Modern Black and White Photography
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari - Vintage Photographic Print - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari in a scene from the movie "Dal tuo al mio" by Mario Landi.
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The First Solar Panels - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The solar panels is an original vintage photograph realized by an anonymous photographer.
With the notes on the rear.
Good conditions.
The swimming pool...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women Demonstration of Protest - Vintage Photographs of Feminist Movemen - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Demonstration of Protest - Vintage Photographs of Feminist Movement is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous photographer.
With the hand-note on the rear.
Good conditions, except for matt...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Pause - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Pause - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by the Agency of "Team Editorial Services
With the copyright and the stamp of Agency and two other ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The First Solar Panels - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The solar panels is an original vintage photograph realized by an anonymous photographer.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Florence Devastated by the Waters of the Arno - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Florence devastated by the waters of the Arno is an original vintage photograph realized by the photography agency of Farabola.
With the stamp of Agency and the notes on the rear.
...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Iva Zanicchi - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The vintage photograph of Iva Zanicchi is an original black and white photograph realized by the Agency of "AND KRONOS, Roma"
With the copyright and the stamp of Agency" and the han...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women Manifest - Vintage Photographs of Feminist Movement - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Manifest - Vintage Photographs of Feminist Movement is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous photographer.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women Manifest - Historical Photographs About the Feminist Movement - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Manifest - Historical Photographs About the Feminist Movement is an original black and white photograph realized by anonymous photographer
With the stamp of the photography ag...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Roberto Andreanti - Vintage Photograph - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Roberto Andreanti is an original vintage photograph realized by Agency of " ANSA"
With the copyright and property stamp of Agency" ANSA" and the description in Italian o...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women at Work - Historical Photographs About Women Rights - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women at Work - Historical Photographs About Women Rights is an original black and white photograph realized by Enrico Giuseppe Moneta
With the copyright and the stamp of the artist...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Roberto Andreanti - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Roberto Andreanti is an original vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the description in Italian in a paper attached on the rear.
Good conditi...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The First Solar Panels - Vintage Photograph - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
The solar panels is an original vintage photograph realized by the photography agency of "Giornalistica Italia" in 1981.
With the stamp of Agency and copy...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Protests - Avanti Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian protests on immigration, vintage photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous photographer.
With the hand-note on the rear.
Good conditions...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Drugs Offered by VEB - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The drugs offered by VEB is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous photographer
With the note in five languages on the rear.
Good conditions.
200 differe...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Radical Protest - Historical Photograph About Women Rights - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
The Radical Protest - Historical Photograph About Women Rights is an original black and white photograph realized in 1980 in Rome by the Agency of "Ansa"...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Feast - Historical Photograph About the Feminist Movement - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Feast - Historical photographs about the feminist movement is an original black and white photograph realized by anonymous photographer
Good conditions.
A historical testimonia...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The First Solar Panels - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The solar panels is an original vintage photograph realized by an anonymous photographer
With the hand-notes on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Roman Temple - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Roman temple vintage photograph was realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Islanders go back to Tristan - Avanti Vintage Photograph - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Islanders go back to Tristan is an original black and white photograph realized by the photography Agency of " Dufoto" on 18 Mars 1963.
With the stamp of copyright and the typed not...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Elderly - Avanti Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The elderly - Avanti! vintage photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous photographer.
With the hand-note on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Camping in the 1960s - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Camping in the 1960s vintage photograph realized by the agency of "Photo Fiorenza"
With the copyright and property stamp of the Agency and hand-notes in Italian on the rear.
Good c...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women at Work - Historical Photographs About Women Rights - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women at Work - Historical Photographs About Women Rightsis an original black and white photograph realized by Roberto Schezen
With the copyright, the stamp of the artist, photograp...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Speech - Historical Photographs About the Feminist Movement - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Speech - Historical Photographs About the Feminist Movement is an original black and white photograph realized by " Keystone Press Agency, Rome"
With the stamp of the photograph...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The National Conference of Immigration - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The National Conference of immigration is an original vintage photograph realized by the photography agency of ANSA
With the stamp of Agency and the type...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Immigrants in Munich - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Immigrants in Munich - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by the Agency of "Dufoto"
With the copyright and the stamp of Agency and the hand-no...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Ignazio Salemi - Vintage Photograph - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
The portrait of Ignazio Salemi is an original vintage photograph realized by the photography agency of Giornalistica Italia in 1977
With the stamp of Agency and the notes in Italian...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
In the Camping - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
In the camping is an original black and white photograph realized by the Agency of "LIALI, Roma"
With the copyright and the stamp of Agency" and the hand-note on the rear.
Good con...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women at Work - Historical Photographs About Women Rights - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women at work- Historical photographs about women rights is an original black and white photograph realized by Roberto Schezen.
With the copyright, the ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Speech - Avanti Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The speech- Avanti vintage photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by the photography agency" Levi, Firenze".
With the hand-note ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Spectre HQ Bond Set limited edition silver gelatine print
By Larry Ellis
Located in London, GB
Bond Set
The massive purpose-built set of SPECTRE's extinct volcano headquarters, designed by Ken Adam for the new James Bond 007 film, You Only Live Twice at Pinewood Studios, Bucki...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Frida with Cigarette by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Giclée Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida with Cigarette by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of Mexican Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo wearing flowers in her and holding a cigarette in her hand.
Edition 5/...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Frida Biting Her Necklace by Lucienne Bloch, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida Biting Her Necklace by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo. Frida playfully bites her necklace as she poses for her portrait....
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Macaroni, from Bauhaus I Portfolio
By Irene Bayer
Located in Dallas, TX
Bauhaus I Portfolio
Ed. 33/70
Signed and dated in black ink on print margin.
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Henry Grossman, Bobby Kennedy, Election campaign, 1968
Located in Cologne, DE
Henry Grossman, Bobby Kennedy (Robert Francis Kennedy (1925–1968)), Election campaign, 1968, Vintage
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Evening Elegance' V&A Portfolio Fashion Photography Limited Edition
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Evening Elegance' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
A model wearing a fur stole, John French (1907-66), London, 1955
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Fashion Photograp...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
V&A - John French - Soft Helmets - Limited Edition
By John French
Located in London, GB
V&A - John French - Soft Helmets - Limited Edition
Pattie Boyd and Celia Hammond modelling feathered capsule hats, John French (1907-66), London, 1960s
© Victoria and Albert Museum,...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
'Dione and Tethys'
Located in London, GB
'Dione and Tethys' 2005 JPL/Cassini
A beautiful 16x16" inches / 40 x 40 cm Silver Gelatin fibre print (printed on 20x16" paper size)
of this breathtakingly exquisite Cassini image ...
Category
Early 2000s 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 Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 postm...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
40x28 " Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images.
Archival photographic paper
Framin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel by Lucienne Bloch, 1931, Gelatin Silver Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo sitting in a chair under her self portrait hanging on the ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
64x48 " 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.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options ava...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Beat Poet Peter Orlovsky Beatnik Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Peter Orlovsky reads poem disrobed at Judson Memorial Church. Behind him is Allen Ginsberg - December 6th, 1964. (by Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, New York City.)
Phot...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Jean Shrimpton In Evening Dress' Limited Edition silver gelatin V&A Portfolio
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Jean Shrimpton In Evening Dress' Limited Edition V&A Portfolio
silver gelatin fibre print.
Jean Shrimpton modelling a dress, John French (1907-66), England, 1961
© Victoria and Alb...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
60x45 Jean Michel Basquiat PHOTOMOSAIC Street Pop Art Photography
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Basquiat"is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons".
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smalle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 move...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Bob Grant Radio Personality Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Bob Grant - Radio Personality at WOR NYC march 10, 1994
Photographer Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern a...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Original Fred Mcdarrah Press Photograph 1960's Woodstock Music Festival Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
People walking alongside puddle at Woodstock in Bethel NY - 1969
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Original Fred Mcdarrah Press Photograph 1960's Woodstock Music Festival Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
People walking alongside puddle at Woodstock in Bethel NY 1969
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s po...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Peter Orlovsky, Herbert Huncke Beatnik Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Peter Orlovsky and Herbert Huncke - March 7 1960
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photo Mets Baseball Sports Photograph Americana
Located in Surfside, FL
Youth at mets Game waiting for Autograph on August 20th, 1970
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s pos...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Lawrence Lipton Photo Beatnik Beat Writer
Located in Surfside, FL
Lawrence Lipton May 17 1965
photographer Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-B...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Digging For Clams - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960.
Slim Aarons archival pigment print
Printed Later...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
50x40 Jean Michel Basquiat PHOTOMOSAIC Street Pop Art Archival Photography Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Basquiat"is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons".
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smalle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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Find a wide variety of authentic Modern black and white photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add black and white photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple, blue, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mark Shaw, Slim Aarons, Kevin Westenberg, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Silver Gelatin Print, and Digital Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern black and white photography, so small editions measuring 0.63 inches across are also available. Prices for black and white photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $152,896, while the average work sells for $1,500.
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