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![Photography, Tights, Lesya Rozova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/855993_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dreamlover, Zoobs Ansari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/587022_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lady magic, Zoobs Ansari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/587007_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, White 2, Benjamin Skinner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1698264_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bast, Argentum, Guido Argentini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1598337_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Thoth, Argentum, Guido Argentini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1552665_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fashion Watch me, Mark Fontaine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/643725_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lac des Cerces, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159022_1_grid.jpg)
Lac des Cerces, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais
José Nicolas
Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, I Have a Dream, Forough Yavari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115970_1_grid.jpg)
I Have a Dream
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
€2,716
![Photography, I-Type, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084493_1_grid.jpg)
I-Type
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 43.35 x 35.75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 17.1 x 14.1 x 0.2 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Austin Percario, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047065_1_grid.jpg)
Austin Percario
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 45.72 x 60.69 x 0.5 cm Photography - 18 x 23.9 x 0.2 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Copines, Luke Simmonds](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1445403_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Série : Entre ciel et terre - Symba, Barcelona, Cristina García Rodero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444807_1_grid.jpg)
Série : Entre ciel et terre - Symba, Barcelona
Cristina García Rodero
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€15,500
![Photography, The Anatomy Lesson (Le Cours d'Anatomie), Laura Makabresku](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/641613_1_grid.jpg)
The Anatomy Lesson (Le Cours d'Anatomie)
Laura Makabresku
Photography - 30 x 20 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
€325
![Photography, In the Clouds Portrait #1, George Mayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1892229_1_grid.jpg)
In the Clouds Portrait #1
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€3,881
![Photography, In the Clouds Portrait #3, George Mayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1892223_1_grid.jpg)
In the Clouds Portrait #3
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€3,881
![Print, Bail croat, Robert Llimós](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/367437_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Wrapped 2, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1791372_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Wrapped 1, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790922_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Holding unto, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790880_1_grid.jpg)
Holding unto
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 53 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
€243
![Photography, Zigzag Syndrome, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790850_1_grid.jpg)
Zigzag Syndrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 59 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€243
![Photography, Despondent Motherhood, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790769_1_grid.jpg)
Despondent Motherhood
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€243
![Photography, Intoxicated 4, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790727_1_grid.jpg)
Intoxicated 4
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€243
![Photography, Intoxicated 3, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790676_1_grid.jpg)
Intoxicated 3
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€243
![Photography, Intoxicated 2, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790637_1_grid.jpg)
Intoxicated 2
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€243
![Photography, Intoxicated 1, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790595_1_grid.jpg)
Intoxicated 1
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€243
![Photography, Intoxicated Womb, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790424_1_grid.jpg)
Intoxicated Womb
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
€243
![Photography, Trapped 5, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790403_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Trapped 4, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790370_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Corner Love 3, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790274_1_grid.jpg)
Corner Love 3
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 48 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 18.9 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€243
![Photography, Corner Love 2, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790268_1_grid.jpg)
Corner Love 2
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 55 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€243
![Photography, Corner Love 1, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790214_1_grid.jpg)
Corner Love 1
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 42 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.5 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€243
![Photography, Fetus 2, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790178_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fetus 1, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790175_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Autoportrait, Pavlo Mazai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1255452_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Autoportrait, Pavlo Mazai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1255449_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Autoportrait, Pavlo Mazai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1255413_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Metaphysical Body Landscape #54, Anna Laza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/749874_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Strong Enough PolaLab, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1612128_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Strong Beauty - PolaLift, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610061_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Anton # 1, Andreas Sundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142409_1_grid.jpg)
Anton # 1
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 140 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 55.1 x 41.3 x 0 inch
€3,206
![Photography, Gabriella, Andreas Sundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1138791_1_grid.jpg)
Gabriella
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,836
![Photography, Libido and Mortido, Portrait #47, George Mayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1887723_1_grid.jpg)
Libido and Mortido, Portrait #47
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€3,881
![Photography, Libido and Mortido, Portrait #4, George Mayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1796016_1_grid.jpg)
Libido and Mortido, Portrait #4
George Mayer
Photography - 90 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.43 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€3,881
![Photography, Libido and Mortido, Portrait #38, George Mayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1795986_1_grid.jpg)
Libido and Mortido, Portrait #38
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€4,851
![Photography, Taijitu, Portrait #4, George Mayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1795983_1_grid.jpg)
Taijitu, Portrait #4
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€4,851
![Photography, Taijitu, Portrait #3, George Mayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1795959_1_grid.jpg)
Taijitu, Portrait #3
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€4,851
![Photography, Sans titre, Alexandre Saint-Loup](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350228_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Alexandre Saint-Loup
Photography - 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€2,430
![Photography, Nu #1, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/837765_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Séduction #1, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696270_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade), Lars Bo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537898_1_grid.jpg)
Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade)
Lars Bo
Print - 46 x 36 cm Print - 18.1 x 14.2 inch
€300
![Print, Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade), Lars Bo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537895_1_grid.jpg)
Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade)
Lars Bo
Print - 46 x 36 cm Print - 18.1 x 14.2 inch
€300
![Print, Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade), Lars Bo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537838_1_grid.jpg)
Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade)
Lars Bo
Print - 46 x 36 cm Print - 18.1 x 14.2 inch
€300
![Photography, Sisyphe II grand format, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749663_1_grid.jpg)
Sisyphe II grand format
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,189
![Photography, Sisyphe I, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749606_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #26, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135089_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #26
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 10.6 x 16 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.2 x 6.3 x 0 inch
€280
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #20, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135086_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #20
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 10.6 x 16 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.2 x 6.3 x 0 inch
€280
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #34, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113098_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #34
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 17.3 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #24, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101875_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #24
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 10.6 x 16 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.2 x 6.3 x 0 inch
€280
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #13, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101872_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #13
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 17.3 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #19, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101869_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #19
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 17.3 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #15, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101866_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #15
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 17.3 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #14, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101842_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #14
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 17.3 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, In d mood 4 love, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011293_1_grid.jpg)
In d mood 4 love
Justin Chan
Photography - 80 x 56.5 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 22.2 x 0.2 inch
€9,500
![Photography, Strong Beauty PolaLab, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1612116_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nico und sein Bruder, Andreas Fux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395669_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Danse 4, Gabriel Quirant - Pidet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152540_1_grid.jpg)
Danse 4
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€300
![Photography, Danse 3, Gabriel Quirant - Pidet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152538_1_grid.jpg)
Danse 3
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€300
![Photography, Danse 1, Gabriel Quirant - Pidet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152537_1_grid.jpg)
Danse 1
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€300
![Photography, Early in the cloudy morning, 1, Jan Saudek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2121084_1_grid.jpg)
Early in the cloudy morning, 1
Jan Saudek
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
€2,200
![Photography, Photo numero 3, Mr Stewood](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1901961_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Les enveloppes - image 11/13, Sarah Salazar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457451_1_grid.jpg)
Les enveloppes - image 11/13
Sarah Salazar
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
€413
![Photography, Les enveloppes - image 8/13, Sarah Salazar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457427_1_grid.jpg)
Les enveloppes - image 8/13
Sarah Salazar
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
€413
![Photography, Les enveloppes - image 5/13, Sarah Salazar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457391_1_grid.jpg)
Les enveloppes - image 5/13
Sarah Salazar
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
€413
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![Photography, G3, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/574248_1_grid.jpg)
G3
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,160
![Photography, Champagne !, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748917_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tentation..., D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748875_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lipstick #3, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/736062_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lipstick #1, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/720876_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Et maintenant ?..., D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707640_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Amours Secrètes, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/699897_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Atelier Sylvie Gaudin, African Bed, Mark Arbeit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120553_1_grid.jpg)
Atelier Sylvie Gaudin, African Bed
Mark Arbeit
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 inch
€8,731
![Photography, Photo numero 4, Mr Stewood](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1901958_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rendez-vous #6, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1071348_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le Drapé, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1014135_1_grid.jpg)
Black and white
Before the arrival of photography – with the exception of some etchings and lithographs – all the images we consumed were in colour. Quite simply, because no one would ever have thought to do anything else – why paint in black and white when colour was so readily available?
Yet despite this, today many photographers still choose to work in black and white – such as Pauline Théon, Kadir Von Lohuizen or Joh Lowenstein – even though their photos are taken in colour by the camera itself. Is the black and white trend a fleeting effect of fashion, or a symbolic return to the roots of the photography movement? Black and white photography has something that colour photos, despite recent innovations and the extraordinary quality of images today, cannot quite access. The use of black and white lends significant force to the composition: the contrasts, the shadows and the figures all stand out more strongly. People simply feel differently when faced with a colour photo versus a black and white image.
Colour is a distraction of sorts, a disturbance: colour is a nuisance.
And yet, some photographers still prefer colour to black and white, whilst others merge touches of colour with otherwise monochrome compositions. But in the end, all agree that both styles impose a totally different way of looking at a photo: from researching the shot to post production work, when artists develop or retouch the image. The use of colour is therefore something of a process in its own right, relating to two different ways of viewing the world and showing it others. The question, then, is what is being told, and why is it being in the way that it is?
The symbolic value of putting black and white together is a good starting point for reflecting on the fascination that they generate even today. There could not be a more fascinating, more striking ambivalence than when black, the 'colour' of darkness and burnt coal, considered a non-colour, is placed alongside white – representing light, and the result of all the colours merged together.
The problem faced by photographers today is that black and white still carry strong connotations of the past, of an era before the popularisation of colour and its massive cultural recovery amongst the press and photo journalists. In fact, it is rare now that contemporary subjects are photographed in colour, but we still associate black and white images with a retro feel.
So what does contemporary art have to say about it all? Discover Artsper's selection of black and white works: on the border of past and present, of the real and the imaginary… let us guide you!