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Beautiful Black and White Photography
If you’ve been following Smashing Magazine for a while, you know that almost all posts from the Monday Inspiration series are pretty colorful and eye-catching. This post is an exception. Compared to colorful designs where catchy colors help the design to stand out, in black-and-white designs the ability to stand out depends only on its ability to communicate rather than on its appealing visual presentation.
Indeed, beautiful black and white photography doesn’t attract with its play of colors. Here close attention to composition, lighting, perspective and the context it is shot in are important. Hence, before considering the photos presented below please prepare some patience and time. This post presents some truly excellent examples of beautiful black-and-white photography.
Notice: this post isn’t supposed to showcase the best black-and-white-photos of world’s best photographers; please see it as a modest attempt to inspire designers for experimenting with black and white instead of using a variety of vibrant colors all the time. Hopefully, everybody will find something interesting and unusual for herself or himself.
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Beautiful Black-And-White-Photography
Toni Frissell
In her legendary photos Toni Frissell impresses with a strong trend toward surrealism or realism. The photo presented below, although in black and white, is both extremely sharp and clear. To achieve such level of clarity in black and white is extremely hard.
Alin Ciortea
Alin Ciortea presents examples of modern street photography. In black and white, of course.
Birds
Unfortunately, the photographer is unknown. The photo seems to be taken at exact the right moment from exactly the right angle with a perfect lighting. Black and white can be powerful as well.
Sally Mann
This photo, titled Candy Cigarette, not just displays something, it tells a story. It is both emotional and beautiful. This is what the originality of black-and-white-photography is all about.
Larry Towell
This shot was taken in El Salvador. Child with star mask during “Day Of The Dead”. Other child in background rolls tire for repair in garage where he works at an adult’s job. The photo is full of tiredness and stubbornness. Simple motif conveying strong emotions.
Aneta Kowalczyk
Aneta Kowalczyk specializes in portrait photography. Some of her photos are provoking, some are strange and some are extremely beautiful. The example below displays the beautiful side of black and white photography.
Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt is a renown animal photographer which has become famous with his book of photographs, “On This Earth”, which was published in October 2005.
Gary Winogrand
Taking a shot just at the right moment.
Larry Louie
Woman Of Tibet. Realism at its best. Awarded with International Photography Awards in 2007.
Gabriele Caretti
Tour Eiffel: extraordinary contrast and perspective. Strong, clean and very precise shot.
Ghost Town Charm
Excellent lighting.
Ansel Adams
One of the most famous contemporary black and white photographers. Classic!
Maurizio Polese
Polese’s works pay close attention to small, tiny details. The tones are perfects and compositions are beautiful which is why the photos are presented in this post. Notice the sharp contrast and the lighting at the first image below and the sharp pathway leading to the light in the second one.
Top 10 Wired.com Reader Black-and-White Photos
Ten extraordinary black and white photographs sent to the Wired.com editorial by its readers.
Michele Clement
Artistic yet beautiful and extremely powerful shot. Michele Clement is the winner of Black & White Spider Awards 2007 in category “Outstanding Achievement”.
Snyder Alison
This photo has been taken in South Crillon Glacier, Washburn.
Abbas
Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami on the hills surrounding the captital, where his film “Taste of Cherry”, which was co-awarded the Golden Palm in Cannes 1997, was shot.
Patrick Figaj
Ceremony.
Jack Radcliffe
Alison’s life in black and white photos. The significance of these pictures emerges in retrospect. “When my daughter Alison was born, in the tradition of a new parent, I began to photograph her, initially in a separate and private body of work. However, in the process of documenting Alison’s growth, I developed a passionate interest in human relationships and capturing intimate moments in the lives of family and friends.”
Arndt Laude
Alignment. Sometiems all it takes is to be at the right place in the right moment and take a shot under the right angle. That’s what happened here.
Ralph Gibson
Staircase is an example of Gibson’s high-contrast, minimalist black and white compositions have influenced a generation of photographers. By isolating the essential elements of a scene, his pictures show a style that is unique and immediately recognizable. [via]
Elliott Erwitt
Erwitt, an advertising and journalistic photographer known for his black and white candid shots of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings — the master of the “indecisive moment”.
Roy Mckeown
Snowy Sheep.
Van Shnooken Raggen
Two Warehouses.
Rodney Smith
Rodney Smith has his own understanding of professional black-and-white-photography. Unusual, abstract and surrealistic works.
Drole Deciel
Smiley.
Shazeen Samad
Simple yet excellent composition. This photo manages not just to show something, but to capture a moment of life in all its beauty and vividness.
Scott Bush
Berk-plage – France. What a sky! A really strange squadron: octopussy, teddy bear and skates.
Pedro Meyer
Pedro Meyer shows the life of people across the globe. This photo was taken in Rio De Janeiro.
Mitch Dobrowner
Mitch Dobrowner is famous due to his Earth photos.
Robertino Nikolic
lighting plays with geometry. Or geometry plays with lighting? The winner of the Black & White Spider Awards 2007.
Matthias Just
747.
Unknown
Capturing the right moment at the right point of time.
Bert (Quasebart)
Perfect timing, perfect lighting. A dreamy shot.
Hughes Leglise-Bataille
That’s a quite unusual perspective for a photograph.
Santosh Korthiwada
“No peeping please!” Very powerful, emotional and somehow sad photo.
Rui Palha
Rui Palha photographs simple people in simple situations. Result: extraordinary photos of simple things surrounding our life.
Watanabe
Straws.
Lauren
Two Tree Hill. The composition looks very surreal, yet powerful and beautiful.
G. Diaz Deleon
Ventana XIV. Geometric minimalism at its best.
Maurizio Polese
Escape. Unusual angle, unusual perspective.
Jana Stolzer
Nameless.
Vega Omer
Struggling to survive.
Ezra Caldwell
Dog snout. Sometimes the moments from our life are the most valuable moments we should enjoy and keep in mind.
Last Click
Classics in Lego
An illustrative summary of iconic pictures with their pairs of Balakov’s Lego figure pictures which are reconstucting famous moments in the history of mankind.
Mark Daniel Owen
I heart you. Do you see what we see?
Sources and Resources
- Tribute to Masters of Photography
- Black and White Photo Gallery
- 1000 B&W Flickr Pool
- Decisive Moments: Classics in B&W
- The Blanco y Negro – Black and White Flickr Pool
- Noir & Blanc
- Blue and White Excellence Moments
- Netdiver Photography
- The Art of Black and White Photography (Hard Cover)
- Ten Truly Inspiring Photographers
- Key Ingredients to Black and White Photography
- Masters of Photography Flickr
Vitaly Friedman, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine (www.smashingmagazine.com), an online magazine dedicated to designers and developers.
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June 9th, 2008 1:57 amsplendid and i’m the second one to comment ^^
- 3June 9th, 2008 1:58 am
Sally Mann is my favorite photographer.
I was lucky enough to be able to see some of her prints in person at the Guggenheim, and I can honestly say that was the first time a photograph affected me so much!
- 4June 9th, 2008 2:04 am
Simply amazing
- 5June 9th, 2008 2:10 am
Great article!
- 6June 9th, 2008 2:11 am
Amazing!
- 7June 9th, 2008 2:11 am
good photos, tobad i dont say any from deviantart. They have great bw photo’s aswell
- 8June 9th, 2008 2:43 am
Beautiful. i saved em all in my inspiration folder! thanks for such a great post Smashingmagazine
- 9June 9th, 2008 2:55 am
Do you like also this http://www.ipernity.com/doc/massimomarolda/1633513/in/album/62534 or this http://www.ipernity.com/doc/massimomarolda/1633512?
- 10June 9th, 2008 2:57 am
Berk-plage, France, is spelled Berck. Great article, nice moment to read it.
- 11June 9th, 2008 3:06 am
Wonderful images.
The ninth photo: the author is Garry Winogrand
- 12June 9th, 2008 3:10 am
This: http://flickr.com/photos/91489640@N00/2079060198/in/set-72157603350551499/ unknown picture is taken by Garry Winogrand
- 13June 9th, 2008 3:19 am
AWESOME. But the word is LIGHTING not LIGHTNING!!!
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- 15June 9th, 2008 4:00 am
Nice examples.
The second photo really makes me think about one of my series. More there if you like them ;-)
- 16June 9th, 2008 4:05 am
WOW!!!! THAT FIRST PHOTO, THE LADY IN THE WATER!!
WOWWW!!!!!*stunned*
- 17June 9th, 2008 4:06 am
Magnifique :-)
- 18June 9th, 2008 4:09 am
I love the ‘Crossing Line’ picture!
- 19June 9th, 2008 4:20 am
Candy Cigarette, beautiful shot. It is a boy disguised in girl?
- 20June 9th, 2008 4:22 am
Some of my favorite black and white photos are from English Russia. My particular favorite on this page is this one of a man and his accordion.
- 21June 9th, 2008 4:32 am
great shots!! I love “Birds” and the pictures of Jack Radcliffe most.
beautiful. To me it seems that most of the pictures have a sad, melancholic touch. I like this, however :) - 22June 9th, 2008 4:51 am
Amazing… see my pictures: [link]http://www.clipcroma.com[/link]
- 23June 9th, 2008 4:56 am
You swine!. I’ve been quite happy with my photography of late and now I’m depressed
- 24June 9th, 2008 5:00 am
Excellent post and stunning photography. I must say though, the most compelling element of black and white photography, in addition to the reasons listed, is the capturing and displaying of the brutally honest emotional value in its subjects. B&W photography can inspire laughter, tears, or any variety of emotional response in a way that no other medium seems to be able to accomplish.
- 25June 9th, 2008 5:02 am
Really beautiful,
Diego
- 26June 9th, 2008 5:07 am
simply amazing ……
tired of seeing graphical pic’s nowdayz
gr8 collection :D - 27June 9th, 2008 5:23 am
I’d prefer colored version, some amazing shots there.
- 28June 9th, 2008 5:39 am
Absolutely amazing shots. The photographers ought to be proud of themselves.
- 29June 9th, 2008 5:45 am
the piece entitled “birds” is a photomanipulation submitted on deviantart.com approximately 1 year ago. It is not an original photo.
- 30June 9th, 2008 6:19 am
I love black and white photographs much more than the colored ones.
They always transport the feelings much purer than with colors.
Great selection by the way. - 31June 9th, 2008 6:33 am
the image titled “Good Winter” seems stolen from fastboy’s flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fastboy, and not given appropriate credit.
- 32June 9th, 2008 6:46 am
Lovely collection, but please credit ever photo carefully. The photo titled “Good Winter” was taken by Ezra Caldwell:
http://www.flickr.com/people/fastboy/
and the story that goes with it is completely bogus. Please correct this asap. - 33June 9th, 2008 7:16 am
You should check out Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s photos. An award winner, awesome director.
- 34June 9th, 2008 7:18 am
It’s an honor to be featured here, next to Elliott Erwitt, one of my all-time favorites!
- 35June 9th, 2008 7:23 am
Damn this would be a great exposition allright!
nice work !!!
- 36June 9th, 2008 7:25 am
Very inspiring! Thank you!
I noticed that two amazing photographers didn’t make it into the post and thought I would send out links to their work for those who enjoyed this… these two photographers are magical!
Robert ParkeHarrison http://www.geh.org/parkeharrison/
ENJOY!
- 37June 9th, 2008 7:34 am
La sexta foto que publicaron me impactó tanto. Soy de El Salvador, y me impresionó mucho como se capturó esta realidad de mi país.
- 38June 9th, 2008 8:24 am
Nice article. The 9th image (marked as unkown) is by Gary Winogrand. Intersting that I had seen that pic on the web just a couple of days ago.hehe.
- 39June 9th, 2008 8:34 am
Amazing photos. I’ve seen a few of them before but never assembled into one collection it was great.
- 40June 9th, 2008 10:15 am
VERY nice collection of photographs. I will be sharing this one…
I invite anyone interested in black and white photography to check out my father’s work here:
http://www.ducktrapphoto.comHe takes some pretty stunning black and white photos.
- 41June 9th, 2008 10:37 am
Truly Amazing!!! Keep it up!
- 42June 9th, 2008 10:44 am
WOW!
- 43June 9th, 2008 10:58 am
Great work but i think you forgot Alex Majoli of Magnum Photos and James Nachtwey of VII.
- 44June 9th, 2008 11:09 am
Very good collection. But in Black & White Cariter-Bresson was the best for me.
You should put some Bresson pics in this post.
Pedro - 45June 9th, 2008 2:39 pm
I’m not sure who you’re impressing with these? Is this a photoblog now? Whist an improvement on the woeful recent HDR post, your forays into photography are lacklustre and derivative. You less than insightful commentary (”Taking a shot just at the right moment”) adds very little. you are great at tech and coding posts, why don’t you just stick to them?
- 46June 9th, 2008 6:28 pm
Well i’m not an expert but in my opinion, a black-and-white picture looks gorgeous with the contrast of black and white and also the way the pic silently tells its meaning :D
- 47June 9th, 2008 7:29 pm
Black and white photos has its own beauty and are gorgious
- 48June 9th, 2008 9:36 pm
These look fantastic.
- 49June 9th, 2008 9:53 pm
fantastic look at the field, but as ‘theemptywhiteroom’ commented, the “Birds” entry is without question a work of photoshop. it took less than ten seconds for me to recognize three ‘bird’ shapes that are scaled and repeated at different angles. the shot is just too perfect, i’m surprised you guys didn’t figure that out on your own…
here’s my photo “submission”…
- 50June 9th, 2008 10:11 pm
Need some Lee Friedlander in here. Glad to see Winogrand made it.
- 51June 9th, 2008 10:43 pm
Wow, incredible selection! Having Ansel Adams there just made my day.
My own black and white gallery: http://www.apochromat.net
- 52June 9th, 2008 10:45 pm
Amazing photos. Also check
purelook.com - 53June 9th, 2008 11:09 pm
Funny.
I recognized the Photo that Sally Mann made on smashings frontpage at once!
Because here where I work, we have her exhibition right now!
So If you love her photos, go to Royal Library of Denmark!Thanks for inspiration, Smashing. Once again.
- 54June 10th, 2008 12:11 am
Absolutely amazing collection!
You may also check impressive photo gallery of life and death in Sarajevo ‘92. – ‘96.
sa92
Various photographers telling the same (sad) story. - 55June 10th, 2008 12:19 am
great ,now i think i should try out something like this
- 56June 10th, 2008 1:23 am
I’m somehow glad yet puzzled to have one of my photos included in this selection, which I must say is quite a mixed bag that unfortunately, falls very very short of presenting a top quality selection. Famous photographers mixed with completely unknown amateurs, great shots mixed with very poor ones, and all this missing a massive number of fantastic works by world renowned photographers (in no particular order, where are Nachtwey, HCB, Pellegrin, Doisneau, Koudelka, Kertesz, Capa, Trent Parke, etc, etc.).
By the way, the author of “Straws” is Japanese photographer Hiroshi Watanabe.
- 57June 10th, 2008 2:38 am
wow! These photos are insane
- 58June 10th, 2008 2:55 am
Sono foto assolutamente magnifiche!
- 59June 10th, 2008 3:18 am
nice photo collection. Great.
- 60June 10th, 2008 3:23 am
Amazing.
- 61June 10th, 2008 3:37 am
The author of the 4th phoro – “Birds” is Madsky
The name of the photo “The End” - 62June 10th, 2008 3:40 am
You should definitely add tony duran: tonyduran[dot]net to your list, amazing photography.
- 63June 10th, 2008 4:21 am
fantastic selection!
- 64June 10th, 2008 6:09 am
Phenomenal set of pictures. Excellent work!
- 65June 10th, 2008 9:08 am
They’re all great and beautiful in their own way, but that Toni Frissell photo and who she is as a photographer and her body of work is the best one here… oh yeah, that guy Ansel Adams is pretty good too. I’m new to all of this and just recently discovered this website. What a great place to be in. So much to do. So much to see. So much to learn. I love it here. It has now become my default home page, sorry Google and Yahoo!
- 66June 10th, 2008 9:13 am
Awesome images!
- 67June 10th, 2008 8:58 pm
Cool photography
- 68June 11th, 2008 2:01 am
What a contrast! Really inspiring.
- 69June 11th, 2008 2:14 am
Great compilation!
Check my black and white works - 70June 11th, 2008 4:58 am
Amazing collection
- 71June 11th, 2008 5:47 am
Absolutely beautiful! Great selection; work that conveys a message. I especially love Candy Cigarette and Jack Radcliffe.
- 72June 11th, 2008 6:27 am
nice .. I Love Black and White photo … i dont like color….see my gallry in
mobile.photomillenium.com/Gallery/Photos.aspx?ID=2435
thanks - 73June 11th, 2008 8:54 am
Most of these are ‘pretty’ but stimulate little other than aesthetic pleasure. This is a pleasingly safe list. Hardly surprising when your audience consists of mostly tech geeks who think culture was something that MTV invented. Stick to producing sugar-coated geekery. Leave art alone.
- 74June 11th, 2008 11:09 am
The last one, is in colour too for sure.
- 75June 11th, 2008 11:51 am
THIS IS JUST LOVELY!
- 76June 11th, 2008 2:32 pm
Candy cigarettes is truly the most beautifull picture I have ever seen
- 77June 11th, 2008 8:23 pm
Hey AndrewE,
Maybe since you’re so enlightened and educated in regards to truly “cultural” art, you could provide us with some examples, instead of insulting the entire readership of this website.
Show us all of your conversation-stimulating and deeply conceptual, culturally relevant artwork, because you must be quite the artist if you feel like you can come here and take a jab at all of the above photographers.
This website is not an art website, it is a resource for general inspiration. Nowhere in the post did they mention that they were trying to bring together a definitive collection of art photography, they were merely displaying a few pieces to stimulate the creativity of their community.
You believe they should leave art alone, and I believe you should leave this website alone.
Thanks.
- 78June 12th, 2008 9:44 am
Awesome pics.. loved all of them
- 79June 12th, 2008 11:56 am
Hi guys,
your website is a true inspiration.
Thank you for the constant flow of amazing material.
I really appreciate the photography topics to find images that create a spark in my creative mind.
All these photos made me grab my camera, leave the room and become better at photography :)I follow each single post on this site and it has become of my main sources for inspiration.
My colleagues at work love it too and always thank me that I forwarded them the link to smashingmagazine.Keep up the smashingly good work! ;)
Oliver Ruehl - 80June 12th, 2008 1:19 pm
this one is missing in the list: shorpy.com
- 81June 13th, 2008 12:09 am
I have been following this website for a few months now, and in my opinion this is the best article yet. Most inspirational also (made me want to just go out and take photos)
Superb.
- 82June 13th, 2008 6:21 am
if us see all in black and white, would be the world different ?
- 83June 13th, 2008 10:41 am
cool work =)
Some of them are simply amazing !!! - 84June 14th, 2008 7:02 am
Nice selection of images
- 85June 14th, 2008 10:38 am
The picture’s photographer about kites in Berk-plage is not “Scott Bush” but me.
- 86June 14th, 2008 1:26 pm
so beautiful!! everything is so different from the other…love this!
- 87June 15th, 2008 5:56 pm
the candy cigarette photo is beautiful. i hope that when i am older and taking photos a hope that i could take one as beutiful as that. the rest are amazing!!
- 88June 16th, 2008 10:57 am
The photo “birds” is an exceptional one.
As is the photo from michele Clement.Wonderful to discover you magazine today…….
- 89June 16th, 2008 2:42 pm
wow! very nice! I saw them all pixel by pixel,continue plz…
- 90June 16th, 2008 11:12 pm
amazing inpiration, i love ‘bird’ one
- 91June 17th, 2008 2:33 pm
Awesome images!
- 92June 18th, 2008 9:35 am
phenomenal
- 93June 19th, 2008 1:21 am
very very nice. So nice!
- 94June 19th, 2008 11:46 pm
well i know the one ” Unknown
Capturing the right moment at the right point of time.”
photographer.
and the one is jumping off is my cousin arash.
the photo is in north of iran “khane Darya”.
if you want more detail send me an email . - 95June 20th, 2008 10:13 pm
the ghost town charm is realy beaytiful!love them all.
- 96June 25th, 2008 3:28 am
Great collection!
Snail pic is cute! :-*
- 97June 27th, 2008 7:18 am
You guys think these photos are silver gelatin or digital??
- 98June 29th, 2008 8:58 pm
wow!!!!!!!!!
- 99July 1st, 2008 12:37 am
Great collections and you guys rock, I would prefer the upside down guy by Shazeen Samad and the first one by Toni Frissell… Oh my goodness.. these pictures are worth millions…
- 100July 1st, 2008 3:25 pm
Ciortea’s photo suggests the lad will break his neck on that back dive; not what I would call an emotive scene. Also, in El Salvador the culture does not distinguish “adult jobs” — it tends to focus on survival. And, no, that is not the “real meaning” of the photo, it is just the opposite, a crass disrespect of reality and a leap into the fantastic, a far step from photo-realistic art interpretation.
- 101July 2nd, 2008 6:58 am
Just beautiful…. could stare at them for hours, very inspirational
- 102July 3rd, 2008 4:35 pm
this is incomprehensible for me. i’ve never seen photos like these, even in color! i absolutely adored the ones of the parts of earth and the ones taken far away from the cities.
- 103July 4th, 2008 5:22 am
Fantastic collection! Thank you for sharing this with the world.
I would love to know what the person in “Birds” was doing and if they, ummm, survived jumping off the side of a tall building. Made my toes tingle….
- 104July 4th, 2008 5:29 am
I have always preferred black and white photography over color. So many more details can be seen without being distracted by color.
One great photographer I didn’t see mentioned here is Clyde Butcher. He has done some fantastic shoots in Florida, Cuba and the western U.S. - 105July 4th, 2008 5:14 pm
PHOTOSHOPPED!
- 106July 5th, 2008 3:49 am
photoshop is cool, people can claim things and they have proof too.
- 107July 5th, 2008 12:31 pm
I am amazingly annoyed! I’ve seen that ‘birds’ photograph many times before and always wanted to know where it’s from, especially since I’ve seen one that appears to have been taken from behind the man as he jumps. I saw this on clipmarks and thought I might finally find out where it’s from…no such luck.
- 108July 6th, 2008 6:57 am
saludos excelente presente
- 109July 6th, 2008 3:28 pm
süper fotolar…
- 110July 6th, 2008 7:00 pm
Very nice collection!
- 111July 7th, 2008 10:41 pm
breathtaking! How amazing that anyone nowadays can shoot beautiful photos!
- 112July 8th, 2008 2:18 am
Hi !
Great pics… learning experience for budding photo enthusiasts.
Cheers, Shankar
- 113July 10th, 2008 5:56 pm
I do not have words to describe what the above content is…..
Only one thing can be said…. just out of the box thinking - 114July 11th, 2008 2:18 am
Fantastic collection!!!! Love it.
- 115July 11th, 2008 2:21 am
Awesome collection!, I can assure you I have more ideas now thant 30 min. ago!, I added your feed to my reader, big thanks and keep it up!
- 116July 13th, 2008 2:38 pm
Nice pictures…Lame descriptions… The writer evidently thinks they’re qualified to discuss art because they use words like, “powerful”, “perspective”, and “composition”.
- 117July 15th, 2008 2:55 am
SUPER:-))
Selam from Bosnia:-))
- 118July 15th, 2008 5:38 am
Amazing. My fav pages!
- 119July 22nd, 2008 8:19 pm
Some of these are definitely silver gelatin. They’re phenomenal.
- 120July 24th, 2008 8:54 pm
amazing shots somewhat inspiring:)
- 121July 27th, 2008 10:47 pm
amazing! great!
- 122August 1st, 2008 2:33 pm
Thanks for bringing together such a fine collection of black and white images. There’s a lot to learn just by spending time looking at these – so thanks again :)
Maybe one day one of mine will feature in an article like this!
- 123August 4th, 2008 2:46 am
waaaaaaaaaaaw
- 124August 4th, 2008 2:50 am
WHOA!! they are all fantastic!! i really do LOVE black & white photography the best. i think it really brings out the raw emotions within a moment. very good captures!
- 125August 9th, 2008 10:40 am
Simply Great !!!
Giving U A Fealing Of Being Touched By Heart
- 126August 18th, 2008 5:28 am
Wow! These are amazing! Beautiful.. great inspiration!
- 127August 29th, 2008 8:05 am
Wonderful collection here! There’s also some nice B&W photography at Whispers on the Side.
- 128August 30th, 2008 2:40 pm
im amazed…. all black and white photos tells a story.. they rock.. wonderfull collection
- 129August 31st, 2008 1:28 pm
the world needs to see this …..so I’m posting this on facebook for my friend to see
- 130September 4th, 2008 7:44 am
i think it is amazingly good i think rehlaerhgerahlareh
- 131September 4th, 2008 10:54 pm
Simply supurb
- 132September 7th, 2008 6:18 pm
wondering if anyone could help me find a certain picture( was told it was well known just didnt know the title)…. its a black and white photo of a lady putting on lipstick sitting on then edge of what looks like a hotel bed and her legs up on the dresser…. guy in backround with shirt off.
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- 134September 18th, 2008 9:18 am
Hi webmaster!
- 135September 21st, 2008 1:23 pm
Brilliant photos! Cheers!
- 136September 21st, 2008 4:24 pm
there was a picture somewhere on this site, little girl/ with a hoody on or hood over their head anyone know where to fine this pic
- 137September 22nd, 2008 11:25 am
What a great collection. I do have a question for anyone out there who might be able to help: My digital camera has a BW filter setting. Is it better to shoot photos in BW or shoot them in color and remove the color in Photoshop? Feel free to e-mail me: design [at] 906graphics.com.
Thanks! - 138September 23rd, 2008 3:37 am
hunt for bnw pics for my wall got me to this site !
and i am impressed … got no words … my fave is no peeping please . - 139September 25th, 2008 5:57 am
wow
- 140September 25th, 2008 3:42 pm
verdaderamente magníficas fotos de la gran sensibilidad humana
- 141September 29th, 2008 6:17 am
seldom see pictures like these! really great!
- 142October 2nd, 2008 6:10 am
love the pictures keep them going but have more animals and insects
xx
- 143October 3rd, 2008 2:28 pm
This post is amazing. What great insight and great pictures I’ve never been exposed to.
- 144October 4th, 2008 12:06 pm
omg their butuful ive never seen pictures so butuful who ever took thees pictures should be a amazing personne
- 145October 6th, 2008 3:37 pm
Also check this out, Black and white cityscape photographymartialphoto.net
- 146October 8th, 2008 12:04 pm
halaluyahhhh!!!
- 147October 17th, 2008 9:11 am
The best of Black and white collection i have seen.
Great Job. - 148October 20th, 2008 12:28 am
really really beautiful photography and i like black also very much. thnq
- 149October 21st, 2008 4:32 am
Great shots and you have a typo “Sometiems “
- 150November 5th, 2008 9:21 am
These pictures are beautiful! I love them ♥ :)
- 151November 6th, 2008 6:48 pm
Hey Smashing magazine, I really love your website. There are too many things here that are really useful and inspiring.
- 152November 9th, 2008 12:23 pm
OMG!!!!!! i absolutly LOOOOOVE these photos!!! i like the one called candy ciggerette……..it reallly had an affect on me
- 153November 24th, 2008 3:59 am
Very inspiring! Thank you for advice!
- 154November 24th, 2008 1:47 pm
hey guys. cool pics.i like to see other peoples pics.they are nice.my grandma takes pics like those all the time.i think that pics are awsome.black and white are my favorite colors.well have a nace day now i will blog later on byebye
- 155November 24th, 2008 1:49 pm
hey guys. nice pics. you guys are awsome go beans go. i like dogs more then cats. blue is my favorite color but i also like cream. i like pizza…but only on fridays, thats when family night is. well my mom is going to catch me on the computer so i have to go. later home doggggggggggggggggggggs
- 156November 29th, 2008 3:37 am
I strongly recommend Bud Green’s photographs
flickr.com/photos/bud_green/
- 157November 30th, 2008 8:06 am
great site. have just orderd a new SLR and its good to have some ware with lots of different angles on B&W photos. great ideas.
- 158December 2nd, 2008 10:25 pm
it was really beautiful
thank`s alot,photographer - 159December 4th, 2008 12:52 am
beautiful!!
- 160December 4th, 2008 12:59 am
Amazing !!
- 161December 7th, 2008 12:44 pm
Nice pictures,
They really inspire me. (:
They are Beautiful ! - 162December 8th, 2008 2:35 pm
nice fotos but i like qwertyuiop
- 163December 10th, 2008 4:17 am
Simply Marvelous!!!!!!!
- 164December 10th, 2008 5:46 pm
Super cool!! i love them
- 165December 11th, 2008 6:57 am
WOW! i am in love with photography!
black and white is my favorite :D i am learning and just looking at certain pictures give me the chills they are so amazing! Man i cant wait untill i get my own camera. i am gonna go crazy! - 166December 13th, 2008 10:45 am
i adored all the pictures……………………………..crazy photos!!!!!!!!!!!
- 167December 22nd, 2008 2:22 pm
Truly inspiring, I want to cry!
- 168January 7th, 2009 7:37 am
i love it,
i was amazing,
i love the girl with the cigarett,
:)
amazing, keep going - 169January 7th, 2009 7:43 am
you mean candy cigarett??
duh,
itt is goodd,
all off it is, - 170January 7th, 2009 8:18 pm
betiful amazing artistic in every way love it my fave is the geco
- 171January 12th, 2009 7:55 am
sUpErb cOllEcTiOn Of pHoToS…!!!
- 172January 14th, 2009 7:03 am
These pictures are exquisit!
I love your photography.. - 173January 17th, 2009 7:16 am
amaizing ther are beutiful.
- 174January 26th, 2009 12:40 pm
wow i love this web sit this photos are so amazing and breathing taking and how some of them can show a whole story in one picture
- 175January 27th, 2009 7:19 am
WOW!!! i am so blown away with these pictures they are amazing ! i have never seen such wonderful photographs, in my life, especially when they are black and white.
- 176January 28th, 2009 1:56 am
Really amazzing!!!!!!!! I can’t take my eyes back…..
- 177February 2nd, 2009 3:36 am
i love the photos its amazzing , realy great
- 178February 6th, 2009 11:21 am
simply amazing!!
- 179February 15th, 2009 5:57 pm
Truly inspiring!!!
Thanks for sharing. - 180February 16th, 2009 5:19 pm
thak you for showing these pic.
truly inspiring and beatiful - 181February 17th, 2009 9:38 am
i love all of them they are great!
- 182February 21st, 2009 9:31 pm
Super cool!! i love them
- 183February 27th, 2009 8:32 am
i love the snails! i love all of them! :]
<33
- 184March 4th, 2009 8:06 am
These images are just wonderful……I would love to learn photography after seeing these..all mesmerising……….!!
- 185March 12th, 2009 7:55 am
all of these photos are framed and on my wall!
- 186March 13th, 2009 12:50 am
good photos Michele Clement
- 187March 16th, 2009 6:27 am
Great collection
- 188March 30th, 2009 12:23 am
fabulous!!!!
- 189March 31st, 2009 1:30 pm
Where is Peter Peryer from New Zealand!
- 190April 6th, 2009 11:42 am
hi i like this and i like food just kidding ya i am ok thx for asking
- 191April 6th, 2009 11:45 am
wow that was some of the best pie ever
- 192April 6th, 2009 11:46 am
hi noelle
- 193April 6th, 2009 11:46 am
hi brianna tee hee he
- 194April 7th, 2009 8:17 am
Muy buenas las fotos
me gusto mucho la de la lagartija - 195April 8th, 2009 3:46 pm
‘Smashing’.
- 196April 8th, 2009 7:37 pm
são muitos loucas i que impressina as pessoas ,se eu desse conta de fazer eu fazia uma pasta na net so para isso .Parabens para quem criou.
- 197May 23rd, 2009 8:38 pm
A poem for the cigarette girl and you…
Not a Candy Cigarette
by , S. Blair FoxNot a candy cigarette she smokes,
young girl holding between tokes,
at shaded playground park defending
the right to tobacco puff, not intending
to be caught , underage against the rage
of smoke filled adults, education sage,
that preaches bad habits, but teaches
by bad example, gives her lessons, reaches
for the soul to keep her in position,
and out of integrity, implying omission
from hot fire inhalation, thinking others degrade,
why can’t she?She’s been smoking for months,
under bushes and trees, with flies and moths,
away from hated adult supervision,
to test her skills against their old superstition
and beliefs about “innocent” kids behavior,
she’s not waiting for some kind of savior.
Scary adult manipulation threatened
her foundation, creating a world weakened
by lies and truths gone awry,
hiding from trouble lurking, dark help exemplify. - 198
- 199May 30th, 2009 5:26 pm
birds–very nice
Shazeen- This reminds me of growing up on the MI lakeshore. This photo is structural and playful. It makes me smile and feel the “at home” feeling. - 200June 21st, 2009 4:29 pm
I like art.
THEY SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like the shape - 201June 24th, 2009 4:09 am
Amazing!
Sooooo Beautiful…………………..!!!!!
- 202June 29th, 2009 7:32 pm
woooww! reaallly.. superb!!!
- 203June 29th, 2009 7:38 pm
really inspiring photos ands touch my life…. superb!
- 204June 30th, 2009 7:13 am
maza agayi by god!!
- 205July 1st, 2009 9:06 am
Such a perfect collection of BW photos !! i am impressed. EG
- 206July 9th, 2009 1:57 pm
this was just wonderful.
those pictures were Awesome!! - 207July 15th, 2009 11:05 pm
Thank for it. it’s looking very nice.. photografic is a fun..and i like it
thanks - 208July 20th, 2009 5:05 pm
awesome photos!
- 209July 21st, 2009 10:45 am
“birds” image …
from deviantart :Artist’s Comments
“Suicide among birds. First feeling will be the freedom, then fear… Whatever, i always want to fly anyway…”EDIT:
Technical Note:
Birds are copied from one of my old works “Stand Alone” one by one. Resized. Rotated. vs vs
Jumping man is copied from one of “The end at the end” work shots. I used self timer and tripod to get this jump action freezed…So, i repeat :) this is not an actual shot, not a “kodak moment”.
- 210July 27th, 2009 8:06 pm
u collection s suprbb……i liked …………..
- 211August 2nd, 2009 10:03 am
i saw the freedom in some of your fotos…….the beauty of our planet and people live on it
- 212August 7th, 2009 1:11 am
wooooooooooooooooooooooow……………..AMAZZZZZZZZZZZZIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG…………
- 213August 17th, 2009 5:57 am
Absolutely fabulous!
- 214August 17th, 2009 7:35 am
This is seriously some of the best photography I have ever seen! I hope you have many years and insperations to create more
- 215August 21st, 2009 8:35 pm
AWSOME……….
ITS DAMN INTERESTING…
THE WORK DONE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL….VERY ATHENIC…
OUTSTANDING - 216September 6th, 2009 8:36 pm
Wow…cool…
best picture !!!!!!!!!! - 217September 14th, 2009 11:54 pm
Fakeries sould be banned from photographs listings. A photo at least need to be created in one singel moment of time. Enhancing here and there for exposure or accents is acceptable but montage from mulitple pictures where we see two suns like in – Ghost Town Charm – . And then all these comments with such purported photos. Are people stupid?
- 218September 17th, 2009 2:23 am
nice!!! this is called defferent perspective to see things.. :) exellent.
- 219September 17th, 2009 8:22 am
This is Okay Im indifferent some is tite some is nontite.
Also thrilled to be #225
- 220September 21st, 2009 4:14 pm
i love these!! beautiful that’s one thing.
- 221September 23rd, 2009 7:24 am
its gay i hate blck and white pic
- 222October 6th, 2009 6:19 pm
I love this portion went I want to shoot somebody I always check this composition and try to put myself in the scene.
thanks smash mag
- 223October 8th, 2009 7:51 am
very2 extraordinary photos…..
hmm i like that!!! - 224October 11th, 2009 7:27 am
after i saw the photos, so i wanna to find image at the my world. oh god.
- 225October 12th, 2009 12:38 am
you take the pleasure out of the work……………………………….thats the beauty of your work……………………………..
- 226October 21st, 2009 3:30 am
Absolutely fabulous!
- 227November 2nd, 2009 2:49 am
amazing black and white photo.. very likes
- 228November 4th, 2009 4:10 pm
Snyder Alison’s shot is amazing. It’s amazing what the human mind can see and create when it’s forced to deal with the basics of theme. In this case – creating an image that totally captures the imagination even though it can only contain 2 colours – black and white.
- 229November 27th, 2009 4:41 pm
Fantastic
- 230December 7th, 2009 11:03 am
breathtaking in black and white
- 231December 16th, 2009 6:39 pm
guaaauuuu!!!
- 232December 17th, 2009 2:21 pm
Love it
- 233December 19th, 2009 11:56 am
amazing man……..its awesome
- 234December 22nd, 2009 12:31 am
this is true art….
arts are tru emotions of one’s self expression… understanding its feeling as it calls out to you. ” understanding is the wealth of life only to does who understands it.i like your works, its really amazing and so real…
- 235December 24th, 2009 11:06 am
actually the photo called “birds” is Cihan Altun’s photograph..
He is such a great friend and a photographer..:)
you can reach his works from http://www.madsky.deviantart.com - 236December 30th, 2009 8:02 am
I must say i truly love black and white photography, love the emotion and the raw feeling. Just have to as well leave a comment about “birds” remember seeing the picture a while back on deviantart and through the link of the above i found it again http://madsky.deviantart.com/art/The-End-19108599 hereby, you can read it is not a photograph, but a few combined in a nonetheless beautiful way!
Thanks for the inspiration - 237January 2nd, 2010 9:29 pm
those pics were amazing some creepy but cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 238January 10th, 2010 2:18 am
Beautiful… here is my selection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3qI4rkOccs
- 239January 15th, 2010 10:36 am
Wonderful black and white photography!
I love the second one the most. The hue and brightness is just perfect :)
- 240January 19th, 2010 11:07 am
Check out the photograph ‘Bathe’ on this artists website- its really awesome
katelynsnyder.com - 241January 20th, 2010 5:54 am
Hi, my name is Frédéric Mars, from France.
The pic named : Kites (on the beach of Berk) is not of Scott Bush, but is mine.
This is a problem very boring, and I try to fix it.
I talk to the webmaster, I would you fix the problem on your webpage, and you change the name.
Thanks so much in advance.
My page, to see the picture : http://www.flickr.com/photos/9480607@N07/2425407374/F.Mars (aka Marsup’ on flickr)
- 242January 23rd, 2010 6:30 pm
muuuuy buen trabajo! felicidades! lo disfrute mucho
- 243January 27th, 2010 12:10 am
AMAZING !!!
VERY..VERY BEAUTIFULL. . .LIKE THIS !!!
- 244February 4th, 2010 8:52 am
Very nice, you inspired me!
- 245February 8th, 2010 10:18 pm
Really good picture.
I f u have sports stars pics Black and white then please send to my email
I will Really Thanxfull to u.
I am very keen of Black&White photographyI like your collections
Regards,
Yaman Chauhan
India
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