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Portrait Photography For Sale
Can't take my Eyes off you (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Can't take my Eyes off you (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
48x47cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signatu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Captain Oates (1910-13)
Located in London, GB
Captain Oates (1910-13)
(photo by Herbert Ponting)
Scott’s Last Expedition, the ‘Terra Nova’ at the Icefoot Ross Island
British Antarctic Expedition South Pole
Herbert George Pon...
Category
1910s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Most of the Time (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Can't take my Eyes off you (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
48x47cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signatu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper
Girl and Jar, San Ildefonso, New Mexico
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project. Print area is in good condition, white border of paper has some wear.
Category
Early 1900s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Chicken Feathers
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Original gelatin, silver, print, signed and pencil with a title and date on the back. Framed to 28x22”.
Category
1990s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Grinding Medicine – Zuni, Plate 606
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project.
Category
Early 1900s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Audrey Hepburn on the set of "Two for the Road" (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 44/50, signed by Terry O'Neill.
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwi...
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
A Hopi Mother, Plate 403, 1921
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project. Print area is in good condition, edges of white border of paper has some handling creases.
Category
Early 1900s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Bilhete de identidade, Untitled 1
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Bilhete de Identidade series
In this series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
''Jeton'' Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print 2 Of 10
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition of TWO of TEN
The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Fun Loving Criminals II by BATIK- Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Fun Loving Criminals II
By BATIK- Signed Limited Edition
Archival pigment pop art print of infamous criminal arrest mugshots of Fifty Cent, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Snoop Dog, ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Casablanca - Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart Original 1942 Print
Located in London, GB
Casablanca - Original 1942 photograph
Vintage 1942 Casablanca Lobby Card:
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and he...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cleaning Wheat – San Juan, 1905
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project.
Category
Early 1900s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Mi Soo Portrait Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Mi Soo Portrait Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front UV Resistant
Billy und Hells are two photographers: Anke Linz (Nürnberg, 1965) and Andreas Oettinger (Munich, 1963). T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
L'ascension, Paris
By Sonia Sieff
Located in Munich, DE
Edition of 7
Also available in 73 x 100 cm / 28.7 x 43.3 in, Edition of 3, price on request
A very beautiful and naked woman is stepping up a circular staircase in an apartment in P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oberon's Lunch
Film star Merle Oberon and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right facing the camera. Circa 1966.
Photo by Slim Aarons
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Shuang Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front UV Resistant In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Shuang Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front UV Resistant In Stock
Billy und Hells are two photographers: Anke Linz (Nürnberg, 1965) and Andreas Oettinger (Munich, 1963). T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
1966 Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front UV Resistant In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
1966 Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front UV Resistant In Stock
Billy und Hells are two photographers: Anke Linz (Nürnberg, 1965) and Andreas Oettinger (Munich, 1963). The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
John, Gary, and Kris, Amsterdam
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Howard Roffman is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
1995
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 25)
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm), sheet
13.75 x 13.5 inches (34.9 ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marko Hands
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Slava Mogutin
Marko Hands, Berlin
2007
Signed, titled, and numbered, verso
Chromogenic print (Edition of 5)
20 x 16 inches, sheet
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Hepburn With Dove Hand Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Hepburn With Dove
1966
by Terry O’Neill
Lifetime hand signed Limited Print
Paper size 12 x 16″ inches / 31 x 41 cm
Gelatin Silver Print
signed and numbered by artist
40/50
With...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ella Portrait Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front UV Resistant
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ella Portrait Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front UV Resistant
Billy und Hells are two photographers: Anke Linz (Nürnberg, 1965) and Andreas Oettinger (Munich, 1963). Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Bilhete de identidade, Untitled 5
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Bilhete de Identidade series
In this series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
Bilhete de identidade, Untitled 7
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Bilhete de Identidade series
In this series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
Bilhete de identidade, Untitled 8
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Bilhete de Identidade series
In this series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
Channel Swimmers, July 15, 1984 by Neal Slavin, 1984, Unique Polaroid Print
By Neal Slavin
Located in Dallas, TX
Channel Swimmers by Neal Slavin depicts an eclectic group posed by a red life buoy on a pebble beach. The group is dressed in swimming attire, all with varying colors and styles of g...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Ann Richards and Dolly Parton in Austin Texas by Scott Newton
Located in Austin, US
Texan politician and former Texas governor, Ann Richards with Dolly Parton taken at the Driskill Hotel, Austin Texas in 1982 by photographer Scott Newton
Photographers notes: We wer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Her Royal Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II In Lilac - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
HRM Queen Elizabeth II visits a new maternity ward at the Lister Hospital in 2012 in Stevenage.
The Queen was on a two day tour of the East Midlands as part of her Diamond Jubilee to...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, Photograph by Christopher Makos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Christopher Makos, American (1948 - )
Title: Andy Warhol and Keith Haring
Year: 1983
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Photograph, signed, stamped and numbered verso
Edition: 1/5
...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brooklyn Two, NY, 2010
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice Gallery VISITOR inspires the imagination. About life, about being, eye and heart his great...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in April 1968.
Slim Aa...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Kennedy, Jackie in Pink Dress, John at Podium
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie in Pink Dress nb_119 -- A Portrait of Jackie. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle phot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vacancy (Instantdreams) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Vacancy (Instantdreams) - 1998
Edition of 5,
58x57cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Archive Fuji Chrystal Paper, based on the Polaroid.
Artist inventory number: 1...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Florence One, Italy, 2023
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
3 Stefanie Schneider's Minis 'Nudes' - triptych, signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
3 Stefanie Schneider's Minis 'Nudes' - 1999 -
signed in front, not mounted.
3 Archival Color Photographs based on 3 original Polaroids.
Polaroid sized open Editions 1999-2022
10...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Polaroid, Lambda, Color, Archival Paper
Antonio Segui - Distraido - Oil on Canvas
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Antonio Segui
38 x 46 cm
Distraido
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated on the back
Antonio Segui Biography
Born in Córdoba, Argentina in 1934, Antonio Seguí currently lives and works in Paris. He studied at the San Fernando Academy in Madrid, Spain as well as the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. His first solo exhibition was in Argentina at age 23.
Antonio Seguí is one of the most internationally renowned Argentinian artists. He began his artistic endeavors at a young age after leaving Argentina to travel the world and study art. His journeys through Latin America, Europe and Africa exposed him to new ideas and encouraged his culturally diverse approach to art.
Influenced by artists like Fernand Leger and Diego Rivera, Seguí’s work is generally satirical, critiquing society and human nature. In a pre-computer age, the artist created a vocabulary that is now being explored by a new generation of artists through comics and Manga, yet his visual language and social commentaries remain poignant, both symbolically and literally.
Throughout his career, Seguí has developed a fascination for urban life, creating in his work the idea of the “everyman.” The city movement, the fast pace at which life happens and the people who live in these urban spaces are some of the elements that constitute the world depicted in his paintings. It is a prototypical realm inhabited by speedy automatons that take immutable routes leading nowhere. Up close, each figure is an individual, walking down dark alleys, pointing, waving and emerging from potholes. But from a distance, the individuals morph into complex patterns swallowed up in a labyrinth of buildings and cookie-cutter trees.
Utilizing cubist techniques, Seguí’s repeated elements give shape to the cities causing planes to vibrate between line and color. Numerous perspectives unfold with each vibration and reflect the many angles of life of the urban man. Always in action, the little figures trample, tip-toe, dodge and advance through Seguí’s imaginary metropolis of life.
His work is representated on a series of narratives and criticisms reflected on paintings that show many little men, dressed in 20's style clothes. He uses his own recourse based on comic strip characters, texts, arrows and various signs, juxtaposed onto the figures that resemble comic strip style language.
Seguí’s work is collected and exhibited worldwide in places such as the MoMA, New York; Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.; Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece; Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria; Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Croatia; and Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico. The Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris organized a retrospective of his works on paper in 2005. A monograph on the artist by Daniel Abadie was published in 2010 by Hazan.
Antonio Segui Resumé
1995
Art Miami '95, USA.
S. Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
Marwan Hoss, Paris, France
Gallerie du Cirque Divers, Belgium
Le Moulin du Roc, France
Fundacao C. Gulbenkaian, Portugal
Gallerie J. Rubeiz, Beirut, Liban
1994
F. Santos, Portugal
E. Franck Gallery, Belgium
1993
Galleria San Carlo, Milan, Italy
Galería I. Vega, Puerto Rico
Winance-Sabbe, Belgium
FIAC, Paris, France
1992
Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Espace Julio Gonzales...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Oil
Bilhete de identidade, Untitled 2
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Bilhete de Identidade series
In this series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
Marilyn Looking up in the Wedding Veil
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn Looking up in the Wedding Veil
Print on photo paper
Inkjet technique
Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms
Dimension photo: 30 X 30 cms
50 copies
Photo of ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Floor full of pink salt, yellow sponge, surreal shadows, coquette pop art.
Located in Carballo, ES
The photograph measures 40 x 60 cm. It is printed on matte Hahnehmühle paper.
The dimension of time for María Moldes (Pontevedra, 1974) is used as a weapon of resistance against wha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Puppeteer (Haley and the Birds)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Puppeteer (Haley and the Birds) - 2013
50x49cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
Eric Clapton "Shangri La"
By Ed Caraeff
Located in Austin, US
Guitar legend, Eric Clapton, taking a break from recording his album ‘No Reason To Cry’ at Shangri La recording studio in Malibu, CA, US, November 21, 1975. Limited edition number 2/...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp Hand Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp
photo by Terry O’Neill
1963
A close cropped portrait of British actor Terence Stamp and model Jean ‘The Shrimp’ Shrimpton, London 1963.
The couple ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gregory (Banana)
Located in New York, NY
This is a photograph by Aaron Cobbett offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Gregory (Banana)
1997
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in black ink, verso
Archival pigment print (Edit...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Back Stop (Instantdreams) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Back Stop (Instantdreams) - 1998
58x57cm
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Archive Fuji Chrystal Paper, based on the Polaroid.
Arti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider 2 Polaroid sized Minis - 'Heavenly Falls' - signed, loose
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Mini
Caitlin aka Jane Bond & Miss Moneypenny with Beach Ball (Heavenly Falls) - 2005
signed in front, not mounted.
Digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Polaroid, Lambda, Color, Archival Paper
Sherlock #2 by Kevin Horan, 2012, Archival Pigment Print, Portrait Photography
By Kevin Horan
Located in Dallas, TX
This portrait by Kevin Horan features a side profile of a white curly haired goat, from Horan's series Chattel. The photograph is signed, titled, dated and numbered by Kevin Horan, i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Channel Swimmers, July 15, 1984
By Neal Slavin
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique polaroid.
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso by Neal Slavin.
Paper size: 30 x 22 in. Image size: 24 x 20 in.
32 1/2 x 29 1/4 x 2 in. white frame included.
Nea...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Che Guevara, Havana, 1964 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Che Guevara, Havana, 1964 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
Av...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Thursday II (Wonder Valley)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Thursday I (Wonder Valley) - 2005
40x48cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Bilhete de identidade, Untitled 6
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Bilhete de Identidade series
In this series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
Bilhete de identidade, Untitled 3
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Bilhete de Identidade series
In this series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
Bilhete de identidade, Untitled 4
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Bilhete de Identidade series
In this series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
Tyler Shields - Chanel Acid, Photography 2015, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Indulgence
Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper
All available sizes and editions:
18" x 18" $2,500.00
30" x 30" $5,000.00
45" x 45" $12,000.00
60" x 60" $20,000....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment
Talisa Sato, Naples, Italy, 1990 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion, Woman
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Talisa Sato, Naples, Italy, 1990
1990
Archival pigment print
Image 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only
Albert Wa...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Hans and Penelope' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Hans and Penelope' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998 -
Edition of 10,
40x50cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certifi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Jasper Johns and Leo Castelli, legendary Pop artist and his dealer, FRAMED
By Hans Namuth
Located in New York, NY
Hans Namuth
Jasper Johns and Leo Castelli, ca. 1985
Color Photograph
Frame included
Provenance: from the Marjorie and Anselm Talalay collection, Cleveland, OH.
Rare original color p...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Audrey Hepburn at Home, Heron Day Bed, Looks Down, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r18_4 -- Audrey Hepburn at home. This image is an out take from the photo shoot for the cover of the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life magazine. Image size i...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs
Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.
Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.
Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.
While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.
Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.
Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.
On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.
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