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![Photography, Yanira IV, Joss Uñac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028955_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Yanira III, Joss Uñac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028952_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Yanira II, Joss Uñac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028949_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nude Prisca - Série Soul - Black is Beautiful, Thierry Le Gouès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/937416_1_grid.jpg)
Nude Prisca - Série Soul - Black is Beautiful
Thierry Le Gouès
Photography - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$10,066
![Photography, Sans 4, Lucien Hervé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/276742_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, HeartBeat, Selfportrait, Chiara Mazzocchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155880_1_grid.jpg)
HeartBeat, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$554
![Fine Art Drawings, Salle d'attente 6, Gatien Mabounga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/209152_1_grid.jpg)
Salle d'attente 6
Gatien Mabounga
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 39.4 inch
$2,796
![Print, Polvo de Plata, Flor Garduño](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1227321_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Div-Ine XIV, Magda Von Hanau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869568_1_grid.jpg)
Div-Ine XIV
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Div-Ine XIII, Magda Von Hanau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869565_1_grid.jpg)
Div-Ine XIII
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Div-Ine XII, Magda Von Hanau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869562_1_grid.jpg)
Div-Ine XII
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Div-Ine XI, Magda Von Hanau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869556_1_grid.jpg)
Div-Ine XI
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Div-Ine X, Magda Von Hanau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869553_1_grid.jpg)
Div-Ine X
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Div-Ine VIII, Magda Von Hanau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869547_1_grid.jpg)
Div-Ine VIII
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Div-Ine VII, Magda Von Hanau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869544_1_grid.jpg)
Div-Ine VII
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Div-Ine VI, Magda Von Hanau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869541_1_grid.jpg)
Div-Ine VI
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
![Sculpture, Natale, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/538339_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le feu sacré, Noto, août 2022, Veronica Mecchia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128492_1_grid.jpg)
Le feu sacré, Noto, août 2022
Veronica Mecchia
Photography - 18 x 24 cm Photography - 7.1 x 9.4 inch
$671
![Photography, Vendicari V, août 2022, Veronica Mecchia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128489_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Fleur de Daniele II, Veronica Mecchia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118210_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Acanthus, Noto, Août 2021, Veronica Mecchia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118207_1_grid.jpg)
Acanthus, Noto, Août 2021
Veronica Mecchia
Photography - 24 x 18 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
$671
![Photography, Bettie Page ‘Two- Peace Leopard Print Suit', Key Biscayne, FL, Bunny Yeager](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/843183_1_grid.jpg)
Bettie Page ‘Two- Peace Leopard Print Suit', Key Biscayne, FL
Bunny Yeager
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
![Photography, Modernismo M102, Giuliano Bekor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144273_1_grid.jpg)
Modernismo M102
Giuliano Bekor
Photography - 130 x 120 x 10 cm Photography - 51.2 x 47.2 x 3.9 inch
$16,777
![Photography, Sisyphe V, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749672_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sisyphe IV, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749669_1_grid.jpg)
Sisyphe IV
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,443
![Photography, Sisyphe III, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749666_1_grid.jpg)
Sisyphe III
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,443
![Photography, Glo V GF, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1160586_1_grid.jpg)
Glo V GF
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,443
![Photography, Glo I GF, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1160583_1_grid.jpg)
Glo I GF
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,443
![Photography, Glo IV, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1160577_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Glo III, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1160574_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Glo II, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1160571_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Martina, Andreas Sundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142613_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Paulina #2, Andreas Sundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142418_1_grid.jpg)
Paulina #2
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 120 x 160 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 63 x 0 inch
$3,442
![Photography, Thésée et le Minotaure/ Theseus and the Minotaur, Phil Skolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1139355_1_grid.jpg)
Thésée et le Minotaure/ Theseus and the Minotaur
Phil Skolle
Photography - 80 x 121 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,063
![Photography, Kate Resting, Leonard Freed](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/634419_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fragmented-Untitled 4, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1618788_1_grid.jpg)
Fragmented-Untitled 4
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Fragmented-Untitled 3, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1618743_1_grid.jpg)
Fragmented-Untitled 3
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, La Dame de la Gabinière, Guy Thouvignon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/158866_1_grid.jpg)
La Dame de la Gabinière
Guy Thouvignon
Photography - 42 x 28 x 1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$436
![Photography, Shanghai #4, David Jay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/835050_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Shanghai #3, David Jay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/835047_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Shanghai #6, David Jay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/835044_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Don't Tell Mamma #11, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/675648_1_grid.jpg)
Don't Tell Mamma #11
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
![Photography, Don't Tell Mamma #8, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/675636_1_grid.jpg)
Don't Tell Mamma #8
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 88.9 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 35 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
![Photography, On the Bowery #2, David Jay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/488692_1_grid.jpg)
On the Bowery #2
David Jay
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,700
![Photography, Supplique du séant n°3, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168676_1_grid.jpg)
Supplique du séant n°3
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$503
![Photography, Inclinaison, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168672_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Oblong n°1, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152652_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le Verger, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136367_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Supplique du séant n°3, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136363_1_grid.jpg)
Supplique du séant n°3
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$168
![Photography, Supplique du séant n°2, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136362_1_grid.jpg)
Supplique du séant n°2
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$168
![Photography, Supplique du séant n°1, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136358_1_grid.jpg)
Supplique du séant n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$168
![Photography, Too cute to handle, Lukas Dvorak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131876_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, A whirlwind of emotions #2, Rani Bruchstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803852_1_grid.jpg)
A whirlwind of emotions #2
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,871
![Photography, La chambre, Joss Uñac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1109541_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Roman Statue Study 8, Luca Artioli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/874497_1_grid.jpg)
Roman Statue Study 8
Luca Artioli
Photography - 101.6 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Nike, Louvre, Selfportrait., Chiara Mazzocchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174969_1_grid.jpg)
Nike, Louvre, Selfportrait.
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$554
![Photography, Roman statue study 09. B&W, Luca Artioli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143087_1_grid.jpg)
Roman statue study 09. B&W
Luca Artioli
Photography - 101.6 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Untitled, Mauricio Velez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/849495_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Mauricio Velez
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
![Photography, Untitled, Mauricio Velez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/849411_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Mauricio Velez
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
![Photography, Untitled, Mauricio Velez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/849360_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Mauricio Velez
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
![Photography, Don't Tell Mamma #16, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/675672_1_grid.jpg)
Don't Tell Mamma #16
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Don't Tell Mamma #13, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/675654_1_grid.jpg)
Don't Tell Mamma #13
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Don't Tell Mamma #12, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/675651_1_grid.jpg)
Don't Tell Mamma #12
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 95.3 x 64.8 x 3.8 cm Photography - 37.5 x 25.5 x 1.5 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Don't Tell Mamma #9, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/675639_1_grid.jpg)
Don't Tell Mamma #9
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Invacuo Project #27, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/673977_1_grid.jpg)
Invacuo Project #27
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Invacuo Project #25, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/673899_1_grid.jpg)
Invacuo Project #25
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Invacuo Project #24, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/672852_1_grid.jpg)
Invacuo Project #24
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Self Touches #10, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/671646_1_grid.jpg)
Self Touches #10
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Black beauty II, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142372_1_grid.jpg)
Black beauty II
Léa Bon
Photography - 48 x 72.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.9 x 28.59 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
![Photography, Nu de la mer, Lucien Clergue](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1758420_1_grid.jpg)
Nu de la mer
Lucien Clergue
Photography - 59.5 x 49.4 x 1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 19.4 x 0.4 inch
$6,487
![Photography, Freya, Argentum, Guido Argentini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1598385_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Water clock, Lesya Rozova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1426881_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jason and Robin, Camber Sands, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/871755_1_grid.jpg)
Jason and Robin, Camber Sands
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 inch
$463
![Photography, A bride's story, Solomon Jamy Brown](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/567411_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Like a Bird, Solomon Jamy Brown](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/561523_1_grid.jpg)
Like a Bird
Solomon Jamy Brown
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.05 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$3,096
![Photography, Intemporelle, Solomon Jamy Brown](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/554776_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, A blurred story of a bride, Solomon Jamy Brown](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/554017_1_grid.jpg)
A blurred story of a bride
Solomon Jamy Brown
Photography - 100 x 70 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$3,579
![Photography, Nude of Isabelle in Milan, Andrei Cristian Petrescu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/424776_1_grid.jpg)
Nude of Isabelle in Milan
Andrei Cristian Petrescu
Photography - 60 x 80 x 4 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$4,026
![Photography, Untitled: Movement 2, Ben Cope](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139241_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled: Movement 1, Ben Cope](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133658_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled: Movement 1
Ben Cope
Photography - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,400
![Photography, Prisca, Thierry Le Gouès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682979_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Prisca, Thierry Le Gouès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682958_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Georgianna, Thierry Le Gouès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682955_1_grid.jpg)
Georgianna
Thierry Le Gouès
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$12,303
![Photography, Santa María, Black, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1520157_1_grid.jpg)
Santa María, Black
Paola Dávila
Photography - 25 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.8 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Dance On The Beach, Andreas Sundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1138806_1_grid.jpg)
Dance On The Beach
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,038
![Photography, Gabriella #1, Andreas Sundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1138794_1_grid.jpg)
Gabriella #1
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,045
![Photography, Ballerina, Andreas Sundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1138788_1_grid.jpg)
Ballerina
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 106 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,045
![Photography, Firenze, Juan Pablo Castro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/842475_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Eva G and Gorilla 2, Lukas Dvorak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138250_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, M with bra, Efren Isaza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2132578_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jambes noires, Jean-Pierre Fleury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1759845_1_grid.jpg)
Jambes noires
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,640
![Photography, Fragmented-Untitled 5, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1618785_1_grid.jpg)
Fragmented-Untitled 5
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Portrait, Larry Snider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1315197_1_grid.jpg)
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!