Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Edward Steichen, MoMA Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Gillian Bradshaw Smith in Studio
By Fred W. McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Gillian Bradshaw Smith in Studio
By Fred W. McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Sold|$2,000
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Dapper Lord Snowdon Photo Suit & Tie
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Malcolm X Funeral Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin print
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Nolan Ryan
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Malcolm X Funeral Vintage silver gelatin gelatin photograph
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Nolan Ryan
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Malcolm X Funeral Vintage silver gelatin gelatin photograph
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Malcolm X Funeral Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin print
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,200
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Poet Allen Ginsberg Howl Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,200
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph President Bill Clinton Portrait
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,800
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Beat Poet Peter Orlovsky Beatnik Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,500
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photo President Richard Nixon Innaugural
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,200
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Louise Nevelson Sculpture
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,200
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Louise Nevelson Sculpture
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$2,200
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Jasper Johns Exhibit Photo Whitney Mus
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,400
Herbert & Mercedes Matter
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Sold|$1,400
Herbert & Mercedes Matter
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Robert Frank
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Robert Frank
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Sold|$4,355
Venice - British Victorian oil painting architecture Italy women laundry art
By James Holland
Located in Hagley, England
Good original condition. James Holland (1799-1870) was an artist known for his watercolour and oil paintings.
Oil
Sold|$54,384
Carnevale di Venezia - Large 19th Century Oil Painting Venice Italy Canaletto
By James Holland
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Carnevale di Venezia’ by James Holland RWS (1799-1870). The painting – which depicts an extensive view of the Grand Canal with hundreds of masked revellers before the Ducal Palace ...
Oil
Greetings from 1. Holland Park Avenue, London
By James McBey
Located in Plano, TX
Greetings from 1. Holland Park Avenue, London. 1931. Ink and wash on tan wove paper. 3 1/2 x 3 1/4 (sheet 6 1/8 x 4 7/8 - visible in mat area).
Ink, Watercolor
Sold|$28,533
Tombs of the Sultans - 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting Royal Academy 1873
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
Frank Dillon studied at the Royal Academy Schools and as a private pupil of the eminent English vedute painter James Holland (1799-1870). In 1850 he made his debut at the Royal Acade...
Oil
Sold|$2,000
Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph James Baldwin, African American Writer Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Gillian Bradshaw Smith in Studio
By Fred W. McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,200
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph NASA Astronauts, Rockefeller 1969
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$3,600
Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Yayoi Kusama Dress John Lennon Yoko Ono
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,200
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph 1959 Beatnik Birthday Party Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,500
Silver Gelatin Print Signed Photograph Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns Guggenheim NYC
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,100
Stephen Varble Metropolitan Museum Vintage Silver Gelatin photo signed
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,200
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Bianca Jagger, Halston LIz Taylor
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$950
Paul Georges
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Sold|$2,500
Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Artist Jasper Johns, Musician John Cage Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,200
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Paul Jenkins, Alice Baber AbEx NY
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,200
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Ted Joans Jazz Surrealist Poet
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,200
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photo French Actress Photograph Smoking
By Fred W. McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Malcolm X, Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Print
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Sold|$750
Julia Childs
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Julia Child Vintage Silver Gelatin photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,200
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph President Bill Clinton Portrait
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sold|$1,500
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photo President Richard Nixon Meets Press
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hami...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
James Holland Oil Painting Entitled "Venice"
By James Holland
Located in Gallatin, TN
James Holland (18 October 1799 – 12 December 1870) was an English painter of flowers, landscapes, architecture and marine subjects, and book illustrator.
Canvas, Oil
Original Dutch Landscape / Riverscape Oil Painting by James Rötter
Located in Gallatin, TN
Original Dutch Riverscape / Landscape Oil Painting by Dutch painter James Rötter Oil on Canvas Signed and dated by the artist in the lower left of canvas "Jas.
Canvas, Oil
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.