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Black and White Photography For Sale
Style: Abstract
Style: Street Art
Hedges, Versailles, Paris, France, minimalist landscape photo, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Perfectly trimmed row of hedges in the palace of versailles in Paris, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Beach Huts Panorama, rocky beach, black and white photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art panorama photography. Stone beach with beach huts and a walk with the dog, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and number...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Digital Pigment
Ancient Laurisilva, Forest, black and white landscape photography, limited art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography - Old Laurisilva tree in the fairy forest at foggy mystical mood, madeira. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, da...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Magnetic radiation 99 (Large)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofluids. A ferrofluid is a liquid substance magne...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Blanco 7 by Rosa Basurto - Contemporary Winter Landscape Photography
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 5-15 days.
This is a 30x30cm Digital print on 50x50cm Cotton Paper in an Edition of 9 plus 2 Artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Blanco 8 by Rosa Basurto - Contemporary Winter Landscape Photography
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 5-15 days.
This is a 30x30cm Digital print on 50x50cm Cotton Paper in an Edition of 9 plus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Phragmites Panorama, black and white, long exposure, waterscape, photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Bergh...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Gravity - Liquid 02 (Large) (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 02 (Large) (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist without an environment. There are the visible forms we see in the world, and then there are the conditions that allow those forms to exist. As a catalyst for his exploration of this topic, Janiak chose gravity, one of the most ubiquitous and easily observable forces, and the one that allows so many forms in the physical universe to exist. The photographs in these series show two types of matter—liquids and gasses—being manipulated by gravity. Form is frozen by the photographic process, but the process is ever changing depending on the shifting conditions of their environment.
Seb Janiak is a photographic artist whose work explores conditions in which opposites can co-exist, revealing the visual characteristics of the hidden...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Gravity - Liquid 83 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 83 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Visible, 2009, From The Series Of While You Are Sleeping
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
‘While you are sleeping’ (Seascape Series) In his seascape works, Sukan manipulates his imagery connected to the constant tensions between the mental grasp of the specificity and rep...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White, Archival Paper
Destiny, 2009, From The Series Of While You Are Sleeping. Black and white photo
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
‘While you are sleeping’ (Seascape Series) In his seascape works, Sukan manipulates his imagery connected to the constant tensions between the mental grasp of the specificity and rep...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White, Archival Paper
Disappearance, 2009, From The Series Of While You Are Sleeping
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
‘While you are sleeping’ (Seascape Series) In his seascape works, Sukan manipulates his imagery connected to the constant tensions between the mental grasp of the specificity and rep...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White, Archival Paper
Gravity - Liquid 21 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 21 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Gravity - Liquid 19 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 19 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Located in Surfside, FL
Space Densities
This is for the original vintage photograph. I believe the inscription is in the hand of Ibram Lassaw some also bear the photographers stamp.
Lassaw was born in Alexandria, Egypt, of Russian Jewish émigré parents, he went to the U.S. in 1921. His family settled in Brooklyn, New York. He became a US citizen in 1928. He first studied sculpture in 1926 at the Clay Club and later at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York. He made abstract paintings and drawings influenced by Kandinsky, Sophie Tauber Arp...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gravity - Liquid 58 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 58 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Iron Tees Panorama, Wavebreaker, Sylt, Germany, black and white art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The last One Panorama, Cactus, Arizona, USA, Limited Edition, Landscape Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Gravity - Liquid 02 (Large)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist without an environment. There are the visible...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Gravity - Liquid 05 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 05 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
"Empire in Black and White"New York, Giclee Print, Abstract Photography, Limited
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Empire in B&W / From the series of Lights of New York / Photograph
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2021
Dimension: 40 x 60”
External Dimension( with white border) Height:40.8 i...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Magnetic radiation 14 (Medium)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5
In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofluids. A ferrofluid is a liquid substance magnet...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled (Signal Box, Basel)
By Roland Fischer
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original Aluminum backed C-print by Roland Richer created in 2001.
The work was acquired from Von Lintel Gallery in May of 2002.
(71 x 49 1/4 inches)
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Aluminum
Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA, black and white photography, medium landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Agave attenuata, plant detail, black and white photography, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Here comes the Sun, Spain, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Beautiful mood lighting in the mountains of La Gomera, Spain. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Digital Pigment
The Entertainer - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Stony Mountain Stream, California, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Crohy Sea Arch, Rock Beach, black and white photograph, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art seascape - landscape photography. Crohy Sea Arch and the black beach in the stormy waters of Ireland. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, title...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
' Fire Escape ' signed Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Exquisite oversize silver gelatine fibre print.
40x30 inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
unframed.
Edition size 10 only this size
Signed & Numbered on front.
Supplied with certificate ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Stairway to Beach, Portugal, fine art black and white photography, landscapes
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital Pigment, Archival Ink
Twenty Cherry Trees, Avenue, Austria, black and white photograph, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Cypress Tree, Field, Panorama, Tuscany, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure panorama landscape photography print. Cypress trees in a hilly landscape in the middle of Tuscany, Italy. Archival pigment ink print, edition o...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Hot Air Balloon world Championship, black and white photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Medium Format Photography. Hot Air Balloon Panorama, World Championship, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbere...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Hot Air Balloon Championship, black and white photography, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art photography print. Two hot air balloons over a corn field during the world cup in Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated an...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital Pigment, Archival Ink
Into the Ocean, contemporary black and white photography, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure panorama waterscape - landscape photography. Railway tracks in the Atlantic Ocean in France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital Pigment, Archival Ink
Diving Platform Panorama, France, black and white Photograph, limited, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Panorama Photography - Diving Platform in the pool with the wild Atlantic ocean in the background. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital Pigment, Archival Ink
Farmland Panorama, single tree, field, black and white, landscape, photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure landscape photography. Single tree in the field in stormy weather with an impressive cloudy atmosphere, Austria. Archival pigment ink print as ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Empire State Building, New York City, black and white photography, art cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited ed...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Four Lines, Monochrome Print, Minimalist Photograph, Limited Edition Landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama photography. Row of breakwaters in the sea in front of the beach of Sylt island, Germany. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Black and white abstract psychedelic Art Print of New York City and the Hudson
Located in London, GB
The goal isn't to replicate the real world - it is to show where the real world and the process meet - sometimes pushing towards the real world, sometimes pushing towards the process - but never completely at either extreme. - (the Artist: Mike G Jackson)
NEW YORK CITY AND THE HUDSON 2020
"After spending time in New York and producing work that showed the city from the viewpoint of being on the inside, I wanted to show the city from the outside looking in. I wanted to try and capture the city and water using bold shapes - building up the scene piece by piece. Making the sky and sea from rectangles to make them a whole with the city structures." - Mike G Jackson
Unique 4 x Prints, Selenium toned Silver Gelatine Luminogram Print, Hand printed in the darkroom, Framed Dimensions: 32 x 24 inches (82 x 62 cm approx including frame); can be framed separately or in one frame upon request
Frame: Mounted on aluminium Dibond, custom made hardwood frame (framing options available upon request; colour and various material options) finish with antireflective UV protective AR Art Glass
Mounting and framing of this work will be done after the purchase so the framing options like framing colour for example can be made according to specifications of the client; matt or gloss, black, white, metallic etc
OFFER!
Free Shipping worldwide: the work would be crated for protection and shipped by professional art shipping company; front door delivery; complementary delivery and install available in London area
About the Artist:
Michael Jackson (b.1966) is an experimental photographer based in North Dorset, England. He studied art at West Dean College in Sussex, then apprenticed under landscape painter Christopher W Baker and later discovered his passion for photography. He moved away from working with traditional camera techniques in 2015 and is currently progressing the Luminogram process into new directions in which he has become regarded as a leading practitioner.
Past awards and accolades include being named a Finalist for the Hasselblad Masters Award (2008, 2009, 2010) and winner of the 2013 Chris Beetles Award. His work has been exhibited internationally and is part of various private and public art and photography collections including The National Art Gallery in Washington, USA.
Michael Jackson’s Luminograms are a very special piece of photographic art. Not a photograph in itself but a creative medium of its own. Each one is meticulously crafted by Michael in his darkroom. There are many structured stages to go through before the photographic paper can be hand developed and permanently fixed. Once Michael is happy with a finished Luminogram print it’s then toned in Selenium, which not only intensifies the prints tonality, but also increases the prints archival quality. Traditional photographic darkroom printing techniques have an unquestionable pedigree when it comes to the life expectancy of a photograph.
Each Luminogram is unique and only one Silver Gelatin Print is produced of each image. The images reveal themselves with a 3D quality; viewed in the flesh the abstracted surreal forms within the paper come alive to the viewer.
Michael Jackson’s Luminograms were exhibited for the first time at MMX Gallery in 2016; The Self Representation of Light exhibition and the following year at Photo London 2017 as well as next Photo London editions. The Luminogram work was also paired with theologian Edwin A. Abbott in a book published by 21st Editions, titled after the author’s famous work ‘FLATLAND’ and premiered in November at the Grand Palais in Paris, for Paris Photo 2017. Other recent group exhibitions include Light + Metal, PhotoEye Gallery, (USA) and Unbound 7, Candela Gallery, (USA), ATO>MIC, MMX Gallery, London 2022.
“Mike Jackson...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photogram, Silver Gelatin, Glass, Wood Panel, Archiv...
Sarah's Cameras by Matthew Eller
Located in New York, NY
Photograph
11 x 17 with 1-inch border
Signed by photographer Matthew A. Eller and the model Sarah Emily.
Category
2010s Street Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
2020 - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Interior Black and White Photography
By Pat Truax
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white interior photograph developed using the Sabattier process. The photograph is not framed.
Artist Biography: Pat Truax is a Texas based fine art photograph best known ...
Category
1960s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film
Boy Boxed
Located in Agoura Hills, CA
Edward L. Rubin is an award-winning fine art photographer, film and television production designer, and painter based in Los Angeles. He studied architecture at UC Berkeley and holds...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Sarah's Smile by Matthew Eller
Located in New York, NY
Photograph
11 x 17 with 1-inch border
Signed by photographer Matthew A. Eller and the model Sarah Emily.
Category
2010s Street Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Great Dune
By Paul Dempsey
Located in East Hampton, NY
Snow Fence on Dunes in the Hamptons
Black & White Photography
Printed to order
edition of 10
Title: Great Dune
Year: 2018
Medium: Photography (printed on metal)
Size: 20" x 30" (lar...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Sarah's Cameras Original Stencil by Matthew Eller
Located in New York, NY
Original Stencil of Sarah's Camera
Comes with a signed photograph as well so the collector can choose which one to use in the frame or frame both!
8.5 x 12 inches
Framed Stencil...
Category
2010s Street Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Stencil
Geoffrey Beene
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Geoffrey Beene", Black and White screen print on Harmon paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 14 x...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Paco Rabanne
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Paco Rabanne", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 14 x 1...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Jean-Charles de Castelbajac", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Availabl...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Chantal Thomass
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Chantal Thomass", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon Paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 14 ...
Category
1980s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Snowdance - Mountain Snowboarding Black & White Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Waterfall Galleria" Black and White Figurative Photography
By Pat Truax
Located in Houston, TX
Photograph of the iconic waterfall in the Houston Galleria area. This photograph showcases the Sabbttier process or the results of solarization. The photograph is not framed.
Artist...
Category
1960s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1990s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1990s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1990s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1990s Abstract 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.
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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.
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