Black and White Portraits
The allure of black and white. Color can articulate reality and reflect realism, but taking it away focuses on contrast and the use of monochromatic tone to set an atmosphere that draws the viewer in. This increase in impact has been harnessed by photographers since the first successful black and white images were taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in the early 19th century, leading to further success in 1825 when he managed to produce a black and white image of a window. Naturally colored photographs would not be developed until 1891 when Lipmann Gabriel applied the phenomenon of optical light wave interface. And yet, the black and white photograph continued, particularly in portraiture. Why? Practically, black and white photographs have a longer archival shelf-life but artistically, color isn't needed to capture the emotion, depth, expression and indeed reality through dramatic tone and contrast of the figure in front of the lens. You only need to recant Dorothea Lange's widely circulated Migrant Mother (1936) to see how a single black and white portrait can become a symbol of plight. In our works, artists like Maud Bernos and James Sparshatt favor portraits devoid of color… portraits that draw you the viewer in and leave you to fall into their enduring monochromatic depths.
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CoRpus AC maNus
Louis Blanc
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$7,711
CyClOpS - Format M
Louis Blanc
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$5,932
CyClOpS - Format S
Louis Blanc
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$5,813
Modèle dans la mi-ombre
Michel Pinel
Photography - 50.5 x 40.5 cm Photography - 19.9 x 15.9 inch
$415
Portrait Homme méditant
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$273
Portrait Homme pensant
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$261
Un instant, je me change 3
Sounya Whang
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$581
Un instant, je me change 2
Sounya Whang
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$581
Femme aux ongles roses
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$261
Portrait Fille aux cheveux volants
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$415
Portrait Femme nue Rose lady
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$297
Portrait Femme nue dormant
Sounya Whang
Painting - 35 x 28 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11 x 0 inch
$214
Un instant je me change 6
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$332
Un instant, je me change 4
Sounya Whang
Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$463
Homme timide
Sounya Whang
Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.7 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$107
Femme nue
Sounya Whang
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$178
Femme nue
Sounya Whang
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$260
Human blue (1)
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
Price upon request
Un monde meilleur
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 240 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 94.5 x 55.1 x 2 inch
Price upon request
Calligraphie
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 160 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Calligraphie
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 160 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 2 inch
Price upon request
Vincente Escudero
Yves Brayer
Fine Art Drawings - 31.2 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.3 x 9.3 inch
Sold
La magie quotidienne (tête de femme)
Alberto Giacometti
Print - 41 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.1 x 11 x 0 inch
Sold
Sans titre
Charles Lapicque
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 20.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.1 inch
Sold
