19+ Classic B&W Photos Of Water That Will Inspire You

Thank you to all the photographers that shared their best B&W photos of water in this photo contest with chances to win a Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Macro Lens and more!

A special thanks to friend and professional photographer Nathan Wirth for his collaboration as a guest judge in this photo contest. Nathan, who was born and raised in San Francisco, is a self-learned photographer that uses a variety of techniques— including long exposure and infrared— to express his unending wonder of the fundamental fact of existence by attempting to focus on the silence that we can sometimes perceive in between the incessant waves of sound that often dominate our perceptions of the world. Nathan also curates and edits, slices of silence, an online place to read and view conversations about photography.

"Glass Fingers " by AzuraPhotography

"The Curl " by larrybeard

"Golden Gate Bridge, B&W " by HaliSowle

"Wave Crash " by dnphoto

"Mill Over Troubled Water " by TomHeywood

"First light, Spurn Point, East Yorkshire " by gilesrrocholl

"Vestrahorn BW " by TrueNorthImages

"Skógafoss, Iceland " by paulmp

"Beacon " by swqaz

"Storm surge " by StuartWright

"DCG_8732_HDR " by Derald1961

"The Perfect Splash " by garyhunter_6788

"Niagara Falls Rushing Water " by tonyahurseyboyd

"Aberdeen beach " by ireid195

"mystic river " by frankseltmann

"/ Cape Khersones / " by vladsokolovsky

"Water stream " by hotdelhi

"The Roaring Sea " by The-Art-of-Darkness

"Mt Hood BW L S " by Darrenp

"The Black King " by federicosassolinosasson

"The legendary waterfall " by andreacelli

"Water Arc Foss " by adsmiths

"Alien Seascape " by StuartByles

""Endure" " by Kaisaleephotography

"After The Storm " by ICimages

"Godafoss Waterfall b/w " by nakul

"Place of magic " by maxrittner

"Bawdsey mist " by Dickiebird

"Beautiful Energy - Redux " by RAPJones

"alone through the storm " by LeviLangerakPhotography

"abandoned dock " by davidgrachek

"Reynisfjara Sea Stacks " by kenrhodes

"B&W Bridge " by N1ckBaker

"Ruegen - Kap Arkona " by MartinSlottaPhotographie

"One boulder and seven poles " by q-liebin

"Norwegian creek " by marregurra

"Weedy Sea Dragon in Black and White " by Ashley_Missen

"oesterbanken bij Asnelles " by johanwolfard

" " by SceneYorkshirePhotography

"All natural " by Grassquit

"Sunwapta Falls " by Truc_Nguyen

"Coralia " by lucafoscili

"LightHouse_2 " by LukaszLisiecki

"Black and white photo of a black sand beach detail; waves washing ashore with palm tree shadows over the sand " by keyrah

"Lower Yosemite Falls " by DJLee

"Cruise Ships - Grand Turk " by jim_barbour

"Blaen-y-glyn " by Paul_blakeway_images

"Time to slow down " by Disselfoto

"Whale of a tail " by lanibythesea

"A insustentável leveza do elemento " by (A)AdCarreira

"Ascetic " by (A)emavitale

"Aphrodite " by (A)MiguelMartins

"The Strait " by (A)joaorico

"Point the Way " by (A)Davemce

"Thames Barrier " by (A)owenclements

"RKP-Mesilla Dam - New Mexico 03MAY2017-1 " by Kitsea

"Crumbling down " by (A)firerae

"Serenity " by (A)adamblack

"Tree Island " by Ricky303

"Watersplash " by akphotographystudio

"World of bubbles " by VictorHawk

"Rovinj On Ice " by FredGramoso

"The First Snow-Falls " by seanschuster

"Skógafoss " by TimHallPhoto

"Stirling Falls of New Zealand " by ovi_craciun

"Moody " by worm78

"Tugun 2 " by PDO1962

"boat and his story " by tadejturk

" " by joe_menggolo

"Cromer Pier " by stevehardiman

"MOODY SUNRISE " by (A)benzcatbagan

"multnomah falls " by jasonmatias

"A night on the beach " by UnTill

""Monoflow" " by gregbarber

"Felgueiras's Lighthouse " by joaocabral

"Falling " by jaycohen

"Minard castle Ireland " by Goran_Loncar

"Buried I " by aleclux

"On the horizon " by miguelantunes_8885

"Rosses wreck " by avrilglavin

"_MG_9486 " by dKi_Photography

"Be water " by GEFAELL

"Curious Humpback " by Orphic

"dock " by davidgrachek

"Almonte Rapids wm (2 of 2) " by Quigley

"on the edge " by PoloD

"Yin Yang " by (A)Athena_B

"once upon a time " by dKi_Photography

"High Force Waterfall " by benhull