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![Photography, Carmen Chaplin, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171560_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Roger Willemsen, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171551_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, 1972 Vienna Muse 7, Florian Hunger-Pegof](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1016454_1_grid.jpg)
1972 Vienna Muse 7
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 18 x 24 x 0.5 cm Photography - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1972 Vienna Muse 5, Florian Hunger-Pegof](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1016451_1_grid.jpg)
1972 Vienna Muse 5
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1972 Vienna Muse 4, Florian Hunger-Pegof](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1016436_1_grid.jpg)
1972 Vienna Muse 4
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1972 Vienna Muse 3 Vue du ciel, Florian Hunger-Pegof](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1016424_1_grid.jpg)
1972 Vienna Muse 3 Vue du ciel
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1972 Vienna Muse 2 Vue du ciel, Florian Hunger-Pegof](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1016409_1_grid.jpg)
1972 Vienna Muse 2 Vue du ciel
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1972 Vienna Muse 1, Florian Hunger-Pegof](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1016403_1_grid.jpg)
1972 Vienna Muse 1
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1972 Vienna Muse My Love My Queen, Florian Hunger-Pegof](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1016394_1_grid.jpg)
1972 Vienna Muse My Love My Queen
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1915 La Haine Hatred Vintage Photo of a famous painting by VALLOTTON, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979464_1_grid.jpg)
1915 La Haine Hatred Vintage Photo of a famous painting by VALLOTTON
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1915 Légumes Vegetables, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979416_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nature morte Poireaux 1911 Leeks Still life, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979413_1_grid.jpg)
Nature morte Poireaux 1911 Leeks Still life
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 FRUITS, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979401_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1915 Pommes Apples, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979395_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Pommes Apples
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1915 Raisins Grapes, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979392_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1915 Fruits et pichet, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979383_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1915 Fleurs Citron Flowers Lemon, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978099_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Fleurs Citron Flowers Lemon
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1911 Meules de foin Haystacks, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978051_1_grid.jpg)
1911 Meules de foin Haystacks
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1911 Maison de campagne Country house, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978048_1_grid.jpg)
1911 Maison de campagne Country house
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Escalier du village Village Stairs, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978045_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Escalier du village Village Stairs
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$1,957
![Photography, 1915 Mer et pierres Sea and stones, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978033_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Mer et pierres Sea and stones
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Nuages Clouds, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978024_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1915 Maison normande Normandy house, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978021_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Maison normande Normandy house
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Les Pommiers Apple Trees, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978012_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Les Pommiers Apple Trees
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1910 Palmier Palm tree, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978003_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1908 Bouquet d'arbres Trees, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/977964_1_grid.jpg)
1908 Bouquet d'arbres Trees
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$1,734
![Photography, 1910 Forêt Forest, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973533_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1909 Arbre tourmenté Tormented tree, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973530_1_grid.jpg)
1909 Arbre tourmenté Tormented tree
Eugène Druet
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1915 Sous-bois Undergrowth, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973527_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Sous-bois Undergrowth
Eugène Druet
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Paysage Landscape, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973521_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Paysage Landscape
Eugène Druet
Photography - 59 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.2 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, Marilyn Candid Moment (1955), Ed Feingersh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896907_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn Candid Moment (1955)
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 51 x 76 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 inch
$738
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![Fine Art Drawings, Storm Series Horizontal 82, Jaanika Peerna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/586650_1_grid.jpg)
Storm Series Horizontal 82
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 92 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 36.2 inch
$3,773
![Fine Art Drawings, Maelstrom Series 67, Jaanika Peerna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/573723_1_grid.jpg)
Maelstrom Series 67
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 91.5 x 91.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 36 inch
$5,230
![Photography, Gravity Liquid 02 (Medium), Seb Janiak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/564172_1_grid.jpg)
Gravity Liquid 02 (Medium)
Seb Janiak
Photography - 110 x 86 cm Photography - 43.3 x 33.9 inch
$4,634
![Fine Art Drawings, Maelstrom Series 77, Jaanika Peerna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/561496_1_grid.jpg)
Maelstrom Series 77
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 92 x 92 cm Fine Art Drawings - 36.2 x 36.2 inch
$5,230
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La série : Orogenèse - Jackson
Joan Fontcuberta
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
$11,185
![Photography, Magnetic Radiation 99 (Medium), Seb Janiak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/421542_1_grid.jpg)
Magnetic Radiation 99 (Medium)
Seb Janiak
Photography - 120 x 90 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 inch
$4,634
![Painting, Destination Gandalf, Christophe Stouvenel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/300841_1_grid.jpg)
Destination Gandalf
Christophe Stouvenel
Painting - 41 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,107
![Photography, Lyana au miroir, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/242716_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Anissa, Gérard Uféras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/204796_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Tina Turner On Stage, Mick Rock](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1601952_1_grid.jpg)
Tina Turner On Stage
Mick Rock
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$2,209
![Photography, Peter Gabriel, Mick Rock](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1601922_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mercury And May, Mick Rock](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1601913_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Lou Reed Transformer, Mick Rock](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1601904_1_grid.jpg)
Lou Reed Transformer
Mick Rock
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$2,209
![Photography, Lou Reed And Andy Warhol, Mick Rock](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1601901_1_grid.jpg)
Lou Reed And Andy Warhol
Mick Rock
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,209
![Photography, François Truffaut, Paris, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225227_1_grid.jpg)
François Truffaut, Paris
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,678
![Photography, La Halle aux vins de Bercy, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225152_1_grid.jpg)
La Halle aux vins de Bercy
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, En bordure de Central Park, New York, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225005_1_grid.jpg)
En bordure de Central Park, New York
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$727
![Photography, Le repos des bikers, Los Angeles, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225002_1_grid.jpg)
Le repos des bikers, Los Angeles
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$839
![Photography, Les adieux de Leningrad, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224996_1_grid.jpg)
Les adieux de Leningrad
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$839
![Photography, L’Académie militaire, West Point, États-Unis, la parade finale, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224993_1_grid.jpg)
L’Académie militaire, West Point, États-Unis, la parade finale
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Inauguration de la chapelle Le Corbusier à Rongchamp, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224429_1_grid.jpg)
Inauguration de la chapelle Le Corbusier à Rongchamp
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$727
![Photography, Felouques sur le nil, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224381_1_grid.jpg)
Felouques sur le nil
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$895
![Photography, Noce berrichonne, la parade dans le village, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224306_1_grid.jpg)
Noce berrichonne, la parade dans le village
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$839
![Photography, Les Halles, Paris, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224288_1_grid.jpg)
Les Halles, Paris
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$727
![Photography, De l'Autre côté du mur, Berlin, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224279_1_grid.jpg)
De l'Autre côté du mur, Berlin
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$671
![Photography, Isak Dinesen, baronne Blixen, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224261_1_grid.jpg)
Isak Dinesen, baronne Blixen
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 41.5 x 28.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.3 x 11.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Courrèges, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224258_1_grid.jpg)
Courrèges
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 26.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 10.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
![Photography, Vérification de papiers dans le bidonville de Nanterre, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224252_1_grid.jpg)
Vérification de papiers dans le bidonville de Nanterre
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
![Photography, West Point: Yes Sir ! Un cadet accueille la nouvelle promotion, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223769_1_grid.jpg)
West Point: Yes Sir ! Un cadet accueille la nouvelle promotion
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 28.7 x 41.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.3 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Course pour le bus scolaire. MiddleWest., Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223766_1_grid.jpg)
Course pour le bus scolaire. MiddleWest.
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 49 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.3 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Bolchoi V, Gérard Uféras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/115144_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marie Hélène chez Maxim's, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1020390_1_grid.jpg)
Marie Hélène chez Maxim's
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$951
![Photography, Marilyn Getting Ready To Go Out in New York (1955), Ed Feingersh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/963315_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn Getting Ready To Go Out in New York (1955)
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 61 x 51 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 inch
$884
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![Photography, Place Vendôme, Vanessa Vercel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/859299_1_grid.jpg)
Place Vendôme
Vanessa Vercel
Photography - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
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Eiffel oiseaux
Vanessa Vercel
Photography - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
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Birhakeim 2
Vanessa Vercel
Photography - 105 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Arc de triomphe, Vanessa Vercel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/859245_1_grid.jpg)
Arc de triomphe
Vanessa Vercel
Photography - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
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Alexandre III
Vanessa Vercel
Photography - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
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Durer chez l'ocultiste
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,118
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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!