Photography is interesting because of the universal language spoken by images, that moves along with life and technical progress and which always reveals and brings some news. It is ubiquitous, and its versatility increases day by day, because the discovery of new, typical photographic equipment is constantly expanding its opportunities. People believe in photo images because they capture what was located in front of the camera at the moment of shooting. Photographic image can be understood better at first sight than the written word. Photography is true, accurate, fast and gives the possibility of reproduction. It is a special form of artistic expression and special (graphical) technique of Fine Arts. Specifics of photographic techniques initially have caused difficulty in recognizing the art of photography, but at the same time unique characteristics of photography paved the way for the acceptance of the new techniques of artistic expression. By using the possibilities of photographic expression and by creating its own specific style, photography is certainly one of the ways of artistic expression that marks our time. Thesis is specificity of the syntax of black and white photographs. In the thesis are presented and analyzed all of the elements of the composition which are used in the black-and-white photography to achieve order. In the practical part of the thesis are analyzed original photographs shot in black-and-white.