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Painted Faces, Tribal Women Ethiopia, Africa, Photography on Japanese Paper
By Jean-Michel Voge
Located in New york, NY
with painted faces from the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. The photograph is
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Little Surma Boy, Tribal Child Ethiopia, Africa, Photography on Japanese Paper
By Jean-Michel Voge
Located in New york, NY
the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. The photograph is printed by the artist on
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Nelson Mandela in his Cell on Robben Island [Revisit]
By Jürgen Schadeberg
Located in Santa Monica, CA
South African Photography”, is a principle figure in South African and World Photography. Schadeberg was
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Late 20th Century Vintage African Photography

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Platinum

Wenda And Ostriches, South Africa, 1951 - Norman Parkinson (Photography)
By Norman Parkinson
Located in London, GB
Stamped with photographer’s estate ink stamp, inscribed with title and numbered on reverse C-type print Available in multiple sizes: 16 x 20 inches, edition of 21 + 3 PPs 20 x 24 in...
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Late 20th Century Vintage African Photography

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C Print

Dandy, Surma Boy, Tribal Child Omo Valley Ethiopia Africa, Portrait Photography
By Jean-Michel Voge
Located in New york, NY
headdress from the Surma Tribe in Ethiopia, Africa. The photograph is printed by the artist on handmade
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Tree, Portrait Photography of Tribal Children in Omo Valley Ethiopia Africa
By Jean-Michel Voge
Located in New york, NY
boys from the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. This is a signed archival pigment print 24" x 17" (sheet
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset, Animal Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
considered art. His early color work anticipates developments in color photography by generations. In 1970 he
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1980s Post-Impressionist Vintage African Photography

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Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Woman Protestor, March on Washington, African-American Civil Rights Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
, capturing the daily life of African-Americans. Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the East
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

Woman on Bus, Washington Protest, African-American Civil Rights Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Fire Hydrant, Harlem, Portrait Photography of African American Children 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pi...

Beauty Contest, Harlem, Black and White Photography of African American Fashion
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
in White America, page 106. Predating Fashion Week the photograph punctuates African Americans
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

African American Man on Street - 20th Century, America, Street photography
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. A dramatic Black & White print on Hahnemuehle Paper available in this size in ...
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20th Century Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Muscle Boy, Harlem, Black and White Photography 1960s African American Children
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
: Photographies 1954 - 1990" and in "The Concerned Photographer." W. A. Ewing, N. Herschdorfer, and W. van
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital Pigment, Photographic Film, Arc...

Berlin, Germany, African-American Soldier in Europe And Civil Rights Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
an African-American soldier in Berlin is from Freed's seminal book Black in White America (p. 6). For
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

Southern State, Black and White Civil Rights Photography African Americans 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
travelled to New York, Washington, D.C., and throughout the South, capturing the daily life of African
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

FELA KUTI photograph collection
Located in NEW YORK, NY
. Political Art. African artists. Music photography. Africa photography.
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1980s Pop Art Vintage African Photography

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Silver Gelatin

African savanna, Giraffes at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color
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1980s Futurist Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper

African American Youth With Water Reflections
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970's Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer of color photography. In this stunning portrait
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1970s Conceptual Vintage African Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Bruce Springsteen, USA for Africa, 1985
By Harry Benson
Located in New York, NY
Bruce Springsteen, USA for Africa, 1985
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1980s Vintage African Photography

Bob Dylan, USA for Africa, 1985
By Harry Benson
Located in New York, NY
Bob Dylan, USA for Africa, 1985
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1980s Vintage African Photography

Voyage to Central Africa- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Voyage to Central Africa is a Silver Salt  Print realized in the Early 20th Century. Good
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1930s Modern Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Photo - Africa Dove - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Africa Dove is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 20th century
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Photo - Africa Dove - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Africa Dove is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 20th century
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper

Heard of Elephants on African Plane at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Silhouetted elephants trek across a desolate African landscape are backlit by a soulful sunset
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1980s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

South African Swimming Pool (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A luxury house in South Africa with stairs leading to the swimming pool in the garden, 1958
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1950s Modern Vintage African Photography

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Lambda

"Avril Crosby" Mixed Media Black And White Photography, Silver Gelatin Print
By Peter Beard
Located in New York, NY
Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrate his photographs have been widely shown and
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1950s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Ink, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Dunes, Namibia, Africa
By Kurt Markus
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Kurt Markus, Dunes, Namibia, Africa, 2002. gelatin silver print Signed print recto.
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Late 20th Century Vintage African Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dunes, Namibia, Africa
By Kurt Markus
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Kurt Markus, Dunes, Namibia, Africa, 2002. gelatin silver print Signed print recto.
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Late 20th Century Vintage African Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Arthur English, Hand Colored Photograph, Signed, South Africa, circa 1950's
Located in Chatham, ON
board - unframed - signed lower/right by the photographer/artist - South Africa - circa 1950's
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Mid-20th Century South African Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Photography

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Paint, Paper

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - South Africa Swimming Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). A luxury house in South Africa with
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1950s Modern Vintage African Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons, South Africa Swimming Pool (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
South Africa Swimming Pool, 1958 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A luxury house in
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

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Lambda

South Africa Swimming Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
South Africa Swimming Pool 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A luxury house
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1950s Modern Vintage African Photography

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Archival Pigment

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
considered art. His early color work anticipates developments in color photography by generations. In 1970 he
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1980s Post-Impressionist Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Lion in Africa
By Arthur Elgort
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1990s Vintage African Photography

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Silver Gelatin

South Africa Swimming Pool 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
South Africa Swimming Pool 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition A luxury house in South Africa with
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1950s Modern Vintage African Photography

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Color

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
work anticipates developments in color photography by generations. In 1970 he participated in one the
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1980s Post-Impressionist Vintage African Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
considered art. His early color work anticipates developments in color photography by generations. In 1970 he
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Vintage African Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
considered art. His early color work anticipates developments in color photography by generations. In 1970 he
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1980s Post-Impressionist Vintage African Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Inkjet

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
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

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Lambda

Rare Vintage Color C Print Photograph African Maasai Warrior Chromogenic Photo
By Carol Beckwith
Located in Surfside, FL
photojournalism documenting the indigenous tribal cultures of Africa, most notably in partnership with the
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1970s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Rare Vintage Color C Print Photograph African Maasai Warrior Chromogenic Photo
By Carol Beckwith
Located in Surfside, FL
photojournalism documenting the indigenous tribal cultures of Africa, most notably in partnership with the
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1970s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waiters' 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
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waiters' 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
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Verbier Vacation' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waiters' 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
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Lambda

Family, Surma Tribe, Omo Valley Ethiopia, Africa, Photograph on Japanese Paper
By Jean-Michel Voge
Located in New york, NY
Valley, Ethiopia. A group portrait of a tribal family in the horn of Africa, Ethiopia in a country once
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
of photography. It was when she photographed Jimi Hendrix at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 1969
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20th Century American Modern Vintage African Photography

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Color

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
of photography. It was when she photographed Jimi Hendrix at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 1969
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20th Century American Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Color

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
of photography. It was when she photographed Jimi Hendrix at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 1969
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20th Century American Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Color

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
of photography. It was when she photographed Jimi Hendrix at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 1969
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20th Century American Modern Vintage African Photography

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Color

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
of photography. It was when she photographed Jimi Hendrix at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 1969
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20th Century American Modern Vintage African Photography

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Color

C Print Color Photo Mississippi Juke Joint Photograph African American Americana
By Birney Imes
Located in Surfside, FL
photography career originated from. Imes began photographing after graduation from college and is largely self
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1980s American Realist Vintage African Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Wisdom by Margaret Hicks, 1990, C-Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
, South Africa; Beirut, Lebanon, and Denton, Texas. Mother: Florence Elizabeth Struan Wallace (Knott
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Idyll' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Idyll' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Skiers At Verbier' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Lambda

Boy with Calf, Tribal Child in Ethiopia, Africa, Japanese Paper Limited Edition
By Jean-Michel Voge
Located in New york, NY
Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. The photograph is printed by the artist on handmade Awagami Japanese
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Slim Aarons 'Lech Ice Bar' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in
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1960s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Lambda

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Vintage African Photography For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact piece of vintage african photography you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. In our selection of items, you can find Contemporary examples as well as a Modern version. Finding the perfect item from our selection of vintage african photography may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a choice in our collection of vintage african photography to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of black, gray, purple, blue and more. An object in our assortment of vintage african photography from Hideoki Hagiwara, Jean-Michel Voge, Leonard Freed, Mitchell Funk and Slim Aarons — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. 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 paper, silver gelatin print and digital print can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Vintage African Photography?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a piece of vintage african photography in our inventory may begin at $100 and can go as high as $22,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,800.

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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. 

Questions About Vintage African Photography
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
    Vintage photography are the earliest prints that photographers could make from negatives. Yet even later copies from the same negative are considered original vintage prints. Find a collection of photography today on 1stDibs.