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Mid Century Mercedes SL, Midnight Modern Series Contemporary Photography
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Palm Springs Mid Century Modern Architecture, Vintage Classic Mercedes SL, Palm Desert, Limited
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Steve McQueen Home, Midnight Modern Architecture Photography
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. Steve McQueen vintage car photographed for the first
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Mercedes Benz SL, Midnight Modern Series Contemporary Photography
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Palm Springs Mid Century Modern Architecture, Vintage Classic Mercedes Benz SL, Palm Desert
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Mercedes Benz SL, Midnight Modern Series Contemporary Photography
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Palm Springs Mid Century Modern Architecture, Vintage Classic Mercedes Benz SL, Palm Desert
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Early Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting
By Tommie Olson
Located in Houston, TX
Mid century modern abstract by artist Tommie (Thomas) Olson a student of Robert Preusser, when he
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century Classic Porsche Car Carrera Midnight Modern Contemporary Photography
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Landscape, Classic Red Porsche Carrera, Palm Tree, Mid Century Modern, Limited Series. Archival
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Chevy El Camino, Midnight Modern Series Contemporary Photography
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Landscape, Car, Palm Tree, Vintage Chevy El Camino, Mid Century Modern, Limited Series. Archival
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Modern Architecture Classic Porsche Photograph Raspberry Moonlight
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Architecture Classic Porsche Photograph Raspberry Moonlight. Classic Car in Palm
Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Vintage Porsche Alfa Romeo Mid Century Modern Architecture Photograph
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Landscape, Vintage Car, Palm Tree, Classic Porsche, Mid Century Modern, Limited Series. Archival
Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Midnight Modern, Tom Blachford Mid Century Classic Porsche
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
of Palm Springs and Mid Century, Blachford’s large scale works explores some of the outer reaches of
Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Midnight Modern, Tom Blachford Mid Century Classic Porsche
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
of Palm Springs and Mid Century, Blachford’s large scale works explores some of the outer reaches of
Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Mid Century Vintage 356 Porsche, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. Steve McQueen. Classic Vintage 356 Porsche, Midnight
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2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Vintage 356 Porsche, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. Steve McQueen. Classic Vintage 356 Porsche, Midnight
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Blue 356 Porsche, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture.Blue vintage Porsche Car photographed in Palm Desert
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Cotton, Photographic Paper

Kaufmann Desert House Midnight Modern Series Mid Century Contemporary Photograph
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modern Architecture, Mid Century Home, Palm Tree & Pool Design. Mid Century Modern Architecture
Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Cotton

Mid Century Steve McQueen Pool, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. Steve McQueen vintage car photographed for the first
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Steve McQueen Pool, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. Steve McQueen vintage car photographed for the first
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Vintage 356 Porsche, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. Steve McQueen. Classic Vintage 356 Porsche, Midnight
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Cotton, Photographic Paper

Las Vegas Motel with Mid-Century Street Sign and Palm Tree
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Gaudy commercial street signs for cigarettes visually align with a mid-century Motel sign to form a
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mid Century Steve McQueen Pool, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. Steve McQueen vintage car photographed for the first
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Steve McQueen Pool, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. Steve McQueen vintage car photographed for the first
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Modern Architecture Classic Pontiac Vivant & Mercedes-Benz SL
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Architecture Classic 1965 Pontiac Vivant & Mercedes Benz SL - Palm Desert, Moon
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Modern Classic Chevrolet Corvette Mid Century, Limited Edition Photograph
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
of Palm Springs and Mid Century, Blachford’s large scale works explores some of the outer reaches of
Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Modern Classic Chevrolet Corvette Mid Century, Limited Edition Photograph
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
of Palm Springs and Mid Century, Blachford’s large scale works explores some of the outer reaches of
Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Tom Blachford Mid Century Modern Architecture Classic Poolside Ferarri
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
of Palm Springs and Mid Century, Blachford’s large scale works explores some of the outer reaches of
Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Mid Century Modern Architecture Photograph - Jennings Pool - Tom Blachford's
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
of Palm Springs and Mid Century, Blachford’s new exhibition of 12 large scale works explores some of
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2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Mid Century Red Jaguar E Type, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Limited Edition photograph by Australian Photographer Tom Blachford. Mid Century Modern Palm
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Mercedes SL 300 Kaufmann, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Limited Edition photograph by Australian Photographer Tom Blachford. Mid Century Modern Palm
Category

2010s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Cotton, Photographic Paper

Colony at Dawn, Palm Springs, California - Mid-Century Architecture Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
piece features the mid-century architecture of Ballantines Movie Colony, California, captured at dawn
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Classic Porsche Targa Mid Century Modern Architecture Palm Springs Photography
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Century Modern Design Architecture. Photography by Tom Blachford. What began for Tom Blachford as a
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2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas - Mid Century
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage mid-century motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada. Signed, dated and numbered 2/15
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Honeymoon Hideaway, Palm Springs California - Mid-century architecture photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
a blown up contact sheet. Honeymoon Hideaway captures iconic mid-century futuristic Googie Palm
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Tom Blachford Porsche Targa Mid Century Modern Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Century Modern Design Architecture. Photography by Tom Blachford. What began for Tom Blachford as a
Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

American Flag with Retro Mid-Century Car - Red and Blue - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
What is more patriotic than a retro mid-century blue and red 70s convertible with an American flag
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Parisian Balcony — Mid-Century Photogravure
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
critical essays on photography, printmaker, and painter. Duval became a member of the French Society of
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Ballantines Movie Colony II, Palm Springs, California - Mid-Century Architecture
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
captures Palm Springs mid-century modern architecture and the desert oasis it is in this palm print. This
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ballantines Movie Colony II, Palm Springs, California - Mid-Century Architecture
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Dream in Colour' Series, here he perfectly captures Palm Springs mid-century
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ballantines Movie Colony II, Palm Springs, California - Mid-Century Architecture
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Dream in Colour' Series, here he perfectly captures Palm Springs mid-century
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Vintage Las Vegas Motel Sign - Mid Century Sky Ranch Motel
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Funk to photograph the punchy primary colors of a mid-century Las Vegas hotel sign. A solitary figure
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

Honeymoon Hideaway, Palm Springs California - Mid-century architecture photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
a blown up contact sheet. Honeymoon Hideaway captures iconic mid-century futuristic Googie Palm
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Courchevel' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
that capture the luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century. Renowned for his
Category

1970s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print

Motel Entrance II, Salton Sea, California - Mid-Century Architecture Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Classic mid-century architecture in this artwork from the Salton Sea California. Rich blues, palm
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Klosters' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Magic Carpet - vibrant color observations of mid century Mediterranean interior
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
observances of a first class cabin in a mid century era Mediterranean island ferry boat 48 x 72 inches
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Magic Carpet - vibrant color observations of mid century Mediterranean interior
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
observances on a mid century era Mediterranean island ferry boat 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm signed edition
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Thunderbird - large scale photograph of iconic mid century neon signage
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Thunderbird by Frank Schott large format photograph of iconic mid century motel neon sign 48 x 60
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Pont Marie, Paris — Mid-Century Photogravure
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Duval (1907-1984) was a highly-regarded French photographer, author of critical essays on photography
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Mid Century Vintage -- Arab Couple - Palestine
By Eva Korn
Located in Soquel, CA
from Switzerland, where she was studying photography. Photographs she had taken in 1951 of the then-new
Category

1950s Photorealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Mid Century Wilder Ranch Landscape Photograph
By Vester Dick
Located in Soquel, CA
Photography during his many years in Santa Cruz, CA. He took commercial, weddings, and portraiture photography
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color

Two Facades - Old New York Bar with Surreal Mid-Century Mannequin Face
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
double-exposed an image of a mid-century mannequin over the top part of the picture. The face and facade
Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Las Brisas' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
capture the luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century. Renowned for his candid
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Snowmass Gathering' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
synonymous with images that capture the luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Las Brisas' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
capture the luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century. Renowned for his candid
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
that capture the luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century. Renowned for his
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
that capture the luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century. Renowned for his
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
that capture the luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century. Renowned for his
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
that capture the luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century. Renowned for his
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Hang Gliding' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century. Renowned for his candid portraits of
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Zermatt Skiing' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
the luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century. Renowned for his candid portraits
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Snowmass Village' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
synonymous with images that capture the luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

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Midcentury Photography For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate piece of midcentury photography for your needs in our varied inventory. Find Modern versions now, or shop for Modern creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. If you’re looking for an item from our selection of midcentury photography from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 19th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right choice in our collection of midcentury photography for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of black, gray, beige and blue. Finding an appealing object in our assortment of midcentury photography — no matter the origin — is easy, but Mark Shaw, Bob Gruen, Henry Diltz, Barrie Wentzell and Jay Blakesberg each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in pigment print, archival pigment print and silver gelatin print can add an especially memorable touch. A large option in this array of midcentury photography can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 3.15 high and 1.5 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.

How Much is a Midcentury Photography?

The price for a piece of midcentury photography in our collection starts at $19 and tops out at $83,835 with the average selling for $1,125.

Finding the Right Photography for You

Find a broad range of photography on 1stDibs today.

The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later. 

Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide. 

What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?

Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.

Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.

Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.