Black and White Portraits

The allure of black and white. Color can articulate reality and reflect realism, but taking it away focuses on contrast and the use of monochromatic tone to set an atmosphere that draws the viewer in. This increase in impact has been harnessed by photographers since the first successful black and white images were taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in the early 19th century,  leading to further success in 1825 when he managed to produce a black and white image of a window. Naturally colored photographs would not be developed until 1891 when Lipmann Gabriel applied the phenomenon of optical light wave interface. And yet, the black and white photograph continued, particularly in portraiture. Why? Practically, black and white photographs have a longer archival shelf-life but artistically, color isn't needed to capture the emotion, depth, expression and indeed reality through dramatic tone and contrast of the figure in front of the lens. You only need to recant Dorothea Lange's widely circulated Migrant Mother (1936) to see how a single black and white portrait can become a symbol of plight. In our works, artists like Maud Bernos and James Sparshatt favor portraits devoid of color… portraits that draw you the viewer in and leave you to fall into their enduring monochromatic depths.

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Sculpture, Satisfaction red, Sagrasse

Satisfaction red

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 37 x 32 x 17 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 12.6 x 6.7 inch

$856

Sculpture, Matrix, Sagrasse

Matrix

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 29 x 26 x 3 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 10.2 x 1.2 inch

$679

Sculpture, Pop Escape, Sagrasse

Pop Escape

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 36 x 24 x 22 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 9.4 x 8.7 inch

$760

Sculpture, Take my Heart, Sagrasse

Take my Heart

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 24 x 23 x 24 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 9.1 x 9.4 inch

$620

Print, Hidden, Hom Nguyen

Hidden

Hom Nguyen

Print - 100 x 234 x 1 cm Print - 39.4 x 92.1 x 0.4 inch

$12,870

Sculpture, Passion Boero, Sagrasse

Passion Boero

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 28 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch

$409

Painting, Transmission, Hom Nguyen

Transmission

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$11,466

Painting, Pop Lips, Sagrasse

Pop Lips

Sagrasse

Painting - 60 x 60 x 7 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2.8 inch

$702

Sculpture, Mmmhhh Or, Sagrasse

Mmmhhh Or

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 12 x 20 x 4 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

$468

Painting, You Man, Hom Nguyen

You Man

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 200 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

$40,365

Painting, Entité, Hom Nguyen

Entité

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 160 x 132 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 52 x 0.8 inch

$26,676

Painting, Croyance, Hom Nguyen

Croyance

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$23,517

Sculpture, Take My Heart, Sagrasse

Take My Heart

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 27 x 26 x 4 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 10.2 x 1.6 inch

$620

Photography, Weary Grin, Ali Buhamad

Weary Grin

Ali Buhamad

Photography - 50 x 40 x 5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch

$1,000

Photography, Los Vientos, James Sparshatt

Los Vientos

James Sparshatt

Photography - 150 x 180 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch

$9,671

Sculpture, Back to 1500, Sagrasse

Back to 1500

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

$526

Photography, 4 girls, Samuel Cueto

4 girls

Samuel Cueto

Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch

$1,053

Photography, Foggy city, Ali Buhamad

Foggy city

Ali Buhamad

Photography - 40 x 50 x 5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch

$1,170

Fine Art Drawings, Scène de corrida, Yves Brayer

Scène de corrida

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 32 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch

$1,521

Sculpture, Sweet Babel, Sagrasse

Sweet Babel

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 29 x 17 x 17 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 6.7 x 6.7 inch

$585

Painting, Dame Nature, Hom Nguyen

Dame Nature

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$29,250

Sculpture, Take my Heart, Sagrasse

Take my Heart

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 27 x 26 x 24 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 10.2 x 9.4 inch

$620

Sculpture, Mmmhhh rose, Sagrasse

Mmmhhh rose

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 12 x 20 x 4 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

$468

Painting, Oncle Bui, Hom Nguyen

Oncle Bui

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 200 x 200 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 inch

$44,460

Painting, Sans repères, Hom Nguyen

Sans repères

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 200 x 350 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 137.8 x 1.2 inch

$98,747

Print, Athènes, Yves Brayer

Athènes

Yves Brayer

Print - 28.5 x 32 cm Print - 11.2 x 12.6 inch

$175

Sculpture, Balance, Sagrasse

Balance

Sagrasse

Sculpture - 33 x 28 x 17 cm Sculpture - 13 x 11 x 6.7 inch

$515