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
Chicago 45, abstraction
Located in Greenwich, CT
Aaron Siskind was a prominent American photographer known for his significant contributions to abstract photography. Chicago is from a well known series where he photographed walls w...
Category
1950s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Absinthe Faces
Located in Chicago, IL
Absinthe Faces
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
YELLOW Circle Photography Limited Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Spicy yellow photography, abstract in limited edition of 5, signed by the author. It is up to YOU what you see...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vestal Virgin
Located in Chicago, IL
Vestal Virgin
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ramunes - floral film photography on cotton canvas, Limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Ramunes' 2024
Cotton canvas print from limited edition of 5.
(Does not come with streatch bars, only canvas print)
Black and white floral film photography. Made using a large fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper,...
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
Bleed # 202351 (Abstract painting)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202351 (Abstract painting)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments (8 cm / 3...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
"Red for Love 1" Photography 24" x 37" inch Edition of 11 by Tetiana Kalivoshko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Red for Love 1" Photography 24" x 37" inch Edition of 11 by Tetiana Kalivoshko
"The Red One - That Is Love"
"The Red One - That Is Love" is a thought-provoking art series by Tetian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
"Red for Love 5" Photography 18" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Tetiana Kalivoshko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Red for Love 5" Photography 18" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Tetiana Kalivoshko
"The Red One - That Is Love"
"The Red One - That Is Love" is a thought-provoking art series by Tetian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Dahlia on Ink - floral film photography on cotton canvas, Limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Dahlia on Ink' 2024
Cotton canvas print from limited edition of 5.
(Does not come with streatch bars, only canvas print)
Black and white floral film photography combination with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Cotton Canvas,...
Checkmate
Located in Chicago, IL
Checkmate
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mind Flowers II
Located in Chicago, IL
Mind Flowers II
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nirvana Baby II
Located in Chicago, IL
Nirvana Baby II
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Old Water Tower
Located in Chicago, IL
The Old Water Tower
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lips on Velvet
Located in Chicago, IL
Lips on Velvet
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Florem Illusio #2
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
C-Print, framed with museum glass
Size is excl. frame
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam....
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Florem Illusio #3
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
C-Print, framed with museum glass
Size is excl. frame
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam....
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Florem Illusio #1
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
C-Print, framed with museum glass
Size is excl. frame
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam....
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Albania - Mountain Skiing Black & White Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Das Kabinette - Fornasetti
Located in Chicago, IL
Das Kabinette
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bleed # 202391 (Abstract painting)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202391 (Abstract painting)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments (8 cm / 3...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Bleed # 202351 (Abstract painting)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202351 (Abstract painting)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments (8 cm / 3...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Orchid
Located in Chicago, IL
Orchid
22" x 17"
Edition of 9 + 3 APs
Analog Presets Series
Archival pigment print of treated instant film
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash. The charc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Diamond 11 - Signed limited edition abstract print, square photo, contemporary
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Diamond 11 - Limited edition pigment print
Limited Editions of 5, unframed
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Dracula Orchid
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Pario #1
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Pario #2
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Chromatics #1
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
There Is No Past - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Cloud #3
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Cloud #2
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Wish You Were Here - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Cloud #1
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
Land I - Landscape Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
2020 - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Mission To Mars - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Snowdance - Mountain Snowboarding Black & White Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
What Do You Want from Me - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Exquisite Ghost - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 24x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Exquisite Ghost” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series Reflections - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Close Your Eyes - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Land V - Landscape Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Papercut No.2 - analogue black and white abstract photography. Ltd. 20.
Located in London, GB
'Papercut No.2'
London, United Kingdom 2021
Limited edition of 20.
Black and white abstract expression analogue photography, composed and exposed using 4x5 large format camera Linh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Giclée
Shine On Me Crazy Diamond - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Wolfgang Tillmans, Texte zur Kunst Edition 2018: Photography, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Wolfgang Tillmans (German, born 1968)
Texte zur Kunst Edition 2018, 2018
Medium: Inkjet print on paper
Dimensions: 29.5 × 21 cm (11 3/5 × 8 3/10 in)
Edition of 100: Hand-signed and n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
The Entertainer - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Land VII - Landscape Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Land VII - Landscape Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Kuss - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Land III - Landscape Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Save Me - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Land IV - Landscape Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Human Alien - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Land II - Landscape Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Color
Lights in Motion Photograph Chromo Photo Kodak Professional Endura
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist Unknown. From Muse X Editions. An (now defunct) LA based innovative publisher of limited-edition prints, Muse X has launched its first group of prints and is just beginning to make itself known to artists, curators, dealers and collectors. Among works just off the press are otherworldly landscapes by Barbara Kasten and Oliver Wasow, a sizzling sunset by Peter Alexander, abstract compositions by Pauline Stella Sanchez and Jennifer Steinkamp...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Sundance - Mountain Skiing Black & White Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
The Three Off One 2
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
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Color
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