Paper Abstract Photography

ATARI Imperatore (2019) by Frank Schott from a series of photographic observances capturing conceptual signs in nature 48 x 74 inches / 122cm x 188c...

An Open Edition Print by National Geographic Photographer Keith Ladzinski from his “Cities” collection. Gloomy twilight over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, New York City

An Open Edition Print by National Geographic Photographer Keith Ladzinski from his “Cities” collection. Twilight traffic over the Brooklyn Bridge, NYC

An Open Edition Print by National Geographic Photographer Keith Ladzinski from his “Cities” collection. Streaks from cars along a busy street next to the iconic Coliseum, a conver...

An Open Edition Print by National Geographic Photographer Keith Ladzinski from his “Cities” collection. This photograph captures the iconic Eiffel Tower shrouded in light mist on ...

An Open Edition Print by National Geographic Photographer Keith Ladzinski from his “Cities” collection. Bokeh shaping the lines and structure of the illuminated George Washington ...

Living in a Dream (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 9781. Not mounted. on offer is a piece from the movie "Till Death do us Part" Stefanie Schneider’s Till Death Do Us Part or “There is Only the Desert for You.” BY DREW HAMMOND Stefanie Schneider’s Til Death to Us Part is a love narrative that comprises three elements: 1. A montage of still images shot and elaborated by means of her signature technique of using Polaroid formats with outdated and degraded film stock in natural light, with the resulting im ages rephotographed (by other means) enlarged and printed in such a way as to generate further distortions of the image. 2. Dated Super 8 film footage without a sound track and developed by the artist. 3. Recorded off-screen narration of texts written by the actors or photographic subjects, and selected by the artist. At the outset, this method presupposes a tension between still and moving image; between the conventions about the juxtaposition of such images in a moving image presentation; and, and a further tension between the work’s juxtaposition of sound and image, and the conventional relationship between sound and image that occurs in the majority of films. But Till Death Do Us Part also conduces to an implied synthesis of still and moving image by the manner in which the artist edits or cuts the work. First, she imposes a rigorous criterion of selection, whether to render a section as a still or moving image. The predominance of still images is neither an arbitrary residue of her background as a still photographer—in fact she has years of background in film projects; nor is it a capricious reaction against moving picture convention that demands more moving images than stills. Instead, the number of still images has a direct thematic relation to the fabric of the love story in the following sense. Stills, by definition, have a very different relationship to time than do moving images. The unedited moving shot occurs in real time, and the edited moving shot, despite its artificial rendering of time, all too 2009often affords the viewer an even greater illusion of experiencing reality as it unfolds. It is self-evident that moving images overtly mimic the temporal dynamic of reality. Frozen in time—at least overtly—still photographic images pose a radical tension with real time. This tension is all the more heightened by their “real” content, by the recording aspect of their constitution. But precisely because they seem to suspend time, they more naturally evoke a sense of the past and of its inherent nostalgia. In this way, they are often more readily evocative of other states of experience of the real, if we properly include in the real our own experience of the past through memory, and its inherent emotions. This attribute of stills is the real criterion of their selection in Til Death Do Us Part where consistently, the artist associates them with desire, dream, memory, passion, and the ensemble of mental states that accompany a love relationship in its nascent, mature, and declining aspects. A SYNTHESIS OF MOVING AND STILL IMAGES BOTH FORMAL AND CONCEPTUAL It is noteworthy that, after a transition from a still image to a moving image, as soon as the viewer expects the movement to continue, there is a “logical” cut that we expect to result in another moving image, not only because of its mise en scène, but also because of its implicit respect of traditional rules of film editing, its planarity, its sight line, its treatment of 3D space—all these lead us to expect that the successive shot, as it is revealed, is bound to be another moving image. But contrary to our expectation, and in delayed reaction, we are startled to find that it is another still image. One effect of this technique is to reinforce the tension between still and moving image by means of surprise. But in another sense, the technique reminds us that, in film, the moving image is also a succession of stills that only generate an illusion of movement. Although it is a fact that here the artist employs Super 8 footage, in principle, even were the moving images shot with video, the fact would remain since video images are all reducible to a series of discrete still images no matter how “seamless” the transitions between them. Yet a third effect of the technique has to do with its temporal implication. Often art aspires to conflate or otherwise distort time. Here, instead, the juxtaposition poses a tension between two times: the “real time” of the moving image that is by definition associated with reality in its temporal aspect; and the “frozen time” of the still image associated with an altered sense of time in memory and fantasy of the object of desire—not to mention the unreal time of the sense of the monopolization of the gaze conventionally attributed to the photographic medium, but which here is associated as much with the yearning narrator as it is with the viewer. In this way, the work establishes and juxtaposes two times for two levels of consciousness, both for the narrator of the story and, implicitly, for the viewer: A) the immediate experience of reality, and B) the background of reflective effects of reality, such as dream, memory, fantasy, and their inherent compounding of past and present emotions. In addition, the piece advances in the direction of a Gesammtkunstwerk, but in a way that reconsiders this synaesthesia as a unified complex of genres—not only because it uses new media that did not exist when the idea was first enunciated in Wagner’s time, but also because it comprises elements that are not entirely of one artist’s making, but which are subsumed by the work overall. The totality remains the vision of one artist. In this sense, Till Death Do Us Part reveals a further tension between the central intelligence of the artist and the products of other individual participants. This tension is compounded to the degree that the characters’ attributes and narrated statements are part fiction and part reality, part themselves, and part their characters. But Stefanie Schneider is the one who assembles, organizes, and selects them all. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS IDEA (above) AND PHOTOGRAPHY This selective aspect of the work is an expansion of idea of the act of photography in which the artistic photographer selects that which is already there, and then, by distortion, definition or delimitation, compositional and lighting emphasis, and by a host of other techniques, subsumes that which is already there to transform it into an image of the artist’s contrivance, one that is no less of the artist’s making than a work in any other medium, but which is distinct from many traditional media (such as painting) in that it retains an evocation of the tension between what is already there and what is of the artist’s making. Should it fail to achieve this, it remains, to that degree, mere illustration to which aesthetic technique has been applied with greater or lesser skill. The way Til Death Do Us Part expands this basic principle of the photographic act, is to apply it to further existing elements, and, similarly, to transform them. These additional existing elements include written or improvised pieces narrated by their authors in a way that shifts between their own identities and the identities of fictional characters. Such characters derive partially from their own identities by making use of real or imagined memories, dreams, fears of the future, genuine impressions, and emotional responses to unexpected or even banal events. There is also music, with voice and instrumental accompaniment. The music slips between integration with the narrative voices and disjunction, between consistency and tension. At times it would direct the mood, and at other times it would disrupt. Despite that much of this material is made by others, it becomes, like the reality that is the raw material of an art photo, subsumed and transformed by the overall aesthetic act of the manner of its selection, distortion, organization, duration, and emotional effect. * * * David Lean was fond of saying that a love story is most effective in a squalid visual environment. In Til Death Do Us Part, the squalor of the American desert...

'Cicatrices (2)' Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered _________________ Scars of birthing in the unfolding leaf pattern of the giant graceful Agav...

This contemporary figural limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a view from under water, looking at two women from behind wearing long, flowing dresses made of soft, light fabric. They face away, with heads above the water and out of view, embracing one another. The warm tones of the figures and fabrics contrasts with the cool blue and green of the water. An edition size of 10, this photograph is printed on Juniper Baryta Rag museum quality archival paper, and framed in a modern white Larson Juhl frame under high quality plexiglass. The print size itself is 40" x 60" with a frame face of 1 1/2". The work is framed flush with the edge of the print without a mat. Each print is individually signed, numbered, and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. To purchase this limited edition print in a different size or unframed on paper, please contact us. Please allow 2-3 weeks for printing and production. Alyssa Fortin’s extensive scope includes portrait, travel and fine art photography. Known for her intimate black and white portraits and vibrant color travel photographs...

Untitled (Paradise) - 1999 50x50cm. Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 20451. N...

mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney H2O V by Erik ...

This limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female figure floating, submerged in water and partially enveloped by soft, light orange fabric. The warm-toned fabric is contrasted by the surrounding deep sea-green and teal water, with yellow refracted light cast on the floor. An edition size of 10, this photograph is printed on Juniper Baryta Rag museum quality archival paper, and framed in a modern white Larson Juhl frame under high quality plexiglass. The print size itself is 30" x 34" with a frame face of 1 1/2". The work is framed flush with the edge of the print without a mat. Each print is individually signed, numbered, and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. To purchase this limited edition print in a different size or unframed on paper, please contact us. Please allow 2-3 weeks for printing and production. Alyssa Fortin’s extensive scope includes portrait, travel and fine art photography. Known for her intimate black and white portraits and vibrant color travel photographs...

Midnight Sun (Life on Mars) - 2022 Edition of 10, 40x17cm, Archival C-Print. Artist inventory E020. Signature label and Certificate. Not mounted. ...

Rapture (29 Palms, CA) - 2022 48x46cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival Print, based on the Polaroid. Artist inventory Number 218829. Signature label and Certificate...

This contemporary figural limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female figure, enveloped in light, soft fabric, floating under the surfa...

This limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female figure floating, submerged in water and partially enveloped by soft, light orange fabric. The warm-toned fabric is contrasted by the surrounding deep sea-green and teal water, with yellow refracted light cast on the floor. An edition size of 10, this photograph is printed on Juniper Baryta Rag museum quality archival paper, and framed in a modern white Larson Juhl frame under UV Tru Vue Museum glass which provides 99% UV protection and excellent clarity. The print size itself is 24" x 27" with a frame face of 1 1/4". The work is framed flush with the edge of the print without a mat. Each print is individually signed, numbered, and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. To purchase this limited edition print in a different size or unframed on paper, please contact us. Please allow 2-3 weeks for printing and production. Alyssa Fortin’s extensive scope includes portrait, travel and fine art photography. Known for her intimate black and white portraits and vibrant color travel photographs...

This extra large montage of photographs is mounted onto aluminum from Ken Gonzales-Day's dysmorphologies series. Photo paper mounted to aluminum. Ken Gonzales-Day's interdisciplinary and conceptually grounded projects consider the history of photography, the construction of race, and the limits of representational systems ranging from the lynching photograph to museum display. The Searching for California Hang Trees series offered a critical look at the legacies of landscape photography in the West while his most recent project considers the sculptural depiction of race. Profiled began as an exploration of the influence of eighteenth century "scientific" thought on twenty-first century institutions ranging from the museum to the prison and extended to the sculpture and portrait bust collections of several major museums including: The J. Paul Getty Museum; The Field Museum, Chicago; The Museum of Man, San Diego; L'École des beaux-arts,Paris. The Bode Museum, Berlin, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam; The National Museum of Natural History, Paris; The Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; among others. Gonzales-Day lives in Los Angeles and is Chair of the Art Department at Scripps College. Much of Gonzales-Day's work considers the larger political and social representational histories of the Mexican-American experience. His early work draws on the constructed photo methods of artists like Jeff Wall, Cindy Sherman, or Gregory Crewdson. For example, in Bone Grass Boy (1996), Gonzales-Day casts himself as all the central characters in a staged photonovella set during the Mexican American War. In a later series entitled Erased Lynchings (2004-2006), Gonzales-Day explores the history of lynching in the American West by appropriating and digitally altering an archive of 19th and 20th century postcards that depict Mexican and Mexican-American lynchings. In 2012, Gonzales-Day received the Creative Capital Award in the discipline of Visual Arts. In 2014, he created his project titled Run Up which pairs together recreated images of lynchings from the 1920s and images of police brutality from Ferguson and Los Angeles. The title, Run Up, stems from the term for an illegal lynching. Court-ordered executions were called hangings while hate crimes were referred to as "run-ups". Along with his artwork, Gonzales-Day has authored two monographs. His first, Profiled, deals with the works of Malvina Hoffman...

This abstract figural limited edition fine art photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures the female form in a dancer-like pose, submerged in water. Bubbles re...

Blue Space Dark - Mindscreen 09 (Night on Earth) - 1999 58x56cm, Edition of 10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate....

This contemporary figural limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female figure, enveloped in light, soft fabric, floating under the surface of blue water in a dancer'...

"The Veil" Photography 40" x 50" inch Edition 2/12 by Rob Woodcox Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival) Ships in a tube 2019 ABOUT Rob Woodcox Rob Woodcox is a fine art and fashion photographer currently living between Mexico City, Los Angeles and New York City. Rob's surrealistic contemporary style has developed into a dedication for advocacy and making strained voices heard through visual storytelling. Rob has produced projects raising consciousness and conversation around the US foster system and adoption, queer identity, body neutrality, racial diversity and environmental justice. Within any given concept lies not only a captivating visual, but a deep and powerful narrative that inspires the viewer to appreciate and contemplate. Rob creates from a unique perspective, finding hope in the human connection and the will to overcome existing constructs within our complex societies. In 2020 Rob produced and released his first photographic art book “Bodies Of Light”. Rob continues to rise in the global art scene. Selected Exhibitions: 2021 Bodies Of Light (Solo Exhibition), Liquidity Wine Gallery, Okanagan Falls, BC Canada; 2020 Bodies Of Light (Solo Exhibition), Space Place Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia; 2020 Bodies Of Light (Solo Exhibition), 500px Gallery, Toronto, ON Canada; 2020 Bodies Of Light (Solo Exhibition), Warehouse, Miami, FL USA; 2020 Bodies Of Light (Solo Exhibition), Warehouse, Detroit, MI USA; 2020 Bodies Of Light (Solo Exhibition), Private Residence, New York, NY USA 2020 Bodies Of Light (Solo Exhibition), Warehouse, Portland, OR USA; 2020 Bodies Of Light (Solo Exhibition), Private Residence, Los Angeles, CA USA; 2020 Bodies Of Light (Solo Exhibition), Jardín Juarez, México City, México; 2019 Bodies Of Light (Solo Exhibition), The National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; 2019 ClearChannel France, 800 Screen Public Gallery Display, Paris, France; 2019 Paris Photo...

Into the dark (Deconstructivism) - 2020 - about the narrative potential of images. 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, Artist Inventory 4600. Signat...

Strangers (Deconstructive) - 2022 Edition of 10, 49x48cm. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Artist inventory number: 18894. Signature label and certificate. Not mounted. ...

This limited edition fine art photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures the arms and legs of female forms from either side of the composition, enveloped by soft tulle fabric as they are submerged in water. The subjects float beneath the water's surface and are captured in almost dancer-like poses. An edition size of 10, this photograph is printed on Juniper Baryta Rag museum quality archival paper, and framed in a modern white Larson Juhl frame under high quality plexiglass. The print size itself is 40" x 45" with a frame face of 1 1/2". The work is framed flush with the edge of the print without a mat. Each print is individually signed, numbered, and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. To purchase this limited edition print in a different size or unframed on paper, please contact us. Please allow 2-3 weeks for printing and production. Alyssa Fortin’s extensive scope includes portrait, travel...

This contemporary figural limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a view from under water, looking at two women from behind wearing long, flowing dresses made of soft, l...

I began making photograms with alternate light sources in 2020, due to having an unfinished darkroom at the time of the shutdown. (Fortunately, the wet side was nearly complete just prior and I had a ton of old European sized Forte in my paper safe to experiment with). "Into the Ether" was my first in-depth body of cameraless work, which was completed at the end of the year. All of my images are essentially subconscious self-portraits which reveal themselves during my printing processes (that applies to both film-based prints and unique darkroom darkroom prints made without the use of a camera). This award-winning series took shape while in the height of covid-based isolation. However, making the work led to my now current occupation, as I now specialize in experimental photograms and teach some of my processes. "Flower Implosion" was one of my first sparkler exposures involving moving water; Made with flowers and water, this triple exposed sparkler-o-gram debuted via an online exhibition...

The Silence (Deconstructivism) - 2020 - about the narrative potential of images. 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, Artist Inventory 1903. Signatur...

I began making photograms with alternate light sources in 2020, due to having an unfinished darkroom at the time of the shutdown. (Fortunately, the wet side was nearly complete just ...

birds eye overhead shot of abstract freeway intersection at night Autobahn by Frank Schott 30 x 30 inches / 76cm x 76cm signed edition of 25 42 x 42 inches / 107cm x 107cm signed ...

This contemporary figural limited edition fine art photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female figure wrapped in soft, light, creme-colored fabric, floating beneath the surface of ...

Hallway I (Suburbia) - 2004 40x40cm, Edition of 5, analog C-Print based, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive papter, matte surface, based on the Polaroid. Signature...

This abstract figural limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female form, enveloped in soft fabric as she is submerged in water. The light that shines through the sur...

This contemporary figural limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin features a view from above the surface of water, with two female figures posed in d...

"Duality" Photography 50" x 40" inch Edition of 12 by Rob Woodcox Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival) Ships in a tube 2021 ABOUT Rob Woodc...

Untitled (Traintracks) - The last Picture Show - 2004 38x37cm. Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Arti...

A photograph on fine art Baryta paper mounted to Dibond and floated in a black wood frame with a UV 70 Glass. A limited edition of 10 in total plus artist proofs. About the Artist:...

Large Scale Limited edition color photograph, 40"x60" depicting an abstract waterscape with a lavender sky. This contemporary landscape photograph has has a painterly feel; the artist has captured a rising cusp of a wave with blue and cool white, against a violet and pink sky. The photographer Danny...

This contemporary figural limited edition fine art photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female figure wrapped in soft, light, creme-colored fabric, floating beneath the surface of ...

This limited edition fine art photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures the arms and legs of female forms from either side of the composition, enveloped by so...

This contemporary figural limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female figure, wearing a dress made of light, soft fabric, swimming thro...

This contemporary figural limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin features a view from above the surface of water, with two female figures posed in d...

This contemporary figural limited edition fine art photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female figure wrapped in soft, light, creme-colored fabric, floating beneath the surface of ...

Rebecca Swanson, Graphic Blossom IV, Limited Edition Photograph, 15x15, with a white frame. Framed size 36x36. This stunning image is filled fuschia and a vibrant yellow colors. This is an edition of 10. Also available in 20x20 Rebecca Swanson’s work is inspired from her childhood in Ohio, growing up with her mother, an avid gardener, and her grandmother, an accomplished china painter. Her work is cultivated by the natural world, with its universal fragility and beauty we share with all plants and flowers. She “paints” with her camera, blending the abstract forms of nature with subtle colors to build intimate portraits of perfect, individual blooms. Her utopia is New York City with its parks, waterfronts, and botanical gardens. Rebecca studied drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and moved to New York to work as a textile designer. Rebecca has been exhibiting since 1995 in renown locations including the New York City Leica Gallery. Her photographs can be found in corporate collections including Banana Republic, St. Regis, Marriott and Omni hotels and in hospitals throughout the country. She has photographed gardens...

This is the unique silver gelatin print that started it all... In March 2020, most of the dry side of my darkroom was still in pieces, taking over my living room, as I had not yet fo...

'Cicatrices (3)' Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered _________________ Scars of birthing in the unfolding leaf pattern of the giant graceful Agave. The sensual contradictions of silken flesh and the protective spines are a contemplation of motherhood's journey, the unfolding narrative impressed eternally upon the skin. Sophia's poetic photographs are an exploration of the balance in all things: in the sensual interplay of light and shadow; in wild raw energy and serene stillness; in joy and pain; in the enduring and the effervescent. They are a contemplation of the awareness that everything in existence is temporary, they speak of the ephemeral nature of all things. Moments, feelings, experiences cherished and appreciated in their impermanence, for that is where the beauty comes from. 'I work with time, and the immeasurable spaces of experience within... tangible traces, evidence left behind, records; process in action, stilled'. 40 x 60 inches Limited edition of 25 Archival Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® paper, one of the most beautiful and high quality art papers available. The luxurious matt finish provides a reflection free image that is rich in detail, depth and tone. Hand signed, titled and numbered to the lower right corner on an approximately 1 inch white border. Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity featuring a signature and edition number. * Please note that images of the artwork in situ and framed are an indication of how the piece can look, and in the context of other artworks. The artwork is being sold unframed. ________________________________ About The Artist Sophia Milligan...

This abstract figural limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female form, enveloped in soft fabric as she is submerged in water. The light that shines through the sur...

Photo-respiration Yura #340, 1998 by Japanese artist Tokihiro Sato is a contemporary abstract photograph signed by the artist. Sato used a large-format camera for a long exposure ima...

This abstract figural limited edition fine art photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures the female form in a dancer-like pose, submerged in water. Bubbles reach toward the surface of the...

'Cicatrices 1' Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered _________________ Scars of birthing in the unfolding leaf pattern of the giant graceful Agave....

This contemporary figural limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female figure, enveloped in light, soft fabric, floating under the surface of blue water in a dancer'...

Large Scale Limited edition color photograph, 40"x60" depicting an abstract waterscape that has a painterly feel. Below a golden yellow sky, a wave is pulled back to shore, with lines of rose pink, deep blue, turquoise and warm white. The photographer Danny Weiss...

This contemporary figural limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a view from under water, looking at two women from behind wearing long, flowing dresses made of soft, l...

Untitled (Traintracks) - The last Picture Show - 2004 50x50cm. Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist...

This limited edition photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures a female figure floating, submerged in water and partially enveloped by soft, light orange fabric. The warm-toned fabric is ...

Signed large scale original photograph of the Mediterranean marble quarries in Carrara, Italy, iconic material source of classic Italian art and architecture, captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale print sizes with incredible image details Carrara I...

'Cicatrices (6)' Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered _________________ Scars of birthing in the unfolding leaf pattern of the giant graceful Agav...

This one-of-a-kind alt process landscape (photogram) was actually just made during my recent artist residency, which concluded in September; I was 4 unique silver gelatin prints into...

This abstract figural limited edition fine art photograph by Alyssa Fortin captures the female form in a dancer-like pose, submerged in water. Bubbles reach toward the surface of the...