Contemporary Black and White Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Indian Scooter - Rajastan - India - ( from Indian Stills series )
Located in Milano, IT
This photo was taken on April 1996 in Rajasthan, India
Edition of 10 Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 paper - 50x64 Epson Ultra Chrome K3 inks.
From a Polaroid T55 Negative BW and printed w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Dalit Woman - Rajastan - India - ( from Indian Stills series )
Located in Milano, IT
This photo was taken on April 1996 in Rajasthan, India and printed on December 2011
Edition of 10 - Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 paper - 50x64 Epson Ultra Chrome K3 inks.
From a Polar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Floating • # 1 of 3 • 59 cm x 84 cm
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Floating • 2018 • 1/3 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 different sizes.
All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper.
Three different sizes are available, th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Rocky Peaks, black and white art photography, waterscape, landscape, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography Gerald Berghammer. Archival Pigment Ink Print, Edition 1/7, signed, numbered, dated. Aluminum frame, matt black, natural white archival...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...
Amrait Bazar - Rajastan - India - ( from Indian Stills series )
Located in Milano, IT
This photo was taken on April 1996 in Rajasthan, India and printed on December 2011
Edition of 10 - Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 paper - 50x64 Epson Ultra Chrome K3 inks.
From a Polar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Rocky Peaks, black and white art photography, long exposure waterscape, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography Gerald Berghammer. Archival Pigment Ink Print, Edition 1/7, signed, numbered, dated. Aluminum frame, matt black, natural white archival...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...
To Some Degree (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, 21st Century, expired, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
To Some Degree (29 Palms, CA) - 2009
38x36cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature Label.
Artist invento...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Ancient Laurel Cloud Forest, black and white photography, landscape, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography Gerald Berghammer. Archival Pigment Ink Print, Edition 1/7, signed, numbered, dated. Aluminum frame, matt black, natural white archival...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...
As Catedrais Beach, black and white photography, waterscape, landscape, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography Gerald Berghammer. Archival Pigment Ink Print, Edition 1/7, signed, numbered, dated. Aluminum frame, matt black, natural white archival...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...
Grand Central Station, New York City, black and white photography, cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...
Chambered Nautilus #1
Located in Nashville, TN
Chambered Nautilus #1 by Don Dudenbostel is a beautiful X-Ray archival printed photograph. Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout hi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tree Study I - large scale photograph of dramatic mountain landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tree Study I by Frank Schott
from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast mountain landscapes
26 x 40 inches / 66cm x 102cm
signed edition of 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
"Great Northern Railcar", contemporary, landscape, North Dakota, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Great Norther Railcar” is a 16 x 24 inch contemporary black and white photograph of a weathered railcar resting in the beautiful North Dakota landscape. The framel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Floating • # 2 of 6 • 29 cm x 42 cm
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Floating • 2018 • 2/6 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 different sizes.
All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper.
Three different sizes are available, th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Snow covered Central Park, New York City, black and white photography, cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and whitefine art cityscape - landscape photography. Central park in winter with snow and the unique skyline in the background, New York City, USA. Archival pigment ink print, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...
Palm Tree, Santa Barbara, California, black and white photography, art landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Palm trees on the coastal road in Santa Barbara, California USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Ger...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...
"Blossom" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Blossom" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Avail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Equilibrium 1" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Equilibrium 1" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Double" Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Double" Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Availa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Seashell
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wine Press House Panorama, Farmland, black and white photography, art landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure landscape photography. Lonely wine press house in the corn field with spectacular clouds, Weinviertel, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Giclée, Archival...
"Ego Death" Photography 18" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ego Death" Photography 18" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Brendan North
From “Painted Poetry” series:
“Painted Poetry” is a collection of 40 photographs created over 4 years and was m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
"Anastyloza" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Anastyloza" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Av...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Loneliness" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Loneliness" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Av...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Lifeguard Tower, Palm Trees, Miami Beach, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art photography. Lifeguard tower on Miami beach with palm trees and beach chairs, Florida, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...
Saddle, Whip, Nude-Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary
By Peter Ridge
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Saddle, Whip, Nude- Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Ac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"Rain on Rodeo" Photography 18" x 18" inch Edition 5/10 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Rain on Rodeo" Photography 18" x 18" inch Edition 5/10 by Brendan North
not framed
ships rolled in a tube
Other sizes available
ABOUT:
Brendan North is a fine art photographer b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Digital
Italian Stone Pines, Tuscany, Italy, black and white photography, art 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 Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Giclée, Archival...
Phragmites, silent moment, black and white long exposure photography, waterscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Phragmites in the fog at Lake Balaton, Hungary. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Giclée, Archival...
Brassica Napus, Tree Avenue, Rapeseed Field, black and white art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Row of trees in the rapeseed field, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Ce...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Giclée, Archival...
Tree Study V - large scale photograph of dramatic mountain landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tree Study V by Frank Schott
from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast mountain landscapes
40 x 32 inches / 102cm x 81cm
signed edition of 25...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Wooden Pier in the Sea, black and white, long exposure 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 Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Giclée, Archival...
Tuscan Courtyard, old House, Tuscany, black and white photography, art landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Beautiful courtyard with plants and an old front door, Tuscany, Itlay. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 8. Signed, t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Digi...
Row of Trees, rapeseed Field, fantastic sky, black white photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. Row of trees on the rapeseed field with great cloud mood, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Giclée, Archival...
Wine Bottle
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tulip - analogue black and white floral photography, Limited edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Tulip’
London, United Kingdom 2024.
It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera.
The photograph is signed front and back and c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Hurd Hatfield
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Carl Van Vechten is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Hurd Hatfield
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Peony
Located in Nashville, TN
Peony by Don Dudenbostel is a beautiful floral x-ray photograph. Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a y...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Anthony Tudor
Located in New York, NY
This black and white photograph by Carl Van Vechten is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lobster
Located in Nashville, TN
Lobster by Don Dudenbostel is a beautiful X-Ray photograph. Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Feeling the Spirit by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1987, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Feeling the Spirit by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. depicts a group of men and women standing outside, singing into a microphone. A woman dressed in white stands in front of the group, passion...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girl with Dog, Boneco de Pau, Brazil, 1995
By Barnaby Hall
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
After 30 years of only exhibiting fine art photography, the Robin Rice Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition featuring a selection of her gallery photographers and t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beauty - black and white close-up female portrait, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Beauty'
London, United Kingdom 2020
Limited edition of 20.
The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Carefully placed in a secure car...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
Last Cloud
By Ron Hamad
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Price and size range (Custom mural sizes available). All the photographs are in a limited edition.
Edition 1 of 15.
If the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Clock #1
Located in Nashville, TN
Clock #1 by Don Dudenbostel is a beautiful X-Ray archival photograph print. Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive car...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tree Study IV - large scale photograph of dramatic mountain landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tree Study V by Frank Schott
from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast mountain landscapes
26 x 40 inches / 66cm x 102cm
signed edition of 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Land Rover Surf's Up
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Original artwork.
C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 25.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Eames Chillin' Xray photography
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Edition of 25 pieces, 2023.
Accompanied with the catalog of the artist and the certificate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Batman V Superman , Lenticular
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Original artwork.
C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 15.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print, Lenticular
VW Camper Family
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Original artwork.
C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 25.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled 3 & 5 Diptych photographs from the Fragmented series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 3 & 5 Diptych photographs from the Fragmented series, 2021 by Ying Chen
Archival pigment print.
Overall size: 80 in. H x 120 in. W.
Individua...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
No title (No 90) Photography Edition of 18 45" x 45" in by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
No title (No 90) Photography Edition of 18 45" x 45" in by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
No title (No 90)
Photography
Edition of 18
45 x 45 inch
Year photo was taken: 2019
This picture is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Spider Man
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Original artwork.
C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 25.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Batman
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Original artwork.
C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 25.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Thomas Ruff, Zeitungsfoto 071, Sterne 22h 24m / -20: Signed Prints, Photography
By Thomas Ruff
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958)
Zeitungsfoto 071, Sterne 22h 24m / -20, 2002
Medium: Two C-prints, mounted on Forex
Dimensions: 59 x 42 cm (23¼ x 16½ in) each
Edition of 45: Hand-signe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
All I have to do is Dream - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
All I have to do is Dream - 2017,
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Oak and Fern - black and white landscape photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Oak and Fern’
London, United Kingdom 2022.
It is a still life black and white photograph, made using 4x5 large film format camera.
The photograph is signed front and back and c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Desert Crossing - large scale photograph of dramatic desert landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Desert Crossing (2023) by Frank Schott, from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast desert landscapes
26 x 40 inches / 66cm x 102cm
signed editio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Contemporary black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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 blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Tyler Shields, Ian Sanderson, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and David Yarrow. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment 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 Contemporary black and white photography, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available.