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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Printemps arrive (trace et signe)
Sounya Whang
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$297
Traces et signes Méditation lumière zen
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$219
Traces et signes Méditation lumière zen
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$219
Portrait Homme et chat Printemps arrive
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$255
Nature Prunier Printemps arrive
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$255
Portrait Homme amoureux
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$253
Portrait Homme amoureux
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$273
Nature Fleur du ciel Coquelicot
Sounya Whang
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$130
Nature Ours blanc Méditation fleur
Sounya Whang
Painting - 17 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting - 6.7 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$142
Nature Caribou Méditation fleur
Sounya Whang
Painting - 25 x 17 x 0.1 cm Painting - 9.8 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$119
Portrait Ivresse du printemps
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$249
Fille fabricant un couteau Thiers
Sounya Whang
Painting - 37 x 44 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.6 x 17.3 x 0 inch
$297
Lecture au Canal Saint Martin Paris
Sounya Whang
Painting - 38.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.2 x 14 x 0 inch
$297
Clermont Ferrand Cathédrale à la nuit
Sounya Whang
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$261
Zen Méditation bambou au vent
Sounya Whang
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$225
Nature Ours blancs amoureux
Sounya Whang
Painting - 46 x 38 x 1.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.6 inch
$249
Homme dessinant sous la chaleur
Sounya Whang
Painting - 44 x 37 x 0.1 cm Painting - 17.3 x 14.6 x 0 inch
$267
Femme jaune au châle rouge
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$498