Modern Abstract Photography
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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'White Leaf' Oversize Archival Pigment Print - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'White Leaf' Oversize Archival Pigment Print - Signed Limited Edition
Fine Art photograph of a banana leaf.
by Stuart Möller.
Beautiful mint condition Limited Edition Archival ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'White Leaf' Oversize Archival Pigment Print - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'White Leaf' Oversize Archival Pigment Print - Signed Limited Edition
Fine Art photograph of a banana leaf.
by Stuart Möller.
Beautiful mint condition Limited Edition Archival ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Dione and Tethys'
Located in London, GB
'Dione and Tethys' 2005 JPL/Cassini
A beautiful 16x16" inches / 40 x 40 cm Silver Gelatin fibre print (printed on 20x16" paper size)
of this breathtakingly exquisite Cassini image ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White and Blue Pattern of Palettes, Modern Floating Shapes, Unique Cyanotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
Mid-Century Modern Shapes in White and Blue, Handmade Cyanotype, Unique Monotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
Agaves Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Agave
by Justin Creedy Smith 2005
Agaves in Tangiers, Morocco.
Photo, July 2005.
Exquisite large oversize 20 x 20 inches / 51 x 51 cm
silver gelatin print
signed and numbered...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Monaco Grand Prix (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
British racing driver James Hunt (1947 - 1993) at the Monaco Grand Prix, 22nd May 1977.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certi...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Lambda
Morocco 93 by Aaron Siskind, 1982, Photogravure
Located in Dallas, TX
Morocco 93 by Aaron Siskind presents an abstract image, a close up of a textured rock slab. Small dark square holes scatter across the rock. The subject is cropped, emphasizing the t...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Contemplation by Ida Lansky, c. 1950's, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Ida Lansky
Located in Dallas, TX
Contemplation by Ida Lansky depicts a group of three statues. The figures are turned towards each other and away from the viewer, as if talking in secret.
This photograph is listed as a 9.5 x 7.5 inch vintage silver gelatin print. It is signed and titled in pencil on mount margin by the artist.
Ida G. Lansky was born in 1910 in Toronto, Canada. She pursued many careers in her lifetime including Nursing, Art, and Library Science. In 1928 she moved to New York City and later attended New York University, The Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell University. In 1942 she received a B.S. in Public Health Nursing.
Ida Lansky moved to Hawaii in 1945 and married Irving Lansky. She then moved to Nor- man, Oklahoma and then to Denton, Texas where she studied art and was mother to two children, Ellen and Michele.
From 1954 - 1959 she was in the Visual Art studies program at Texas Women’s University in Denton with an emphasis on photography. She studied under Carlotta Corpron...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Illusion by Ida Lansky, ca. 1950's, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
By Ida Lansky
Located in Dallas, TX
Illusion by Ida Lansky depicts a glass vase in front of a window with blinds. The background is distorted through the glass, abstracting the image by emphasizing the varying tones and shapes.
Illusion by Ida Lansky is listed as a 9.5 x 7.5 inch vintage gelatin silver print. This photograph is signed and titled in pencil on mount margin by artist.
Ida G. Lansky was born in 1910 in Toronto, Canada. She pursued many careers in her lifetime including Nursing, Art, and Library Science. In 1928 she moved to New York City and later attended New York University, The Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell University. In 1942 she received a B.S. in Public Health Nursing.
Ida Lansky moved to Hawaii in 1945 and married Irving Lansky. She then moved to Nor- man, Oklahoma and then to Denton, Texas where she studied art and was mother to two children, Ellen and Michele.
From 1954 - 1959 she was in the Visual Art studies program at Texas Women’s University in Denton with an emphasis on photography. She studied under Carlotta Corpron...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (artichokes) by Ida Lansky, ca. 1950, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Ida Lansky
Located in Dallas, TX
Untitled (artichokes) by Ida G. Lansky features a detail shot of whole and cut up artichokes. The tones of this photograph are reversed, creating an abstract image from a common object. The produce is lit dramatically from the side, emphasizing it's intricate details.
Untitled (artichokes) by Ida G. Lansky is an 8 x 10 inch vintage silver gelatin print. This photograph includes the artist's stamp in black ink on print verso.
Ida G. Lansky was born in 1910 in Toronto, Canada. She pursued many careers in her lifetime including Nursing, Art, and Library Science. In 1928 she moved to New York City and later attended New York University, The Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell University. In 1942 she received a B.S. in Public Health Nursing.
Ida Lansky moved to Hawaii in 1945 and married Irving Lansky. She then moved to Nor- man, Oklahoma and then to Denton, Texas where she studied art and was mother to two children, Ellen and Michele.
From 1954 - 1959 she was in the Visual Art studies program at Texas Women’s University in Denton with an emphasis on photography. She studied under Carlotta Corpron...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Abstract One, Minneapolis, MN, 2016
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Large Mounted Abstract Color Photograph Sculpture Detail
Located in Surfside, FL
from a Miami art collective. this piece was an experimental collaboration.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Board, Photographic Paper
Looking Up at The Clouds, Unique Monotype in Blue Tones, Avant-Garde Shapes
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...
Composition With Pink - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Composition With Pink by Stuart Möller
2010
limited edition to 20 only this size - signed & numbered by the artist
A large pink door in Northern Italy.
Go...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Retro Shapes, Minimal White and Blue Curves and Shadows, Monotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...
Architectural Gelatin SIlver Print Vellum Photograph Mark Citret Vintage Photo
By Mark Citret
Located in Surfside, FL
Mark Citret, American, b. 1949.
"Third Story Arches", Fort Point, 1998
Silver gelatin print hand signed and editioned 1/45 in pencil along lower edge.
Published: "Along the Way" Mark...
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Vellum, Silver Gelatin
Abstract Icons, Squared Monotype Cyanotype, Watercolor Paper, Blue Mid-Century
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...
Vintage Color Abstract Art Landscape Photography Large C Print Photo Terry Evans
By Terry Evans
Located in Surfside, FL
TERRY EVANS (American b. 1944)
"Terraced Plowing," September 4, 1990,
Color photograph (chromogenic print, C Print) on photo paper, dated and hand signed...
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Brazilian Conceptual Modernist Photograph Jose Yalenti Architectural Abstract
Located in Surfside, FL
José Yalenti, (1895-1967) Brazilian Photographer
"Beiras" (Sides)
Photo, numbered 5/15, circa 1950, (printed later) on premium luster photo paper with ultrachrome ink.
Art: 15" H x 11" W; Frame: 20 1/4" H x 14 1/4" W.
Provenance: Dickinson Roundell Gallery
José Yalenti’s Architecture photos seem at first disorienting, abstract black & white and grey surfaces, cut through by startlingly straight lines and a variety of surface textures. Much of his work is of mid-century Latin American architecture, by the likes of Oscar Niemeyer and Roberto Burle Marx.
José Yalenti was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1895. On April 28, 1939, a group of photography aficionados, including Yalenti, formed the Foto Clube Bandeirante, later changed to Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante, or FCCB.
Starting in the late 1940s, a contingent of FCCB photographers began creating photographs of abstracted architectural motifs (as in Architecture or Twilight), and eventually became known as the Escola Paulista, or “Paulista School.” Yalenti was among the members of the unofficial Paulista School. Between 1945 and 1960, the Paulista School photographers explored the rapidly changing formal qualities of São Paulo. By photographing skyscrapers and stairways at steep angles, creating closely cropped compositions from found geometric motifs, and capturing the flattening effects of shadows, Paulista School photographers investigated the new physical perspectives emerging in the urban environment. They created a distinctively Modern aesthetic that used strong contrasts of light and dark, geometric forms, linear compositions, and collapsed space to assert photography’s status as an artistic medium.
As part of their pursuit of photographic Modernism, Yalenti and his fellow Brazilians adapted the stylistic innovations of U.S. and European photographers such as f.64, New Objectivity, Dada, Surrealism, and the Bauhaus, to the Brazilian context. Along with his FCCB compatriots—Thomaz Farkas, Geraldo de Barros, and German Lorca, among others—Yalenti explored the formal properties of black-and-white image-making.
Yalenti and the Paulista’s School’s abstract photographs responded to the new trends in Brazilian Modernist architecture being developed by young architects in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In 1939, Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, and Affonso Reidy broke ground on the Ministry of Education and Health Building (MES), the building that would define Brazilian architectural modernism. The Rio-based team combined elements of Le Corbusier’s undecorated structural purity with Brazilian regional design to produce a more organic and “tropical” Modernism that responded to the local culture and climate.
The sinuous and sensuous curves of Yalenti’s photograph are directly influenced by stylistic developments in architecture at the MES, including the building’s covered entry and its organically abstract contours. By 1957, when Yalenti created Architecture or Twilight, Brazil was globally recognized as an architectural leader. MoMA in New York City organized a popular exhibition of Brazilian architecture in 1943 (“Brazil Builds”), and highlighted the country again in its survey show "Latin American Architecture since 1945," that ran from 1955–56. Brazilian photography...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Smoke and Mirrors, Artisan Print, Unique Monotype, Memphis Style in Blue & White
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
Untitled from "Sirague City"
By Vilem Kriz
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed and dated in ink on image.
Dated and stamped on verso.
13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Toned gelatin silver print.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Color Abstract Art Landscape Photography Large C Print Photo Terry Evans
By Terry Evans
Located in Surfside, FL
TERRY EVANS (American b. 1944)
"Between Kearny and Salina," June 13, 1990
Color photograph (chromogenic print, C Print) on photo paper, dated and hand sig...
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Carnival - Colour signed limited edition abstract pigment print, Contemporary
By Sam Thomas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Carnival - Limited edition pigment print , 2014 - Limited Edition of 5
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-free a...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
Untitled, Painted Photograph, Landscape Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Surfside, FL
Acrylic paint embellished silver gelatin print, signed on back and dedicated by the artist, "FOR JOHN". Photograph depicting a red and yellow oval organic mass at center surrounded by green and blue fields. Unframed
Nobuyoshi Araki, born in Tokyo, Japan 1940, is one of Japan's foremost contemporary artists and one of the world's most controversial photographers. His work has drawn worldwide attention notably for its erotic content, which blurs the lines between art and photography.
He studied photography at Chiba University, before moving on to work at advertising agency Dentsu; here he met and married Yōko Araki. During their married life Araki took abundant images of his wife before she died in 1990; he published Sentimental Journey, 1971 - photographs taken while on their honeymoon, and Winter Journey, 1991 - images taken during her last days, amongst others.
Araki is part of a generation of artists who emerged in the 1960s as Japan was recovering from the Second World War...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Silver Gelatin
Guggenheim Museum from the Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
A gorgeous black and white fibre print. Please contact the gallery for more in...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Contemporary Cyanotype Monotype of Mid Century Shapes Under Water in Cold Tones
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-light.
Details:
+ Title: Mid Century Shapes...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...
Camouflage Reflections, Monotype Cyanotype Print, Memphis Style Blue Tones, 2021
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...
Untitled Abstract Color Photograph Interior 1970's Woman Photographer
By Lorie Novak
Located in Surfside, FL
Lorie Novak is an artist and Professor of Photography & Imaging at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Associate Faculty at the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics. She us...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Dance Study 1475
Located in Lawrence, NY
# 1 of 8
Signed, dated and numbered
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following in the 1990s with two collections of underwater photography, Water Dance and Pool Light...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eyes, Chicago by György Kepes, 1940, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
By György Kepes
Located in Dallas, TX
Untitled #42 (Eyes, Chicago), by György Kepes is a 4 1/2 x 3 5/8 inch gelatin silver print mounted on 16 1/4 x 13 1/4 inch paper. This photograph is signed and dated in pencil on mou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Coolidge Dam, Arizona
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Coolidge Dam, Arizona
Gelatin silver print, 1938
Unsigned
A lifetime printing by Brett Weston, supervised by his father Edward
Edition of 5 or 6 examples
Weston negative Numbered verso: "843" on reverse (see photo)
photographer's estate stamp, verso (see photo)
LITERATURE:
C. Wilson, "Edward Weston," California Arts and Architecture, vol. 30, January 1941, p. 16
A. Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, The Center for Creative Photography, 1992, fig. 1206.
Label: The Photographs of Edward Weston/Arizona Board of Regents label affixed to paper folder.
(see photo)
Provenance: Edward Weston Estate
Arizona Board of Regents
Robert B. Egelston (1930-2016), noted photography collector
Condition: Overall very good condition. Chipping and bumping in the margins at extreme edges and corners of sheet, not affecting the image. Sheet is loose; not framed.
Sheet size/Image size: 8 x 10 inches
Edward Weston description of printing in 1953-54
In 1945 Edward Weston began to experience the first symptoms of Parkinson's disease, which slowly progressed until by 1948, he took his last photograph. By the second half of 1952, Weston decided he should select a master set of his best work. Out of his approximately 3000 negatives, he would pick 1000 and have Brett Weston print...
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
La Fenice Venice Opera House by Erich Auerbach Oversize silver gelatine print
Located in London, GB
"La Fenice" by Erich Auerbach
A general view of the boxes at La Fenice, the Venice Opera House, 1954.
Unframed
Paper Size: 30" x 30'' (inches)
Printed...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Blue Flowing Curved Shapes, Modern Mid-Century Print on Paper, Blues, Neutral
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from mid-century modern style shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
Untitled Abstraction Reverse #1 and #2
By Ida Lansky
Located in Dallas, TX
Two photographs each 10 x 8 in., vintage gelatin silver prints by Ida Lansky.
Artist stamp on prints' verso.
Ida G. Lansky was born in 1910 in Toronto, Canada. She pursued many careers in her lifetime including Nursing, Art, and Library Science. In 1928 she moved to New York City and later attended New York University, The Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell University. In 1942 she received a B.S. in Public Health Nursing.
Ida Lansky moved to Hawaii in 1945 and married Irving Lansky. She then moved to Norman, Oklahoma and then to Denton, Texas where she studied art and was mother to two children, Ellen and Michele.
From 1954 - 1959 she was in the Visual Art studies program at Texas Women’s University in Denton with an emphasis on photography. She studied under Carlotta Corpron.
1959 marked a peak in her art career when she exhibited her photographs in a group exhibition curated by Henry Holmes...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Source - Rest Here, Santa Fe, NM, 1996
Located in Hudson, NY
Each year, Robin Rice celebrates a Salon style exhibition to showcase her gallery artists and invite new ones.
With Robin’s extensive experience as a gallery curator, all Robin Rice...
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
' Untitled ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Untitled ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
by Stuart Möller
Beautiful large print abstract image of a natural chasm in a cornfield.
40 x 30" inches paper size - signed an...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Passion Flower #1, from the Botanica Series
Located in Lawrence, NY
#1 of 12
signed and dated
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following in ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slipper Orchid 2, from the Botanica Series
Located in Lawrence, NY
#1 of 12
signed and dated
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following in ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Trumpet Tree #37, from the Botanica Series
Located in Lawrence, NY
#3 of 12
signed and dated
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following in ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
9/11 - Twin Towers in Angelic Light, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Since its construction, Mitchell Funk has been chronicling the Twin Towers, of the World Trade Center. More specifically, he has been recording how light affects and transforms the two giant monoliths. Like us all, Mitchell was inspired by the formidable presence of the two buildings. Living in Brooklyn Heights with great views of lower Manhattan gave him a special advantage and opportunity to assemble some of the most iconic Twin Tower images ever taken.
To Mitchell Funk, the Twin Towers, of the World Trade Center were the perfect synthesis of commerce and art. Most modern architecture is simply functional. Minoru Yamasaki's Twin Towers were in fact something quite radical. They were a steel and glass expression of Minimalism on the grandest scale in human history. Everything in the towers was stripped down to its essential quality with nothing extraneous added ….. except light. The way the buildings reflected light made them unique and inspired Mitchell to record them in color for 32 years. Although, the exterior was actually made of a very reflective blue/grey stainless steel the warm light of daybreak and sunset could change their color and transform them from buildings into and mystical monumental sculptures. With the help of the sun as a key player, Mitchell’s images of the Twin Towers progress from the mystical to the spiritual as they reflect the sun’s intense golden energy. Under these conditions, one could argue, that the Twin Tower housed the same type of divine energy as the adjacent churches.
In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy, one could interpret Twin Tower sunset images differently. A sunset can be a symbol for the end of the day or simply The End.
The 1969 image “Dead End” is a visual prognostication. The North Tower is under construction in the background and in the foreground, Mitchell has framed it between two street signs that read Dead End.
In Mitchell’s Twin Tower photographs, he is not taking a tourist picture that says “here I am on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Broken Planet Series. Abstract Digital CollageColor Photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of IV: The Broken Hearts Planet, The Shame Planet, The Surprise Planet, and The Joy Planet,
by Zoltan Gerliczki
From the series "The Broken Planet"
Archival Pigment Print
Indivi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Sunflower 3
Located in Lawrence, NY
#2 of 12
signed and dated
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following in ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dahlia Study 1011, from the Botanica Series
Located in Lawrence, NY
#1 of 12
signed and dated
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following in ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sacred Lotus 2, from the Botanic Series
Located in Lawrence, NY
#1 of 12
signed and dated
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following in ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poppy 2, from the Botanica Series
Located in Lawrence, NY
#1 of 12
signed and dated
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following in ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fotogramma No. 7
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 30
Signed, dated and numbered.
Gelatin silver print, 9 x 11 1/8 in.
Printed 1977
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Body Knots Series #256
Located in Lawrence, NY
#17 of 24
Signed and numbered
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Human Body Series 1632
Located in Lawrence, NY
#1 of 8
archival pigment print
signed, numbered
printed to order
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following in the 1990s with two collections of underwater photography, Water Dance and Pool Light. He has since gone on to photograph dancers, athletes, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work often straddles the blurry line between fashion and art and makes the argument for fashion photography as art.
Schatz's focus is the human body...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Broken Planet, The Anger Planet, The Disgust Planet. Digital Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Triptych: Broken Planet, The Anger Planet, and The Disgust Planet by Zoltan Gerliczki
From the series "The Broken Planet"
Archival Pigment Print
Indi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
The Broken Planet andThe Excitement Planet. Digital Collage Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Diptych: The Broken Planet and The Excitement Planet by Zoltan Gerliczki
From the series "The Broken Planet"
Archival Pigment Print
Individual size: 45 in H x 45 in W.
Overall size:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
The Broken Mind Olanet & The Racist planet. Digital Collage Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Diptych: The Broken Mind Planet and The Racist Planet by Zoltan Gerliczki
From the series "The Broken Planet"
Archival Pigment Print
Individual size:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
The Racist Planet. Broken Planet Series. Abstract Digital Collage Color Photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Racist Planet, by Zoltan Gerliczki
From the series "The Broken Planet"
Archival Pigment Print
Medium size: 45 in H x 45 in W.
Edition of 9 + 2AP
Unframed
2020
All Prices are qu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
The Disgust Planet. The Broken Planet Series. Abstract Digital Collage Photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Disgust Planet by Zoltan Gerliczki
From the series "The Broken Planet"
Archival Pigment Print
Medium size: 45 in H x 45 in W.
Edition of 9 + 2AP
Unframed
2020
All Prices are qu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
The Fear Planet. The Broken Planet Series. Abstract Digital Collage Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Fear Planet by Zoltan Gerliczki
From the series "The Broken Planet"
Archival Pigment Print
Medium size: 45 in H x 45 in W.
Edition of 9 + 2AP
Unframed
2020
All Prices are quote...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
The Trust Planet. Broken Planet Series. Abstract Digital Collage Color Photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Trust Planet, by Zoltan Gerliczki
From the series "The Broken Planet"
Archival Pigment Print
Medium size: 45 in H x 45 in W.
Edition of 9 + 2AP
Unframed
2020
All Prices are quo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
' New York City Glitter ' SIGNED & LIMITED EDITION
Located in London, GB
'New York Glitter' by Stuart Möller
A building in Manhattan, New York City, New York, 2014.
A beautiful image of a high rise building in the iconic city of New York, that appears ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Room as Camera, Media, PA, 2018
By Keith Sharp
Located in Hudson, NY
Each year, Robin Rice celebrates a Salon style exhibition to showcase her gallery artists and invite new ones.
With Robin’s extensive experience as a gallery curator, all Robin Rice...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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