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![Photography, Spice Bowl, Shine Huang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1230516_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Finger Drum, Shine Huang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1230492_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jebana, Shine Huang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1230456_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chair, Shine Huang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1230441_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sample space urban 2.2, Franck Guedj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212132_1_grid.jpg)
Sample space urban 2.2
Franck Guedj
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,244
![Photography, Impulse 1.0, Franck Guedj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1126407_1_grid.jpg)
Impulse 1.0
Franck Guedj
Photography - 100 x 150 x 10 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 3.9 inch
$4,362
![Photography, Mouvement 3.3, Franck Guedj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1101075_1_grid.jpg)
Mouvement 3.3
Franck Guedj
Photography - 120 x 80 x 10 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 3.9 inch
$4,362
![Photography, Traces - Maastricht, Jenny Owens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1044891_1_grid.jpg)
Traces - Maastricht
Jenny Owens
Photography - 18 x 24 x 0.5 cm Photography - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch
$470
![Photography, Cliff Richard, Harry Hammond](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898929_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Accumulation Orange (013), Ditno 83](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/782019_1_grid.jpg)
Accumulation Orange (013)
Ditno 83
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,908
![Painting, Collision 5, Ditno 83](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/761583_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Collision 6, Ditno 83](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/761580_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Accumulation aqua, Ditno 83](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/759633_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Zodiac 8 - Virgo, Vasil Angelov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711687_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Zodiac 9 - Libra, Vasil Angelov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704448_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Don't Tell Mamma #4, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/675564_1_grid.jpg)
Don't Tell Mamma #4
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Invacuo Project #33, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/674070_1_grid.jpg)
Invacuo Project #33
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Invacuo Project #29, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/673989_1_grid.jpg)
Invacuo Project #29
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Invacuo Project #26, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/673944_1_grid.jpg)
Invacuo Project #26
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Invacuo Project #23, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/672846_1_grid.jpg)
Invacuo Project #23
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Invacuo Project #22, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/672840_1_grid.jpg)
Invacuo Project #22
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 180.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 71 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Invacuo Project #21, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/672834_1_grid.jpg)
Invacuo Project #21
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Invacuo Project #19, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/672765_1_grid.jpg)
Invacuo Project #19
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Print, Estalagmitas Vegetales, Renato Manzoni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/547495_1_grid.jpg)
Estalagmitas Vegetales
Renato Manzoni
Print - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,474 $3,132
![Photography, Série: Se faire passer pour Mao, Nathalie Daoust](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463231_1_grid.jpg)
Série: Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,796
![Photography, Can You see, Yves Bordes Lapeyre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/455146_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bear behind a fern, Heikki Willamo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/408781_1_grid.jpg)
Bear behind a fern
Heikki Willamo
Photography - 37 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,691
![Photography, Aurora Borealis, Heikki Willamo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/408778_1_grid.jpg)
Aurora Borealis
Heikki Willamo
Photography - 33 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,355
![Photography, Nude Carla Bruni a genoux, Harper Bazar, Philippe Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174531_1_grid.jpg)
Nude Carla Bruni a genoux, Harper Bazar
Philippe Robert
Photography - 110 x 82 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$12,303
![Photography, Arc en ciel, Petite Poissone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145722_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Black Beauty III, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142392_1_grid.jpg)
Black Beauty III
Léa Bon
Photography - 72.4 x 48 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.5 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
![Photography, Black Beauty I, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142369_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Gargolas, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118237_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Serge et Jane, Lucio Domenica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2110080_1_grid.jpg)
Serge et Jane
Lucio Domenica
Painting - 60 x 118 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,517 $2,140
![Photography, Bruno Mars, Portrait intervened by the artists, Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099340_1_grid.jpg)
Bruno Mars, Portrait intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 187.9 x 132 x 3 cm Photography - 74 x 52 x 1.2 inch
$7,500
![Photography, Marie Agnes Gillot - Opera National de Paris, Philippe Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985115_1_grid.jpg)
Marie Agnes Gillot - Opera National de Paris
Philippe Robert
Photography - 87 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 34.3 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,981
![Photography, Vertigo - Photographie argentique - Paris, Jules Gorce](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1788924_1_grid.jpg)
Vertigo - Photographie argentique - Paris
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
$783
![Print, La peinture à Elise, Al Sticking](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/997818_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Banana leaves #10, Ed Reddon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919773_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Banana leaves #1, Ed Reddon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919710_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Zodiac 2 - Pisces, Vasil Angelov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711681_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Zodiac 12 - Capricorn, Vasil Angelov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/708441_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Zodiac 3 - Aries, Vasil Angelov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/708414_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Zodiac 11 - Sagittarius, Vasil Angelov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/708408_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Zodiac 6 - Cancer, Vasil Angelov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704436_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voyou (6/20), JP Malot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/632994_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, PETITE NISHIKIGOI ELEGANCE IN METAL BLACK : MIZU NO KASAI WHISPERS, Hiro Ando](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/622209_1_grid.jpg)
PETITE NISHIKIGOI ELEGANCE IN METAL BLACK : MIZU NO KASAI WHISPERS
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 40 x 47 x 63 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 18.5 x 24.8 inch
$15,099
![Sculpture, URBANCAT MAGNIFICO : BLACK METROPOLIS MUSE, Hiro Ando](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/622167_1_grid.jpg)
URBANCAT MAGNIFICO : BLACK METROPOLIS MUSE
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 150 x 90 x 60 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$33,554
![Painting, Moon, Michael Grine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/587115_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, COMMANDING WARRIORCAT : BLACK ETERNAL VIGIL, Hiro Ando](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/486061_1_grid.jpg)
COMMANDING WARRIORCAT : BLACK ETERNAL VIGIL
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 100 x 150 x 70 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 59.1 x 27.6 inch
$26,843
![Sculpture, A PANDASAN’S LUSTROUS CHARM : ARGENTUM RADIANCE, Hiro Ando](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/431880_1_grid.jpg)
A PANDASAN’S LUSTROUS CHARM : ARGENTUM RADIANCE
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 100 x 90 x 90 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 35.4 x 35.4 inch
$40,265
![Painting, Voyou 16/20, JP Malot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/391511_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Automne, François Lork](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/322213_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fantastique N°1, François Lork](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/322183_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fantastique N°6, François Lork](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/322165_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, I like knowing that change is possible, Bevan Ramsay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/243391_1_grid.jpg)
I like knowing that change is possible
Bevan Ramsay
Sculpture - 75 x 36 x 24 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 14.2 x 9.4 inch
$6,600
![Photography, BW Betta 30, Michael Filonow](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170802_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Wrapped Series Untitled #4, Robert Mack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151260_1_grid.jpg)
Wrapped Series Untitled #4
Robert Mack
Photography - 96.5 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Photography - 38 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$6,000
![Photography, Les pieds dans l'eau, Denis Morel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144601_1_grid.jpg)
Les pieds dans l'eau
Denis Morel
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$492
![Photography, La promenade, Denis Morel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144599_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fraîche, Denis Morel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144577_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fallen Angel, Viktorija Pashuta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137793_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ombre et Lumière, Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1914855_1_grid.jpg)
Ombre et Lumière
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 33 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, La Grande Mosquée des Omeyades, Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1914849_1_grid.jpg)
La Grande Mosquée des Omeyades
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 61 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, Betta BW 3, Michael Filonow](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1885275_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nous ne sommes pas les derniers 212, Zoran Music](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/182176_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nous ne sommes pas les derniers 198, Zoran Music](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/182137_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Politics, Ejaz Khan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785552_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Baja Landscape #1, Heike Bohnstengel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682451_1_grid.jpg)
Baja Landscape #1
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 35 x 28 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 11 x 0 inch
$391
![Photography, Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 7, Sergei Sviatchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173180_1_grid.jpg)
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 7
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,355
![Photography, Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 9, Sergei Sviatchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173150_1_grid.jpg)
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 9
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,355
![Photography, Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 10, Sergei Sviatchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173147_1_grid.jpg)
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 10
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 29 x 21 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$3,355
![Photography, Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 13, Sergei Sviatchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173144_1_grid.jpg)
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 13
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 29 x 21 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$3,355
![Photography, Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 12, Sergei Sviatchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173141_1_grid.jpg)
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 12
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 29 x 21 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$3,355
![Photography, Banana leaves #12, Ed Reddon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/920187_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Arc de Triomphe, Jean-Michel Berts](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/855336_1_grid.jpg)
Arc de Triomphe
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 110 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$7,773
![Photography, All the others in me (New York), Maria Jose Arjona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/849654_1_grid.jpg)
All the others in me (New York)
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 69.9 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 39.37 x 0.1 inch
$9,000
![Photography, More, Juan Pablo Castro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/842508_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Joy, Juan Pablo Castro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/842469_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Broken Chain, Juan Pablo Castro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/842442_1_grid.jpg)
The Broken Chain
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Versus, Juan Pablo Castro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/842385_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dansons sous la pluie, Jean-Louis Toutain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/639078_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanity tribute to Andy, Ron English](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/429759_1_grid.jpg)
Vanity tribute to Andy
Ron English
Sculpture - 68 x 54 x 45 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 21.3 x 17.7 inch
$15,099
![Fine Art Drawings, Underworld (1b), Robbie Cornelissen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/411130_1_grid.jpg)
Underworld (1b)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 13.8 inch
$3,579
![Painting, Syriacus, Juliette Clovis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/331378_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Brando Bike, Russell Young](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177336_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chrysler, Ian Wallace](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160414_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cadillac, Ian Wallace](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160408_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vallée de la Vallouise, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159023_1_grid.jpg)
Vallée de la Vallouise, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais
José Nicolas
Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, Arêtes de la Bruyère, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159014_1_grid.jpg)
Arêtes de la Bruyère, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais
José Nicolas
Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, Arbres de la vallée de la Clarée, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159012_1_grid.jpg)
Arbres de la vallée de la Clarée, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais
José Nicolas
Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, Vallée de la Clarée, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159006_1_grid.jpg)
Vallée de la Clarée, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais
José Nicolas
Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, Rochers de Névache, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159002_1_grid.jpg)
Rochers de Névache, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais
José Nicolas
Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$559
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!