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Yves Cham
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.01 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,348
Un'isola nell'aria
Urs Lüthi
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,124
Sans titre 3
Thierry Valencin
Photography - 43 x 33 x 3 cm Photography - 16.9 x 13 x 1.2 inch
$1,180
Manufactura 3
Oriol Texidor
Photography - 40 x 50 x 7 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 2.8 inch
$1,416
In-between B1
Nikolay Stefanov
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,584
Kano 1975
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,067
1972 Vienna Muse My Love My Queen
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,191
Cigarette et cendrier
Pierre Boillon
Photography - 60 x 42 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$607
Your hand+mine= love #MyMum
Udo Roosen
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,247
Jeanne Moreau / Paris Match
Jack Garofalo
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$2,157
L'homme brun Dark haired man
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$2,135
Les Jumelles au chapeau
Hannibal Renberg
Photography - 39 x 39 cm Photography - 15.4 x 15.4 inch
$910
Lirio roto, Obra del Grupo Danza del Alma, Cuba
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 32 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,348
Fats Domino, Paris, 1962
Hervé Gloaguen
Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$2,023
Ali In Training
Russell McPhedran
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.001 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$1,067
Untitled, Tbilisi
Luca Battaglia
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,124
La lune - Mesiacir
Peter Zupnik
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,854
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,517
Telltale
Solomon Jamy Brown
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.05 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,291
Last London Bus
Bert Hardy
Photography - 31 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 12.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,236
Agnès Varda - Les plages d'Agnès
Jean-Loup Gautreau
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
$337
Zitouna Mosque
Bettino Craxi
Photography - 49 x 53 x 0.4 cm Photography - 19.3 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$618
Wally ghost 01
Thomas Campion
Photography - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$618
481-01
Stephane Charpentier
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,124
Photographie de Marilyn Monroe
George Barris
Photography - 28 x 37 x 1 cm Photography - 11 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,101
Paris - Passage de la Voûte
Vladimir Bazan
Photography - 49 x 38 x 1 cm Photography - 19.3 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$629
2 women with bouquet of roses
Frantisek Drtikol
Photography - 26 x 19 cm Photography - 10.2 x 7.5 inch
$1,348
This is so Illegal
Yann Merran
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$787
Octopus#3
Jean-Baptiste Sénégas
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,011
Cardiff by night
Jodi Bieber
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,495
Lewis / Paris Match
Philippe Le Tellier
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,798
Tokyo Pic Nic II
Motohiko Hasui
Photography - 45.5 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$562
Serie "Les sacrés" Sacré vent!
Anthony Godet
Photography - 47 x 50 cm Photography - 18.5 x 19.7 inch
$1,000
Boxes of Flowers
James Fink
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.6 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.25 inch
$850
Frank Zappa, Fillmore East, NYC, 1968
Elliott Landy
Photography - 45.5 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.9 x 24 x 0 inch
$1,124
Culinary Atronomy #1
Andrés Rozo Samer
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,256
Breaking lemmings
Robert Stieghorst
Photography - 30 x 26 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,461
La Nageuse - Série Clope
Johan Desma
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$2,124
Belongings 1
Raquel Pellicano
Photography - 61 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$2,113
Michael Jackson VI
David Nutter
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,550
Korean students
Lluc Queralt
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,348
Memories I
Victoria Dearing
Photography - 27.5 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 10.8 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch
$562
Elizabeth Taylor Spain
Burt Glinn
Photography - 45.7 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 18 x 24 x 2 inch
$1,350
Fluidity of a woman V
Katya Taneva
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,865
Joiner’s Shop Cairo
Gabriel Lekegian
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$1,112
The Taj Mahal At Agra
Shepherd & Robertson
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$621
Vassilis with farm equipment
Jen Sloan
Photography - 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,011
Straight to heaven
Stephanie Powell
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$730
Photographie de John Steinbeck
Roy Schatt
Photography - 24 x 23 x 1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
$775
Voir les yeux fermés - sans titre #19
Fabrice Domenet
Photography - 30 x 30 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$1,236
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Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,798
No77 Spirit
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,657
Sans titre
Julien Drogoul
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,011
Passereaux trépassés 1 : Mésange charbonnière
Thierry Robert
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$427
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 1
Antoine Kubler
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$281
Mirada Frontal IV
Teresa Riba
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 71 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 28 inch
$1,011
Black and White Photography for Sale
Black and white photography is today one of countless photographic techniques and yet it was at one time the only type of photography available. This is the reason why it often tends to be associated with historical works and a vintage feel.
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered how to print images onto metal plates. When he died in 1833, Louis Daguerre, followed by Francois Arago, continued to develop his research, resulting in the invention of the daguerreotype which consisted of an image printed onto a silver plate when exposed to the light. Together they invented photography.
The first black and white photos began to appear. Initially used for research purposes, photography started to spread as daguerreotype studios opened everywhere. Black and white portraits immortalized the faces of the upper middle classes and would later be used to capture all members of society. Celebrities were also a popular subject choice and many photographers specialized in taking their portraits, as Jean-Loup Sieff did all throughout his career almost a century after the invention of photography.
The first colored photographs soon followed. The technique was invented as early as 1860 but was not put to use until a century later. In the meantime, many unforgettable artists began to demonstrate their talents for art photography. Street photography, for example, was a key trend during the 20th century, with major photographers such as Robert Doisneau, Brassi and Henri Cartier-Bresson capturing the urban landscape of the time. All three were masters of taking candid photos. They succeeded in making fleeting moments last forever in monochrome images. Sometimes humorous, sometimes romantic, or even just a little bizarre, they take us back in time to days gone by. Looking at such rare and fragile moments can be like going through old postcards from the past, and although we enjoy looking at them, they can provoke a sense of nostalgia and melancholy.
In the United States, the humanist Walker Evans led the way for black and white photography, capturing the daily life of modern America with his analogue camera, whether it be in the New York subway or on the highways of the Deep South. A little later, Robert Frank photographed the faces of America and the American people with his remarkable black and white shots, recognizable thanks to his highly distinctive photographic technique and composition.
Of course, black and white photography is not limited to the representation of everyday scenes. It can also sublimate landscapes, as demonstrated by Kasra's shots. The black and white blend perfectly with the long exposure to create an effect of softness, floating and the passage of time quite exceptional. We could also mention Michael Kenna and Ricky Cohete who particularly excel in this field.
Some works fascinate by the perfect complementarity of these two colors: black, which is often associated with nothingness and sadness, and white, which is associated with light and hope. In the West at least, because it can have a completely opposite meaning in other cultures like Japan. The union of these two shades accentuates the contrasts and highlights the forms in a sober and elegant way. It often directs our attention to a single subject.
Often used to provoke a feeling of nostalgia, black and white unconsciously inscribes the works in history by conveying a timeless message, frozen in time.
Artsper invites you to take a stroll through time with this selection of works by Brno Del Zou, Yevgeniy Repiashenko, Emmanuelle Barbaras, Bert Stern, Alexander Benz and Hervé Gloaguen.
What does black and white mean in photography?
In photography, black and white means that all color has been removed from the image, leaving just shades of gray that span from black to white. This can either be done digitally or by using black and white film.
What is good about black and white photography?
Many photographers and artists use black and white photography because it removes the distraction of color from an image. This can draw more focus to elements of the image such as the facial expression or gesture of the subject, the composition, or the shapes and textures.
What techniques are used in black and white photography?
Black and white photography is generally shot using the same equipment as color photography (although if film, using black and white film), but artists may optimise their results by looking for high contrast images, light sources, and interesting textures.