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Cities in black & white

Paris

The City of Light in Chiaroscuro

EIFFEL

MONTMARTRE



There are a thousand and one ways of paying tribute to Paris, the City of Light. One of the most beautiful is immortalizing it in photographs. Photographers Dennis Ramos and Serge Ramelli as well as the Gamma Agency collective chose to sublimate the French capital by bathing it in black and white. Timeless symbols of the City of Light, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre, are poetically transformed through plays of light and surprising perspectives. Through this selection of photographs, YellowKorner invites you to lose yourself in the streets of a rarely seen Paris, magnified through a black-and-white prism.

SOUS LA JUPE



Eiffel Tower: the symbol of Paris. You feel tiny under her skirt! Serge Ramelli ’s dream of photographing Paris like in films has come true. His passion for photography and cinema respectively, led him to capture the iconic sites of Paris as well as the poetry emanating from the city’s architecture. Through lighting and framing effects, he succeeds in obtaining powerful, contrasting, and dramatic images that allow him to showcase the aesthetic and graphic qualities of his subjects. For this photograph, he applied a black-and-white technique to the digital format once used by American photographer Ansel Adams – the "zone system" – which allows photography to match the visual reality perceived by the artist as closely as possible.

Venise

Cruising the Canal in Black & White

Of all the cities in Italy, Venice is no doubt the most fascinating. Could it be thanks to the water all around it ? To its architectural treasures ? Or its fabulous islands, which appear suspended between earth and sky ? It’s hard to pin it down. However, YellowKorner’s photographers have been able to enhance many aspects of the City of Bridges. Artist Jonathan Chritchley wanted to convey an atypical image of this floating city. Through monochrome work, the photographer reveals rare, almost intimate images of this city living ‘down by the waterside’.

GRAND CANAL, VENISE

About the artwork

Gondola, Venice, photographed by Jonathan Chritchley, is part of his quest to transcend the usual image and reveal the timeless glamour of the city of canals. In this image, the gondolas and pilings are subtly distorted by a long exposure, while the water and sky merge into a monochrome veil that suspends time. The black and white intensifies the contrasts and depth, making Venice a scene that is both intimate and universal, as if the title itself guides the viewer's gaze toward a suspended moment. A limited edition, this print offers a rare and decorative piece that invites reverie and the discovery of the architectural details behind the gondolas' silhouettes.

SAN GIORGIO, VENISE

GONDOLE, VENISE

CANAL DE VENISE

New-York

Capturing the Eternal Light

MANHATTAN BY NIGHT

New-York. This buzzing city in which anything can happen has the whole world dreaming. The city that never sleeps lives at 100 mph. YellowKorner’s photographers nevertheless manage to capture it, day or night, in its eternal light. Through the use of black and white, photographers Guillaume Gaudet, Serge Ramelli, and Nina Papiorek strive to showcase the graphic qualities of the architecture they photograph, while highlighting the crepuscular atmosphere suggested by its grey, tormented skies. Places as emblematic as the Statue of Liberty, the Soho neighbourhood, or Manhattan and its famous bridges thus appear in a new, dramatic, emotional light, deliberately accentuated by the photographers. Allow yourself to be guided into the hidden corners of Broadway as far as 42nd Street, via Manhattan or Brooklyn.

DOWNTOWN

TIMES SQUARE REFLECTION

About the artwork

Chrysler in Soho — this photograph by GG captures the urban soul of SoHo in Manhattan, the Chrysler Building silhouetted in the distance against the interplay of light and shadow in black and white. The light of an autumn afternoon enhances the facades and rooftops, highlighting the elegance of the neighborhood's distinctive architectural lines and the narrative intensity they convey. The evocation of the John Lennon, the New York Years poster resonates like a key to the era when SoHo was the stage for the artistic avant-garde of the 1970s. A limited-edition, numbered, and signed fine art print, this work stands out as an exclusive and refined piece to enhance an interior space or a cabinet of visual curiosities.

CHRYSLER IN SOHO

Tokyo

Between Modernity and Tradition

KABUKICHO

UNDER THE UNIVERSE TOKYO SHINJUKU

About the artwork

Kabukicho, this limited-edition fine art photograph, stands out in black and white like a nocturnal ode to the Tokyo district of KO Tokyo, where neon lights and signs envelop a solitary pedestrian. The contrast and grain capture the spirit of this place that never sleeps, poised between shadow and light, and the promise of a new century. Entitled Kabukicho, this image offers an intimate and powerful narrative about the angels of the night and urban poetry, ready to grace a wall with elegance. Available as a limited print, it promises a unique presence in a refined interior, blending urban storytelling with contemporary aesthetics.

Admire Tokyo through YellowKorner’s gaze. Through the filter of black and white, the photographers Jin Tamaoki and Xabi Etcheverry try to capture the essence of the Japanese capital by visiting its emblematic neighbourhoods both night and day. This constantly buzzing city reveals itself to be as modern as it is traditional and graceful.

Japanese artist Jin Tamaoki pays tribute to the beauty of Tokyo nights but also and above all to the splendour of the universe. In all of its contemporary reality, Tokyo is mise en abyme in a powerful natural setting.