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![Photography, Leaf Veins iV, Charles Brabin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1070106_1_grid.jpg)
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Paris, nonne au Palais Royal
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$503
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La nuit étoilée
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,684
![Photography, La nuit étoilée, Eric Bouvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1905555_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Tokyo crossing VIII, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322292_1_grid.jpg)
Tokyo crossing VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,344
![Photography, Tokyo crossing VII, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322283_1_grid.jpg)
Tokyo crossing VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,344
![Photography, Tokyo crossing VI, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322274_1_grid.jpg)
Tokyo crossing VI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,344
![Photography, Tokyo crossing IV, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322268_1_grid.jpg)
Tokyo crossing IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,344
![Photography, Tokyo crossing III, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322265_1_grid.jpg)
Tokyo crossing III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,344
![Fine Art Drawings, Tarifa, Valérie Abadie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1047546_1_grid.jpg)
Tarifa
Valérie Abadie
Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 17 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.5 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$436
![Fine Art Drawings, Réminiscence, Valérie Abadie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/785385_1_grid.jpg)
Réminiscence
Valérie Abadie
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 26 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch
$436
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![Photography, 24h du Mans 1970-Vue sur la ligne droite du circuit et les gradins depuis le bord de la piste, 13 ou 14 juin 1970., Jacques Violet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095758_1_grid.jpg)
24h du Mans 1970-Vue sur la ligne droite du circuit et les gradins depuis le bord de la piste, 13 ou 14 juin 1970.
Jacques Violet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$447
![Photography, 24h du Mans 1970-La Porsche 917K n°23 de R. Attwood et H. Herrmann, 13 ou 14 juin 1970., Jacques Violet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095737_1_grid.jpg)
24h du Mans 1970-La Porsche 917K n°23 de R. Attwood et H. Herrmann, 13 ou 14 juin 1970.
Jacques Violet
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
![Photography, 24h du Mans 1970-Littéralement porté en triomphe, l’ingénieur Porsche Helmut Flegl, 14 juin 1970., Jacques Violet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095554_1_grid.jpg)
24h du Mans 1970-Littéralement porté en triomphe, l’ingénieur Porsche Helmut Flegl, 14 juin 1970.
Jacques Violet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$447
![Photography, 24h du Mans 1970-Jean-Pierre Beltoise ou H. Pescarolo au volant de leur MS 660 n°31, 13 juin 1970., Jacques Violet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095548_1_grid.jpg)
24h du Mans 1970-Jean-Pierre Beltoise ou H. Pescarolo au volant de leur MS 660 n°31, 13 juin 1970.
Jacques Violet
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
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24h du Mans 1970
Jacques Violet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$447
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Poseïdon (Till human voices wakes us)
Kramer O'Neill
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$503
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Arbre
Lionel le Jeune
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$56 $50
![Photography, Number One, Alexia Rousse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175580_1_grid.jpg)
Number One
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 139.7 x 96.5 x 3.3 cm Photography - 55 x 38 x 1.3 inch
$5,226
![Print, Passe de muleta, Yves Duffour](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/645225_1_grid.jpg)
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Joséphine Hopper
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$537
![Photography, The St Andrews Club, Pauline Corto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171744_1_grid.jpg)
The St Andrews Club
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$537
![Photography, Playground, Pauline Corto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171742_1_grid.jpg)
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Mister Frey (Donald N.)
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$537
![Photography, Capri 1973's mirror, Pauline Corto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171737_1_grid.jpg)
Capri 1973's mirror
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$537
![Photography, Capri 1973's light, Pauline Corto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171736_1_grid.jpg)
Capri 1973's light
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$537
![Photography, Mystère, Coralie Honnorat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139802_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Totem, Coralie Honnorat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139771_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cast your spell on me, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011296_1_grid.jpg)
Cast your spell on me
Justin Chan
Photography - 80 x 56.5 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 22.2 x 0.2 inch
$10,625
![Photography, Comme des grandes, Jean-Guy Nakars](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1906599_1_grid.jpg)
Comme des grandes
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$223
![Photography, Abstraction urbaine 2 (1), Guillaume Chevallard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1721763_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction urbaine 2 (1)
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,461
![Photography, Spinning the wheel, Oregon, Mindaugas Gabrenas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1606941_1_grid.jpg)
Spinning the wheel, Oregon
Mindaugas Gabrenas
Photography - 19.5 x 19.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.7 x 7.7 x 0.1 inch
$447
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![Photography, Ki no Kioku, Memory of tree, Ibuta-ji, Matsusaka city, Mie prefecture, Japan, 2023-11, 12, Teddy Peix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153503_1_grid.jpg)
Ki no Kioku, Memory of tree, Ibuta-ji, Matsusaka city, Mie prefecture, Japan, 2023-11, 12
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.01 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$319
![Photography, Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Kumano Kodo Akagi-Goe-2023-09_10, Teddy Peix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136107_1_grid.jpg)
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Kumano Kodo Akagi-Goe-2023-09_10
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$319
![Photography, Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Takiharanomiya_jinja_Taki-Mie_2023-08_09, Teddy Peix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136101_1_grid.jpg)
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Takiharanomiya_jinja_Taki-Mie_2023-08_09
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$319
![Photography, Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Kumano Kodo Akagi-Goe-2023-09_04, Teddy Peix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136097_1_grid.jpg)
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Kumano Kodo Akagi-Goe-2023-09_04
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$319
![Photography, Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Kumano Kodo Akagi-Goe-2023-09_04, Teddy Peix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136094_1_grid.jpg)
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Kumano Kodo Akagi-Goe-2023-09_04
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$319
![Photography, Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Tayun-ji_Mie_2023-04_02, Teddy Peix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136081_1_grid.jpg)
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Tayun-ji_Mie_2023-04_02
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$319
![Photography, Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Takiharanomiya_jinja_Taki-Mie_2023-08_10, Teddy Peix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136061_1_grid.jpg)
Ki no kioku (Memory of tree), Takiharanomiya_jinja_Taki-Mie_2023-08_10
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$319
![Photography, Du bout du monde, Auvergne 02, Lac de la Godivelle, Teddy Peix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1724160_1_grid.jpg)
Du bout du monde, Auvergne 02, Lac de la Godivelle
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.04 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$302
![Photography, Du bout du monde 01 - Sancy (Auvergne), Teddy Peix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1562082_1_grid.jpg)
Du bout du monde 01 - Sancy (Auvergne)
Teddy Peix
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.04 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$302
![Photography, La Montagne Imaginaire, Jérome Obiols](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1476402_1_grid.jpg)
La Montagne Imaginaire
Jérome Obiols
Photography - 70 x 186 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 73.2 x 0 inch
$3,915
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Draperie Ephémère sur la Meije
Jérome Obiols
Photography - 100 x 140 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0 inch
$4,138
![Photography, La Guerre des Mondes, Jérome Obiols](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1476366_1_grid.jpg)
La Guerre des Mondes
Jérome Obiols
Photography - 80 x 114 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 44.9 x 0 inch
$3,411
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De Myrha à Babylone - Duo Jeanne 1
Valérie Donzelli
Photography - 35 x 35 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 inch
$447
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![Fine Art Drawings, Vautour, Lionel le Jeune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915951_1_grid.jpg)
Vautour
Lionel le Jeune
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$336 $302
![Fine Art Drawings, Crâne, Lionel le Jeune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915939_1_grid.jpg)
Crâne
Lionel le Jeune
Fine Art Drawings - 21.5 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$313 $282
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!