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![Photography, En route VII, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/33397_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mémoire de JingDeZhen village 6, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1311291_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire de JingDeZhen village 6
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Photography, Mémoire de JingDeZhen Village 4, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1311279_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire de JingDeZhen Village 4
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Photography, Mémoire de JingDeZhen village YaoLi, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1309755_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire de JingDeZhen village YaoLi
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Photography, Mémoire de JingDeZhen village II, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1309752_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire de JingDeZhen village II
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Photography, Mémoire de JingDeZhen village, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1308879_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire de JingDeZhen village
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Photography, Tracks VI, Bruno Charoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122231_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tracks V, Bruno Charoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122216_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lost & Found, Théo Gosselin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/668154_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Too deep, too closely #5 (from too deep, too closely series), Saverio Filioli Uranio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/392830_1_grid.jpg)
Too deep, too closely #5 (from too deep, too closely series)
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 144 x 73 x 1.8 cm Painting - 56.7 x 28.7 x 0.7 inch
$761
![Print, Huir por las esquinas y encerrarse en los, Josep Guinovart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/39142_1_grid.jpg)
Huir por las esquinas y encerrarse en los
Josep Guinovart
Print - 47 x 49 cm Print - 18.5 x 19.3 inch
$559
![Painting, Endless I, Nef](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1201995_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hanoi 1-01, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856908_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Cairn 7, Gérard Titus-Carmel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/401545_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Narwa 1, Gérard Titus-Carmel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/25376_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jump (1), Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198221_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Agrès, Gérard Titus-Carmel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/16543_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Men Legs One: From Motion Series, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/834471_1_grid.jpg)
Men Legs One: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
![Photography, Xenu, Dina Goldstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/710994_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled No. 6, Jackson Pollock](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/664857_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cut-Up Canvas I.6, Ulla Pedersen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/577131_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cyclogramme, Andreas Müller-Pohle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463351_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Relleus i signes, Antoni Clavé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/179617_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Griserie à minuit 4, Pierre Alechinsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1101027_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cinematography inspired session #4, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/822873_1_grid.jpg)
Cinematography inspired session #4
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Amongst the camels, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/587418_1_grid.jpg)
Amongst the camels
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,582
![Print, Faces 1 & 2, Hush](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/583638_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, 184J210831, Pierre Muckensturm](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515699_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, 191j24011, Pierre Muckensturm](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515579_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, 184j210811, Pierre Muckensturm](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515561_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dansho, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/18647_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hansuben, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1056366_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Apollon et Dionysos, André Masson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/651915_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les Dames du Lac, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165452_1_grid.jpg)
Les Dames du Lac
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 38 x 58 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15 x 22.8 x 0 inch
$1,566
![Photography, Tongue, Karol Kállay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295856_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Architectural Extract N.10 - Archi-Lines Series, Anna Levesh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028586_1_grid.jpg)
Architectural Extract N.10 - Archi-Lines Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 100 x 75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 inch
$995
![Photography, Architectural Extract N.3 - Archi-Lines Series, Anna Levesh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1026348_1_grid.jpg)
Architectural Extract N.3 - Archi-Lines Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 99.6 x 79 cm Photography - 39.2 x 31.1 inch
$995
![Photography, Son de Santiago, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/565167_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nature morte , Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/40810_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Branche, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/3855_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Neige 2, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/35038_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Urbain brutalisme - Digital Art digigraphie, Claire Giraudeau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1247112_1_grid.jpg)
Urbain brutalisme - Digital Art digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$280
![Painting, Code 1956, Thierry Carrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/738471_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ritmo en el autobus, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597342_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Las curvas, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597270_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El Barbudo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/57511_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Halima, Daniel Holfeld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197366_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Noor, Daniel Holfeld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193565_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Karima, Daniel Holfeld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193563_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ruba, Daniel Holfeld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193556_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Samira, Daniel Holfeld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193551_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Badoor, Daniel Holfeld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193534_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Miles Davis - Jazz Hot, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145780_1_grid.jpg)
Miles Davis - Jazz Hot
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,566
![Photography, César Mercedes & Tank, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2127718_1_grid.jpg)
César Mercedes & Tank
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,566
![Photography, Marlon Brando Life Magazine, Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/166168_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Djenné, Mali, Jean-Christophe Béchet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516818_1_grid.jpg)
Djenné, Mali
Jean-Christophe Béchet
Photography - 24 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$772
![Photography, Bridget Bardot, Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/139276_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Te veo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1069008_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Las Memorias, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006989_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Garçon au Squelette, Françoise Pétrovitch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/609609_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Still life I, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/590454_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La passerelle du Croaë, Anne-Marie Toporkoff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/567471_1_grid.jpg)
La passerelle du Croaë
Anne-Marie Toporkoff
Photography - 26 x 45 x 0.2 cm Photography - 10.2 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,074
![Print, 2 Girls, Death NYC](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512990_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Zone blanche (PM11), Palmi Marzaroli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/504866_1_grid.jpg)
Zone blanche (PM11)
Palmi Marzaroli
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$1,510
![Painting, L'hiver (PM07), Palmi Marzaroli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/504830_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Telle la hache, Pierre Tal-Coat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/405016_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fairy, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/36273_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, California IV, Clara Delaporte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1467675_1_grid.jpg)
California IV
Clara Delaporte
Photography - 40 x 60 x 4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,118
![Photography, Un air d exotisme : Mahe Seychelles, Jean-Pierre Fleury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363743_1_grid.jpg)
Un air d exotisme : Mahe Seychelles
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$2,751
![Photography, Langage secret, Jean-Pierre Fleury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363701_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cut-Up Paper I.21, Ulla Pedersen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/683976_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean-Pierre Pincemin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/401743_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Composition 119, Henri Michaux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/396334_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Naufrage de Méduse 1, Arman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/188584_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Vision 11, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/834741_1_grid.jpg)
Vision 11
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$224
![Fine Art Drawings, Vision 10, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/833769_1_grid.jpg)
Vision 10
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$224
![Fine Art Drawings, Vision 9, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/832161_1_grid.jpg)
Vision 9
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$168
![Photography, Mezzogiorno al Pantheon, 1 & 2, Rome, Fabrizio La Torre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/827001_1_grid.jpg)
Mezzogiorno al Pantheon, 1 & 2, Rome
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 57 x 67 x 2 cm Photography - 22.4 x 26.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,595
![Fine Art Drawings, Miroir, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/690873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Test Pattern 6 (Grey study), Tom McGlynn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/652386_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Feuille, Joan Hernández Pijuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/604296_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Acotaciones 2, Joan Hernández Pijuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/604077_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Ombra, Joan Hernández Pijuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/604056_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Polychrome 10, Joan Hernández Pijuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/604044_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Survey 5, Tom McGlynn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/584211_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marilyn in Vogue (1962), Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/435063_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn in Vogue (1962)
Bert Stern
Photography - 48 x 33 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$2,785
![Print, Music Notes (Party At The Moontower), Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/271654_1_grid.jpg)
Music Notes (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$280
![Photography, Le tre Vespe, 1962 - Roma, Fabrizio La Torre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1372773_1_grid.jpg)
Le tre Vespe, 1962 - Roma
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 70 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,561
![Photography, Just JAZZ, Karol Kállay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1248168_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, M228, Jesús Perea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/698622_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, M271, Jesús Perea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/698613_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, M420, Jesús Perea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/698577_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait of Francis Picabia, Man Ray](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/676794_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of Francis Picabia
Man Ray
Photography - 27 x 21 x 0.2 cm Photography - 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$35,791
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!