Dark Photography
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?
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography . 40 x 60 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 inch
CHF 674
Recommended by Artsper
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography . 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
CHF 770
Recommended by Artsper
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography . 50 x 50 x 0.04 cm Photography . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
CHF 674
Recommended by Artsper
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography . 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
CHF 674
Recommended by Artsper
Michael James O'Brien
Photography . 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
CHF 4,368
Recommended by Artsper
Michael James O'Brien
Photography . 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
CHF 4,368
Recommended by Artsper
Michael James O'Brien
Photography . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
CHF 6,989
Recommended by Artsper
Michael James O'Brien
Photography . 40.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 16 x 40 x 0.1 inch
CHF 4,368
Michael James O'Brien
Photography . 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
CHF 4,368
Michael James O'Brien
Photography . 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
CHF 4,368
Justin Pumfrey
Photography . 101 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography . 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
CHF 1,921
Recommended by Artsper
Justin Pumfrey
Photography . 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography . 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
CHF 1,921
Recommended by Artsper
Carlos Arriagada
Photography . 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
Recommended by Artsper
Julie Peiffer
Photography . 70 x 56 x 0.5 cm Photography . 27.6 x 22 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,156
Recommended by Artsper
Julie Peiffer
Photography . 80 x 80 cm Photography . 31.5 x 31.5 inch
CHF 2,311
Recommended by Artsper
Julie Peiffer
Photography . 71 x 100 x 0.04 cm Photography . 28 x 39.4 x 0 inch
CHF 2,311
Recommended by Artsper
Julie Peiffer
Photography . 75 x 60 x 0.04 cm Photography . 29.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
CHF 819
Recommended by Artsper
Julie Peiffer
Photography . 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,734
Recommended by Artsper
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 80 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
CHF 3,082
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 59.5 x 79.5 x 0.5 cm Photography . 23.4 x 31.3 x 0.2 inch
CHF 2,119
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 1,637
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography . 80 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
CHF 3,082
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography . 80 x 60 cm Photography . 31.5 x 23.6 inch
CHF 770
Recommended by Artsper
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography . 40 x 30 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 inch
CHF 385
Recommended by Artsper
Cyrille Charro
Photography . 70 x 70 x 2 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,852 CHF 3,467
Barbara Vandendriessche
Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,156
Barbara Vandendriessche
Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,156
Barbara Vandendriessche
Photography . 62 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography . 24.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,156
Barbara Vandendriessche
Photography . 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
CHF 2,408
Barbara Vandendriessche
Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,156
