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Black and White Photography For Sale
Guardian of Eden, Kenya, Elephant, Painting, Photography, Mixed Media
Located in München, BY
Unique Piece / One of a Kind
An elephant is grapping dust with his trunk. Museum Archival Print on Hahnemühle Laid paper.
Joachim is one of the multifaceted artists among Fine Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Pigment
Untitled 20266 - lith silver gelatin print
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
John Casado - Untitled 20266 figurative black and white, male body nude, figurative photograph.
2002 - Unique lith silver gelatin photographic print.
image = 20 x 24 or 50.8 x 61 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Euphoria" Nude Photography Edition of 25 36 x 24 inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Euphoria" Nude Photography Edition of 25 36 x 24 inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
"Euphoria" by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Year photo was taken: 2013
Art Print
Limited Edition of 25
Picture size:
Height: 36" inch
Width: 24" inch
This artwork is an archival pigment print, offered as a limited edition. The print is executed on 100% natural, acid- and lignin-free FineArt paper, meeting the most stringent museum standards for exceptional longevity and color permanence across centuries.
Each piece is hand-signed and numbered by the artist, confirming its exclusivity and authenticity. The print includes a 1 inch (2.5 cm) white border (not included in the listed image dimensions), facilitating professional framing.
A Certificate of Authenticity (COA) issued by the artist is included with the artwork.
The artwork is delivered rolled up in a tube.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Yevgeniy Repiashenko is a well-versed photographer working in such genres as dynamic dance and sculpture, portrait, and fashion...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
This iconic black-and-white photograph features the legendary Marilyn Monroe seated in a cinema, captured in the 1950s. In the foreground, Monroe’s beauty and presence are captured a...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bay of Poets - Mediterranean landscape on cotton canvas, limited edition 3 of 5
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Bay of Poets' 2024
Cotton canvas print.
A timeless monochrome Mediterranean landscape, captured with a large-format 4x5 film camera and developed in the artist’s studio.
Printed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Cotton Canvas
Poppy No.2 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition 2/15
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Poppy no. 2'
London, United Kingdom 2023
Limited edition of 15.
Printed on Hahnemühle photo rag Baryta 308 Gsm fine art paper, these limited edition photographs are designed to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Giclée
James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor
Rock Hudson
Located in London, GB
'James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor & Rock Hudson'
From left -James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, on the set of 'Giant,' 1956.
(Photo: The Everett Co...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
No Way - black and white nude photograph - print on aluminum 39" x 62"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger.
Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist.
Limited edition o...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
$4,960 Sale Price
20% Off
"Rain on Rodeo" Black
White Photography 18" x 18" in Ed. 6/10 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Rain on Rodeo" Black
White Photography 18" x 18" in Ed. 6/10 by Brendan North
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Comes with COA issued by the Artist
not framed
ships rolled i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Digital
Multiple exposure nude portrait study of male model Brahm
Located in Senoia, GA
Male model Brahm multiple-exposure nude portrait study, 1970. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the J...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$990 Sale Price
44% Off
Ilheu Mole at Porto Moniz, Portugal, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
"Black Cloud 2" Nude Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Black Cloud 2" Nude Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Comes with COA issued by the artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Comfortably Dark - black and white fine art botanical photography, edition 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
A single bloom, stripped of sentiment, stands quiet in a field of darkness. Splatters break the surface, suggesting memory, erosion, or quiet rupture. This is not a floral study, it ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Bianca and Mick Jagger, 1976
Located in White Plains, NY
'Bianca and Mick Jagger,' 1976 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print, 10 x 15 inch photo on 17 x 22 inch on the finest satin photo paper, Ed. of 50...
Category
1970s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
Epic, close up portrait of a single American bison in Yellowstone National Park
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
Epic, close up portrait of a single American bison in Yellowstone National Park
An intimate, awe-inspiring portrait of a snow-covered bison in the Winter in Yellowstone National Par...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Caviar Girls, 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
Signed on a label and a certificate of authenticity
Evocative,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
"Sekhmet" Nude Photography 30" x 24" in Edition of 7 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sekhmet" Nude Photography 30" x 24" in Edition of 7 by Aaron Mcpolin
Medium: Archival Giclee Print
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15 20" x 16" inch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Viki" Photography 29.5" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Viki" Photography 29.5" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Comes with COA issued by the Artist
Avail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Almost - underwater nude photograph - archival paper print 24x18"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a young topless woman taking off her red panties. Her almost naked body is surrounded with floating red petals. The photograph has only three colors: black, white and red.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24 print #4
The artwork is furnished with certificate of authenticity, signed by artist with artist's name, edition number, edition limit, and other details.
The photograph has been shown at:
2023 LA Art Show (Los Angeles, US)
2022 Spectrum (Miami, US)
2022 Beverly Hills Art Show (Beverly Hills, US)
2022 Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Notre Dame Night, Paris, black and white gelatin silver photography, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 1/9.
Silver Gelatin Prints, Selenium Toned, Printed 2017
Signed, numbered, dated by Artis.
Handmade wood frame, dark-brown, natural white archiv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Digital Pigment
Swan Song, Prague, Czech Republic. 1990
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition 14 of 45
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains hig...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pavillon Denon, Louvre, Paris, limited edition mono cityscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Pavillon Denon, Louvre, Paris, France - no. 11915
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Ayako, Study 2, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ten years ago, after a particularly tumultuous period in his life, Michael Kenna quietly made a decision to expand his photographic practice to include the human form. Kenna is well known for his minimalistic landscapes, and has been vocal in the past about the absence of the human figure in his photographs stating, "I feel they gave away the scale and became the main focus of the viewer’s attention." But, believing "fixed dogma is not a creative tool...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer Keith McDaniel, nude, signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine:
“After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications.
I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark.
Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,350 Sale Price
22% Off
World Class Racing Yachts in Italy, Nautical, Horizontal, Iconic
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Rainbow Trailed"
The J-Class boats Rainbow and Velsheda sail at near impossible angles as the sailors freely dangle their feet over the edge of the dec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
1970s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Black woman striptease dancer
Located in London, GB
"I walked into a timeless place … full of supporting actors and actresses of every conceivable role," Abramson wrote in Light: On the South Side, published by Chicago's Numero Group ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Silv...
Tony and Rosetta, LA, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 10
Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25
Black and white portrait of nude models Tony and Rosetta.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns t...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New York City by Night, circa 1950, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
This captivating, one-of-a-kind silver gelatin photograph print showcases a timeless black-and-white view of New York City as it appeared under the nocturnal sky circa 1950. Framed w...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Che Guevara
Located in Cologne, DE
Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chick
s Candy Store, Pitt St., N.Y. - New York City Street Scene, Store Front
Located in Denton, TX
Chick's Candy Store, Pitt St. N.Y. by Walter Rosenblum is a black and white photograph depicting a group of people gathered in front of a store on a New York City street.
Gelatin Si...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude 1975
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by Brett Weston.
Verified by Carol Wiliams (Photography West Gallery)
Mint Condition
No Signature
Stamped on verso, signed by C. Williams
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Erwin Blumenfeld, The Devil
s Cross, from Electa Editrice, 1981 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Erwin Blumenfeld (1897–1969), titled The Devil's Cross, originates from the 1981 folio Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios. Published by Gr...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Yosemite Valley from Wawona Tunnel
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print was made in the 1960’s under the artist's supervision, bearing Ansel Adams's full ink signature on the front of the mount with the Special Edition Yosemite ...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy
September 1949: A party given by the mayor of Positano for Mercy Haystead (right), an 18-year old London student, on holiday ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Monument Valley" Black and White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Monument Valley" Black and White Photograph
Stunning photograph of Monument Valley, Utah, by an unknown artist (20th Century). A gnarled, ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
007 Catches Ursula, 1962 - Ursula Andress Sean Connery Dr No James Bond
Located in Brighton, GB
007 Catches Ursula, 1962 - Ursula Andress Sean Connery Dr No James Bond
The original James Bond, 007, Scottish actor Sean Connery catches original Bond Girl, Honey Ryder, played by...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
The bitter end - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The bitter end - 2020
60x48cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-963.
Not mo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Grateful Dead
By Herb Greene
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
The Grateful Dead on the corner of Haight and Ashbury St, San Francisco, CA. 1967.
Signed and numbered by photographer Herb Greene
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Le Petit Parisien, Paris, France, Iconic Contemporary French Photography
By Willy Ronis
Located in New york, NY
A much sought after photograph Le Petit Parisien, 1952 by French photographer Willy Ronis is a black and white image, a gelatin silver print, measuring 30 x 23,5 cm 12 x 9in. The w...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Sea Cliffs stormy Weather Faroe Islands
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Sea Cliffs Study 2, Faroe Islands - no. 21358
Pigment ink print, limited edition of 9. Prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Slope - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 25" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Resting against the gentle gradient of sand, a naked figure finds repose where water transforms gravity and perception. The slope becomes both support and metaphor—a study in balance...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Moon ( from the artist
s Lunar Series)
By Ted Kincaid
Located in New Orleans, LA
An image from Kincaid lunar series. An edition of 10
Over the course of three decades, Ted Kincaid has systematically subverted the notion of an objective photographic record and examined the play between painting and photography. Kincaid has created multiple series...
Category
2010s Black and White Photography
Materials
Film, Digital
$262 Sale Price
55% Off
Enea and ISI the computer was born from human "senses" - Original Photos - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Enea and ISI the computer was born from human "senses" is an original photograph realized in 1986 in Rome by an Anonymous photographer.
Typed notes on the r...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Paris, Decorative Art Exhibition 1925 The Ruhlmann Pavilion, B and W Photography
By Press Photo
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional original silver gelatin black-and-white photograph from Press Agency, Paris, 1925, capturing a striking view of the International Decorative Arts Exhibition in October...
Category
1920s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A set of 3 unique Black
white nudes. Polaroids from the Do it Yourself Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this series in black & white and with the same model. The artist represents what for him the object woman of the modern world is.
The diversity of German photographer...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Elaine Irwin Mellencamp with surfboard; Pirelli session for the 1998 Pirelli
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
This is the original submission Print for selection to the 1998 Pirelli Calendar, shot by Bruce Weber. It's a very rare as it shows Elaine Irwin in her natural beauty before any reto...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Pigment, Black and White, Digital...
$2,451 Sale Price
35% Off
Rock Covers Paper #9, Big Sur
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
Hand-crafted by world-renowned large format film photographer Bob Kolbrener. This image is available in the following sizes: 10x20 ($2,500) - 15x30 ($3,200) - 20x40 ($6,500). Please ...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shalom Harlow - Nude in army outfit - for the 1998 Pirelli Cal, Model portrait
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber.
Shalom Harlow was among the many iconic models photographed.
“Bruce Weber is a photographer and filmmaker best kn...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White
$2,807 Sale Price
35% Off
Shapes and Shadows - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment 43x64"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of topless young woman with beautiful breasts.
Original digital archival pigment print signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24.
Paper s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Bosque Seco Tropical III Montes de María. Sublimation on textile
Located in Miami Beach, FL
What began as a pretext to exercise MIguel Wynograd's gaze, little by little became a meditation on different intertwined temporalities. The superposition of very ancient times with ...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Textile, Polyester
Sade Adu, Contemporary Photograph by David Ogburn
Located in Long Island City, NY
David Ogburn, American (1942 - ) - Sade Adu, Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, Size: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.32 cm)
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Two Palms" Black
White Photography 36" x 24" in Edition 2/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Two Palms" Black & White Photography 36" x 24" in Edition 2/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin fin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Ecuador, Indigenous, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 29 x 22, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Black and White Original Photography Postcard
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photography postcard by Albert Monier, Paris. A view of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, circa 1950.
Features:
The original silver gelatin pr...
Category
1950s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wake-up call (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Black and White
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Wake-up call' (Bombay Beach) - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Norman Parkinson
Audrey Hepburn, Vogue
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
'Audrey Hepburn, Vogue'
1952
Silver gelatin print
20 x 24 inches
Estate stamped and numbered on verso
“The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassi...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
John Lennon and Yoko Ono by Barrie Wentzell
Located in Austin, TX
John Lennon & Yoko Ono taken outside the white room of their home in Tittenhurst, Ascot, UK in 1971.
Barrie Wentzell recalls, "I visited John and Yoko one afternoon accompanying a f...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shop Black and White Photography
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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