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![Photography, La Confianza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215613_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La montée des eaux, Fabienne Cresens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/462949_1_grid.jpg)
La montée des eaux
Fabienne Cresens
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
€1,100
![Photography, Calligraphing en l'air #6, Cody Choi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/195040_1_grid.jpg)
Calligraphing en l'air #6
Cody Choi
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,850
![Photography, Elvis Presley, Harry Hammond](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898884_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, HRH Princess Elizabeth With HRH The Prince of Wales, Cecil Beaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898437_1_grid.jpg)
HRH Princess Elizabeth With HRH The Prince of Wales
Cecil Beaton
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€1,221
![Photography, 4 girls, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115394_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Glimpse, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1434273_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1999-New Orleans - Black and White Photograph of Woman on New Orleans Street Car, Jean-Luc Fievet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/974565_1_grid.jpg)
1999-New Orleans - Black and White Photograph of Woman on New Orleans Street Car
Jean-Luc Fievet
Photography - 100.3 x 149.9 cm Photography - 39.5 x 59 inch
€3,784
![Photography, Bertrand de Broc, Maud Bernos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/101377_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dagoberto - Cuba musician, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215323_1_grid.jpg)
Dagoberto - Cuba musician
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€980
![Photography, Las Memorías, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212537_1_grid.jpg)
Las Memorías
James Sparshatt
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€3,083
![Photography, Sonhos Silenciosos, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212531_1_grid.jpg)
Sonhos Silenciosos
James Sparshatt
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€3,083
![Photography, The southern gentleman, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212522_1_grid.jpg)
The southern gentleman
James Sparshatt
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€3,083
![Photography, Ensayo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/9969_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El Dandy, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/28249_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Confianza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/11135_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, American trails, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/10543_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dark Materials I, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914550_1_grid.jpg)
Dark Materials I
James Sparshatt
Photography - 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,850
![Photography, Maiden of Tsonga, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/22563_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Linea, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1087620_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Storm over the Altiplano, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/10542_1_grid.jpg)
Storm over the Altiplano
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
€1,171
![Photography, El amor, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1003152_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El Revolucionario, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/15359_1_grid.jpg)
El Revolucionario
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€980
![Photography, Dawn over Bagan, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884874_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La montée des eaux, Fabienne Cresens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/462961_1_grid.jpg)
La montée des eaux
Fabienne Cresens
Photography - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
€500
![Photography, La Santiaguera, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/21277_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La tristeza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1768140_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El caballero, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1068861_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, New horizons, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/586491_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hombre de la Luna, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/28570_1_grid.jpg)
Hombre de la Luna
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€734
![Photography, A Confiança, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971855_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Saudade, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971834_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Last man standing, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971840_1_grid.jpg)
Last man standing
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€734
![Photography, Dark Materials VI, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914793_1_grid.jpg)
Dark Materials VI
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€3,638
![Photography, Queen Elizabeth II On Her Coronation Day, Cecil Beaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896799_1_grid.jpg)
Queen Elizabeth II On Her Coronation Day
Cecil Beaton
Photography - 50.8 x 50.8 cm Photography - 20 x 20 inch
€654
![Photography, Dark Materials VIII, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914820_1_grid.jpg)
Dark Materials VIII
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€4,008
![Photography, Viejo maestro, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/11119_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El orgullo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597294_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Above the Clouds #1, Cody Choi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/195043_1_grid.jpg)
Above the Clouds #1
Cody Choi
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0 inch
€808
![Photography, Eartha Kitt, Harry Hammond](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898896_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El Principe, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/51570_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 4 monkeys, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115226_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dark Materials IV, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914778_1_grid.jpg)
Dark Materials IV
James Sparshatt
Photography - 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,850
![Photography, Self portrait #1, Cody Choi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/194641_1_grid.jpg)
Self portrait #1
Cody Choi
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€3,699
![Photography, Son de Santiago, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/565167_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ritmo en el autobus, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597342_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Las curvas, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597270_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El Barbudo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/57511_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Te veo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1069008_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tropicana, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006995_1_grid.jpg)
Tropicana
James Sparshatt
Photography - 67.5 x 67.5 x 2 cm Photography - 26.6 x 26.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,171
![Photography, Las Memorias, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006989_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La mirada, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597351_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jacquelina, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/391808_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Havana café, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/61549_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El viaje a casa, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597348_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El patrimonio, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597285_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The last tango, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/587478_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Esperanza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/587433_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, A Moment with Mario, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/598125_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El barbudo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197942_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Saiorse, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1060668_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bayou dreaming, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884871_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El duende, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1312650_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Waiting for the drums, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971831_1_grid.jpg)
Waiting for the drums
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€734
![Photography, La romera, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204317_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El campesino, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204215_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mujer de Santiago, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115679_1_grid.jpg)
Mujer de Santiago
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
€734
![Photography, El tabaquero, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115667_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La vieja guajira, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1098810_1_grid.jpg)
La vieja guajira
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
€734
![Photography, La dama de la plaza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1068855_1_grid.jpg)
La dama de la plaza
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
€857
![Photography, La sonrisa, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028463_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Graciela, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/9965_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fellaz on Frenchmen, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/731145_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La celebracion, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/237268_1_grid.jpg)
La celebracion
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€857
![Photography, The southern gentleman, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191564_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Skelligs by moonlight, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885084_1_grid.jpg)
The Skelligs by moonlight
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
€1,171
![Photography, Bagan by moonlight, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884967_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sands of the Himalaya, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884946_1_grid.jpg)
Sands of the Himalaya
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
€1,171
![Photography, Waiting for Brasil, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884910_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Realm of Aodh, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884892_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Soul man, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/665202_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Corazon y alma, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/274213_1_grid.jpg)
Corazon y alma
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€857
![Photography, Silent Dreams, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971849_1_grid.jpg)
Silent Dreams
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€734
![Photography, La furia del manton, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769364_1_grid.jpg)
La furia del manton
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€734
![Photography, La pasion, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769361_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El campesino, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/15360_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El ultimo tango, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1312662_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El beso, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204233_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Serenity on the bayou, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006977_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Graciela, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204302_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Gone, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1011267_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, HRH Princess Elizabeth, Cecil Beaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898443_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dark Materials II, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914760_1_grid.jpg)
Dark Materials II
James Sparshatt
Photography - 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,158
Black and White Portraits
The allure of black and white. Color can articulate reality and reflect realism, but taking it away focuses on contrast and the use of monochromatic tone to set an atmosphere that draws the viewer in. This increase in impact has been harnessed by photographers since the first successful black and white images were taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in the early 19th century, leading to further success in 1825 when he managed to produce a black and white image of a window. Naturally colored photographs would not be developed until 1891 when Lipmann Gabriel applied the phenomenon of optical light wave interface. And yet, the black and white photograph continued, particularly in portraiture. Why? Practically, black and white photographs have a longer archival shelf-life but artistically, color isn’t needed to capture the emotion, depth, expression and indeed reality through dramatic tone and contrast of the figure in front of the lens. You only need to recant Dorothea Lange’s widely circulated Migrant Mother (1936) to see how a single black and white portrait can become a symbol of plight. In our works, artists like Maud Bernos and James Sparshatt favor portraits devoid of color… portraits that draw you the viewer in and leave you to fall into their enduring monochromatic depths.