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![Photography, Organic 1.0, Franck Guedj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1105236_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jerry Lewis, Harry Hammond](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898386_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Eléctrico 28, Gonçalo Martins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/858540_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cinematography inspired session #14, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/848427_1_grid.jpg)
Cinematography inspired session #14
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Cinematography inspired session #13, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/848421_1_grid.jpg)
Cinematography inspired session #13
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Cinematography inspired session #12, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/848418_1_grid.jpg)
Cinematography inspired session #12
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Cinematography inspired session #11, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/848415_1_grid.jpg)
Cinematography inspired session #11
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Cinematography inspired session #10, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/848412_1_grid.jpg)
Cinematography inspired session #10
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Cinematography inspired session #5, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/822876_1_grid.jpg)
Cinematography inspired session #5
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$213
![Painting, Tondo II, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/648138_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, L'annonciation (Islande), Vincent Citot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/638643_1_grid.jpg)
L'annonciation (Islande)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$839
![Photography, Retour au centre (Islande), Vincent Citot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/638403_1_grid.jpg)
Retour au centre (Islande)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$839
![Sculpture, Snake, Pere Aragay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/632037_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Blanc Marais, Yves Bordes Lapeyre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/488128_1_grid.jpg)
Blanc Marais
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$638
![Photography, People (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135470_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Darkness (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135468_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Darkness (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135467_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, People (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134438_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, John Lennon NYC Shirt 1974, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083821_1_grid.jpg)
John Lennon NYC Shirt 1974
Bob Gruen
Photography - 127 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 50 x 40 x 2 inch
$7,300
![Photography, Tina Turner NYC 1970, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083818_1_grid.jpg)
Tina Turner NYC 1970
Bob Gruen
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 2 inch
$5,600
![Photography, Darkness (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2064714_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Darkness (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2064711_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Darkness (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2064705_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, People (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039757_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, People (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039721_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, People (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039661_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Darkness (Série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026866_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Darkness (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1995972_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, S/T Serie Del zaguán de Fico al patio de Matilde (4), Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616712_1_grid.jpg)
S/T Serie Del zaguán de Fico al patio de Matilde (4)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 32 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Photography, S/T Serie Del zaguán de Fico al patio de Matilde (3), Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616709_1_grid.jpg)
S/T Serie Del zaguán de Fico al patio de Matilde (3)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 32 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Photography, S/T Serie Del zaguán de Fico al patio de Matilde (2), Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616706_1_grid.jpg)
S/T Serie Del zaguán de Fico al patio de Matilde (2)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 32 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Photography, S/T Serie Del zaguán de Fico al patio de Matilde (1), Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616700_1_grid.jpg)
S/T Serie Del zaguán de Fico al patio de Matilde (1)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 32 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Photography, S/T. Serie, La Habana 500 detalles (4), Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616673_1_grid.jpg)
S/T. Serie, La Habana 500 detalles (4)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
![Photography, S/T. Serie, La Habana 500 detalles (3), Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616670_1_grid.jpg)
S/T. Serie, La Habana 500 detalles (3)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
![Photography, S/T. Serie, Habana 500 detalles (2), Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616664_1_grid.jpg)
S/T. Serie, Habana 500 detalles (2)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
![Photography, S/T. Serie, Habana 500 detalles (1), Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616649_1_grid.jpg)
S/T. Serie, Habana 500 detalles (1)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Lirio roto, Obra del Grupo Danza del Alma, Cuba, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616646_1_grid.jpg)
Lirio roto, Obra del Grupo Danza del Alma, Cuba
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 32 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Photography, S/T de la Serie Callejeros musicales (4), Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616637_1_grid.jpg)
S/T de la Serie Callejeros musicales (4)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 32 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Photography, S/T de la Serie Callejeros musicales (3), Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616631_1_grid.jpg)
S/T de la Serie Callejeros musicales (3)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 32 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Steve McQueen. War Lover. Maquillage II, George Barris](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/151630_1_grid.jpg)
Steve McQueen. War Lover. Maquillage II
George Barris
Photography - 28 x 36 x 1 cm Photography - 11 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
$772
![Photography, Steve McQueen. War Lover. Maquillage, George Barris](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/151567_1_grid.jpg)
Steve McQueen. War Lover. Maquillage
George Barris
Photography - 28 x 36 x 1 cm Photography - 11 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
$772
![Photography, Companyes, Martí Sala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1473849_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Collection Ville Autrement / Venise Autrement / China-Venezia, Franck Doat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1419363_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Ville Autrement / Venise Autrement / China-Venezia
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$615
![Photography, Collection Ville Autrement / Nice Autrement / Towards The Light, Franck Doat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1419291_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Ville Autrement / Nice Autrement / Towards The Light
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$615
![Photography, Collection Ville Autrement / Nice Autrement / Divin, Franck Doat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1419273_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Ville Autrement / Nice Autrement / Divin
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$615
![Photography, Jean-Paul Belmondo à Venise, Italie, Vittorio Pavan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1377840_1_grid.jpg)
Jean-Paul Belmondo à Venise, Italie
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$895
![Photography, Church, Mario Pascual Cámara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1233771_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Would You Swim with Me? VI, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028802_1_grid.jpg)
Would You Swim with Me? VI
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 52.5 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Print, Trois corbeaux, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700347_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shoot the Bank X Dot, Dot, Dot... ... ..., JP Malot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/666678_1_grid.jpg)
Shoot the Bank X Dot, Dot, Dot... ... ...
JP Malot
Painting - 70 x 50 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,007
![Sculpture, Pow on FlowerZ!, JP Malot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/646545_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On vacation in Muntecarlu, K Oldal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/631134_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Plante N°6, François Lork](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/550564_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Taureau, Jérémy Le Mouël (Mooven’s)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/533921_1_grid.jpg)
Taureau
Jérémy Le Mouël (Mooven’s)
Painting - 50 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,566
![Painting, Jeux d’échecs, Jérémy Le Mouël (Mooven’s)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/533912_1_grid.jpg)
Jeux d’échecs
Jérémy Le Mouël (Mooven’s)
Painting - 50 x 65 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,790
![Print, Unambidextrous (Black & Metallic Grey), Niels Meulman (Shoe)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/533204_1_grid.jpg)
Unambidextrous (Black & Metallic Grey)
Niels Meulman (Shoe)
Print - 111 x 77 cm Print - 43.7 x 30.3 inch
$692
![Photography, Tirages sur papier : concave, Gottfried Jäger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/465535_1_grid.jpg)
Tirages sur papier : concave
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$16,777
![Photography, Tirages sur papier : double croix - IX 1996, Gottfried Jäger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463183_1_grid.jpg)
Tirages sur papier : double croix - IX 1996
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$16,777
![Photography, Photo 111110.2, Gottfried Jäger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463147_1_grid.jpg)
Photo 111110.2
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$7,829
![Photography, Photo 111103.5, Gottfried Jäger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463144_1_grid.jpg)
Photo 111103.5
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$7,829
![Painting, Two black kids, Jef Aérosol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/390296_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Shoot again (197), Yves Cham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170946_1_grid.jpg)
Shoot again (197)
Yves Cham
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.01 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Untitled (Nr. 0951), Ben Cope](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143732_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 30's Sensuality, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807092_1_grid.jpg)
30's Sensuality
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$201
![Photography, Condesa, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477365_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pays #192, Philippe Bréson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1369533_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Long day's journey into tomorrow, Elena Raceala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327932_1_grid.jpg)
Long day's journey into tomorrow
Elena Raceala
Photography - 91.4 x 61 cm Photography - 36 x 24 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Street in Paris 5, Shengqi Tang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1182765_1_grid.jpg)
Street in Paris 5
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$727
![Photography, Gaze in lines, Shengqi Tang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1182459_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pays #167, Philippe Bréson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1116699_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Rendez-vous #2, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/728715_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Forêt, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700362_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700344_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 6, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700341_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700329_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Two opinions one truth, Robert Stieghorst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/634551_1_grid.jpg)
Two opinions one truth
Robert Stieghorst
Photography - 30 x 26 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
![Painting, Je ne suis pas content, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537340_1_grid.jpg)
Je ne suis pas content
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$447
![Photography, Free Play 06 (Vulnerable), Hengki Koentjoro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/509504_1_grid.jpg)
Free Play 06 (Vulnerable)
Hengki Koentjoro
Photography - 43 x 43 x 0.02 cm Photography - 16.9 x 16.9 x 0 inch
$1,063
![Fine Art Drawings, God is in the details, Robbie Cornelissen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/330313_1_grid.jpg)
God is in the details
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
$1,200
![Photography, Oscar, Olha Stepanian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171154_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fashion, Olha Stepanian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165325_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Above the clouds #5, Cody Choi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/216451_1_grid.jpg)
Above the clouds #5
Cody Choi
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0 inch
$662
![Photography, Man's World, Olha Stepanian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158194_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El Duende 6, Clara Cena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137153_1_grid.jpg)
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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!