
Pearl On A Leaf, Monochrome
A water droplet on a leaf in black and white: a sphere, a surface, and the point where they meet. Without colour, the picture is about shape.
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23 photographs in "Black & White Photography Prints"
Black and white fine art photographs chosen for monochrome prints with clarity, depth, and lasting presence.
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A water droplet on a leaf in black and white: a sphere, a surface, and the point where they meet. Without colour, the picture is about shape.

A black-and-white portrait of a woman with her long hair covering part of her face, Rotterdam, December 2011.

A low-key portrait of a man in glasses, mostly in shadow. What is left out of the light matters as much as what is in it.

A woman looking straight into the camera in black and white. She doesn't smile or invite you in; she just lets you look. Rotterdam, December 2011.

A studio portrait styled after early film stills: a veiled headpiece, pearls, and a downward gaze. The light was set up so that parts of the face stay in shadow.

A field near Kalmthout in November fog. Almost all the detail is gone and only the trunk, the spread of the branches, and a faint horizon are left.

A wirehaired dachshund photographed in black and white, April 2012.

Tangled fibres caught on a wire, photographed close up in black and white, April 2010.

The shadow of a railing falling across stone stairs, April 2010. Black and white.

A White Swiss Shepherd playing in the falling snow in January 2013. Black and white.

A pigeon on a ledge in front of an old brick wall. The depth of field is shallow enough that the wall turns into texture. Black and white, 2010.

A close-up of a dandelion seed head in black and white, 2010, where the seeds and their fine hairs make a radiating pattern.

A dragonfly photographed in black and white in 2011, sharp against a background thrown out of focus.

Black-and-white photograph of a long, empty staircase leading down into a Paris Métro station, with the steps and handrails repeating toward the bottom.

A close-up of an elephant's eye and the deep wrinkles around it, in black and white.

A mallard coming in to land on the water with its wings spread and feet forward. Black and white, 2012.

A mallard lifting off the water in a burst of spray. Black and white, 2012.

Several men working on a simple boat on a riverbank under a large tree, 2012. Black and white.

Black-and-white photograph of two men working on simple boats on a riverbank, 2012.

Tailors working at their sewing machines in the open air, June 2012. Black and white.

A sign warning of unstable cliffs on an eroding stretch of coast, February 2015. Black and white.

A close-up of a reed seed head in black and white, April 2010.

A black-and-white photograph of children in a hillside settlement, 2017.