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![Print, The Collective, KaYe Canonigo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191781_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Black and White Soul, KaYe Canonigo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191779_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, A Beautiful Imperfection, KaYe Canonigo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191777_1_grid.jpg)
A Beautiful Imperfection
KaYe Canonigo
Print - 29.7 x 21 x 3 cm Print - 11.7 x 8.3 x 1.2 inch
$1,565
![Photography, Monochrome Lips (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202344_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Back Silhouette (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200866_1_grid.jpg)
Back Silhouette (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Back Silhouette (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200865_1_grid.jpg)
Back Silhouette (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
$20,000
![Photography, Back Silhouette (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200864_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Umbrella Silhouette II (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200514_1_grid.jpg)
Umbrella Silhouette II (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Umbrella Silhouette II (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200513_1_grid.jpg)
Umbrella Silhouette II (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 142.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 56 x 72 inch
$25,000
![Photography, Umbrella Silhouette II (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200512_1_grid.jpg)
Umbrella Silhouette II (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 152.4 cm Photography - 45 x 60 inch
$15,000
![Photography, Umbrella Silhouette II (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200511_1_grid.jpg)
Umbrella Silhouette II (M)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$10,000
![Photography, Umbrella Silhouette (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200507_1_grid.jpg)
Umbrella Silhouette (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Umbrella Silhouette (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200506_1_grid.jpg)
Umbrella Silhouette (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
$20,000
![Photography, Umbrella Silhouette (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200505_1_grid.jpg)
Umbrella Silhouette (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 inch
$10,000
![Photography, The Kiss Silhouette (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200206_1_grid.jpg)
The Kiss Silhouette (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
$50,000
![Photography, The Kiss Silhouette (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200205_1_grid.jpg)
The Kiss Silhouette (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
$20,000
![Photography, The Kiss Silhouette (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200204_1_grid.jpg)
The Kiss Silhouette (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 inch
$10,000
![Photography, The Bunny and the Man (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200201_1_grid.jpg)
The Bunny and the Man (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
![Photography, The Bunny and the Man (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200200_1_grid.jpg)
The Bunny and the Man (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$25,000
![Photography, The Bunny and the Man (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200199_1_grid.jpg)
The Bunny and the Man (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$15,000
![Photography, The Bunny and the Man (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200198_1_grid.jpg)
The Bunny and the Man (M)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$10,000
![Photography, The Anonymity of Shape (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200195_1_grid.jpg)
The Anonymity of Shape (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
$50,000
![Photography, The Anonymity of Shape (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200194_1_grid.jpg)
The Anonymity of Shape (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
$20,000
![Photography, The Anonymity of Shape (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200193_1_grid.jpg)
The Anonymity of Shape (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 inch
$10,000
![Photography, Soldier Silhouette (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200188_1_grid.jpg)
Soldier Silhouette (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Soldier Silhouette (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200187_1_grid.jpg)
Soldier Silhouette (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 137.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 54 x 72 inch
$25,000
![Photography, Soldier Silhouette (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200186_1_grid.jpg)
Soldier Silhouette (M)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 152.4 cm Photography - 45 x 60 inch
$15,000
![Photography, Mystery of The Dancing Twins (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200172_1_grid.jpg)
Mystery of The Dancing Twins (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Mystery of The Dancing Twins (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200171_1_grid.jpg)
Mystery of The Dancing Twins (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 142.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 56 x 72 inch
$25,000
![Photography, Mystery of The Dancing Twins (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200170_1_grid.jpg)
Mystery of The Dancing Twins (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 152.4 cm Photography - 45 x 60 inch
$15,000
![Photography, Mystery of The Dancing Twins (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200169_1_grid.jpg)
Mystery of The Dancing Twins (M)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$10,000
![Photography, Match Silhouette (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200166_1_grid.jpg)
Match Silhouette (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Match Silhouette (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200165_1_grid.jpg)
Match Silhouette (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
$20,000
![Photography, Match Silhouette (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200164_1_grid.jpg)
Match Silhouette (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 inch
$10,000
![Photography, Match (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199368_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Match (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199367_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Match (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199366_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Match (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199365_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lipstick Cigarette II (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199363_1_grid.jpg)
Lipstick Cigarette II (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Lipstick Cigarette II (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199362_1_grid.jpg)
Lipstick Cigarette II (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 142.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 56 x 72 inch
$25,000
![Photography, Lipstick Cigarette II (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199361_1_grid.jpg)
Lipstick Cigarette II (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 152.4 cm Photography - 45 x 60 inch
$15,000
![Photography, Lipstick Cigarette II (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199360_1_grid.jpg)
Lipstick Cigarette II (M)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$10,000
![Photography, Hat Tu Silhouette (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199341_1_grid.jpg)
Hat Tu Silhouette (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Hat Tu Silhouette (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199340_1_grid.jpg)
Hat Tu Silhouette (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 137.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 54 x 72 inch
$25,000
![Photography, Hat Tu Silhouette (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199339_1_grid.jpg)
Hat Tu Silhouette (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 152.4 cm Photography - 45 x 60 inch
$15,000
![Photography, Hat Tu Silhouette (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199338_1_grid.jpg)
Hat Tu Silhouette (M)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$10,000
![Photography, Hat and Gloves Silhouette (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199331_1_grid.jpg)
Hat and Gloves Silhouette (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Gunslinger Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199024_1_grid.jpg)
Gunslinger Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Gunslinger Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199023_1_grid.jpg)
Gunslinger Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
$20,000
![Photography, Gunslinger Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199022_1_grid.jpg)
Gunslinger Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 inch
$10,000
![Photography, Grace with Hammer, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199016_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Grace with Hammer, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199015_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Grace with Hammer, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199014_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Grace with Hammer, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199013_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dress Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198990_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dress Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198989_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dress Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198988_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dancing Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198985_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dancing Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198984_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dancing Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198983_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dancing Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198982_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contact Sheet 12, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198979_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contact Sheet 12, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198978_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contact Sheet 12, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198977_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contact Sheet 12, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198976_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contact Sheet 6, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198974_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contact Sheet 6, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198973_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contact Sheet 6, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198972_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contact Sheet 6, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198971_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contact Sheet 4, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198685_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contact Sheet 4, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198684_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Contact Sheet 4, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198683_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Champagne Pour Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198661_1_grid.jpg)
Champagne Pour Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Champagne Pour Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198660_1_grid.jpg)
Champagne Pour Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
$20,000
![Photography, Champagne Pour Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198659_1_grid.jpg)
Champagne Pour Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 inch
$10,000
![Photography, Bunny Silhouette III, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198656_1_grid.jpg)
Bunny Silhouette III
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Bunny Silhouette III, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198655_1_grid.jpg)
Bunny Silhouette III
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
$20,000
![Photography, Bunny Silhouette III, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198654_1_grid.jpg)
Bunny Silhouette III
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 inch
$10,000
![Photography, Bunnies Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198648_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bunnies Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198647_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bunnies Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198646_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bunnies Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198645_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Red Lipstick (4), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198044_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Red Lipstick (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198043_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Red Lipstick (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198042_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mouths (Black and White) (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198020_1_grid.jpg)
Mouths (Black and White) (2)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Mouths (Black and White) (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198019_1_grid.jpg)
Mouths (Black and White) (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$25,000
![Photography, Mouths (Black and White), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198018_1_grid.jpg)
Mouths (Black and White)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$10,000
![Photography, Black Water (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197380_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Black Water (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197379_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Black Water, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197378_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Lion Queen (5), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197015_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Lion Queen (4), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197014_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!