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Every Song
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,230
The Shimmering
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.001 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$967
Darknees 1
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.25 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
La chambre verte
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.04 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$894
B comme body
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.04 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$894
Les fleurs respirent la nuit
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 80 x 100 x 0.04 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,683
Still Life with Tulips and 5 Opalina Vases, Antwerp
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Ebony Jet (Girlfriend), NYC
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$8,000
Le voile - Série Ballets nocturnes et diurnes
Takala
Photography - 92.5 x 132 x 4 cm Photography - 36.4 x 52 x 1.6 inch
$2,795
Perfect Body
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,733
You are a story
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,733
Green Candle
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,733
Every Song II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,733
West Of The Day II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,448
You Are A Story
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,448
Softest Place
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$1,448
High And Wild
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,040
Green Candle
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,040
Golden Storm
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,040
Faces In The Crowd II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,040
Every song II
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,040
Green Candle
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.001 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,342
Vagabondages 12
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,901
Gaudí 014
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$894
The Petal of her Skin 001
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$894
Poem Country
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,437
Old Calendar
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,437
Golden Storm
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,437
Rock And Ice
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$2,437
California Poppy
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,437
Salisbury Plain
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 41 x 30 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$520
Algas 45-XIX
Paola Dávila
Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
28° 50' 27.1314" N, 111° 58' 3.4674" W-9
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-14
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
28° 14' 34.127’’N, 114° 6' 44.679’’W-12
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-9
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.97 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-5
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.75 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
28° 14' 20.922'' N, 114° 6' 9.395'' W-8
Paola Dávila
Photography - 35.6 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Héros de l'ombre #6
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,398
Vagabondages 11
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,621
Héros de l'ombre #3
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,565
Vagabondages 14
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,621
Vagabondages 4
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,621
Vagabondages 2
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,901
Rêveries, de la série - Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
Esponjas 8, 11 y 16
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.4 x 0.3 inch
$1,000
Medusas 11, 12 y 13
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Sal 22, 23 y 24
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 11, 22 y 67
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 75, 83 Y 26
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 14, 41 y 68
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 88, 28, 87
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.3 inch
$1,000
27° 44' 30.192" N, 114° 14' 36.340" W-10
Paola Dávila
Photography - 35.6 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
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?