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![Print, Twins, Jaume Plensa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1876572_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dawn over Bagan, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884874_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Last man standing, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971840_1_grid.jpg)
Last man standing
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$784
![Fine Art Drawings, Au Cabaret, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/589566_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dark Materials VIII, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914820_1_grid.jpg)
Dark Materials VIII
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,280
![Photography, Dark Materials VI, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914793_1_grid.jpg)
Dark Materials VI
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,885
![Fine Art Drawings, Au Grand Radeau, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/589509_1_grid.jpg)
Au Grand Radeau
Yves Brayer
Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 11.6 inch
$839
![Painting, Ane et cheval en Provence, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1559181_1_grid.jpg)
Ane et cheval en Provence
Yves Brayer
Painting - 37 x 28 x 1 cm Painting - 14.6 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$1,566
![Print, Suite du temps VII, Jaume Plensa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182867_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Queen Elizabeth II On Her Coronation Day, Cecil Beaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896799_1_grid.jpg)
Queen Elizabeth II On Her Coronation Day
Cecil Beaton
Photography - 50.8 x 50.8 cm Photography - 20 x 20 inch
$698
![Photography, Viejo maestro, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/11119_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Trois visages, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1243407_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El orgullo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597294_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Human, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152822_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Above the Clouds #1, Cody Choi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/195043_1_grid.jpg)
Above the Clouds #1
Cody Choi
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0 inch
$863
![Photography, Eartha Kitt, Harry Hammond](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898896_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled 2, Jaume Plensa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178788_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Ecurie à Cacharel, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1281006_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Troupeau dans les Alpilles, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1280958_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Passion, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142286_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 4 monkeys, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115226_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, I'm Sorry Mona Lisa, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1956627_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dark Materials IV, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914778_1_grid.jpg)
Dark Materials IV
James Sparshatt
Photography - 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,976
![Photography, Self portrait #1, Cody Choi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/194641_1_grid.jpg)
Self portrait #1
Cody Choi
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$3,951
![Print, I'm sorry Vermeer, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1997847_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Son de Santiago, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/565167_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Barque au petit Rhône, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1280961_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'atelier des costumes, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1184103_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La tente de l'Emir, Maroc, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1183866_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les bords de l'Allier, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1183848_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ritmo en el autobus, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597342_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Las curvas, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597270_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El Barbudo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/57511_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El Principe, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/51570_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, All you need is love, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907244_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Te veo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1069008_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tropicana, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006995_1_grid.jpg)
Tropicana
James Sparshatt
Photography - 67.5 x 67.5 x 2 cm Photography - 26.6 x 26.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,251
![Photography, Las Memorias, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006989_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Matrix, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1923219_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Matrix, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1914876_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Satisfaction gold, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1909890_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La mirada, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597351_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Love Love Love, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156500_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Satisfaction red, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1887228_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Havana café, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/61549_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El viaje a casa, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597348_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El patrimonio, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597285_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The last tango, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/587478_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Corazon y alma, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/274213_1_grid.jpg)
Corazon y alma
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$951
![Sculpture, Matrix, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2088042_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, I'm sorry Munch, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1994676_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vers l'exil, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/328801_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sweet Babel, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181182_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Plensa, Jaume Plensa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178792_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Satisfaction Pink, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165830_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Satisfaction Silver, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156486_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Elégante, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554684_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Esperanza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/587433_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, A Moment with Mario, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/598125_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El barbudo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197942_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ruines d’Ostie, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079073_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Saiorse, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1060668_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plaza de toros, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/588975_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bergerie en Provence, Le Destet, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1558191_1_grid.jpg)
Bergerie en Provence, Le Destet
Yves Brayer
Painting - 20.3 x 26.8 cm Painting - 8 x 10.6 inch
$1,957
![Print, Quand les mystères sont très malins IV, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1361979_1_grid.jpg)
Quand les mystères sont très malins IV
Yves Brayer
Print - 20.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.1 x 12 x 0 inch
$951
![Print, Quand les mystères sont très malins III, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1361976_1_grid.jpg)
Quand les mystères sont très malins III
Yves Brayer
Print - 18.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 7.3 x 12 x 0 inch
$951
![Print, Quand les mystères sont très malins II, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1361970_1_grid.jpg)
Quand les mystères sont très malins II
Yves Brayer
Print - 18 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 7.1 x 12 x 0 inch
$951
![Fine Art Drawings, Scène de corrida, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355910_1_grid.jpg)
Scène de corrida
Yves Brayer
Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 31.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 12.3 inch
$895
![Print, Le balcon, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1341339_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bayou dreaming, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884871_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El duende, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1312650_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pop Lips, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188785_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Life is Game, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181188_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Chevaux en campagne, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/312508_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Waiting for the drums, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971831_1_grid.jpg)
Waiting for the drums
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$784
![Photography, La romera, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204317_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El campesino, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204215_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mujer de Santiago, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115679_1_grid.jpg)
Mujer de Santiago
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$784
![Photography, El tabaquero, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115667_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La vieja guajira, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1098810_1_grid.jpg)
La vieja guajira
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$784
![Photography, La dama de la plaza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1068855_1_grid.jpg)
La dama de la plaza
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$915
![Photography, La sonrisa, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028463_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tomato splat, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963674_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Graciela, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/9965_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fellaz on Frenchmen, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/731145_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La celebracion, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/237268_1_grid.jpg)
La celebracion
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$915
![Print, L'année du tigre, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996266_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mmmh..., Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1980138_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The southern gentleman, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191564_1_grid.jpg)
The southern gentleman
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,047
![Photography, The Skelligs by moonlight, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885084_1_grid.jpg)
The Skelligs by moonlight
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,251
![Photography, Bagan by moonlight, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884967_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sands of the Himalaya, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884946_1_grid.jpg)
Sands of the Himalaya
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,251
![Photography, Waiting for Brasil, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884910_1_grid.jpg)
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.