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Marilyn Getting Ready To Go Out (1955)
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 51 x 40 cm Photography - 20.1 x 15.7 inch
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Marilyn Costume Fitting (1955)
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 25 x 30 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 inch
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Serie Vera y Victoria
Mar Sáez
Photography - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
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Terre d'Oliviers
Claude Cruells
Photography - 55 x 82 x 6 cm Photography - 21.7 x 32.3 x 2.4 inch
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The other world
Shérazade (Sher) Auclair
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
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Chanel Paris
Bart Van Leeuwen
Photography - 63.5 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Photography - 25 x 32 x 2 inch
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Enfant des rues Cotonou
Philippe De Poulpiquet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Sur les Quais
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
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Liberia: Liberian in front of a Termite Hill
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 34.9 x 25.1 cm Photography - 13.75 x 9.88 inch
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Untitled (Church Spire, Seville)
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 37.8 x 29.8 cm Photography - 14.88 x 11.75 inch
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Saint Laurent Ovation à la fin de sa collection
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24.5 x 30.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9.6 x 11.9 x 0.1 inch
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La parisienne vaut bien une messe
Sylvia Galmot
Photography - 50 x 30 cm Photography - 19.7 x 11.8 inch
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Noce dans le Berry, la nuit de noce.
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Marie Chantal en manteau d'ocelot
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Larguez les amarres !
Pierre Gély-Fort
Photography - 45 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 17.7 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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Maïs, Le Marais D'Arles
Lucien Clergue
Photography - 25.2 x 16.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.9 x 6.5 x 0.1 inch
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Muhammad Ali , Chicago
Thomas Hoepker
Photography - 15 x 15 x 0.1 cm Photography - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch
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Chicago 45, Portrait of a Woman
Hugo Erfurth
Photography - 36.5 x 26 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.38 x 10.25 x 0.1 inch
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Untitled (Solarized Landscape)
Maurice Tabard
Photography - 28.6 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.25 x 9 x 0.1 inch
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Untitled (Solarized Double Exposure)
Maurice Tabard
Photography - 28.6 x 21 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.25 x 8.25 x 0.1 inch
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Untitled (Solarized Double Exposure)
Maurice Tabard
Photography - 28.6 x 21 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.25 x 8.25 x 0.1 inch
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David Gilmour & Jacques Boumendil à la caméra_'Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii'
Jacques Boumendil
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Phobie administrative
Alain Wieder
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.8 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.3 inch
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Visite médicale
Alain Wieder
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.8 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.3 inch
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Birds in Flight
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
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Horses in a Valley
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 29.2 x 39.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.5 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
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Horses with Mountains
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 29 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.4 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
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Aerial view of Mountains and Roads
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 34.3 x 26.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 13.5 x 10.5 x 0.1 inch
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Three Gentleman on Horseback
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 29.7 x 38.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.7 x 15.1 x 0.1 inch
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Untitled 132
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 37.3 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch
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Untitled P27
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 29.5 x 36.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 14.4 x 0.1 inch
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Untitled P67
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 25.4 x 34.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 10 x 13.5 x 0.1 inch
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Untitled P-92
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 31.8 x 26.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.5 x 10.4 x 0.1 inch
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Roaming Horses
Martin Munkacsi
Photography - 26.4 x 34.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 10.38 x 13.5 x 0.1 inch
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Shadows’s city: Berlin
Udo Roosen
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
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Death Valley, États-Unis
Stephane Cormier Cormier
Photography - 47 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 18.5 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
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Nice, le plongeoir, La Réserve, bateau en direction de la Corse
Patrice CLEMENT
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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1 - Les âges de la vie - Jadis
Mita Vostok
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Virginie Ledoyen
Franck Leclerc
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Charles Aznavour
Franck Leclerc
Photography - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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Marilyn Monroe at Grand Central Station
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 25 x 30 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 inch
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Marilyn Takes It To The Streets
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
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Marilyn Takes It To The Streets
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 25 x 30 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 inch
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Mike Tyson, Small, Unframed
Albert Watson
Photography - 60.3 x 50.5 cm Photography - 23.75 x 19.88 inch
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Brigitte Bardot à 17 ans
Walter Carone
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Herd of Elephants
Eric Isselée
Photography - 82 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 32.3 x 39.4 x 2 inch
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Bérénice Bejo & Stéphane de Groodt
Franck Leclerc
Photography - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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Nous sommes tous des enfants - 2
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Voir la vie du bon angle
Jean-Michel Landon
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Holding the center as I am
Christa David
Photography - 35 x 27.5 x 2 cm Photography - 13.8 x 10.8 x 0.8 inch
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Moda DIOR, Venezia 1951
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 55 x 36.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 21.7 x 14.4 x 0 inch
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Claudia Cardinale à Rome, Italie
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Alberto Giacometti, Paris
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Le petit parisien
Willy Ronis
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Frida Kahlo en el jardín xochimilco, México (Framed)
Leo Matiz
Photography - 59.7 x 39.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.5 x 15.55 x 0.1 inch
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Anatol
Leni Riefenstahl
Photography - 49.8 x 37.5 x 1.3 cm Photography - 19.625 x 14.75 x 0.5 inch
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Coluche - Iconic portraits
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,400
No77 Spirit
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
€1,475
La femme de pêcheur
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 58 x 38 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22.8 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,400
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 1
Antoine Kubler
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
€250 €225
Rolling Stones (1998)
Kevin Westenberg
Photography - 40 x 51 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.1 inch
€1,770
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.
What does black and white mean in photography?
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.
What is good about black and white photography?
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.
What techniques are used in black and white photography?
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.