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![Photography, Algas 45-V, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214992_1_grid.jpg)
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West of the way
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,231
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Recconais qu'il y a toujours une inconnue
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 62 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 24.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,342
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Red Tulip 005
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$895
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Butch Chanel: John, Robert and Michael, NYC
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
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Les demi-pointes - Série Les Caprices de Madame Bovary
Takala
Photography - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$839
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Kano 1975
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,063 $531
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Chinese Interior #1
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
$2,013
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Carré Bleu sur Jaune Vert Bleu
Ye Xing-Qian
Painting - 60 x 60 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$9,507
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Tenerife, Anaga Forest
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, Pecado, Coletivo Duas Marias](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1604208_1_grid.jpg)
Pecado
Coletivo Duas Marias
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$5,100
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Les ballons jaunes (Russie), série 1991-2018
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,342
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108, de la série Baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$1,007
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Enfance (Russie)
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, La Poule blanche (Russie), série 1991-2018, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202098_1_grid.jpg)
La Poule blanche (Russie), série 1991-2018
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,342
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La Marelle (Russie), série 1991-2018
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,342
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102, de la série Baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$1,007
![Photography, 106, de la série Baltique, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202004_1_grid.jpg)
106, de la série Baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$1,007
![Photography, 105, de la série Baltique, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202003_1_grid.jpg)
105, de la série Baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$1,007
![Photography, 103, de la série "Baltique", Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202000_1_grid.jpg)
103, de la série "Baltique"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$1,007
![Photography, Boîte n°42, de la série "Les Bouquinistes", Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201993_1_grid.jpg)
Boîte n°42, de la série "Les Bouquinistes"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,118
![Photography, Le rêveur, de la série "Les Bouquinistes", Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201986_1_grid.jpg)
Le rêveur, de la série "Les Bouquinistes"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
$951
![Photography, The Road to Kazbegi, Emil Farber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206237_1_grid.jpg)
The Road to Kazbegi
Emil Farber
Photography - 39.2 x 26 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 10.2 x 0 inch
$447
![Photography, La Mujer, Emil Farber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206226_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 7.03. 2018, Prisca Lobjoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190787_1_grid.jpg)
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104, de la série Baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$1,007
![Photography, La passante, 2019-2022, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201374_1_grid.jpg)
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Jour d’été sur les quais, 2019-2022
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 inch
$559
![Photography, Libraires sur Seine, 2019-2022, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201354_1_grid.jpg)
Libraires sur Seine, 2019-2022
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 inch
$559
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Vagabondages 17
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,901
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Vagabondages 9
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,901
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Silbury Hill
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$2,231
![Photography, 15.10.2015, 22h38, Prisca Lobjoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190724_1_grid.jpg)
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10.12.2010, 14h29 & 15h29
Prisca Lobjoy
Photography - 90 x 70 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 inch
$3,355
![Photography, 2.12.2013, 16h31 / 16h45, Prisca Lobjoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190712_1_grid.jpg)
2.12.2013, 16h31 / 16h45
Prisca Lobjoy
Photography - 76 x 54 cm Photography - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
$2,908
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Jeune garçon, de la série - Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
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Big wheel Osaka
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$951
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Dark photographic compositions
Highlighting the darkness. It seems almost like an oxymoron, but in photography certain techniques can do just that. Much like darker tones found in painting, dark photographic compositions can echo melancholy, somberness or loneliness – whether that is in a dimly lit nightscape or a densely packed crowd void of light in the urban landscape. Both black and white and color photography can create dark compositions, playing with the hues of browns, black and grays that emerge within photographic processes. By using contrast to highlight a subject, such as an item, gaze, or outline, it might suggest a dark emotion or feeling of loneliness, danger and even intimacy and adventure. In Artsper's own selection of works, Christophe Dabreau notes that he observes his subjects and attempts to “bring to light" a view hidden in shadow. Whilst Cécile Baldewyns' work aims to tell stories and reveal secrets of her desires and sorrow through dark compositions. Though her work has been deemed both sensual and disturbing, isn't the foreboding and dramatic nature of dark tones the perfect setting for it?