Abstract Photography
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Ink Blot #3
Located in Cambridge, ON
Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Ink Blot #2
Located in Cambridge, ON
Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Pillow I. / Photography / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Pillow I. is a special pillow - made from stone, located in a park. I liked the pattern, signed photography.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mood 1 drawing
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
abstract expressionist colour pencil drawing on paper
one of a kind
hand signed
Anastasia dialogues with the chromatic material which she lets flow freel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
Mood 2 drawing
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
abstract expressionist colour pencil drawing on paper(very thick paper/cardboard)
one of a kind
hand signed
Anastasia dialogues with the chromatic materi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil, Cardboard
Green and Green.../ Print / Photography / Limited /Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Green and Green is a photography-print, limited 1/5 and signed. Inspiration was a very warm and sunny day, hopefully evoking calm and positive mood. When framed in a black frame with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Eugene 8- Floral landscape white dominant contemporary abstract color photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eugene 2- Floral landscape white dominant contemporary abstract color photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eugene 6 - Floral landscape white dominant contemporary abstract color photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Yellow Ball, East Hampton
Located in East Hampton, NY
Yellow Ball, East Hampton, NY, Archival Pigment Print, $550, Ed. 1/5, 2016
Printed to Order
*Photography: U Wash Truck, Death Valley and Mulford Lane, Amagansett 2012 have been fea...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Color of Water #5 Perseverance
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER
Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weath...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
The Color of Water #2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER
Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weath...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Shadows Kept Alive No.119", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 119” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.65", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 65” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.72", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 72” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.59", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No.59” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.111", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 111” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.90", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 90” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.70", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 70” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.48", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 48” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.25", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 25” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.2", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 2” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
Absolut/Photography/Limited/Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Absolut is an abstract photography, limited to 10 and signed. I like the momentum mood which the photography is evoking - for me F. Kupka. The picture was taken during a work process...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Poolside Barcelona 200
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ramunės - abstract analogue black and white floral photography, Ltd. 20
Located in London, GB
'Ramunės'
London, United Kingdom 2022
Limited edition of 20.
Photograph printed on heavyweight fine art paper.
Photograph is shipped fast and flat in secure thick cardboard packa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Poolside Somewhere Barcelona 500
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
At Play in the Fields (lacrosse, female athletes, sports, night, motion blur)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
At Play in the Fields
Medium: Digital Photography
Year: 2021
Size: 17x22 in
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-939
Mot...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Glory (abstract photo, muted colors, street scene)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Glory
Medium: Digital Photography
Year: 2021
Size: 20x16 in
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-936
Bright abstract motion-blur image of a street crowd. Archival pigment print on lightly textured cotton rag paper.
abstract photo...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beach Club Sunshine
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
All of Us
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Splendid
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Together
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Afternoon Cool
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Boat Club
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cafe Streetside 9pm
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sail Classico
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Nocturne
Located in Cambridge, ON
Fine Artist from Georgia
Details: "Nocturne", 2018
Technique: Medium Format Film Photography on Kodak Endura Print
Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Comes with black w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Bleed # 202402 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202402 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Edition: 1/3.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar sup...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Undo - Analogue black and white abstract expressionism, Limited edition 5 of 10
Located in London, GB
'Undo' 2021
by Ugne Pouwell
Printed on 38x30cm Hahnemuhle fine art paper.
It is a 35mm film double-exposure composition.
Photograph is a limited edition of 10.
Printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper. Signed both front and back with Certificate of Authenticity.
Photograph is shipped fast and flat in secure thick cardboard packaging.
Ugne Pouwell is a fine art photographer originally from Lithuania. Today she makes most of her creative work in London, United Kingdom.
Her main focus is black and white landscape and floral photography. Mainly using a large format 4x5 Linhof camera to express the timeless beauty of the subject in focus. Many of the influences come from 20th-century photography. She processes her work from start to finish: film processing, scanning and printing.
Awards:
2022 Black Spider Awards, Honourable mention in Still-life
2022 IPA International Photography Awards, Honourable mention in Analogue / Film Fine Art
2021 Mono Visions...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Giclée
Stride (motion blur, dream image, daily life, muted colors)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Stride
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 9.4x8 inches
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 92480...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hell on Wheels (colorful, abstract, everyday scene, bright colors, motion blur)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Hell on Wheels
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 10x8 inches
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref....
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Carts (motion blur, dream image, daily life, vivid colors)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Carts
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 16x20 inches
Edition: 50
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fern - black and white landscape photography Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Fern'
London, United Kingdom 2024.
It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera.
The photograph is signed front and back and co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Eclipse (aka Time Lapse) - black-and-white experimental contemporary photograph
Located in New York, NY
“Eclipse (aka Time Lapse), San Diego, CA” - is a one-of-a-kind location-specific mixed process silver gelatin print (wet cyanotype/cyano-lumen) made with materials I collected from W...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Signed SIlver Gelatin Photograph Christo Wrapped Kunsthalle Cugini Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Kunsthalle, Bern Switzerland (1968)
Vintage silver gelatin print
signed by Christo lower right
Photographed by Thomas Cugini, Swiss (b. 1938)
10 1/...
Category
1960s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Watch Your Step
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Detroit, Michigan has many photogenic spots in its urban area. This photo was taken in an old Corktown neighborhood that is currently becoming quite chic.
Framing options are availa...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bleed # 202337 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202337 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Edition: 1/3.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supp...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Bleed # 202181 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202181 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Edition: 1/3.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supp...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
'Lilly in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Lilly in Charcoal' 2023
Abstract expressionism black and white photography of Charcoal abstract drawing and Lilly.
Photograph shot using mid-century large format film camera Linhof...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' abstract expressionism photography edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.3' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Explotion of Life
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them. The sale of this art piece goes towards the benefit of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
10000 blue days
Located in London, GB
'10000 blue days'
Mesr Desert, Iran 2016.
Limited edition of 20.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
Sunset
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them. The sale of this art piece goes towards the benefit of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
It's a Beautiful Day!
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Beauty is the Best
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them. The sale of this art piece goes towards the benefit of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Charming
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them. The sale of this art piece goes towards the benefit of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Wild
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them. The sale of this art piece goes towards the benefit of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Cuts
Located in London, GB
'Cuts'
London, United Kingdom 2022
Limited edition of 20.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Paper
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