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Romy Schneider et Alain Delon
Maurice Jarnoux
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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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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Broadway-Simplon
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Nina Ricci - Haute Couture
Bruno Bisang
Photography - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
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Cimetière Pere Lachaise
Paul Khayat
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Jeune Vitrier. Rue Greneta
André Ostier
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Ihre Schatten
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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Der Fackel laeufer
Leni Riefenstahl
Photography - 49.8 x 37.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.625 x 14.75 x 0.1 inch
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De Myrha à Babylone - Le Panama
Valérie Donzelli
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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Looking through the giraffe
Eric Isselée
Photography - 156 x 110 x 5 cm Photography - 61.4 x 43.3 x 2 inch
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Skull Y Chaplin
Yions Schwenke
Photography - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Nice, plongeoir de « La Réserve »,
Patrice CLEMENT
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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De Myrha à Babylone - Les Primeurs du Château
Valérie Donzelli
Photography - 52 x 77 cm Photography - 20.5 x 30.3 inch
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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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Look back
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 80 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Pastorale dans le Ouaddai
José Nicolas
Photography - 54 x 86 x 1 cm Photography - 21.3 x 33.9 x 0.4 inch
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Duke Ellington et Louis Armstrong
Jacques de Potier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Vue plongeante vers la rue de Castiglione et la place Vendôme
André Ostier
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Forts des Halles en livraison au Pavillon de la Boucherie, face à l'église Saint-Eustache
André Ostier
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Place de la Bastille le 10 Mai 1981
Jean Claude Figenwald
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
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Flower Seller, Maroc, 1989
Albert Watson
Photography - 60.3 x 50.8 cm Photography - 23.75 x 20 inch
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Captain Robert Falcon Scott
Herbert Ponting
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
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Scott’s Expedition Team
Herbert Ponting
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
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Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut Hollywood California USA
Philippe Halsman
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 2 inch
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Vespas à Montmartre, Paris, vers 1950
Maurice Bonnel
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Ayrton Senna Victoire au GP du Brésil 1992 coupe
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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Scott’s Expedition Team
Herbert Ponting
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
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Untitled
Margrethe Mather
Photography - 25.1 x 18.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.88 x 7.38 x 0.1 inch
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Cabinet of Souls (Armoire à Âmes)
Laura Makabresku
Photography - 20 x 20 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 inch
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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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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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Une parisienne à Bicyclette
Sylvia Galmot
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
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Greta Garbo with hat, portrait
Clarence Sinclair Bull
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
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Nude #14, Platinum Palladium print
Seike Tomio
Photography - 24.1 x 20.3 x 3.8 cm Photography - 9.5 x 8 x 1.5 inch
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Paysage ethnographique #6
Jean-Pierre Attal
Photography - 120 x 160 cm Photography - 47.2 x 63 inch
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Wellenelement Inverse Transformation 1
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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Mer de Chine, Boat People
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Sœur pleurant son frère
James Nachtwey
Photography - 38 x 56 x 1 cm Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.4 inch
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Ice Block, Iceland
Gonçalo Martins
Photography - 19 x 19 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0 inch
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Peter Keetman Portfolio 1936–1960
Peter Keetman
Photography - 121.9 x 254 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 100 x 0.1 inch
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Legère brise
Alain Longeaud
Photography - 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
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Johnny Hallyday. Seul dans la rue à Paris, le 2 Mars 1987
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Méditation sur la beauté n°1 : L'insaisissable
Anne Colson
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
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Fosters Pond
Arno Rafael Minkkinen
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Hip Hop sous la Tour Eiffel
Amadou Gaye
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Hip Hop sous la Tour Eiffel
Amadou Gaye
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Via Veneto #10
Gilles Mercier
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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No77 Spirit
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,647
Sans titre
Julien Drogoul
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,005
Mère et enfant
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,349
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 1
Antoine Kubler
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
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Black and White Photography for Sale
Black and white photography is today one of countless photographic techniques and yet it was at one time the only type of photography available. This is the reason why it often tends to be associated with historical works and a vintage feel.
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered how to print images onto metal plates. When he died in 1833, Louis Daguerre, followed by Francois Arago, continued to develop his research, resulting in the invention of the daguerreotype which consisted of an image printed onto a silver plate when exposed to the light. Together they invented photography.
The first black and white photos began to appear. Initially used for research purposes, photography started to spread as daguerreotype studios opened everywhere. Black and white portraits immortalized the faces of the upper middle classes and would later be used to capture all members of society. Celebrities were also a popular subject choice and many photographers specialized in taking their portraits, as Jean-Loup Sieff did all throughout his career almost a century after the invention of photography.
The first colored photographs soon followed. The technique was invented as early as 1860 but was not put to use until a century later. In the meantime, many unforgettable artists began to demonstrate their talents for art photography. Street photography, for example, was a key trend during the 20th century, with major photographers such as Robert Doisneau, Brassi and Henri Cartier-Bresson capturing the urban landscape of the time. All three were masters of taking candid photos. They succeeded in making fleeting moments last forever in monochrome images. Sometimes humorous, sometimes romantic, or even just a little bizarre, they take us back in time to days gone by. Looking at such rare and fragile moments can be like going through old postcards from the past, and although we enjoy looking at them, they can provoke a sense of nostalgia and melancholy.
In the United States, the humanist Walker Evans led the way for black and white photography, capturing the daily life of modern America with his analogue camera, whether it be in the New York subway or on the highways of the Deep South. A little later, Robert Frank photographed the faces of America and the American people with his remarkable black and white shots, recognizable thanks to his highly distinctive photographic technique and composition.
Of course, black and white photography is not limited to the representation of everyday scenes. It can also sublimate landscapes, as demonstrated by Kasra's shots. The black and white blend perfectly with the long exposure to create an effect of softness, floating and the passage of time quite exceptional. We could also mention Michael Kenna and Ricky Cohete who particularly excel in this field.
Some works fascinate by the perfect complementarity of these two colors: black, which is often associated with nothingness and sadness, and white, which is associated with light and hope. In the West at least, because it can have a completely opposite meaning in other cultures like Japan. The union of these two shades accentuates the contrasts and highlights the forms in a sober and elegant way. It often directs our attention to a single subject.
Often used to provoke a feeling of nostalgia, black and white unconsciously inscribes the works in history by conveying a timeless message, frozen in time.
Artsper invites you to take a stroll through time with this selection of works by Brno Del Zou, Yevgeniy Repiashenko, Emmanuelle Barbaras, Bert Stern, Alexander Benz and Hervé Gloaguen.
What does black and white mean in photography?
In photography, black and white means that all color has been removed from the image, leaving just shades of gray that span from black to white. This can either be done digitally or by using black and white film.
What is good about black and white photography?
Many photographers and artists use black and white photography because it removes the distraction of color from an image. This can draw more focus to elements of the image such as the facial expression or gesture of the subject, the composition, or the shapes and textures.
What techniques are used in black and white photography?
Black and white photography is generally shot using the same equipment as color photography (although if film, using black and white film), but artists may optimise their results by looking for high contrast images, light sources, and interesting textures.