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Dustin Hoffman 3
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€250
Joan Collins – the Stud, Limousine, London.
David Steen
Photography - 97 x 137 x 0.01 cm Photography - 38.2 x 53.9 x 0 inch
€4,250
Sean Connery – County Wicklow, Ireland
David Steen
Photography - 78 x 111 x 0.01 cm Photography - 30.7 x 43.7 x 0 inch
€2,880
La plage III
Clara Delaporte
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Conception B
Nikolay Stefanov
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€430
Awaiting the Shore
Nikolay Stefanov
Photography - 40 x 60 x 5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 2 inch
€370
Fog in the Italian Dolomites
Jan Brunclík
Photography - 60 x 200 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 78.7 x 0 inch
€2,380
Le Grand Geroldseck 1
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€190
Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers
Herbert Ponting
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
€345
Mausoleum of Prince Etmad-Dowlah
Samuel Bourne
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch
€220
The Terra Nova In McMurdo Sound
Herbert Ponting
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
€330
Sourires groupés
La Fabrique du Sourire
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
€450
Une journée à Berlin-Est (Ein Tag in Ost Berlin)
Kurt Buchwald
Photography - 90 x 160 cm Photography - 35.4 x 63 inch
€4,000
Untouchable Light
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
€5,300
Silhouette Portrait
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
€5,300
Untouchable Light II
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
€5,300
Glaciation magique
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
€250
Lattier Self-Portait with his creature
Christian Lattier
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
€2,900
Le Grand Geroldseck 3
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€190
Le Grand Geroldseck 2
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€190
Vague suspendue
Kathia Mohl
Photography - 54 x 212 x 3 cm Photography - 21.3 x 83.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,300
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 124
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 70
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 105
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 122
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 19
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 16
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 48
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 29
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 53
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Naissance Soleillonautes 1969, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Naissance Soleillonautes montage, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Naissance Soleillonaute Tête, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Naissance d'un Soleillonaute, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Soleillonautes et feuilles dans le vent, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Soleillonautes, feuilles dans le vent, Musée des Sables, noir au blanc
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Soleillonautes, New Stonehenge
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Totem Portrait De Moon Shin et Lia, Musée des Sables Barcares
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Moon Shin Totem Noir au blanc, Barcarès construction
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Naissance Soleillonautes Sculpteurs bois d’Oboma monumental Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€3,900
Lunar - Collection Morocco
Rodrigo
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.01 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€1,250
Clouds and Rain
Wai Ming Lung
Photography - 135 x 90 x 0.01 cm Photography - 53.1 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€3,500
The man of coils
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 30.5 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 inch
€236
Latex & Honey Lifestyle
Ulrich Trüssel
Photography - 90 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€3,000
Lines, White Sands
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€490
Seul - Photographie scène de vie en bord de mer
Denis Morel
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
Sans titre
Kuffjca Cozma
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
€2,300
Michael Jordan - We do it !
OverSide
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
€350
Yves Saint Laurent - L'histoire d'une vie
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€350
Micheal Jordan - Yes I am
OverSide
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
€350
RUN DMC - Le concert
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€350
Black and white
Before the arrival of photography – with the exception of some etchings and lithographs – all the images we consumed were in colour. Quite simply, because no one would ever have thought to do anything else – why paint in black and white when colour was so readily available?
Yet despite this, today many photographers still choose to work in black and white – such as Pauline Théon, Kadir Von Lohuizen or Joh Lowenstein – even though their photos are taken in colour by the camera itself. Is the black and white trend a fleeting effect of fashion, or a symbolic return to the roots of the photography movement? Black and white photography has something that colour photos, despite recent innovations and the extraordinary quality of images today, cannot quite access. The use of black and white lends significant force to the composition: the contrasts, the shadows and the figures all stand out more strongly. People simply feel differently when faced with a colour photo versus a black and white image.
Colour is a distraction of sorts, a disturbance: colour is a nuisance.
And yet, some photographers still prefer colour to black and white, whilst others merge touches of colour with otherwise monochrome compositions. But in the end, all agree that both styles impose a totally different way of looking at a photo: from researching the shot to post production work, when artists develop or retouch the image. The use of colour is therefore something of a process in its own right, relating to two different ways of viewing the world and showing it others. The question, then, is what is being told, and why is it being in the way that it is?
The symbolic value of putting black and white together is a good starting point for reflecting on the fascination that they generate even today. There could not be a more fascinating, more striking ambivalence than when black, the 'colour' of darkness and burnt coal, considered a non-colour, is placed alongside white – representing light, and the result of all the colours merged together.
The problem faced by photographers today is that black and white still carry strong connotations of the past, of an era before the popularisation of colour and its massive cultural recovery amongst the press and photo journalists. In fact, it is rare now that contemporary subjects are photographed in colour, but we still associate black and white images with a retro feel.
So what does contemporary art have to say about it all? Discover Artsper's selection of black and white works: on the border of past and present, of the real and the imaginary… let us guide you!