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Do you smoke after ? #2
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,063
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Do you smoke after ? #1
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,063
![Photography, Lagon bleu, Islande, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904376_1_grid.jpg)
Lagon bleu, Islande
José Nicolas
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$391
![Photography, OMO: Untitled 6, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101413_1_grid.jpg)
OMO: Untitled 6
Drew Doggett
Photography - 48.3 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
![Photography, Hommage to S, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/846786_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Elle Le regard, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904826_1_grid.jpg)
Elle Le regard
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Photography, Portrait-nu 10, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/471607_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Kira's Tattoo, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2048364_1_grid.jpg)
Kira's Tattoo
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
$331
![Photography, Dumping, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566658_1_grid.jpg)
Dumping
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$352
![Photography, ND (en collaboration avec Alcibiade), Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566640_1_grid.jpg)
ND (en collaboration avec Alcibiade)
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$235
![Photography, Portrai-nu 4, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/471595_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait-nu 2, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/471577_1_grid.jpg)
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Homage to Matisse
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$530
![Photography, Marie une amie /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1637763_1_grid.jpg)
Marie une amie /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$257
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C3
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$470
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C2
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$470
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C1
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$470
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ELLE Photographie volée /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$302
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Elle La Sirène
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$302
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Elle The wall /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$302
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ELLE L'horizon /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$302
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SHE and the setting sun /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$302
![Photography, Ma sirène en noir et blanc ou en couleur /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1935330_1_grid.jpg)
Ma sirène en noir et blanc ou en couleur /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$257
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My first nudes 1978 N°5 /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$257
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Elle Son corps dévoilé /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$257
![Photography, Marie au Château 1, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1799094_1_grid.jpg)
Marie au Château 1
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Photography, Elle Le matin /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1789743_1_grid.jpg)
Elle Le matin /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$257
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My first nudes 1978 N°4 /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 42 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$257
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ELLE on the rocks /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Photography, ELLE Lying in the grass /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1761492_1_grid.jpg)
ELLE Lying in the grass /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$257
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My first nudes 1978 N°3 /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$257
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My first nudes 1978 N°2
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Photography, ELLE Look at me, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1720449_1_grid.jpg)
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Elle On the beach
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 42 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Photography, Elle et la maternité, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1681515_1_grid.jpg)
Elle et la maternité
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 42 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Photography, Elle Séduction /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1591497_1_grid.jpg)
Elle Séduction /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Photography, ELLE la joie de vivre /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512102_1_grid.jpg)
ELLE la joie de vivre /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$257
![Photography, ELLE et son reflet /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1436469_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Manifestation, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566613_1_grid.jpg)
Manifestation
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 21 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$211
![Photography, ELLE "MA TENTATRICE"/, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1999893_1_grid.jpg)
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Elle offerte /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Photography, So beautiful pregnant /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1795764_1_grid.jpg)
So beautiful pregnant /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Photography, Elle Douceur /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1617330_1_grid.jpg)
Elle Douceur /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Photography, ELLE Pudique /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1557513_1_grid.jpg)
ELLE Pudique /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Photography, Elle Look at me /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1465284_1_grid.jpg)
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Elle " Déshabillez-moi " /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$257
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XIV 374B // XIV Karo, Ethiopia (XL)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 207.5 x 170 cm Photography - 81.69 x 66.93 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, I Am Craig, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148043_1_grid.jpg)
I Am Craig
Lars Beusker
Photography - 136 x 131 x 5 cm Photography - 53.5 x 51.6 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, Mummy & Me, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148039_1_grid.jpg)
Mummy & Me
Lars Beusker
Photography - 146 x 126 x 5 cm Photography - 57.5 x 49.6 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, Elephants On Earth, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148034_1_grid.jpg)
Elephants On Earth
Lars Beusker
Photography - 116 x 186 x 5 cm Photography - 45.7 x 73.2 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, Amboseli, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148031_1_grid.jpg)
Amboseli
Lars Beusker
Photography - 121 x 171 x 5 cm Photography - 47.6 x 67.3 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, This Is Us, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148027_1_grid.jpg)
This Is Us
Lars Beusker
Photography - 126 x 146 x 5 cm Photography - 49.6 x 57.5 x 2 inch
Price upon request
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Walk The Walk
Lars Beusker
Photography - 146 x 126 x 5 cm Photography - 57.5 x 49.6 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, The King, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148014_1_grid.jpg)
The King
Lars Beusker
Photography - 150 x 120 x 5 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, Garden Of Eden, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148008_1_grid.jpg)
Garden Of Eden
Lars Beusker
Photography - 126 x 186 x 5 cm Photography - 49.6 x 73.2 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, Waterhole, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148007_1_grid.jpg)
Waterhole
Lars Beusker
Photography - 126 x 146 x 5 cm Photography - 49.6 x 57.5 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, Band Of Love, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148005_1_grid.jpg)
Band Of Love
Lars Beusker
Photography - 116 x 181 x 5 cm Photography - 45.7 x 71.3 x 2 inch
Price upon request
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Markus klino - The Descent (B&W)
Markus Klinko
Photography - 152.4 x 120.8 x 4 cm Photography - 60 x 47.6 x 1.6 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, Ba Jun Tu, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148024_1_grid.jpg)
Ba Jun Tu
Lars Beusker
Photography - 126 x 176 x 5 cm Photography - 49.6 x 69.3 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, Game of Thrones, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148021_1_grid.jpg)
Game of Thrones
Lars Beusker
Photography - 106 x 186 x 5 cm Photography - 41.7 x 73.2 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, Mondays, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148019_1_grid.jpg)
Mondays
Lars Beusker
Photography - 126 x 166 x 5 cm Photography - 49.6 x 65.4 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Photography, Shere Khan, Lars Beusker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148018_1_grid.jpg)
Shere Khan
Lars Beusker
Photography - 136 x 126 x 5 cm Photography - 53.5 x 49.6 x 2 inch
Price upon request
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No43 Spirit Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 152 x 152 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$4,586
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Kingdom Come
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
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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.
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.
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.
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.