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Fisherman, Archival Pigment Print, Contemporary, Framed, 47 x 71 in.
Fisherman, Archival Pigment Print, Contemporary, Framed, 47 x 71 in.

Fisherman, Archival Pigment Print, Contemporary, Framed, 47 x 71 in.

By Araquém Alcântara

Located in New York City, NY

This photograph by Araquém Alcântara offers a luminous testament to Brazil's untamed beauty, rendered with the masterful clarity and profound sensitivity that define his celebrated b...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Poppy No.3 -  black and white floral photography, Limited edition 5 of 20.
Poppy No.3 -  black and white floral photography, Limited edition 5 of 20.

Poppy No.3 - black and white floral photography, Limited edition 5 of 20.

By Ugne Pouwell

Located in London, GB

'Poppy’ photographed in London, United Kingdom 2023. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. Giclée print on Hahnemühle phot...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Photography

Materials

Film, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Giclée

Jaguarete 15, Amazon, Brazil
Jaguarete 15, Amazon, Brazil

Jaguarete 15, Amazon, Brazil

By Araquém Alcântara

Located in New York City, NY

This photograph by Araquém Alcântara offers a luminous testament to Brazil's untamed beauty, rendered with the masterful clarity and profound sensitivity that define his celebrated b...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

News Stand - Bronzetti, Milan - Italian Street Color Photography
News Stand - Bronzetti, Milan - Italian Street Color Photography

News Stand - Bronzetti, Milan - Italian Street Color Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

News Stand, photograph from Richard Heeps series, 'A Short History of Milan' which began in November 2018 for a special project at the Affordable Art Fair Milan 2019 and the series i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Mono
Mono

Mono

By Igor Vitomirov

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Igor Vitomirov has over 15 years experience of working in photography. He loves nature and people and expressing their interactions with different emotions. Igor's...

Category

2010s Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Foyer, Milan - Two Framed Italian Interior Architecture Color Photographs
Foyer, Milan - Two Framed Italian Interior Architecture Color Photographs

Foyer, Milan - Two Framed Italian Interior Architecture Color Photographs

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Foyer VII & VIII, Italian interior architecture color photographs from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan There is a reoccurring linear, structural theme throughout the ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection 15 Piece Rainbow Installation - Pop Art Color Photography
Vinyl Collection 15 Piece Rainbow Installation - Pop Art Color Photography

Vinyl Collection 15 Piece Rainbow Installation - Pop Art Color Photography

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Fifteen Piece Rainbow Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifull...

Category

2010s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Puro… Alegría by James Sparshatt.  36" x 36" Photograph on Brushed Aluminium

Puro… Alegría by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" Photograph on Brushed Aluminium

By James Sparshatt

Located in Coltishall, GB

Puro is Cuban slang for a cigar… alegria is Spanish for happiness… for Graciela both always seemed essential to her being. The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generati...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Metal

Iceland 244 - Suderland, Iceland (Digital Aerial Photograph)

Iceland 244 - Suderland, Iceland (Digital Aerial Photograph)

By John Griebsch

Located in Hudson, NY

Contemporary aerial photograph of Iceland landscape archival digital print, edition of 25 Image size 19.3 x 29 inches with 2 inch border $2000 Image size 26 x 39 inches with 2 inch...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Only a sort of thing in his dream

Only a sort of thing in his dream

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Maggie Taylor creates evocative single-scene narratives in her whimsical and often elaborate photomontages. Working intuitively, Taylor combines 19th Century photographs, found objec...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pink Flower Carpet (Zuma Beach) - analog, vintage print

Pink Flower Carpet (Zuma Beach) - analog, vintage print

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Pink Flower Carpet (Zuma Beach) - 1999 43x59cm, Edition 4/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Signed on back and Certificate. Artist Inventory #22...

Category

1990s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photograph Marcus Leatherdale Shrouded Figure Photo
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photograph Marcus Leatherdale Shrouded Figure Photo

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photograph Marcus Leatherdale Shrouded Figure Photo

By Marcus Leatherdale

Located in Surfside, FL

Marcus Leatherdale (1952 - 2022) Silver gelatin print with copper leaf mount 1987 Titled: High Priest. From the Demigod series. Hand signed and dated and bears artist studio stamp verso. Provenance: Greathouse Gallery (with label & information verso) Edition: 1 of 10. Dimensions mage measures 12" x 5", total measurements are 24" x 13" Marcus Leatherdale was a Canadian portrait photographer. Marcus Andrew Leatherdale was born on 18 September 1952, in Montreal, Canada, to Jack Leatherdale, a veterinarian, and Grace Leatherdale, a homemaker. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute. Leatherdale arrived in New York City in 1978, where he attended the School of Visual Arts. started his career in New York City during the early eighties, setting up a studio on Grand Street. Leatherdale first served as Robert Mapplethorpe office manager for a while and was photographed in the nude by the master, grabbing a rope with his right hand and holding a rabbit in his left. Thereafter he worked as an assistant curator to Sam Wagstaff. He soon became a darling of the then vibrant club scene and the fashionable media: Interview, Details, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Elle Decor presented his work. Later on he was featured in artsy publications as Artforum, Art News, and Art in America. Leatherdale was the Cecil Beaton of downtown New York, He photographed a not-yet-famous club kid named Madonna in her ripped jeans and his denim vest. The performance artist Leigh Bowery was majestic in a tinseled mask, a corset and a merkin. Andy Warhol was a Hamlet in a black turtleneck. Susanne Bartsch, the nightlife impressaria, was a towering presence in red leather. He documented the New York City lifestyle, the extraordinary people of Danceteria and Club 57 where he staged his first exhibits in 1980. Leatherdale was an acute observer of the New York City of the nineteen eighties. His models were the unknown but exceptional ones – like Larissa, Claudia Summers or Ruby Zebra – or well known artists – like Madonna, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Winston Tong and Divine, Trisha Brown, Lisa Lyon, Andrée Putman, Kathy Acker and Sydney Biddle Barrows, otherwise known as the Mayflower Madam, Jodie Foster, and fellow photographer John Dugdale. He Married Claudia Summers, theirs was not a traditional marriage, but they were best friends, and he was Canadian, so it made life easier if they wed. His boyfriend for a time was Robert Mapplethorpe, whose photography studio Mr. Leatherdale also managed. He and Mapplethorpe were a striking pair, dressed like twins in leather and denim, their faces as if painted by Caravaggio, and they often photographed each other. Jean-Michel Basquiat was often hanging out there, playing his bongo drums; so were friends like Cookie Mueller, the doomed, gimlet-eyed author and Details magazine contributor who was for a time Mapplethorpe’s and Ms. Summers’ drug dealer, and Kathy Acker, the performance artist and novelist. For quite a while Leatherdale remained in Mapplethorpe's shadow, but was soon discovered as a creative force in his own right by Christian Michelides, the founder of Molotov Art Gallery in Vienna. Leatherdale flew to Vienna, presented his work there and was acclaimed by public and press. This international recognition paved his way to museums and permanent collections such as the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Australian National Gallery in Canberra, the London Museum in London, Ontario, and Austria's Albertina. He was included in the MoMA exhibit New York/New Wave along with Kenny Scharf, William Burroughs, John Crash Matos, Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, Lawrence Weiner and Stephen Sprouse. Above all, his arresting portraits of New York City celebrities in the series Hidden Identities aroused long-lasting interest amongst curators and collectors. In 1993, Leatherdale began spending half of each year in India's holy city of Banaras. Based in an ancient house in the centre of the old city, he began photographing the diverse and remarkable people there, from the holy men to celebrities, from royalty to tribals, carefully negotiating his way among some of India's most elusive figures to make his portraits. From the outset, his intention was to pay homage to the timeless spirit of India through a highly specific portrayal of its individuals. His pictures include princesses and boatmen, movie stars and circus performers, and street beggars and bishops, mothers and children in traditional garb. Leatherdale explored how essentially unaffected much of the country was by the passage of time; and it has been remarked upon that this approach is distinctly post-colonial. In 1999, Leatherdale relocated to Chotanagpur (Jharkhand) where he focusing upon the Adivasis. Later Serra da Estrela in the mountains of central Portugal became his second home base. Leatherdale's matte printing techniques, which adapt nineteenth-century processes and employ half black, half sepia colorations, reinforce the timelessness of his subjects. Tones and matte surfaces effectively differentiate his portraits from the easy slickness of fashion photography. In 2019, Mr. Leatherdale compiled his work from 80s in a book entitled “Out of the Shadows”, written with Claudia Summers. During his time in New York City, he dated Robert Mapplethorpe, whose photography studio Leatherdale managed. His partner of two decades, Jorge Serio, died in July 2021 Major exhibitions 1980 Urban Women, Club 57, NYC 1980 Danceteria, NYC 1981 Stilvende, NYC 1982 The Clock Tower, PS1, NYC 1982 544 Natoma Gallery, San Francisco 1982 Eiko And Koma, Stilvende, NYC 1983 Form And Function Gallery, Atlanta 1983 Galerie in der GGK Wien, Vienna, Austria 1983 The Ring, Vienna (organized by Molotov) 1983 London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada 1984 Performance, Greathouse Gallery, NYC 1984 Social Segments, Grey Art Gallery, NYU 1984 Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn 1985 Ritual, Greathouse Gallery, NYC 1985 Artinzer, Munich 1985 Leatherdale/Noguchi, Gallery 291, Atlanta 1985 Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia 1986 Poison Ivy, Greathouse Gallery, NYC 1986 Wessel O’Connor Gallery, Rome 1986 Hidden Identities, Michael Todd Gallery, Palladium, NYC 1987 Demigods, Greathouse Gallery, NYC 1987 Collier Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 1987 Tunnel Gallery, NYC 1988 Claus Runkel Fine Art Ltd., London, UK 1988 Madison Art Center, Madison 1989 Wessel-O’Connor Gallery, NYC 1989 Summer Night Festival, Onikoube, Sendai 1990 Bent Sikkema Fine Art, NYC 1990 Fahey-Klein Gallery, Los Angeles 1990 Faye Gold Gallery, Atlanta 1990 Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles 1991 Runkel Hue-Williams Gallery, London 1991 Galerie Michael Neumann, Düsseldorf 1991 Arthur Rogers Gallery, New Orleans 1992 Arthur Rogers, NYC 1992 Galerie Del Conte, Milwaukee 1993 Galerie Bardamu, NYC 1996 Fayf Gold Gallery, Atlanta 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Bridgewater/Lustberg, NYC 1998 Rai Krishna Das...

Category

1980s 85 New Wave Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection 10 Piece Multicolor Installation - Pop Art Color Photography
Vinyl Collection 10 Piece Multicolor Installation - Pop Art Color Photography

Vinyl Collection 10 Piece Multicolor Installation - Pop Art Color Photography

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Ten Piece Multicolor Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully...

Category

2010s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Mirando al Cielo 7 - Murmuration Japan Asiatic Landscape Photograph

Mirando al Cielo 7 - Murmuration Japan Asiatic Landscape Photograph

By Rosa Basurto

Located in Brighton, GB

Mirando al Cielo 7 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. In this image by Spanish ph...

Category

2010s Expressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital, Color

'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10

'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10

By Ugne Pouwell

Located in London, GB

'Lily in Charcoal' 2023 From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash. The charc...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Photography

Materials

Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Curved Mirrors, Vertical Monotype Cyanotoype, Deep Blue & White Abstract Shapes
Curved Mirrors, Vertical Monotype Cyanotoype, Deep Blue & White Abstract Shapes

Curved Mirrors, Vertical Monotype Cyanotoype, Deep Blue & White Abstract Shapes

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This unique monotype cyanotype, rendered in rich blue tones, draws inspiration from mid-century modern shapes to explore themes of balance and duality. Abstract forms echo harmony an...

Category

2010s Post-Modern Photography

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype

"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 16 x 24 in Edition 40/75 by Lawrence Schiller
"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 16 x 24 in Edition 40/75 by Lawrence Schiller

"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 16 x 24 in Edition 40/75 by Lawrence Schiller

By Lawrence Schiller

Located in Culver City, CA

"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 16 x 24 in Edition 40/75 by Lawrence Schiller Silver Gelatin print Edition 40/75 Signed and numbered by the artist Printed later On Wednesday, May 23, 1962, Marilyn Monroe stepped onto the set of Something’s Got to Give to film what would become one of the most iconic and talked-about moments of her career: the now-legendary nude swimming pool scene. This extraordinary day—captured in a series of rare photographs by renowned photographer Lawrence Schiller—has since become a cornerstone of Hollywood history. Key moments that make this session truly historic: A Bold Cinematic First: Monroe spent nearly four hours in the pool on the 20th Century Fox lot, filming a sequence in which her character, Ellen Arden, appears to swim nude...

Category

20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Oxana (Stage of Consciousness) - part of the 29 Palms, CA project - Polaroid

Oxana (Stage of Consciousness) - part of the 29 Palms, CA project - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Oxana (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007, 38x47cm, Edition of 2/30, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory # 3048.18. Not mounted. St...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

Greek Architecture Blueprint of Ancient Amphitheatre Cyanotype Print, Watercolor
Greek Architecture Blueprint of Ancient Amphitheatre Cyanotype Print, Watercolor

Greek Architecture Blueprint of Ancient Amphitheatre Cyanotype Print, Watercolor

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Details: + Title: Ancient Roman Amphitheater + Year: 2022 + Edition Size: 50 + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided + Measurements : 70x100 cm (28x 40 in.), a standard frame size + All cyanotype prints...

Category

2010s Academic Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, C Print, Lithograph, Monotype, ...

Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Messner

By Andreas H. Bitesnich

Located in München, BY

Limited Edition 10 More sizes on request The photographic work of the internationally well-known Austrian photographer Andreas H. Bitesnich is captivating by its beauty and aestheti...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bay Laurel Diptych (Hand-printed cyanotype, 40 x 52 inches combined)
Bay Laurel Diptych (Hand-printed cyanotype, 40 x 52 inches combined)

Bay Laurel Diptych (Hand-printed cyanotype, 40 x 52 inches combined)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

These are two separate 40 x 26 inch cyanotypes (unique monotypes) made using the same tree branches flipped over facing the opposite direction, the result being a symmetrical mirror ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Monotype, Photogram, Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper

Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid

Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - 2023 50x49cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist I...

Category

1990s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

Wave
Wave

Wave

By Niall Staines

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Niall Staines is a digital artist based in Ireland. His work is graphic, vibrant and visually arresting. Nature is a consistent theme in his work, often turning se...

Category

2010s Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Past
Past

Past

By Leandro Franco

Located in New York City, NY

Leandro Franco 30 × 24 in. (75 × 60 cm) Edition of 10 Archival Pigment Print Unframed Certificate of Authenticity included Framing available upon request Other Available Sizes 16 ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Best Choice in Downtown, Kowloon, Hong Kong  Asian architecture color photograph
Best Choice in Downtown, Kowloon, Hong Kong  Asian architecture color photograph

Best Choice in Downtown, Kowloon, Hong Kong Asian architecture color photograph

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Best Choice in Downtown, captured by Richard Heeps in Kowloon in 2016, this piece perfectly captures the layers of Hong Kong. As a photographer Richard is always looking at what trul...

Category

2010s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Italy, Beach, Black and White Photography 1980s by Leonard Freed
Italy, Beach, Black and White Photography 1980s by Leonard Freed

Italy, Beach, Black and White Photography 1980s by Leonard Freed

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Beach, Italy, 1984 by Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" black and white photograph, a gelatin silver RC press print from the Freed archive, signed verso (on back of photograph) by the photographer. Provenance: Freed Estate Leonard Freed discovered Little Italy in New York...

Category

1980s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

Porto Miggiano (framed) - Italian Mediterranean beach landscape in summer
Porto Miggiano (framed) - Italian Mediterranean beach landscape in summer

Porto Miggiano (framed) - Italian Mediterranean beach landscape in summer

By Massimo Vitali

Located in San Francisco, CA

large scale photograph of iconic summer beach scene in Southern Italy's Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...

Lucia - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Childhood

Lucia - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Childhood

By Cristina Fontsare

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Lucia at Fourteen (2018) 40x51 cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Giclée Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, based on a Fuji Instant Film (not mounted) Once / Cristina Fonts...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Polaroid, Archival Pigment, Color, C Print, Archival Ink

A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid

A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013, 80x80cm, Edition 2/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on printed on Fuji Archive Paper, ba...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey - Doo Wop sign color photography
Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey - Doo Wop sign color photography

Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey - Doo Wop sign color photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Pink Champagne Motel, from Richard Heeps' Jersey Shores series, taken in the Doo Wop Capital of the World Wildwood, a mecca for mid-century architecture in America. This artwork is ...

Category

2010s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

'Massachusetts Mist' Stuart Möller Signed Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
'Massachusetts Mist' Stuart Möller Signed Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print

'Massachusetts Mist' Stuart Möller Signed Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print

By Stuart Möller

Located in London, GB

Massachusetts Mist II By Stuart Möller A heron in his chosen hunting spot on a misty New England summer morning in Marion, Massachusetts USA. 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 76 cm paper siz...

Category

2010s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Levels. From The Lavori in Corso series
Levels. From The Lavori in Corso series

Levels. From The Lavori in Corso series

By Eduardo Rezende

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Eduardo Rezende’s 2024 series Lavori in Corso revisits one of the artist’s most enduring themes: the urban and architectural landscape — this time focused on construction sites, scaf...

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Canvas

Bettina Graziani (1964) Limited Estate Stamped

Bettina Graziani (1964) Limited Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Bettina Graziani (1964) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) French fashion model Bettina Graziani wading in the shallow waters of Costa Smeralda, pulling a small yacht...

Category

1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Peony no.3 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 15

Peony no.3 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 15

By Ugne Pouwell

Located in London, GB

'Peony’ photographed in London, United Kingdom 2023. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Prize Bingo, Norfolk - British Color Typography Photography
Prize Bingo, Norfolk - British Color Typography Photography

Prize Bingo, Norfolk - British Color Typography Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Prize Bingo, Norfolk, Richard Heeps' typography sign photography centrally framed in the Kodak rebate border, against an expansive, vivid blue sky, isolating the subject and emphasiz...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

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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. 

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