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![Painting, Pop Lips, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188788_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Take my Heart, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217789_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dagoberto - Cuba musician, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215323_1_grid.jpg)
Dagoberto - Cuba musician
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,051
![Sculpture, Take My Heart, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217787_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Cri, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217816_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Balise et amer, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187558_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Human (1), Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209126_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Scène de corrida, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210161_1_grid.jpg)
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
$1,453
![Print, Hidden, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209129_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les comédiens dans la forêt, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192647_1_grid.jpg)
Les comédiens dans la forêt
Charles Lapicque
Painting - 92 x 65 x 6 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 2.4 inch
$53,664
![Print, Lou et son ombre, Jaume Plensa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182868_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La montée des eaux, Fabienne Cresens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/462949_1_grid.jpg)
La montée des eaux
Fabienne Cresens
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Paysage de Gordes, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554678_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Quand les mystères sont très malins, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1353765_1_grid.jpg)
Quand les mystères sont très malins
Yves Brayer
Print - 22.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.9 x 12 x 0 inch
$950
![Photography, Calligraphing en l'air #6, Cody Choi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/195040_1_grid.jpg)
Calligraphing en l'air #6
Cody Choi
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,982
![Photography, Elvis Presley, Harry Hammond](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898884_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, HRH Princess Elizabeth With HRH The Prince of Wales, Cecil Beaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898437_1_grid.jpg)
HRH Princess Elizabeth With HRH The Prince of Wales
Cecil Beaton
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
$1,308
![Sculpture, Tête sur tige, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/629133_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sur le fil -1, Magali Berdaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089687_1_grid.jpg)
Sur le fil -1
Magali Berdaguer
Sculpture - 110 x 75 x 3 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,677
![Photography, 4 girls, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115394_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Glimpse, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1434273_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Petit moine Ivresse du printemps, Sounya Whang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516968_1_grid.jpg)
Petit moine Ivresse du printemps
Sounya Whang
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,448
![Painting, Untitled, Max Rey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175883_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350096_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1999-New Orleans - Black and White Photograph of Woman on New Orleans Street Car, Jean-Luc Fievet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/974565_1_grid.jpg)
1999-New Orleans - Black and White Photograph of Woman on New Orleans Street Car
Jean-Luc Fievet
Photography - 100.3 x 149.9 cm Photography - 39.5 x 59 inch
$3,900
![Sculpture, Hom, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099280_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Simone Veil, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152908_1_grid.jpg)
Simone Veil
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$14,422
![Fine Art Drawings, Le patriote Ref AB122, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1464081_1_grid.jpg)
Le patriote Ref AB122
Charles Lapicque
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$3,354
![Photography, Bertrand de Broc, Maud Bernos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/101377_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La magie quotidienne (l'atelier), Alberto Giacometti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1292133_1_grid.jpg)
La magie quotidienne (l'atelier)
Alberto Giacometti
Print - 51 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.1 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$4,248
![Painting, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1412889_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cabecita 1, Pablo Martin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158059_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Confianza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215613_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Balance, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210687_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Satisfaction, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218194_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Puzzle, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217778_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Piece Of Art, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215938_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Las Memorías, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212537_1_grid.jpg)
Las Memorías
James Sparshatt
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,304
![Sculpture, Satisfaction, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211276_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Satisfaction, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211293_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Squeeze, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209117_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Normal is Boring Sprinkles, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207599_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Soft Love, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215958_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, I'm Sorry Magritte, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201603_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Take my Heart, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202770_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Pop Escape, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192289_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Racine, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209133_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Icare, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209116_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sonhos Silenciosos, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212531_1_grid.jpg)
Sonhos Silenciosos
James Sparshatt
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,304
![Photography, The southern gentleman, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212522_1_grid.jpg)
The southern gentleman
James Sparshatt
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,304
![Painting, Crazy for You, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208467_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pop Lips, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188785_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oncle Bui, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207778_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fuck Pin Art, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198747_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Passion Boero, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213088_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Squeeze Fuck, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206957_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Love Love Love, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193743_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Art Attack, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189625_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Take My Heart, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202764_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Squeeze Love, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206961_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Crazy lips, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203630_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Love Colors, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202472_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rock Pin Art, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198748_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'attaque du Sénat par la division Leclerc, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191143_1_grid.jpg)
L'attaque du Sénat par la division Leclerc
Charles Lapicque
Painting - 116 x 89 x 6 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 2.4 inch
$53,664
![Painting, Le château, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189498_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Calligraphie, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197125_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ensayo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/9969_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El Dandy, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/28249_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Confianza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/11135_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, American trails, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/10543_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'année du Tigre, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1943472_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, La Masque, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/731382_1_grid.jpg)
La Masque
Yves Brayer
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch
$961
![Painting, Le Château de Tarascon, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355865_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dark Materials I, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914550_1_grid.jpg)
Dark Materials I
James Sparshatt
Photography - 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,982
![Photography, Maiden of Tsonga, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/22563_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Linea, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1087620_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Storm over the Altiplano, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/10542_1_grid.jpg)
Storm over the Altiplano
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,255
![Photography, El amor, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1003152_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El Revolucionario, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/15359_1_grid.jpg)
El Revolucionario
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,051
![Photography, Dawn over Bagan, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884874_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La montée des eaux, Fabienne Cresens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/462961_1_grid.jpg)
La montée des eaux
Fabienne Cresens
Photography - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$559
![Photography, La Santiaguera, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/21277_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La tristeza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1768140_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El caballero, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1068861_1_grid.jpg)
El caballero
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,051
![Photography, New horizons, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/586491_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hombre de la Luna, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/28570_1_grid.jpg)
Hombre de la Luna
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$786
![Photography, A Confiança, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971855_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Saudade, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971834_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Twins, Jaume Plensa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1876572_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
$786
![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
$4,295
![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
$3,898
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.