From Man Ray to Valérie Belin, via Ralph Gibson or Mario Giacomelli, the Bibliothèque nationale de France takes us in the footsteps of the geniuses of photography who breathed new life into black and white, dusting off the photos to give them an aesthetic timeless. Through an impressive range of masterpieces, carefully selected from the photographic collections of the prestigious institution, this masterful exhibition offers us a captivating journey, from the origins of photography in the 19th century to the to today, thus spanning 150 years of art history. Prestigious names follow one another in this captivating dance, such as Nadar, Helmut Newton, Willy Ronis, Diane Arbus, William Klein and Daido Moriyama, testifying to the richness and diversity of the talents who have explored this artistic dimension with audacity and passion. Far from simply being an economic alternative or a nostalgia for the past, black and white takes on a new dimension here, going beyond time and eras in disturbing images, suspended between past and present.