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Every Song
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€1,995
The Shimmering
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.001 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€865
Darknees 1
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.25 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,000
La chambre verte
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.04 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
B comme body
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.04 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€800
Les fleurs respirent la nuit
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 80 x 100 x 0.04 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€2,400
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
€4,853
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
€7,764
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
€2,500
Perfect Body
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€1,550
You are a story
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€1,550
Green Candle
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€1,550
Every Song II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€1,550
West Of The Day II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€1,295
You Are A Story
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€1,295
Softest Place
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch
€1,295
High And Wild
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€930
Faces In The Crowd II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€930
Every song II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€930
Green Candle
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.001 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€1,200
Vagabondages 12
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€1,700
Gaudí 014
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
€800
The Petal of her Skin 001
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
€800
Poem Country
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€2,180
Old Calendar
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€2,180
Golden Storm
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€2,180
Rock And Ice
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
€2,180
California Poppy
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€2,180
Salisbury Plain
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 41 x 30 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€465
Algas 45-XIX
Paola Dávila
Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,941
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
€1,456
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
€1,941
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
€1,456
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
€1,456
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
€1,941
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
€1,456
Héros de l'ombre #6
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,250
Vagabondages 11
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€1,450
Héros de l'ombre #3
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,400
Vagabondages 14
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€1,450
Vagabondages 4
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,450
Vagabondages 2
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,700
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
€1,200
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
€971
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
€971
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
€971
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
€971
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
€971
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
€971
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
€971
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
€1,456
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?