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Modern Black and White Photos (2000—)[ edit ]
Defunct Chestnut Hill pumping station in the Waterworks Museum, Boston
Groove and needle in close embrace from beginning to end
Sink and taps in the men's locker room 3 BW
Calaveras – skulls typical of Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico
Waterworks Museum (85472)bw
Spiralbinderücken -- 2022 -- 9739 (bw)
Schachfiguren, Bauern -- 2022 -- 0022 (bw)
A girl resting in shade during the summer heat
Recife, the Brazilian capital of social inequality
Boy wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt - Inbound8844811027769309500
Man talking on the phone in Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport 006
Man playing an acoustic brazilian guitar (Violão) on Marco Zero Square, Refice, Pernambuco, Brazil
Ballet shoes (Russian ballet school М. Исаева)
Patti Smith performing in Finland, 2007
Graeme Allwright en concert le 28 juillet 2012
19º International Jazz Festival of Punta del Este
Procession during Easter Friday in Santa Ana Guanajuato
Zara Larsson @ The Observatory OC 05 02 2019 (48498569766)
Human shields greeted crossing border into Iraq
Arrested refugees immigrants in Fylakio detention center, Thrace Evros, Greece
Street Craftsman in Olinda
Construction workers in Mexico
Dallos-Nyers Boglárka 2013
Model Rosie on a bed - In Black and White (14192377223)
Jessica Meir official portrait in an EMU (B&W)
Bearded man with long hair-3052641
Fishmonger smiling, Maracaibo street market, Venezuela
Khairdeen urf Pritam, Black and White
Billie Eilish at Pukkelpop Festival - 18 AUGUST 2019 (08) (cropped)
Sankt Georgen am Laengsee Taggenbrunn: Burgruine mit Weinberg
Power lines during Blue Hour LR
Borkum, Hauptstrand -- 2020 -- 2691 (bw)
Elvillar - Chabola de la Hechicera 01
Sorlada - San Gregorio Ostiense 02
Vitoria - Parque de Olárizu - Niebla y cencellada -BT- 01
Egileta - Camino GR25 01.jpg/2
Mountain Peak, Alaska (1999)
Mont Blanc du Tacul depuis l’Aiguille du Midi
Iturrieta - Fagus sylvatica
Forested hills in Lysekil in fog
Vlychada Beach in Exomitis, Santorin
Embalse de Puente Nuevo in Cordoba
Dead tree on the trail to Forau de Aigualluts, Huesca.
Benasque - Aigualluts - Pico de la Mina 02
Camp Creek State Park - Campbell Falls WV 4bw
Dülmen, Kirchspiel, Bauerschaft Börnste -- 2021 -- 4406 (bw)
Ocean beach at low tide
California
Kokerei Zollverein Essen - kühltürme - by db3em
Ludwigstadt Trogenbachbrücke 8231710-PSD
Vasco da Gama Bridge B&W (crop)
San Francisco (CA, USA), Golden Gate Bridge -- 2022 -- 3023 (bw)
Inside 118 inch HDPE pipe
Benches at Oakes Garden Theatre, Niagara Falls, Canada
Wavy fence and a wall BW version
Concrete fence of Nagai Botanical Garden (B&W), January 2024 - 7573
Zernez, Unterengadin, Graubünden. 20-09-2023. (actm.) 67
Windows of the Frost Building (Toronto, Canada)
Bikini-Haus-Berlin-schwarz-weiss-2023
Bonn, Post-Tower -- 2017 -- 2128 (bw)
Kearny Generating Station September 2020 BW
Vancouver (BC, Canada), Canada Place -- 2022 -- 1906 (bw)
Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie -- 2023 -- 6610 (bw)
Dülmen, Kirchspiel, ehem. Sondermunitionslager Visbeck, Laufgang -- 2023 -- 6796 (bw)
Kopenhagen (DK), Bahnhof -- 2017 -- 1672 (bw)
Nine steps stair in Lysekil
Abstract spiral pattern (Unsplash)
Dülmen, St.-Viktor-Kirche, Aufgang zum Kirchturm -- 2021 -- 6700-2 (bw, crop)
Heiligengrabe, Kloster Stift zum Heiligengrabe, Abtei, Dachgeschoss -- 2017 -- 9918-24 (bw)
Heiligengrabe, Kloster Stift zum Heiligengrabe, Abtei, Dachgeschoss -- 2017 -- 9904-10 (bw)
Ana rosa metro station, São Paulo, Brazil
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum skylight
City Hall, London, Spiral Staircase
Spiral stairs (Art Deco, Nebotičnik, Ljubljana)
Dülmen, Kirchspiel, ehem. Sondermunitionslager Visbeck, Beobachtungsturm der US Army -- 2022 -- 4452 (bw)
Palácio Anchieta Vitória Espírito Santo Interior 2019-2957
Ovis aries (Domestic sheep)
Würfelzucker -- 2018 -- 3564
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