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Poppy No.12 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Poppy No.12 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 125 x 100 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 10 prints, each han...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Te Veo by James Sparshatt. Portrait of Cuban man in glasses on Brushed Aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Te veo… I see you. Matanzas 2005.
Sparshatt's black-and-white portrait captures the essence of a weathered, elderly man, his face a tapestry of deep wrinkles that tell stories of a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
New York City, 1953 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
New York City, 1953 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
Availabl...
Category
1950s United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fulham Football Fan's Fashion silver gelatin limited edition print
Located in London, GB
5th January 1957: Two young Fulham football fans Freda and Frank Hearn dressed in their club's colours of black and white, wait to board an 'Ipswich Sp...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Himba Child l by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
In the far north of Namibia as you head towards the border with Angola at Epupa Falls, barely visible tracks radiate off the main dirt road into bush and disappear across sandy, dry ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Ravishing Rampling Charlotte Limited Estate Signature Edition Oversize
By Phillip Harrington
Located in London, GB
Ravishing Rampling 1966
Limited Edition Estate Signature Stamped print
The exquisitely beautiful young Charlotte Rampling at The Pair of Shoes, a casino in London, 7th September 19...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
12 x 16" p...
Category
1920s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Welcome, Las Vegas - American Black and White Square Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Welcome', classic Las Vegas sign photography from Richard Heeps Dream in Color series.
Primarily known as a color photographer Richard Heeps was commis...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin
Uproar Landseer Lion By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Uproar Landseer Lion
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 54 x 41" / 137 x 104 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1970 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
edition of 20
note other print sizes and ...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Two Georges 24 x 35inch signed limited edition b/w archival pigment print
Located in Norwich, GB
Iconic and rare limited edition print direct from the negative, signed lower right hand margin and stamped with photographers own blind stamp.
This is Number 1/10.
Paper size 24 x 25...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Oak and fern - black and white landscape photography Limited edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Oak and fern
London, United Kingdom 2024.
It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera.
The photograph is signed front and back a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Joe Jackson; Look Sharp, 1979, Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, winklerpicker shoes
Located in London, GB
Brian Griffin
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp, 1979
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, Framed; museum mount board, antireflective art glass, oak frame
Image size; 11 4/5 × 15 7/10 in 30 × 40 cm...
Category
1970s Symbolist United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Glass, Oak, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Brom...
Trenza (Braid), Ecuador, 1991 - Flor Garduño (Black and White Photography)
By Flor Garduño
Located in London, GB
Signed
Silver gelatin print
Available in two sizes:
11 x 14 inches
16 x 20 inches
Also available as an editioned archival pigment print in two larger sizes, please enquire for deta...
Category
Early 2000s United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
Oak and fern - black and white landscape photography Limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Oak and fern
London, United Kingdom 2024.
It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera.
The photograph is signed front and back a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Grey Wave - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
By Stuart Möller
Located in London, GB
Grey Wave
A single wave at dusk.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the world,
Stuart Möller is a fine art photographer whos...
Category
2010s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dinner Jazz 1949 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz 1949 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
20 ...
Category
1940s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dubawi, ‘Striped/ shadows', Abstract Black and white horse portrait photograph
Located in London, GB
Dubawi, 'Stripped’, 2001 by John Reardon
Edition of 15
Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass
This piec...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, B...
Supergiant - C3PO Star Wars Archival Pigment Print - Framed in gold gilt
Located in London, GB
Super Giant Oversize - C3PO Star Wars Archival Pigment Print
1977 by Geoff Wilkinson / Mirror Trinity Group Archive
size :
71 x 45.5" inches / 180 x 116 cm paper size
print type ...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Rolling Stones Tin Pan Alley b/w photographic silver gelatin LIFETIME print
By Terry O'Neill
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers, with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars, he ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Touch Up - Alfred Hitchcock Film Grace Kelly Hollywood Celebrity Portrait
Located in Brighton, GB
Touch Up - Alfred Hitchcock Film Grace Kelly Hollywood Celebrity Portrait
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Ga...
Category
20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
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 United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pale peaks - Analogue Black and White Italian Dolomite photography
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Pale peaks'
Alto Adige, Italy, 2021
Printed on the finest archival paper, these limited edition photographs are designed to withstand the test of time, preserving the beauty and ...
Category
2010s Naturalistic United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
George Michael 1987
By Michael Putland
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
George Michael
London 1987
George Michael was a British pop superstar known for his powerful voice, songwriting talent, and hits like "Faith" and "Careless Whisp...
Category
1980s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hobo on Bowery Street by Rollercoaster - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Hobo on Bowery Street by Rollercoaster by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the...
Category
20th Century American Realist United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition
By Jill Furmanovsky
Located in London, GB
Catalogue No: OA056JF
Artists: Oasis, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher
Location: Slane Castle, Ireland
Date: 22nd July 1995
Era: The 1990's
Edition: hand signed Limited Edition
17/50
Print type: Giclée Print
Paper type: Archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag
printed this year
Oasis performing at Slane Castle in 1995 as the support for REM. Fourteen years later they would headline the festival.
paper size 61 x41 cm / 24 x 16 inches
© Jill Furmanovsky
Slane Castle, Ireland. 22 July 1995
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
'I feel blessed to have photographed so many extraordinary musicians over my 50-year career. Their music formed a soundtrack to my life and has inspired my work. This exhibition at Proud is homage to their magical gifts. ‘No Music No Life’ says it all.' Jill Furmanovsky
Her legacy is profound.' Gail Buckland (guest curator and author of 'Who Shot Rock & Roll - Brooklyn Museum)
'She reveals you to yourself.' Nile Rodgers (Chic)
'Through the honesty of Jill’s work, we are brought closer to the frailty and humanity of celebrity.' (Neville Brody, designer of The Face Magazine)
'Jill is one of my favourite photographers of all time.' Jools Holland
Jill Furmanovsky body of work exudes at its heart her love of music and unique ability to capture its vibrancy and spirit throughout her career. Her intimate and candid shots of Oasis reflect her close relationship with the band during their zenith.
Rockarchive founder, Jill Furmanovsky, was born and brought up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her parents moved to London in 1965 when she was eleven. As a teenager, she became a Beatles fan and often stood outside Abbey Road Studio hoping to catch sight of them. Her first rock shot was of Paul McCartney and two school friends taken on a Kodak Instamatic outside of his home in St. John’s Wood.
Jill studied textile and then graphic design at the Central School of Art and Design in London. In January 1972, whilst on a two-week block course in photography, she had a lucky break when she was offered a job as in-house photographer for premier rock venue, The Rainbow Theatre. From then on, she took live shots and features for the music press of the day of the 1970’s and 80’s, including NME, Melody Maker, Sounds, Smash Hits and The Face. In the 1990s Jill became the main photographer for Oasis.
Jill has won many awards for her music photography including The Jane Bown...
Category
1990s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Halt by Mark Harvey. B+W Photo of horses legs. Stallion of power
Located in Coltishall, GB
Halt – by Mark Harvey
A moment of control. The horse is brought ot a halt during dressage. Dramatic light and flying sand captures this dynamic, authoritative moment as power comb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
"Bardot" by Reg Lancaster
By Reg Lancaster
Located in London, GB
"Bardot" by Reg Lancaster
French actress and sex symbol Brigitte Bardot stage name of Camille Javal, dancing in a scene from the film 'Two Weeks In September' with Mike Sarne.
Unf...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
New World Order Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
New World Order
by BATIK
Satirical pop art artwork featuring Vladimir Putin, VP J.D. Vance, Donald Trump and Elon Musk in WW2 war rooms.
BATIK is a London based fine artist and im...
Category
2010s Pop Art United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
'Jane Birkin' 1968 Saint Tropez (Silver Gelatin Print)
By Jean-Pierre Bonnotte
Located in London, GB
'Jane Birkin' August 1968 Saint Tropez
by Jean-Pierre Bonnotte
A stunning shot of the British supermodel, actress, singer and sex symbol - adopted by France when she became the wif...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Legends Corner, Nashville Tennessee, Nightwalks - American Nightlife Photography
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
Legends Corner, Nashville Tennessee, Nightwalks - American Nightlife Photography
"Legend's Corner, Nashville Tennessee" by Morgan Silk is a black and white Archival Inkjet Print.
I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Inkjet
Poppy Across - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Poppy Across
Studio Still Life · 2025
A single poppy leans across a field of light, its stem bending in quiet rhythm. Captured on large format film, the image isolates form and ges...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
'Gorgeous Ginger' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Gorgeous Ginger'
Ginger Rogers in 'Swing Time,' 1936.
A gorgeous portrait of the American actress, dancer, and singer.
(photo The Everett Collection )
A beautiful silver gelatin...
Category
1930s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Gorgeous Ginger' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Gorgeous Ginger'
Ginger Rogers in 'Swing Time,' 1936.
A gorgeous portrait of the American actress, dancer, and singer.
(photo The Everett Collection )
A beautiful silver gelatin...
Category
1930s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Gina Lollobrigida" by Haywood Magee
Located in London, GB
"Gina Lollobrigida" by Haywood Magee
Italian film actress Gina Lollobrigida wearing an evening dress. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5952 - St...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Poppy No.11 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Poppy No.11 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 100 x 100 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 10 prints, each han...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Eden Hartford - Model Posing for Breakfast in Bed with Pet Toy Poodle
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Eden Hartford - Model Posing for Breakfast in Bed with Pet Toy Poodle
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Eden Hartford is a beau...
Category
20th Century American Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White
Poppy No.4 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Poppy No.4 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 100 x 100 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 10 prints, each hand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
"Mini Car Mini Skirt" by Michael Webb
By Michael Webb
Located in London, GB
"Mini Car Mini Skirt" by Michael Webb
Brigitte Bardot during a break from filming, 'Two Weeks in September' in Whitehall, London. Leaning against a mini she is wearing boots, a belt...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Marianne Faithfull 1964 Decca Studios in London Signed Limited Edition
By Gered Mankowitz
Located in London, GB
Marianne Faithfull is photographed at Decca Studios in London, 1964. Faithful was discovered by the manager of the Rolling Stones Andrew Loog Oldham and became one of the lead female...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kabool, ‘Avenue of Trees’, Horse Exit, Black and White landscape and a stallion
Located in London, GB
Kabool, 'Avenue of Trees’, 2001 by John Reardon
Edition of 2/10
Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass
This piece was part of (afte...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, B...
Fern No.2 - black and white landscape photography Limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Fern No.2
London, United Kingdom 2024.
Created using a large format camera and traditional black-and-white film, this photograph exemplifies Ugne’s skill in capturing the beauty of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Angus Young AC/DC 1976
By Michael Putland
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Angus Young AC/DC
Angus Young of AC/DC London, 1976 shoot was later used for album sleeve cover
Angus Young is the electrifying lead guitarist of AC/DC, recogniz...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jane March (Limited Edition of 25) - 30"x40" Celebrity Photography
Located in New York, NY
This fine art print features actress and model Jane March, posed topless on the rooftop of the Hotel Le Bristol in Paris in 1992. This risqué iconic b...
Category
1990s Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
A...
Category
Late 20th Century United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lily at first light - black and white fine art botanical photography, edition 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Lily at First Light' is a black and white botanical photograph capturing the delicate presence of a lily bloom as it greets the first light of day. Shot on large format film, the im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
William S Burroughs, by Robert Mapplethorpe
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in London, GB
Gelatin silver print
9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in
24.9 x 20.1 cm
Printed by Radar Publikationen and Edition K.L.A.G. credit stamps verso. Photographers credit stamp verso.
Print pulled from por...
Category
20th Century Conceptual United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Paris, France, 1989 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Paris, France, 1989 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
Availabl...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Poppy No.8 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Poppy No.8 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 40 x 32 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 20 prints, each hand-s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Unforgiven - Signed Limited Edition
By Stuart Möller
Located in London, GB
Unforgiven - Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
Rocks and cacti near a coastline.
This print :
paper size - 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 101 cm
Signed and numbered by artist on the fron...
Category
2010s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ali vs The Beatles - Chris Smith, black, white, muhammad ali, beatles, 34.5x48in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937)
Ali Versus The Beatles
1964
silver gelatin fibre based print
20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in. / 50 x 92 in.
signed and numbered
printed later
This work...
Category
1960s Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Southern Gentleman. Black and white photo of joy in dance by James Sparshatt
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A moment of joy on the dance floor at the Festival Acadiens et Creoles in 2019 in Lafayette, Louisiana. A joyous connection!
Lafayette
Louisiana, USA
2019
James Sparshatt‘s black and white portraits are a search for a connection with a world of emotions. His photographs from the streets of Havana, the milongas of Buenos Aires, the jazz clubs of New Orleans and bars of Andalucia capture the spirit of music in populations wher it is the very lifeblood and expression of life.
Matt print direct on to aluminium
Edition of 12
Dark wood tray...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Monza Grand Prix (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Monza Grand Prix (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by David Lees/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
British racing champion Stirlin...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Catfight Female Mud Wrestlers 3 By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight Female Mud Wrestlers 3
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 16 x 13" / 41 x 33 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1980 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 50
note other...
Category
1980s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
' Agave II ' Signed Limited Edition Oversize print
By Stuart Möller
Located in London, GB
' Agave II ' Signed Limited Edition GIANT Oversize print
by Stuart Möller
limited edition to 10 only this size - signed
Gorgeous archival pigment print measuring a large 30 x 20...
Category
2010s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Monochromatic #03, Black + White Contemporary Minimalist Art, Brutalist Art
By Cristian Stefanescu
Located in Deddington, GB
Cristian Stefanescu
Monochromatic #03
Black and White Abstract Geometry, Limited Edition Digital Photograph
Edition of 30
Artists Proofs 3
Ultra HD Photo Prints On Aluminium Dibond developed on matte Fuji Crystal Professional Archive Maxima photo paper. The matte surface prevents glare; surfaces are laminated with a UV protective film that makes them resistant to light.
Image Size: 60 cm x 90 cm x 2 cm
Sold Unframed
Arrive Ready to Hang (integrated wall-mounts on the back using aluminium rail rectangle)
Free Shipping
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
Monochromatic #03 is part of a series of photographs entitled Monochromatic by Cristian Stefanescu. This black and white abstract geometry series is presenting a dialogue with the elements of perceptions and space. Seeing is unconscious using our senses, our intellect and our emotions in order to interpret the world around us according to our own personality, frame of reference or system of beliefs.
I like to use as starting point the elements already created in our reality, fragments of nature or made by human hand. I like to restructure the images I am taking, by altering the angles and relative lengths, joining structures or spatial symbols into a combined representation of matter, just as I like to reorganise my thoughts, in order to be able to change my interpretation, or better say my perception and while doing so I add new forms or perspectives to each thought.
Cristian Stefanescu, artist, is available for sale online and in our art gallery at Wychwood Art. Oxford based artist Cristian Stefanescu was born in 1968 in Bucharest. He obtained an MSc degree in 1992 at the Technical University of Construction Bucharest, specialisation in Water and Wastewater Treatment followed by the second MSc in 1994 obtained at University of Liège, specialisation in Groundwater Engineering. After having spent more than a decade of his life teaching at the Technical University of Construction Bucharest, Cristian moved from academia to photography working in fashion industry. The passion for photography developed in the early years of college and became a constant element of his life. After long and constant collaborations with fashion brands in Romania, in 2018 Stefanescu moved to London to open his own studio. Photography was born black and white and he chose to continue this tradition, while working on evolving the visual aesthetics of this raw art form rendering his believes. Cristian Stefanescu’s distinctive monochrome photographs are an exploration into the psychological and metaphysical. He captures nature or buildings in specific moments in time – through highly visual heartbreakingly dark images often overlapped with low-contrast minimal landscapes – to create works that stretch the idea of a hypothetical time. His photo installations exist in dialogue with the elements and perceptions of space and time. “Seeing is unconscious using our senses, our intellect and our emotions in order to interpret the world around us according to our own personality, frame of reference or system of beliefs.” he has said. “I like to use as starting point the elements already created in our reality, fragments of nature or made by human hand. I like to restructure the images I am taking, by altering the angles and relative lengths, joining structures or spatial symbols into a combined representation of matter, just as I like to reorganise my thoughts, in order to be able to change my interpretation, or better say my perception and while doing so I add new forms or perspectives to each thought. This is perhaps why I love photography, because it is simply a visual capture of something already created in the world and is always changing through our interpretation, it is more like a reflexion of our thoughts.” Always preferring to focus on the space rather than its subjects Stefanescu is obsessive about the contrast of his photography, in order to channel the intensity of light and texture of the storied buildings or nature elements. He documents concrete buildings, using the subject as representative for its physical referents, while considering metaphorically the world as the concrete representation of our emotions. Concrete thinking requires facts and representation about everyday life, palpable objects in a tree dimensional world. Stefanescu uses his photographs to deconstruct and alter reality in order to obtain abstract images, since by definition the abstract thinking involves a mental process and an abstract object does not exist in time or space, but rather exists as a thought, as an idea. “I use art in a reversed process of creation. I believe thought forms what our eyes can see, so I take what was already created by the thought of another and I try to place it back into what is known forever in the mind” he has said. Cristian Stefanescu believes in the energy of every being, of each object or nature element. He upholds that photography renders the ineffable combination of the object’s energy and the photographer’s one while taking a picture. And what is the energy of a photograph? Is it the energy of the space that is framed in the viewfinder, is it the energy of the photographer? I think it is an ineffable combination of the photographer’s energy when he pressed the shutter button and everything that forms the energy of the photographed space...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Gaia 125 - Diptych Black and White Natural Landscape in Catalonia
Located in Brighton, GB
Gaia 125 - Diptych Black and White Natural Landscape in Catalonia by Jaume Llorens Bach
Gaia 125 is a 45cm x 18cm Black and White Photographic print on Premio Kozo 180gsm White Pape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Digital
New England Skiing Essentials Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing
1955
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955.
unframed
Silver gelatin print
printed 2023
20×20″ - p...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lerici 254 - Polaroid Tree Canopy Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Lerici '25 is an original black and white Polaroid photograph captured on SX-70 film along the Ligurian coastline of Italy. The image is part of a limited edition of 20, hand-signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Lerici 253 - Polaroid Tree Canopy Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Lerici '25 is an original black and white Polaroid photograph captured on SX-70 film along the Ligurian coastline of Italy. The image is part of a limited edition of 20, hand-signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Turquoise Atomic - Signed limited edition Pop Art - Brigitte Bardot
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Turquoise Atomic
- Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Brigitte Bardot
by the London based contemporary pop art
image creator and artist, BATIK.
Measures 30 x 30" inches ...
Category
2010s Pop Art United Kingdom - Black and White Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
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