100+ Awe Inspiring Black & White Photographs

Vailancio Rodrigues on Jun 15th 2010 with 91 comments

We have talked at length about the advantages and techniques associated with black and white photography, and thought that it was about time we put together a huge, inspiring collection of monochrome images. Get ready to really appreciate the potential of black and white photography!

Mikko Lagerstedt

Jenna Herman

Christoffer

Marios Tziortzis

Techo

Stéphanie Amesse

Gabriele Caretti

Martin Vlnas

Eric Lafforgue

Hans van de Vorst

Joanna Kustra

Alexandra

Monique

Moises Levy

Philipp Klinger

Jeannette Oerlemans

Bérenger

Yanire Fernandez

Ana

marianna

Ronald Koster

stu mayhew

Wolfram Schubert

Paulete Matos

Joshua Gardner

Brian Chapman

Madhu Gopalan

Dean Forbes

Pierre Sauvignon

Simon

Sushant Chhabria

Abdulla Alfoudry

LimpidD

Andrzej Laskowski

Julius Tjintjelaar

Philipp Klinger

Lauren

Philipp Klinger

Manuel Orero

nu de peau

kimmie

Lawrence Roberts

Nathan Kendall

Toni García

alchimilla

Xavier Fargas

Angela Vicedomini

Aliona

Bahman Farzad

Roger Salvador

Toni Frissell

Rohit S Krishnan

M Al-Ghanim

Michael Seamans

Maggie Cipriano

IM

Sascha D. Rueb

Margherita Ciliberti

Lars Kehrel

Ace

George Bentley

Esnault Olivier

Slim Letaief

mamnaimie

Kara Yerex

Alessandro Vannucci

Andrea Vismara

Michele Catalano

chottouch.com

Emir Ozsahin

Spreng Ben

Ben Heine

Renald Bourque

Tim Corbeel

Mariczka Rubon

Christine Anderson

Marthe Widvey

Luca Napoli

Rino Palma

Travis Price

Johan Lind

Viviana Isca

Django Malone

Eric Lafforgue

Giovanni Orlando

Suwandi Tan

Antonis

Aliona

Adam

Angelo

fluxxus1

Nilgün Kara

Hikaru Inoue

Frank Taillandier

Janne

Jörg Dickmann

Ageel Alluhaibi

aliZmuh

Maria Strömvik

Rui Palha

Simon Bond

Andri Elfarsson

Federica

Aidan McManus

Paulete Matos

Gilad Benari

Belle

GreenEyePhoto

Donato Buccella

Jonathan Rosser

Claudio Tizzani

Wade Harris

Johnny Wiggla

terence

Mihnea Turcu

Bubela

Mumin Kurtulus

Mio Cade

sweetgirl

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Some of these are absolutely unbelievable.
Prakash ghodke
Great Collection……Enjoyed
http://www.MTSphoto.tk Maik-T. Šebenik
Great examples of black&white photography!
Here are some of mine:
USS Arizona Memorial (Pearl Harbor): http://www.flickr.com/photos/38524442@N05/3726578447/in/set-72157618884984717/
Kaknästornet (Stockholm): http://www.flickr.com/photos/38524442@N05/4419732113/in/set-72157623426441368/
Casa Milà (Barcelona): http://www.flickr.com/photos/38524442@N05/4099268738/in/set-72157622741807412/
Barceloneta (Barcelona): http://www.flickr.com/photos/38524442@N05/4625110794/in/set-72157622741807412/
Barcelona Alley (Barcelona): http://www.flickr.com/photos/38524442@N05/4604330435/in/set-72157622741807412/
With kind regards from Gemrany,
Maik
http://www.henryhingst.com Henry Hingst
This one i’ll share with pleasure.
http://www.henryhingst.com/foi-o-cao/
I used BW and a little bit of blue.
I’m really proud of this picture.
Amazing collection here!
Best regards.

http://www.thedphoto.com Diana Eftaiha
well you should be. its a brilliant shot. i love it =)

http://photographyforsoul.com Can Berkol
Nice photos & two more for your pleasure.
Celik Suzen:
http://photographyforsoul.com/blog/aimless_desire
Gorkem Gungor:
http://photographyforsoul.com/blog/17._saat
http://josecamposcr.blogspot.com/ Jose Campos
WOW these photos are just amazing!!!, i wanted to mention some of the ones that i really loved but there are so many that it would take me a while, so thanks to all those photographers and the one who put these together, GREAT JOB!!!!
http://www.stevendavisphoto.com Steven Davis
Amazing collection. I don’t do a lot of B&W, but this certainly inspires me to give it more of a go.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paolo-sf/ paolo
I love some of these photos! I’ve always thought that bw photos have something special. Without color, they focus on light alone.
http://www.thedphoto.com Diana Eftaiha
wow thats an amazing collection. my favorite is probably the one by Yanire Fernandez
http://www.vaporizerkits.com DBV
There’s some really beautiful work here. I want some as a room poster!
http://photo.net/photos/michaelging Michael Ging
I too love and do B&W photography, I still have a freezer full of Tri-x and Plus-x.
http://nanik.de Janne
Fantastic collection. Thanks.
http://www.3darchvis.com/photography Girish
Wonderful collection and very inspiring.
Ziggy
Wow! Stunning shots! I love B&W because it rlly makes you focus on the subject and composition. I’ve done a lot of darkroom work and here’s a picture I scanned in. The technique (all done in darkroom no photoshop whatsoever) was inspired by Jerry N. Uelsmann. Great photographer to look up if you haven;t heard of him..
Hope you like mine!:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45813180@N02/4605401705/
http://www.scottcorgan.com Scott Corgan
Consider this “AW” inspired!
http://www.espendreyer.com Espen Dreyer
Thank you so much, i really enjoyed the images! My favourite is probably Jeannette Oerlemans picture of the goose and the dog.
http://tylerwainright.com Tyler Wainright
Fantastic collection! Some amazing photographs out there
http://www.calinstan.com DeepBlueRo
Nice collection!
Here are mine: http://www.calinstan.com/tag/black-white/
:)
http://i3mphotostock.com Claire
Every time i see a B&W collection it inspires me to strip awau the colour and shoot mono. These are truly inspiring. Thanks for a really great collection.
http://shutterskills.com Rishabh
Here are my B&W collection. That was my first try with friends with a Point n Shoot camera. Although, nowhere near the awesome quality of the image collections above, but this forms memories!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rishabh_destiny/sets/72157622649467893/
Looking forward to learn a lot in B&W toning:
http://www.moviemaker.co.nr moviemaker933
Aidan McManus picture was on my geometry book a few years ago… except in color…
http://www.webguide4u.com WebGuide4U
amazing collection of photographs, thanks for the share
http://www.flickr.com/photos/remcodekker Remco Dekker
Always a good thing to see so much inspiring photo’s
Had a black&white workshop last week, it was about the dutch photography master Aart Klein (http://www.google.nl/images?hl=nl&source=imghp&q=aart+klein) which had an unique black&white style in his pictures.
Here are my results:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/remcodekker/sets/72157624256851200/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktechsystem/sets/ sidvalera
stunning collections and very inspiring…
my share…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktechsystem/4612685292/in/set-72157624073020634/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktechsystem/4612071307/in/set-72157624073020634/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktechsystem/4612154057/in/set-72157624073020634/
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1419/4601658597_6783ca1d74_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktechsystem/4664437876/in/set-72157623821074381/
http://www.georun.net georun974
Very beautiful collection !
Here is one of mine :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/georun/4704876695/?addedcomment=1#comment72157624163600981
http://www.larskehrel.de Lars Kehrel
thank u for this post. and thank u, that one of my photos is one out of these 100 great shots!
http://thechrista.com Christa Watson
Great post! Loved everything!!! Heres some of my fave bws:
My fave: http://www.thechrista.com/less-than-three-day/
Orlando: http://www.flickr.com/photos/christawatson/3819672811/sizes/l/
Selfie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/christawatson/4549576093/
And of course my FAVE GEEKY one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christawatson/4643377368/
Haggie
My concept of BW art…
http://art-or-porn.tumblr.com/post/705133692
http://flickr.com/photos/aaragorn1984 Abhijeet Gandhi
Brilliant examples of B&W photography. Truly inspiring. Great new ideas for beginners to experiment with.
Yann_G
Beautiful collection ! Thank you for sharing this selection !
The one I prefer is the picture taken by Toni Frissell.
One of mine :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yann_g/1553137385/
thanda
Nice collection.
Here is mine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31022212@N08/sets/72157624301004250/
Fernando Martinez
Ammazing collection, about the theme that I apreciate a lot.
How can I share my BW photos in your site ?
Regards

http://davidappleyard.net David Appleyard
Staff
Just post a link to your photo on Flickr (or any other site!) in the comments.

http://flickr.com/photos/larou/ Marcos Molina
Great collection, I knew a few of the photographers you have chosen.
Hope you like my playing the violin picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/larou/3462594915/
or even my Girona one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/larou/2840231926/
Regards!
http://tsoloo.blogspot.com Цолбаяр
Woow. Nice picture guys. It is so wonderful picture i have ever seen.

http://USA EL’magnifico
they are really nice and beautiful.My favorite is the one posted by vivianna isca.

http://hazystudio.com patrick riley
I feel left out!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyphotoandvideo/4292745787/
Campanilla
Amazing shots!!! A couple from me:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/isgolas/4476872401/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/isgolas/4357860066/
http://murfomurf.wordpress.com Murfomurf
Awesome pix- Id sen quite a few before, esp. Phillip Klingers. Its too hard to pick just one fave- they appeal for different reasons- love the kids on the ice in the mist in front of the church, the 3 snails in a row, Giovanni Orlando one of the misty canal edge…oh yeah- and the man on bicycle in front of the cathedral. Mine are few and far between- try this one:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/3104469868_9489f986f0_b.jpg
http://www.jpgmag.com/people/typeministry/ typeministry
Nice collection of inspiring bw photography, thanks!
Heres a few of my own bw attempts.
http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/744953
http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/1548451
http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/1546944
http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/760017
http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/747492
Anshul
awesome ones…….the BW photographs revealed the tiniest detail of the moment…….
thanx for sharing such collection
manuel diaz
really inspiring pictures
http://www.chriswaldrenphotography.co.uk Chris Waldren
Absolutely stunning, how to pick favourites from that!
But if I must … Moises Levy, Ben Heine and Moira Stromvik
Try this one:
http://www.chriswaldrenphotography.co.uk/photo_5929730.html
http://iran-tehran sahar
these photo are very beautiful, i am so excited,i think these photo can create fear and new suggestion
cla78
congraturation at all
jack simpson
Very impressive work :)
Arjun G V
Awesome pics….. :)
http://s-t-r-a-n-g-e.deviantart.com/ Victor Bezrukov
Hello here !!
fantastic collection of b&w ….
i posted the link in my facebook profile and Tweetted it of corse
here are few b&w from my works :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-t-r-a-n-g-e/4721738156/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-t-r-a-n-g-e/4454623787/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-t-r-a-n-g-e/4432848925/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-t-r-a-n-g-e/3748723352/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-t-r-a-n-g-e/3254206608/
Have a great day !
Vic
Shalav
Im posting the link below of my b/w image. I thought Id give it a try. Im not that impressed with the images people have posted after your request and I thought mine was far better. Lets see.
The link: http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.5166908.1.flat,800×800,070,f.jpg
cheers
Shalav
http://www.snacktools.com/blog/ Codruta Moga
Loved it :) I don’t have a photo to share but I have similar photo collection I published a few weeks ago http://www.snacktools.com/blog/tuesday-is-for-photos-black-and-white/
keep up the good work
http://www.fourtowers.blogspot.com Madhu Gopalan
Thank you so much for featuring my photo here :) I feel really humbled that mine is a part of this compilation, looking all the stunning pictures here :)
http://www.andreinicoara.com/blog Andrei
This is an incredible collection! Some of the pictures are absolutely stunning – and great sources of inspiration.
I especially liked the portraits in B&W, stunning!
My dabbling in B&W: http://andreinicoara.com/blog/photos/portugal-in-black-and-white/
patunz
Really nice collection, really!
I’m a fan of b&w photography, and this is one from my collection:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patunz/4658976563/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patunz/4789111092/
See ya!
http://www.greenthingphotography.co.uk David Hixon
Beautiful black and whites, I’m not quite up to that level yet but now and then I get a bit of luck
http://greenthing.photium.com/portfolio107157.html
http://greenthing.photium.com/portfolio107157.html
http://www.escapefrom9-5.com Work Sucks
Too Many to Appreciate in one sitting, I’ll be back!! Thanks!
http://www.tombland.co.uk Tom
Hi
Please can you remove my image from this page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tombland1/3245067691/
I am a photographer and this is my work, and I did not give you a license to present my image. A license can be as simple as me sending you an email that says “OK”, but you’ll only get that email if you ask in the first place. My Flickr profile does state this. http://www.flickr.com/people/tombland1/
Speaking for other photographers, we really appreciate this kind of contact, it’s more professional and it doesn’t take much effort.
Regards
Tom
-
Tom Bland / Photographer
tom@tombland.co.uk
+44 [0] 771 491 6336
http://www.tombland.co.uk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tombland1

http://davidappleyard.net David Appleyard
Staff
Hi Tom – Of course, I’ve removed the image. Will drop you an email now…

Pia
I think some of the work in this collection is quite nice. However, just because the subject is crying or smoking or even in black and white does not make it art. Photography is about how you take the picture, making the subject/person/thing in the picture achieve some sort of artistic goal of what the picture should symbolize. Catching water drops on leaves does not mean the picture is amazing or awe inspiring. I believe that good photography is not about City skylines and crying girls but about beautiful, natural moments. Some of this is just not very good. I would not describe it as awe inspiring.
http://flic.kr/zustand fotoeins
RE: “100+ Awe Inspiring Black & White Photographs” :
Thanks for providing this outstanding and inspiring set of photographs.
veerin
wowwww… you’re my guru now ^^
Ted
my fave pic of my chocolate lab!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyimted/4933177076/in/set-72157624987196683/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/audiofreak_iceman/ Rahul De
Really Awesome Photographs..
A truly stunning compilation..
Please check out
http://www.flickr.com/photos/audiofreak_iceman/
Have been taking lots of B/Ws lately..
http://simpleanswer.me/ snap
I was just blown away :-]
http://www.twilightphotography.co.za/ Tyrone
Really makes one appreciate the potential of black and white photography, thank you!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulafankhauser/4389278587/in/set-72157614704086961/ Paula Fankhauser
loved going thru all the B/W images. To see in black and white is a gift.
Paula Fankhauser
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulafankhauser/4389278587/in/set-72157614704086961/
http://www.smithphotography.co.za Petrus Smith
These are beautiful! thanks so much for sharing and inspiring us..
I have two I’d like to share:
http://images.eu.viewbook.com/4e92758182659796fc78fb6d36217b4c.jpg
http://images.eu.viewbook.com/dcc0020bf7c9dd5b861cb8643729fee2.jpg
THANKS!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlosestrada Carlos Estrada
Amazing pics.
I want to share one of my favs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlosestrada/5490377384/
Linus H. Thell
I loved every one of them. I still think B&W is the best.
I couldn’t choose any ONE as my favorite.
ben Clark
Amazing and beautiful does not say enough about these photographs!
david
this stuff sux
basil
I have 1 or 2http://www.facebook.com/pages/Basilgordonphotography/250069315065005?sk=wall
http://www.photopoly.net photopoly
These are beautiful! thanks so much for sharing!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151126431990457&set=a.10150283889860457.506538.633905456&type=1 Ayush
This is a Gr8 Website ive always been a die hard fan of Monochrome pictures its alll about classic ….
My picture this was taken in my work place as i was pissed off with my boss my mate she took this picture
http://techmorf.com md imran
the BW photographs revealed the tiniest detail of the moment.
thanks 4 sharing
56764
cool photos i have a cool picture of a rose. because when i grow up i want to be a photographer and really good photos like these, also if i find out how i am going to upload my black and white picture of lightning that i took.
http://www.stevewilliams-photography.com Steve Williams
All stunning work but Andri Elfarsson stands out the most

James
Maybe for you personally, but I don’t agree with that at all.

JJ
Truly inspirational, love the photo by Joanna Kustra, wish I would dare to do portraits myself.
Check out my black & whites at http://www.jx2.se
Rich3591
Absolutely fabulous, each and every shot! Here’s the link to my BW shots http://www.flickr.com/photos/28189986@N07/sets/72157606423212443/
JessicaMae1118
Absolutely beautiful; all of them, but the one that stood out to me the most was Mihnea Turcu’s. It just seems so haunted… Yet peaceful. I love it.
adesantora
Check out my iphone black & white photos at http://www.eyeem.com/u/adesantora
Vincent
Take a look at http://minimal-photography.com. Awesome black and white photos!
Nelly
very nice photos. there’s also a page on fb which post beautiful pictures. it is “The Best Shots & Quotes”, i’ve found it recently, but is is amazing
http://www.facebook.com/julie.cortens Julie Cortens
Just starting to really look at B&W. Liking them all – lots of inspiration here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliecortens/sets/72157633004434598/
Jasper Petri
I really truly agree with the comment “this stuff sux”

venkyy .
wholeheartedly! dear god this is awe inspiring? get some standards

http://www.facebook.com/roula.tsapeki Roula Tsapeki
stunning…
Jonderson
Delightful collection, thanks!
A few of mine:
http://www.jonderson.com/objects/data/images/chittenden_elevator.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uXGcs94etPw/UJmUiBfJbsI/AAAAAAAAA0I/3ttYLvkWedo/s1600/kelly+and+dailey+on+the+beach.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gAUWIrCtlcc/TqDHiGcc83I/AAAAAAAAAwI/iiLzVpcf7xI/s1600/DSC_4983bw.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kzIy6CXikus/TmeMz524ZCI/AAAAAAAAAv4/nZEpC5yMsug/s1600/DSC_4740b.jpg
Courtney Lawhorn
All gorgeous and inspiring. Particularly a fan of all the animal shots. A few of my b&w tulips: http://www.dearsmokey.com/p88452060

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