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![Photography, Old Calendar, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144683_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nightjar, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144661_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Manger, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144660_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Making The Moon, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144659_1_grid.jpg)
Making The Moon
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 30 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$520
![Photography, Iris, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144643_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, California poppy, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144053_1_grid.jpg)
California poppy
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.01 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$520
![Photography, Captured by the Wind, Ceridwen Raynor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/702396_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Amber Days, Ceridwen Raynor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/702393_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Wishing, Ceridwen Raynor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/702390_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Duo, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911744_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Condesa, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477365_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chinese Interior #2, Robert van der Hilst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171749_1_grid.jpg)
Chinese Interior #2
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 49 x 42 cm Photography - 19.3 x 16.5 inch
$2,012
![Photography, Chinese Interior #11, Robert van der Hilst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171746_1_grid.jpg)
Chinese Interior #11
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
$2,012
![Photography, Chinese Interior #16, Robert van der Hilst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171740_1_grid.jpg)
Chinese Interior #16
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
$2,012
![Photography, Chinese Interior #19, Robert van der Hilst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171734_1_grid.jpg)
Chinese Interior #19
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
$2,012
![Photography, Her-Untitled 6, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1628064_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Her-Untitled 7, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1628031_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Her-Untitled 3, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1628028_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Her-Untitled 5, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1628022_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mingus, Norman Reedus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140442_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Two faced, Norman Reedus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140438_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La plume - Série Les Caprices de Madame Bovary, Takala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/7994_1_grid.jpg)
La plume - Série Les Caprices de Madame Bovary
Takala
Photography - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$839
![Photography, Monstres, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149072_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cheveux au vent, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149066_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le collier - Série Les Caprices de Madame Bovary, Takala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/7998_1_grid.jpg)
Le collier - Série Les Caprices de Madame Bovary
Takala
Photography - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$839
![Photography, Les escarpins" - Série Les Caprices de Madame Bovary, Takala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/7997_1_grid.jpg)
Les escarpins" - Série Les Caprices de Madame Bovary
Takala
Photography - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$839
![Photography, Iris 02, Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1970757_1_grid.jpg)
Iris 02
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$671
![Photography, Laminariales XVIII, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915023_1_grid.jpg)
Laminariales XVIII
Paola Dávila
Photography - 113.8 x 37.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 44.8 x 14.9 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Laminariales XIII, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915020_1_grid.jpg)
Laminariales XIII
Paola Dávila
Photography - 160 x 37.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 63 x 14.9 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
![Photography, Laminariales VIII, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915017_1_grid.jpg)
Laminariales VIII
Paola Dávila
Photography - 113.8 x 37.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 44.8 x 14.9 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Laminariales III, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915014_1_grid.jpg)
Laminariales III
Paola Dávila
Photography - 113.8 x 37.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 44.8 x 14.9 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, 28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-12, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1521222_1_grid.jpg)
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-12
Paola Dávila
Photography - 60 x 114 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.63 x 44.89 x 0.1 inch
$3,600
![Photography, 28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-6, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1521168_1_grid.jpg)
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-6
Paola Dávila
Photography - 60 x 114 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.63 x 44.89 x 0.1 inch
$3,600
![Photography, 27° 42' 26.32'' N, 7° 42' 26.32'' W-15, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1482882_1_grid.jpg)
27° 42' 26.32'' N, 7° 42' 26.32'' W-15
Paola Dávila
Photography - 58.4 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 44 x 0.1 inch
$3,600
![Photography, Oaxaca (Cocina), Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1482783_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Oaxaca, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1482765_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Eye in the dark, Norman Reedus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140350_1_grid.jpg)
Eye in the dark
Norman Reedus
Photography - 20.32 x 25.4 x 1 cm Photography - 8 x 10 x 0.4 inch
$1,677
![Photography, Alabama Street. From the series Lost in transition, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1739415_1_grid.jpg)
Alabama Street. From the series Lost in transition
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Carnegie Library/ Atlanta-Fulton county public library, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1737369_1_grid.jpg)
Carnegie Library/ Atlanta-Fulton county public library
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Atlanta high museum, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1730937_1_grid.jpg)
Atlanta high museum
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Atlanta skyline, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1730832_1_grid.jpg)
Atlanta skyline
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Peachtree Street, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1730067_1_grid.jpg)
Peachtree Street
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Plaza and viaduct, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700058_1_grid.jpg)
Plaza and viaduct
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Untitled #5., Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1697424_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled #4, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1697367_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lovers (Amants), Laura Makabresku](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/641616_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The life (La vie), Laura Makabresku](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/641583_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jardin du musée des beaux arts, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1468320_1_grid.jpg)
Jardin du musée des beaux arts
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 60.6 x 91 cm Photography - 23.9 x 35.8 inch
$1,135
![Photography, Still life with a White Tulip and a Green Opalina Vase, Antwerp, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1184250_1_grid.jpg)
Still life with a White Tulip and a Green Opalina Vase, Antwerp
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Photography, I3I3987, Eru Narayana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161864_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Conversation improbable, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149071_1_grid.jpg)
Conversation improbable
Irène Jonas
Photography - 19 x 13 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, Vers les étoiles, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149070_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flamants Roses, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149064_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hésitation, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149062_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Impatience, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149061_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Perplexité, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149060_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Autos Tamponneuse (3), Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149049_1_grid.jpg)
Autos Tamponneuse (3)
Irène Jonas
Photography - 13 x 19 x 0.1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 7.5 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, A l’est #3, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2121534_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nu #12, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2121498_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tempête #2, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2121495_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Songe, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911765_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mouvement, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911759_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Insouciancei, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911753_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Effets, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911747_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Attente, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911741_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, [Confiance], de la série La baltique, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911732_1_grid.jpg)
[Confiance], de la série La baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 19 x 28 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 11 x 0 inch
$1,006
![Photography, Vague #1, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180656_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Abstraction #11, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180623_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #11
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,565
![Photography, Abstraction #12, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180622_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #12
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,398
![Photography, Abstraction #10, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180621_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #10
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,398
![Photography, Abstraction #9, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180620_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #9
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,565
![Photography, Abstraction #8, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180619_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #8
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,398
![Photography, Abstraction #7, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180618_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #7
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,398
![Photography, Abstraction #6, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178500_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #6
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,398
![Photography, Abstraction #5, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178499_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #5
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,565
![Photography, Abstraction #4, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178498_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #4
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,565
![Photography, Abstraction #3, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178497_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #3
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,398
![Photography, Abstraction #2, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178496_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #2
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,565
![Photography, Abstraction #1, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178419_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction #1
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,398
![Photography, Vague#2, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161827_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Structural Beauty, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1011279_1_grid.jpg)
Structural Beauty
Alexander Benz
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$514
![Photography, Nadine I Blumen, Irene Cruz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142177_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mar I, Irene Cruz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141900_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Irene II Blumen, Irene Cruz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141889_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Matthew Barney, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2103474_1_grid.jpg)
Matthew Barney
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 61 x 43.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 17 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Matthew Barney, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098083_1_grid.jpg)
Matthew Barney
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 61 x 43.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 17 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Matthew Barney, Isle of Man, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2097780_1_grid.jpg)
Matthew Barney, Isle of Man
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 61 x 43.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 17 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Satyr, Drawing Restraint 7, Matthew Barney studio, NYC, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2088270_1_grid.jpg)
Satyr, Drawing Restraint 7, Matthew Barney studio, NYC
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 43.2 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085714_1_grid.jpg)
Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 43.2 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Constance (Girlfriend), NYC, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175655_1_grid.jpg)
Constance (Girlfriend), NYC
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Tabboo! Wigstock, NYC, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175652_1_grid.jpg)
Tabboo! Wigstock, NYC
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Jem Jender, Studio, NYC, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175637_1_grid.jpg)
Jem Jender, Studio, NYC
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Joey Arias Channeling Billie Holiday, NYC, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175634_1_grid.jpg)
Joey Arias Channeling Billie Holiday, NYC
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
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?