Contemporary Abstract Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Style: Contemporary
"Beatles 27" 40"x50" large format photogaraph, limited edition of 5
Located in New York, NY
40"x50" edition 5, signed on the reverse. This photograph was taken in India at the Ashram where the Beatles stayed and wrote many famous songs. The abstract composition in aqua and white of a decaying wall captures the texture of the surface of the ruin, with a strong geometric split and organic texture of plants and ivy vines.
The collaborative artist team of Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher worked on this project, "The Searchers" and captured this stunning photograph prior to the location being reopened to the public.
The Searchers is a series of large-scale photographs examining Western...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abstract Nature Photograph by camera artist Susan Wides '1.25.15_2:26:35'
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
'1.25.15_2:26:35' 2017 by Susan Wides. Chromogenic print, Ed. of 5, 30 x 20 in. / Frame: 30.75 x 20.75 in. This black and white photo features a close-up view of waterfalls in a dark...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
40x40in. Aerial Photography Earth, Land, Sea - Iceland, 1, unframed print
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of landscapes depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's beauty taken in remote lan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
40x40in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - Shark Bay 6, unframed print
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of landscapes depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's beauty taken in remote lan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
"Bryce Canyon" American Landscape Photograph, Utah
Located in New York, NY
28"x432 photograph, edition of 5 (limited edition archival pigment print)signed on reverse
This photograph gives an abstract view of the American Landscape of Utah from an aerial view. Taken from the air of a hot air balloon over Bryce Canyon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abstract Nature Photograph by camera artist Susan Wides '8.8.16_1:34:49'
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
'8.8.16_1:34:49' 2020 by New York, contemporary camera artist Susan Wides. Pigmented ink print, Ed. of 5, 36 x 24 in. / Frame: 36.75 x 24.75 in. This color photograph features an abs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment, Digital Pigment
"Animals Feeding" Framed Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Photograph
Located in New York, NY
framed in a white hard wood, shadowbox frame with spacers and plexi. 40"x60" limited edition photograph, signed by the artist. (unframed) Please inquire about framing options. This...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Riverbed", Aerial Landscape Photograph
Located in New York, NY
40"x60" limited edition of 5, signed on reverse by the artist. This aerial landscape photograph portrays a dry riverbed from above. The sandy edge o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abstract Nature Photograph by camera artist Susan Wides '10.27.14_12:43:47'
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
'10.27.14_12:43:47' 2017 by Susan Wides. Dye sublimation aluminum, Ed. of 5, 60 x 40 in. / Frame: 60.75 x 41 in. This color photograph feature...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Scars Mitte 105, Archival ink print on kozo (mulberry) paper
Located in New York, NY
archival ink prints on mulberry paper. signed by the artist. edition of 3
Tamara Rafkin has been creating artwork most of her life and exhibiting her work for more than twenty yea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Drift 18" Abstract Photography 30" x 40" in Edition 1/5 by Rowan Daly
By Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Drift 18" Abstract Photography 30" x 40" in Edition 1/5 by Rowan Daly
Digital print on Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
DRIFT
Behind the scenes of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital, Archival Pigment
"Tractor" Minimalist Contemporary Color Photograph (green and earth-tone aerial)
Located in New York, NY
28"x40" limited edition of 5 (1/5) color photograph, signed on reverse. Diagonal parallel lines of crops, create a striped field pf alternating green and earth tone. A straight hori...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Horizon Escapes Your Touch
Located in Montreal, Quebec
In Jessica Houston’s Afterward, Silence (Franklin’s Crewmen’s Grave, Beechey Island) a single pale gravestone stands on an otherwise desolate ashen shore – a relic of Sir John Frankl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
"Cattle" Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Photograph
Located in New York, NY
28"x40" limited edition photograph, signed by the artist, edition # 1 of 5 fine art prints. Dark specs on an arid landscape, a meandering herd of cattle loosely form a line in this m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Environmental aerial landscape color photograph: "My Land, My Landscape #37"
Located in New York, NY
32"x48" edition of 3 signed by the artist (fine art color photograph) This aerial landscape photograph depicts the sediments and water interacting at a tailing dam. Intense red, crim...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
The Return Of The Sun
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Text by Nancy Webb
In Jessica Houston’s Afterward, Silence (Franklin’s Crewmen’s Grave, Beechey Island) a single pale gravestone stands on an otherwise desolate ashen shore – a reli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
"Deep Blue and Silver" Photography 29.5" x 24"in Ed. of 15 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Deep Blue and Silver" Photography 29.5" x 24"in Ed. of 15 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in
Edition of 7: 3...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Wildfire #3, Moonlight Fire, Plumas National Forest, CA
Located in New York, NY
30"x50" photograph signed by the aritst.
Sasha Bezzubov’s photographic approach has developed through diverse series that address the contemporary condition and explore the nature o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Raw Sugar Warehouse Wall
Located in New York, NY
This limited edition of 10 photograph is signed and editioned on the reverse by the artist and is unframed. It depicts a wall in the historic Brooklyn Domino Sugar Refinery, with the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled (Diary) – Lina Scheynius, Woman, Nude, Black and White, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Lina Scheynius (*1981 Sweden)
Untitled (Diary)
2012
Fibre-based silver gelatin print
Image 93,3 x 140 cm (36 3/4 x 55 1/8 in.)
Sheet 104 x 150,5 cm (41 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Enduring Claims (Antarctica)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
In Jessica Houston’s Afterward, Silence (Franklin’s Crewmen’s Grave, Beechey Island) a single pale gravestone stands on an otherwise desolate ashen shore – a relic of Sir John Frankl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Deterioration Series 177
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 177
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso
This image is part of Robert Fa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 195
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 195
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso
This image is part of Robert Fa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 130
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 130
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso
This image is part of Robert Fa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 133
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 133
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso
This image is part of Robert Fa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 117
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 117
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso
This image is part of Robert Fa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 126
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 126
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso
This image is part of Robert Fa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 091
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 091
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
edition of 5
This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 004
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 004
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
edition of 5
This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 055
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 055
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
edition of 5
This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 097
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 097
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso
This image is part of Robert Fa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 086
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 086
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
edition of 5
This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 001
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 001
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
edition of 5
This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Scars Prenzlauer Berg 612, Archival ink print on kozo (mulberry) paper
Located in New York, NY
archival ink prints on mulberry paper. signed by the artist. edition of 3
Tamara Rafkin has been creating artwork most of her life and exhibiting her work for more than twenty yea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
4250 lbs, 40"x60" limited edition photograph
Located in New York, NY
C Print Photograph, signed and editioned on reverse, edition of 5
available unframed 40"x60" please inquire about additional print sizes
The photographer has captured the detail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
"Exit Row" Edition of 5
Located in New York, NY
"Exit Row" 30"x45" and 40"x60" photograph - edition 1/5 (unframed)
Please inquire about additional editions and availability This iconic photograph is from the artist's series: "...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Feed, 30"x45" limited edition photograph
Located in New York, NY
30" x45" photograph, limited edition of 5, unframed
signed and editioned on the reverse
Composed with graphic lines of yellow scaffolding, this photograph exentuates the geometric de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Dust #4545
Located in New York, NY
30"x40" photograph edition of 5, signed on the reverse. Sasha Bezzubov’s photographic approach has developed through diverse series that address the contemporary condition and explo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$4,200
Aluminum Siding, 30"x45" chromogenic print
Located in New York, NY
30"x45" unframed photograph, edition of 5
Signed and editioned on reverse by the artist, Stephen Mallon.
This photograph is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Golf Course, dye sublimated print on aluminum
Located in New York, NY
16"x24" photograph, edition of 5 (dye sublimated print on aluminum) signed on reverse
The beauty of Zoe Wetherall's work is in the structured geometry of natural and man-m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
"Rocks", dye sublimated print on aluminum
Located in New York, NY
16"x24" photograph, edition of 5 (dye sublimated print on aluminum) signed on reverse
The beauty of Zoe Wetherall's work is in the structured geometry...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Abstract Nature Photograph by camera artist Susan Wides '9.11.15_3:20:17'
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
'9.11.15_3:20:17' 2017 by New York, contemporary camera artist Susan Wides. Chromogenic print, Ed. of 5, 30 x 20 in. / Frame: 30.75 x 20.75 in. This color photograph features an abst...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Funnel
Located in New York, NY
30"x45"C-Print photograph
edition of 5, signed on reverse
This photograph is featured in a current exhibition of photographs by the artist, "Stephen Mallon" depicting the SS Un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
$4,200
The Greening
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Text by Nancy Webb
In Jessica Houston’s Afterward, Silence (Franklin’s Crewmen’s Grave, Beechey Island) a single pale gravestone stands on an otherwise desolate ashen shore – a reli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Suprematism Nr. 102 Siena dark Red – Ola Kolehmainen, Contemporary Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland)
Suprematism Nr. 102 Siena dark Red, 2020
Analogue film, ink print in Artist Frame
Sheet 173 x 137 cm (68 1/8 x 53 7/8 in.)
Edition of 6, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 2/6
Framed print
About Back to Square Black:
In his new series 'Back to Square Black', Ola Kolehmainen examines both art history and his own personal timeline. The multi-layered nature of history is the connecting thread that runs through his latest works, which take their cue from The Black Square, the iconic 1915...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Beatles 39
Located in New York, NY
30"x40" edition 5, signed on the reverse
This photograph was taken in India at the Ashram where the Beatles stayed and wrote many famous songs. The abstract composition in blues a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Colonies
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jessica Houston has traveled from pole to pole—using photography, painting, oral histories and objects—to evoke natureculture entanglements. Her multimedia projects often include sit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Untitled #6 – Dominique Teufen, Photography, Abstract, Black and White, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Dominique TEUFEN (*1975, Switzerland)
Untitled #6, from the series 'The Presence of Absence', 2018
Hahnemühle photo rag
Sheet 105 x 70 cm (41 3/8 x 27 1/2 in.)
Frame 115 x 80 x 3.5 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Subject to Erosion
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Text by Nancy Webb
In Jessica Houston’s Afterward, Silence (Franklin’s Crewmen’s Grave, Beechey Island) a single pale gravestone stands on an otherwise desolate ashen shore – a reli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
The Long View
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Text by Nancy Webb
In Jessica Houston’s Afterward, Silence (Franklin’s Crewmen’s Grave, Beechey Island) a single pale gravestone stands on an otherwise desolate ashen shore – a reli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Algae - Diptych - Aerial photography Ltd Ed of 5
Located in New York, NY
Overhead water/algae shot. Deep blue and white. Abstract feel.
About the artist:
Raffaele Ferrari was born in 1980. After graduating in Psychology at University of
Florence, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pantheon 128 AD II – Ola Kolehmainen, Contemporary, Geometry, Architecture, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland)
Pantheon 128 AD II, 2017
C-print mounted on composite sheet in Artist Frame
Sheet 150 x 149 cm (59 x 58 5/8 in.)
Edition of 4, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 2/4...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled, from the series 'Halo' – Rinko Kawauchi, Birds, Dark Blue, Crowd, Sky
Located in Zurich, CH
RINKO KAWAUCHI (*1972, Japan)
Untitled, from the series of Halo
2016
Lambda print
Sheet 120 x 180 cm (47 1/4 x 70 7/8 in.)
Frame 122.5 x 182.6 x 4.5 cm (48 1/4 x 71 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Lambda
Hagia Sophia 537 AD XI – Ola Kolehmainen, Contemporary, Geometry, Architecture
Located in Zurich, CH
Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland)
Hagia Sophia 537 AD XI, 2014
C-print mounted on composite sheet in Artist Frame
Sheet 140 x 175 cm (55 1/8 x 68 7/8 in.)
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Time Capsule – Lieko Shiga, Crystals, Photography, Purple, Contemporary, Sparkle
By Lieko Shiga
Located in Zurich, CH
LIEKO SHIGA (*1980, Japan)
Time Capsule
2010
C-type print,
Face mounted to acrylic (Diasec)
Image/Sheet 120 x 180 cm (47 1/4 x 70 7/8 in)
Edition of 3; Ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Matrixial Orange Dress Landscape
Located in New York, NY
MATRIXIAL (ORANGE DRESS), 2014
digital chromogenic print / sintra back mount / acrylic face mount
96 x 44 inches / 2438 x 1183 mm
edition of 3 plus AP
a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Massimo Listri, Ibirapuera Auditorium, Sao Paolo
Located in New York, NY
Ibirapuera Auditorium, Sao Paolo, 2012
Chromogenic Lambda print
Edition of 5
180 x 225 cm mounted to aluminum
The photographer is based in Florence, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Lambda
Suprematist Dynamism Study
Located in New York, NY
Suprematist Dynamism Study, 2005
Archival pigment print on heavy rag paper
42 x 63 inches
Edition of 7+2AP
A study of forms. Forms that are mechanical: cold engineering but designed...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Where Are We Going?
Located in New York, NY
Where Are We Going?, 2004
Archival pigment print on heavy rag paper
40 x 63 inches
Edition of 7+2AP
A study of forms. Forms that are mechanical: cold engineering but designed with f...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Suprematism Nr. 105 Circles and a bulb – Ola Kolehmainen, Art , Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland)
Suprematism Nr. 105 Circles and a bulb, 2020
Analogue film, ink print in Artist Frame
Sheet 135 x 135 cm (53 1/8 x 53 1/8 in.)
Edition of 4, plus 2 A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Contemporary abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary abstract photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alessandro Puccinelli, Peter Mendelson, Stefanie Schneider, and Jessica Houston. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary abstract photography, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available.