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Street Transaction, 1949 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print, Signed, Matted and Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Street Photography was a true love of Art Shay as is clearly evident in this 1949 Vintage Photo of
Category

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Newport Tennis Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

"New England Skiing" by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'' (inches) Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Newport Tennis Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons signature Certificate of authenticity included Unframed black-and-white silver gelatin
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
/ 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Fishermen, Hong Kong 1960s
Located in Cologne, DE
, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 17,1 x 23,2 cm Keywords: Hanna Seidel, Landscape, people, buildings
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Capucine Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper
Category

1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Saks Fifth Avenue Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

USS Roosevelt, New York Navy Day 1945, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
By Associated Press
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Associated Press Photo. The USS Roosevelt
Category

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Spectators At Lord’s Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Digging for Clams 1960 Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Frank Sinatra - Nice N Easy Does It
By Sid Avery
Located in Chicago, IL
Late 1950's early 60's - Nice N' Easy cover. All the songs, with the notable exception of the title
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - The Carlton Hotel - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Saks Fifth Avenue
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Slim Aarons - Digging for Clams 1960 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
tide on Black Beach, with a sail boat on the sand behind them and joined by their dog in Massachusetts
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Slim Aarons The Carlton Hotel Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Slim Aarons Luxury Dining 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
40 inches / 102 x 102 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Dinner Jazz 1948 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand
Category

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons - Luxury Dining - Estate stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
scene, elegant diners seated at white table cloth covered tables on both levels enjoy dining in the
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Missouri Hunt 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Park Avenue 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Slim Aarons - Luxury Dining 1955 - Estate stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
/ 127 x 127 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Luxury Dining 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Spectators At Lord’s Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

The Carlton Hotel Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
, circa 1955. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

NY Apartments 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Slim Aarons - The Carlton Hotel - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Slim Aarons - Buckingham Palace - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size
Category

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Brazilian Conceptual Modernist Photograph Jose Yalenti Architectural Abstract
Located in Surfside, FL
José Yalenti, (1895-1967) Brazilian Photographer "Beiras" (Sides) Photo, numbered 5/15, circa 1950
Category

20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Murray Garrett Frank Sinatra Archival Photograph by Getty, 16x20
By Murray Garrett
Located in San Rafael, CA
microphone during a recording session in a studio at Capitol Records, early 1950s. (Photo by Murray Garrett
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper

Muhammad Ali, Kinshasa, Republique Democratique du Congo
By William Klein
Located in Santa Monica, CA
magazine. Klein moved back to New York in the 1950s and started working as a photographer. He experimented
Category

1970s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tom Kelley Dorothy Dandridge
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley Dorothy Dandridge on the microphone c. 1950's C print 16 x 20 inches Edition of 50
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tom Kelley Dorothy Dandridge
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley Dorothy Dandridge on the microphone c. 1950's C print 28 x 22 inches Edition of 50
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nikita Khrushchev Richard Nixon, Moscow, 1959 - Elliott Erwitt
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Nikita Khrushchev & Richard Nixon, Moscow, 1959 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography
Category

1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Red Deer Pub, Croydon, London
By Chris Steele-Perkins
Located in London, GB
Signed Archival pigment print Accompanied by Magnum Photos COA Paper size: 12 x 16 inches In the
Category

1970s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dior, model with Jean-Claude Donati, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. A 1950's black and white candid photograph
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Tom Kelley Dorothy Dandridge
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley Dorothy Dandridge on the microphone c. 1950's C print 28 x 22 inches Edition of 50
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Seaplane At Palm Beach 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
. 48 x 48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

An Anxious Wait 1951 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

An Anxious Wait 1951 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hollywood
By Robert Frank
Located in New York, NY
freewheeling style than Hollywood’s glamour shots of film stars in the 1950s. The stills departments at the
Category

1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

John F. Kennedy, Los Angeles, California, 1960 - Elliott Erwitt
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
join Magnum Photos by founding member Robert Capa in the 1950s. He has since become one of the world’s
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood s Glamour Icon
Located in London, GB
examples - please enquire) This black and white pinup style portrait features blonde actress and film
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Eileen Ford Poses with Models, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
editions sell out. Black and white group photograph of Eileen Ford with some of her top models. They sit
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Eileen Ford Poses with Models, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
editions sell out. Black and white group photograph of Eileen Ford with some of her top models. They sit
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Eileen Ford Poses with Models, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
editions sell out. Black and white group photograph of Eileen Ford with some of her top models. They sit
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Eileen Ford Poses with Models, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
editions sell out. Black and white group photograph of Eileen Ford with some of her top models. They sit
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Dry Climate Cigars
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
life with black-and-white photos (unique silver gelatin prints usually measuring 8” x 10”). Around the
Category

1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood s Glamour Icon
Located in London, GB
examples - please enquire) This black and white pinup style portrait features blonde actress and film
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nikita Krushchev, Cold War, Russian Leader, Political Photography, History
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
before joining Magnum photo agency. He photographed personalities throughout the 1950s and 60s
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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1950s Black And White Photos For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of 1950s black and white photos available on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the Modern and Contemporary styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. 1950s black and white photos available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes black, gray, silver and more. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Shirley Carter Burden, Art Shay, Burt Glinn, William Klein and Fred McDarrah are consistently popular. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paper, photographic paper and silver gelatin print. Large 1950s black and white photos can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while the smaller iterations available — each spanning 6.7 inches in width — may make for a better choice for a more modest living area.

How Much are 1950s Black And White Photos?

The average selling price for 1950s black and white photos we offer is $421, while they’re typically $200 on the low end and $3,500 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right Photography for You

Find a broad range of photography on 1stDibs today.

The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later. 

Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide. 

What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?

Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.

Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.

Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.