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Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA, black and white photography, abstract, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Antelope Canyon detail in heart shape, Page, Arizona, USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Be...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lounging gracefully on the wing, 1972
Located in Cologne, DE
This photograph from 1972 captures a stylish, vibrant scene featuring two people on a small airplane. A young woman, wearing a pink floral dress and sunglasses, lounges gracefully on...
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1950s Modern Photography

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Color, C Print

Seductor. From Searching a Mother Series. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color

a Piece of Glory III - Pieces of Berlin
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
a Piece of Glory III (Pieces of Berlin), 2018, 1/3, Lambda C-Print, 100x100cm signed Certificate, unmounted INSTANTDREAMS Gallery presents Florian Reischauer's project 'Pieces of Be...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Lambda

ONE WAY Panorama, Palm Tree, Florida, USA, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editi...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lerici 255 - Polaroid Coastal Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition of 10
Located in London, GB
Lerici '25 is an original black and white Polaroid photograph captured on SX-70 film along the Ligurian coastline of Italy. The image is part of a limited edition of 20, hand-signed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Polaroid

Hot Air Balloon Championship, monochrome photograph, limited editin landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Hot Air Balloon Study 8, Austria - no. 18041 - Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer pr...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Mirador Es Colomer, Mallorca, Spain, black and white art landscape print, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art photography Gerald Berghammer. Archival Pigment Ink Print, Printed 2022. Limited Edition 1/7. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, black, n...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Black and White, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment...

BRUCE BELLAS Vintage 1950s Photo of Male Physique Model James Pappa
Located in Glenford, NY
BRUCE OF L.A. - classic 1950s gelatin silver photograph of physique model JAMES PAPPA by celebrated 20th Century photographer BRUCE BELLAS also known as Bruce of Los Angeles. This is an original photograph from the beefcake "posing strap" era when nude photography was illegal. 'Bruce Los Angeles...
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1950s Post-War Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rose glow - still life analogue photography, limited edition of 15
Located in London, GB
'Rose glow' Printed on Hahnemühle photo rag Baryta 308 Gsm fine art paper, these limited edition photographs are designed to withstand the test of time, preserving the beauty and em...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Giclée

Untitled (Soldiers No. 2)
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print Signed and numbered, verso (Edition of 10) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. About the artist: Born in 1970 in a suburb of Tel-Aviv...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Walk on the Beach, Bay of Biscay, color photography, limited edition, landcape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Walk on the Beach, Bay of Biscay, Spain - no. 21253 Color fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Berghammer prints a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

An Insipid Notion #12. Figurative color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
An insipid notion (The astonished world) is a collection of unreal experiences caused by the feeling of late and inexperienced love, and the inability to fully know the experience of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dancing on Ice New York City USA Limited Edition Photography Cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Dancing on Ice, New York City, USA 2016 - no. 11787 Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Ice Skating, Central Park, New York City, USA. Archival pigment ink pr...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

#130, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request. Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Pigment

1930s Photograph of Ansel Adams and Ed Towler
By Wilson D. Ellis
Located in Soquel, CA
Ansel Adams and Ed Towler by Wilson D. Ellis (American, 20th Century). Titled "Ansel and Ed Towler 1936" on verso and signed "Wilson D Ellis" with date 7/16/35 under mat. Silver Brom...
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1930s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Donkey Basketball
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Stamped and numbered, verso 20 x 24 inches (Edition of 10) 30 x 40 inches (Edition of 5) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please n...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

No Way - black and white nude photograph - print on aluminum 23" x 36"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger. Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist. Limited edition o...
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2010s Photorealist Photography

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Metal

'Awakening' Master Edition Photographic Triptych. Yosemite Mountains Trees Light
Located in Penzance, GB
'Awakening' Archival photographic triptych. Unique Master Edition of 1. Unframed. _________________ Morning light illuminates the layered landscape of Yosemite National Park, Half D...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

New York, Brooklyn, African American Lifestyle 1960s, Fashion Show
Located in New york, NY
Fashion Show, Brooklyn, New York, USA 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 19" x 13" signed and numbered archival pigment print in an edition of 10. Signed by the estate, Freed's widow Brigitte Freed, on back of photograph. Available: 3/10. Provenance: Freed Estate *** Artist’s Bio: Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department...
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1960s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing In Antibes'
Located in New York, NY
Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Sunbathing In Antibes 1976 (printed later) C print Estate stamp...
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1970s Modern Photography

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C Print

Craig y Don Pool, Llandudno Beach, Wales - Blue British Swimming Pool Sea Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Craig y Don Pool, looking across the bay of Llandudno, Wales in the United Kingdom. Shades of blue symmetry guides your eyes out to sea in this photograph by Richard Heeps. This art...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc 1976 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cert...
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1970s Modern Photography

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C Print

Donald Trump, Dove of Peace
Located in New York, NY
Donald Trump, Dove of Peace 1985 Archival pigment print image size: 48 x 48 inches Signed and numbered edition of 10 William Coupon is an American photog...
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1980s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blue Space Dark - Planet of the Apes 6 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blue Space Dark - Mindscreen 09 (Night on Earth) - 1999 58x56cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. ...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Walter Rudolph, Ischia, Italy 1970, Limited ΣYMO Edition, Copy 1 of 50
Located in Cologne, DE
Walter Rudolph His photographs are reminiscent of the jet-set photographer Slim Aarons. Walter Rudolph discovered the world as a photographer on the idea, travel was his passion, hi...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Color

Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a  vintage photo, realized by Helmut Newton in the 1970s. The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s. 
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hot Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x59"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in bubbles. This is a bright high resolution photograph with rich green and golden tones migrating onto blue and orange. Ori...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

New York City by Night, circa 1950, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
This captivating, one-of-a-kind silver gelatin photograph print showcases a timeless black-and-white view of New York City as it appeared under the nocturnal sky circa 1950. Framed w...
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1950s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Row of Cypress Trees, Tuscany, Italy, black and white art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Path lined with cypress trees, Tuscany, Italy. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Roli. From Searching a Mother Series. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color

Greta Garbo "Her Rise And Fall #2" - 1931 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo "Her Rise And Fall #2" - 1931 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull A black and white photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979), matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) on the set of the film Susan Lenox (Her Fall And Rise) directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Greta Garbo poses in a hat, her hand resting on her face, while gazing into the camera. Printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," on verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp and with "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection. Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema. Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926. Bull was able to study with the great Western painter...
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1930s Photorealist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

New World Order Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
New World Order by BATIK Satirical pop art artwork featuring Vladimir Putin, VP J.D. Vance, Donald Trump and Elon Musk in WW2 war rooms. BATIK is a London based fine artist and im...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Randal Ford - Texas Longhorn Calf, Photography 2024, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Wingman comes from a very special cow. His mother is a TLBAA Grand Champion female title holder, which means that this calf will be the star of his own show in no time. Until then, ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print

Controversy - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Controversy - 2018 20x25cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-1096. Not ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The bitter end - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The bitter end - 2020 60x48cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-963. Not mo...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Guerreros Giovanni. From Searching a Mother Series. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color

A House on a Hill, Hollywood CA
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Diane Arbus A House on a Hill, Hollywood CA, 1963 Signed by Doon Arbus & Neil Selkirk (printer) Gelatin silver print Image: 14-3/4" x 14-1/2", Paper: 20" x 16", Mat: 24" x 20" 19/75 ...
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1960s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France (Collage, Cityscape, Iconic, ~36% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Gottfried Salzmann Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France (Collage, Cityscape, Iconic) Screen Print over Photograph Year: Circa 2010 Size: 11.22 × 7.87 inches (28.5 x 20 cm) Edition: 50 Signed...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Screen

After the storm.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography

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Digital Pigment

Ocean view - color photography
Located in New York, NY
This beautify color photography was taken in Israel near Caesarea. It comes print only, but can also come framed or plexiglas mounted (additional cost). If you are interested, please...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Utopian Foyer, Milan - Architectural urban color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Utopian Foyer from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan, which began as a special project for the 2018 Affordable Art Fair Milan. It was well received and the artwork has be...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Palm Springs Palm Trees X (Californication)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Springs Palm Trees X (Californication) - 2019 78x76cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

#248, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request. Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Pigment

Manhattan Study 2, New York City, USA
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited ed...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Here with You - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Here with You - 2024 - 40x48cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. inventory PL2024-31. Not ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled 2 and Untitled, Diptych. From The Horse and Dancer Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For this series the artist explores the moment when nature in animal form intertwines with the human form, there you can learn true balance. -In this series the artist studies the balance between black and white photography. The harsh lights and shadows in the warm Florida weather led Ricky Rocket to explore photography. The sharp and refined effect of these types of lighting conditions became a necessity to avoid studio environments. Self-taught, while photographing ballet...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Pool At Lake Tahoe Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Pool At Lake Tahoe 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x ...
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1950s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Modern fine art photography nature floral meadow on premium paper "Wild grace"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Title: "Wild grace" Medium: Archival pigment print on premium matte photo paper Dimensions: 20 x 27 cm / 7.8 x 10.6 inches (unframed) Limited Edition Each photograph is printed o...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Seascape XVIII Diptych (framed) - abstract monochromatic ocean water surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photographs from the artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the tactile surfaces and monochrome nature of oceanic waterscapes SEASCAPE XVIII Di...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass

Young Actress Meryl Streep 16x20" Exhibition Print, Signed
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Actress Meryl Streep photographed January 7, 1979 just before the release of her first film ‘The Deer Hunter...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft, or the creation of avatars are also interesting worldwide phenomena of virtual realities that are not only relevant for children and teens. So when a middle-aged Berlin photographic artist (like Christian Rothmann) chooses to study 120 toy robots with great difference in form, it represents a journey back to his own childhood - even if at the time, he played with a steam engine rather than a robot. Once batteries had been inserted, some of the largely male or gender-neutral robots, could flash, shoot, turn around and even do more complicated things. Some can even still do it today - albeit clumsily. This, of course, can only be seen on film, but the artist intends to document that as well; to feature the robots in filmic works of art. The positioning of the figures in the studio is the same as the tableau of pictures in the exhibition room. In this way, one could say Rothmann deploys one robot after the other. This systematic approach enables a comparative view; the extreme enlargement of what are actually small and manageable figures is like the macro vision of insects whose fascinating, sometimes monster-like appearance only becomes visible when they are blown up a hundredfold. The same thing goes for the robots; in miniature form, they seem harmless and cute, but if they were larger than humans and made noises to match, they would seem more threatening. Some of the tin figures...
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2010s Street Art Photography

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C Print

Photograph - CiCi's Moon River - framed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We love this work because the fashion shots are all set in a vast landscape of beauty and composed with poetic feel and look that is timeless and classic. 20x24 in. - Edn of 20 C p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Hotel Camino Real - Mexican Resort Photograph Swimming Pool Palm Trees
Located in Brighton, GB
Hotel Camino Real - Mexican Resort Photograph Swimming Pool Palm Trees by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Hotel C...
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20th Century Modern Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Japan – Two young geishas in flower garden, studio photograph, hand-colored
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1890. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (266 x 203 mm), numbered B334 in negative, right side of image printed somewhat lighter than left, tiny in-nega...
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Late 19th Century Realist Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Tenterhooks - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tenterhooks - 2020 48x60cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-971. Not...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper

Raggy (Circular Color Photograph of Red Mythical Figure in an Arctic Landscape)
Located in Hudson, NY
Circular color photograph a red mythical figure in an icy Arctic landscape Archival pigment print, ed. of 5 10 inch diameter image on 22 x 17 inc...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 24x36"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool. "There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Portrait of Silvana Mangano - Historical Photos - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Silvana Mangano is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper

Leonard Cohen - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Cohen is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century . The photo depicts the Canadian poet and songwriter. Hand signed. Good condition and aged. It belon...
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

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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. 

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