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![Print, Few shades of dark, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026896_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, En La Florida (Identity Promises Series), Imanol Marrodán](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981332_1_grid.jpg)
En La Florida (Identity Promises Series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, Silencio de nieve (Identity Testimonies series), Imanol Marrodán](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803174_1_grid.jpg)
Silencio de nieve (Identity Testimonies series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, La mirada d’Apol·lo, Martí Sala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1473885_1_grid.jpg)
La mirada d’Apol·lo
Martí Sala
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€700
![Painting, Fenêtre sur Cour, Carlo Maiolini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/517331_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Memory Index 5, Julian Hibbard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/507347_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, TEsTudiNeUS, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152679_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, motuS, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149913_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Udo could have been a woman like the others, Udo Roosen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2116467_1_grid.jpg)
Udo could have been a woman like the others
Udo Roosen
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Barrage, je rage, Françoise Benomar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1622679_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Over the Wall 3, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515162_1_grid.jpg)
Over the Wall 3
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
€650
![Photography, Over the Wall 1, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515153_1_grid.jpg)
Over the Wall 1
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
€650
![Photography, Medina 2, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515147_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Party of two, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515075_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Motel Bathroom 2, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515057_1_grid.jpg)
Motel Bathroom 2
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 45 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€650
![Photography, Motel Bathroom 1, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515054_1_grid.jpg)
Motel Bathroom 1
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 45 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€650
![Photography, Irida XIII, Laurence Winram](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1141260_1_grid.jpg)
Irida XIII
Laurence Winram
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
€592
![Photography, Roarie XXVI, Laurence Winram](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1132299_1_grid.jpg)
Roarie XXVI
Laurence Winram
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
€592
![Photography, Man against Wall, Two, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857169_1_grid.jpg)
Man against Wall, Two
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Man against Wall, One, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857160_1_grid.jpg)
Man against Wall, One
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Body, Three, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857154_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Body, Two, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857151_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Body, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857145_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Man, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857133_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Infinity Man, Two, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857100_1_grid.jpg)
Infinity Man, Two
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Men & Palm Tree, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857079_1_grid.jpg)
Men & Palm Tree
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Palm Climb, Two, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857049_1_grid.jpg)
Palm Climb, Two
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Palm, Two, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856329_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Palm Embrace, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856320_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Palm, Four, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856314_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Palm, Three, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856302_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Palm, Two, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856299_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Palm, One, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856296_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Blue Jeans, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856290_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Caballero, Two, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/855618_1_grid.jpg)
Caballero, Two
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Folding man Two: From Motion Series, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/834531_1_grid.jpg)
Folding man Two: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Folding man One: From Motion Series, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/834522_1_grid.jpg)
Folding man One: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Man Curve Four: From Motion Series, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/834516_1_grid.jpg)
Man Curve Four: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Man Curve One: From Motion Series, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/834492_1_grid.jpg)
Man Curve One: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Man Back One: From Motion Series, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/834465_1_grid.jpg)
Man Back One: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Untitled 2: from the Blanco Series. Archival Pigment print, Sepia, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/736905_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled 2: from the Blanco Series. Archival Pigment print, Sepia
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Print, La Femme Spirale, Salam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/321742_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Strap, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094573_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Leather man, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093610_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled, Sepia, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085633_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled, Sepia
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Desierto 2, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046021_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rider, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040000_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hombre en red, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038482_1_grid.jpg)
Hombre en red
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Desierto, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028882_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Symposium, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027682_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled 2, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1798662_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1798656_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Caballero. From The series Horse and Dancer, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1798653_1_grid.jpg)
Caballero. From The series Horse and Dancer
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Apertura 2, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1410330_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Apertura, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1410327_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cerro II, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395564_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cuerpos II, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395537_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cerro de Hombres, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395531_1_grid.jpg)
Cerro de Hombres
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Cuerpos, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1392738_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Acto Tres. From the series - Acto Uno, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066212_1_grid.jpg)
Acto Tres. From the series - Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Acto Uno. From the series - Acto Uno, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066206_1_grid.jpg)
Acto Uno. From the series - Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Untitled. From the series Acto Uno, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066203_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled. From the series Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Alas Tres. From the series Acto Uno, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066200_1_grid.jpg)
Alas Tres. From the series Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Alas Dos. From the series Acto Uno, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066197_1_grid.jpg)
Alas Dos. From the series Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Alas. From the series Acto Uno, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066194_1_grid.jpg)
Alas. From the series Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Arena Cuatro. From the series Acto Uno, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066191_1_grid.jpg)
Arena Cuatro. From the series Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Arena. From the series - Acto Uno, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066188_1_grid.jpg)
Arena. From the series - Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Arena Dos. From the series - Acto Uno, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066185_1_grid.jpg)
Arena Dos. From the series - Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Arena Tres. From the series - Acto Uno, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066182_1_grid.jpg)
Arena Tres. From the series - Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Acto Dos. From the series - Acto Uno, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066179_1_grid.jpg)
Acto Dos. From the series - Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Centre Line. From the series "Acto Uno", Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066176_1_grid.jpg)
Centre Line. From the series "Acto Uno"
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Principio. From the series "Acto Uno", Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066173_1_grid.jpg)
Principio. From the series "Acto Uno"
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Untitled. From the series "Acto Uno", Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066128_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled. From the series "Acto Uno"
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Galope 2, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1047474_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Galope, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1047471_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sculpture of Cornelio 4, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1047318_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture of Cornelio 4
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Sculpture of Cornelio 3, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1047315_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture of Cornelio 3
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Sculpture of Cornelio 2, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1047312_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture of Cornelio 2
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Sculpture of Cornelio., Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1047309_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture of Cornelio.
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Cornelio., Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1047306_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hombre en movimiento 4, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1036221_1_grid.jpg)
Hombre en movimiento 4
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Hombre en movimiento 3, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1036218_1_grid.jpg)
Hombre en movimiento 3
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Hombre en movimiento 2, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1036215_1_grid.jpg)
Hombre en movimiento 2
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Photography, Hombre en movimiento 1, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1036209_1_grid.jpg)
Hombre en movimiento 1
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,156
![Print, Nude - 2, Carlo Marcantonio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/649383_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Epreuve 2, Zakari Babel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/536578_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Piano girl, Alex Manchev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1196874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vibration, Cyril Réguerre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/698064_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Kate Moss Venice Beach III, Christoph Martin Schmid](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/434259_1_grid.jpg)
Kate Moss Venice Beach III
Christoph Martin Schmid
Photography - 44 x 33 cm Photography - 17.3 x 13 inch
€800
![Photography, Satyr, Drawing Restraint 7, Matthew Barney studio, NYC, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130073_1_grid.jpg)
Satyr, Drawing Restraint 7, Matthew Barney studio, NYC
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 61 x 43.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 17 x 0.1 inch
€3,881
![Photography, Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5, Gellert Bath House, Budapest, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101899_1_grid.jpg)
Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5, Gellert Bath House, Budapest
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 61 x 43.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 17 x 0.1 inch
€3,881
![Photography, Pes AC MaNuS, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093364_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, CoRpus AC maNus, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093004_1_grid.jpg)
CoRpus AC maNus
Louis Blanc
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€6,500
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!