Art by Medium: Silver Gelatin

Rare, signed artist proof print of David Bowie and Elizabeth Taylor by Terry O'Neill David Bowie and actress Elizabeth Taylor meet for the first time at George Cukor’s house in Beve...

Hand printed by artist. Matted on archival acid-free mat. 16x20". Signed on the lower right recto in pencil. Stamped and dated on verso.

“The New Emphatics: for feet and legs – drama from the ground up”, fashion story photographed at El Conquistador Hotel in Puerto Rico for American Vogue, 15 February 1969. The fantas...

Ski Jumping (1964) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) A man skiing downhill and jumping into the air, circa 1964...

"It isn't possible to visit Amboseli and not go searching for Craig. He has become a celebrity of Amboseli, with thousands of people travelling across the globe each year in the hope...

50p Only, vintage launderette interior photograph taken near to Richard Heeps' home in Cambridge. This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss photographic print from negative, dry...

Toned gelatin silver print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, recto 14 x 11 inches, sheet (Edition of 25) 20 x 16 inches, sheet (Edition of 25) 24 x 20 inches, sheet (Edition of...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Gloria Swanson at the Booth Theatre on Broadway where she starred in 'Butterflies Are Free' in 1972, her last major stage role. This is a...

This photograph, taken in 1952, captures a tranquil scene in Paris, France, with the iconic Eiffel Tower dominating the background. The photo was taken from the Champ de Mars, showin...

Gelatin silver print (Edition of 15) Stamped and numbered, verso 20 x 16 inches, sheet From the series, "Gymnasium." This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York Cit...

Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...

Audrey Hepburn Relaxing, 1970 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 50 American actress Raquel Welch wearing a stars and stripes suit in ‘Myra Breckinridge’, a 1970 America...

Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1960. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...

Unique Vintage gelatin silver print 10 x 8 in. Titled and artist stamp on verso. Born in Munkacs, Hungary, John Albok learned photography as a boy. He came to the U.S. in 1921 findi...

This photograph, taken in 1952, depicts the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France. The scene captures a busy urban atmosphere with classic cars typical of the mid-20th century lining...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Erik Bruhn and Nora Kaye in the American Ballet Theatre's "Paquita" pas de deux, 1958. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives wi...

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Pulitzer On The Beach - Oversize Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons) silver gelatin print paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm unframed printed later edition size 150 only certificate of authenticity supplied numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency. b/w black and white beach...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Native American Prima Ballerina Maria Tallchief in 'Firebird' at the NYC Ballet in 1963. Comes directly from t...

'Quiet Moment' by Ed Feingersh Actress Marilyn Monroe relaxes on a couch in her hotel room at the Ambassador Hotel on March 24, 1955 in New York City, New York. A beautiful and mor...

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...

Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...

Parliament By Night (1973) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Peter King/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament by night, 31st ...

Marilyn Monroe Vintage press photo. Photographer Eve Arnold for Magnum Photos. 1962 printed later. (I believe in the early 80's) Eve Arnold, OBE...

Ruth Ford - American actress and model - Original Photography by Cecil Beaton Photo taken in 1940s Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) is considered one of the mo...

In 1834, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) saw that silver salts darkened in the sun and invented a photographic process he called “photogenic drawing” — in which images were made...

Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of P...

In 1834, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) saw that silver salts darkened in the sun and invented a photographic process he called “photogenic drawing” — in which images were made...

Madonna 1985 - Dave Hogan Signed Limited Edition Madonna performing during her Virgin Tour in the US 1985. (Photo by Dave Hogan) Limited Edition Dave Hogan Print (edition size 1/50...

Silver gelatin photograph of a close up superimposed portraits by photographer Layet, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival pl...

Born in 1939 in Louisville Kentucky, David Gibson is primarily a self-taught photographer. Years of developing and refining his photographic technique have afforded him much recognit...

Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...

Edition of 45 Signed, titled, negative date, print date, and numbered by Michael Kenna Sepia toned gelatin silver print, Image size: 8 x 7 3/4 in. Mat size: 20 x 16 in. Michael Ken...

George Platt Lynes Photograph #8 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition. This photograph is #8 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian. Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...

Thomas L. McCartney was born in Grove City, PA in 1938. He began his career in Veterinary Medicine and later became interested in photography. Originally involved in wildlife photogr...

Potsdam conference meeting depicting Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Harry Truman (not visible) at the conference table, gelatin silver print, date of printing unknown, 16-1/2" x 22-3/4" sheet, date of printing unknown. Provenance: acquired from the estate of photographer Samariy Gurariy...

MICHAEL CAINE PORTRAIT 1964 MICHAEL CAINE – 1964 signed limited edition of 15 only. silver gelatin This Michael Caine Portrait by Duffy was taken in 1964, the same year that the film Zulu was released which was his first major film role and remains one of Michael’s best-known films. An image from this session was published in The Sunday Times Magazine on the 24th May 1964. Caine, pictured here at age 31, had just been awarded the lead in the 1965 hit movie The Ipcress File...

Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images) Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows ...

Flamenco is an expression of life’s emotions… of love, anger, sorrow and joy. Of passion and all the things that it drives us to. Andalusian flamenco was born in the Gitano or Gyps...

Interviewing Grace (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Bob Harrow/Express/Getty Images) May 1956: American actress Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982) being interviewed by journali...

Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks at Walpi First Mesa Hopi Village 1920 Photograph Original Sepia toned Silver gelatin photographic print by Charles Roshe (British, 1885-1974). Provenance: Mary Pickford, Elizabeth (Bess) Huggins. Image 10.75"H x 13.75"W He was Mary Pickford's favorite cinematographer and a personal friend, shooting all of the films in which she starred from 1918 to 1927, before they had a falling out during production of Coquette (1929). He was the first cinematographer to receive an Academy Award, along with Karl Struss, for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and won again for The Yearling (1946), with Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling. He was also nominated four times. Walpi, pueblo (village), Navajo county, northeastern Arizona, U.S., on the edge of a high mesa in the Hopi Indian Reservation. It comprises a group of angular stone houses of two to three stories crowded on a narrow tip of the steep-walled mesa at an elevation of 6,225 feet (1,897 metres). The original pueblo (founded c. 1700) was on a lower part of the mesa, but following the Pueblo Rebellion, the inhabitants moved to the top as a defensive measure against Spanish retaliation. Walpi is known for an antelope ceremony and for snake dances, held during odd years in August and generally closed to non-Hopi spectators. Shitchumovi (Sichomivi) pueblo is adjacent and Hano is nearby. Pickford was the first Canadian to win an Oscar. She was also the second to win best actress and the first for a role in a film with sound. She was one of the founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1919 Pickford took the lead in organizing the United Artists Corporation with Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks. In 1920, after the dissolution of her first marriage (1911–19) to actor Owen Moore, she married Fairbanks (divorced 1936). Pickford’s popularity continued unabated in Pollyanna (1920), Little Lord...

French film actress Mila Parely amuses passengers onboard the ferry from Tower Bridge, London, to Southend, Essex. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4412 – Mila Goes To Southend –...

Prince 1987 - Dave Hogan Signed Limited Edition Musician Prince arriving at the BBC Radio 1 studios, London, April 1st 1987. Photo Dave Hogan Limited Edition Dave Hogan Print (edit...

Colette by Herbert List, ca. 1950 – Vintage Print This intimate black-and-white portrait captures the legendary French author, performer, and feminist icon Colette (1873–1954) in her...

1st Class Travel (1934) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) September 1934: Mrs C Wylds behind the wheel with her pet pig at Terling in Essex. Additional...

Dinner Jazz 1949 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edit...

Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting condi...

For years, Jahiel has been photographing the cowboys of the Great Basin–perhaps one of the most inhospitable regions of the already rugged West. These people represent one of the l...

World Cup Victory (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images Archive) England captain Bobby Moore (1941 - 1993) holds up the Jules Rimet trophy as he ...

Hand Signed au verso (back) Silver Gelatin Print Includes Photographers Stamp

Wham! 1985 - Dave Hogan Signed Limited Edition Singers George Michael (right) and Andrew Ridgeley, of the band Wham! performing on stage at Whitley Bay, England, January 24th 1985. ...

sepia toned silver gelatin print, edition 1 of 25 17.5 x 17.5 inches unframed, 30.5 x 30.5 inches framed Frame is dark brown wood molding, 8 ply antique white mat and glass Sepia toned silver gelatin print of a serenely still lake in Louisiana When Time Stands Still. The Photographs of David Halliday Whether traveling to a foreign land, wandering through a neighborhood marketto shop for food, or engaging in convivial conversation with a friend at his home,David Halliday is easily charmed, intrigued, excited, or amused by all that surroundshim. An artful documenter of life, Haliday uses his camera as a tool for recording themultitudinous special moments that capture his attention. Once in the darkroom, heeditorializes his finds, subtly embellishing each image until it somehow evokes thesensation that led him to photograph a subject in the first place. With the exception of a series of platinum print portraits, Halliday produces all of hisphotographs as sepia toned silver gelatin prints. Both processes are highly trad-itional and, in requiring that the artist avoid the use of any color other than sepia,they stand in sharp contrast to splashier modes such as Cibachrome, Polaroid, or digitally produced Iris prints […]. For Halliday, the warm tones afforded by age-old processes reflect his desire to reclaim the past or cherish the present in the form of soft, tranquil, frozen moments...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and his wife Dorothy photographed in his Manhattan loft, 1968. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. C...

Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...

Prince 1986 - Dave Hogan Signed Limited Edition Musician Prince performing on stage at Wembley Stadium, London, August 13th 1986. photo Dave Hogan Limited Edition Dave Hogan Print ...

Wham! At Wembley 1985 - Dave Hogan Signed Limited Edition Singers George Michael (R) and Andrew Ridgeley, of the band 'Wham!', perform on stage on January 24, 1985 at Whitley Bay, E...

Elvis Presley portrait

Jacquelina was photographed in the early hours in a milonga tango club in Buenos Aires. James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people ...

Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...

VOGUE – HANOVER SQUARE – 1961 This photograph by Duffy was taken in 1961. The bare trees reveal a very different W1 Hanover Square to how it is 50 years later. To the left, you can see the statue of William Pitt (The Younger) which still remains today. Once a highly desirable and exclusive Mayfair address, the square now comprises mostly of offices. The models, wearing various evening dresses are stood opposite the Vogue head office at 1 Hanover Square. The offices were completed in 1958 and have been the publications UK headquarters since. The image was used for a feature titled “Getting home with the milk” for British Vogue in June 1961. AT DUFFY’S MEMORIAL SERVICE LORD DAVID PUTTNAM ADDRESSED THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF DUFFY AND SAID ‘THE WORLD NEEDS MORE DUFFY’S.’ HE THEN WENT ON TO CALL HIM A MAVERICK, SOMEBODY WHO WAS PREPARED TO TAKE RISKS WITH HIS ART FORM AND DESCRIBED DUFFY AS A ‘SUPREMELY TALENTED AND ESOTERIC MAN.’ ‘A man who thrived on risks and challenges, who lived to create.’ In 2013 Duffy was voted as one of the top most 100 influential photographer’s of all time and he richly deserves that title. When Duffy felt he had pushed the boundaries as far as he could and was no longer satisfied with stills photography he abruptly shut his studio, attempted to burn all of his negatives and moved into commercials. Despite repeated requests to return to still photography, give interviews or discuss his career, he became reclusive and his remaining negatives would have stayed in boxes under the stairs had it not been for the persistence of his eldest son, Chris. Chris realised that Duffy’s name was slowly slipping into obscurity and regularly tried to persuade him to do something with his remaining archive. It wasn’t until 2006 when Duffy was diagnosed with the degenerative lung disease Pulmonary Fibrosis that he finally gave Chris the green light to start putting the archive together. The process was a labour of love for the first few years. Organising, scanning and databasing his negatives took many hours whilst Chris was running his own photographic studio. In 2009 the opportunity to exhibit at Chris Beetles Gallery in Mayfair London (now Beetles & Huxley) gave Duffy the platform for his first ever exhibition which was hailed with great critical acclaim. The exhibition ignited an incredible interest in his work and there were regular queues to see the show. During the process of putting the exhibition together, the BBC commissioned a documentary on Duffy’s life and work which aired in 2010. Chris then started on the first monograph but sadly Duffy was never to see this and passed away on 31st May 2010. Since 2010 Duffy’s work has been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries around the world. In 2012 the Victoria and Albert Museum requested use of the original Aladdin Sane record cover ‘dye transfer’ print for their British Design 1948-2012 cultural exhibition. In 2013 the V&A approached the archive for use of the newly released ‘Eyes Open’ version as the lead image for the ‘David Bowie is’ exhibition. This exhibition has achieved record breaking numbers in several venues and has been seen by over 1.5 million visitors. Duffy’s name has now become recognised by an international audience and is now firmly back on the map. In 2014 Duffy’s second book was released – Duffy Bowie: Five Sessions which covers his work with David Bowie. Written by Chris Duffy and Kevin Cann the book explores the chemistry and creation of these five iconic sets of images illustrated with interviews from people who were directly involved. The book is also available in French and Italian. The archive is made up of negatives and contact sheets that have been retrieved from numerous UK and international publications; Vogue, French Elle, Glamour, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph to name but a few in addition to work held by independent archives. The process of exhibiting Duffy’s work continues and the future holds several more book projects illuminating Duffy’s eclectic and influential work. ARCHIVE TIMELINE 2008 The Duffy Archive was established by Chris Duffy. 2009 BBC Documentary “The Man Who Shot The Sixties” One hour documentary on Duffy’s life and work. First exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery Mayfair, London (now Beetles & Huxley)* See Exhibits page for full list of exhibition since 2009
 2010 Duffy passed away 31st May 2010 2011 Publication of first monograph “Duffy Photographer” Published by ACC Editions features over 160 iconic images from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and in 2011 the V&A Museum London requested Duffy prints for their permanent collection.
 2012 Solo Exhibitions and contributions in Italy, Paris, Amsterdam, Spain, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, London and Australia. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2013 David Bowie Is launched at the V&A Museum with Aladdin Sane as the lead image. Also named as one of one hundred ‘most influential photographers of all time’ by the British Journal of Photography. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2014 Publication of Duffy / Bowie – “Five Sessions” Published by ACC Editions. Publication of French Elle – “In The Eyes of Brian Duffy” – Published in French by Glenat. David Bowie Is V&A Exhibition goes on tour to: Sao Paulo, Berlin and Chicago. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2015 David Bowie 'Is' continues to tour Paris, Australia and the Netherlands.
 See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2016 David Bowie 'Is' continues to tour Italy and Japan. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2017 David Bowie 'Is' reaches Barcelona. The Archive also contributed to Holden Luntz Gallery...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Hollywood Star Warren Beatty in 1978. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the verso. Comes directly from the Jac...