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Conceptual Black and White Photography

CONCEPTUAL STYLE

In 1967, artist Sol LeWitt wrote that in “Conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.” He was giving a name to an art movement that had emerged in the 1960s in which artists were less focused on their medium being something traditionally “artistic” and instead engaged in using any object, movement, form, action or place to express an idea.

LeWitt’s work was featured alongside an assemblage of notes, drawings and outlines by other artists in “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” a groundbreaking show at New York City’s School of Visual Arts curated by Mel Bochner, another leading exponent of Conceptualism. Building on radical 20th-century statements, like Fountain (1917) by French artist Marcel Duchamp, Conceptual artists around Europe and North and South America were not interested in the commercial art scene and rather directly challenged its systems and values.

Stretching into the 1970s, this movement has also been called Post-Object art and Dematerialized art. Conceptual art reflected a larger era of social and political upheaval. Pieces associated with the style range from Roelof Louw’s Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) (1967) — a work of installation art that sees fresh oranges stacked into a pyramid from which visitors are allowed to take one orange away — to On Kawara’s “Today” series, which saw the Japanese artist carefully painting a date in white acrylic on canvases consisting of a single color from 1966 to his death in 2014. Artists such as Ed Ruscha, who created the Twentysix Gasoline Stations book — a collection of photos of gas stations that is widely said to be the first modern artists’ book — made photography a major platform for Conceptual art, as did Bruce Nauman, who burned one of Ruscha's books and then photographed it for his own.

Conceptual art’s legacy of questioning artistic authorship, ownership and how to work with complex ideas of space and time had a significant influence on the decades of culture that followed, and it continues to inform art today.

The collection of Conceptual photography, paintings and sculptures on 1stDibs includes artworks by John Baldessari, Jenny Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth and others.

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Style: Conceptual
"Four Hands and a Baseball Bat" by John Baldessari (Monochrome, Sports, Photo)
"Four Hands and a Baseball Bat" by John Baldessari (Monochrome, Sports, Photo)

"Four Hands and a Baseball Bat" by John Baldessari (Monochrome, Sports, Photo)

By John Baldessari

Located in New York, NY

This is a black and white archival inkjet print on Canson Infinity paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist, John Baldessari. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Lincoln Cent...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palm Springs 7

Palm Springs 7

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Further to Fly is a series of Wet Plate Collodion Photograms that continues in my practice of using drawings on mylar layered with light-sensitive materials in the darkroom to create...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Photogram

Untitled - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photography

Untitled - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photography

By xulong zhang

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'Untitled' 2015 - Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, 21.5 x 27cm. Archival Print, based on an 8x10" Polaroid Negative Scanning. Signed, embossed stamp and artist certificate. Not mounted. Short Bio: Xulong Zhang has been engaged in fashion portrait photography for 30 years and loves the Polaroid medium and began to working with Polaroid photography in 2000. He traveled to 34 countries for his Polaroid projects.. Vita: 1999 Has won the title “Ten Elites” in the 3rd China Portrait Photography. 2000 Named the World Chinese Artist, known as “The Prince of Album” 2001 September, CCTV special report on “Zhang Xulong’s Body Art Photography” gained strong feedback from the community. 2002 January, published “Strategies for Commercial Portrait Photograph” by Zhejiang Photography Publishing. 2002 February, launched the concept of “Tang Yun” and greatly accepted by the market. His idea has spread across whole China’s photography industry. 2002 July, launched the concept of “Picasso’s scene backdrop” for kids photography and shocking the whole industry. 2002 August, published “Ms.Tang’s Body Art Portrait Album”, the first female body photography in China, by People’s Arts Publishing 2002 September, a personal exhibition entitled “seeing memory” in the ancient city of Shanxi Province, the 2nd session of the Pingyao International Photography Festival. In December of 2002, he was invited to give lectures in Malaysia and auction off the “Fruitful Achievements” exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, donating all money to the Kuala Lumpur Charitable aid for nursing homes and orphanages, won the "goodwill ambassador" title of honor in Kuala Lumpur. 2003 February-March, held the exhibition of “White Valentines” at Beijing International Trade and Exhibition Centre. December 2003, pioneered the new concept of "Royal Wedding", and completed the album of “Invasion 2004” wedding photography books published by Jilin art press. In December 2003 was awarded the 2003 annual contribution of the Chinese human body photography. 2003 Published “China Portrait Culture”. 2004 January, published Body Art & Portrait album “Chun Hua Qiu Shi”. 2004 March, held the exhibition of “Body Art & Portrait photography” in Chengdu. 2004 May, featured on a special report of “Match En China” in Paris. 2004 September, Pingyao international photography festival held entitled "the ambiguity of ancient legacy" xu-long Zhang body art exhibition 2005 August. 2005 August, accept the German star weekly "Der Stern" special report of “China nude” photography...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper

Moving Flag
Moving Flag

David DatunaMoving Flag, 2013

$31,200Sale Price|20% Off

Moving Flag

By David Datuna

Located in Indianapolis, IN

David Datuna (1974-2022) Moving Flag (2013) Mixed media construction with collage, paint, and acrylic glasses lenses. Size: 32 x 57 x 9.5 in (81.3 x 144.8 x 24.1 cm) Hand signed on ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Mixed Media, Paint, Acrylic Polymer

Bob Dylan I, Conceptual Digital Print with Foil and Glitter by Meredyth Sparks
Bob Dylan I, Conceptual Digital Print with Foil and Glitter by Meredyth Sparks

Bob Dylan I, Conceptual Digital Print with Foil and Glitter by Meredyth Sparks

Located in Long Island City, NY

“Bob Dylan I” is a mixed-media work by American artist Meredyth Sparks (b.1972), dated 2007. The work layers a black-and-white photograph of a curly-haired figure seen from behind ag...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Photography

"Untitled 1.14" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina

"Untitled 1.14" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina

By García De Marina

Located in Culver City, CA

"Untitled 1.14" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gijó...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

First Person I, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier
First Person I, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier

First Person I, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier

By Anne Collier

Located in Long Island City, NY

Anne Collier produces sparse still lifes of found objects using a technique of re-photography that is informed as much by West Coast conceptual art practices as by product photograph...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Photography

Sartaj Gill, Saturday September 6, 2003, 10:45-11:45 pm TV by Matthew Pillsbury
Sartaj Gill, Saturday September 6, 2003, 10:45-11:45 pm TV by Matthew Pillsbury

Sartaj Gill, Saturday September 6, 2003, 10:45-11:45 pm TV by Matthew Pillsbury

By Matthew Pillsbury

Located in Long Island City, NY

“Sartaj Gill, Saturday September 6, 2003, 10:45-11:45 pm (TV)” is a digital pigment print by American artist Matthew Pillsbury (b.1973), dated 2003, edition 3/3. The black-and-white ...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Photography

First Person III, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier
First Person III, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier

First Person III, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier

By Anne Collier

Located in Long Island City, NY

Anne Collier produces sparse still lifes of found objects using a technique of re-photography that is informed as much by West Coast conceptual art practices as by product photograph...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Photography

Tacita Dean, Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron - Contemporary Photography

Tacita Dean, Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron - Contemporary Photography

By Tacita Dean

Located in Hamburg, DE

Tacita Dean (British, born 1965) Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac 16th of September 1998, 2000 Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper Dimensions: 21 x 26 cm (8 1/4 x 10...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Limited Edition Japanese Photography, #189 Yunotani Village, Nigata Prefecture
Limited Edition Japanese Photography, #189 Yunotani Village, Nigata Prefecture

Limited Edition Japanese Photography, #189 Yunotani Village, Nigata Prefecture

By Toshio Shibata

Located in New york, NY

The photograph Toshio Shibata, #189 Yunotani Village, Nigata Prefecture, 1989 by Japanese photographer Toshio Shibata is signed (on recto) by the photographer. The 13" x 19" print is numbered on recto (front of photo). Available: 87/100; 52/100. Printed in 2005, the photograph is from a portfolio of masters of Japanese photography...

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1980s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Pigment, Arc...

Palm Springs 1

Palm Springs 1

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Further to Fly is a series of Wet Plate Collodion Photograms that continues in my practice of using drawings on mylar layered with light-sensitive materials in the darkroom to create...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogram

Orthochromatic Positive - Black & White Photography of a Typewriter
Orthochromatic Positive - Black & White Photography of a Typewriter

Orthochromatic Positive - Black & White Photography of a Typewriter

By Samuel Field

Located in Cambridge, GB

Samuel Field's still life of an Olivetti Typewriter, is given depth in the orthochromatic process he has used. Isolated in monochrome you appreciate the details of this vintage utili...

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1980s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin

Of course we all wanted to look like Peggy Castle at the Wagons West Party, 2015

Of course we all wanted to look like Peggy Castle at the Wagons West Party, 2015

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

A Nation of Shopkeepers - Black and white, portrait photography
A Nation of Shopkeepers - Black and white, portrait photography

A Nation of Shopkeepers - Black and white, portrait photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

This series of portraits were shot by Richard Heeps whilst he was studying Photography in Northwich. They beautifully capture a time of life. Here they have been compiled together fo...

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1980s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin

Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-5-64 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography

Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-5-64 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography

By Miroslav Tichy

Located in Zurich, CH

Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic) Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-5-64 Unknown, ca. 1970-1990 Silver Gelatin Print Sheet 18 x 11,7 cm (7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.) Unique Print only Tichý, pra...

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Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

My Goals for One Year, Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier
My Goals for One Year, Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier

My Goals for One Year, Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier

By Anne Collier

Located in Long Island City, NY

“My Goals for One Year” is a chromogenic print by American artist Anne Collier (b.1970), dated 2007. The photograph depicts an open book showing a two-page spread titled “My Goals Fo...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Photography

Petite Fleur

Petite Fleur

By Savannah Spirit

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Black and white photograph of a single rose just after the rain. Ajijic, MX. Petite Fleur Date: 2016 - Printed Later Size: 42” x 63” Edition of 7 Savannah Spirit is a visual artis...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Exposure #19: NYC, Central Park, 04.01.03, 9:36 am Diptych by Barbara Probst
Exposure #19: NYC, Central Park, 04.01.03, 9:36 am Diptych by Barbara Probst

Exposure #19: NYC, Central Park, 04.01.03, 9:36 am Diptych by Barbara Probst

Located in Long Island City, NY

In her photographic series, Barbara Probst explores the ambiguities of the photographic medium and the subjectivity of truth and perception. At first, the groups may appear to be the...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Photography, Paper, Offset

First Person IV, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier
First Person IV, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier

First Person IV, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier

By Anne Collier

Located in Long Island City, NY

Anne Collier produces sparse still lifes of found objects using a technique of re-photography that is informed as much by West Coast conceptual art practices as by product photograph...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Photography

First Person II, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier
First Person II, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier

First Person II, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier

By Anne Collier

Located in Long Island City, NY

Anne Collier produces sparse still lifes of found objects using a technique of re-photography that is informed as much by West Coast conceptual art practices as by product photograph...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Photography

Palm Springs 8

Palm Springs 8

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Further to Fly is a series of Wet Plate Collodion Photograms that continues in my practice of using drawings on mylar layered with light-sensitive materials in the darkroom to create imagined landscapes. The illustrations used in the series are based on reference shots I took in Palm Springs...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Photogram

Braunschweig 1,  Laser cut archival pigment ink print, signed, numbered, framed

Braunschweig 1, Laser cut archival pigment ink print, signed, numbered, framed

By Krista Svalbonas

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Braunschweig 1, Laser cut archival pigment ink print, signed, numbered, framed Ideas of home and dislocation have always been compelling to me as the child of immigrant parents who...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Swan, With Leda (Limited Edition of 25)
The Swan, With Leda (Limited Edition of 25)

The Swan, With Leda (Limited Edition of 25)

By John Stoddart 1

Located in New York, NY

This 2009 photograph by legend photographer, John Stoddart depicts “The Swan with Leda.” It was inspired from the mythology of the Greek story of Leda and the Swan, when the God Zeus...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

When I posed for a camera club, 2012

When I posed for a camera club, 2012

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

I met my dearest friend Dottie when I was a nurse, 2014

I met my dearest friend Dottie when I was a nurse, 2014

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

My co-worker was always jealous of my blonde hair, 2013

My co-worker was always jealous of my blonde hair, 2013

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

David Bowie Scary Monsters Clown full contact sheet large format print by Duffy

David Bowie Scary Monsters Clown full contact sheet large format print by Duffy

By Brian Duffy

Located in Austin, TX

Museum quality fine art, limited edition contact sheet print of David Bowie in the Scary Monsters Clown costume from the official Duffy Archive. Taken from the original 1980 negativ...

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Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Reel to Reel, Stretham
Reel to Reel, Stretham

Reel to Reel, Stretham

By Samuel Field

Located in Cambridge, GB

Photographed in the British Recording Studio that in the 1980's recorded music by Julian Cope of the Teardrop Explodes and the Stranglers. It was the he...

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1990s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin

Untitled, Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape Photography

Untitled, Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape Photography

By xulong zhang

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'Untitled' - 2013, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival Print, based on a Polaroid 665, 27x21.5cm. Signed, embossed stamp and artist certificate. Not mounted. Xulong Zhang Short Bio: He has been engaged in fashion portrait photography for 30 years and loves Polaroid photography. In 2000, he began to develop Polaroid photography and traveled to 34 countries for photography. Vita: 1999 Has won the title “Ten Elites” in the 3rd China Portrait Photography...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

East of Lancaster, CA by Robbert Flick, 1981, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography

East of Lancaster, CA by Robbert Flick, 1981, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography

By Robbert Flick

Located in Denton, TX

East of Lancaster, CA by Robbert Flick 16 x 20 in. Silver gelatin print. From Robbert Flick's Sequential Views series from America Roads Portfolio. Signed, titled and dated by Robbert Flick. This print features 49 small images of black and white landscapes presented in a grid. Each image measures 1 5/8 x 2 1/8 inches. Robbert Flick, Professor Emeritus, is a Southern California artist who uses photography as his primary medium. He has been exhibiting his photographs for over 50 years and his work has been shown and collected by numerous private and public venues both nationally and internationally. He is the recipient of multiple fellowships and in 2001 was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Arts. The retrospective Robbert Flick: Trajectorieswas shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2004 accompanied by a comprehensive exhibition catalog co-published by LACMA and Steidl. In 2016 Nazraeli Press published “Robbert Flick LA Diary”. He is represented by ROSE Gallery in Santa Monica and Robert Mann...

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1980s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Raven Skull" Diptych from Comparative Anatomy Portfolio Pacific Northwest 1993
"Raven Skull" Diptych from Comparative Anatomy Portfolio Pacific Northwest 1993

"Raven Skull" Diptych from Comparative Anatomy Portfolio Pacific Northwest 1993

Located in Portland, OR

DIANNE KORNBERG (1945) RAVEN SKULL, Diptych from Comparative Anatomy Portfolio, 1993 A selenium toned gelatin silver print edition 7/15. Housed in a high quality hardwood frame with acid free and UV materials. Kornberg is a Professor Emerita at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, she relocated her studio to an Island in the San Juan Archipelago in Washington State. Since that time she has been collaborating with two poets, making prints that are photo based but also incorporate drawing, painting, software artifacts and text. Kornberg earned a BFA from the University of Washington...

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1990s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

I've always preferred my own birthday, 2013

I've always preferred my own birthday, 2013

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Studying piano is one of my favorite hobbies, 2012

Studying piano is one of my favorite hobbies, 2012

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

My Funeral, 2013

My Funeral, 2013

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

When he was a baby, 2011

When he was a baby, 2011

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

I loved demonstrating aerials, 2013

I loved demonstrating aerials, 2013

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

His first haircut, 2011

His first haircut, 2011

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By William Wegman

Located in Toronto, Ontario

William Wegman (b. 1943) is an American photographer celebrated for his whimsical images of his beloved Weimaraner dogs. This photograph is from Wegman's "Improved Photographs" seri...

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1970s Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Christo's Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele - Installation, Building
Christo's Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele - Installation, Building

Christo's Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele - Installation, Building

By Ugo Mulas

Located in Denton, TX

Gelatin Silver Print 22 x 28 in. Edition of 75 Numbered and signed by Christo. Frame included. Black frame: 22 3/8 x 28 3/4 x 1 1/8 in Ugo Mulas is born on August 28, 1928 in Pozzol...

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20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-8-73 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography

Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-8-73 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography

By Miroslav Tichy

Located in Zurich, CH

Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic) Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-8-73 Unknown, ca. 1970-1990 Silver Gelatin Print Sheet 29,3 x 19,7 cm (11 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.) Unique Print only Tichý, practically reinventing photography from scratch, reconstitutes pictorialism along with it, and not as a distortion of the medium but as something like its essence. What counts for him is not only the image - just one moment in the photographic process - but also the chemical activity of the materials, which is never entirely stable or complete, and the delimitation of the results via cropping and framing. Marginal and exceptionally voyeuristic, in his methods Tichý could be described as an “art brut photographer” yet he is also marked by classical influences. Though his images are produced with poor-quality equipment and carelessly shot, they offer an idiosyncratic and almost hallucinatory vision of a fantastical, eroticised reality. With his endless return to the same subject and the volume and regularity of his production, Tichý’s work draws many parallels to certain practices of conceptual art during the same period. – Art, Black and White...

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Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-3-11 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography

Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-3-11 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography

By Miroslav Tichy

Located in Zurich, CH

Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic) Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-3-11 Unknown, ca. 1970-1990 Silver Gelatin Print Sheet 22,9 x 17,1 cm (9 x 6 3/4 in.) Unique Print only Tichý, pract...

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Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled, MT Inv. No 10-1-54 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography

Untitled, MT Inv. No 10-1-54 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography

By Miroslav Tichy

Located in Zurich, CH

Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic) Untitled, MT Inv. No 10-1-54 Unknown, ca. 1970-1990 Silver Gelatin Print Sheet 23,4 x 14,5 cm (9 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.) Unique Print only Tichý, practically reinventing photography from scratch, reconstitutes pictorialism along with it, and not as a distortion of the medium but as something like its essence. What counts for him is not only the image - just one moment in the photographic process - but also the chemical activity of the materials, which is never entirely stable or complete, and the delimitation of the results via cropping and framing. Marginal and exceptionally voyeuristic, in his methods Tichý could be described as an “art brut photographer” yet he is also marked by classical influences. Though his images are produced with poor-quality equipment and carelessly shot, they offer an idiosyncratic and almost hallucinatory vision of a fantastical, eroticised reality. With his endless return to the same subject and the volume and regularity of his production, Tichý’s work draws many parallels to certain practices of conceptual art during the same period. – Art, Black and White...

Category

Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-3-74 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography

Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-3-74 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography

By Miroslav Tichy

Located in Zurich, CH

Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic) Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-3-74 Unknown, ca. 1970-1990 Silver Gelatin Print Sheet 29,7 x 22,5 cm (11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.) Unique Print only Tichý, practically reinventing photography from scratch, reconstitutes pictorialism along with it, and not as a distortion of the medium but as something like its essence. What counts for him is not only the image - just one moment in the photographic process - but also the chemical activity of the materials, which is never entirely stable or complete, and the delimitation of the results via cropping and framing. Marginal and exceptionally voyeuristic, in his methods Tichý could be described as an “art brut photographer” yet he is also marked by classical influences. Though his images are produced with poor-quality equipment and carelessly shot, they offer an idiosyncratic and almost hallucinatory vision of a fantastical, eroticised reality. With his endless return to the same subject and the volume and regularity of his production, Tichý’s work draws many parallels to certain practices of conceptual art during the same period. – Art, Black and White...

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Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Conceptual black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Conceptual 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. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Savannah Spirit, Miroslav Tichy, Jennifer Greenburg, and Samuel Field. Frequently made by artists working with Archival Pigment Print, and 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 Conceptual black and white photography, so small editions measuring 3.31 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 $278 and tops out at $46,412, while the average work sells for $3,000.