40 Beautiful Examples of Black and White Photography
Color plays an important role in how we perceive the world around us. So when you choose to shoot a photograph in black and white, it drastically changes what’s in front of the lens. Without color, other elements of the photograph take on a bigger role in telling the story. Notice how lighting, contrast, and composition are much more important in these beautiful examples of black and white photography.
Clicking on the images will take you to where we found them, and will allow you to see a larger version and learn more about the photographers.
Related Posts
Here's some other articles that you will definitely find useful.
30 Inspiring Examples of Black and White Photography
25 Inspiring Examples of Macro Photography
Inspiring Symmetrical Photography
HDR Photos by Trey Ratcliff
30 Wonderful Examples of Seascape Photography
29 comments
Erken rezervasyon
December 14, 2009I like your photos very interesting and pretty amazing I think it could not be better.
BestPSTutorials-TR
December 14, 2009Very nice collection, thanks for sharing.
Beautiful Landscapes
December 14, 2009Great collection!
BebopDesigner
December 14, 2009Absolutely brilliant! What a beautiful collection.
Thanks for sharing.
j_lopez
December 14, 2009pretty awesome!
chr0n1c
December 14, 2009good images. Too much High Contrast for me though, it takes the edge of some of the images…
Web Design by 314media.com St. Louis
December 14, 2009Fantastic examples, but I think there’s a lot of filtering going on.. B&W; but still shopped!
lol
Design Informer
December 14, 2009Stunning photography. I don’t know much about photography but these look great in my eyes.
rfbellerose
December 14, 2009These are absolutely beautiful.
theComplex
December 14, 2009Truly inspiring post.
Jannis Gerlinger
December 15, 2009Beautiful und clear ! I like it!
Tim Smith
December 15, 2009I love B&W photography. It’s amazing how a photo can be so stunning with no color. Thanks for the great post!
Nina
December 15, 2009Nice collection and realy inspiring post.
Steve Martin
December 16, 2009Amazing set of black & white photos depicting the art of photography. Nice find and thanks for sharing with us.
gaya
December 16, 2009Thank you for sharing… strikingly impressive photos..
Ruby
December 17, 2009AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!!
Akiilesh
December 17, 2009your pictures are awesome. Shows how a b&w photo ought to be..
George Serradinho
December 21, 2009We have been using colour for years now, but these black and white pictures are still awesome. I know it takes time and patience to get the perfect shot.
Gisele Muller
December 21, 2009Wow… really beautiful!
I love B&W photography… I think that without the colors of the scene you can really ‘see’ the feelings surrounding it.
maya
December 22, 2009These photos blew me away
very good! The black and white effects create a wonderful feeling about the scenery and the meaning of the photograph.
Anthony Smith
December 24, 2009There are some great shots here. I think a lo of them use the HDR photography technique, where multiple exposures of the same scene are combined into one image to highlight the full gamut of contrast. You can’t take photos like these with just one quick shot, a lot of image manipulation is required involving photoshop.
Jonathan
January 3, 2010so beautiful photos, it makes special inspirative.
Jennifer
January 8, 2010Simply beautiful photography! Sharing another inspiring B/W photographer in SF… http://www.bonefog.com
amit
January 12, 2010stunning images..the image of the snow and the stairs are just fabulous..its seems you hav lowered the iso except for few pics..great job..
mdd
January 13, 2010Omg stunning. B&W photography contains this amazing magic…
Mireya
January 21, 2010BEUATIFUL… VERY GOOD, THANKS
Kurstin Roe
May 6, 2010Nice images, BUT WHERE ARE THE CREDITS? Photographers worked hard on these images and you shouldn’t STEAL THEM.
Tama Vesperas
May 12, 2010Many thanks for that post you have inspired me to give photography an additional go!
Pradeep
July 12, 2010excellent pics, thanks for the share.
2 Trackbacks
[...] 55 minimal black and white web designs to inspire you. The B&W combination is great, from photography to interior design. It’s simplistic, elegant, and gets out of the way to let the content [...]
[...] = 'webdesignledger'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; There are many elements of great photography. One of the most important is lighting. Whether you’re using artificial lighting or natural [...]