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Black and White Photography For Sale
765104 - Iran Collection
Located in Toronto, ON
14" x 18" Unframed
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 15
Hand Signed by Simeon Posen
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
99102- Midway Lights
Located in Toronto, ON
Silver Gelatin Print
Hand Signed by Simeon Posen
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
765101 - Iran Collection
Located in Toronto, ON
14" x 18" Unframed
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 15
Hand Signed by Simeon Posen
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
99101 - Midway Lights
Located in Toronto, ON
Silver Gelatin Print
Hand Signed by Simeon Posen
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
7651003 - Iran Collection
Located in Toronto, ON
14" x 18" Unframed
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 15
Hand Signed by Simeon Posen
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
7651001 - Iran Collection
Located in Toronto, ON
14" x 18" Unframed
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 15
Hand Signed by Simeon Posen
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
02751- Midway Lights
Located in Toronto, ON
Silver Gelatin Print
Hand Signed by Simeon Posen
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wenda and Ostriches
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped. Includes black frame with white mat.
Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990...
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1950s Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
You Can Have Whatever You Can Dream Of
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 2/12, signed on the recto, includes black frame.
Guadalupe Laiz is an international artist, photographer and explorer born and raised in Argentina. Guadalupe’s main focus for the past ten years has been an extensive body of work capturing the beauty and uniqueness of the indigenous horses of Iceland, a country that has touched her deeply and continues to visit. Her work “Horses of Iceland” has been shown in exhibitions all over the world.
This photograph is from her newest series "Among the Living." For this body of work, Laiz traveled across the African continent for six years, visiting Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Batswana, Rwanda, and Uganda. Forgoing comfort often for months at a time, she returned with intimate portraits of the charismatic and fierce, yet vulnerable and endangered animals she encountered. It is impossible to look at one of her photographs and not feel her subject’s innate individuality. As part of her artistic process, she spends time with each animal up close in its natural habitat, gets to know...
Category
2010s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Greta Garbo "Two Faced Woman"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white silhouette features Greta Grabo in a publicity still for her role in "Two-Faced Woman".
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American film actress during the 192...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
A Streetcar Named Desire
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped. Includes black frame with white mat.
Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Moon Water
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 1/7, signed on the recto, includes black frame.
Guadalupe Laiz is an international artist, photographer and explorer born and raised in Argentina. Guadalupe’s main focus for the past ten years has been an extensive body of work capturing the beauty and uniqueness of the indigenous horses of Iceland, a country that has touched her deeply and continues to visit. Her work “Horses of Iceland” has been shown in exhibitions all over the world.
This photograph is from her newest series "Among the Living." For this body of work, Laiz traveled across the African continent for six years, visiting Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Batswana, Rwanda, and Uganda. Forgoing comfort often for months at a time, she returned with intimate portraits of the charismatic and fierce, yet vulnerable and endangered animals she encountered. It is impossible to look at one of her photographs and not feel her subject’s innate individuality. As part of her artistic process, she spends time with each animal up close in its natural habitat, gets to know...
Category
2010s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Old World" 40x28 Black & White Photography Bison Buffalo Unsigned Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an American Bison.
Printed on archival paper and using archival inks
Framing available. Inquire for rates.
Shane Russeck has built a reputation for capturing America's landscapes, cultures and endangered animals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mona Lisa
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 1/7, signed on the recto, includes black frame.
Guadalupe Laiz is an international artist, photographer and explorer born and raised in Argentina. Guadalupe’s main focus for the past ten years has been an extensive body of work capturing the beauty and uniqueness of the indigenous horses of Iceland, a country that has touched her deeply and continues to visit. Her work “Horses of Iceland” has been shown in exhibitions all over the world.
This photograph is from her newest series "Among the Living." For this body of work, Laiz traveled across the African continent for six years, visiting Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Batswana, Rwanda, and Uganda. Forgoing comfort often for months at a time, she returned with intimate portraits of the charismatic and fierce, yet vulnerable and endangered animals she encountered. It is impossible to look at one of her photographs and not feel her subject’s innate individuality. As part of her artistic process, she spends time with each animal up close in its natural habitat, gets to know...
Category
2010s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Wonder Horses" 40x50 - Black & White Photography, Wild Horses Mustangs Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of American Wild Mustangs.
40x50
Printed on archival paper and using archival inks
Framing available. Inquire for rates.
Shane Russeck has built a reputation for capturing America's landscapes, cultures and endangered animals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Dust and Horses" 30x40 Black and White Photography Wild Horses Mustangs Photo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of North American Wild Horses
Photography by Shane Russeck
Printed on archival paper
Framing available. Inquire for rates.
Shane Russeck has built a reputation for capturing America's landscapes, cultures and endangered animals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Late Night Behind the Bar in New Orleans
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Edition 1/10 - Feeding Pigeons, Venice, Italy, Silver Gelatin Photograph
By Paul Cooklin
Located in Eye, England
Edition 1/10 - Blind Man Feeding Pigeons, Venice, Italy, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Edition of 10 + 5 APs.
Front: Signature and edition number with artists blind stamp.
Back: Ink s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gel...
Diamonds and Watches
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50 Hand Signed by John Migicovsky
Additional Information:
More Editions - 16" x 20"
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
"The Pugilist" - 40x60 Black and White Photography of Wild Horses, Mustangs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of Wild Mustangs.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom"
40x60 Edition of 10. Signed by artist.
Framing avai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Archival Pigment
"Mountain Mustangs" 40x60 Photography of Wild Horses, Western Art, Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of wild horses.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom"
Printed on archival photo paper using only archival inks
UV coated
F...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wolf, large scale, landscape, black and white photographic print on canvas
Located in BUNGENDORE, AU
Limited edition print by Ali Nasseri.
Wolf is a large-scale, black-and-white photographic landscape print by Iranian-born Australian photographer Ali Nasseri. Depicting a lone motor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Canvas, Inkjet, Photographic Film
Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Philip Johnson, Architect, Lee Radziwill, Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Lee Radziwill and Philip Johnson at The Met - 10/18/1973
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-B...
Category
1970s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
36x48 " Hollywood Sign" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery.
Exhibition Poster from series "The ICONS"
Destr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Dream State" - 40x50 Black and White Photography Wild Horses Mustangs Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a black and white photograph of American Wild Mustangs by Shane Russeck.
Printed on Archival Paper Using Archival ink
Shane Russeck has built a reputation for capturing Am...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor Behind the Scenes
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the film "Giant" for her role as character Leslie Bene...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Crowds on Busy Beach, U.S.A., 1950's-60's
By Charles Trainor
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1950s-1960s photograph depicting a bustling street scene along a beach. The terrific period of automobiles and the fashion on the streets also dates the photo to the late 50s t...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Chasing the Light- 28x40 Black & White Photography Wild Horses Mustangs Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of Northern California Wild Mustangs.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom"
Printed on archival paper using ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Light in the Window, Cannes
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Montreal, 1960s
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Elizabeth Taylor Classical Elegance
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning elegant studio portrait of Elizabeth Taylor, 1957.
Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actre...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
"The Charge" 28x40 - Black & White Photography, Lion Photograph, Unsigned Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion.
Printed on archival paper and using archival inks
Framing available. Inquire for rates.
Shane Russeck has built a reputation for capturing America's landscapes, cultures and endangered animals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Synthesis' Limited edition 40 x 40" Photograph. Ocean, sea, Surf, Beach
Located in Penzance, GB
'Synthesis'
Limited Edition Black and White Archival Photograph. Unframed
_________________
The wild Atlantic explodes in a raw release of energy, blurring the boundary between ocea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Edition 2/10 - Reflection, Barcelona, Spain, Silver Gelatin Photograph
By Paul Cooklin
Located in Eye, England
Edition 2/10 - Reflection, Barcelona, Spain, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Edition of 10 + 5 APs.
Front: Signature and edition number with artists blind stamp.
Back: Ink stamp and pri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gel...
"Soulmates" 36x48 Black and White Photography Wild Horses, Mustangs Signed AP
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of Northern California Wild Mustangs.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom"
Archival paper w archival inks
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Parking Lot Art at Sunset Blvd
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Earl Morning Mist in Big Sur
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Light in the Window, Cannes
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Truck Stuck
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Spanish Harlem
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Early Morning in Cannes
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50 Hand Signed by John Migicovsky
Additional Information:
More Editions - 16" x 20"
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mercedes Mist
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Peniche Boat En Fleur
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Shopping on 57th and 6th
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Midtwon New York Firestation II
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Platinum Palladium Print of 10
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Platinum
Midtown New York Firestation I
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Platinum Palladium Print of 10
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Platinum
Diner
Located in Toronto, ON
Silver Gelatin of 20
Hand Signed by John Migicovsky
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Edition 1/10 - Pigeon Crossing, Paris, France, Silver Gelatin Photograph
By Paul Cooklin
Located in Eye, England
Edition 1/10 - Pigeon Crossing, Paris, France, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Edition of 10 + 5 APs.
Front: Signature and edition number with artists blind stamp.
Back: Ink stamp and p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gel...
Madison Avenue, 2020
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Platinum Palladium Print of 10
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Platinum
Chapleau Ontario, Early 70s
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Platinum Palladium Print of 10
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Platinum
Central Park South, 2020
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Platinum Palladium Print of 10
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Platinum
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Tipper Gore, Democratic Fundraiser 1992 Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Tipper Gore at Democratic Fund Raiser 10/1/1992
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, it's off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and social protests.
Fred captured Jack Kerouac frolicking with women at a New Year’s bash in 1958, Andy Warhol adjusting a movie-camera lens in his silver-covered factory, and Bob Dylan offering a salute of recognition outside Sheridan Square near the Voice’s old office.
Not just a social chronicler, McDarrah was a great photo-journalist.
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hamilton, Sylvia Plachy, Robin Holland and Marc Asnin. His mailbox was simply marked "McPhoto."
An exhibit of McDarrah’s photos of artists presented by the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea was hailed by The New York Times as “a visual encyclopedia of the era’s cultural scene.”
artists in their studios, (Alice Neel, Philip Guston, Stuart Davis, Robert Smithson, Jasper Johns, Franz Kline), actors (Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro on the set of “Taxi Driver”), musicians (Janis Joplin, Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan) and documentary images of early happenings and performances (Yayoi Kusama, Charlotte Moorman, Al Hansen, Jim Dine, Nam June Paik). The many images of Andy Warhol include the well-known one with his Brillo boxes at the Stable Gallery in 1964. Woody Allen, Diane Arbus, W. H. Auden, Francis Bacon, Joan Baez, Louise Bourgeois, David Bowie, Jimmy Breslin, William Burroughs, John Cage, Leo Castelli, Christo, Leonard Cohen, Merce Cunningham, William de Kooning, Jim Dine, Mark di Suvero, Marcel Duchamp, Bob Dylan, Federico Fellini, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Indiana, Mick Jagger, Jasper Johns, Kusama, John Lennon, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Nam June Paik, Elvis Presley, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Robert Rauschenberg, Lou Reed, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Ed Ruscha, Robert Smithson, Susan Sontag, Andy Warhol, and others.
McDarrah’s prints have been collected in depth by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington. His work is in numerous public and private collections.
Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Gore (née Aitcheson; born August 19, 1948) is an American social issues advocate who was the second lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. She is the estranged wife of Al Gore, the 45th vice president of the United States, from whom she separated in 2010.
In 1985, Gore co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), which advocated for labeling of record covers of releases featuring profane language, especially in the heavy metal, punk and hip hop genres. Throughout her decades of public life, she has advocated for placing advisory labels on music (leading critics to call her a censor), mental health awareness, women's causes, children's causes, LGBT rights and reducing homelessness.
Gore co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) with Susan Baker...
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1990s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
90x60 Black & White Photography, Kodiak, Bear Grizzly Times Like These
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of a Kodiak Bear. This was shot on Kodiak Island in 2019.
90x60
Edition of 7
Signed and numbered
Archival pigment paper
Framing available. Inquir...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arnold Palmer Taking a Swing
By Fred Bauman
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features Arnold Palmer playing golf, taking a swing as the crowd looks on.
Arnold Palmer was an American professional golfer who is generally regar...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Tibor de Nagy Portrait Photo NYC Gallery
Located in Surfside, FL
Tibor De Nagy - October 11 1960
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off...
Category
1960s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Washington Square Park Architecture Photo NYC
Located in Surfside, FL
New York Architect Robert Nichols 11/30/1959
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art move...
Category
1950s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Looking Up
Located in Alassa, CY
Here the artist is changing perspective, looking up toward the sky in a forest. The usually vertical trees in this photograph become black figurs converging toward the center, with t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Thomas Hoving John Lindsey Costume Party Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Thomas Hoving and John Lindsay at a benefit party 1/18/1967
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and social protests.
Fred captured Jack Kerouac frolicking with women at a New Year’s bash in 1958, Andy Warhol adjusting a movie-camera lens in his silver-covered factory, and Bob Dylan offering a salute of recognition outside Sheridan Square near the Voice’s old office.
Not just a social chronicler, McDarrah was a great photo-journalist.
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hamilton, Sylvia Plachy, Robin Holland and Marc Asnin. His mailbox was simply marked "McPhoto."
An exhibit of McDarrah’s photos of artists presented by the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea was hailed by The New York Times as “a visual encyclopedia of the era’s cultural scene.”
artists in their studios, (Alice Neel, Philip Guston, Stuart Davis, Robert Smithson, Jasper Johns, Franz Kline), actors (Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro on the set of “Taxi Driver”), musicians (Janis Joplin, Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan) and documentary images of early happenings and performances (Yayoi Kusama, Charlotte Moorman, Al Hansen, Jim Dine, Nam June Paik). The many images of Andy Warhol include the well-known one with his Brillo boxes at the Stable Gallery in 1964. Woody Allen, Diane Arbus, W. H. Auden, Francis Bacon, Joan Baez, Louise Bourgeois, David Bowie, Jimmy Breslin, William Burroughs, John Cage, Leo Castelli, Christo, Leonard Cohen, Merce Cunningham, William de Kooning, Jim Dine, Mark di Suvero, Marcel Duchamp, Bob Dylan, Federico Fellini, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Indiana, Mick Jagger, Jasper Johns, Kusama, John Lennon, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Nam June Paik, Elvis Presley, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Robert Rauschenberg, Lou Reed, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Ed Ruscha, Robert Smithson, Susan Sontag, Andy Warhol, and others. McDarrah’s prints have been collected in depth by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington. His work is in numerous public and private collections.
Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving was an American museum executive and consultant and the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was born in New York City to Walter Hoving, the head of Tiffany & Company, and his wife, Mary Osgood Field, a descendant of Samuel Osgood. Hoving grew up surrounded by New York's upper social strata. As recounted in his memoir, Making the Mummies Dance, these early experiences would be invaluable in his later dealings with the Met's donors and trustees.
He edited Connoisseur Magazine from 1981 to 1991; along with his memoirs of his time at the Met, he is also the author of books on a number of art-related subjects, including art forgeries, Grant Wood, Andrew Wyeth, Tutankhamun, and the 12th-century walrus ivory crucifix...
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1960s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shop Black and White Photography
There’s a lot to love about black and white photography.
The unique and timeless quality of a black and white photograph accentuates any room. Some might argue that we’re naturally drawn to color photography because it’s the world we know best. This is a shared belief, particularly in the era of camera-phone photography, editing apps and the frenetic immediacy of sharing photos on social media. But when we look at black and white photography, we experience deep, rich shadows and tonal properties in a way that transfixes us. Composition and textures are crisp and engaging. We’re immediately drawn to the subjects of vintage street photography and continue to feel the emotional impact of decades-old photojournalism. The silhouettes of mountains in black and white landscape photography are particularly pronounced, while portrait photography and the skylines of urban cityscapes come to life in monochrome prints.
When decorating with fine photography, keep in mind that some color photographs may not be suitable for every space. However, you can be more daring with black and white photos. The gray tones are classic, sophisticated and generally introduce elegance to any corner of your home, which renders black and white prints amazingly versatile.
Black and white photography adapts to its surroundings like a chameleon might. A single large-scale black and white photograph above the sofa in your living room is going to work with any furniture style, and as some homeowners and designers today are working to introduce more muted tones and neutral palettes to dining rooms and bedrooms, the integration of black and white photography — a hallmark of minimalist decor — is a particularly natural choice for such a setting.
Another advantage to bringing black and white photography into your home is that you can style walls and add depth and character without worrying about disrupting an existing color scheme. Black and white photographs actually harmonize well with accent colors such as yellow, red and green. Your provocative Memphis Group lighting and bold Pierre Paulin seating will pair nicely with the black and white fine nude photography you’ve curated over the years.
Black and white photography also complements a variety of other art. Black and white photos pair well with drawings and etchings in monochromatic hues. They can also form part of specific color schemes. For example, you can place black and white prints in colored picture frames for a pop of color. And while there are no hard and fast rules, it’s best to keep black and white prints separate from color photographs. Color prints stand out in a room more than black and white prints do. Pairing them may detract attention from your black and white photography. Instead, dedicate separate walls or spaces to each.
Once you’ve selected the photography that best fits your space, you’ll need to decide how to hang the images. If you want to hang multiple photos, it’s essential to know how to arrange wall art. A proper arrangement can significantly enhance a living space.
On 1stDibs, explore a vast collection of compelling black and white photography by artists such as Mark Shaw, Jack Mitchell (a photographer you should know), Berenice Abbott and David Yarrow.
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