Contemporary Figurative Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Land Rover Surf's Up
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Original artwork.
C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 25.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
"Cocktails" Photography 23" x 32" inch Edition of 10 by Oleg Char
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cocktails" Photography 23" x 32" inch Edition of 10 by Oleg Char
Medium: Hahnemühle Baryta Paper
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Other sizes available:
Edition of 5: 28.8" x 40" i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Good Times (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Good Times (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) -
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature lab...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Radio Hour (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radio Hour (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) -
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature lab...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Untitled 3 & 5 Diptych photographs from the Fragmented series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 3 & 5 Diptych photographs from the Fragmented series, 2021 by Ying Chen
Archival pigment print.
Overall size: 80 in. H x 120 in. W.
Individua...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Eames Chillin' Xray photography
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Edition of 25 pieces, 2023.
Accompanied with the catalog of the artist and the certificate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
LOUNGING SAILOR
Located in Hudson, NY
In her new exhibition Churilla draws from her years spent as a swimmer, lifeguard, and athlete to capture the forgotten freedom and exuberance of days of youth spent on the water. V...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Batman
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Original artwork.
C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 25.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Batman V Superman , Lenticular
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Original artwork.
C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 15.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Lenticular
Spider Man
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Original artwork.
C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 25.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Making Magic (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Making Magic (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) -
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Under Water (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Under Water (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label and c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
VW Camper Family
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Original artwork.
C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 25.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
No title (No 90) Photography Edition of 18 45" x 45" in by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
No title (No 90) Photography Edition of 18 45" x 45" in by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
No title (No 90)
Photography
Edition of 18
45 x 45 inch
Year photo was taken: 2019
This picture is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Thomas Ruff, Zeitungsfoto 071, Sterne 22h 24m / -20: Signed Prints, Photography
By Thomas Ruff
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958)
Zeitungsfoto 071, Sterne 22h 24m / -20, 2002
Medium: Two C-prints, mounted on Forex
Dimensions: 59 x 42 cm (23¼ x 16½ in) each
Edition of 45: Hand-signe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Old Days - Bookshops - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Bookshops in 1980s is a vintage black and white photograph.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sleepwalking (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sleepwalking (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signatu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Cave 01 - Planet of the Apes 10 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Cave I - Planet of the Apes 10 - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist In...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tyler Shields - Strawberry, Photography 2024, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Indulgence
Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper
All available sizes and editions:
18" x 18"
30" x 30"
45" x 45"
60" x 60"
Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs
Tyler Shi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Luster, Paper, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Arc...
Sisyphus (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sisyphus (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Cave 02 - Planet of the Apes 11 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Cave II - Planet of the Apes 11 - 1999
50x49cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist I...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Dusting (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dusting (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
with Heather Megan Christie
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certif...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"The Tipping Point #3 (Crystal/Michael)", Lenticular Print, Plastic toy figure
By Anna Tas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"The Tipping Point #3 (Crystal/Michael)" is an original artwork by Anna Tas made of an archival pigment print with lenticular lens. The piece is lenticular––transitioning and creatin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Lenticular, Archival Pigment
"The Tipping Point #1 (Simon/Ruth)", Lenticular, plastic toy figure, transition
By Anna Tas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"The Tipping Point #1 (Simon/Ruth)" is an original artwork by Anna Tas made of an archival pigment print with lenticular lens. The piece is lenticular––transitioning and creating the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Lenticular, Archival Pigment
"Trinity", Lenticular Print, Plastic toy figure, Cowboy to Snake transition
By Anna Tas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Trinity" is an original artwork by Anna Tas made of an archival pigment print with lenticular lens. The piece is lenticular––transitioning and creating the look of movement as the v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Lenticular, Archival Pigment
Figurative photo, Signed limited edition print, Contemporary portrait - Fireman
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Italian French artist Laurent Campus titled ‘ Fireman'.
This photograph is part of the exh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Pig...
Tyler Shields - High heels (This is not a reflection), 2024, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Indulgence
Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper
All available sizes and editions:
18" x 18"
30" x 30"
45" x 45"
60" x 60"
70" x 70"
Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Luster, Paper, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Arc...
Tyler Shields - The girl in the wind, Photography 2024, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Suspense
Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper
All available sizes and editions:
18" x 18"
30" x 30"
45" x 45"
60" x 60"
Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs
Tyler Shie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Luster, Paper, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Arc...
Old Days-Claudio Carabba leaving San Gimignano Prison... - Vintage Photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Carabba leaving San Gimignano prison where he had been taken hostage is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1975.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tyler Shields - The Peninsula, Photography 2024, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Suspense
Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper
All available sizes and editions:
30" x 20"
40" x 28"
45" x 45"
60" x 40"
72" x 48"
84" x 56"
Editions of 3 + 2 Artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Luster, Paper, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Arc...
Camels in Dust Storm by Steve McCurry, 2010, Digital C-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Camels in Dust Storm by Steve McCurry presents two figures leading their camels through the sandy terrain of the desert. They struggle further into the storm, consumed by the orange ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Historical Photo of Prison - Court - Vintage photo - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Court is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Old Days Photo - Sheeps in Tuscan Maremma - vintage photo - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Sheeps in Tuscan Maremma - Animals is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical momen...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tacita Dean: La Puerta del Diablo - Signed Print, Contemporary Photography
By Tacita Dean
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tacita Dean (British, born 1965)
La puerta del Diablo, 2021
Medium: Hand-printed photochemical colour photograph printed on Fuji flex paper, mounted on paper
Dimensions: 40 x 37.5 cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Headstand-grey white contemporary figurative photo transfer on paper and thread
Located in New York, NY
Michele Landel creates intensely textured and airy collages using burned, quilted, and embroidered fabric, photographs and paper to explore the themes of exposure, absence, and memor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Old Days - Historical Photo - Vintage Photo Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Historical Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Little Girl Playing - Vintage Photo Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Little Girl Playing is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
FTSW 105-earth tone contemporary figurative photo transfer on paper and thread
Located in New York, NY
Michele Landel creates intensely textured and airy collages using burned, quilted, and embroidered fabric, photographs and paper to explore the themes of exposure, absence, and memor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Portrait of Audouin Dolfuss - Vintage Photo Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Audouin Dolfuss is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Bookshops - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Bookshops in 1980s is a vintage black and white photograph realized.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - View of Brunei - Vintage Photo Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View of Brunnen is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Garden - Vintage photo Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Garden is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Plaque in Honor of Jean Pécolat - Vintage photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Plaque in honor of Jean Pécolat - Geneva is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Old Days Photo - Animals - Vintage photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo - Animals is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families,...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Cows in the Tuscan Maremma - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Cows in the Tuscan Maremma is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal ...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Haile Selassie, Sandro Pertini and Aldo Moro - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Haile Selassie, Haile Selassie, Sandro Pertini and Aldo Moro is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moment...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Passageway, Interior Photography, Photomontage, House, Staircase
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original limited Edition Print, Edition of 40. The work is not framed. * * Frame is for illustrative purposes only. Artwork will shipped carefully rolled and packaged in a tu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Historical Photo - Children - Vintage photo - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Children is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Laura Martelli - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Laura Martelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bliss
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"In my works, I am fascinated to reshape existing forms, to reinvent new shapes. Underneath the surface of the ball shape of the flower, I discovered the most delicate little flowers...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Court - Vintage photo - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Court is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Femme Du Canyon" Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition of 20 by Lika Brutyan
By Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Femme Du Canyon" Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition of 20 by Lika Brutyan
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta.
Not Framed. Ships in a tube.
Lika Brutyan is Ameri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Pointe - underwater photograph - print on aluminum
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of ballerina tying up her shoes.
Four years ago I wrecked my sailboat and was self-medicating with vodka at a Russian restaurant when I suddenly noticed a c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Marble Cave - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 12 x 8"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a naked young woman in a pool.
Original digital print on aluminum plate with black backboard - signed by the artist.
The artwork needs no a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Blue Mosque, Mazar e Sharif by Steve McCurry, 1992, Digital C-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Blue Mosque, Mazar e Sharif by Steve McCurry depicts a couple seated on the ground, feeding a flock of white doves. More birds swoop down from the sky, intrigued by the hand out of f...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Historical Photo - Students' Protest China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Students' Protest China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Dori Ghezzi Testifies at the Trial for his Kidnapping - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Historical Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Contemporary figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of green, yellow, orange, blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Tyler Shields, Brian Finke, Stefanie Schneider, and David Drebin. Frequently made by artists working with Polaroid, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary figurative photography, so small editions measuring 3.04 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $110 and tops out at $40,000, while the average work sells for $701.
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