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![Photography, Évasion, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176316_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Diamant Noir, Sinden Collier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206319_1_grid.jpg)
Diamant Noir
Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
£1,409
![Photography, Grotte de Glace II, Juliette Agnel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187666_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rhinoceros #2, Brad Wilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113500_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Baltic_Ice_II_Helsinki_012, Bernhard Lang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213878_1_grid.jpg)
Baltic_Ice_II_Helsinki_012
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,762
![Photography, No77 Spirit, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187718_1_grid.jpg)
No77 Spirit
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
£1,299
![Photography, Pulchrum foruM - Format M, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213645_1_grid.jpg)
Pulchrum foruM - Format M
Louis Blanc
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£793
![Painting, Not so long big splash, Miquel Wert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213918_1_grid.jpg)
![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
£2,500
![Photography, Queen of Flowers - Format L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213786_1_grid.jpg)
Queen of Flowers - Format L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,057
![Photography, Hat With Smoke (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214337_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'Abbé Pierre en 1989, Pascal Baril](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212900_1_grid.jpg)
L'Abbé Pierre en 1989
Pascal Baril
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£484
![Photography, Sharpness 02, Milen Radev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206401_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait de Frank Zappa, Claude Vesco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212926_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait de Frank Zappa
Claude Vesco
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£440
![Photography, Baladjolo, Fatoumata Diabaté](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190832_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rhythmogramm 183A, Heinrich Heidersberger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204741_1_grid.jpg)
Rhythmogramm 183A
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£1,189
![Photography, Roll, Théo Gosselin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181445_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Wilson Falls - 14501, Simeon Posen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203436_1_grid.jpg)
Wilson Falls - 14501
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
£737
![Photography, Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch, Frank Powolny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207981_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch
Frank Powolny
Photography - 20.5 x 25.5 x 1 cm Photography - 8.1 x 10 x 0.4 inch
£881
![Photography, Chrissie Hynde, Paris, Pierre Terrasson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181929_1_grid.jpg)
Chrissie Hynde, Paris
Pierre Terrasson
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£1,321
![Photography, MP059, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189996_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marilyn Monroe in Niagara, Bruno Bernard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207976_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn Monroe in Niagara
Bruno Bernard
Photography - 20.5 x 25.5 x 1 cm Photography - 8.1 x 10 x 0.4 inch
£881 £793
![Photography, Dress Code, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213930_1_grid.jpg)
Dress Code
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 45.7 x 47.5 x 0.5 cm Photography - 18 x 18.7 x 0.2 inch
£1,310
![Photography, Sumo 9, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198106_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Brigitte Bardot dans La Femme et le Pantin, Roger Corbeau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207982_1_grid.jpg)
Brigitte Bardot dans La Femme et le Pantin
Roger Corbeau
Photography - 24.5 x 18 x 1 cm Photography - 9.6 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch
£881
![Photography, Memories and Dreams, Larsen Sotelo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205092_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contemplation, Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190129_1_grid.jpg)
Contemplation
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.02 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£1,057
![Photography, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 1, Antoine Kubler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192143_1_grid.jpg)
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 1
Antoine Kubler
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
£220
![Photography, E.Doll n°65, Softtwix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178710_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sun Opera Bridge, Alastair Mc Naughton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206476_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Mirada Frontal IV, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/215509_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Over the Rail, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101593_1_grid.jpg)
Over the Rail
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
£1,351
![Photography, Passereaux trépassés 1 : Mésange charbonnière, Thierry Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204326_1_grid.jpg)
Passereaux trépassés 1 : Mésange charbonnière
Thierry Robert
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£317
![Photography, Botanical Studies - The B-Sides - No. 03, Matthias Conrad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180899_1_grid.jpg)
Botanical Studies - The B-Sides - No. 03
Matthias Conrad
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,542
![Photography, Melancholic Tulip, André Kertész](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194052_1_grid.jpg)
Melancholic Tulip
André Kertész
Photography - 30 x 23 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
£1,321
![Print, Relinquished, Roger Ballen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202260_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Femme rêvée à la pierre, Michel Verna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198611_1_grid.jpg)
Femme rêvée à la pierre
Michel Verna
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£837
![Photography, The girl from Seville #4 - Slices of Life Series, Anna Levesh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028928_1_grid.jpg)
The girl from Seville #4 - Slices of Life Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 100 x 75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 inch
£784
![Photography, Broken Mirror, Kalliope Amorphous](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180040_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rue Mouffetard, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/808383_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Urban Symphony, Thomas Canto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/581649_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Femmes #20, Man Ray](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200475_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hug, Mihaela Ivanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198489_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Autoportrait II, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/17698_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The eyes, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1116312_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Memories, Dan Holmqvist](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201415_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, André Villers Photograph of Picasso, André Villers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197640_1_grid.jpg)
André Villers Photograph of Picasso
André Villers
Photography - 40.64 x 50.8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0 inch
£3,083
![Photography, Kashi, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/61556_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Art of Distortion 7, Paula Golemo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199060_1_grid.jpg)
The Art of Distortion 7
Paula Golemo
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£159
![Photography, La valse du réfectoire - série Une Vie de Moine, Jean-François Talivez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187884_1_grid.jpg)
La valse du réfectoire - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 23 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.1 x 13.8 x 0 inch
£388
![Print, M408, Jesús Perea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/698580_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les Yeux de..., D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203709_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mark Ronson, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199257_1_grid.jpg)
Mark Ronson
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 10.752 x 8.847 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.2 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
£1,321
![Painting, Sur le sable, Valérie Betoulaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1164471_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La montée des eaux, Fabienne Cresens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/462949_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Jim Morrison, Bill Degadans](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181138_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Beautiful Lies, Brendan North](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202936_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Loup blanc de face, V Munier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199414_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Carla Bruni - Gitane - dyptique, Philippe Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195924_1_grid.jpg)
Carla Bruni - Gitane - dyptique
Philippe Robert
Photography - 105 x 145 x 1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 57.1 x 0.4 inch
£11,011
![Fine Art Drawings, Des araignées dans le grenier, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/655479_1_grid.jpg)
Des araignées dans le grenier
Michaël Brack
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
£617
![Photography, L'envol, Philippe Grincourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213358_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait de B, Claude Weisbuch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/87502_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Perfectly Lined Up, Jordana Ozier Lafontaine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212773_1_grid.jpg)
Perfectly Lined Up
Jordana Ozier Lafontaine
Photography - 20 x 30 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
£388
![Photography, Marilyn Glamour 2010, Russell Young](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188743_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn Glamour 2010
Russell Young
Photography - 92 x 72 x 2 cm Photography - 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
£14,975
![Painting, Draff N°410, Parscha Mirghawameddin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/816627_1_grid.jpg)
Draff N°410
Parscha Mirghawameddin
Painting - 120 x 95 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 37.4 x 0 inch
£1,145
![Photography, Rolling Stones (1998), Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/894315_1_grid.jpg)
Rolling Stones (1998)
Kevin Westenberg
Photography - 40 x 51 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.1 inch
£1,559
![Photography, Les mariés japonais du pont des arts, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205145_1_grid.jpg)
Les mariés japonais du pont des arts
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£264
![Painting, Without title (TP09AP11), Teresa Pera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/544936_1_grid.jpg)
Without title (TP09AP11)
Teresa Pera
Painting - 76.5 x 58 x 0.1 cm Painting - 30.1 x 22.8 x 0 inch
£863
![Photography, Twisted Branch, Jan Gordon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364175_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Still Cassius Clay V, Gerry Cranham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/27524_1_grid.jpg)
Still Cassius Clay V
Gerry Cranham
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£872
![Photography, Things aren't always what they seem, On Hansen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1343403_1_grid.jpg)
Things aren't always what they seem
On Hansen
Photography - 69 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.2 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
£1,228
![Painting, Lanterne Volante, Akiza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/928719_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Digging for clams, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/546247_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Territoire Noir/Blanc, Isthme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1252716_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, London Lovers, Kurt Hurton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884961_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Grand Ecran 14, Bruno Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/654027_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Urbain brutalisme - Digital Art digigraphie, Claire Giraudeau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314627_1_grid.jpg)
Urbain brutalisme - Digital Art digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£132
![Photography, Mada 3, Olivier Le Brun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/376851_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled from the series Shifty Packets, Colleen Wolstenholme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/277291_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled from the series Shifty Packets
Colleen Wolstenholme
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 36 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 14.2 inch
£737
![Photography, City Palace. Udaipur. Inde., Olivier Perrin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186458_1_grid.jpg)
City Palace. Udaipur. Inde.
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£264
![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
£1,500
![Photography, Marilyn on the Roof, Ed Feingersh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/963294_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Elvis Presley, Harry Hammond](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898884_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1910 Arbres Trees, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973524_1_grid.jpg)
1910 Arbres Trees
Eugène Druet
Photography - 59 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.2 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
£1,101
![Photography, Nick Cave, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463303_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Anonymous Face, Darios Tossou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1631703_1_grid.jpg)
Anonymous Face
Darios Tossou
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.8 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.3 inch
£1,630
![Print, Reprojection I, Tobias Putrih](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/21151_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dont Walk, Karol Kállay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/799518_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tornando con le spese, Novembre 1955 - New York, Fabrizio La Torre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1264599_1_grid.jpg)
Tornando con le spese, Novembre 1955 - New York
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
£1,453
![Print, Untitled from 'Metafora' portfolio, Ralph Gibson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/482968_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les amoureux du pavillon Baltard désaffecté, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226400_1_grid.jpg)
Les amoureux du pavillon Baltard désaffecté
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
£881
![Photography, Petal hat, John French](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/895539_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tiepolo 1 (La Danse), Lorenzo Mattotti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/609441_1_grid.jpg)
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!