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Photographie de Marilyn Monroe
George Barris
Photography - 28 x 37 x 1 cm Photography - 11 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,094
Cheval fantôme - série animaux
Henry Ausloos
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,953
Leto's Daughter. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 36 x 28 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.2 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
Looking at Arcadia. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 36 x 28 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.2 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
Manufactura 16
Oriol Texidor
Photography - 30 x 40 x 7 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 2.8 inch
$1,060
Manufactura 9
Oriol Texidor
Photography - 40 x 50 x 7 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 2.8 inch
$1,407
The picture of emotions and other ailments of a sensitive human X
Joanna Chudy
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$837
Cliff Richard – Signing Autographs, on Tour
David Steen
Photography - 46 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$1,540
Led Zeppelin, 1973
James Fortune
Photography - 45.7 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 18 x 24 x 0.05 inch
$1,950
Marilyn Candid Moment (1955)
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 51 x 76 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 inch
$737
Skarsgård. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,080
Bruno Mars, Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,080
Kaaling, Bruno Mars Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,080
Muse. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,080
Paris. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,080
Bella Hadid, Neon. Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,080
Fluid Bella Hadid, Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,080
Weifang Sun, Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,080
Pharell Williams Portrait. Nothing Stays Still, Untitle I. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,080
Abstract Clouds n°305
Harry James Moody
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 inch
$3,200
Abstract Clouds n°306
Harry James Moody
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 inch
$3,200
Mujer de Viñales
James Sparshatt
Photography - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,218
Storm Series Horizontal 82
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 92 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 36.2 inch
$2,813
Maelstrom Series 67
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 91.5 x 91.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 36 inch
$3,206
Series: Omnipresence - Poseidon
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,233
Series: Omnipresence - Dyonisus III Cannabis 26,6%
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,233
Series: Omnipresence - Wheat 27 %
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,233
The fire and the infinity #1 (from the "The fire and the infinity" series)
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 30 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.1 x 0 inch
$179
The Forest
Tellas
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 64 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 25.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,730
Studio sul nero
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$123
Directive Forces. Photograph intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 50.8 x 39.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 15.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,800
Hole. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 53.8 x 40.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.2 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
$3,800
Young girl in New York
Hervé Pezzini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$334
Collection Ville Autrement / Venise Autrement / China-Venezia
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$614
Collection "Ville Autrement" / Paris Autrement / Windstorm
Franck Doat
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$614
Collection Ville Autrement / Nice Autrement / Towards The Light
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$614
Collection Ville Autrement / Nice autrement / Negresco Antic
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$614
Douglas Booth. Portrait photography intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 49.5 x 36.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.5 x 14.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Rosy de Palma. Portrait Photography intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 49.5 x 36.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.5 x 14.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Aleksander Skarsgard. Portrait photography intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 49.5 x 36.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.5 x 14.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Ewan Mcgregor Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 49.5 x 36.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.5 x 14.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Marilyn Getting Ready To Go Out in New York (1955)
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 61 x 51 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 inch
$882
Rotondità, 1963 (Rondeurs)
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,842
Acqua e fantasia
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,842
Salita scivolosa a Trinità dei Monti, 1956 (montée glissante)
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 42 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,842
Gravity Liquid 02 (Medium)
Seb Janiak
Photography - 110 x 86 cm Photography - 43.3 x 33.9 inch
$4,579
Élément jaune (PM15)
Palmi Marzaroli
Painting - 49 x 63 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,567
Danse des Hells Angels
Jean-Pierre Roux
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$547
Humble Pie, Honolulu
Robert Knight
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$950
Robert Plant Hawaii
Robert Knight
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$950
Van Halen, Costa Mesa 1995
Robert Knight
Photography - 29.2 x 44.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 11.5 x 17.5 x 2 inch
$950
Mick and Keith, Honolulu 1973
Robert Knight
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$950
Robert Plant gets Lai'd, Honolulu Airport
Robert Knight
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$950
Snoop Dogg with Run DMC
Robert Knight
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$950
Joey Ramone, CA
Robert Knight
Photography - 67.3 x 53.3 x 5.1 cm Photography - 26.5 x 21 x 2 inch
$1,650
Stevie Ray Vaughan II
Robert Knight
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$950
Stevie Ray Vaughan I
Robert Knight
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$950
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!