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Line Swim

Line Swim

By Ayline Olukman

Located in New York, NY

AYLINE OLUKMAN Ayline Olukman is a multimedia artist whose work includes photography, painting, writing, etching, and drawing. Her work explores the ideas of intimacy, loneliness, an...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Photographic Paper, Stretcher Bars

No title (No 29) Ballet Photography 32"x32" in Ed of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
No title (No 29) Ballet Photography 32"x32" in Ed of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko

No title (No 29) Ballet Photography 32"x32" in Ed of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko

By Yevgeniy Repiashenko

Located in Culver City, CA

No title (No 29) Ballet Photography 32"x32" in Ed of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko No title (No 29) Photography Edition of 25 32 x 32 inch Year photo was taken: 2016 This picture i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

White Stupa, Beihai Park, Beijing, China

White Stupa, Beihai Park, Beijing, China

By Michael Kenna

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 45 Signed, titled, negative date, print date, and numbered by Michael Kenna Sepia toned gelatin silver print, 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. Michael Kenna's black and white photograph...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Harriet Storyboard, Fleetwood - English History Black and White Photograph
Harriet Storyboard, Fleetwood - English History Black and White Photograph

Harriet Storyboard, Fleetwood - English History Black and White Photograph

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Harriet, black and white photographs by Richard Heeps, taken on day one of his project in Fleetwood while working on the Ordinary Places series. The negatives have been in Richard's ...

Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Silver Gelatin, Black and White

"Flame" Ballet Photography 47" x 47" in Ed. of 18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
"Flame" Ballet Photography 47" x 47" in Ed. of 18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko

"Flame" Ballet Photography 47" x 47" in Ed. of 18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko

By Yevgeniy Repiashenko

Located in Culver City, CA

"Flame" Ballet Photography 47" x 47" in Ed. of 18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Photography Year photo was taken: 2018 Unframed - ships in a tube This picture is a part of Spirit ser...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"New Moon" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" inch Ed. 3/15 by Olha Stepanian
"New Moon" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" inch Ed. 3/15 by Olha Stepanian

"New Moon" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" inch Ed. 3/15 by Olha Stepanian

By Olha Stepanian

Located in Culver City, CA

"New Moon" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" inch Ed. 3/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Tyler Shields - Glitter Pill, Photography 2020, Printed After
Tyler Shields - Glitter Pill, Photography 2020, Printed After

Tyler Shields - Glitter Pill, Photography 2020, Printed After

By Tyler Shields

Located in Stamford, CT

Series: Mouths Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 18" x 18" 30" x 30" 45" x 45" 60" x 60" 70" x 70" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs Tyl...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print

Damme, Belgium (4-04-5c-4)

Damme, Belgium (4-04-5c-4)

By Lynn Geesaman

Located in New York, NY

Throughout her career, Geesaman photographed public parks and formal gardens in the United States and Europe, focusing on the intersection of nature and artifice in the cultivated la...

Category

Early 2000s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

No title (No 28) Ballet Photography 32 x 32 in Ed of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
No title (No 28) Ballet Photography 32 x 32 in Ed of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko

No title (No 28) Ballet Photography 32 x 32 in Ed of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko

By Yevgeniy Repiashenko

Located in Culver City, CA

No title (No 28) Ballet Photography 32 x 32 in Ed of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko No title (No 28) Photography Edition of 25 32 x 32 inch Year photo was taken: 2018 This picture is...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

Penelope Tree with Flowers

Penelope Tree with Flowers

By David Bailey

Located in London, GB

David Bailey Penelope Tree with Flowers, 2022 Unique overpainted photograph comprising archival pigment print with hand embellished acrylic paint on pape...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Pigment

"Circus 5" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian

"Circus 5" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian

By Olha Stepanian

Located in Culver City, CA

"Circus 5" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

“Innerbloom” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff

“Innerbloom” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff

By Brian Ziff

Located in Culver City, CA

“Innerbloom” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA signed ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Sisters (Circus)" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian

"Sisters (Circus)" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian

By Olha Stepanian

Located in Culver City, CA

"Sisters (Circus)" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the art...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Untitled Color Series I
Untitled Color Series I

Untitled Color Series I

By Christophe von Hohenberg

Located in New York, NY

Ed. of 5, includes white frame with white mat. Known for his minimalistic black & white landscapes as well as his bold fashion and celebrity portraiture dating back to‬‭ the late 19...

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tyler Shields - Rolls Royce, Photography 2015, Printed After

Tyler Shields - Rolls Royce, Photography 2015, Printed After

By Tyler Shields

Located in Stamford, CT

Series: Indulgence Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 18" x 18" 30" x 30" 45" x 45" 60" x 60" 70" x 70" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print

Girls (Till Death do us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative

Girls (Till Death do us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Girls (Till Death do us Part) - 2016 40x40cm, Edition of 10. Archival C- Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist inventory number: 9435. Not mounted...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Tyler Shields - Monroe, Photography 2015, Printed After
Tyler Shields - Monroe, Photography 2015, Printed After

Tyler Shields - Monroe, Photography 2015, Printed After

By Tyler Shields

Located in Stamford, CT

Series: Historical Fiction Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 18" x 18" 30" x 30" 45" x 45" 60" x 60" 70" x 70" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print

Untitled X by Matthieu Venot - Colour photography, architecture, large-size, sky
Untitled X by Matthieu Venot - Colour photography, architecture, large-size, sky

Untitled X by Matthieu Venot - Colour photography, architecture, large-size, sky

By Matthieu Venot

Located in Paris, FR

Untitled X is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Matthieu Venot. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in only one size: 110 cm x 110cm ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Pigment

A Helping Hand
A Helping Hand

A Helping Hand

By Trenity Thomas

Located in New Orleans, LA

edition 1/5 TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Leandro Franco - Lips Trilogy #1
Leandro Franco - Lips Trilogy #1

Leandro Franco - Lips Trilogy #1

By Leandro Franco

Located in New York City, NY

Leandro Franco Lips Trilogy #1, 2020 (Fashion Photography) 20 x 20 inches 50 x 50cm edition of 13 Archival Pigment Print Signature Label. Signed, titled, numbered and dated by th...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Thoughts

Thoughts

By Trenity Thomas

Located in New Orleans, LA

edition 1/7 TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Whip It

Whip It

By Trenity Thomas

Located in New Orleans, LA

edition 1/7 TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Fountain Head (Stay) - featuring Ryan Gosling - Polaroid

Fountain Head (Stay) - featuring Ryan Gosling - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Fountain Head (Stay) - 2006 featuring Ryan Gosling 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 5248 Not...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

“Sweet Surrender” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff

“Sweet Surrender” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff

By Brian Ziff

Located in Culver City, CA

“Sweet Surrender” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

“Morning Dew” Portrait Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff

“Morning Dew” Portrait Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff

By Brian Ziff

Located in Culver City, CA

“Morning Dew” Portrait Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Ca...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

Untitled Color Series II
Untitled Color Series II

Untitled Color Series II

By Christophe von Hohenberg

Located in New York, NY

Ed. of 6, includes white frame with white mat. Known for his minimalistic black & white landscapes as well as his bold fashion and celebrity portraiture dating back to‬‭ the late 19...

Category

2010s Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Walter Rudolph, Tunisia 1980

Walter Rudolph, Tunisia 1980

By Walter Rudolph

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...

Category

1970s Modern Interior Prints

Materials

Color

"Pygmalion and Galatea 2" Photography 31" x 31" in Ed. of 7 by Olha Stepanian

"Pygmalion and Galatea 2" Photography 31" x 31" in Ed. of 7 by Olha Stepanian

By Olha Stepanian

Located in Culver City, CA

"Pygmalion and Galatea 2" Photography 31" x 31" in Ed. of 7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the art...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid

Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 488...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

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

'Venice' 2024 - black and white polaroid landscape photography

'Venice' 2024 - black and white polaroid landscape photography

By Ugne Pouwell

Located in London, GB

'Venice' 2024 A photograph captured with a Polaroid camera. Printed on the finest archival paper, these limited edition photographs are designed to withstand the test of time, prese...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée

Henry featuring Ryan Gosling (Stay) - featuring Ryan Gosling - Polaroid

Henry featuring Ryan Gosling (Stay) - featuring Ryan Gosling - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Henry (Stay) - 2006 featuring Ryan Gosling 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 5248 Not mounted...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Eternal - RHYTHM OF SILENCE II by Alexandre Manuel (Black and white minimalist)
Eternal - RHYTHM OF SILENCE II by Alexandre Manuel (Black and white minimalist)

Eternal - RHYTHM OF SILENCE II by Alexandre Manuel (Black and white minimalist)

By Alexandre Manuel

Located in New York City, NY

Series: ETERNAL All available sizes and editions: 20" x 20" editions of 10 40" x 40" editions of 7 60" x 60" editions of 5 Archival Pigment Print on Fine Art Baryta paper Mounted a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Abstract Dancers Light Blue 2, Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Abstract Dancers Light Blue 2, Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print

Abstract Dancers Light Blue 2, Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print

By Giles Revell

Located in Brighton, GB

Abstract Dancers Light Blue 2 by Giles Revell is a Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print in this size of 50cm x 50cm in a limited edition of...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

LOTUS (No 30) Ballet Photography 32x32 in Ed. of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
LOTUS (No 30) Ballet Photography 32x32 in Ed. of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko

LOTUS (No 30) Ballet Photography 32x32 in Ed. of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko

By Yevgeniy Repiashenko

Located in Culver City, CA

LOTUS (No 30) Ballet Photography 32x32 in Ed. of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Year photo was taken: 2019 This picture is a part of Spirit series. The picture shows the frozen movement of the dancer...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Plexiglass

Christ Light, Jaywick - Square Multicolor Vintage Interior Photograph Framed
Christ Light, Jaywick - Square Multicolor Vintage Interior Photograph Framed

Christ Light, Jaywick - Square Multicolor Vintage Interior Photograph Framed

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Christ Light, a modest church interior illuminated by the bold geometric multi-colour stained glass, photograph from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. This artwork is a limited edition...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin

Oyster queen at Goese Sas by Hans Withoos

Oyster queen at Goese Sas by Hans Withoos

By Hans Withoos

Located in New York City, NY

Fine art inkjet print on special paper rag Ask us for framing options Hans Withoos career spans more than twenty years worldwide. After graduating from the Art Academy. He specializ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

'Yellow Reflections' - film photography - nature - fall - leaves - wilderness
'Yellow Reflections' - film photography - nature - fall - leaves - wilderness

'Yellow Reflections' - film photography - nature - fall - leaves - wilderness

Located in Atlanta, GA

"Yellow Reflections" is a photograph featuring hues of yellow, red, orange and purple. It is an edition of 10. This listing is for a framed print measuring 16 by 16 inches. Virginie...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper

50p Only, Cambridge - Multicolor Vintage Launderette Interior Photograph
50p Only, Cambridge - Multicolor Vintage Launderette Interior Photograph

50p Only, Cambridge - Multicolor Vintage Launderette Interior Photograph

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

50p Only, vintage launderette interior photograph taken near to Richard Heeps' home in Cambridge. This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss photographic print from negative, dry...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin

“Wasted Youth” Portrait Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff

“Wasted Youth” Portrait Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff

By Brian Ziff

Located in Culver City, CA

“Wasted Youth” Portrait Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

Tiger Mouth 1, China (Black and White Landscape Photography)
Tiger Mouth 1, China (Black and White Landscape Photography)

Tiger Mouth 1, China (Black and White Landscape Photography)

By Alexandre Manuel

Located in New York City, NY

Alexandre Manuel’s work captures landscapes at the delicate intersection of absence and presence, where nature unfolds with quiet drama. Through refined long-exposure techniques, eac...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Constellation, Chin
Constellation, Chin

Constellation, Chin

By Alexandre Manuel

Located in New York City, NY

Alexandre Manuel’s work captures landscapes at the delicate intersection of absence and presence, where nature unfolds with quiet drama. Through refined long-exposure techniques, eac...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

“Red Bull” Black & White Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff

“Red Bull” Black & White Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff

By Brian Ziff

Located in Culver City, CA

“Red Bull” Black & White Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA signed by the artist Not framed. Ships in tube. From "Unbearable Lightness...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

UAE I
UAE I

UAE I

By Alexandre Manuel

Located in New York City, NY

Alexandre Manuel’s work captures landscapes at the delicate intersection of absence and presence, where nature unfolds with quiet drama. Through refined long-exposure techniques, eac...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

UAE II
UAE II

UAE II

By Alexandre Manuel

Located in New York City, NY

Alexandre Manuel’s work captures landscapes at the delicate intersection of absence and presence, where nature unfolds with quiet drama. Through refined long-exposure techniques, eac...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Palm Trees, Sand Beach, Florida, photograph, limited edition - Gerald Berghammer
Palm Trees, Sand Beach, Florida, photograph, limited edition - Gerald Berghammer

Palm Trees, Sand Beach, Florida, photograph, limited edition - Gerald Berghammer

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ryan Gosling - Stay

Ryan Gosling - Stay

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'Ryan Gossling' (Stay) - 2006, 20x20cm, Edition of 2/10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid Certificate and Signature label artist Inventory No. 2447.02 Not mounted. Stefanie Schneider: Torsten Scheid, “Fotografie, Kunst, Kino. Revisited.”, FilmDienst 3/2006, page 11-13

 Photography Art Cinema. Revisited Stay expands a traditional connection through new facets Interwoven between the media of photography and film is a veritable mesh-work of technical, motific, metaphorical and personal interrelationships. Extending from photo-film which, as in La Jetée by Chris Marker (France, 1962) is a montage of single, unmoving photographs all the way to the portrayal of photographic motifs in Hollywood cinema―most recently in Memento (USA, 2000) and One hour photo (USA, 2002)―is the range of filmic-photographic interactions on the one hand, and from the adaption of modes of cinematic production to the imitation of film stills on the other. For instance, with the legendary Untitled Film Stills (1978) of the American artist Cindy Sherman, who later made her debut as a film director with Office Killer (USA, 1997) and thereby, like many others, changed sides: Wim Wenders, Robert Frank and Larry Clark are doubtlessly the most successful of these photographic-filmic border crossers. This brief survey provides only a vague indication of the dimensions of this intermedial field, which in fact extends much further and is constantly being cultivated. Also as a motif in film, photography has experienced a historical transformation: Photographers were once considered to be technicians who mastered a craft but never achieved the status of artists. Photographer-figures were caught in the allure of beautiful appearance, incapable of penetrating to the actual essence of things. Such depth was reserved for literature or painting. When photography in film touched upon the sphere of art, then most often as its contrasting model, as the metaphor for a superficial access to the world. Coming to mind are Fred Astaire as a singing fashion photographer in Stanley Donen’s musical film Funny Face (USA, 1957), or the restless lifestyle-photographer in Michelangelo Antonioni’s genre-classic Blow up (GB, 1966). For the doubting Thomas, only that exists which can be photographed. He ultimately enters the world of fantasy and thereby the field of art only unwillingly, when he becomes entangled in the world of his images. The last of his detail-enlargements shows only the photographic grain and has lost all connection to reality. The photograph looks as if it had been painted by Bill, the painter who is both friend and antagonist to the protagonist.

 Photography as Art It was first around the end of the last century that numerous filmmakers discovered photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood stands, camera in hand, on the threshold of artistic status, and in Smoke (USA, 1994) a tobacco merchant ripens into a philosopher through his involvement in photography. Finally, in John Water’s parody of the art market, Pecker (USA, 1998), a provincial tom-fool is hyped into celebrated stardom amid the New York art scene because of his blurred snapshots. This film about a postmodern Kaspar Hauser in photographic art (with clear parallels to Richard Billingham, the British shooting star of the nineteen-nineties), not only takes into account the exponentially expanded significance of photography in the art market, but also attributes to photography an extreme degree of conformity to the “operating system” of the visual arts. This admittedly ironic equation of photography and the visual arts is new. It is repeated with much more earnestness in Lisa Chollondencko’s High Art (USA) from the same year. Artistic photography has finally become established in a cinematic context.

 
Stay Stay (USA, 2005) could have fitted in seamlessly here. Considering that the films High Art and Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the millennium, director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland) takes a step backward; he revives an anti-technical, intuitive concept of art, including the customary clichés about madness and genius. This choice documents less an anachronistic notion of art (especially considering that painting is currently experiencing a Renaissance) than instead the appraisal that paintings are more suitable for representing the free objectification of the mind. Stay is not an artist-film but rather a psycho-thriller in which the borders between dream and reality become blurred.
 The psychiatrist Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) has saved his girlfriend, the artist Lila (played by Naomi Watts) from committing suicide. Now he is attempting to keep another patient, the art student Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid