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![Photography, Fashion Projection, John French](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898491_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Back lighting, Dora Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/815826_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Rise, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/366471_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, N°1150, Jean-Paul Baret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/312886_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, N°974, Jean-Paul Baret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/312880_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Ihre Schatten, Leni Riefenstahl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/845826_1_grid.jpg)
Ihre Schatten
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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![Photography, Der Fackel laeufer, Leni Riefenstahl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/845796_1_grid.jpg)
Der Fackel laeufer
Leni Riefenstahl
Photography - 49.8 x 37.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.625 x 14.75 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Octopus, Akiza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/568665_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Basilique Sacre coeur, Paul Khayat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964100_1_grid.jpg)
Basilique Sacre coeur
Paul Khayat
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
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![Photography, Cimetière Pere Lachaise, Paul Khayat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964028_1_grid.jpg)
Cimetière Pere Lachaise
Paul Khayat
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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De Myrha à Babylone - Le Panama
Valérie Donzelli
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
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![Painting, She-Devil and the Black Hole Orchestra, Akiza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/974139_1_grid.jpg)
She-Devil and the Black Hole Orchestra
Akiza
Painting - 45 x 25 x 1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Photography, Looking through the giraffe, Eric Isselée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/910884_1_grid.jpg)
Looking through the giraffe
Eric Isselée
Photography - 156 x 110 x 5 cm Photography - 61.4 x 43.3 x 2 inch
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![Photography, Lion cubs playing, Eric Isselée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/910860_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Herd of Elephants, Eric Isselée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/910713_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Painting, Fairy YoSHii, Akiza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/568839_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Skull Y Chaplin, Yions Schwenke](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/216598_1_grid.jpg)
Skull Y Chaplin
Yions Schwenke
Photography - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Photography, Pastorale dans le Ouaddai, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1753515_1_grid.jpg)
Pastorale dans le Ouaddai
José Nicolas
Photography - 54 x 86 x 1 cm Photography - 21.3 x 33.9 x 0.4 inch
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![Photography, Nice, plongeoir de « La Réserve »,, Patrice CLEMENT](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223958_1_grid.jpg)
Nice, plongeoir de « La Réserve »,
Patrice CLEMENT
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Photography, De Myrha à Babylone - Les Primeurs du Château, Valérie Donzelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1102935_1_grid.jpg)
De Myrha à Babylone - Les Primeurs du Château
Valérie Donzelli
Photography - 52 x 77 cm Photography - 20.5 x 30.3 inch
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![Photography, Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Samuel Bourne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896778_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Major-leg, Jurictus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/612402_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Look back, Yves Bordes Lapeyre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/580626_1_grid.jpg)
Look back
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 80 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Point Plan Trait n°18, Patrice Palacio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/217279_1_grid.jpg)
Point Plan Trait n°18
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
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![Photography, Duke Ellington et Louis Armstrong, Jacques de Potier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741557_1_grid.jpg)
Duke Ellington et Louis Armstrong
Jacques de Potier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Vue plongeante vers la rue de Castiglione et la place Vendôme, André Ostier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1728330_1_grid.jpg)
Vue plongeante vers la rue de Castiglione et la place Vendôme
André Ostier
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Forts des Halles en livraison au Pavillon de la Boucherie, face à l'église Saint-Eustache, André Ostier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1728297_1_grid.jpg)
Forts des Halles en livraison au Pavillon de la Boucherie, face à l'église Saint-Eustache
André Ostier
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Place de la Bastille le 10 Mai 1981, Jean Claude Figenwald](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103874_1_grid.jpg)
Place de la Bastille le 10 Mai 1981
Jean Claude Figenwald
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
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![Photography, Skater in a Digby Morton, John French](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896679_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/965709_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/961644_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Print, Selfportrait, Chuck Close](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/619335_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled, Chema Madoz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444630_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitle 2, Célia Picard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/621492_1_grid.jpg)
Untitle 2
Célia Picard
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 27.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 10.8 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Les Tontons, Valérie Durand](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/526643_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, Inconsistently logical, Daniele Sigalot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515714_1_grid.jpg)
Inconsistently logical
Daniele Sigalot
Sculpture - 300 x 300 x 4 cm Sculpture - 118.1 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch
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![Photography, Dustin Hoffman 2, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166265_1_grid.jpg)
Dustin Hoffman 2
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
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![Photography, Dustin Hoffman 1, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166263_1_grid.jpg)
Dustin Hoffman 1
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Akiza Ohm - Jour 27 - 6/12, Akiza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1155255_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pose, Dan Holmqvist](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1012200_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Herbert Ponting](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898953_1_grid.jpg)
Captain Robert Falcon Scott
Herbert Ponting
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
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![Photography, Scott’s Expedition Team, Herbert Ponting](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896712_1_grid.jpg)
Scott’s Expedition Team
Herbert Ponting
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
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![Photography, Un instant relatif, Arthur Di Nunzio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1898118_1_grid.jpg)
Un instant relatif
Arthur Di Nunzio
Photography - 30 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Danseurs immobiles 3, Georgik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/15547_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ice Block, Iceland, Gonçalo Martins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1099848_1_grid.jpg)
Ice Block, Iceland
Gonçalo Martins
Photography - 19 x 19 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Voyou 14/20, JP Malot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630516_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Plan A, Petite Poissone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145721_1_grid.jpg)
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Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut Hollywood California USA
Philippe Halsman
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 2 inch
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![Photography, Vespas à Montmartre, Paris, vers 1950, Maurice Bonnel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1409283_1_grid.jpg)
Vespas à Montmartre, Paris, vers 1950
Maurice Bonnel
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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![Photography, Ayrton Senna Victoire au GP du Brésil 1992 coupe, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/905415_1_grid.jpg)
Ayrton Senna Victoire au GP du Brésil 1992 coupe
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Print, Volubilis, Antonin Anzil](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/651555_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Carte de Voeux, Jean Jansem](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/507179_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Untitled, Margrethe Mather](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/845034_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Margrethe Mather
Photography - 25.1 x 18.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.88 x 7.38 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Texture couteau blanc noire, Jonathan Pradillon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/708657_1_grid.jpg)
Texture couteau blanc noire
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.6 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
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![Photography, Hidden, Edgar Nabla](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/475897_1_grid.jpg)
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Chestnut Triptych
Matthias Conrad
Photography - 60 x 180 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
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Scott’s Expedition Team
Herbert Ponting
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
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Une parisienne à Bicyclette
Sylvia Galmot
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
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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!