Dark photographic compositions

Highlighting the darkness. It seems almost like an oxymoron, but in photography certain techniques can do just that. Much like darker tones found in painting, dark photographic compositions can echo melancholy, somberness or loneliness – whether that is in a dimly lit nightscape or a densely packed crowd void of light in the urban landscape. Both black and white and color photography can create dark compositions, playing with the hues of browns, black and grays that emerge within photographic processes. By using contrast to highlight a subject, such as an item, gaze, or outline, it might suggest a dark emotion or feeling of loneliness, danger and even intimacy and adventure. In Artsper's own selection of works, Christophe Dabreau notes that he observes his subjects and attempts to “bring to light" a view hidden in shadow. Whilst Cécile Baldewyns' work aims to tell stories and reveal secrets of her desires and sorrow through dark compositions. Though her work has been deemed both sensual and disturbing, isn't the foreboding and dramatic nature of dark tones the perfect setting for it? 

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Photography, A Chick, Emil Farber

A Chick

Emil Farber

Photography - 26.5 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$595

Photography, Others, Héléna Palazzi

Others

Héléna Palazzi

Photography - 89 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35 x 28 x 0 inch

$1,071

Photography, Skull, Cyrille  Charro

Skull

Cyrille Charro

Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$595

Photography, Mar II, Irene Cruz

Mar II

Irene Cruz

Photography - 27 x 40 cm Photography - 10.6 x 15.7 inch

$667

Photography, Hit by a bus, Norman Reedus

Hit by a bus

Norman Reedus

Photography - 20.32 x 25.4 x 1 cm Photography - 8 x 10 x 0.4 inch

$1,786

Photography, L1000247 1, Eru Narayana

L1000247 1

Eru Narayana

Photography - 111.8 x 144.8 cm Photography - 44 x 57 inch

$18,750

Photography, Glimpse, Alexander Benz

Glimpse

Alexander Benz

Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$548

Photography, Sana, Cécile Baldewyns

Sana

Cécile Baldewyns

Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.04 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$833

Photography, Cemetry, Cécile Baldewyns

Cemetry

Cécile Baldewyns

Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

$833

Photography, Raining, Cécile Baldewyns

Raining

Cécile Baldewyns

Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.04 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$952

Photography, Rebirth, Cécile Baldewyns

Rebirth

Cécile Baldewyns

Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

$833

Photography, Jupe, Cécile Baldewyns

Jupe

Cécile Baldewyns

Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.04 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$833

Photography, Circus, Cécile Baldewyns

Circus

Cécile Baldewyns

Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

$833

Photography, Fairy, Cécile Baldewyns

Fairy

Cécile Baldewyns

Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

$833

Photography, Stairs, Cécile Baldewyns

Stairs

Cécile Baldewyns

Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.03 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$1,548

Photography, Fonster, Julie Peiffer

Fonster

Julie Peiffer

Photography - 60 x 75 x 0.04 cm Photography - 23.6 x 29.5 x 0 inch

$1,012

Photography, Algas 45-XIX, Paola Dávila

Algas 45-XIX

Paola Dávila

Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

$2,000

Photography, Disorder, Cécile Baldewyns

Disorder

Cécile Baldewyns

Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.04 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$1,071

Photography, 00H00, Julie Peiffer

00H00

Julie Peiffer

Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch

$952

Photography, Algas 45-IV, Paola Dávila

Algas 45-IV

Paola Dávila

Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

$2,000