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![Photography, Monroe (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194335_1_grid.jpg)
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Élise & Céline
Théo Gosselin
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,789
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Collection Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon - HB1592
Idan Wizen
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$335
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Collection Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon - HB1383
Idan Wizen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$335
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Des culs et des cailloux n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$168
![Photography, A Frog Atop Water (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203401_1_grid.jpg)
A Frog Atop Water (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
![Photography, A Frog Atop Water (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203400_1_grid.jpg)
A Frog Atop Water (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$25,000
![Photography, A Frog Atop Water (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203399_1_grid.jpg)
A Frog Atop Water (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$15,000
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The Goddess of Olympia (4)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
![Photography, The Goddess of Olympia (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197003_1_grid.jpg)
The Goddess of Olympia (3)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$25,000
![Photography, The Goddess of Olympia (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197002_1_grid.jpg)
The Goddess of Olympia (2)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$15,000
![Photography, The Goddess of Olympia (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197001_1_grid.jpg)
The Goddess of Olympia (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$10,000
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The Mystery of the Helicopter (4)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
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The Bunny In The Window (4)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 213.4 x 160 cm Photography - 84 x 63 inch
$50,000
![Photography, The Bunny In The Window (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192590_1_grid.jpg)
The Bunny In The Window (3)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 182.9 x 137.2 cm Photography - 72 x 54 inch
$25,000
![Photography, The Bunny In The Window (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192589_1_grid.jpg)
The Bunny In The Window (2)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 114.3 cm Photography - 60 x 45 inch
$15,000
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Lost and Found
Maud Chalard
Photography - 40 x 53.3 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 21 x 0.8 inch
$1,789
![Photography, Marilyn in black white scarf, Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/153880_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn in black white scarf
Bert Stern
Photography - 48 x 33 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 inch
$2,784
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Arabesque
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,649
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No05 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,649
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No10 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 72 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 28.3 x 0 inch
$1,649
![Photography, No40 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1094103_1_grid.jpg)
No40 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,649
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F0648 - The warrior
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,012
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Baignade dans la Loire
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 70 x 125 cm Photography - 27.6 x 49.2 inch
$1,901
![Photography, No16 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/855615_1_grid.jpg)
No16 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91.4 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$1,660
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No43 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,649
![Photography, "Pearls" la dernière séance (1962), Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/45968_1_grid.jpg)
"Pearls" la dernière séance (1962)
Bert Stern
Photography - 26 x 37 x 2 cm Photography - 10.2 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,225
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Flower power
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$950
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![Photography, La lettre C, Olivier Perrin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211132_1_grid.jpg)
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Let There Be Light! #2
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$212
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Let There Be Light! #5
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$212
![Photography, Petite fille au Ballon Paris rue de Rivoli, Pierre Schwartz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/35067_1_grid.jpg)
Petite fille au Ballon Paris rue de Rivoli
Pierre Schwartz
Photography - 100 x 80 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$1,565
![Photography, Miranda as Cerynitis, Laurence Winram](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081470_1_grid.jpg)
Miranda as Cerynitis
Laurence Winram
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$634
![Photography, No57 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1979040_1_grid.jpg)
No57 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 50.8 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$878
![Photography, Marilyn. La sortie de bain. (1945), André de Dienes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/141355_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn. La sortie de bain. (1945)
André de Dienes
Photography - 51 x 41 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 inch
$771
![Photography, Genesis, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1233303_1_grid.jpg)
Genesis
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$2,929
![Photography, No70 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226895_1_grid.jpg)
No70 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 96 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.8 x 0 inch
$2,929
![Photography, No10 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1150194_1_grid.jpg)
No10 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 96 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.8 x 0 inch
$2,929
![Photography, Let There Be Light! #13, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/812022_1_grid.jpg)
Let There Be Light! #13
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$212
![Photography, No Title (No54), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/966414_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lost and Found, Maud Chalard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/668022_1_grid.jpg)
Lost and Found
Maud Chalard
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,789
![Photography, No title (No79), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156220_1_grid.jpg)
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Man’s hand: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
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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!