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Claude Viallat Portrait
Jean-Pierre Loubat
Photography - 42 x 31 x 1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
£429
Daniel Dezeuze Portrait
Jean-Pierre Loubat
Photography - 43 x 31 x 1 cm Photography - 16.9 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
£429
Leaf Veins VII
Charles Brabin
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£175
Paris, nonne au Palais Royal
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
£402
Spinning the wheel, Oregon
Mindaugas Gabrenas
Photography - 19.5 x 19.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.7 x 7.7 x 0.1 inch
£357
Jumping Horse with Reins, County Sligo, Ireland - Silver Gelatin Print, Archival Pigment Prints
Catherine Ursillo
Photography - 50.8 x 61 cm Photography - 20 x 24 inch
£1,825
Number One
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 139.7 x 96.5 x 3.3 cm Photography - 55 x 38 x 1.3 inch
£4,334
Comme des grandes
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£178
Poseïdon (Till human voices wakes us)
Kramer O'Neill
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£402
White Dreams Untitled N°01
Steeve Bauras
Photography - 180 x 120 cm Photography - 70.9 x 47.2 inch
£4,913
Sans titre nº3
Julien Monteiro
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
£295
Sans titre nº2
Julien Monteiro
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
£295
Cast your spell on me
Justin Chan
Photography - 80 x 56.5 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 22.2 x 0.2 inch
£8,486
Trois volcans
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 52 x 72 x 0.5 cm Photography - 20.5 x 28.3 x 0.2 inch
£447
Abstraction urbaine 2 (1)
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
£1,965
Maroc (piézographie)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 60 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
£491
By bike on the platform
Hervé Pezzini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£267
Tipis (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 60 x 85 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.2 inch
£893
Per qualche dollaro in più
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 49 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
£759
Reservoir (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
£491
Exodus (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
£491
Exodus (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
£491
Exodus (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
£491
Exodus (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50.5 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.9 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
£491
Montagne rocheuse (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 75 x 66.6 x 0.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 26.2 x 0.2 inch
£491
Voir les yeux fermés - sans titre #12
Fabrice Domenet
Photography - 90 x 90 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 inch
£2,233
Rust #4
Anthony Lanneretonne
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
£442
Rust #3
Anthony Lanneretonne
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
£442
Stone Faces #2
Anthony Lanneretonne
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
£406
Stone Faces #1
Anthony Lanneretonne
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
£406
Ki no Kioku, Memory of tree, Ibuta-ji, Matsusaka city, Mie prefecture, Japan, 2023-11, 12
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.01 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£255
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Kumano Kodo Akagi-Goe-2023-09_10
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£255
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Takiharanomiya_jinja_Taki-Mie_2023-08_09
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£255
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Kumano Kodo Akagi-Goe-2023-09_04
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£255
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Kumano Kodo Akagi-Goe-2023-09_04
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£255
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Tayun-ji_Mie_2023-04_02
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£255
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Takiharanomiya_jinja_Taki-Mie_2023-08_10
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£255
Du bout du monde, Auvergne 02, Lac de la Godivelle
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.04 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£241
Du bout du monde 01 - Sancy (Auvergne)
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.04 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£241
La Montagne Imaginaire
Jérome Obiols
Photography - 70 x 186 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 73.2 x 0 inch
£3,126
La Guerre des Mondes
Jérome Obiols
Photography - 80 x 114 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 44.9 x 0 inch
£2,724
Les Maquereaux
Jean-Baptiste Sénégas
Photography - 30 x 20 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
£2,546
De Myrha à Babylone - Duo Jeanne 1
Valérie Donzelli
Photography - 35 x 35 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 inch
£357
Paris 13ème "Olympiades Vibes N°2" (M)
Papa Mesk
Photography - 80 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
£715
Paris 13 ème "Olympiades Vibes N°1"
Papa Mesk
Photography - 80 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
£715
Paris 13 ème Olympiades Vibes N°3
Papa Mesk
Photography - 80 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
£715
Time stopped. - limited edition of 21
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
£353
24h du Mans 1970-Littéralement porté en triomphe, l’ingénieur Porsche Helmut Flegl, 14 juin 1970.
Jacques Violet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£313
24h du Mans 1970-Jean-Pierre Beltoise ou H. Pescarolo au volant de leur MS 660 n°31, 13 juin 1970.
Jacques Violet
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£313
Série des mètres
Arthur Di Nunzio
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
£1,117
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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
£1,318
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 1
Antoine Kubler
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
£223 £201
Rolling Stones (1998)
Kevin Westenberg
Photography - 40 x 51 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.1 inch
£1,581
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.