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![Print, Lost in the clouds, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1196871_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fly as high, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1196862_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, You will miss me, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1001397_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Another day in Paradise, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1001391_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Taste the fear, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1001388_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Spread your wings, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1001379_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Let me rest a while, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1001370_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Just another painting, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1001358_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Close the curtains, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1001343_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alone but not lonely, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1001337_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Awakening of the senses 1925, Dominique Poilpré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/435099_1_grid.jpg)
Awakening of the senses 1925
Dominique Poilpré
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$3,221
![Fine Art Drawings, It's in your own mind, Rossella Mercedes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/420357_1_grid.jpg)
It's in your own mind
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$88
![Fine Art Drawings, Elevation, Rossella Mercedes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369564_1_grid.jpg)
Elevation
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 19.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.6 x 0 inch
$101
![Photography, lntROrsUS, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145778_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, fluctuaT, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093394_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, constrictuS, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093388_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, eXtREmuS, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093382_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, motuS, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093373_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 156.01.11, Kampert Klaus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2090211_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Drops, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515108_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled ( Nude ), Frantisek Drtikol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171794_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled (Nude), Frantisek Drtikol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171788_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Angel IX, Laurence Winram](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1164204_1_grid.jpg)
Angel IX
Laurence Winram
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$636
![Photography, Nikita III, Laurence Winram](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1156152_1_grid.jpg)
Nikita III
Laurence Winram
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$636
![Photography, Série Backstage - F0597 – The alien, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173919_1_grid.jpg)
Série Backstage - F0597 – The alien
Idan Wizen
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$168
![Photography, Langue de danseuse, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149900_1_grid.jpg)
Langue de danseuse
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$336
![Photography, Aperture 16, Jeff Robb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1776303_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Black & White, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738659_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bodyscape, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738656_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Drops, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738653_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Curves, Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738650_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Photographie "Arche", Franck Leclerc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738644_1_grid.jpg)
Photographie "Arche"
Franck Leclerc
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$772
![Photography, Autoportrait, Pavlo Mazai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1251138_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Paysage dans le Désordre, Pascal Rabaté](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/683028_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Matthew Barney rehearsing Drawing Restraint 7, NYC. Diptych, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2104104_1_grid.jpg)
Matthew Barney rehearsing Drawing Restraint 7, NYC. Diptych
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 43.2 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Dancing class, Cheraine Collette](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954107_1_grid.jpg)
Dancing class
Cheraine Collette
Photography - 67 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,355
![Photography, Nude elephant dust, Cheraine Collette](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954086_1_grid.jpg)
Nude elephant dust
Cheraine Collette
Photography - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,033
![Photography, Georgianna, Thierry Le Gouès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682976_1_grid.jpg)
Georgianna
Thierry Le Gouès
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$4,698
![Photography, Alek Wek, Thierry Le Gouès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682967_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tuly, Thierry Le Gouès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682964_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Clara, Thierry Le Gouès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682961_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Georgianna, Thierry Le Gouès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682952_1_grid.jpg)
Georgianna
Thierry Le Gouès
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$4,698
![Print, Roach, Christian Hincker dit Blutch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/681747_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sisyphe (Islande), Vincent Citot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/638409_1_grid.jpg)
Sisyphe (Islande)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$839
![Painting, De la Série 'Blanc et Noir', Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/536142_1_grid.jpg)
De la Série 'Blanc et Noir'
Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$6,711
![Photography, TEsTacEuS, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152708_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Act 11 | Best hotel in town, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150229_1_grid.jpg)
Act 11 | Best hotel in town
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, Act 10 | A glass of champagne, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150228_1_grid.jpg)
Act 10 | A glass of champagne
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, Act 8 | Peak Climax - all tricks allowed, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150226_1_grid.jpg)
Act 8 | Peak Climax - all tricks allowed
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, Act 7 | The things we would do for an espresso, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150225_1_grid.jpg)
Act 7 | The things we would do for an espresso
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, Act 6 | Home office, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150224_1_grid.jpg)
Act 6 | Home office
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, Act 5 | S-extremely thirsty, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150223_1_grid.jpg)
Act 5 | S-extremely thirsty
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, Act 4 | It all came out in the wash, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150222_1_grid.jpg)
Act 4 | It all came out in the wash
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, Act 12 | Boarding complete, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150220_1_grid.jpg)
Act 12 | Boarding complete
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, 1,2,3 soleil, Juliette Alhmah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981326_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lady on Raft, Tran Huy Hoan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195737_1_grid.jpg)
Lady on Raft
Tran Huy Hoan
Photography - 76.2 x 104.1 x 0.6 cm Photography - 30 x 41 x 0.25 inch
$4,000
![Photography, In Silk We Trust!, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1109346_1_grid.jpg)
In Silk We Trust!
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, According to Francis Bacon, Jean-Claude Byandb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1092102_1_grid.jpg)
According to Francis Bacon
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$548
![Photography, Would you swim with me? XV, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1078827_1_grid.jpg)
Would you swim with me? XV
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 52.5 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Would you swim with me? XIV, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1078824_1_grid.jpg)
Would you swim with me? XIV
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 52.5 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, 1915 Le bustier de NINA, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/980388_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Le bustier de NINA
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$3,299
![Photography, 1915 Rêveuse LOU dreaming, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/980379_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Rêveuse LOU dreaming
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$3,299
![Photography, 1915 La Joueuse de cartes Cards player Lady, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979548_1_grid.jpg)
1915 La Joueuse de cartes Cards player Lady
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$3,859
![Photography, 1915 Europa Europa, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979539_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1915 Sublime ROSE, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979509_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1915 Lascive LEA Lascivious, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979503_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Lascive LEA Lascivious
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 53 cm Photography - 16.9 x 20.9 inch
$4,418
![Photography, 1915 Nue au perroquet Nude with parrot, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979455_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Nue au perroquet Nude with parrot
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$5,536
![Fine Art Drawings, Naïade, Gino Charpentier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/472891_1_grid.jpg)
Naïade
Gino Charpentier
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$447
![Fine Art Drawings, Reflets dans l’eau, Gino Charpentier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/472867_1_grid.jpg)
Reflets dans l’eau
Gino Charpentier
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$447
![Fine Art Drawings, Jambe en l’air, Gino Charpentier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/472573_1_grid.jpg)
Jambe en l’air
Gino Charpentier
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$447
![Fine Art Drawings, Aphrodite, Gino Charpentier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/472552_1_grid.jpg)
Aphrodite
Gino Charpentier
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$447
![Print, More Sketches of Spain - for Miles Davis, George Condo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/361561_1_grid.jpg)
More Sketches of Spain - for Miles Davis
George Condo
Print - 130 x 97 cm Print - 51.2 x 38.2 inch
$7,270
![Photography, Black Beauty, Klaus Roethlisberger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2104482_1_grid.jpg)
Black Beauty
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 52 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 20.5 x 0.1 inch
$604
![Photography, Patrick Dupond, Klaus Roethlisberger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2096358_1_grid.jpg)
Patrick Dupond
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 57 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,342
![Photography, The enigma - H0371, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145787_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tropical Bath, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1962705_1_grid.jpg)
Tropical Bath
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$727
![Photography, Smoking suit, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515138_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Around the corner, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515129_1_grid.jpg)
Around the corner
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$727
![Photography, Enlighted, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515114_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rain shower, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515111_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les Femmes au Pouvoir, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515096_1_grid.jpg)
Les Femmes au Pouvoir
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$727
![Photography, Untitled / Nude, Frantisek Drtikol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171797_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Strippers in a Club, Atlanta, Georgia, Leonard Freed](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/648798_1_grid.jpg)
Strippers in a Club, Atlanta, Georgia
Leonard Freed
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 cm Photography - 11 x 14 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Divadlo na Prádle, Lukas Dvorak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140932_1_grid.jpg)
Divadlo na Prádle
Lukas Dvorak
Photography - 61 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled- One of a kind pencil and gold paint figure drawing on paper, Juan C. Estrada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/487873_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled- One of a kind pencil and gold paint figure drawing on paper
Juan C. Estrada
Fine Art Drawings - 99.1 x 67.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 26.5 inch
$1,200
![Photography, Series: The skin of Mars - Skin 6, Antonio Briceño](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/443793_1_grid.jpg)
Series: The skin of Mars - Skin 6
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 60 x 50 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
$2,796
![Photography, Naissance, Charles Bayonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171455_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Origine, Charles Bayonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171454_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, ADN Symphonie, Charles Bayonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171447_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ombre, Gabriel Quirant - Pidet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2104074_1_grid.jpg)
Ombre
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, Underbreast Covered, Tony Potts](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1615755_1_grid.jpg)
Underbreast Covered
Tony Potts
Photography - 40.6 x 55.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,900
![Photography, CH.Vision 1619, Yves Bordes Lapeyre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1614750_1_grid.jpg)
CH.Vision 1619
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 60 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$604
![Photography, Untitled, Mauricio Velez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/849336_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Mauricio Velez
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
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!