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Wellenelement Transformation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$17,052
Lichtreflex - Transformation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 36 x 29 cm Photography - 14.2 x 11.4 inch
$13,641
Lichtreflex - Translation / Rotation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 28 x 38 cm Photography - 11 x 15 inch
$13,641
Wellenelement multiple Rotation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$17,052
Wellenelement Transformation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$17,052
Paper people
Norman Reedus
Photography - 40.64 x 50.8 x 2 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$2,615
Window shopping
Norman Reedus
Photography - 40.64 x 50.8 x 2 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$2,615
But still punk
Norman Reedus
Photography - 40.64 x 50.8 x 2 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$2,615
Italian Grave
Norman Reedus
Photography - 50.8 x 40.64 x 2 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch
$2,615
Village psychic
Norman Reedus
Photography - 50.8 x 40.64 x 2 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch
$2,615
San Sebastian
Norman Reedus
Photography - 40.64 x 50.8 x 2 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$2,615
George Burns Visiting Gracie
Harry Benson
Photography - 68.6 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm Photography - 27 x 31 x 2 inch
$4,800
Silhouette with hat
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
$6,025
Silhouette VIII
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
$6,025
Silhouette VI
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
$6,025
Silhouette III
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
$6,025
Silhouette II
Deana Nastic
Photography - 152 x 114 x 1 cm Photography - 59.8 x 44.9 x 0.4 inch
$9,094
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
$9,094
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
$9,094
Sans Titre
Jean-François Spricigo
Photography - 22 x 57 x 1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,183
Sans Titre
Jean-François Spricigo
Photography - 27.5 x 27.5 x 1 cm Photography - 10.8 x 10.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,728
Sans Titre
Jean-François Spricigo
Photography - 27.5 x 27.5 x 1 cm Photography - 10.8 x 10.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,728
Sans titre
Jean-François Spricigo
Photography - 30 x 26 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,956
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
Dis, quand reviendras-tu ? 2
Charlotte Skurzak
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$341
Dis, quand reviendras-tu ? 1
Charlotte Skurzak
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$341
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
Piggyback (after Roger Ballen)
Roger Ballen
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$512
Hanging Pig (after Roger Ballen)
Roger Ballen
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$512
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!