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![Photography, Marilyn with Bert's Nikon, Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955539_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marilyn looking up in the wedding veil, Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/472957_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn looking up in the wedding veil
Bert Stern
Photography - 48 x 33 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 inch
€2,490
![Photography, Totem suit, Farah Slimani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158921_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, My Name Is Rabbit, László Moholy-Nagy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897948_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bono, Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/881964_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Grand Canal 3, Jean-Michel Berts](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/647421_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Série : Se faire passer pour Mao, Nathalie Daoust](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463270_1_grid.jpg)
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
€2,500
![Photography, Série : Se faire passer pour Mao, Nathalie Daoust](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463255_1_grid.jpg)
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
€2,500
![Print, Toro II screenprint, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379940_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Roll, Théo Gosselin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181453_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The capability to transform into any shape, On Hansen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1344687_1_grid.jpg)
The capability to transform into any shape
On Hansen
Photography - 69 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.2 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,455
![Photography, Pearl Jam (1992), Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/888609_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bayou dreaming, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884871_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Depeche Mode, Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/882900_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Coldplay, Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/882555_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Blur, Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/881724_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, NY Apartments - 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/871107_1_grid.jpg)
NY Apartments - 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€3,010
![Photography, Paris confinement, Bruno Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/745170_1_grid.jpg)
Paris confinement
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€950
![Painting, Emotion N° D, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566940_1_grid.jpg)
Emotion N° D
Feng Kaixuan
Painting - 109 x 84 x 1 cm Painting - 42.9 x 33.1 x 0.4 inch
€5,000 €4,500
![Painting, Self Portrait… aka Yella v2.6 Dream Within A Dream, LosOtros Mj Tom](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/431145_1_grid.jpg)
Self Portrait… aka Yella v2.6 Dream Within A Dream
LosOtros Mj Tom
Painting - 100 x 280 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 110.2 x 0.4 inch
€3,200
![Photography, Tano, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197284_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Repose, Ian Wallace](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160415_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Eden Hartford, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142549_1_grid.jpg)
Eden Hartford
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 39.8 x 0 inch
€3,600
![Photography, Bob Marley, Beacon Theater, New York City 1976, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138263_1_grid.jpg)
Bob Marley, Beacon Theater, New York City 1976
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Jackson 5 and Janet Jackson, NYC 1975, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083830_1_grid.jpg)
Jackson 5 and Janet Jackson, NYC 1975
Bob Gruen
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, El duende, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1312650_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Paris confinement Musée d'Orsay, Bruno Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/745188_1_grid.jpg)
Paris confinement Musée d'Orsay
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 17 x 31 x 1 cm Photography - 6.7 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
€850
![Photography, Paris confinement Pont des Arts, Bruno Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/745185_1_grid.jpg)
Paris confinement Pont des Arts
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€950
![Photography, Paris tour tour Eiffel 1, Bruno Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/651678_1_grid.jpg)
Paris tour tour Eiffel 1
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 24 x 18 x 1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Photography, Rhyme III, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144757_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, You are a story, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144729_1_grid.jpg)
You are a story
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€1,550
![Photography, You Are A Story, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144720_1_grid.jpg)
You Are A Story
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€1,295
![Print, The Gun Chronicles: A Story of America, USA, 2022, JR](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2108256_1_grid.jpg)
The Gun Chronicles: A Story of America, USA, 2022
JR
Print - 50 x 100 cm Print - 19.7 x 39.4 inch
€720
![Photography, La plage III, Clara Delaporte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1868052_1_grid.jpg)
La plage III
Clara Delaporte
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
![Photography, 1971 Féraud Black Sculpture Metal, Albert Féraud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1206204_1_grid.jpg)
1971 Féraud Black Sculpture Metal
Albert Féraud
Photography - 35 x 45 cm Photography - 13.8 x 17.7 inch
€1,900
![Photography, Entrer dans la lumière, Dominique Jullien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1106148_1_grid.jpg)
Entrer dans la lumière
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€350
![Print, Kafka 8, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701337_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 7, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701331_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 6, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701319_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 5, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701313_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 4, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701310_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 3, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701304_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 2, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701292_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 1, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701253_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Désert, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1342161_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Arcane IX- L’Hermite, Richard Laillier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/573243_1_grid.jpg)
Arcane IX- L’Hermite
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
€1,000
![Fine Art Drawings, Arcane IV- L’Empereur, Richard Laillier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/573225_1_grid.jpg)
Arcane IV- L’Empereur
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
€1,000
![Photography, The Clash / Mogador, Pierre Terrasson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/546205_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Miami Stripes 09 11bn, Luca Artioli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738338_1_grid.jpg)
Miami Stripes 09 11bn
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
€4,851
![Print, Fleures, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/706926_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Champ de l'herbe, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/705969_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 7, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696066_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695565_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Painting, Corbea I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539581_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 262, Tarek Butayhi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/455812_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rising Tide, Heikki Willamo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/408796_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Matrix Index 5 / Silver, Colleen Wolstenholme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/405448_1_grid.jpg)
Matrix Index 5 / Silver
Colleen Wolstenholme
Sculpture - 66 x 66 x 15 cm Sculpture - 26 x 26 x 5.9 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Love, Light & Lines (Vol.4), Kamal Obat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195407_1_grid.jpg)
Love, Light & Lines (Vol.4)
Kamal Obat
Photography - 60 x 49.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 23.62 x 19.6 x 1 inch
€437
![Photography, Love, Light & Lines (Vol.2), Kamal Obat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195405_1_grid.jpg)
Love, Light & Lines (Vol.2)
Kamal Obat
Photography - 60 x 49.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 23.62 x 19.6 x 1 inch
€437
![Photography, Dan Waka, Kamal Obat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190984_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, lnvolucruM, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168737_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, DeliRiUs, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152706_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La famille avant tout, Mathieu Pujol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1677501_1_grid.jpg)
La famille avant tout
Mathieu Pujol
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€850
![Photography, Nossa Senhora da Rocha Church, Gonçalo Martins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1552689_1_grid.jpg)
Nossa Senhora da Rocha Church
Gonçalo Martins
Photography - 36 x 29 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€210
![Photography, Sahara, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1342188_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Capucine 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/871188_1_grid.jpg)
Capucine 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 cm Photography - 30 x 20 inch
€2,700
![Photography, Jean-Marc Barr, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166247_1_grid.jpg)
Jean-Marc Barr
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€600
![Photography, Raymond Devos, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157178_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les Nuls en Ripolin, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157173_1_grid.jpg)
Les Nuls en Ripolin
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€600
![Photography, Pierre Desproges, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153519_1_grid.jpg)
Pierre Desproges
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€600 €510
![Photography, Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142558_1_grid.jpg)
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 39.8 x 0 inch
€3,600
![Photography, Florence Pritchett Smith, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142477_1_grid.jpg)
Florence Pritchett Smith
Slim Aarons
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€2,290
![Photography, Yoko Ono in black ribbed sweater, Central Park, NY 1973, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138400_1_grid.jpg)
Yoko Ono in black ribbed sweater, Central Park, NY 1973
Bob Gruen
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, MSG, NYC 1972, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138394_1_grid.jpg)
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, MSG, NYC 1972
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Mick Jagger, MSG, NYC 1972, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138393_1_grid.jpg)
Mick Jagger, MSG, NYC 1972
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Mick Jagger, NYC 1972, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138392_1_grid.jpg)
Mick Jagger, NYC 1972
Bob Gruen
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Yoko Ono, Record Plant, NYC 1972, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138344_1_grid.jpg)
John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Yoko Ono, Record Plant, NYC 1972
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Johnny Rotten & Sid Vicious, Europe, 1977, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138340_1_grid.jpg)
Johnny Rotten & Sid Vicious, Europe, 1977
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Jon Bon Jovi, Moscow 1989, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138328_1_grid.jpg)
Jon Bon Jovi, Moscow 1989
Bob Gruen
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, John Lennon contact sheet, NYC 1975, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138308_1_grid.jpg)
John Lennon contact sheet, NYC 1975
Bob Gruen
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Joe Strummer and Gaby, NYC, 1981, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138291_1_grid.jpg)
Joe Strummer and Gaby, NYC, 1981
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Bernie Taupin and Elton John, NYC 1971, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138268_1_grid.jpg)
Bernie Taupin and Elton John, NYC 1971
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Clash & Bo Diddley, Agora Ballroom, Cleveland OH, 1979, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138256_1_grid.jpg)
Clash & Bo Diddley, Agora Ballroom, Cleveland OH, 1979
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Kiss NYC 1974, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084010_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Black Sabbath NYC 1971, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083953_1_grid.jpg)
Black Sabbath NYC 1971
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
€2,425
![Photography, Gaudí 014, Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971348_1_grid.jpg)
Gaudí 014
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
€800
![Photography, Lits double, Christian Lefevre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1929087_1_grid.jpg)
Lits double
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€920
![Fine Art Drawings, Angry, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1649046_1_grid.jpg)
Angry
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€290
![Photography, Beauty, Jan Gordon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364187_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Harmonize, Jan Gordon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364184_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La romera, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204317_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El campesino, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204215_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El barbudo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197942_1_grid.jpg)
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!