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![Photography, Autoportrait, Pavlo Mazai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1255449_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Autoportrait, Pavlo Mazai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1255413_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans nom, Matt Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/293137_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans nom, Matt Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/293131_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Metaphysical Body Landscape #54, Anna Laza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/749874_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Strong Enough PolaLab, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1612128_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sliding Beauty - PolaLift, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610070_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Strong Beauty - PolaLift, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610061_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Anton # 1, Andreas Sundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142409_1_grid.jpg)
Anton # 1
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 140 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 55.1 x 41.3 x 0 inch
€3,206
![Photography, Gabriella, Andreas Sundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1138791_1_grid.jpg)
Gabriella
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,836
![Photography, Libido and Mortido, Portrait #47, George Mayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1887723_1_grid.jpg)
Libido and Mortido, Portrait #47
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€3,881
![Photography, Libido and Mortido, Portrait #38, George Mayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1795986_1_grid.jpg)
Libido and Mortido, Portrait #38
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€4,851
![Photography, Taijitu, Portrait #4, George Mayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1795983_1_grid.jpg)
Taijitu, Portrait #4
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€4,851
![Photography, Taijitu, Portrait #3, George Mayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1795959_1_grid.jpg)
Taijitu, Portrait #3
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€4,851
![Photography, Sans titre, Alexandre Saint-Loup](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350228_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Alexandre Saint-Loup
Photography - 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€2,430
![Print, Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade), Lars Bo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537898_1_grid.jpg)
Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade)
Lars Bo
Print - 46 x 36 cm Print - 18.1 x 14.2 inch
€300
![Print, Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade), Lars Bo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537895_1_grid.jpg)
Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade)
Lars Bo
Print - 46 x 36 cm Print - 18.1 x 14.2 inch
€300
![Print, Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade), Lars Bo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537838_1_grid.jpg)
Kællingedigte Poemes a la garce (Jens August Schade)
Lars Bo
Print - 46 x 36 cm Print - 18.1 x 14.2 inch
€300
![Photography, Nu #1, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/837765_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Pakito Bolino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/74227_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Matin d’été, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/697578_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Séduction #1, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696270_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sisyphe II grand format, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749663_1_grid.jpg)
Sisyphe II grand format
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,189
![Photography, Sisyphe I, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749606_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Une Nuit…, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1162761_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #26, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135089_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #26
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 10.6 x 16 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.2 x 6.3 x 0 inch
€280
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #20, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135086_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #20
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 10.6 x 16 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.2 x 6.3 x 0 inch
€280
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #34, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113098_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #34
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 17.3 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #24, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101875_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #24
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 10.6 x 16 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.2 x 6.3 x 0 inch
€280
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #13, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101872_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #13
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 17.3 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #19, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101869_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #19
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 17.3 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #15, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101866_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #15
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 17.3 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #14, VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101842_1_grid.jpg)
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #14
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 17.3 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, In d mood 4 love, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011293_1_grid.jpg)
In d mood 4 love
Justin Chan
Photography - 80 x 56.5 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 22.2 x 0.2 inch
€9,500
![Photography, Strong Beauty PolaLab, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1612116_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nico und sein Bruder, Andreas Fux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395669_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Danse 4, Gabriel Quirant - Pidet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152540_1_grid.jpg)
Danse 4
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€300
![Photography, Danse 3, Gabriel Quirant - Pidet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152538_1_grid.jpg)
Danse 3
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€300
![Photography, Danse 1, Gabriel Quirant - Pidet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152537_1_grid.jpg)
Danse 1
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€300
![Photography, Early in the cloudy morning, 1, Jan Saudek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2121084_1_grid.jpg)
Early in the cloudy morning, 1
Jan Saudek
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
€2,200
![Photography, Photo numero 3, Mr Stewood](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1901961_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Chicago Funky Budha Lounge, Tony Wang (aka Wrongwroks)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/324424_1_grid.jpg)
Chicago Funky Budha Lounge
Tony Wang (aka Wrongwroks)
Print - 101 x 51 cm Print - 39.8 x 20.1 inch
€260
![Photography, Photo numero 6, Mr Stewood](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1901967_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les enveloppes - image 11/13, Sarah Salazar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457451_1_grid.jpg)
Les enveloppes - image 11/13
Sarah Salazar
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
€413
![Photography, Les enveloppes - image 8/13, Sarah Salazar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457427_1_grid.jpg)
Les enveloppes - image 8/13
Sarah Salazar
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
€413
![Photography, Les enveloppes - image 5/13, Sarah Salazar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457391_1_grid.jpg)
Les enveloppes - image 5/13
Sarah Salazar
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
€413
![Photography, Ascension, Zach](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1358019_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Un dimanche..., Zach](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1357986_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, G3, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/574248_1_grid.jpg)
G3
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,160
![Photography, Atelier Sylvie Gaudin, African Bed, Mark Arbeit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120553_1_grid.jpg)
Atelier Sylvie Gaudin, African Bed
Mark Arbeit
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 inch
€8,731
![Photography, Photo numero 4, Mr Stewood](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1901958_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'Encre dans la Peau, Charly Desoubry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554606_1_grid.jpg)
L'Encre dans la Peau
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€950
![Photography, Champagne !, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748917_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tentation..., D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748875_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lipstick #3, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/736062_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lipstick #1, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/720876_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Et maintenant ?..., D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707640_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fatale..., D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704475_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Amours Secrètes, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/699897_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Night No. 5, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/689631_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nude No. 7, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/657885_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nude No. 5, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/657879_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nude No. 4, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/657876_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nude No. 2, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/657870_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Entre Noir et Blanc, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769742_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Focus, Zach](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355454_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Entrevue, Zach](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355445_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rendez-vous #6, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1071348_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le Drapé, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1014135_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bas et Escarpins, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1011993_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Do you smoke after ? #2, Charly Desoubry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554594_1_grid.jpg)
Do you smoke after ? #2
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€950
![Photography, The Call, Charly Desoubry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554597_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Do you smoke after ? #1, Charly Desoubry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554588_1_grid.jpg)
Do you smoke after ? #1
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€950
![Photography, Lagon bleu, Islande, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904376_1_grid.jpg)
Lagon bleu, Islande
José Nicolas
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€350
![Photography, OMO: Untitled 6, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101413_1_grid.jpg)
OMO: Untitled 6
Drew Doggett
Photography - 48.3 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€1,601
![Photography, Hommage to S, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/846786_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nuit Blanche, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/697959_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Elle et le soleil //, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156195_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Elle Le regard, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904826_1_grid.jpg)
Elle Le regard
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€230
![Photography, Portrait-nu 10, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/471607_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Kira's Tattoo, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2048364_1_grid.jpg)
Kira's Tattoo
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
€308
![Photography, Dumping, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566658_1_grid.jpg)
Dumping
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€315
![Photography, ND (en collaboration avec Alcibiade), Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566640_1_grid.jpg)
ND (en collaboration avec Alcibiade)
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€210
![Photography, Portrai-nu 4, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/471595_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait-nu 2, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/471577_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait-nu 5, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/471565_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait-nu 1, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/471385_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Détresse, Jean-Guy Nakars](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998102_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Homage to Matisse, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005476_1_grid.jpg)
Homage to Matisse
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
€493
![Photography, Marie une amie /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1637763_1_grid.jpg)
Marie une amie /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
€230
![Photography, C3, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566574_1_grid.jpg)
C3
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€420
![Photography, C2, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566571_1_grid.jpg)
C2
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€420
![Photography, C1, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566568_1_grid.jpg)
C1
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€420
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!