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Bluesman on Beale
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$939
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Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$939
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 32 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,480
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$1,253
Print - 22.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.9 x 12 x 0 inch
$569
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,995
Sculpture - 110 x 75 x 3 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,708
Painting - 92 x 65 x 6 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 2.4 inch
$54,656
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,475
Photography - 100.3 x 149.9 cm Photography - 39.5 x 59 inch
$3,900
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$14,689
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$3,416
Print - 51 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.1 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$4,327
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,057
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$524
Photography - 55 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,790
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,324
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch
$979
Photography - 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,995
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,263
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,057
Photography - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$569
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,057
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$791
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$791
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,322
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,923
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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