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Roman by Craven 1970, Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£2,577
Delphino - Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
£2,577
Coulentianos
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£2,577
Grossert Michael 4 - Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£2,577
Grossert Michael 2 - Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£2,577
Grossert Michael
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£2,577
Grossert Michael - 1970 Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£2,577
Camargo - Musée des Sables Barcarès
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£2,577
Oeil de craven eye - Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£2,577
Untouchable Light
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
£4,710
Silhouette Portrait
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
£4,710
Untouchable Light II
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
£4,710
Glaciation magique
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
£222
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£98
Le Grand Geroldseck 1
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£169
Lines, White Sands
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£435
Vague suspendue
Kathia Mohl
Photography - 54 x 212 x 3 cm Photography - 21.3 x 83.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,933
Lunar - Collection Morocco
Rodrigo
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.01 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£1,111
Karl Largerfield soirée Kenzo
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 16 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.3 x 9.4 x 0 inch
£267
Clouds and Rain
Wai Ming Lung
Photography - 135 x 90 x 0.01 cm Photography - 53.1 x 35.4 x 0 inch
£3,110
The man of coils
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 30.5 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 inch
£195
Le Grand Geroldseck 3
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£169
Le Grand Geroldseck 2
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£169
Latex & Honey Lifestyle
Ulrich Trüssel
Photography - 90 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
£2,666
Série "Love is in the air" - 3
Line Taarnberg
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£355
Seul - Photographie scène de vie en bord de mer
Denis Morel
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£391
Michael Jordan - We do it !
OverSide
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
£311
Yves Saint Laurent - L'histoire d'une vie
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
£311
Micheal Jordan - Yes I am
OverSide
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
£311
RUN DMC - Le concert
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
£311
El Mundo entero
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£378
Secrétariat à Chandigarh
Lucien Hervé
Photography - 26 x 26 x 0.2 cm Photography - 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
£3,377
Cœur Assis
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,066
Michael Schumacher Imola et deux roues en l'air
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,333
Ayrton Senna Victoire au GP du Brésil 1992
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,333
Michael Schumacher et Eddy Irvine sur Ferrari Monaco
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Kimi Raikkonen MacLaren
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Destiny, 2009, From the series of "While You Are Sleeping"
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 105 x 133 x 0.1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 52.4 x 0 inch
£5,805
Disappearance, 2009, From the series of "While You Are Sleeping"
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 105 x 133 x 0.1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 52.4 x 0 inch
£6,635
Venise. Grand canal. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Nature dépouillé. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Argenté pour ce vieux gréement. Voile de Saint Tropez
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 2 inch
£1,244
Voilier de tradition. Brest. Voile
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Vers le large. Voilier de tradition
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Kasbha du pacha el Glaoui. Télouet. Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Les ghats de Jodhpur. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,154
Enfants Massai. Parc du Masai Mara. Kenya
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Les tanneurs de Fés. Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Jeune fille revenant du champs. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Indiens de la Vallée de L'Omo. Dassanech. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Femme voilée. Inde. Calcutta
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Fête du Holi. Inde du Nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Tangage sur la Nioulargue. Saint Tropez.
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
La Nioulargue. Saint Tropez. Voile 6
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
La grande Armada du siècle. Rouen. Voile 6
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
La Nioulargue. Saint Tropez. Voile 5
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
La grande Armada du siècle. Rouen. Voile 3
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
La Nioulargue. Saint Tropez. Voile 5
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
La Nioulargue. Saint Tropez. Voile 4
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
La grande Armada du siècle. Rouen. Voile 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
La grande Armada du siècle. Rouen. Voile
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Nioulargue. Saint Tropez. Voile 3
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Nioulargue. Saint Tropez. Voile 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 2 inch
£1,154
Nioulargue. Saint Tropez. Voile 1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Nioulargue. Saint Tropez. Voile
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Fernando Alonso. MacLaren. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Eddie Irvine. Tunnel de Monaco. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Alain Prost. Portugal. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Sortie de route de Mika Salo à Spa Francorchamps. Belgique. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Ayrton Senna. MacLaren F1. Monaco
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,332
Michael Schumacher. Argentine. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£889
Mika Hakkinen. Argentine. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Félipe Massa. Ferrari. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Lewis Hamilton. MacLaren. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Michael Schumacher. Ferrari. Silverstone. Angleterre.
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,333
Mika Hakkinen. Monaco. F1.
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Damon Hill. Jordan. Canada. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Andrea De Cesaris. Minardi. Monza. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Alain Prost. Ferrari. Monaco
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,333
Ralf Schumacher. Brésil. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
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No77 Spirit
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
£1,311
La femme de pêcheur
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 58 x 38 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22.8 x 15 x 0 inch
£1,244
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Antoine Kubler
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
£222 £200
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.
What does black and white mean in photography?
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.
What is good about black and white photography?
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.
What techniques are used in black and white photography?
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.