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![Photography, Temple II, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144722_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Every Song, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1923399_1_grid.jpg)
Every Song
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,230
![Photography, The Shimmering, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1923393_1_grid.jpg)
The Shimmering
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.001 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$967
![Photography, Darknees 1, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1787259_1_grid.jpg)
Darknees 1
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.25 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
![Photography, Raining, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/562759_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rebirth, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/36279_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Femme Rousse, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/242227_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La chambre verte, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1094349_1_grid.jpg)
La chambre verte
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.04 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$894
![Photography, Red transportation, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/86551_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, B comme body, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512108_1_grid.jpg)
B comme body
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.04 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$894
![Photography, Les fleurs respirent la nuit, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/606882_1_grid.jpg)
Les fleurs respirent la nuit
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 80 x 100 x 0.04 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,683
![Photography, Circus, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/36276_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fairy, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/36273_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Still Life with Tulips and 5 Opalina Vases, Antwerp, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1184253_1_grid.jpg)
Still Life with Tulips and 5 Opalina Vases, Antwerp
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Ebony Jet (Girlfriend), NYC, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175658_1_grid.jpg)
Ebony Jet (Girlfriend), NYC
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$8,000
![Photography, Le voile - Série Ballets nocturnes et diurnes, Takala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/7996_1_grid.jpg)
Le voile - Série Ballets nocturnes et diurnes
Takala
Photography - 92.5 x 132 x 4 cm Photography - 36.4 x 52 x 1.6 inch
$2,795
![Photography, Rhyme III, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144757_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Temple II, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144733_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Perfect Body, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144730_1_grid.jpg)
Perfect Body
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,733
![Photography, You are a story, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144729_1_grid.jpg)
You are a story
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,733
![Photography, Green Candle, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144727_1_grid.jpg)
Green Candle
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,733
![Photography, Every Song II, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144725_1_grid.jpg)
Every Song II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,733
![Photography, Sweet Night, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144723_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, West Of The Day II, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144721_1_grid.jpg)
West Of The Day II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,448
![Photography, You Are A Story, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144720_1_grid.jpg)
You Are A Story
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,448
![Photography, Silbury Hill, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144711_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Silver, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144710_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Softest Place, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144709_1_grid.jpg)
Softest Place
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$1,448
![Photography, Stay A While, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144708_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Shelter, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144692_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, High And Wild, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144630_1_grid.jpg)
High And Wild
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,040
![Photography, Hawthorn, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144629_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ham Lands, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144628_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Green Candle, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144627_1_grid.jpg)
Green Candle
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,040
![Photography, Golden Storm, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144626_1_grid.jpg)
Golden Storm
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,040
![Photography, Glasto II, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144625_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Faces In The Crowd II, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144624_1_grid.jpg)
Faces In The Crowd II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,040
![Photography, Glasto, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144623_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Follow Me, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144622_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Honey Moon, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144621_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Every song II, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144080_1_grid.jpg)
Every song II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,040
![Photography, Temple, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1923402_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Green Candle, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1923396_1_grid.jpg)
Green Candle
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.001 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Vagabondages 12, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176342_1_grid.jpg)
Vagabondages 12
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,901
![Photography, Gaudí 014, Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971348_1_grid.jpg)
Gaudí 014
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$894
![Photography, The Petal of her Skin 001, Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395357_1_grid.jpg)
The Petal of her Skin 001
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$894
![Photography, Le verre de Vin, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/242953_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rhyme I, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144770_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Poem Country, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144750_1_grid.jpg)
Poem Country
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,437
![Photography, Old Calendar, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144748_1_grid.jpg)
Old Calendar
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,437
![Photography, Golden Storm, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144743_1_grid.jpg)
Golden Storm
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,437
![Photography, Iris, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144739_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rock And Ice, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144738_1_grid.jpg)
Rock And Ice
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$2,437
![Photography, California Poppy, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144726_1_grid.jpg)
California Poppy
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,437
![Photography, Rock And Ice, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144700_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rhyme III, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144698_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rhyme II, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144697_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Salisbury Plain, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144693_1_grid.jpg)
Salisbury Plain
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 41 x 30 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$520
![Photography, Rhyme I, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144688_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les Vitraux, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/242743_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Cueilleuse, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/242374_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le Bel Endormi, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/242260_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Algas 45-XIX, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899261_1_grid.jpg)
Algas 45-XIX
Paola Dávila
Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
![Photography, Algas 45-IV, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899255_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 28° 50' 27.1314" N, 111° 58' 3.4674" W-9, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1528257_1_grid.jpg)
28° 50' 27.1314" N, 111° 58' 3.4674" W-9
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Photography, 28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-14, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527888_1_grid.jpg)
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-14
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
![Photography, 28° 14' 34.127’’N, 114° 6' 44.679’’W-12, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527750_1_grid.jpg)
28° 14' 34.127’’N, 114° 6' 44.679’’W-12
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Photography, 28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-9, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1521198_1_grid.jpg)
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-9
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.97 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Photography, 28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-5, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1521135_1_grid.jpg)
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-5
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.75 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
![Photography, 28° 14' 20.922'' N, 114° 6' 9.395'' W-8, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1482936_1_grid.jpg)
28° 14' 20.922'' N, 114° 6' 9.395'' W-8
Paola Dávila
Photography - 35.6 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Héros de l'ombre #6, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176784_1_grid.jpg)
Héros de l'ombre #6
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,398
![Photography, Vagabondages 11, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176337_1_grid.jpg)
Vagabondages 11
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,621
![Photography, Héros de l'ombre #3, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176008_1_grid.jpg)
Héros de l'ombre #3
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,565
![Photography, Vagabondages 14, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171660_1_grid.jpg)
Vagabondages 14
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,621
![Photography, Vagabondages 4, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171203_1_grid.jpg)
Vagabondages 4
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,621
![Photography, Vagabondages 2, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171198_1_grid.jpg)
Vagabondages 2
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,901
![Photography, Gone, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1011267_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Consolation, Laura Makabresku](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/641601_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rêveries, de la série - Un été sans fin, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327956_1_grid.jpg)
Rêveries, de la série - Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Esponjas 8, 11 y 16, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899252_1_grid.jpg)
Esponjas 8, 11 y 16
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.4 x 0.3 inch
$1,000
![Photography, Medusas 11, 12 y 13, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899249_1_grid.jpg)
Medusas 11, 12 y 13
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
![Photography, Sal 22, 23 y 24, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899246_1_grid.jpg)
Sal 22, 23 y 24
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
![Photography, Algas 11, 22 y 67, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899243_1_grid.jpg)
Algas 11, 22 y 67
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
![Photography, Algas 75, 83 Y 26, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899240_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Algas 75, 83 Y 26, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899237_1_grid.jpg)
Algas 75, 83 Y 26
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
![Photography, Algas 14, 41 y 68, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899234_1_grid.jpg)
Algas 14, 41 y 68
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
![Photography, Algas 88, 28, 87, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899231_1_grid.jpg)
Algas 88, 28, 87
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.3 inch
$1,000
![Photography, 27° 44' 30.192" N, 114° 14' 36.340" W-10, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1482918_1_grid.jpg)
27° 44' 30.192" N, 114° 14' 36.340" W-10
Paola Dávila
Photography - 35.6 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Photography, 00H00, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/717564_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'Homme Seul, Paris, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/717774_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, the emerald tablet, Eru Narayana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161891_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L1000247 1, Eru Narayana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161874_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L1000169, Eru Narayana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161860_1_grid.jpg)
Dark photographic compositions
Highlighting the darkness. It seems almost like an oxymoron, but in photography certain techniques can do just that. Much like darker tones found in painting, dark photographic compositions can echo melancholy, somberness or loneliness – whether that is in a dimly lit nightscape or a densely packed crowd void of light in the urban landscape. Both black and white and color photography can create dark compositions, playing with the hues of browns, black and grays that emerge within photographic processes. By using contrast to highlight a subject, such as an item, gaze, or outline, it might suggest a dark emotion or feeling of loneliness, danger and even intimacy and adventure. In Artsper's own selection of works, Christophe Dabreau notes that he observes his subjects and attempts to “bring to light" a view hidden in shadow. Whilst Cécile Baldewyns' work aims to tell stories and reveal secrets of her desires and sorrow through dark compositions. Though her work has been deemed both sensual and disturbing, isn't the foreboding and dramatic nature of dark tones the perfect setting for it?