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Miami Downtown 2017 16
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Miami 02-14 02bn
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Downtown Miami nov 2013 05bn
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Biltmore water 08invbnsolbnpart
Luca Artioli
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Miami Stripes 09 02bn
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Old cars Miami 06bn.
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Miami Downtown 13bn
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Miami 10partbn2
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$4,999
Art Deco ott.c
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Art Deco ott.b.
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$4,999
A fatal pass, trenches in the Italian Alps.
Luca Artioli
Photography - 101.6 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
A Fatal Pass
Luca Artioli
Photography - 101.6 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
A fatal pass, war remains emerging from the snow.
Luca Artioli
Photography - 68.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
A Fatal Pass, The Window on the enemy
Luca Artioli
Photography - 68.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
A Fatal Pass, entrance to the inferno
Luca Artioli
Photography - 68.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
A Fatal Pass, The Cave. (1)
Luca Artioli
Photography - 68.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
A Fatal Pass, The Cave.
Luca Artioli
Photography - 68.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Miami Stripes 01
Luca Artioli
Photography - 61 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Untitled, From the series Balance
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 127 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 50 x 35 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Egg Study 4 , Silver Gelatin Print
Shine Huang
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$2,400
Global warming 1.5
Franck Guedj
Photography - 53 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,353
Ancient Page
Shine Huang
Photography - 81.3 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Sample space urban 2.2
Franck Guedj
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,237
Impulse 1.0
Franck Guedj
Photography - 100 x 150 x 10 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 3.9 inch
$4,353
Mouvement 3.3
Franck Guedj
Photography - 120 x 80 x 10 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 3.9 inch
$4,353
Natura Morta, From Paranoia series
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 88.9 x 127 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 50 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Bear behind a fern
Heikki Willamo
Photography - 37 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,684
Light as a stone
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$553
The way it was
Richard Kelley
Photography - 50 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
$614
NEW YORK - Fashion show
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$391
Vertigo - Photographie argentique - Paris
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
$781
White Noise
Chien Hua Huang
Photography - 75 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 29.5 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,751
Les pieds dans l'eau
Denis Morel
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$491
Black Beauty III
Léa Bon
Photography - 72.4 x 48 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.5 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Bruno Mars, Portrait intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 187.9 x 132 x 3 cm Photography - 74 x 52 x 1.2 inch
$7,500
Micheal Jordan - Portrait
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$391
The little black dress, Berlin
F.C. Gundlach
Photography - 60.2 x 50.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.7 x 19.8 x 0.1 inch
$4,800
Series "Les sacrés" Sacré moment - silence sacré
Anthony Godet
Photography - 120 x 75 cm Photography - 47.2 x 29.5 inch
$2,456
1952 Raymond DUNCAN Galerie Akademia
Raymond Duncan
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
$3,237
1952 Raymond DUNCAN dans sa galerie Akademia
Raymond Duncan
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
$3,293
The Broken Chain
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Invacuo Project #33
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
Invacuo Project #19
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 81.3 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 47 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
Pow wow. Indiens. Amerique du nord.
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Sadhus sur les ghats de Varanassi. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Touareg. Ouarzazate. Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,451 $1,233
Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Enfants pendant le rite initiatique. Tanzanie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Joueurs de cartes pendant le Holi Festival. Rajasthan. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,449
Enfants Karo. Ethiopie. Vallée de L'Omo
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Femme Hamer. Marché. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,451 $1,233
Femmes Hamer au marché. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Femmes Hamer. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,449
Lire dans les mains. Inde du nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,451 $1,233
Jeune Fille Indienne du Nord de l'Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 89.99 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Pow wow. Indiens. Amérique du nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,340 $1,139
Schumi. Le baron rouge en pole à Monaco. Michael Schumacher
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Ayrton Senna. Brésil. Sao Paulo 1992
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Concentration du pilote Mika Hakkinen. MacLaren
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Untitled XXXIX. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,750
Untitled XXXVII. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,750
Untitled XXXIII. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,750
Untitled XXXII. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,750
Untitled XXX. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,750
Untitled XXIX. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,750
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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
Rolling Stones (1998)
Kevin Westenberg
Photography - 40 x 51 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.1 inch
$1,976
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.