and as some homeowners and designers today are working to introduce more muted tones and neutral palettes to dining rooms and bedrooms, the integration of black and white photography — a hallmark of minimalist decor — is a particularly natural choice for such a setting.
Another advantage to bringing black and white photography into your home is that you can style walls and add depth and character without worrying about disrupting an existing color scheme. Black and white photographs actually harmonize well with accent colors such as yellow, red and green. Your provocative Memphis Group lighting and bold Pierre Paulin seating will pair nicely with the black and white fine nude photography you’ve curated over the years.
Black and white photography also complements a variety of other art. Black and white photos pair well with drawings and etchings in monochromatic hues. They can also form part of specific color schemes. For example, you can place black and white prints in colored picture frames for a pop of color. And while there are no hard and fast rules, it’s best to keep black and white prints separate from color photographs. Color prints stand out in a room more than black and white prints do. Pairing them may detract attention from your black and white photography. Instead, dedicate separate walls or spaces to each.
Once you’ve selected the photography that best fits your space, you’ll need to decide how to hang the images. If you want to hang multiple photos, it’s essential to know how to arrange wall art. A proper arrangement can significantly enhance a living space.
On 1stDibs, explore a vast collection of compelling black and white photography by artists such as Mark Shaw, Jack Mitchell (a photographer you should know), Berenice Abbott and David Yarrow.
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