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![Photography, Removal #52, Ben Cope](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133655_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Saharian Sensuality, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1796163_1_grid.jpg)
Saharian Sensuality
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€190
![Photography, Obra del Grupo Danza del Alma, Cuba, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616640_1_grid.jpg)
Obra del Grupo Danza del Alma, Cuba
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 32 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Temptation (Tentation), Laura Makabresku](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/641589_1_grid.jpg)
Temptation (Tentation)
Laura Makabresku
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
€775
![Fine Art Drawings, No man's land, Rossella Mercedes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511154_1_grid.jpg)
No man's land
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€280
![Photography, Around the World, Olha Stepanian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156044_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, San Rafael, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1482846_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La petite fille sur canape noir, Hans Bellmer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/81331_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Let There Be Light! #14, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/812028_1_grid.jpg)
Let There Be Light! #14
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€190
![Photography, Let There Be Light! #11, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/812010_1_grid.jpg)
Let There Be Light! #11
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€190
![Photography, E-motion, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/723354_1_grid.jpg)
E-motion
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€785
![Photography, No22 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/585993_1_grid.jpg)
No22 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€3,640
![Photography, Light Slide, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/458842_1_grid.jpg)
Light Slide
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Print, Nus, Manolo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/374454_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, E-motion, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/364440_1_grid.jpg)
E-motion
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, Adventure, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/360799_1_grid.jpg)
Adventure
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, Bloom, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/359101_1_grid.jpg)
Bloom
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, Hat Contest, Lukas Dvorak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173808_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Three Graces, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155320_1_grid.jpg)
Three Graces
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, Danseuse libre, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012226_1_grid.jpg)
Danseuse libre
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,900
![Photography, Langue de danseuse, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1987680_1_grid.jpg)
Langue de danseuse
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€2,900
![Photography, Flame, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1926642_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marche des Méréides, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1860897_1_grid.jpg)
Marche des Méréides
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€785
![Photography, Elle a bon dos, Jean-Pierre Fleury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1759842_1_grid.jpg)
Elle a bon dos
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€900
![Photography, Anais, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1685331_1_grid.jpg)
Anais
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, Vertigo, Adina Apostu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1555647_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Strength, Jan Gordon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364196_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Twist, Jan Gordon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364190_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sabar, Gabriel Dia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1331676_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Panther Play, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1321947_1_grid.jpg)
Panther Play
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, No44 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307004_1_grid.jpg)
No44 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, Le Minou, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1264053_1_grid.jpg)
Le Minou
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, Sein dévoilé, Emmanuelle Barbaras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109465_1_grid.jpg)
Sein dévoilé
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 24 x 36 x 1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
€700
![Photography, Let There Be Light! #4, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811968_1_grid.jpg)
Let There Be Light! #4
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€190
![Photography, Lava Rock, Jean-Léonard Polo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/683313_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Salle d'attente, Joël Gros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/640989_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Immersió 201, Oriol Texidor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/483226_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled 4, Matt Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369219_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Derme 3, Charles Bayonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171451_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Desiderium absconditus, Sofia Fanego](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123784_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La bicyclette, Hans Bellmer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/187183_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Drowning II, Wai Ming Lung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1650117_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Supper, Adina Apostu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602249_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tease 1, Adina Apostu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1555653_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Barefoot, Adina Apostu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1555101_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Heel Power, Adina Apostu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1539159_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flying Horses, Adina Apostu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530846_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Yin & Yang, Adina Apostu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1517412_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pouvoir et soumission, Joël Gros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/640965_1_grid.jpg)
Pouvoir et soumission
Joël Gros
Photography - 50 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€600
![Photography, Blanc et noir (Islande), Vincent Citot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/638382_1_grid.jpg)
Blanc et noir (Islande)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 35 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€750
![Photography, Arolla (Suisse), Vincent Citot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/638346_1_grid.jpg)
Arolla (Suisse)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€750
![Photography, Kogure, Nathalie Daoust](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/26795_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Autoportrait, Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2013393_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Autoportrait, Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2013390_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Diagonal, Dmitry Savchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904169_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El matí, Martí Sala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1473876_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Wicked game, Lesya Rozova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1137957_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Would You Swim with Me? V, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028790_1_grid.jpg)
Would You Swim with Me? V
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 70 x 52.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 20.7 x 0 inch
€190
![Photography, Would You swim with Me?, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1019604_1_grid.jpg)
Would You swim with Me?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 30 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€190
![Photography, Fragile Vanity III, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988632_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fragile Vanity I, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988626_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Black or White, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988623_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mine, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988620_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Me, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/882489_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les Bas de..., D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/738048_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nudescape, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700323_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Innate Sensuality, Mik Mød](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/662691_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Belle et le Triton, Alfred Courmes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/377899_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Shoot again (196), Yves Cham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170920_1_grid.jpg)
Shoot again (196)
Yves Cham
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.01 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Untitled (Nr. 0971), Ben Cope](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157235_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled (Nr. 0517), Ben Cope](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155127_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled (Nr. 0412), Ben Cope](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141288_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fuen en El Louvre, Paris (Identity Assertions Series), Imanol Marrodán](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981329_1_grid.jpg)
Fuen en El Louvre, Paris (Identity Assertions Series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, La Casa de Daniel, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477815_1_grid.jpg)
La Casa de Daniel
Paola Dávila
Photography - 22.9 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 9 x 8 x 1 inch
€1,165
![Photography, Human Being 1564 - Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161403_1_grid.jpg)
Human Being 1564 - Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon
Idan Wizen
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,500
![Photography, Lily 2, Olha Stepanian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151228_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lily 1, Olha Stepanian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145651_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, HB2390, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026557_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, HB2353, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026551_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, HB2702, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026545_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, H0396 - The farmer, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972668_1_grid.jpg)
H0396 - The farmer
Idan Wizen
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€2,750
![Photography, H0390 - The flop, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972608_1_grid.jpg)
H0390 - The flop
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€2,500
![Print, Party, Nicolas de Crécy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/681762_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 44 & 45, Nadine Van Der Straeten](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/235471_1_grid.jpg)
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 44 & 45
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 59.4 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 23.4 x 0.4 inch
€590
![Print, Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 126 & 127, Nadine Van Der Straeten](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/235420_1_grid.jpg)
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 126 & 127
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 59.4 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 23.4 x 0.4 inch
€590
![Photography, Untouched 1, Lika Brutyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168595_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Shakespeare mirror, Lika Brutyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143294_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Firestarter, Lukas Dvorak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134303_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Paris, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040663_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ouverture, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996056_1_grid.jpg)
Ouverture
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, A Weak Road #10, Liu Tao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1615446_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, A Weak Road #1, Liu Tao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1615434_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Pousse, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479177_1_grid.jpg)
La Pousse
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,620
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!