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Wellenelement Transformation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$16,744
Lichtreflex - Transformation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 36 x 29 cm Photography - 14.2 x 11.4 inch
$13,395
Lichtreflex - Translation / Rotation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 28 x 38 cm Photography - 11 x 15 inch
$13,395
Wellenelement multiple Rotation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$16,744
Wellenelement Transformation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$16,744
Bar Le Cactus (rue des Archives)
Amadou Gaye
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$447
Untitled X, Untitled XXXIX, and Untitled XXIX
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Untitled I, Untitled II, and Untitled XI
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Untitled XIX, XXI, and XX
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Untitled XII, XXXVII, and Untitled XXVI, Triptych
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Set II
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 299.7 x 199.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 118 x 78.7 x 0.1 inch
$21,000
Set I
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 299.7 x 199.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 118 x 78.7 x 0.1 inch
$21,000
Untitled X, Untitled XXIX, and Untitled XXXIX
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Untitled I, Untitled XI, and Untitled II, Hands
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Untitled XXXVIII, XXXIX and Untitled XXXII, Triptych
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Untitled XII, XXXVII, and Untitled XXVI. Triptych. From the series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Untitled XXX, XXXI, and XXXIII. From the series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Untitled XXIII, XXIV, and XXV. From the series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Untitled XIX, XX, and XXI. From the series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Untitled XVI, XVII, and XVIII. From the series chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Untitled XIII, XIV, and XV. From the series chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$5,250
Marchand du Souk
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$558
Decks - In The Mix
Nick Veasey
Photography - 42 x 93.3 x 2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 36.7 x 0.8 inch
$21,991
Série: Natura facit saltus - raz de marée
Edgar Lissel
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$8,930
Série: Natura facit saltus - gouttes de marée
Edgar Lissel
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$8,930
L'amour dans les prés
Alain Longeaud
Photography - 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,395
Série des mètres
Arthur Di Nunzio
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,395
Sin título (Identity Assertions Series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$530
Ohne titel (Identity testimonies series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$530
K´un y Ch´ ien
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$530
Enlightened #4
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$324
Enlightened #3
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$324
Baja Landscape #1
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 35 x 28 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 11 x 0 inch
$391
Horizon
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$357
Late Shadows, Twin Palms
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$441
Série : Lalibela, près du ciel - anges regardant, Ethiopie
Cristina García Rodero
Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$17,302
Amazing stairway
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$8,997
Rendez-vous mon amour 3
Emeline Blanquet
Photography - 18 x 24 x 1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$257
"Vert 2 Gris" - Arboretum de Versailles-Chèvreloup
Vesna BECHA-BOJOVIC
Photography - 16 x 27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 6.3 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$140
Ki no kioku, Memory of Tree, Ibuta-ji, Matsusaka city, Mie prefecture, 2023-11, 13
Teddy Peix
Photography - 27 x 20 x 0.01 cm Photography - 10.6 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$435
John Travolta
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$547
Miles Davis - Courbé
Hervé Pezzini
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$279
Under the Bridge
Christophe Battifero
Photography - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$469
Rod Stewart, Small Faces
Jean-Pierre Roux
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
$547
Johnny Thunders and friend
Jean-Pierre Roux
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$547
Mananara, Madagascar, 2014
Pierrot Men
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$2,344
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Coluche - Iconic portraits
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,563
No77 Spirit
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,647
Sans titre
Julien Drogoul
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,005
La femme de pêcheur
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 58 x 38 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22.8 x 15 x 0 inch
$1,563
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 1
Antoine Kubler
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$279 $251
Black and White Photography for Sale
Black and white photography is today one of countless photographic techniques and yet it was at one time the only type of photography available. This is the reason why it often tends to be associated with historical works and a vintage feel.
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered how to print images onto metal plates. When he died in 1833, Louis Daguerre, followed by Francois Arago, continued to develop his research, resulting in the invention of the daguerreotype which consisted of an image printed onto a silver plate when exposed to the light. Together they invented photography.
The first black and white photos began to appear. Initially used for research purposes, photography started to spread as daguerreotype studios opened everywhere. Black and white portraits immortalized the faces of the upper middle classes and would later be used to capture all members of society. Celebrities were also a popular subject choice and many photographers specialized in taking their portraits, as Jean-Loup Sieff did all throughout his career almost a century after the invention of photography.
The first colored photographs soon followed. The technique was invented as early as 1860 but was not put to use until a century later. In the meantime, many unforgettable artists began to demonstrate their talents for art photography. Street photography, for example, was a key trend during the 20th century, with major photographers such as Robert Doisneau, Brassi and Henri Cartier-Bresson capturing the urban landscape of the time. All three were masters of taking candid photos. They succeeded in making fleeting moments last forever in monochrome images. Sometimes humorous, sometimes romantic, or even just a little bizarre, they take us back in time to days gone by. Looking at such rare and fragile moments can be like going through old postcards from the past, and although we enjoy looking at them, they can provoke a sense of nostalgia and melancholy.
In the United States, the humanist Walker Evans led the way for black and white photography, capturing the daily life of modern America with his analogue camera, whether it be in the New York subway or on the highways of the Deep South. A little later, Robert Frank photographed the faces of America and the American people with his remarkable black and white shots, recognizable thanks to his highly distinctive photographic technique and composition.
Of course, black and white photography is not limited to the representation of everyday scenes. It can also sublimate landscapes, as demonstrated by Kasra's shots. The black and white blend perfectly with the long exposure to create an effect of softness, floating and the passage of time quite exceptional. We could also mention Michael Kenna and Ricky Cohete who particularly excel in this field.
Some works fascinate by the perfect complementarity of these two colors: black, which is often associated with nothingness and sadness, and white, which is associated with light and hope. In the West at least, because it can have a completely opposite meaning in other cultures like Japan. The union of these two shades accentuates the contrasts and highlights the forms in a sober and elegant way. It often directs our attention to a single subject.
Often used to provoke a feeling of nostalgia, black and white unconsciously inscribes the works in history by conveying a timeless message, frozen in time.
Artsper invites you to take a stroll through time with this selection of works by Brno Del Zou, Yevgeniy Repiashenko, Emmanuelle Barbaras, Bert Stern, Alexander Benz and Hervé Gloaguen.
What does black and white mean in photography?
In photography, black and white means that all color has been removed from the image, leaving just shades of gray that span from black to white. This can either be done digitally or by using black and white film.
What is good about black and white photography?
Many photographers and artists use black and white photography because it removes the distraction of color from an image. This can draw more focus to elements of the image such as the facial expression or gesture of the subject, the composition, or the shapes and textures.
What techniques are used in black and white photography?
Black and white photography is generally shot using the same equipment as color photography (although if film, using black and white film), but artists may optimise their results by looking for high contrast images, light sources, and interesting textures.