20 Amazing Black and White Photos with Creative Commons Licenses

Written by Tomas Laurinavičius on Saturday, November 7th in Freebies / Inspiration / 14 Comments

This time we want to introduce a new section – Insprational Photos with Creative Commons (Commercial) Licenses. Every month we will share 20 beautiful high resolution photos on various topics. First set is about amazing black and white photography.

Black and white photography isn’t attractive in comparison with colorful photography. Here most attention is for composition, lighting and perspective. In this collection you will see beautiful and creative black and white photos.

If you want to download a photo click on preview image.

1. The Only One

The Only One

Size: (2100 x 1680) by Randen Pederson.

2. Black and white boat

Black and white boat

Size: (3644 x 2280) by Djsosumi.

3. Esso Black & White

Esso Black & White

Size: (3744 x 3714) by Linda Rae.

4. Toni Frissell: Weeki Wachee spring, Florida, 1947

Toni Frissell: Weeki Wachee spring, Florida, 1947

Size: (3500 x 3500) by Oliver Beige.

5. Baby Cat – Infrared

Baby Cat - Infrared

Size: (2560 x 1600) by Maschinenraum.

6. Moddergat 2008

Moddergat 2008

Size: (3888 x 2592) by Bert.

7. Ebony and Ivory

Ebony and Ivory

Size: (2560 x 1600) by Maschinenraum.

8. Draw your camera : Kyocera SL400R

Draw your camera : Kyocera SL400R

Size: (2272 x 1704) by Hobvias Sudoneighm.

9. 1-2-3- jump!

1-2-3- jump!

Size: (3888 x 2592) by Cristeen Quezon.

10. Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge

Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge

Size: (8073 x 6000) by Alex.

11. 365 Days – Day 212

365 Days - Day 212

Size: (2536 x 2248) by Kitten Fleming.

12. Lights, Camera, Action

Lights, Camera, Action

Size: (3634 x 2423) by Bill Mill.

13. Day 90 – Facing Forward

Day 90 - Facing Forward

Size: (2886 x 2181) by Simon James.

14. Oldie

Oldie

Size: (1734 x 1140) by Charles Wagner.

15. Pigs

Pigs

Size: (4256 x 2832) by David Johnson.

16. Snail

Snail

Size: (1580 x 1580) by James Whitesmith.

17. Something is lost in translation

Something is lost in translation

Size: (2936 x 2202) by Hobvias Sudoneighm.

18. Quackers scared Voldemort away, but there are more monsters coming…

Quackers scared Voldemort away, but there are more monsters coming...

Size: (3648 x 2736) by Kevin Dooley.

19. Emily in the studio

Emily in the studio

Size: (3872 x 2592) by Amy Simpson.

20. Oh! inverted world!

Oh! inverted world!

Size: (2048 x 1464) by Stefano Mortellaro.

What do you think about new section – Inspirational Photos with Creative Commons? Is this useful? Share your thoughts in comments.

Written by Tomas Laurinavičius

Tomas is a young blogger from Lithuania. He's interested in webdesign, photoshop and wordpress. Follow Tomas on Twitter @tomaslau.

14 Responses to “20 Amazing Black and White Photos with Creative Commons Licenses”

  1. José Carrilho 7 November 2009 at 21:20 Permalink

    Hi,

    Some of these works are familiar to me.
    I really like black and white photography, it features a strenght that colour cannot reach.
    My favourite is the first one.

    Kind regards,

    José

  2. designfollow 7 November 2009 at 22:26 Permalink

    great collection

    thanks

  3. Mars 8 November 2009 at 06:51 Permalink

    fantastic, oh when will i get the 50D

  4. Azizuan Aziz 8 November 2009 at 09:13 Permalink

    Good round up..thanks for the effort

  5. RichardAlois 8 November 2009 at 13:11 Permalink

    Quite nice, thanks!

  6. Zura Jijavadze 8 November 2009 at 15:56 Permalink

    awesome :)

  7. Jônatan Fróes 8 November 2009 at 20:51 Permalink

    Nice list!
    Do you if I can use it in a commercial project?
    Thanks!

  8. tim 9 November 2009 at 04:38 Permalink

    beautiful except that ugly HDR image of Manhatten…. i hate HDR, it looks like a bad VFX movie :(

  9. Tomas Laurinavičius 9 November 2009 at 06:27 Permalink

    @Jônatan Fróes yes, you can use these photos for commercial projects.

  10. Graphic Design Blog 11 November 2009 at 06:10 Permalink

    I am already a big fan of “Black&White” photography and these images have added to my love for “Black and White” photography :)

  11. publikaccion 12 November 2009 at 12:15 Permalink

    really nice jobs here and stunning selection of shots :-D

  12. Lev 13 November 2009 at 14:10 Permalink

    Remarkable selection of photos!
    Thanks the Author!

    Замечательная подборка фотографий!
    Спасибо Автору!

  13. Zine Creative 22 November 2009 at 06:36 Permalink

    thanks for the effort. really useful!

  14. Amy Simpson 21 February 2010 at 22:36 Permalink

    My name is Amy Simpson and my work had been feautred above. I’m flattered that you liked my work, but would had appreciated being told that you where going to use my work and even advertise downloading it. thanks


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