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Naomi Campbell
Thierry Le Gouès
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$6,729
Doucement elles se réveillent
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$396
Mon amie la brume
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 13 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$396
Pêcheur de brumes
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 13 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$396
Série : Berlin nord-est / rues
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / rues
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / rues
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / rues
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours: Kastanienallee
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours: Buanderie dans la cour arrière
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours: L'ange déchu - Église Élisabeth
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours - Stargarder Straße
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours - Oderberger Straße
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours - Kastanien Allee
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours - Oderberger Strasse
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours - Kastanienallee
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Série : Berlin nord-est / arrière-cours - Kastanienallee
Manfred Paul
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,827
Rudolf Nureyev Applying His Make-up 1976
David Steen
Photography - 111 x 78 x 0.01 cm Photography - 43.7 x 30.7 x 0 inch
$3,280
Pete Townshend – Smoking Joint, Twickenham, London, 1977
David Steen
Photography - 111 x 78 x 0.01 cm Photography - 43.7 x 30.7 x 0 inch
$3,257
Oliver Reed – Broome Hall, England, 1975
David Steen
Photography - 97 x 137 x 0.01 cm Photography - 38.2 x 53.9 x 0 inch
$4,806
Roger Moore - Ocha Rios, Jamaica.
David Steen
Photography - 78 x 111 x 0.01 cm Photography - 30.7 x 43.7 x 0 inch
$3,257
Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
David Steen
Photography - 78 x 111 x 0.01 cm Photography - 30.7 x 43.7 x 0 inch
$3,257
Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins – Windmill Street Soho London
David Steen
Photography - 31 x 44 x 0.01 cm Photography - 12.2 x 17.3 x 0 inch
$3,257
Frank Sinatra In Miami
Terry O'Neill
Photography - 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch
$13,458
Fragmented-Untitled 6
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Fragmented-Untitled 2
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Bosque Tropical Húmedo Nuquí
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 110 x 91.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 36.2 x 0.1 inch
$4,500
Frailejón el Verjón (Detalle), Pigment Print
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 110 x 91.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 36.2 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Tatacoa I, Pigment Prints
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 96 x 78 x 0.3 cm Photography - 37.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Frailejones el Verjón. Archival Pigment print.
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 78 x 96 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30.7 x 37.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Der Taschenträger (Il Portaborse)
Ale Senso
Print - 42 x 59.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 16.5 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$68
Bridge, Tree and Rock in Fog, Alentejo
Gonçalo Martins
Photography - 27 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$181
Miami Stripes (B&W)
Luca Artioli
Photography - 68.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Miami Abstractions B&W
Luca Artioli
Photography - 101.6 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Miami Stripes I
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Miami Downtown I
Luca Artioli
Photography - 99.1 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Untitled 73 (Pucci)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$3,000
Untitled 70 (Calvin Klein)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$3,000
Untitled 3 (Alexander McQueen)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$3,000
Untitled 32 (Paris)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 30 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 29 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 28 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 26 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 24 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 19 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 15 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 14 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 11 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 8 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 7 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 5 (Paris)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 4 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 3 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 2 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 1 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 14 from the series of INtheVISIBLE
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 180 x 140 x 0.1 cm Photography - 70.9 x 55.1 x 0 inch
$4,500
Untitled 12 from the series of INtheVISIBLE
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 120 x 180 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 70.9 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 30 from the series of INtheVISIBLE
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 140 x 110 x 0.1 cm Photography - 55.1 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$4,500
Untitled Morocco 22
Ziad Naitaddi
Photography - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$792
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!