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Portrait de sculpteurs du Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$3,280
Portrait MOON SHIN
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,280
MOON SHIN Portrait et Sculpture
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,280
MOON SHIN Portrait au chien
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,280
MOON SHIN Portait dans sculpture blanche
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$3,280
Moon Shin, Portrait à la cigarette
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,280
Moon Shin totem Lia, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$4,410 $2,205
Grossert 3 - Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$3,280 $2,952
The way it was
Richard Kelley
Photography - 50 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
$622
Marie Agnes Gillot - Opera National de Paris
Philippe Robert
Photography - 87 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 34.3 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$14,136
NEW YORK - Fashion show
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$396
Vertigo - Photographie argentique - Paris
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
$792
Egg Study 5, Silver Gelatin Print
Shine Huang
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$2,400
Egg Study 4 , Silver Gelatin Print
Shine Huang
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$2,400
Global warming 1.5
Franck Guedj
Photography - 53 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,410
Ancient Page
Shine Huang
Photography - 81.3 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Sample space urban 2.2
Franck Guedj
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,280
Impulse 1.0
Franck Guedj
Photography - 100 x 150 x 10 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 3.9 inch
$4,410
Mouvement 3.3
Franck Guedj
Photography - 120 x 80 x 10 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 3.9 inch
$4,410
White Noise
Chien Hua Huang
Photography - 75 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 29.5 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,800
Série: Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,827
Les pieds dans l'eau
Denis Morel
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$498
Black Beauty III
Léa Bon
Photography - 72.4 x 48 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.5 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Bruno Mars, Portrait intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 187.9 x 132 x 3 cm Photography - 74 x 52 x 1.2 inch
$7,500
Micheal Jordan - Portrait
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$396
1952 Raymond DUNCAN Galerie Akademia
Raymond Duncan
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
$3,280
1952 Raymond DUNCAN dans sa galerie Akademia
Raymond Duncan
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
$3,336
The Broken Chain
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Don't Tell Mamma #4
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Invacuo Project #33
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
Invacuo Project #29
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
Invacuo Project #26
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
Invacuo Project #23
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
Invacuo Project #22
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 180.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 71 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
Invacuo Project #21
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
Invacuo Project #19
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
Pow wow. Indiens. Amerique du nord.
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Sadhus sur les ghats de Varanassi. Inde 1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Sadhus sur les ghats de Varanassi. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Sadhus sur les ghats de Bénarès. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
Touareg. Ouarzazate. Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Enfants pendant le rite initiatique. Tanzanie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Joueurs de cartes pendant le Holi Festival. Rajasthan. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,468
Femme Kényane. Kenya. Afrique
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Femme au miroir. Femme Mursi. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Enfants Kaeo. Vallée de L'Omo. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Enfants Karo. Ethiopie. Vallée de L'Omo
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Femme Hamer. Marché. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Femmes Hamer au marché. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Femmes Hamer. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,468
Lire dans les mains. Inde du nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Femme voilée dans le Bengale occidental. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Jeune Fille Indienne du Nord de l'Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 89.99 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Indiens Sioux. Pow Wow
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Pow wow. Indiens. Amérique du nord 1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Pow wow. Indiens. Amérique du nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,357
Schumi. Le baron rouge en pole à Monaco. Michael Schumacher
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,696
Ayrton Senna. Brésil. Sao Paulo 1992
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,696
Concentration du pilote Mika Hakkinen. MacLaren
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
David Coulthard. MacLaren. Formule 1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
Untitled XXXIX. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,750
Untitled XXXVII. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,750
Untitled XXXIII. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,750
Untitled XXXII. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,750
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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.
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.
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.
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.