Black and White Portraits
The allure of black and white. Color can articulate reality and reflect realism, but taking it away focuses on contrast and the use of monochromatic tone to set an atmosphere that draws the viewer in. This increase in impact has been harnessed by photographers since the first successful black and white images were taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in the early 19th century, leading to further success in 1825 when he managed to produce a black and white image of a window. Naturally colored photographs would not be developed until 1891 when Lipmann Gabriel applied the phenomenon of optical light wave interface. And yet, the black and white photograph continued, particularly in portraiture. Why? Practically, black and white photographs have a longer archival shelf-life but artistically, color isn't needed to capture the emotion, depth, expression and indeed reality through dramatic tone and contrast of the figure in front of the lens. You only need to recant Dorothea Lange's widely circulated Migrant Mother (1936) to see how a single black and white portrait can become a symbol of plight. In our works, artists like Maud Bernos and James Sparshatt favor portraits devoid of color… portraits that draw you the viewer in and leave you to fall into their enduring monochromatic depths.
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Fille coréenne et son chat
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Sounya Whang
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
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Zen Méditation Rose et papillon
Sounya Whang
Painting - 19 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.1 x 0 inch
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Sounya Whang
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Sounya Whang
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Les amants de fleurs du ciel
Sounya Whang
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Sounya Whang
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
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Sounya Whang
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
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Femme linge Monalisa
Sounya Whang
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Sounya Whang
Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.7 x 11.4 x 0 inch
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Marisa Papen 4
Samuel Cueto
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
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Marisa Papen 3
Samuel Cueto
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Marisa Papen 2
Samuel Cueto
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
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Sounya Whang
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Sounya Whang
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Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Human regard (4)
Hom Nguyen
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Human regard (3)
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Human regard (1)
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Hom Nguyen
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Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch
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