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![Painting, Danseurs immobiles 3, Georgik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/15547_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sol, Muriel Patarroni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/32333_1_grid.jpg)
Sol
Muriel Patarroni
Fine Art Drawings - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
Sold
![Photography, Sans titre #5, Thierry Valencin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/9842_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre #5
Thierry Valencin
Photography - 54 x 43 x 4 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 1.6 inch
Sold
![Photography, 8th Position Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198636_1_grid.jpg)
8th Position Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 45.7 x 45.7 cm Photography - 18 x 18 inch
€2,426
![Photography, Red Lipstick (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198041_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Red Lipstick, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198040_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Lion Queen (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197011_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Lion Queen, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197010_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Moonlight Sonata (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196665_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Moonlight Sonata, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196664_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Golden Nugget (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195816_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mean Streets (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195810_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mean Streets, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195809_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Kid, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195518_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Girl in the Phone Booth (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195502_1_grid.jpg)
The Girl in the Phone Booth (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€4,853
![Photography, The Girl in the Phone Booth, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195501_1_grid.jpg)
The Girl in the Phone Booth
Tyler Shields
Photography - 45.7 x 45.7 cm Photography - 18 x 18 inch
€2,426
![Photography, The Couple Out The Window (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195496_1_grid.jpg)
The Couple Out The Window (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
€4,853
![Photography, The Couple Out The Window, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195495_1_grid.jpg)
The Couple Out The Window
Tyler Shields
Photography - 38.1 x 50.8 cm Photography - 15 x 20 inch
€2,426
![Photography, Quarantine Kiss (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194756_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Quarantine Kiss, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194752_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Grace, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193992_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Girl in the Window, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193973_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Girl in the Pond, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193968_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rhythmogramm Triennale, Heinrich Heidersberger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204746_1_grid.jpg)
Rhythmogramm Triennale
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€11,000
![Photography, Malcolm X during his visit to enterprises owned by Black Muslims., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204060_1_grid.jpg)
Malcolm X during his visit to enterprises owned by Black Muslims.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, USA. Marilyn Monroe (USA). Actress & singer, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204056_1_grid.jpg)
USA. Marilyn Monroe (USA). Actress & singer
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, Cuba - Havana, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204052_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, USA. Illinois. Bement. US actress Marilyn Monroe during a public appearance., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204049_1_grid.jpg)
USA. Illinois. Bement. US actress Marilyn Monroe during a public appearance.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, Spain. Mallorca. Anthony QUINN and Anna KARINA on the set of Guy Green's The Magus., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204038_1_grid.jpg)
Spain. Mallorca. Anthony QUINN and Anna KARINA on the set of Guy Green's The Magus.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, GB. Shepperton. Film Set Becket, Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204035_1_grid.jpg)
GB. Shepperton. Film Set Becket, Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, John and Angelica Huston (USA). 1968, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204033_1_grid.jpg)
John and Angelica Huston (USA). 1968
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, USA. NYC. Black is Beautiful., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204026_1_grid.jpg)
USA. NYC. Black is Beautiful.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, USA. New York. American actress Marlene Dietrich., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204019_1_grid.jpg)
USA. New York. American actress Marlene Dietrich.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, James Brown; singer, being interviewed after a concert in the Apollo in Harlem where the slogan Black is Beautiful was introduced., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204018_1_grid.jpg)
James Brown; singer, being interviewed after a concert in the Apollo in Harlem where the slogan Black is Beautiful was introduced.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, Charlotte Stribling. USA. New York City USA., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204014_1_grid.jpg)
Charlotte Stribling. USA. New York City USA.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, USA. Arizona. James Stewart on the set of The flight of the phoenix., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204008_1_grid.jpg)
USA. Arizona. James Stewart on the set of The flight of the phoenix.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, Une tresse en or, Fatoumata Diabaté](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190859_1_grid.jpg)
Une tresse en or
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
![Photography, Le vieux sage, Fatoumata Diabaté](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190841_1_grid.jpg)
Le vieux sage
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
![Photography, Degouin, Fatoumata Diabaté](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190834_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Michel Simon rue Saint Denis, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189673_1_grid.jpg)
Michel Simon rue Saint Denis
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€250
![Photography, Dancer In The Dark (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202799_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Glitter Pill (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197383_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hangar backstage, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197036_1_grid.jpg)
Hangar backstage
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€250
![Photography, Bunny Silhouette III, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205982_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chateau, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205974_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Martin Scorsese - 2006, Michael Grecco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202625_1_grid.jpg)
Martin Scorsese - 2006
Michael Grecco
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,912
![Photography, Member of Human League, Susan Sulley - Boston, MA, Michael Grecco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202043_1_grid.jpg)
Member of Human League, Susan Sulley - Boston, MA
Michael Grecco
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,912
![Photography, Phonebooth Silhouette (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200516_1_grid.jpg)
Phonebooth Silhouette (S)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
€4,853
![Photography, Two Swans (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200498_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Two Glasses of Champagne (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200496_1_grid.jpg)
Two Glasses of Champagne (M)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€4,853
![Photography, Two Glasses of Champagne (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200492_1_grid.jpg)
Two Glasses of Champagne (S)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 45.7 x 45.7 cm Photography - 18 x 18 inch
€2,426
![Photography, Touch (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200486_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Touch (XS), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200485_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Two Step Silhouette (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200481_1_grid.jpg)
The Two Step Silhouette (M)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€4,853
![Photography, The Two Step Silhouette (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200480_1_grid.jpg)
The Two Step Silhouette (S)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 45.7 x 45.7 cm Photography - 18 x 18 inch
€2,426
![Photography, The Mystery of the Borrowed Dress (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200216_1_grid.jpg)
The Mystery of the Borrowed Dress (S)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
€4,853
![Photography, The Lady and the Lion (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200208_1_grid.jpg)
The Lady and the Lion (M)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€4,853
![Photography, Silhouette (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200179_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Silhouette (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200177_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Legs Up Silhouette (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199354_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Legs Up Silhouette (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199353_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hat Silhouette (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199343_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hat Silhouette (XS), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199342_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Girls Night Out Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199004_1_grid.jpg)
Girls Night Out Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
€4,853
![Photography, Ferrari Monochrome, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198992_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chanel Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198670_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chanel Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198669_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Champagne Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198664_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Champagne Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198663_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 8th Position Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198638_1_grid.jpg)
8th Position Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€4,853
![Photography, Water Mouths Monochrome, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198462_1_grid.jpg)
Water Mouths Monochrome
Tyler Shields
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
€2,426
![Photography, Smoke Mouth (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198427_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Smoke Mouth, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198424_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Glitter Pill (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197382_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Glitter Pill, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197381_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lion Tamer (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196655_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lion Tamer, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196654_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Golden Nugget, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195815_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Drive In, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193633_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Casablanca (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193615_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Casablanca, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193614_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tone, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193159_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Mystery of the Helicopter, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192600_1_grid.jpg)
The Mystery of the Helicopter
Tyler Shields
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch
€2,426
![Photography, USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 VIII, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204064_1_grid.jpg)
USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 VIII
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, GB. London. Girls sharing apartment., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204063_1_grid.jpg)
GB. London. Girls sharing apartment.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, USA. Intergration Crisis., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204062_1_grid.jpg)
USA. Intergration Crisis.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 VII, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204061_1_grid.jpg)
USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 VII
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, USA. Marilyn Monroe (USA). Actress & singer, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204058_1_grid.jpg)
USA. Marilyn Monroe (USA). Actress & singer
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 IX, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204055_1_grid.jpg)
USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 IX
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.6 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 0.25 inch
€2,281
![Photography, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift during filming of The Misfits - USA, Nevada, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204050_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift during filming of The Misfits - USA, Nevada
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, GB. Women Without Men., Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204048_1_grid.jpg)
GB. Women Without Men.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, USA. Marilyn Monroe. Actress & singer, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204047_1_grid.jpg)
USA. Marilyn Monroe. Actress & singer
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
![Photography, USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 IV, Eve Arnold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204045_1_grid.jpg)
USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 IV
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
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!