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![Photography, Clash, USA 1979, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138254_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, David Bowie, NYC 1983, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138253_1_grid.jpg)
David Bowie, NYC 1983
Bob Gruen
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Boy George, NYC 1983, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138252_1_grid.jpg)
Boy George, NYC 1983
Bob Gruen
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Queen of the Serengeti, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101569_1_grid.jpg)
Queen of the Serengeti
Drew Doggett
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Steady, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101515_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Swift, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101503_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tiger's Retreat, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101479_1_grid.jpg)
Tiger's Retreat
Drew Doggett
Photography - 50.8 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Titans of Time, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101473_1_grid.jpg)
Titans of Time
Drew Doggett
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$3,310
![Photography, Trinity, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101464_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Unlikely Companions, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101449_1_grid.jpg)
Unlikely Companions
Drew Doggett
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,875
![Photography, Debbie Harry NYC 1976, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084007_1_grid.jpg)
Debbie Harry NYC 1976
Bob Gruen
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Clash Boston 1979, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084004_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Clash NYC 1981, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084001_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Yoko Ono Tokyo, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083992_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tin Machine NYC 1989, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083977_1_grid.jpg)
Tin Machine NYC 1989
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Clash & Bo Diddley, Agora Ballroom, Cleveland OH, 1979, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083974_1_grid.jpg)
Clash & Bo Diddley, Agora Ballroom, Cleveland OH, 1979
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Joe Strummer and Gaby, NYC, 1981, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083962_1_grid.jpg)
Joe Strummer and Gaby, NYC, 1981
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Kiss Orgy, NJ 1974, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083956_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Robert Plant NYC 1974, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083950_1_grid.jpg)
Robert Plant NYC 1974
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Prince, Long Island NYC 1985, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083857_1_grid.jpg)
Prince, Long Island NYC 1985
Bob Gruen
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Kiss close up, NYC, 1975, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083851_1_grid.jpg)
Kiss close up, NYC, 1975
Bob Gruen
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, The Rolling Stones, NYC 1980, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083848_1_grid.jpg)
The Rolling Stones, NYC 1980
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Queen, MSG, NYC 1977, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083845_1_grid.jpg)
Queen, MSG, NYC 1977
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, The Who, NYC 1976, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083842_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ramones NYC 1975, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083839_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Silent Dreams, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971849_1_grid.jpg)
Silent Dreams
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$788
![Photography, La furia del manton, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769364_1_grid.jpg)
La furia del manton
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$788
![Photography, La pasion, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769361_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Slim And Sphinx, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1549245_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El campesino, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/15360_1_grid.jpg)
El campesino
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,053
![Photography, Soho Waiters’ Race, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365717_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cranmore Mountain Skiers, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364646_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Backgammon By The Pool, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1349475_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El ultimo tango, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1312662_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El beso, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204233_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Loving Fish II, Akiza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1096737_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Loving Fish I, Akiza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1073502_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Serenity on the bayou, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006977_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Monica Bellucci, Just Jaeckin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/43387_1_grid.jpg)
Monica Bellucci
Just Jaeckin
Photography - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,331
![Print, Homenaje a Rembrandt II, Eduardo Chillida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/323329_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Studio sul nero, Saverio Filioli Uranio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/297880_1_grid.jpg)
Studio sul nero
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$123
![Painting, Diamant - Blanc et Noir, Michèle Sala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/230794_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Iggy Pop - Ungano's Club, first NYC gig 1970, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154738_1_grid.jpg)
Iggy Pop - Ungano's Club, first NYC gig 1970
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Iggy Pop, Stooge Hall, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154737_1_grid.jpg)
Iggy Pop, Stooge Hall, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Iggy Pop - Ungano's Club, first NYC gig 1970, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154732_1_grid.jpg)
Iggy Pop - Ungano's Club, first NYC gig 1970
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, La plage III, Clara Delaporte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1868052_1_grid.jpg)
La plage III
Clara Delaporte
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
![Photography, Graciela, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204302_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Kieran, Clara Delaporte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1187562_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Gone, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1011267_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Poesia Invernale, Fontana di Trevi, 1956, Fabrizio La Torre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/775191_1_grid.jpg)
Poesia Invernale, Fontana di Trevi, 1956
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,845
![Photography, Sinéad O'Connor, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463306_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Helmut Newton, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463297_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Peter Ustinov, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/447951_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sting, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/447945_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jeanne Moreau, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/447933_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fashion Week, Clemens Maurer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160318_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hendrix Contact Sheet, Robert Knight](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083374_1_grid.jpg)
Hendrix Contact Sheet
Robert Knight
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 2 inch
$1,750
![Photography, Jacqueline Bisset, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1431156_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Alice Cooper, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1431138_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nick Cave & Blixa Bargeld, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1431132_1_grid.jpg)
Nick Cave & Blixa Bargeld
Detlev Schneider
Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$1,007
![Photography, Pedro Almodóvar, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1431099_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Himba Beauty, Faie Davis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1182549_1_grid.jpg)
Himba Beauty
Faie Davis
Photography - 85.8 x 76.8 x 0.25 cm Photography - 33.8 x 30.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Photography, 1915 Fruits et pichet, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979383_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, HRH Princess Elizabeth, Cecil Beaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898443_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peace Love and Anarchy II, Ziegler T](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704457_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vingt-quatre premiers sonnets de Shakespeare dans la traduction de Yves Bonnefoy n°367, Zao Wou-Ki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/308500_1_grid.jpg)
Vingt-quatre premiers sonnets de Shakespeare dans la traduction de Yves Bonnefoy n°367
Zao Wou-Ki
Print - 35 x 28 cm Print - 13.8 x 11 inch
$4,250
![Print, Vingt-quatre premiers sonnets de Shakespeare dans la traduction de Yves Bonnefoy n°368, Zao Wou-Ki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/308479_1_grid.jpg)
Vingt-quatre premiers sonnets de Shakespeare dans la traduction de Yves Bonnefoy n°368
Zao Wou-Ki
Print - 35 x 28 cm Print - 13.8 x 11 inch
$4,250
![Painting, Déchirements, MIZ](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177192_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bilbao 30/09/2010 15:22h. (Identity Promises Series), Imanol Marrodán](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160106_1_grid.jpg)
Bilbao 30/09/2010 15:22h. (Identity Promises Series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$951
![Print, Mick Jagger, NYC 1972, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138391_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Kuffjca Cozma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/210349_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Kuffjca Cozma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/210340_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Autoportrait, Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2013360_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dune, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1342182_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Textures, White Sands, Heike Bohnstengel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207437_1_grid.jpg)
Textures, White Sands
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$615
![Painting, Heart, Fabien Verschaere](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707931_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'union, Miquel Wert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704085_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Time Slip, Rod McIntosh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/636282_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, De côté, Arnaud Ele](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/623157_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Un instrument, Antoni Clavé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566592_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Estels, Antoni Clavé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566586_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Estel blanc, Antoni Clavé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566577_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bashung / Rio Grande, Pierre Terrasson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/546217_1_grid.jpg)
Bashung / Rio Grande
Pierre Terrasson
Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$1,566
![Painting, Écumes 005, Marion Zylberman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/346300_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Landscape sketch 18, Li Dongfeng](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/34289_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, À côté de l'arbre, Miquel Wert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/240715_1_grid.jpg)
À côté de l'arbre
Miquel Wert
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$1,286
![Photography, La Tortue de Kerlouan, Philippe Grincourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203079_1_grid.jpg)
La Tortue de Kerlouan
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
![Photography, Arbres calcinés du champ de bataille 14-18, Philippe Grincourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203044_1_grid.jpg)
Arbres calcinés du champ de bataille 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
![Photography, Tranchées de Beaumont-Hamel 14-18, Philippe Grincourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203034_1_grid.jpg)
Tranchées de Beaumont-Hamel 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
![Photography, Tour d'Ulster - Guerre 14-18, Philippe Grincourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203030_1_grid.jpg)
Tour d'Ulster - Guerre 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
![Photography, Mémorial Australien de Villers-Bretonneux, Philippe Grincourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203022_1_grid.jpg)
Mémorial Australien de Villers-Bretonneux
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
![Photography, Mémorial Franco-Britannique de Thiepval 14-18, Philippe Grincourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203002_1_grid.jpg)
Mémorial Franco-Britannique de Thiepval 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
![Photography, Nina Hagen, Grèce, Pierre Terrasson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181935_1_grid.jpg)
Nina Hagen, Grèce
Pierre Terrasson
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,678
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!