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.
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Style: Contemporary
Historical Photo - China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political eve...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
SQRA - Neon Astro Boy, Photography 2022, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
This mash-up artwork was created in hommage to two of Cedric’s favourite artists, KAWS & Takashi Murakami.
All available sizes and editions:
36" x 24"", Edition of 10, Artist Proofs...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events, met...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Chinese Soldier in front of a Portrait of Mao - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Chinese Soldier in front of a Portrait of Mao is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical mo...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ayatollah Khomeini - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ayatollah Khomeini is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Soldiers of the Revolution - China - Vintage photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers of the Revolution - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and pol...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events, met...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo- Chinese Players - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Chinese Players is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and poli...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Man and Taj Reflection by Steve McCurry, 1999, Digital C-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Man and Taj Reflection by Steve McCurry depicts a man dressed in white, kneeling down to gather water below him. The Taj Mahal is mirrored almost perfectly in the still water.
This ...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Digital
Jost Burgi's Astronomical Globe - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Jost Burgi's Astronomical Globe is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Manifestation in from of the Forbidden City, Beijing - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo Manifestation in from of the Forbidden City, Beijing is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
It belongs to a historical album including historic...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - On the Lake in China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - On the Lake in China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Beijing Forbidden City - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Beijing Forbidden City is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Algeria - Vintage photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Algeria 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...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Americana Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Under the Manhattan Beach Pier No. 2' exemplifies the long-exposure photography of Robert Kawika Sheer. The artist signed this piece in the lower right and editioned it in the lower...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Americana Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Under the Manhattan Beach Pier No. 1' exemplifies the long-exposure photography of Robert Kawika Sheer. The artist signed this piece in the lower right and editioned in the lower le...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Spiritual Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Angels at the Music Center Fountain" is an original fine-art photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. The artist signed this piece in the lower right and editioned it in the lower left. E...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
"Sisters (Circus)" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sisters (Circus)" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
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 Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - Early 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.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs. Gilles is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Old Days - Portrait of a Family - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Portrait of a Family is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Art of Fishnet AOF09" Photography 40" x 40" in Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Art of Fishnet AOF09" Photography 40" x 40" in Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Art of Fishnet series
Title of artwork: Art of Fishnet series AOF09
Year: 2014
Print size: 40x40 inch
Rarity: Limited edition of 10
Medium: Printed on the highest resolution fine art archival Somerset Velvet paper
Not framed. Ships in tube.
Signature: Hand-signed by artist
Certificate of authenticity Included ( Issued by Artist/Gallery )
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Internationally recognized photographer, Giuliano Bekor, holds a portfolio that includes work from the realms of fashion, beauty, celebrity, advertising, and fine art.
Giuliano’s photography has been featured in top publications around the globe, and his client list includes an endless file of beauty industry leaders, advertising agencies, celebrities, producers, and artists.
With 30 years in the industry, Giuliano has perfected his craft to an exceptional level of expertise. Composed of light, color, space and form, Giuliano brings ideas conceptualized in his own imagination into reality throughout his work.
Currently living between New York and Los Angeles, Giuliano is often on the move traveling for work and inspiration. Always the restless visionary, he ceases to continually express his fresh and nuanced style.
For Giuliano Bekor, a photograph is an image that comes into being consciously, composed of light, color, space and form. Like a painter, he sketches, refining ideas through pen and pencil well before the shutter clicks. A camera is strictly a means to an end, a way of making a palpable visual record of an idea that gestates in his mind, gains shape by his hand, and resolves through his eye as it peers through the lens.
His subject is the human body, almost always nude. These images delve into the splendor of the body - how it can express the inner meaning of who we are. Limbs, torsos, muscles and bones are exposed as though carved out of a supple, glowing stone that flexes and twists. Many of these photographs feature subjects posed with the eyes obscured, the face covered.
If we look closely, Bekor says, we can see that the body is as much a window into the soul as the eyes. This is a gallery of the soul etched into the forms we assume in the physical world. Through exaggerated contrast between light and dark, smooth and textured, vaporous and tactile, Giuliano deliberately filters the extraneous.
The camera captures the image, but for Bekor each exposure is a transformation - of himself, his subjects, and us. He is digging into uneasy turf, fraught with tension: masculine/feminine, heroic/cowardly, shameless/shameful, eternal/fleeting. The intensity of detail, the fiercely exquisite perfection of the bodies themselves, the unflinching, scrupulous engagement of the lens, negates all pretense of politeness. Confronted, we are summoned to look. So we must. And we do. And we experience the beautiful human forms we inhabit and the silent, eloquent language they speak.
EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
Giuliano Bekor’s most recent fine art photography solo shows include:
2019 - March Lips The cool HeArt gallery Sofitel Hotel Beverly Hills CA;
2019 - February Modernismo Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Paris, France - Femmes je vous aime – Art Photo Expo;
2018 - October Transcendence Leclaireur Gallery Los Angeles CA benefiting the foundation for living beauty;
2018 - September Optasia Cacoyannis Foundation Tavros, Greece;
2018 - June Optasia Life Art Festival Santorini & Athens, Greece;
2018 - May Modernismo Le Royal Monceau...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Hawaii Travel Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pele Reigniting an Old Lava Flow" is an original fine-art performance photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. The artist signed this piece in the lower right and editioned in the lower l...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film
Soundsuit #6 (Performance Art, Artistic Expression, Contemporary Art)
By Nick Cave
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Cave
Soundsuit #6
Year: 2010
Archival Pigment Print on Premium Rag
Size: 17 x 12 in.
Edition: 200
Signed by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-2069
Tags: #NickCave #Missou...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Mrs. Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 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.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Haile Selassie - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Haile Selassie is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Old Days - Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - Early 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.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mrs. Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mrs. Gilles is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mr Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mr Gilles is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Traffic Court (motion blur, county fair, amusement rides, carnival, Midwest US)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Traffic Court
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 9x16 inches
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.:...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
First Lunar Photographs - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - First Lunar Photographs is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Old Days - Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - Early 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.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Bates Motel (The Last picture Show) - 6 pieces - analog, Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bates Motel (The Last Picture Show) - 2005,
Edition 1/5,
38x36cm each, installed 80x116cm.
6 analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte fini...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Old Days - Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - Early 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.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mrs. Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mrs. Gilles is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Old Days - Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - Early 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.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mrs. Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mrs. Gilles is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mrs. Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mrs. Gilles is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Old Days - Vintage Photo - Landscape - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Landscape is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Old Days - Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - Early 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.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mrs. Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 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.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Doris Day - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Doris Day is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Old Days - Painting in San Marco Venice - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - painting in San Marco Venice is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic 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 mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Exhibition of Man Ray's Photographs in Rome - Vintage Photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition of Man Ray's Photo in Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1975.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Young Claudio Baglioni - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
A very early portrait of Claudio Baglioni realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Emilio Lussu - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Emilio Lussu is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mrs. Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 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.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mrs. Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 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.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Spiritual Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spirits Honoring the Long Cypress No. 1" is an original fine-art photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. This piece is signed in the lower right and editioned in the lower left. Edition ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Galaxy Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Alien Signs at the Hollywood Sign" is an original fine-art photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. This piece is signed in the lower right and editioned in the lower left. Edition: 34/250. The artist depicts the Hollywood sign from behind, showing the steel backing that holds up the H and the O. The city stretches out below the signs. In the lower left corner of the H sign...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Spiritual Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Graveyard Spirits" is an original fine-art performance photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. This piece is signed in the lower right and editioned in the lower left. Edition: 64/250. T...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Spiritual Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spirit Gondoliers, Venice, CA," is an original fine-art photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. The image is signed in the lower right and editioned in the lower left. Edition: 45/250. T...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Spiritual Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Anza Borrego Spirit Shadows & Star-Trails" is an original fine-art photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. The artist signed this piece in the lower right and editioned it in the lower l...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, 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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