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Amuria by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2019
Located in Coltishall, GB
reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust. John Kenny’s black and white photographic
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Inchoy by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2019
Located in Coltishall, GB
and dust. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Inchoy by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2019
Located in Coltishall, GB
. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Ekerun by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2019
Located in Coltishall, GB
.. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Ekerun by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2019
Located in Coltishall, GB
.. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Vintage Portrait of The Dukes of Windsor - Vintage B/W photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of The Dukes of Windsor is an original black and white photograph realized by an
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mursi traditions by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
, extreme temperatures and dust. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Mussolini and Litvinoff - Pair of Vintage Photos 1933
Located in Roma, IT
, realized on 5.12.1933. Good conditions. In the photo Mussolini and Litvinoff during an official portrait
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Konbaki by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2008
Located in Coltishall, GB
Konbaki – a portrait from a Fula woman from Niger in Africa. John Kenny’s work is all shot on
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Konbaki by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2008
Located in Coltishall, GB
Konbaki – a portrait from a Fula woman from Niger in Africa. John Kenny’s work is all shot on
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Pure Wodaabe by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of a young Wodaabe man from a town called Bororo in Niger. Bororo is often regarded as
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Pure Wodaabe by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of a young Wodaabe man from a town called Bororo in Niger. Bororo is often regarded as
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Pure Wodaabe by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of a young Wodaabe man from a town called Bororo in Niger. Bororo is often regarded as
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Otjitando by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
the portrait's visual impact. Layered necklaces and a decorative chest piece further accentuate her
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Otjitando by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
the portrait's visual impact. Layered necklaces and a decorative chest piece further accentuate her
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photo realized in 1970s by Agenzia
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1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Bruce Springsteen by Neal Preston - Vintage B/w Photo - 1985
By Neal Preston
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Bruce Springsteen by Neal Preston is a vintage photographic print on double coated
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1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Anna Magnani (AP) - Vintage B/W photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani (AP) is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper
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Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Fula Shepherd by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
This young Fula shepherd, much younger than is perhaps suggested in this photograph, was walking through a small village with his animals in the searing midday heat of Niger. He was ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1970s
By ANSA
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintgae B7w photo realized by Agenzia ANSA in 1970s. Monica
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1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ltiriyan by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met Ltiriyan at the water wells in Laisamis, part of the Rendille lands of Northern Kenya. He was with nine or ten Rendille warriors relaxing in the heat of the day, and they happi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Malasso by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
I came across the intense stare of this Pokot lady at a Friday market on a mountain summit in northern Kenya; it was the same market where I photographed a Samburu goat herder wrappe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Nambuele by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2012
Located in Coltishall, GB
Nambuele illustrates the hair craft of the Mumuhuila of southern Angola, whose women take an obsessive pride in their hairstyle. Although it may change as a girl enters different st...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Mukuru by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
The small settlement of Otjitando in Namibia’s Kaokoland doesn’t seem far off the main gravel road on the map. In reality it is a hellish journey that requires regular running in fro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Mukuru by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
The small settlement of Otjitando in Namibia’s Kaokoland doesn’t seem far off the main gravel road on the map. In reality it is a hellish journey that requires regular running in fro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Mynga by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2012
Located in Coltishall, GB
For the Mumuhuila hair indicates social status. Hairstyles, like necklaces, change throughout a lady’s adolescent and adult life. For an adult like Mynga, the number of dreadlock str...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Assaita by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2008
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young man of the Afar culture in the town of Assaita. Many men spend the afternoons in loud debate in mud buildings and courtyards. Often with fistfuls of miraa leaves (ghat) and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Ltiriyan by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met Ltiriyan at the water wells in Laisamis, part of the Rendille lands of Northern Kenya. He was with nine or ten Rendille warriors relaxing in the heat of the day, and they happi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Lakuru by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
Rendille warrior from Northern Kenya John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His subjects are lit with natural light and wear their day ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Malasso by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
I came across the intense stare of this Pokot lady at a Friday market on a mountain summit in northern Kenya; it was the same market where I photographed a Samburu goat herder wrappe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Malasso by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
I came across the intense stare of this Pokot lady at a Friday market on a mountain summit in northern Kenya; it was the same market where I photographed a Samburu goat herder wrappe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Nambuele by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2012
Located in Coltishall, GB
Nambuele illustrates the hair craft of the Mumuhuila of southern Angola, whose women take an obsessive pride in their hairstyle. Although it may change as a girl enters different st...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Lakuru by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
Rendille warrior from Northern Kenya John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His subjects are lit with natural light and wear their day ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Himba Siblings by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in their day to day attire. The C-t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Himba Woman by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in their day to day attire. The C-t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Himba Lady by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in their day to day attire. The C-t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Assaita by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2008
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young man of the Afar culture in the town of Assaita. Many men spend the afternoons in loud debate in mud buildings and courtyards. Often with fistfuls of miraa leaves (ghat) and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Mynga by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2012
Located in Coltishall, GB
For the Mumuhuila hair indicates social status. Hairstyles, like necklaces, change throughout a lady’s adolescent and adult life. For an adult like Mynga, the number of dreadlock str...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Assaita by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2008
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young man of the Afar culture in the town of Assaita. Many men spend the afternoons in loud debate in mud buildings and courtyards. Often with fistfuls of miraa leaves (ghat) and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Fula Shepherd by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
This young Fula shepherd, much younger than is perhaps suggested in this photograph, was walking through a small village with his animals in the searing midday heat of Niger. He was ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Karepo Nawa by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this young Himba girl near to a place called Etengwa in the far north of Namibia. We trekked a few kilometres in the midday heat, over a rocky hill to a small village within wh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Tuareg Warrior by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A Tuareg warrior from Mali. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in thei...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Korohan by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
A Wodaabe man in Niger in 2009. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Wodaabe Maiden by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young Wodaabe maiden from Niger. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Himba Siblings by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in their day to day attire. The C-t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Himba Siblings by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Himba Siblings in Namibia John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in their ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Himba Woman by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Himba woman from Northern Namibia John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Korohan by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
A Wodaabe man in Niger in 2009. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Tuareg Warrior by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A Tuareg warrior from Mali. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in thei...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Wodaabe Maiden by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young Wodaabe maiden from Niger. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Himba Woman by John Kenny. . 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Himba woman in Namibia 2010. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Behind the Great Mosque in Djenné by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo
Located in Coltishall, GB
This young Fulani boy with his huge turban wrap was wandering through the backstreets of the great mosque in Djenne, an amazing structure which is the largest mud building on earth. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Kabool, ‘Avenue of Trees’, Horse Exit, Black and White landscape and a stallion
Located in London, GB
the World Press Awards. Reardon was invited to apply to join Magnum Photos; he refused, the story goes
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, B...

Portrait of Bruce Springsteen by Neal Preston - Vintage B/w Photo - 1985
By Neal Preston
Located in Roma, IT
Tokyo during 1985. In the picture a portrait of Bruce Springsteen on a balcony.
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1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

An age of joy - Portrait by John Kenny. BW photo of three old African women
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
In this arresting black-and-white photograph, three individuals stand together, their expressions
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography

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C Print

Deepika - Signed limited edition contemporary print, Black and white, Actress
By Laurent Campus
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
… categories : Black and white photography, 21st century, Archival pigment print, Portrait, Actress, France
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1970s
By ANSA
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage b/w photograph realized by Agenzia ANSA in 1970s. Good
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1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

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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. 

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