B and W fine art photography by Teus Renes

Close-up, sepia-toned portrait photograph of a Ugandan fisherman.

Portrait of a Ugandan FishermanUganda, Africa

Collection Note

A quieter way into the b & w collection.

Because monochrome runs through multiple parts of the practice, this collection becomes a cross-section of the wider body of work rather than a single subject archive. Landscape, wildlife, still life, portraiture, and urban form all appear here under a common tonal discipline. The works below are a strong place to begin because they show that breadth while staying true to the underlying reason the collection exists: to make feeling and structure arrive in the same frame, without excess.

Portrait of a Ugandan Fisherman

A Ugandan fisherman on the banks of the Nile, photographed at the kind of close range that requires mutual agreement. The sepia register sits between documentary and painterly — an acknowledgment that the photographer was not a neutral presence here.

A vintage Singer sewing machine in Botswana.

Botswana Stitch in Time

A Singer sewing machine in a room in Botswana — present in an unexpected context, worn to the specific patina of long use. The machine is functional still. This is not an artefact; not nostalgia: it is the same machine Singer made elsewhere, doing the same work, on a different continent.

A solitary tree silhouetted in the distance through dense fog, above a dark field of grass.

Solitary Tree in Fog

The field has lost most of its tonal information to November fog. What remains is structure: the anchoring vertical of the trunk, the widening of branches, a horizon line that only suggests itself. This is not an image describing a tree in fog — it is an image of what fog does to a tree.

Black and white photograph of a person walking through a graffiti-covered urban underpass with strong overhead lighting and wet cobblestones.

Graffiti Passage

The underpass becomes a stage for urban solitude, its columns and walls dense with graffiti, while a single figure is silhouetted against the distant daylight. The tonal structure heightens the tension between enclosure and escape, with the geometry of light guiding the eye toward the threshold beyond.

Luik Lines, Liège

Black and white photograph of luik Lines in Liège in monochrome, highlighting contrast and texture. Quiet and refined in tone.

Tangled Fibres on Wire

Black and white photograph of tangled Fibres on Wire in monochrome, highlighting contrast and texture. Quiet and refined in tone.

Monochrome study of stone stairs railing shadows.

Architectural Detail

Black and white photograph of stone Stairs Railing Shadows, with attention to contrast, texture, and stillness. Quiet and refined in tone.

A pigeon perched on a ledge against a weathered brick wall.

Pigeon on a Brick Ledge

A small raptor compressed onto a stone ledge against a wall of old brick. The depth of field is shallow enough that the background becomes texture rather than place. The bird is unconcerned. The brick is centuries old. The camera was there briefly.

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