Nice :)

Black and White is art. Brilliant selection.

Me likes ;)

Great collection but they aren’t all Black and White ;)

seems like white and black are enough for expression…

Freedom by Wolfram Schubert is simply perfect.
Great photos!

Nice, that poll needs a comment or other option though, but sure SM should continue to have photography showcases but only if it doesn’t show up more than the core of existing content.

I love almost all of SM posts but especially the inspiration posts. I don’t know why people try to pigeon hole SM. If you are a painter, sculpter, web designer, illustrator, filmmaker or in any creative field, you need to step outside your world and look at others for new fresh ideas. I chance happening can produce a great idea.

Thanks SM, you continue to educate and inspire me.

Awesome work! Thanks again SM! Really appreciate such showcase for continual inspiration for all fellow artists and designers. Agree to brian’s post. Multi-disciplinarism with regards to being inspired is so critical.

Just nice to be inspired for my next B&W film assignment! But my prof would not like these. They are too contrasty for him! :b

@Danny

If you want to get into developing your own images, Black and White is by far the cheapest option and a great place to start.

I have always found black and white photos the most enthralling. Thank you so much for brightening up an otherwise dull afternoon :-)

The penultimate photo is only in there because the girl is totally gorgeous :P

Nice list!
Take a look at my
black&white beauty album.

so cool…its an ART..

:) …. love the last one

simply greatness.

Lol u guys are advertising on your own site again for the Smashing Book. I can’t imagine that is your goal to pay some ad company money to have an ad on your own site that when clicked links to the same site.

[hey, we are in control of this ad company ... (Sven)]

These are great!
It’d be better if you could download high resolution versions of them though :(

I love it. Thanks for putting these up there!! It brightened my day!

Some of these are really beautiful. B/W is still a fabulous photographic medium.
One or two of these blown up would look fabulous on my wall at home.
Great gear!

once again b/w photography….

LOVE THIS ONE :)

B&W is a copout for when colour composition is wrong and you want to change focus to lines / shapes.

Some great examples, thank you.

Stu (post 41), that’s a cheap shot. If you take a look at a lot of these shots they wouldn’t achieve the same visual effect in colour.

This collection is absolutely is beautiful..serves as a firm inspiration to all photography enthusiast..great..cheers to SM.

Awesome list again.

*is absolutely beautiful. :)

I don’t know photography at all but most of these shots to me are like warm hugs.

awesome B/W….

Those are moste artistic and amazing photos I ever seen … thanx for sharing …

Fantastiche!!! :-))

Really cool black & white photo, I like all.

Great Collections :)

You forgot this fantastic image:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/russfreeman/3892599702/

Brilliant!

One of my favorites is social documentary @ http://www.theogeorgiades.com

Awesome Shots!!!

Wonderful collection!

a small B&W collection i put together on New York. With a twist of color.

What a great collection. Very nice!

inspiring………….very good looking pic’s like it.
love to do B&W also,so please keep it as it is………….

Beautiful. Superb examples of the “art” of Black and White.

This truly was a beautiful selection. There’s something very regal and classic about black and white photos

This is an awesome collection…fantastic!

Wooow! amazing!

i wud jus say dat its amazing how a simple small thing can be presented so beautifully..d collection is awesum n d clickers r too innivative..they hav d ability to produce d unborn talent..
LOVELY!!! :)

A fantastic collection. You should maybe take a look at http://www.davebowmanphotography.com/” rel=”nofollow”>Dave Bowman Photography, a great b&w photographer too..

nooooo, why did it end? :(

I absolutely love this collection.
It is so dramatic and creative – very inspiring!

Unbelievable!!!!! ;)

As mentioned with other photo topics many of the pictures are not photos in the sense that there was actually a scene which was photographable in 1/125 or 1/1000 of second.
Touching up a photo has been of all photo-ages. Montage has never been considered photographing.

Some photos were removed from the page during the day. Apparently these photos are collected, harvested and published without acquiring permissions or rights. When a rights- owner complains the images are suddenly removed? Like the one time most expensive photo ever by Ansel Adams? Or this ghost joke-montage with two sources of shadow.

Aren’t white people so beautiful….

Another great Site with Black and White Photos

Galerie für Fotografie

This makes me feel like getting a tattoo with “Art is Fantastic” written in bold
I love art, but some things you see and they really make you think ‘My god, there are some fantastic minds out there’
“I am not alone :D’

Represent all human feelings translate into classic pic,, very nice ;)

I am happy to be exhibited here among other great contemporary photographers!Much appreciated and a big smile on my face!

it is just outstanding
awesome keep it up !!

Such amazing pictures! It was a trip through imagination.

Very classic!!!

Loved them!! is always great to see nice b/w pics!!!

I Love Black and White!

Muy bueno,
me encanta la tranquilidad de la mayoría de las imágenes

ita realy amazing photographs.these black and white picture have lots of thoughts.

thats some sweet shit. its hard to get black and white thats just amazing like that. lighting is just so much more evident when your dealing in shades.