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![Print, La tente de l'Emir, Maroc, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1183866_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les bords de l'Allier, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1183848_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Passion, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142286_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Matrix, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1923219_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Matrix, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1914876_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Satisfaction gold, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1909890_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled 2, Jaume Plensa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178788_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 4 monkeys, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115226_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dark Materials IV, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914778_1_grid.jpg)
Dark Materials IV
James Sparshatt
Photography - 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,054
![Print, I'm Sorry Mona Lisa, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1956627_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Human, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152822_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Self portrait #1, Cody Choi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/194641_1_grid.jpg)
Self portrait #1
Cody Choi
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$4,108
![Photography, Son de Santiago, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/565167_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ritmo en el autobus, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597342_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Las curvas, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597270_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El Barbudo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/57511_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Ecurie à Cacharel, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1281006_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Barque au petit Rhône, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1280961_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Troupeau dans les Alpilles, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1280958_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'atelier des costumes, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1184103_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Te veo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1069008_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tropicana, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006995_1_grid.jpg)
Tropicana
James Sparshatt
Photography - 67.5 x 67.5 x 2 cm Photography - 26.6 x 26.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,301
![Photography, Las Memorias, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006989_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, All you need is love, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907244_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fellaz on Frenchmen, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/731145_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La mirada, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597351_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Havana café, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/61549_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El viaje a casa, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597348_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El patrimonio, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/597285_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The last tango, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/587478_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Corazon y alma, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/274213_1_grid.jpg)
Corazon y alma
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$980
![Sculpture, Love Love Love, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156500_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Satisfaction red, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1887228_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Matrix, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2088042_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Take my Heart, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202770_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, I'm Sorry Magritte, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201603_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Pop Escape, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192289_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pop Lips, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188785_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Life is Game, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181188_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sweet Babel, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181182_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Satisfaction Pink, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165830_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Satisfaction Silver, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156486_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, I'm sorry Vermeer, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1997847_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, A Moment with Mario, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/598125_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El barbudo, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197942_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La sonrisa, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028463_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ruines d’Ostie, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079073_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Saiorse, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1060668_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vers l'exil, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/328801_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Carmen, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927485_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bergerie en Provence, Le Destet, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1558191_1_grid.jpg)
Bergerie en Provence, Le Destet
Yves Brayer
Painting - 20.3 x 26.8 cm Painting - 8 x 10.6 inch
$1,614
![Print, Quand les mystères sont très malins IV, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1361979_1_grid.jpg)
Quand les mystères sont très malins IV
Yves Brayer
Print - 20.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.1 x 12 x 0 inch
$576
![Print, Quand les mystères sont très malins III, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1361976_1_grid.jpg)
Quand les mystères sont très malins III
Yves Brayer
Print - 18.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 7.3 x 12 x 0 inch
$576
![Print, Quand les mystères sont très malins II, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1361970_1_grid.jpg)
Quand les mystères sont très malins II
Yves Brayer
Print - 18 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 7.1 x 12 x 0 inch
$576
![Fine Art Drawings, Scène de corrida, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355910_1_grid.jpg)
Scène de corrida
Yves Brayer
Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 31.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 12.3 inch
$692
![Print, Le balcon, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1341339_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sands of the Himalaya, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884946_1_grid.jpg)
Sands of the Himalaya
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,301
![Photography, Bayou dreaming, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884871_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El beso, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204233_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, I'm sorry Munch, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1994676_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Take my Heart, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2111703_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Esperanza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/587433_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Waiting for the drums, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971831_1_grid.jpg)
Waiting for the drums
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$815
![Photography, La romera, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204317_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El campesino, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204215_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mujer de Santiago, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115679_1_grid.jpg)
Mujer de Santiago
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$815
![Photography, El tabaquero, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115667_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La vieja guajira, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1098810_1_grid.jpg)
La vieja guajira
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$815
![Photography, La dama de la plaza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1068855_1_grid.jpg)
La dama de la plaza
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$952
![Photography, Graciela, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/9965_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La celebracion, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/237268_1_grid.jpg)
La celebracion
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$952
![Print, Fuck Pin Art, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198747_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The southern gentleman, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191564_1_grid.jpg)
The southern gentleman
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,089
![Photography, The Skelligs by moonlight, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885084_1_grid.jpg)
The Skelligs by moonlight
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,301
![Photography, Bagan by moonlight, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884967_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Waiting for Brasil, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884910_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Realm of Aodh, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884892_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Soul man, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/665202_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Silent Dreams, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971849_1_grid.jpg)
Silent Dreams
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$815
![Photography, La furia del manton, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769364_1_grid.jpg)
La furia del manton
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$815
![Photography, La pasion, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769361_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El campesino, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/15360_1_grid.jpg)
El campesino
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,089
![Photography, El ultimo tango, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1312662_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El duende, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1312650_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Serenity on the bayou, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006977_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mmmh..., Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1980138_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Graciela, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204302_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Fucking world, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007348_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tomato splat, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963674_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mmmh, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158034_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, The last ice cream, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915956_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Elégante, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554684_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les Vacances II, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914520_1_grid.jpg)
Les Vacances II
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 116 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,670
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.