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![Photography, Soundgarden (1996), Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/894378_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Richard Ashcroft (1999), Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/890346_1_grid.jpg)
Richard Ashcroft (1999)
Kevin Westenberg
Photography - 101 x 76 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 inch
$4,451
![Photography, Red Hot Chili Peppers (1992), Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/890334_1_grid.jpg)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (1992)
Kevin Westenberg
Photography - 101 x 76 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 inch
$4,451
![Photography, Pete Doherty, Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/888639_1_grid.jpg)
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Jet d'oiseaux sur Beaubourg
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$134
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Magnetic Radiation 14 (Large)
Seb Janiak
Photography - 160 x 160 cm Photography - 63 x 63 inch
$7,944
![Photography, Gravity - Liquid 51, Seb Janiak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/421494_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Les marches - Japon, Brno Del Zou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/419622_1_grid.jpg)
Les marches - Japon
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 59 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$951
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![Photography, Marguerite Duras, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128507_1_grid.jpg)
Marguerite Duras
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,244
![Photography, Verse, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076096_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Baiser noir et blanc, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972536_1_grid.jpg)
Baiser noir et blanc
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,244
![Photography, Karl Largerfield soirée Kenzo, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972338_1_grid.jpg)
Karl Largerfield soirée Kenzo
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,244
![Photography, Desvelando Gaudí 02, Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1965795_1_grid.jpg)
Desvelando Gaudí 02
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 53 x 40 cm Photography - 20.9 x 15.7 inch
$671
![Photography, Opium Poppies, Griselda Duch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1304388_1_grid.jpg)
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Bamboo Plant #2
Griselda Duch
Photography - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$781
![Photography, Bamboo Plant #1, Griselda Duch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1304370_1_grid.jpg)
Bamboo Plant #1
Griselda Duch
Photography - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$781
![Photography, Arum Lily #3, Griselda Duch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1304367_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Arum Lily #2, Griselda Duch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1304349_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Terra Incognita - Icare, Guillaume Pépy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979830_1_grid.jpg)
Terra Incognita - Icare
Guillaume Pépy
Photography - 105 x 70 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 inch
$1,566
![Photography, Lines that lead to perfection, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/847398_1_grid.jpg)
Lines that lead to perfection
John Kenny
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,310
![Photography, Ballerina III, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696828_1_grid.jpg)
Ballerina III
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$218
![Photography, Blixa Bargeld, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463291_1_grid.jpg)
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On a marché sur la dune
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 45 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$604
![Photography, L'envolée des rêves, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1342242_1_grid.jpg)
L'envolée des rêves
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$324
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Cinematography inspired session #25
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Jean Shrimpton In Mary Quant, John French](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898392_1_grid.jpg)
Jean Shrimpton In Mary Quant
John French
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
$1,437
![Photography, Leopard Lady, John French](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898047_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Madeleine Rampling, John French](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898014_1_grid.jpg)
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Cinematography inspired session #3
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Cinematography inspired session #2, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/822855_1_grid.jpg)
Cinematography inspired session #2
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Balade d'amoureux, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511208_1_grid.jpg)
Balade d'amoureux
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$112
![Photography, L'ombre des âges, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149387_1_grid.jpg)
L'ombre des âges
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$179
![Photography, Norway 11, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099382_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Un'isola nell'aria, Urs Lüthi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1990083_1_grid.jpg)
Un'isola nell'aria
Urs Lüthi
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,118
![Photography, Paris se change, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1979610_1_grid.jpg)
Paris se change
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$179
![Photography, Sombra, Serie Pasaporte Santiago, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616733_1_grid.jpg)
Sombra, Serie Pasaporte Santiago
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Reyes, Serie Pasaporte Santiago, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616730_1_grid.jpg)
Reyes, Serie Pasaporte Santiago
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Caracol, Serie Pasaporte Santiago, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616727_1_grid.jpg)
Caracol, Serie Pasaporte Santiago
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Dama. Serie Pasaporte Santiago, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616724_1_grid.jpg)
Dama. Serie Pasaporte Santiago
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Pregonera, Serie Pasaporte Santiago, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616718_1_grid.jpg)
Pregonera, Serie Pasaporte Santiago
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Reflejos, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616715_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Iré, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616685_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Catalina. De la serie Como antes, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616679_1_grid.jpg)
La Catalina. De la serie Como antes
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Serie Callejeros musicales 2, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616628_1_grid.jpg)
Serie Callejeros musicales 2
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. Pensif, George Barris](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/151471_1_grid.jpg)
Steve McQueen.War Lover. Pensif
George Barris
Photography - 36 x 28 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$772
![Photography, Solitaire, Bogdan Kotewicz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1379592_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 0X545904, Eric Petr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1351815_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Would you swim with me? VII, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1050327_1_grid.jpg)
Would you swim with me? VII
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 52.5 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Def Leppard, Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/882675_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Delta Zulu Paris, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/735324_1_grid.jpg)
Delta Zulu Paris
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$537
![Photography, Migration, Dominique Jullien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/702873_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'aube de la première descente, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/613113_1_grid.jpg)
L'aube de la première descente
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Langage des mains 2, Jean-Claude Mathier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1918533_1_grid.jpg)
Langage des mains 2
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,149
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Pêcheur matinal sur les épis de Loire
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$336
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Bosque alto andino chingaza
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 109.2 x 109.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43 x 43 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
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Moonrise IV
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 109.2 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
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Moonrise I Cauquenes
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 109.2 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
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Bosque húmedo tropical III Nuqui
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 109.2 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
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Bosque húmedo tropical II Nuqui
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 91.4 x 109.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 43 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
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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.