Contemporary Black and White Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Style: Contemporary
Mystical Tree, foggy, Fanal, Madeira - black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Single mystical tree in morning fog on madeira island in Portugal. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 5. All G...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Frozen Apple Trees - minimalist winter landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white fine art landscape photography. Three snow-covered trees in a foggy winter landscape with snow-covered grass.
Archival pigment ink print as part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Petit Minou Lighthouse, black and white photograph, seascape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Petit Minou Lighthouse Study 1, France - no. 21181 Black and white fine art long exposure landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Ge...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Miami Beach Skyline, Florida, USA, black and white fineart landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Beach with palm trees in the foreground and the city skyline of Miami Beach in the background.
Archival pigment ink print,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Tony Ward bend over, 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 model Tony Ward.
From personality portraits and advert...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Surreal Moment, long exposure, seascape, scottish cliffs, monochrome, signed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white seascape photography. Rugged coastal cliffs with a large sea stack in the ocean and waves crashing against the rocks.
Archival pigment ink print,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, black and white cityscape fine art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white photography. Two gondolas docked at a pier on a calm body of water with the cityscape of Venice, Italy.
Archival fine art pigment print, Limited ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...
Santa Maria della Salute, Gondola, Venice, monochrome photograph, limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Basilica Study 2, Venice - no. 11388 // Black and white fine art long exposure cityscape photography.
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Georgianna, Paris 1994
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15
signed and numbered
Also available in:
90 x 120 cm / 35.4 x 47.2 in
120 x 160 cm / 47.2 x 63 in
Thierry Le Gouès, born in Britta...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Sophia Loren, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of the Italian actress Sophia Loren waring sunglasses and sits in a director's chair.
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
San Gimignano, Historic Centre, Tuscany, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Twenty cherry Trees, avenue, black and white panorama photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white panorama photography. Landscape with a row of leafless trees across a flat field under a cloudy sky.
Archival pigment ink print, limited edition ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Balance - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment 51x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white nude photograph of young woman and her reflection in the water surface.
Original digital archival pigment print signed by the artist.
Limited edition o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Palm Trees on the Roadside, black and white photography - landscape - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photography. Palm tree next to a sidewalk and crosswalk on a road, with the ocean in the background.
Archival pigment ink print as part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Rocky Beach, minimalist landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist landscape photography. Large rock formation on a beach with smaller rocks nearby and calm water.
Archival pigment ink print, edition o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
$1,136 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait - Gregory, Contemporary Black and White Male Nude Portrait Photography
Located in New York, NY
Portrait - Gregory, Contemporary Black and White Male Nude Portrait Photography by Victor Carnuccio.
Portrait – Gregory
1991
Signed, titled, dat...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self Portrait, Black and White Nude Male Photography
Located in New York, NY
A black and white nude portrait by Victor Carnuccio.
Self Portrait
2000
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 25)
14 x 11 inches, sheet
13 x...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cows on the foggy Pasture, fairy Forest, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Cows on the foggy Pasture Study 2, Portugal - no. 21061 Black and white fine art landscape photography.
Fairy forest of madeira in the fog with cows and crooked trees, Fanal, Portu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Beautiful Morning Light on the Pacific Coast, Iconic, Classic, Americana
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Coastal Rays"
In this best-selling print, the mist of the Pacific Northwest lends a textural effect to the air and light.
Experience the photographic journey through the cultura...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bay of Biscay, Giant Rocks, Atlantic Coast, Spain, black and white landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white long exposure seascape photography. A rocky seashore with large rocks protruding from calm water and a cloudy sky.
Archival pigment ink print as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Palms Motel, Santa Barbara, USA, black and white photography, fine art landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Seaside hotel with multiple balconies, a curved walkway, and tall palm trees near the ocean.
Archival pigment ink print as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Cows on the foggy Pasture, misty forest, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Cows on the foggy Pasture Study 3, Portugal - no. 21062 // Black and white fine art landscape photography.
Fairy forest of madeira in the fog with cows and crooked trees, Fanal, Por...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Cows on the foggy pasture - monochrome - photography - landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Fairy forest of madeira in the fog with cows and crooked trees, Fanal, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, tit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Cantelmo Castle. Popoli, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has one of the highest biodiversity indexes in Europe, and one of the richest areas of flora in the world.
In Abruzzo, Michael Kenna found a cultural identity that elsewhere, for the most part, has been lost to globalization and instant communication. Kenna photographed medieval ruins, ancient villages and a countryside rich in traditional cultivation. As curator Vincenzo de...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wooden Pegs, monochrome photograph, limited edition, minimalist long exposure
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 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Old wrought Iron Bridge, Venice, Italy, black and white photography, cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Old wrought Iron Bridge, Venice - no. 18200
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Tuscany Cypress Road, Amazing Clouds, Italy, landscape photo, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Hot Air Balloon, Championship, monochrome landscape, limited edition, print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist landscape photography. Three hot air balloons flying above a wheat field, Waldviertel, Austria.
Archival pigment ink print as part of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ancient Laurisilva Forest monochrome Tree 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 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Bay, Biscay, Giant Rock, Beach, monochrome photograph, limited edition print
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 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Joshua Tree - National Park - California - USA - monochrome photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. Joshua Trees and Rocks in the Mojave desert, California, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Water Sketch - underwater black
white nude photograph - archival pigment 18x24
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young naked woman diving in a pool. The photograph is printed with high grain texture - as you may see on close up fragments.
Original gal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The last One, USA, black and white photograph, limited edition, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. Single cactus in the stone desert in Aziona, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by arti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
"Lira" Nude Photography 24" x 16" in Ed. of 28 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lira" Nude Photography 36" x 24" in Ed. of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Ready to hang.
Edition of 28.
Mounting the photo under of glossy acrylic glass creates rich colors and strong ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment, Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Eve Arnold - Marilyn Monroe in the Waldorf Astoria Ballroom, 1956, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Stamford, CT
Marilyn Monroe in the Waldorf Astoria Ballroom in New York City, 1956.
All available sizes and editions:
20" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
24" x 34", Edition of 25 + 3 Arti...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Grand Central Station - New York City - monochrome photograph - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white photo. Central Station with high arched ceilings, large windows, and a crowd of people walking and standing around.
Archival pigment ink print as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Dettifoss, Waterfall, Iceland - monochrome photograph limited edition waterscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white long exposure waterscape photo. Waterfall flowing between rocky cliffs into a mountain river with rocky shores.
Archival pigment ink print as part...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
After the Rainbow, France, black and white photography, long exposure, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white seascape photography of a rocky shoreline with a cloudy sky over the water.
Archival pigment ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée, Photographic Film, Digital Pigment, Digital, Arc...
Heart, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© Gerald Berghammer - Limited edition of 9.
Archival fine art pigment print. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm whit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Redwood, California - USA - landscape photograph - limited art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Giant redwood tree in Sequoia National Park in California, USA.
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 20.
All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Human nature - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Human nature - 2021
50x40cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Antelope Canyon rock formation monochrome abstract
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Esplanade, Beach Huts, France, minimalist, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Award Winning Beach, coastline, Scotland, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Award Winning Beach Study 1, Scotland - no. 11337 // Black and White Fine Art city and landscape photography.
Award Winning Beach, beautiful beach with dramatic rock formations in t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
BAOBABS, Ankoabe
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
*22x30" editions and 24x36" editions are platinum prints. Editions with a width of 60" or greater are archival pigment prints*
Baobabs are one of Africa’s natural wonders: they can ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Platinum
Golden Gate Bridge, Tower, San Francisco, monochrome cityscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marlon Brando, Hawaii, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of famous actor Marlon Brando.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns t...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Female Nude, New York City, Black and White Photograph in Studio, Alabaster Nude
Located in New york, NY
Shot on film, this is a 14" x 11" a black-and-white contemporary gelatin silver print of a female nude with symmetrical proportions, suggesting a Greek sculpture. A feminine and stat...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Bea with a whip at The Other Side
By Nan Goldin
Located in New York, NY
Nan Goldin
Bea with a whip at The Other Side
1973
Gelatin silver print
14 x 11 inches; 36 x 28 cm
Edition of 100
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower right verso)
...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Foggy Morning, mystic Tree, Austria, black and white art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Foggy Morning Study 1, Austria - no. 11359 // Black and white fine art landscape photography.
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer pri...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Wine Press House - wheat field - heavy cloud - monochrome landscape photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Wine Press House Study 1, Austria - no. 21009 // Black and white fine art landscape photography. Wine press house in wheat field, heavy clouds, storm, Austria. Archival pigment ink p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Lava - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Lava' part of the series 'Hands Down' - 2019,
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Drift Wood, Lakeside, monochrome, long exposure, waterscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Skogafoss gigantic waterfall, Iceland. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Being - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Being' 2019
20x20cm, Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Based on a Polaroid, digital C-Print, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019-628.
Kirs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid
Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, USA, monochrome photo, limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 15. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Madeira Peaks, morning Light, black white photography, limited edition landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist landscape photo of rugged mountain landscape with steep cliffs and a winding trail.
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 8.
Signed,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Upper Belvedere, Vienna, black and white, fine art, architecture, photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. A grand, historical building with ornate architecture reflected in a large, calm body of water.
Archival pigment ink print,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Untitled (Self Portrait), black and white photograph by Mark Morrisroe
Located in New York, NY
A black and white self portrait of Mark Morrisroe masturbating,
Untitled (Self Portrait)
1984/1996
Editioned in pencil, verso
Photogravure (Edition of 46)
16 x 11 inches, sheet
3...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Joshua Trees and Rocks, California, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
As Catedrais Beach Panorama, black and white photograph, limited edition artwork
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white Photography. A rocky beach with a natural arch formation, reflecting in the wet sand, under a sky with moving clouds.
Archival pigment ink print ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Contemporary black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary black and white photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add black and white photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Tyler Shields, Ian Sanderson, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and David Yarrow. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary black and white photography, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available.