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![Print, Growth Lines, KaYe Canonigo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191778_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La croupe de Léda, Thierry Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216007_1_grid.jpg)
La croupe de Léda
Thierry Robert
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, Revue noire, Thierry Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215883_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Feuille enroulée, Thierry Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215879_1_grid.jpg)
Feuille enroulée
Thierry Robert
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€900
![Photography, Dripping, Thierry Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215441_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Frondes de fougère, Thierry Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215440_1_grid.jpg)
Frondes de fougère
Thierry Robert
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, Tête d'ail, Thierry Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215438_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hat and Gloves Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205985_1_grid.jpg)
Hat and Gloves Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€4,851
![Photography, Kimono I, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198102_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Boîte n°42, de la série "Les Bouquinistes", Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201993_1_grid.jpg)
Boîte n°42, de la série "Les Bouquinistes"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
€1,000
![Photography, Le rêveur, de la série "Les Bouquinistes", Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201986_1_grid.jpg)
Le rêveur, de la série "Les Bouquinistes"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€850
![Print, Farandole 8, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/388424_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Queen of Flowers - Format S, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213788_1_grid.jpg)
Queen of Flowers - Format S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€150
![Photography, L'Arbre du Lac, Sinden Collier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206314_1_grid.jpg)
L'Arbre du Lac
Sinden Collier
Photography - 41 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 24 x 0 inch
€1,600
![Painting, Ex Abrupto 3, L'Outsider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200062_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Two Glasses of Champagne Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205984_1_grid.jpg)
Two Glasses of Champagne Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€4,851
![Photography, Tokyo 5, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198110_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jump, Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190127_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, In Pursuit of Northern Light, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101659_1_grid.jpg)
In Pursuit of Northern Light
Drew Doggett
Photography - 68.6 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 18 x 0.1 inch
€1,601
![Photography, Dreamland, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101656_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, In Sync, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101653_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Road to Kazbegi, Emil Farber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206237_1_grid.jpg)
The Road to Kazbegi
Emil Farber
Photography - 39.2 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€400
![Fine Art Drawings, Life is Full of Possibilities, Marney-Rose Edge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196482_1_grid.jpg)
Life is Full of Possibilities
Marney-Rose Edge
Fine Art Drawings - 107 x 122 x 6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 42.1 x 48 x 2.4 inch
€1,600
![Photography, GG1A, Milen Radev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204076_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, GG1B, Milen Radev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204075_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, GG3A, Milen Radev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204074_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, GG3B, Milen Radev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204073_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, GG2A, Milen Radev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204072_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, GG2B, Milen Radev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204071_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, GG4A, Milen Radev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204070_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, GG4B, Milen Radev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204069_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rockfall, Milen Radev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204068_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 7.03. 2018, Prisca Lobjoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190787_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pascal Baril](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212909_1_grid.jpg)
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Pascal Baril
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, Kimono III, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198125_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sumo 5, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198120_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Kimono II, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198116_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rhythmogramm Klangfläche, Heinrich Heidersberger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204745_1_grid.jpg)
Rhythmogramm Klangfläche
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€8,400
![Photography, Rhythmogramm Verzeichnis Nr: 03782_000_253, Heinrich Heidersberger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204744_1_grid.jpg)
Rhythmogramm Verzeichnis Nr: 03782_000_253
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch
€5,800
![Photography, Nadege - Paris - Bibliothèque François Mitterand - série photo noir et blanc danse et architecture, Lucas Perrigot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202177_1_grid.jpg)
Nadege - Paris - Bibliothèque François Mitterand - série photo noir et blanc danse et architecture
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
€578
![Photography, Liliboy - La pause - Nord-sur-Erdre - Festival La Nuit de l'Erdre - Groupe Deluxe 2019 - série photo noir et blanc, Lucas Perrigot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202176_1_grid.jpg)
Liliboy - La pause - Nord-sur-Erdre - Festival La Nuit de l'Erdre - Groupe Deluxe 2019 - série photo noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
€578
![Photography, Leron Thomas trompettiste - Nantes - Stéréolux - Concert de GUTS - série photo noir et blanc, Lucas Perrigot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202173_1_grid.jpg)
Leron Thomas trompettiste - Nantes - Stéréolux - Concert de GUTS - série photo noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
€578
![Photography, Jimmy Jay - Saint-Herblain - La Carrière - Festival Hip Opsession 2013 - série photo concert noir et blanc, Lucas Perrigot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202158_1_grid.jpg)
Jimmy Jay - Saint-Herblain - La Carrière - Festival Hip Opsession 2013 - série photo concert noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
€578
![Photography, IBEYI - Deux minutes avant la scène - Paris - L'Olympia - série photo concert noir et blanc, Lucas Perrigot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202154_1_grid.jpg)
IBEYI - Deux minutes avant la scène - Paris - L'Olympia - série photo concert noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
€600
![Photography, IBEYI & JR - Paris - L'Olympia - série photo concert noir et blanc, Lucas Perrigot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202153_1_grid.jpg)
IBEYI & JR - Paris - L'Olympia - série photo concert noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
€600
![Photography, Coste Hôtel Dieu - Nantes - série photo noir et blanc danse et architecture, Lucas Perrigot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201946_1_grid.jpg)
Coste Hôtel Dieu - Nantes - série photo noir et blanc danse et architecture
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
€578
![Photography, Pays #184, Philippe Bréson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198811_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Noor, Daniel Holfeld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195427_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Match Silhouette (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200162_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lipstick Cigarette II (XS), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199358_1_grid.jpg)
Lipstick Cigarette II (XS)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 38.1 x 50.8 cm Photography - 15 x 20 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Provocateur, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192549_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fenêtres 014 - Présence, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215131_1_grid.jpg)
Fenêtres 014 - Présence
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€400
![Photography, Fenêtres 011 - Vue de l'interieur, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215120_1_grid.jpg)
Fenêtres 011 - Vue de l'interieur
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€400
![Photography, Fenêtres 08 - Double exposition, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215109_1_grid.jpg)
Fenêtres 08 - Double exposition
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€400
![Photography, Fenêtres 05 - Matin d'automne, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215086_1_grid.jpg)
Fenêtres 05 - Matin d'automne
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€400
![Photography, Fenêtres 01 - Trompe l'oeil, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215073_1_grid.jpg)
Fenêtres 01 - Trompe l'oeil
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€400
![Photography, Rencontres Improbables 029 - Découpe, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214922_1_grid.jpg)
Rencontres Improbables 029 - Découpe
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€400
![Photography, Rencontres Improbables 020 - Rébus, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214903_1_grid.jpg)
Rencontres Improbables 020 - Rébus
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€400
![Photography, Rencontres Improbables 016 - Bagarre, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214891_1_grid.jpg)
Rencontres Improbables 016 - Bagarre
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€400
![Photography, Rencontres Improbables 013 - Fin de soirée, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214885_1_grid.jpg)
Rencontres Improbables 013 - Fin de soirée
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€400
![Photography, Rencontres Improbables 010 - A table !, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214874_1_grid.jpg)
Rencontres Improbables 010 - A table !
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€400
![Photography, Rencontres Improbables 07 - La belle au bois dormant, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214870_1_grid.jpg)
Rencontres Improbables 07 - La belle au bois dormant
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€400
![Photography, Rencontres Improbables 04 - Mauvaise rencontre, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214861_1_grid.jpg)
Rencontres Improbables 04 - Mauvaise rencontre
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€400
![Photography, Rencontres Improbables 01 - Le dernier sourire, Rodolfo Franchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214852_1_grid.jpg)
Rencontres Improbables 01 - Le dernier sourire
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€400
![Photography, Pierre Desproges, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190308_1_grid.jpg)
Pierre Desproges
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 25 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, Coluche - Iconic portraits, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190305_1_grid.jpg)
Coluche - Iconic portraits
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, Serge Gainsbourg au Palace, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190279_1_grid.jpg)
Serge Gainsbourg au Palace
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, Mikhail Baryshnikov, American Ballet Theatre - NYC, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204039_1_grid.jpg)
Mikhail Baryshnikov, American Ballet Theatre - NYC
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,280
![Photography, New York, Model, Drusilla Dru Beyfus., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204037_1_grid.jpg)
New York, Model, Drusilla Dru Beyfus.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,280
![Photography, Sylvana Mangano (ITA), at the Museum of Modern Art, USA, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204036_1_grid.jpg)
Sylvana Mangano (ITA), at the Museum of Modern Art, USA
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,280
![Print, Lotus Ornament Large Format, Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/578379_1_grid.jpg)
Lotus Ornament Large Format
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 105 x 77 x 0.1 cm Print - 41.3 x 30.3 x 0 inch
€2,300
![Photography, Tokyo 9, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198500_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jardin, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198485_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mont Fuji, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198484_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Temple III, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198483_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sumo I, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198124_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sumo III, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198122_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sumo 6, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198119_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sumo 7, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198118_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sumo 8, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198117_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sumo 8, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198115_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tokyo II, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198113_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tokyo III, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198112_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Poissons, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198108_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Temple II, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198107_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Who will fly you there, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194112_1_grid.jpg)
Who will fly you there
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€250
![Painting, Traveling Light,, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186151_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Deluxe - Le saut final - Nantes - Salle de concert Stéréolux 2019 - série photo noir et blanc, Lucas Perrigot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202152_1_grid.jpg)
Deluxe - Le saut final - Nantes - Salle de concert Stéréolux 2019 - série photo noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
€578
![Photography, Earth and Water series, Jenny Owens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209749_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Over Water, Jenny Owens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209719_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bob Marley at Berkshire Music Glen, 1978, Michael Grecco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202628_1_grid.jpg)
Bob Marley at Berkshire Music Glen, 1978
Michael Grecco
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,910
![Photography, Charles X - La coopérative de Mai - Clermont-Ferrand 2016 - Les Nuits Zébrées de Nova, Lucas Perrigot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201940_1_grid.jpg)
Charles X - La coopérative de Mai - Clermont-Ferrand 2016 - Les Nuits Zébrées de Nova
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
€570
![Photography, The Lady and the Lion (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200207_1_grid.jpg)
The Lady and the Lion (S)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 45.7 x 45.7 cm Photography - 18 x 18 inch
€2,425
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!