Contemporary Color Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Indian Paintbrush #2 : Archival pigment print
Located in New York, NY
Photograph "Indian Paintbrush #2" by Holly Gordon. The artwork showcases the enduring fascination and artistic exploration of the enchanting world of plants, flowers and nature, a pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In Monet's Garden : Archival pigment print
Located in New York, NY
Photograph "In Monet's Garden" by Holly Gordon. The artwork showcases the enduring fascination and artistic exploration of the enchanting world of plants, flowers and nature, a passi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beachboy (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Beachboy (Zuma Beach) - 1999
20x25cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 207.
Not mou...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper
Christos J. Palios - Verdant Volcanic, Photography 2022, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
All available unframed sizes and editions:
23" x 30” Edition Size: 10, Artist Proofs 2 - $2,200
31" x 41” Edition Size: 8, Artist Proofs 2 - $3,250
40" x 53” Edition Size: 5, Arti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Michael & Delilah, The Whoopee Club, London - Cinematic Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Michael & Delilah, photograph from Richard Heeps 'Burlesque' Series, this contemporary portrait is so cool and cinematic.
Richard became well-known for his Burlesque Photography afte...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Like Ice in the Clouds (Japan) No. 117
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print, framed, edition 8.
Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided.
In this latest body of work, Simone Rosenbauer continues her series "...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deer and Bull, Mexico
By Phyllis Galembo
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Phyllis Galembo
Deer and Bull, Mexico, 2012
Fujiflex
19 x 19 inches (48.3 x 48.3 cm)
Edition 2/6
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Christos J. Palios - Kæfufoss, Photography 2022, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
A veritably surreal and abstract volcanic terrain highlighted by a dark charcoal knife's-edge path atop the crest of a hill in the foreground. In the distance at center-right, one ob...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Burlesque Trio - Set of Three Framed Color Portrait Photographs
Located in Cambridge, GB
Three framed artworks from Richard Heeps Burlesque series.
Boudoir, Tease-O-Rama, Hollywood, 2003
Delilah Right Red Hand I, The Whoopee Club, London, 2004
Dirty Martini Fan Dance XX...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Color, Silver Gelatin, C Print
Edition 1/10 - Marquee, Granville, France, C-Type Photograph
By Paul Cooklin
Located in Eye, England
Edition 1/10 - Marquee, Granville, France, C-Type Photograph
Edition of 10 + 5 APs. Signature and edition number on bottom front border with artists blind stamp.
Limited edition, ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Laser Light, Photographic Paper, C Print
Lifeguard (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lifeguard (Zuma Beach) - 1999
20x25cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory #499.
Not mou...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
'Spring Rain' Large Scale Photograph Cherry blossom Sakura flowers green white
Located in Penzance, GB
'Spring Rain' ('Mono No Aware' Series) 40 x 60" edition
Limited edition archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed
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The cherry blossoms burst from naked...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Digital...
Prepping (Stage of Consciousness) - 20x24cm, starring Udo Kier - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Prepping (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007
20x24cm,
Edition 2/10.
Archival C-Print.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 7716.
Not mounted.
In this captivating ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
1938 Buick
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Carousel En Fleur - Plate I
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Carousel En Fleur - Plate II
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Indy II
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Art of Speed Plate II
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Leaving Port
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rush Hour in SoHo
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
When Cake Was 5 Cents, Flo's Diner, Toronto
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Top Speed 110
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Archival Photograph of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Dutch Soho NY
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition C-Print of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Pool Chairs, La Concha Pool, Las Vegas - American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Vintage chairs, poolside at the La Concha Motel Las Vegas swimming pool. Part of Richard Heeps Dream in Colour series. This motel is a part of Las Vegas history, designed by Paul Wi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
^Framed^ Joan Didion in front of her Stingray Corvette, 1968 - Edition AP/5
Located in Chicago, IL
Joan Didion in front of her Daytona Yellow Stingray Corvette, 1968, Time magazine
TIME commissioned this portrait of author Joan Didion photographed at her rented home on Franklin A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Amber Waves of Grain, Montana by Jeanine Michna-Bales, 2019
Located in Dallas, TX
Amber Waves of Grain, Montana by Jeanine Michna-Bales is a sublime landscape photograph depicting a vast field of golden grass with a mountain range on the horizon.
Image size: 12 x 18 in.
Paper size: 17 x 22 in.
Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 8
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist on verso, with artist studio stamp
From the series: Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage
Available in multiple sizes with varying editions.
In 1916, Inez Milholland Boissevain (1886–1916) embarked on a grueling campaign across the Western US...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Before the Storm (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Before the Storm (Zuma Beach) - 1999
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 22741...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Flying (Stage of Consciousness) - Polaroid, Analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Flying (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007
part of the 29 Palms, CA project.
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certifi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Seagulls (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Seagulls (Zuma Beach) - 1999
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 198.
Not mou...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Silent Waves (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Silent Waves (Zuma Beach) - 1999
20x25cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory #20896.
No...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Edition 1/10 - Walsham Le Willows, Suffolk, C-Type Photograph
By Paul Cooklin
Located in Eye, England
Edition 1/10 - Walsham Le Willows, Suffolk, C-Type Photograph
Edition of 10 + 5 APs.
Front: Signature and edition number with artists blind stamp.
Back: Ink stamp and print detail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Paper, Film, Photographic Film, Laser Light, Photographic Paper, C Print...
Dorothy's Night Out
Located in New York, NY
Tyler Shields is a renowned contemporary photographer known for his provocative and bold artistic style. His work often pushes boundaries, blending elements of glamour, violence, and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Pool - Harmony Motel, Twentynine Palms, California - American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Metallic silver beach balls float on a bright blue pool in Palm Springs California, photography part of Richard Heeps Dream in Colour series.
This artwork is a limited edition of 25...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Shore Line (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Shore Line (Zuma Beach) - 1999
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 1230.
Not ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Steps - La Concha Motel Pool, Las Vegas - American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Steps into the pool at the La Concha Motel Las Vegas. Part of Richard Heeps Dream in Colour series. This motel is a part of Las Vegas history, designed by Paul Williams, it is synon...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Pool Photography Set of Four Framed Artworks - American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Set of four framed square artworks from Richard Heeps Dream in Color series.
Nine Feet - La Concha Motel Pool, Las Vegas, 2001
Chairs - La Concha Motel Pool, Las Vegas, 2000
Steps -...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Nine Feet, La Concha Pool, Las Vegas - American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
La Concha Motel Las Vegas swimming pool, captured from inside looking up. Part of Richard Heeps Dream in Colour series. This motel is a part of Las Vegas history, designed by Paul W...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Dualism
Located in New York, NY
Tyler Shields is a renowned contemporary photographer known for his provocative and bold artistic style. His work often pushes boundaries, blending elements of glamour, violence, and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Landscape Prints, Glacier Prints, Fine Art Photography-Walking on Summits Sky
Located in Delaware , OH
Landscape Prints, Glacier Prints, Fine Art Photography-Walking on Summits Sky
ABOUT THIS PIECE:
"Walking on summits sky" was part of a landscape series...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Color, Rag Paper
Breaking the Waves (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Breaking the Waves (Zuma Beach) - 1999
20x25cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory #110....
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Ferrari Legs
Located in New York, NY
Tyler Shields is a renowned contemporary photographer known for his provocative and bold artistic style. His work often pushes boundaries, blending elements of glamour, violence, and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
The Mystery of the Helicopter
Located in New York, NY
Tyler Shields is a renowned contemporary photographer known for his provocative and bold artistic style. His work often pushes boundaries, blending elements of glamour, violence, and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
29 Dreams (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
29 Dreams (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist inventory ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Seagull (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Seagull (Zuma Beach) - 1999
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 197.
Not moun...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 128
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 128, 2011
Photographs from the photography book entitled Hotel Chelsea (publisher pointed leaf press 2013).
C-print archival
Size: 40 H x 60 W in.
Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 524
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 524, 2011
Photographs from the photography book entitled Hotel Chelsea (publisher pointed leaf press 2013).
C-print archival
Size: 20 H x 30 W in.
Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Phone Booth
Located in New York, NY
Tyler Shields is a renowned contemporary photographer known for his provocative and bold artistic style. His work often pushes boundaries, blending elements of glamour, violence, and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Flora Italiana ( Papavero Giallo Fiorito ) - large format botanical still life
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensively beautiful body of works exploring the botanica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Sunset (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunset (Zuma Beach) - 1999
20x25cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 119.
Not mount...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Seagull (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Seagull (Zuma Beach) - 1999
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 520.
Not moun...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lamborghini Legs
Located in New York, NY
Tyler Shields is a renowned contemporary photographer known for his provocative and bold artistic style. His work often pushes boundaries, blending elements of glamour, violence, and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Lucia and Tyka - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lucia and Tyka - 2019
50x60cm,
Edition of 10.
Giclée Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, based on a Fuji Peel Apart Instant Film (not mounted).
Signed on back with Certificate. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Boy with Flowers - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Boy with Flowers - 2019
60x50cm,
Edition of 10.
Giclée Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, based on a Fuji Peel Apart Instant Film (not mounted).
Signed on back with Certificate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Volvo 1800ES (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Volvo 1800ES (Zuma Beach) - 1999
20x25cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 201.
Not...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Pebbles (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pebbles (Zuma Beach) - 2004
38x37cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #20425.
Not...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Metal
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 410
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 410, 2011
Photographs from the photography book entitled Hotel Chelsea (publisher pointed leaf press 2013).
C-print archival
Size: 26.6 in H x 40 in W
E...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
2:22 AM
Located in New York, NY
Tyler Shields is a renowned contemporary photographer known for his provocative and bold artistic style. His work often pushes boundaries, blending elements of glamour, violence, and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Contemporary color photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary color photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add color photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Tyler Shields, Richard Heeps, and Chad Kleitsch. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary color photography, so small editions measuring 1.58 inches across are also available.