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![Photography, Pull (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192556_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title (No42), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1592289_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fleurir, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/562789_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Des culs et des cailloux n°1, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188855_1_grid.jpg)
Des culs et des cailloux n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€150
![Photography, 160.04.11, Kampert Klaus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136293_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rain on Rodeo, Brendan North](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192148_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Broken, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/36280_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title (No124), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1625634_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lost and Found, Maud Chalard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/668058_1_grid.jpg)
Lost and Found
Maud Chalard
Photography - 40 x 53.3 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 21 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Photography, Inside, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1054893_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lourdes, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1008768_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Arabesque, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/791670_1_grid.jpg)
Arabesque
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
€1,475
![Photography, Three Graces, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/533951_1_grid.jpg)
Three Graces
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,475
![Photography, No05 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/477808_1_grid.jpg)
No05 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,475
![Photography, No10 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/446871_1_grid.jpg)
No10 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 72 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 28.3 x 0 inch
€1,475
![Photography, No40 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1094103_1_grid.jpg)
No40 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
€1,475
![Photography, Marilyn in black white scarf, Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/153880_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn in black white scarf
Bert Stern
Photography - 48 x 33 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 inch
€2,490
![Photography, F0648 - The warrior, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972677_1_grid.jpg)
F0648 - The warrior
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,800
![Photography, Le Déshabillé, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194647_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Baignade dans la Loire, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/242728_1_grid.jpg)
Baignade dans la Loire
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 70 x 125 cm Photography - 27.6 x 49.2 inch
€1,700
![Photography, No16 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/855615_1_grid.jpg)
No16 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91.4 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 inch
€1,485
![Photography, No43 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1400169_1_grid.jpg)
No43 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
€1,475
![Photography, La lettre C, Olivier Perrin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211289_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La lettre C, Olivier Perrin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211132_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Petite fille au Ballon Paris rue de Rivoli, Pierre Schwartz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/35067_1_grid.jpg)
Petite fille au Ballon Paris rue de Rivoli
Pierre Schwartz
Photography - 100 x 80 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
€1,400
![Photography, Humanity, Darios Tossou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1697784_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nude No. 10, Lucien Clergue](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/491002_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, "Pearls" la dernière séance (1962), Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/45968_1_grid.jpg)
"Pearls" la dernière séance (1962)
Bert Stern
Photography - 26 x 37 x 2 cm Photography - 10.2 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,990
![Photography, Rêverie... #4, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199193_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rêverie... #2, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193403_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower power, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1499199_1_grid.jpg)
Flower power
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€850
![Photography, Do it yourself, France., Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975432_1_grid.jpg)
Do it yourself, France.
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,839
![Photography, Do it yourself, France., Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975429_1_grid.jpg)
Do it yourself, France.
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,839
![Photography, Do it yourself, France., Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975423_1_grid.jpg)
Do it yourself, France.
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,839
![Photography, Do it yourself, France., Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975408_1_grid.jpg)
Do it yourself, France.
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,839
![Photography, Do it yourself, France., Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975390_1_grid.jpg)
Do it yourself, France.
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,839
![Photography, Let There Be Light! #2, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811959_1_grid.jpg)
Let There Be Light! #2
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! #5, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811971_1_grid.jpg)
Let There Be Light! #5
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€190
![Photography, Miranda as Cerynitis, Laurence Winram](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081470_1_grid.jpg)
Miranda as Cerynitis
Laurence Winram
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
€591
![Photography, No57 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1979040_1_grid.jpg)
No57 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 50.8 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 inch
€785
![Photography, OMO: Untitled 6, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101413_1_grid.jpg)
OMO: Untitled 6
Drew Doggett
Photography - 48.3 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€1,597
![Photography, Do it yourself, France., Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975435_1_grid.jpg)
Do it yourself, France.
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,839
![Photography, Do it yourself, France., Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975417_1_grid.jpg)
Do it yourself, France.
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,839
![Photography, Climbing II, Paris, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/846912_1_grid.jpg)
Climbing II, Paris
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 37 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.6 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,839
![Photography, Genesis, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1233303_1_grid.jpg)
Genesis
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, No70 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226895_1_grid.jpg)
No70 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 96 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.8 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, No10 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1150194_1_grid.jpg)
No10 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 96 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.8 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, Let There Be Light! #13, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/812022_1_grid.jpg)
Let There Be Light! #13
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€190
![Photography, No Title (No54), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/966414_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lost and Found, Maud Chalard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/668022_1_grid.jpg)
Lost and Found
Maud Chalard
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Photography, No title (No79), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156220_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title (No31), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091009_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Autoportrait, Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2013381_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Birth II, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512078_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Man’s hand: From Motion Series, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/834480_1_grid.jpg)
Man’s hand: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,151
![Photography, A set of 3 Polaroids from the Do it Yourself Series, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174893_1_grid.jpg)
A set of 3 Polaroids from the Do it Yourself Series
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 10.1 x 7.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4 x 3 x 0.1 inch
€1,452
![Photography, No title (No35), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/755127_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title (No75), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174891_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, No title (No112), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1579911_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, No title (No99), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328532_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title (No83), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1227177_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title (No45), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1094112_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fun in southend, Bert Hardy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/546160_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, OMO: Untitled 13, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101440_1_grid.jpg)
OMO: Untitled 13
Drew Doggett
Photography - 68.6 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 18 x 0.1 inch
€1,597
![Photography, No title (No46), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1720491_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title (No110), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571700_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Sabar, Gabriel Dia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1331682_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sabar, Gabriel Dia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1331238_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Elisabeth, Théo Gosselin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/669465_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title (No11), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039334_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title (No87), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1960137_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title (No34), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1755651_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Bargi, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/586500_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bright Night 2, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515156_1_grid.jpg)
Bright Night 2
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
€650
![Photography, Women not Allowed, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515060_1_grid.jpg)
Women not Allowed
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
€650
![Photography, Bettie Page Clutching Robe, Bunny Yeager](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/476170_1_grid.jpg)
Bettie Page Clutching Robe
Bunny Yeager
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch
€4,839
![Photography, Mia Villiers-Farrow on a bed, Diane Arbus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1294392_1_grid.jpg)
Mia Villiers-Farrow on a bed
Diane Arbus
Photography - 35.56 x 35.56 cm Photography - 14 x 14 inch
€16,500
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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.
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.
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.
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.