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![Photography, connexion, Shérazade (Sher) Auclair](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1268754_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The Midnight Symphony, Kirill Postovit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1074690_1_grid.jpg)
The Midnight Symphony
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 13.4 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Tender, Edgar Nabla](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979989_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Crying Glacier, Iceland, Gonçalo Martins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955500_1_grid.jpg)
Crying Glacier, Iceland
Gonçalo Martins
Photography - 29 x 29 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.4 x 11.4 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Blaya Tree, Gonçalo Martins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/866547_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The family, Skrova – Norway 2012, Gonçalo Martins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/839988_1_grid.jpg)
The family, Skrova – Norway 2012
Gonçalo Martins
Photography - 19 x 19 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Boat, Bridge, Fog Algarve, Gonçalo Martins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/834672_1_grid.jpg)
Boat, Bridge, Fog Algarve
Gonçalo Martins
Photography - 19 x 19 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0 inch
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![Print, Pasolini - Dans l'infamie des temps, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/508733_1_grid.jpg)
Pasolini - Dans l'infamie des temps
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 100 x 71 cm Print - 39.4 x 28 inch
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![Sculpture, Le refus du combat, Dominique Mückli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/428130_1_grid.jpg)
Le refus du combat
Dominique Mückli
Sculpture - 26.5 x 26.5 x 26.5 cm Sculpture - 10.4 x 10.4 x 10.4 inch
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![Photography, La prisonnière, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165537_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled (structure), Jim Kazanjian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/68473_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Amazon de fer, Jurictus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/612264_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Death Valley, États-Unis, Stephane Cormier Cormier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1061805_1_grid.jpg)
Death Valley, États-Unis
Stephane Cormier Cormier
Photography - 47 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 18.5 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
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![Photography, Nice, le plongeoir, La Réserve, bateau en direction de la Corse, Patrice CLEMENT](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1050624_1_grid.jpg)
Nice, le plongeoir, La Réserve, bateau en direction de la Corse
Patrice CLEMENT
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/938097_1_grid.jpg)
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Mara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/873069_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Tea At Fife O'Clock (Alice In Wonderland), Kirill Postovit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/740691_1_grid.jpg)
The Tea At Fife O'Clock (Alice In Wonderland)
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
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![Print, Cairn 2, Gérard Titus-Carmel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/401554_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Cairn 5, Gérard Titus-Carmel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/401527_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Shadows’s city: Berlin, Udo Roosen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2116725_1_grid.jpg)
Shadows’s city: Berlin
Udo Roosen
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, The night is young, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887013_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants - 2, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/659058_1_grid.jpg)
Nous sommes tous des enfants - 2
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/659055_1_grid.jpg)
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, The dominating personality of my banker, Daniel Erban](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/397927_1_grid.jpg)
The dominating personality of my banker
Daniel Erban
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Looking for my centre, Jose Ladrón de Guevara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/688680_1_grid.jpg)
Looking for my centre
Jose Ladrón de Guevara
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 130 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 51.2 inch
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![Photography, Virginie Ledoyen, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967712_1_grid.jpg)
Virginie Ledoyen
Franck Leclerc
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Photography, Tchéky Karyo, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967667_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Charles Aznavour, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967655_1_grid.jpg)
Charles Aznavour
Franck Leclerc
Photography - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Photography, Stanley, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967613_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La pluie, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165534_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La mariée qui pleure, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165524_1_grid.jpg)
La mariée qui pleure
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Dans les pas de Gandhi, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165503_1_grid.jpg)
Dans les pas de Gandhi
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 39 x 49 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 19.3 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Les princesses, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165488_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les mains, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165467_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Asie, Sylvie Schambill](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/447309_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, D'Arens Cliff in Fog, Algarve, Gonçalo Martins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1069881_1_grid.jpg)
D'Arens Cliff in Fog, Algarve
Gonçalo Martins
Photography - 19 x 19 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Marilyn Monroe at Grand Central Station, Ed Feingersh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897273_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn Monroe at Grand Central Station
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 25 x 30 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 inch
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![Print, Zodiac 7 - Leo, Vasil Angelov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/708438_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marilyn Takes It To The Streets, Ed Feingersh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/900684_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn Takes It To The Streets
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
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![Photography, Marilyn Takes It To The Streets, Ed Feingersh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/900675_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn Takes It To The Streets
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 25 x 30 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 inch
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![Print, Résistance, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/519752_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Composition 1, Gérard Titus-Carmel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/401524_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Brigitte Bardot à 17 ans, Walter Carone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738359_1_grid.jpg)
Brigitte Bardot à 17 ans
Walter Carone
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Receiver 3, Margaret Neill](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/613500_1_grid.jpg)
Receiver 3
Margaret Neill
Fine Art Drawings - 74.9 x 55.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 22 inch
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![Painting, From Shalott, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/590442_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Receiver 1, Margaret Neill](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/583557_1_grid.jpg)
Receiver 1
Margaret Neill
Fine Art Drawings - 74.9 x 55.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 22 inch
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![Painting, Anhkiza, Akiza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/568608_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Twins, Akiza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/568599_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Manifest, Margaret Neill](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/531929_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Willem Dafoe, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967823_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Léa Seydoux, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967808_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bérénice Bejo & Stéphane de Groodt, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967790_1_grid.jpg)
Bérénice Bejo & Stéphane de Groodt
Franck Leclerc
Photography - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Photography, John Travolta, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967769_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jean Dujardin, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967748_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Wim Wenders, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967679_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Comprendre, Christian Silvain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/654372_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanité black and white, Miko-R](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/218209_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The smile, Philippe Vignal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1219158_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Light Ride, Jerry Weber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1201809_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Voir la vie du bon angle, Jean-Michel Landon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/974931_1_grid.jpg)
Voir la vie du bon angle
Jean-Michel Landon
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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![Print, Mosaic II, M. C. Escher](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/646212_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Self portrait on the gulf on Naples, Daniele Sigalot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515783_1_grid.jpg)
Self portrait on the gulf on Naples
Daniele Sigalot
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
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![Painting, Eau long, San Zi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/167677_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nuit tranquille, San Zi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/166015_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Moda DIOR, Venezia 1951, Vittorio Pavan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1521864_1_grid.jpg)
Moda DIOR, Venezia 1951
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 55 x 36.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 21.7 x 14.4 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Claudia Cardinale à Rome, Italie, Vittorio Pavan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1377882_1_grid.jpg)
Claudia Cardinale à Rome, Italie
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, Vittorio Pavan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1377777_1_grid.jpg)
Alberto Giacometti, Paris
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Pêche en mer agitée, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1179573_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le petit parisien, Willy Ronis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1016853_1_grid.jpg)
Le petit parisien
Willy Ronis
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Simplicité, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/956163_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Échange au milieu du silence, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/953976_1_grid.jpg)
Échange au milieu du silence
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Des vacances à la Neige, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/953961_1_grid.jpg)
Des vacances à la Neige
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Au bord du fleuve, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/713049_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Libération, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707103_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Brothers Karamazov, Erich Heckel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/639369_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Frida Kahlo en el jardín xochimilco, México (Framed), Leo Matiz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1237026_1_grid.jpg)
Frida Kahlo en el jardín xochimilco, México (Framed)
Leo Matiz
Photography - 59.7 x 39.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.5 x 15.55 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Un instantané du port, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1234704_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Agnès Varda - Les plages d'Agnès, Jean-Loup Gautreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006437_1_grid.jpg)
Agnès Varda - Les plages d'Agnès
Jean-Loup Gautreau
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
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![Photography, Agnès Varda - Les plages d'Agnès, Jean-Loup Gautreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006419_1_grid.jpg)
Agnès Varda - Les plages d'Agnès
Jean-Loup Gautreau
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
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![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/972084_1_grid.jpg)
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Photography, Anatol, Leni Riefenstahl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/847521_1_grid.jpg)
Anatol
Leni Riefenstahl
Photography - 49.8 x 37.5 x 1.3 cm Photography - 19.625 x 14.75 x 0.5 inch
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![Sculpture, LV White, Ureta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/674436_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitle 5, Célia Picard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/621798_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Der Sieger (Sieger), Leni Riefenstahl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/476266_1_grid.jpg)
Der Sieger (Sieger)
Leni Riefenstahl
Photography - 49.8 x 37.5 cm Photography - 19.62 x 14.75 inch
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![Print, Material Girl, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/448749_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Zinc For You, Did Moreres](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/429201_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Windblown Jackie, Madison Av. NYC, Ron Galella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1480560_1_grid.jpg)
Windblown Jackie, Madison Av. NYC
Ron Galella
Photography - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Print, Untitle 4, Célia Picard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/621774_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled_3, Célia Picard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/621558_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled_3
Célia Picard
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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![Sculpture, La révérence d'un Dieu (2/8), Dominique Mückli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/428139_1_grid.jpg)
La révérence d'un Dieu (2/8)
Dominique Mückli
Sculpture - 146 x 100 x 45 cm Sculpture - 57.5 x 39.4 x 17.7 inch
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![Photography, Dustin Hoffman 3, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166267_1_grid.jpg)
Dustin Hoffman 3
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Chanteurs de la Croix de Bois, Walter Carone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1731945_1_grid.jpg)
Chanteurs de la Croix de Bois
Walter Carone
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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![Photography, 1 - Les âges de la vie - Jadis, Mita Vostok](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/259072_1_grid.jpg)
1 - Les âges de la vie - Jadis
Mita Vostok
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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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!