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![Print, M353, Jesús Perea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/698586_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dreamlike, Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190134_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Reflecting landscape 11, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857766_1_grid.jpg)
Reflecting landscape 11
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 80 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,565
![Print, Farandole 4, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/35204_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cheveux d'Encre - Emotion III, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/240496_1_grid.jpg)
Cheveux d'Encre - Emotion III
Feng Kaixuan
Painting - 200 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 78.7 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,689
![Photography, Maiden of Tsonga, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/22563_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Art of Distortion 8, Paula Golemo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199059_1_grid.jpg)
The Art of Distortion 8
Paula Golemo
Photography - 40 x 32 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$201
![Photography, Balaena III, Paula Golemo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199058_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)
![Print, End Of Empire, Kantharos, Cleon Peterson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/679476_1_grid.jpg)
End Of Empire, Kantharos
Cleon Peterson
Print - 30.5 x 40.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 12 x 15.9 x 0 inch
$559
![Sculpture, Cloned Griffon Bruxellois With Pet Bottle, William Sweetlove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/30373_1_grid.jpg)
Cloned Griffon Bruxellois With Pet Bottle
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 40 x 40 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15.7 x 7.1 inch
$1,565
![Photography, L'homme seul, New York 2018, Christelle Yambayisa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195219_1_grid.jpg)
L'homme seul, New York 2018
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 105 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,130
![Photography, Expérience shopping, Alcúdia, Christelle Yambayisa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195217_1_grid.jpg)
Expérience shopping, Alcúdia
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,130
![Photography, Fête Nat, Singapour, Christelle Yambayisa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195210_1_grid.jpg)
Fête Nat, Singapour
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,130
![Photography, Bain de soleil à l'abri, Deauville, Christelle Yambayisa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195206_1_grid.jpg)
Bain de soleil à l'abri, Deauville
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,130
![Photography, Dix petits moines - série Une Vie de Moine, Jean-François Talivez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187873_1_grid.jpg)
Dix petits moines - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 24 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$492
![Photography, Réfectoire vide, Jean-François Talivez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187858_1_grid.jpg)
Réfectoire vide
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 13 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$492
![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, Femme à l'enfant (Namibie), Alastair Mc Naughton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206471_1_grid.jpg)
Femme à l'enfant (Namibie)
Alastair Mc Naughton
Photography - 28.5 x 20 cm Photography - 11.2 x 7.9 inch
$112
![Photography, On Guard, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101599_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Over the Rail, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101593_1_grid.jpg)
Over the Rail
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
![Photography, Passereaux trépassés 1 : Mésange charbonnière, Thierry Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204326_1_grid.jpg)
Passereaux trépassés 1 : Mésange charbonnière
Thierry Robert
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$391
![Photography, White Hart Lane, Gerry Cranham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/6933_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Turn, Gerry Cranham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/24555_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, On Top, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199270_1_grid.jpg)
On Top
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 8.847 x 10.752 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.5 x 4.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,677
![Photography, Savant N.2 - Reflects & Transparencies Series, Anna Levesh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1437210_1_grid.jpg)
Savant N.2 - Reflects & Transparencies Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 78.5 x 50 cm Photography - 30.9 x 19.7 inch
$883
![Print, Farandole 18, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/293698_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No77 Spirit, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187718_1_grid.jpg)
No77 Spirit
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,649
![Print, AL 4, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/188605_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Femmes au bord du Gange, Alastair Mc Naughton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206475_1_grid.jpg)
Femmes au bord du Gange
Alastair Mc Naughton
Photography - 19 x 51 cm Photography - 7.5 x 20.1 inch
$112
![Photography, Contortionnistes, Alastair Mc Naughton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206474_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jongleur aux oiseaux, Alastair Mc Naughton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206473_1_grid.jpg)
Jongleur aux oiseaux
Alastair Mc Naughton
Photography - 24.5 x 34 cm Photography - 9.6 x 13.4 inch
$112
![Photography, Danseuses à Cuba, Alastair Mc Naughton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206472_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Desert Acrobats, Alastair Mc Naughton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206470_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Opera house seagull, Alastair Mc Naughton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206469_1_grid.jpg)
Opera house seagull
Alastair Mc Naughton
Photography - 24.5 x 34 cm Photography - 9.6 x 13.4 inch
$56
![Photography, Piscines, Alastair Mc Naughton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206454_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rue Mouffetard, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/850668_1_grid.jpg)
Rue Mouffetard
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.62 x 15.74 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Print, 04, Things Synthetic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188532_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, New York City lanscape, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199268_1_grid.jpg)
New York City lanscape
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 35 x 35 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
![Photography, La Santiaguera, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/21277_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Underwater Rhythm, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101452_1_grid.jpg)
Underwater Rhythm
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
![Photography, Whisper, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101395_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, 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)
![Photography, Malasso, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1072071_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horror Vacui II, Black Doodle, Marie Julou (Tina McCallan)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1313523_1_grid.jpg)
Horror Vacui II, Black Doodle
Marie Julou (Tina McCallan)
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,118
![Photography, Fashion on the Street, Paris 1963, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/847914_1_grid.jpg)
Fashion on the Street, Paris 1963
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
![Fine Art Drawings, L’Ancienne Messe, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/692028_1_grid.jpg)
L’Ancienne Messe
Michaël Brack
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 37 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 14.6 inch
$671
![Fine Art Drawings, La Grand Prêtre, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/690654_1_grid.jpg)
La Grand Prêtre
Michaël Brack
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$671
![Print, Astrologie poétique II, Pierre Alechinsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/665028_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rue Mouffetard - Triptych, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/850677_1_grid.jpg)
Rue Mouffetard - Triptych
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 45 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.71 x 39.37 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
![Photography, Rue Mouffetard, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/808386_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tea time, Gerry Cranham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/27557_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, 10, Things Synthetic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188531_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lookout, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101629_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Companions Crossing, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101626_1_grid.jpg)
Companions Crossing
Drew Doggett
Photography - 68.6 x 48.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 19 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
![Photography, Ali Patterson II, Gerry Cranham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/27562_1_grid.jpg)
Ali Patterson II
Gerry Cranham
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$861
![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
$786
![Photography, Graphisme d'arbre, Mathieu Pujol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803348_1_grid.jpg)
Graphisme d'arbre
Mathieu Pujol
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$950
![Photography, Transience, The Sugar Project, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211937_1_grid.jpg)
Transience, The Sugar Project
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Palenque, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211928_1_grid.jpg)
Palenque
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 96.5 x 77.7 x 0.5 cm Photography - 38 x 30.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Nocturnal, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211920_1_grid.jpg)
Nocturnal
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 inch
$3,100
![Photography, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 2, Antoine Kubler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192145_1_grid.jpg)
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 2
Antoine Kubler
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$280 $252
![Photography, Quinta de Regaleira Cintra, Antoine Kubler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192142_1_grid.jpg)
Quinta de Regaleira Cintra
Antoine Kubler
Photography - 29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$280 $252
![Photography, Paris confinement 4, Bruno Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/733662_1_grid.jpg)
Paris confinement 4
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,062
![Photography, Saks Fashion Show, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365858_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1915 Nuages et tempête Tempest and clouds, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978027_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Nuages et tempête Tempest and clouds
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$2,180 $1,090
![Photography, Rue Mouffetard, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/808383_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, At Peace, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131432_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fall, Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200257_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Boxing, Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200256_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No Acces, Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200252_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Her, Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193374_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dear Irving..., Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190111_1_grid.jpg)
Dear Irving...
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.02 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Print, Aquatic Race 02, Camilla Gude](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159867_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Seahorse, Camilla Gude](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159624_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Astrologie poétique IV, Pierre Alechinsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/665037_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Astrologie poétique III, Pierre Alechinsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/665034_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Astrologie poétique I, Pierre Alechinsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/665013_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Sub Rosa, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204106_1_grid.jpg)
Sub Rosa
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 30.5 x 43.2 x 0.5 cm Photography - 12 x 17 x 0.2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Halima, Daniel Holfeld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197365_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Badoor, Daniel Holfeld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195443_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Samira, Daniel Holfeld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195435_1_grid.jpg)
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!