BLACK and WHITE on canvas, poster, wallpaper and ArtFrame by Silva Wischeropp

Black and white photography (also called monochrome photography) is an art form in which images are represented exclusively in varying tonal values ​​from black to white (grayscale), without any color information. By omitting color, it deliberately directs the viewer's attention to other design elements such as contrasts, textures, shapes, lines, and the interplay of light and shadow. Photography began exclusively as black and white in the 1820s, as the materials of that time did not allow for color reproduction. Today, black and white photography is achieved either through special cameras, monochrome image settings in digital cameras, or post-processing conversion of color photos. Successful black and white photography requires a conscious perception of grayscale. Photographers pay attention to high contrasts and the composition of light and dark areas. While it was once the only option, black and white photography is now primarily used in artistic photography, astrophotography, certain scientific fields, and long-term archiving. Many famous photographers have mastered the medium of black and white photography, including icons such as Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Sebastião Salgado. Their works demonstrate the diversity and emotional depth that can be achieved without color.

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  1. The freedom of the fisherman

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size


  2. Amsterdam Centraal - Central Station

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size


  3. Monochrome night shot at St Peter's Basilica in Rome

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  4. Nocturnal, mysterious silence on the Spree in Berlin

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  5. Innocence

    124,- ArtFrame™, 45x70 cm Choose your own size


  6. A summer rainy day in East Berlin

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  7. Mysterious, lost East German cow's milk factory

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  8. The Chapel of Reconciliation at the Berlin Wall

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size


  9. Enchanting medieval alleyway in Forza d'Agro in Sicily

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  10. Mysterious market alley in the heart of Valencia

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  11. Sicilian baroque city of Catania

    132,- ArtFrame™, 50x75 cm Choose your own size


  12. The Sicilian rhythm in Catania

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  13. Fish auction hall in Hamburg-Altona

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  14. Skateboarding in Palermo

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  15. Berlin city panorama City West

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  16. Women bathing on the beach at Nha Trang in Vietnam

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size


  17. Last exit Palermo

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  18. Fantastic view of the Spree and Jannowitz Bridge

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size


  19. Hamburger Bahnhof - National Gallery of Contemporary Art

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size


  20. When music touches the sky in black and white

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size


  21. Paul Löbe House in Berlin's government district in black and white

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  22. Vietnamese children at the giant tree in Kon Tum

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  23. Curious herd of cows in Rieplos in the district of Oder-Spree

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size


  24. Elegant strolling at the market in Palermo

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  25. Headless Sardinian Figure

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  26. Graphic elegance of the willow tree

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  27. Broken poetry after the storm

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  28. Magical sand dunes on the Baltic Sea in Warnemünde

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  29. Decommissioned tram depot in the Berlin district of Pankow

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size


  30. Old, squatted house in the Scheunenviertel in Berlin-Mitte

    124,- ArtFrame™, 45x70 cm Choose your own size


  31. Reichstag building on the banks of the Spree in Berlin

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  32. Cloud drama just before the storm

    132,- ArtFrame™, 75x50 cm Choose your own size


  33. Underground ghost train station at Berlin's Nordbahnhof S-Bahn platform

    149,- ArtFrame™, 85x45 cm Choose your own size


  34. Church of Reconciliation in Berlin-Mitte

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size


  35. Winter at the Jannowitzbrücke in East Berlin

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size


  36. Berlin underground station Eberswalder Strasse of line U2

    129,- ArtFrame™, 60x60 cm Choose your own size