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Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
out to the prospect. In this Modern Photography Cover of August 1983, they chose a radical departure
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1980s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper

Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
out to the prospect. In this Modern Photography Cover of August 1983, they chose a radical departure
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1980s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Things of Beauty", Tuscon, AZ, 1994
By Gordon Stettinius
Located in Hudson, NY
, landscape, surreal, photography, america, midwest photography, still life, black and white, b&w, black
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1990s Modern Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Surreal Blue Landscape - Early Sci-fi Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image from the imagination of Mitchell Funk was the cover photograph for Popular Photography
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal LandScape Photograph Four Pyramids, Cover Popular Photography Magazin
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal LandScape with Four Pyramids Cover Popular Photography Magazine, November, 1977 Mitchell
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Landscape Sci-Fi Landscape - Modern Photography Magazine Cover
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
in the early 1980's in the pre-digital ear. It was a Modern Photography Cover 1984. Mitchell Funk
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1980s Abstract Geometric Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Pigment

Surreal Landscape Sci-Fi Landscape - Modern Photography Magazine Cover
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
in the early 1980's in the pre-digital ear. It was a Modern Photography Cover 1984. Mitchell Funk
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1980s Abstract Geometric Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Pigment

Surreal Road, Monument Valley, Sci-fi Photography, Science Fiction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
photography. For this end, they recruited conceptual color photographer Mitchell Funk to pilot the nascence of
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Blue Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image from the imagination of Mitchell Funk was the cover photograph for Popular Photography
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Blue Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Cover Popular Photography, May 1978, Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Palmist - Street photography, America, 20th Century, Robert Frank, Surreal
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
, surreal and sometimes mundane, but create an atmosphere of an eerie backwater America. His photographs
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Surreal Impressionist Landscape in Lavender
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
, it's an example of groundbreaking color photography that is generations ahead of time when most color
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1970s Post-Impressionist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Yellow Nude with Eye
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Inkjet

SciFi Surreal Landscape of Unconscious Dreams
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
is picked up in the trees to unify the different perspectives. Published Popular Photography Magazine
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Nude man on Endless Surreal Road
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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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ed's at Rockefeller Center, Sci-Fi Surreal
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
art Hahnemuhle paper. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of Sci-fi Photography and "Color Photography" In
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1990s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Athletic Male Nude on Endless Surreal Arizona Road
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
magazines and books. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink

Muscular Nude Man on Dreamy Surreal Road to Destiny
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
or metaphysical states. View Mitchell Funk's "Nude Man on Surreal Road" and your destiny awaits
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Cemetery - Dislocated Series
Located in Toronto, ON
11" x 14" Unframed Silver Gelatin Print Hand Signed by Ken Heyman From the Dislocated series
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Road To Monument Valley - Surreal Road in Desert
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
brings finely honed photography skills such as composition, intense lighting and design to found subject
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1980s Abstract Impressionist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Inkjet

Nude man on Endless Surreal Arizona Road to Infinity
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
work has been published in magazines and books. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Inkjet

Surreal City Scene with Man and his Shadows in Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal City Scene with Man and his Shadows - Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso
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1990s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Desert Landscape with Blue Mountain and Magenta Moon - Monument Valley
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Surreal Desert Landscape" is an example of Mitchell Funk's early work. It depicts Monument Valley
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Brooklyn Bridge with Blue Sky Golden Windows and Red Kite
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
liberated himself from the conventional color photography sensibility of the time. He experimented with
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Curvy Nude in Surreal Landscape of Red and Blue - Album Cover
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal Fantasy Album Cover Beck & Sanborn for CTI records. This image is signed, dated and
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Gas Station on a Foggy Night with Green Lights. Close Encounters
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
location and then wait for the light to be magical. With "Surreal Gas Station on a Foggy Night" the shot
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Beauty Cream, New York
By Horst P. Horst
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1940s Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper

Two Facades - Old New York Bar with Surreal Mid-Century Mannequin Face
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
deeper meaning. The image was created in 1974, a time in Art History when color photography was barely
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sci-fi Single Man, Surreal Road to Destiny, Camera 35 Cover - Surrealism -
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered 4/15 recto, unframed, printed later, other sizes available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Cover Camera 35 Magazine Aug/Sept 1976
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Otto Steinert 'Lalage' Photography
By Otto Steinert
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
experimented with form and technique to explore photography as a mode of personal expression. Steinert was a
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1940s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Surreal Photography

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Paper

Otto Steinert 'Lalage' Photography
Otto Steinert 'Lalage' Photography
H 17.33 in W 13 in D 0.04 in
Golden Light on 1970s Road - Street Photography: Literally
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. At a time when most color photographers were just pointing cameras
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1970s Impressionist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Archival Pigment

Safetyville, Sacramento by David Graham, 1989, C-Print, Photography
By David Graham
Located in Dallas, TX
the suburban landscapes of America. The landscapes Graham captures are vividly colored and surreal
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Color

Giant Women Signs - Michael Ormerod, USA, Travel photography, Documentary
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
unconventional, surreal and sometimes mundane, but create an atmosphere of an eerie backwater America. His
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Paradise, Pennsylvania by David Graham, 2004, C-Print, Landscape Photography
By David Graham
Located in Dallas, TX
colored and surreal windows of the odd landmarks and attractions that are beacons of middle class America
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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C Print

Rosemary Ellis Pipes VI Gelatin Silver Print surreal published photograph
By Rosemary Ellis
Located in London, GB
Rosemary Ellis Pipes VI Original photography for Pipes and Wires in the Outlooks and Insights
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rosemary Ellis Cooling Towers Silver Gelatin Photograph Print Surreal electric
By Rosemary Ellis
Located in London, GB
Rosemary Ellis (1910-1988) Cooling Towers Original photography for Pipes and Wires in the Outlooks
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rosemary Ellis Windows XVIII Silver Gelatin Photograph Print Surreal published
By Rosemary Ellis
Located in London, GB
(1910-1988) Windows XVIII Original photography for Windows in the Outlooks and Insights series published
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sandwich Board in Street - Michael Ormerod, 20th Century, America, Surreal
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
, surreal and sometimes mundane, but create an atmosphere of an eerie backwater America. His photographs
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Black and White, Photographic Paper

Two Run-Down Fashion Shops - Michael Ormerod, Travel, Documentary photography
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
. The subjects of the work are unconventional, surreal and sometimes mundane, but create an atmosphere
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1980s Modern Vintage Surreal Photography

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Color, Photographic Paper

Steppin' in High Fashions, Colorado - Michael Ormerod, USA, Travel, Photography
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
. The subjects of the work are unconventional, surreal and sometimes mundane, but create an atmosphere
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1980s Modern Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Gold Car, Butte, Montana, 1986 - Michael Ormerod, USA, Travel photography
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
. The subjects of the work are unconventional, surreal and sometimes mundane, but create an atmosphere
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Color, Photographic Paper

Fort Madison, Iowa by David Graham, 1993, C-Print, Color Photography
By David Graham
Located in Dallas, TX
suburban landscapes of America. The landscapes Graham captures are vividly colored and surreal windows of
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Color

Veterans Parade, Yuma, Arizona, 1986 by David Graham, C-Print, Photography
By David Graham
Located in Dallas, TX
landscapes of America. The landscapes Graham captures are vividly colored and surreal windows of the odd
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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C Print

29 Day Dreams - 29 Palms, CA, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait Photography
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
stereotypes of film. Making use of instant photography, proceeding from which significantly enlarged C-prints
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Rosemary Ellis Pipes V Gelatin Silver Photograph Print 1975 Surreal Pipes
By Rosemary Ellis
Located in London, GB
Rosemary Ellis (1910-1988) Pipes V Original photography for Pipes and Wires in the Outlooks and
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rosemary Ellis Pipes III Gelatin Silver Print Photogragh surreal Pipes 1975
By Rosemary Ellis
Located in London, GB
Rosemary Ellis Pipes III Original photography for Pipes and Wires in the Outlooks and Insights
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rosemary Ellis Windows V Gelatin Silver Photograph Surreal Print for book
By Rosemary Ellis
Located in London, GB
books for the Bodley Head. These photographs of everyday scenes combine to create a glorious surreal
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sky Ranch Motel, Las Vegas, Nevada by David Graham, 1988, C-Print, Photography
By David Graham
Located in Dallas, TX
vividly colored and surreal windows of the odd landmarks and attractions that are beacons of middle class
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20th Century Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Color

P Star Parking, Dallas TX by David Graham, 1997, C-Print, Landscape Photography
By David Graham
Located in Dallas, TX
the suburban landscapes of America. The landscapes Graham captures are vividly colored and surreal
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20th Century Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Color

Rosemary Ellis Dam VI Surreal Photograph Silver Gelatin Print for Bodley Head
By Rosemary Ellis
Located in London, GB
books for the Bodley Head. These photographs of everyday scenes combine to create a glorious surreal
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Man Ray Epreuve de Artiste Photography – Hand Signed and Stamped Masterpiece
By Man Ray
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Immerse yourself in the surreal with this exceptional black and white Epreuve de Artiste
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Surreal Photography

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Paper

Benarés, India, 1997 - Graciela Iturbide (Black and White Photography)
By Graciela Iturbide
Located in London, GB
Benarés, India, 1997 - Graciela Iturbide (Black and White Photography) Signed Silver gelatin print
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Late 20th Century Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Civitella, Italia, 2001 - Graciela Iturbide (Black and White Photography)
By Graciela Iturbide
Located in London, GB
Civitella, Italia, 2001 - Graciela Iturbide (Black and White Photography) Signed on reverse Silver
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Late 20th Century Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

First Steps, Gelatin Silver Photography by Czech Photographer Prague 1960s
By Jan Saudek
Located in New york, NY
. “First Steps” is a celebration of parent-child intimacy. Standing apart from many of Saudek’s surreal and
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1960s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Man Walking Past Parking Lot - Classic car, Cadillac, Street photography
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
, surreal and sometimes mundane, but create an atmosphere of an eerie backwater America. His photographs
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1980s Modern Vintage Surreal Photography

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Black and White, Photographic Paper

Man with Newspaper - Street photography, Liberty print, Fashion, Style, America
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
, surreal and sometimes mundane, but create an atmosphere of an eerie backwater America. His photographs
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White

African American Man on Street - 20th Century, America, Street photography
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
. The subjects of the work are unconventional, surreal and sometimes mundane, but create an atmosphere
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20th Century Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Señor de los Pájaros [Lord of the Birds], 1985 - Graciela Iturbide (Photography)
By Graciela Iturbide
Located in London, GB
Señor de los Pájaros [Lord of the Birds], 1985 - Graciela Iturbide (Photography) Signed on reverse
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Late 20th Century Vintage Surreal Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Man Walking in Front of Building, Houston - Black and white, Street photography
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
, surreal and sometimes mundane, but create an atmosphere of an eerie backwater America. His photographs
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Black and White, Photographic Paper

Girl on Street Corner, Chicago, 1978 - 20th Century, Black and White Photography
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
, surreal and sometimes mundane, but create an atmosphere of an eerie backwater America. His photographs
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Surreal Photography

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Black and White, Photographic Paper

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Surely you’ll find the exact piece of vintage surreal photography you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. Find Abstract versions now, or shop for Abstract creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. You’re likely to find the perfect item from our selection of vintage surreal photography among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a choice in our collection of vintage surreal photography to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, blue, beige, brown and more. An object in our assortment of vintage surreal photography from Mitchell Funk, Rosemary Ellis, Cecil Beaton, Michael Ormerod and Bill Brandt — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these — often created in paper, silver gelatin print and archival pigment print — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Vintage Surreal Photography?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a piece of vintage surreal photography in our inventory may begin at $270 and can go as high as $7,500, while the average can fetch as much as $4,000.

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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 Surreal Photography
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    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.