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Photography For Sale
Color:  Black
Eco-Beauty By TOMAAS
Located in PARIS, FR
All prints are Museum-quality glossy paper placed under a 4mm Crystal Clear High-End acrylic glass that delivers an unbelievable depth and the most accurate, vivid and vibrant colors...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Plexiglass, Digital

In Search Of The Light By TOMAAS
Located in PARIS, FR
All prints are Museum-quality glossy paper placed under a 4mm Crystal Clear High-End acrylic glass that delivers an unbelievable depth and the most accurate, vivid and vibrant colors...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Plexiglass, Digital

Himba Child l by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
In the far north of Namibia as you head towards the border with Angola at Epupa Falls, barely visible tracks radiate off the main dirt road into bush and disappear across sandy, dry river beds. Arid conditions and past hunting have left few animals and the barren terrain create few obvious landmarks, but the Himba are able to navigate easily. Himba villages have a circular boundary around the kraal (village) staked out by tall, tightly packed branches and a single route in and out. The outer wall surrounds a number of huts, each inhabited by one of the man’s wives and her children. Sometimes there are 6, 7 or more wives in the Himba kraal, and a lot of children! When they are young, Himba children of both sexes dress and look remarkably similar. Often the only way to differentiate is by the number of thick hair strands...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

4636
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
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2010s Photorealist Photography

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

Thunderball (1965) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Thunderball (1965) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by MacGregor/Getty Images) A scene from the James Bond film 'Thunderball' with Sean Connery, Claudine Auger and Adolfo Celi. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 40x40'' Printed 2020 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 10 x 10'' 12 x 12'' 16 x 16'' 20 x 20'' 30 x 30'' 40 x 40'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Fashion, Retro, Vintage, Car, High Society, Legends, Acting, Class, Meal, Suits...
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1960s Modern Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Lucky Catch - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24x18"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in fishing net. The perfect body of the model has slight green tint; her perfect breasts are partial...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Twin Greek Temples (Dusk), Night Photography in Central Park, New York City
Located in New york, NY
A contemporary color photograph by Roberta Fineberg is a nod to photo secessionist Edward Steichen. The subject for the artist's night photography is a Central Park West building (th...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Rodeo Photography, Black & White Photography, Horse Art-Equestrian Cavalier
Located in Delaware , OH
Rodeo Photography, Black & White Photography, Horse Art-Equestrian Cavalier “I heard about the rodeo in my friend's small Colorado county, I knew I had to g...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Black and White, Rag Paper

Untitled (After the Fight) [Mike Tyson]
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (After the Fight) Mike Tyson after he knocked out Conroy Nelson in 30 seconds, Latham, NY. Nov. 22, 1985 Signed and numbered, verso Gelatin silver print 11 x 14 inches (E...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Malasso by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
I came across the intense stare of this Pokot lady at a Friday market on a mountain summit in northern Kenya; it was the same market where I photographed a Samburu goat herder wrappe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Assaita by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2008
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young man of the Afar culture in the town of Assaita. Many men spend the afternoons in loud debate in mud buildings and courtyards. Often with fistfuls of miraa leaves (ghat) and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Night Swim
Located in Kansas City, MO
archival pigment print
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

George Michael by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
George Michael By Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition George Michael of Wham! In a Chinese Government Limo, at the Forbidden City, Beijing during a tour of Hong Kong & China 1985...
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1980s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ski Fashion at Sugarbush, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American socialite and fashion writer Nan Kempner (1930 - 2005) at the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Vermont, December 1960. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authentic...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Crossing Snow Field, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A line of sleighs crossing a snow field at St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aar...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Lillian Crawford, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lillian Crawford, the wife of actor Lee Kinsolving, in Palm Beach, May 1970. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Card Index, Bologna, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Card Index Bologna, Italy 2022 A classic card index with red and white labels, below a classical religious fresco and carved ceiling. signed and numbered ...
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2010s Conceptual Photography

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C Print, Lambda

Limited Edition Black and White Photograph Shell "Spiraling Out" 20 x 24
Located in White Plains, NY
Limited edition still life black and white archival pigment print of these found shells with Lewis' signature lighting style. Title - "Spiraling Out" About: Lewis’ artistic practice...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Still life and nude - Signed limited edition fine art print, Contemporary, Model
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Still life and nude - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , ...
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2010s Modern Photography

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Color, Archival Paper, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Leonard Dalsemer Lyford Cay
Located in London, GB
Leonard Dalsemer by Slim Aarons Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974. Another typically 'Slim Poolside' photograph, it e...
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1970s Modern Photography

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C Print, Color

Jackie K, Estate Edition Photograph [Classic Pearls Jacqueline Kennedy]
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic photography of young Jackie Kennedy (Jacqueline Onassis) (1929 - 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy, at a 'April in Paris' ball with classic pearls, red lipstick, a white sati...
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1950s American Realist Photography

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Lambda

Talitha and Paul Getty Jr.- Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Talitha and Paul Getty Jr. is a vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper

President Lyndon Johnson - Vintage Photograph - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Lyndon Johnson is a photograph realized in 1963, soon after his election due to President Kennedy's murder. Good conditions. The artwork is realized i...
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1960s Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper

Glow Words no. 1, remix Bubble Gum, Fine Art Photography, Mounted in Plexiglass
Located in Armonk, NY
Glow Words no. 1, remix Bubble Gum is a fine art photograph mounted in plexiglass. Allyson sees the world through a unique lens, her work ranges from urban graffiti to capturing diff...
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2010s Other Art Style Photography

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Plexiglass

Bowie And Ronson On Stage - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Bowie And Ronson On Stage - Edition Mick Rock Estate Print David Bowie and Mick Ronson Guitar Fellatio, 1972 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Crossing the Seine" Mother and Child, Paris
Located in Tulsa, OK
Louis Stettner "Crossing the Seine" Mother and Child, Paris, 1950 Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso Gelatin silver print 20 x 16"
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Mid-20th Century Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Galápagos, Seal, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 23, 2 x 29 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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1960s Modern Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Pigment Print of hand colour photograph depicting nude females tight with rope
Located in London, GB
© Katie Eleanor, VIII. "Omphalopagus monster, an orphan" Series: Saint Wanderer's Hospital, 2015 Archival Pigment Print of the hand Coloured Photograph on cotton fine art paper, custom framed 7 1/2 × 5 7/10 in 19 × 14.5 cm (unframed print) 35 x 30.5 cm (Framed : Museum mount-board, antireflective art glass in hardwood custom frame) Edition of 15 Framed or Unframed option available - please enquire 'Saint Wanderer’s Hospital' series depicts a fictional tale birthed from the artist’s inherent need to find splendour in the idea of sickness. Rooted first from her own words, Katie used the idea of illustrating as a form of personal art therapy by immersing herself in the realm of the otherworldly characters. Every aspect of each scene was created by Katie alone, from building and designing the sets to printing and hand-colouring the final images. In this act, over the year long course of the projects creation, the artist managed to make certain turmoil in her personal life bearable. In the world of the hospital, the artist adapts the role of medical photographer – creating accurate portraits of each character’s condition as a record for the hospitals future use. The final series comprises of 8 ‘specimen...
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2010s Medieval Photography

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Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Watercolor, Archival Pigment

An Interior Language X
Located in New York, NY
A unique photogram from abstract alphabet drawings. A silver gelatin print toned in tea. About the Series: Gilliam began the series Life Lines in 20...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Photogram, Silver Gelatin

David Bowie With Hunky Dory - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
David Bowie With Hunky Dory - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print David Bowie sitting with the Hunky Dory cover, 1972 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. ...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Marlon Brando" by Murray Garrett
Located in London, GB
"Marlon Brando" by Murray Garrett 1954: EXCLUSIVE American actor Marlon Brando sits on a sofa with a typewriter in his lap while a cat lays across his shoulders at his home in Los A...
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1950s Modern Photography

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Black and White

71_mg_0355
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
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2010s Photorealist Photography

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

Two Men Kissing, Vintage Gelatin Silver, Hand-Tinted Portrait by Jan Saudek
Located in New york, NY


"Two Men Kissing" is a celebration of gay love. Unlike Saudek’s hallmark surreal and dreamlike photographs, for this work the artist documents shared...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams, close up portrait with diamond pinky ring, photographed in 1971. Signed by Jack Mitchell in pencil on the print verso. NOTE: minor corner bends/cracks can be slightly matted to conceal. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Baron/Getty Images) circa 1954: Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), the most famous of Hollywood's female film stars, relaxes...
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1950s Modern Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

The San Man by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2012
Located in Coltishall, GB
A picture of joy. KhoiSan bushman from Namibia John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Debbie Harry "Andy Warhols Bad" Blondie
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Debbie Harry, lead singer of US band Blondie, photographed by Brian Aris in London in 1978 wearing an Andy Warhol "Bad" t-shirt. Brian Aris limited e...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Princess Bianca, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Princess Bianca Hanau-Schaumburg at her Gstaad chalet, 1985. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Mike Tyson, Catskills, N.Y., 1986 (back of head) – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Mike Tyson, Catskills, N.Y., 1986 (back of head) Archival pigment print Sheet 243 x 183 cm (95 5/8 x 72 in.) Edition of 5 ...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lovers 2
Located in Lenox, MA
Ormond Gigli Lovers 2 Gelatin Silver Print Printed by artist 17.5" x 20.5" Unique: $2500 Provenance: Printed by the artist, from the artist's studio Signature: Signed en verso Addit...
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Mid-20th Century Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled #4 (from series 'Float') – Jun Ahn, Fine Art Photography, Nature
Located in Zurich, CH
Jun AHN (*1981, South Korea) Untitled #4 (from series 'Float'), 2011 HDR Ultra Chrome Archival Pigment Print Sheet 91.4 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.) Edition of 5...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Ponting: Ice cave & Terra Nova" by Herbert Ponting
Located in London, GB
"Ponting: Ice cave & Terra Nova" by Herbert Ponting The 'Terra Nova' seen from the entrance to an ice cave in an iceberg in the Ross Dependency of Ant...
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1910s Modern Photography

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Black and White

Anna Golovanova - "Composition No. 5" - Digital Art Photography
Located in Winterswijk, NL
"Composition No. 5", photography by the artist Anna Golovanova. Abstract digital compositions. Composition with Silver and Red. Country of Origin: Russia. Signed: Signed, numbered ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Digital

Lou Reed - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Lou Reed - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Lou Reed in concert, 1972 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size varies ...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cherubini # 1 vertical colorful abstract dominant blue floral landscape photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Golden State Freeway Looking Southeast Over Fernanando Pass, 2004
By Michael Light
Located in New York, NY
From the acclaimed series "LA Day (2004)", this photograph by Michael Light is available as a 40 x 50 inch editioned print of the Golden State Freeway Looking Southeast Over Fernando Pass. Listing includes framing ($1,000 value with non-glare museum glass), free shipping to the continental US, and a 14 day return policy. Michael Light Golden State Freeway Looking Southeast Over Fernando Pass, 2004 Image Size: 40 x 50 inches Frame Size: 42 x 52 x 2 inches Edition 3 of 10 Signed and editioned on verso Artist Biography - Michael Light was born in 1963. The pre-eminent aerial photographer of his generation, he is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for photography and his work is in the collections of major museums from SF MoMA to the Victoria and Albert. Prior to taking up aerial photography, Light conceived of and put together the book Full Moon - the first look at NASA photography as fine art - and a project which was published in multiple editions selling several hundred thousand copies around the world. In a way Full Moon had a bearing on Light's subsequent aerial work, as he continues to see and explore the terrestrial world much as the astronauts saw the moon. For the last 15 years Light has been flying his own small aircraft primarily over the American West investigating how both man and nature make their mark on the landscape. To date Light has completed 18 separate Western projects - each of which comprises an oversize handmade artist's book as well as more traditional prints. Largely documenting the impact of man and industry on the land (but not immune to the sublime) Light's subjects range from Utah's gold and copper mines and the (over)development of places like Sun City, AZ and Lake Las Vegas, NV to contrasting Arizona's Meteor Crater - the largest meteoric impact site in the Americas - with James Turrell's Roden Crater...
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Early 2000s Photography

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Photographic Film, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Cherubini # 2 vertical colorful abstract dominant blue floral landscape photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Rookery Study #5
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition 3 out of 25. Archival pigment print Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil on print verso Series: Ghostlight Keith C...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Aria ix
Located in Lenox, MA
Jeff Robb Aria ix, 2018 Lenticular Photograph 31" x 31" Editions 6-12 of 12 $10,000 Provenance: From the artist's studio Additional Information: Available in additional sizes, ple...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Lenticular

Balanced Black Swan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In this series, Zilberberg creates animal montages as an expression of self-therapy, drawing attention to mindfulness and nature conservation. As an urbanite, functioning day-to-day ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Himba Siblings by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in their day to day attire. The C-t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Francine Brandt, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Francine Brandt by a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961. Visual Description: This Slim Aarons photograph depicts a woman with black hair and red lipstick with an arched and enigmatic expression. Wearing a white hair scarf knotted at her neck, and a black and white striped top, she poses before lush trees and a turquoise swimming pool at a 1960s Acapulco resort. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will receive the next number in the edition Modern printing from original transparency C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color Paper weight 210gms Matte Satin Surface Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. #slimaarons #francinebrandt vintage poolside...
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1960s American Realist Photography

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Lambda

"Shakespeare Mirror Nr 3" Photography 32" x 24" in Edition of 10 by Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Shakespeare Mirror Nr 3" Photography 32" x 24" in Edition of 10 by Lika Brutyan Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Not framed. Ships...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Lillian Crawford, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lillian Crawford, the wife of actor Lee Kinsolving, in Palm Beach, May 1970. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

'Cheetah Who Shops' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
American silent film actress Phyllis Gordon (1889 - 1964) window-shopping in Earls Court, London with her four-year-old cheetah who was flown to Britain from Kenya. (Photo by B C Par...
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1930s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

A View From The Bridge
Located in Sante Fe, NM
I present unspoken stories which illustrate fleeting moments in time and which are intended to evoke a mood in the viewer. These mythical illustrations might address the fragility of...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Borneo 6: urban city architecture in dark night with gold tones, Southeast Asia
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This photograph is from among Vincent Dixon's series created in Borneo, Myanmar, Paris, Pushkar, Los Angeles, New York, London, Miami, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid,...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Alberto Giacometti
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Yousuf Karsh, Alberto Giacometti, 1965, (Printed 1970s). 19.5 x 15.75", (framed 30.5 x 24"). signed on mount recto.
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Mid-20th Century Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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