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Style: Modern
Period: 1980s
Platinum Palladium print over pure Gold leaf, Limited Edition, Nude - Franci ..
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Franci & Michelle - Platinum Palladium print over pure 24 carat Gold leaf on vellum paper Edition 1 of 5 , plus 2 AP ( size 1 ) Signed + numbered with certificate of authenticit...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Platinum, Gold, Gold Leaf

Signed limited edition nude photography, Contemporary black white, Sensual Nadia
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nadia - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 Sexy photo shoot of a woman in profile, hunched over an old dentist's chair with a su...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Figurative photo, Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sensual - Punk
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Punk ‘ who was captured on film in 198...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pi...

One Pistol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol began using the big-shot Polaroid camera in 1971 and continued using it religiously until his death in 1987. Despite the camera being discontinued in 1973, he continued t...
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American Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Polaroid

Signed limited edition Figurative photo, Black white man, Homoerotic - Mathew 2
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Mathew 2 ‘ who was captured on film in...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...

Floral Signed limited edition still life print, Oversized close-up - FlowerHead
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ FlowerHead 1‘ who was captured on film...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Liza Minelli with Gene Kelly
Located in Cologne, DE
Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli i...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

A Scene of the Film Au Revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

A Kray Wedding by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
A Kray Wedding by Arthur Steel Gangland Killer Ronnie Kray stares into Arthur Steel’s camera during his four minute wedding ceremony to Elaine Kray inside Broadmoor Hospital in 198...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Catfight IV by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight IV by Arthur Steel Catfight – Female Bikini Mud Wrestlers, Hollywood Tropicana, Los Angeles 1985 – Set of 6 prints. Arthur recalls: “I was in Los Angeles with the British...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Party’s Over by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
High Roller by Arthur Steel The Party’s Over -Kevin Keegan hangs up his football boots and retires after his last ever game playing for Newcastle United. 1984 Arthur recalls: “Be...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Dealmaker Rupert Murdoch by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The Dealmaker Rupert Murdoch Mr. Murdoch’s office Bouverie Street, London, 1981 (photo Arthur Steel) Arthur recalls: “I was invited to Mr. Murdoch’s office for a meeting and throug...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Vivienne Westwood by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood by Arthur Steel The Pirate Collection of 1981 was Westwood and McLaren’s first catwalk show. This offered a romantic look which burst onto the London fashion sce...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

George Best by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
George Best by Arthur Steel George Best – Just released from Ford Prison, 1985 (photo Arthur Steel) Arthur recalls: “I photographed George Best having his first bath following his...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photogravure

Bone Idle by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Bone Idle by Arthur Steel Bone Idle – Gracious the bloodhound, Sussex, 1986 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold. paper size - 16 ...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Catfight V by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight V by Arthur Steel Catfight – Female Bikini Mud Wrestlers, Hollywood Tropicana, Los Angeles 1985 – Set of 6 prints. Arthur recalls: “I was in Los Angeles with the British c...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Super Mac by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Super Mac Super Mac – John McEnroe, Wimbledon Tennis Championships 1984 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold. paper size - 24 x 1...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Baby Love Bug by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Baby Love Bug by Arthur Steel Baby Love Bug – Volkswagen Owner’s Meet, Great Britain 1980 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold. pa...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

What Do You Think Of It So Far by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
What Do You Think Of It So Far by Arthur Steel Eric Morcombe at home, England, 1981 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold. paper ...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Catfight III by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight III by Arthur Steel Catfight – Female Bikini Mud Wrestlers, Hollywood Tropicana, Los Angeles 1985 – Set of 6 prints. Arthur recalls: “I was in Los Angeles with the British...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Horseshoes by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Horseshoes by Arthur Steel IRELAND 1981 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold. paper size - 54 x 37 " / 137 x 94 cm signed and n...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fallen Angel by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Fallen Angel by Arthur Steel Fallen Angel – London, 1982 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold. paper ...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Short Back And Sidespin by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Short Back And Sidespin by Arthur Steel London 1983 Punk Martin Gale is so potty about Snooker he’s let it go to his head. All prints are hand signed ...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Pistol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol began using the big-shot Polaroid camera in 1971 and continued using it religiously until his death in 1987. Despite the camera being discontinued in 1973, he continued t...
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American Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Polaroid

Def Leppard by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Def Leppard Joe Elliott, Def Leppard on stage 1983 by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Original Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph of Poet Allen Ginsberg in Yoga Pose
By Jan Herman
Located in Surfside, FL
Jan Herman, journalist, writer and photographer is an old-school journalist who got his start in San Francisco’s counterculture scene in the 1960s. A Brooklyn native and Queens College graduate. While working at City Lights Books as the poet-publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti's assistant, Jan Herman founded Nova Broadcast Press and the little magazine San Francisco Earthquake (1967-1971), which published Beat, post-Beat and Fluxus writers and artists. Chief among them were William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Allen Ginsberg, Carl Weissner, Wolf Vostell, Norman O. Mustill, Mary Beach, Claude Pélieu, Ferlinghetti, Ed Sanders...
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American Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Brigitte Bardot at a young age
Located in Cologne, DE
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, born 28 September 1934, often referred to by her initials B.B. is a French animal rights activist and former actress, singer, and model. Famous for portra...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Catfight Female Mud Wrestlers 5 By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight Female Mud Wrestlers 5 By Arthur Steel Paper size: 16 x 13" / 41 x 33 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 50 note other...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Catfight Female Mud Wrestlers 3 By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight Female Mud Wrestlers 3 By Arthur Steel Paper size: 16 x 13" / 41 x 33 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 50 note other...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Liza Minelli with husband
Located in Cologne, DE
Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli i...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

George Best Bath By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
George Best Bath By Arthur Steel Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 30 note other print sizes...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Catfight Female Mud Wrestlers 4 By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight Female Mud Wrestlers 4 By Arthur Steel Paper size: 16 x 13" / 41 x 33 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 50 note other...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Kevin Keegan By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Kevin Keegan By Arthur Steel Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 30 note other print sizes and...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fallen Angel By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Fallen Angel By Arthur Steel Paper size: 34 x 26" / 86 x 66 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 50 note other print sizes and fr...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bone Idle By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Bone Idle By Arthur Steel Paper size: 16 x 13" / 41 x 33 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 50 note other print sizes and frami...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Careless Whisper By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Careless Whisper By Arthur Steel Paper size: 16 x 13" / 41 x 33 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 50 note other print sizes an...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Protective Pooch By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Protective Pooch By Arthur Steel Paper size: 54 x 41" / 137 x 104 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 20 note other print sizes ...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eric Morecambe By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Eric Morecambe By Arthur Steel Paper size: 34 x 26" / 86 x 66 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 50 note other print sizes and...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

John Mcenroe By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
John Mcenroe By Arthur Steel Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 30 note other print sizes and...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Baby Love Bug By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Baby Love Bug By Arthur Steel Paper size: 24 x 19" / 61x48 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 50 note other print sizes and fra...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Vivienne Westwood By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood By Arthur Steel Paper size: 64 x 48.5" / 162.5 x 123 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 10 note other print s...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Horseshoes Pile Luck Of The Irish By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Horseshoes Pile Luck Of The Irish By Arthur Steel Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1981 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 30 note...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ronnie Kray Wedding 1 By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Ronnie Kray Wedding 1 By Arthur Steel Paper size: 54 x 41" / 137 x 104 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1980 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 20 note other print s...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe "A Star Never Dies", USA, 1985
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spe...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Harrahs (Black and White, Photography, Disco, Iconic, Studio 54, Wasted, Party)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joe Kelly Harrahs Black and White Photograph Year: 1981 Image Size: 13x19.5in Sheet Size: 16x20in Signed, dated and inscribed verso Ref.: 924802-1713 Tags: B&W, Black and White, Pho...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Irish actor Gabriel Byrne - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo with stamp. The Irish actor Gabriel Byrne.
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

A Scene from the Movie "Crimes of the Heart" - Vintage b/w Photo - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Sissi Spacek, Diane Keaton and Jessica Lange in a scene from the Movie "Crimes of the Heart".
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Italian Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni and the Italian Actress Laura Morante in a scene from the movie "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal" by Mario Monicelli.
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Silver Gelatin Portrait Photograph Horst Black & White Photo Koo Stark
Located in Surfside, FL
Koo Stark Black and white silver gelatin portrait photograph of photographer Horst P. Horst, official 80th birthday image. Frame: 17 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches Sight: 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches Condition: Good. Kathleen Norris Stark (born April 26, 1956), better known as Koo Stark, is an American photographer and actress, known for her relationship with Prince Andrew. She is a patron of the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust, which runs the museum of the Victorian pioneer photographer. Early life and education Stark was born in New York. Her parents were Wilbur Stark, a writer and producer, and Kathi Norris, a writer and television presenter in New York City. She is the youngest of three children, the others being Pamela and Brad. At the time of her birth, the family was living in the city's Manhattan borough.[1] Her grandfather, Edwin Earl Norris, was a cabinetmaker and musician, playing the French horn and the viola in the Newark Symphony Orchestra. Her mother's family were Presbyterians.[2][3] After a divorce in the 1960s, her mother remarried.[4] Koo Stark attended the Hewitt School in New York and the Glendower Preparatory School in Kensington, London. After training at a stage school, she began her film acting career. (she acted in the original Star Wars!) Stark also began to work as a fashion model, particularly for Norman Parkinson. In February 1981, she was at the National Theatre as an understudy in the Edward Albee play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Stark has worked as a photographer since the 1980s, and may have been the first person to turn the tables on the pursuing paparazzi by taking photos of them. Prince Andrew has told how in 1983 a photographic printer, Gene Nocon, invited Stark to take photographs of people taking photos of her, for his exhibition, Personal Points of View, planned for October. She persuaded Nocon to include Andrew's work as well. Her early photographs led to a book deal, for which she took lessons from Norman Parkinson. She travelled to Tobago, where he lived, and he became her mentor. Her book Contrasts (1985) included about a hundred of her photographs. She went on to study the work of leading photographers, including Angus McBean, whom she met and photographed, developing her interests in photography to include reportage, portraits, landscapes, still life, and other work. The book Contrasts was launched at Hamiltons Gallery, London, in September 1985, at an exhibition of the same name. In 1994, the Gallery Bar at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane hosted an exhibition called 'The Stark Image', forty photographs by Stark, including several previously unpublished. In 1998, her work was featured at the Como Lario in Holbein Place, Belgravia. In July 2001 she had an exhibition called 'Stark Images" at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh, duplicated from June to July 2001 at Dimbola Lodge on the Isle of Wight. A solo exhibition of portraits was at the Winter Gardens, Ventnor, from September to October 2010,[29] and another at Dimbola Lodge from February to April, 2011. On 22 April 1987, a charity auction at Christie's, St James's, for the Campaign to Protect Rural England, featured signed work by David Bailey, Patrick Lichfield, Don McCullin, Terence Donovan, Fay Godwin, Heather Angel, Clive Arrowsmith, Linda McCartney, Koo Stark, and fifteen others, Views by Stark, including some of Kirby Muxloe Castle, were in G. H. Davies's England's Glory (1987), a CPRE book launched at the same time. Pictures by Stark have appeared in Country Life and other magazines. Several of her portraits are in the National Portrait Gallery, and work is also in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, both in London. A Leica user, Stark has said her camera transcends mere function and is a personal friend. A solo exhibition hosted by the Leica gallery in Mayfair in May 2017 was entitled Kintsugi, a Japanese word for a way of renovating things that have been broken. Stark explained the title: "Kintsugi is a way of learning to see individual beauty, and to appreciate the value of experience and honesty. It is the antithesis of digital, airbrushed, Photoshop-homogenised 'beauty'." In August the exhibition was repeated in Manchester, to mark the opening of a new Leica store there. Stark has been a practising Buddhist since meeting the Dalai Lama. She continues to live in London and is a member of the Chelsea Arts Club. She is a Patron of the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust, at Dimbola Lodge on the Isle of Wight, home of the Victorian pioneer photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. Stark met Prince Andrew in February 1981, and they were close for some two years, before and after his active service in the Falklands War. Tina Brown has claimed that this was Andrew's only serious love affair. In October 1982 they took a holiday together on the island of Mustique. According to Lady Colin Campbell, Andrew was in love, and the Queen was "much taken with the elegant, intelligent, and discreet Koo". However, in 1983, after 18 months of dating, they split up under pressure from the Queen. In 1997, Prince Andrew became the godfather of Stark's daughter, and in 2015, when the Prince was accused by Virginia Roberts over the Jeffrey Epstein connection, Stark came to his defence, stating that he was a good man and she could help to rebut the claims. Photographic exhibitions 'Contrasts', Hamiltons Gallery, Carlos Place, London, September 1985 'The Stark Image', Gallery Bar at Grosvenor House Hotel, London, 1994 'Stark Images', Dimbola Lodge, Isle of Wight, June to July 2001 'Stark Images', Fruitmarket Gallery, Market Street, Edinburgh, July 2001 'Portraits by Koo Stark', Winter Gardens, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, September to October 2010 'Koo Stark: Contrasts', Dimbola Lodge, Isle of Wight, February to April, 2011 'Kintsugi', Leica gallery, Bruton Place, Mayfair, May 2017 'Kintsugi', Leica store, Police Street, Manchester, August 2017 'Kintsugi Portraits', San Lorenzo, Beauchamp Place, London SW3, November 2017 Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann (1906 – 1999), who chose to be known as Horst P. Horst, was a German-American fashion and Fine Art photographer. The younger of two sons, Horst was born in Weißenfels-an-der-Saale, Germany, to Klara (Schönbrodt) and Max Bohrmann. His father was a successful merchant. In his teens, he met dancer Evan Weidemann at the home of his aunt, and this aroused his interest in avant-garde art. In the late 1920s, Horst studied at Hamburg Kunstgewerbeschule, leaving there in 1930 to go to Paris to study under the architect Le Corbusier. While in Paris, he befriended many people in the art community and attended many galleries. In 1930 he met Vogue photographer Baron George Hoyningen-Huene, a half-Baltic, half-American nobleman, and became his photographic assistant, occasional model, and lover. He traveled to England with him that winter. While there, they visited photographer Cecil Beaton, who was working for the British edition of Vogue. In 1931, Horst began his association with Vogue, publishing his first photograph in the French edition of Vogue in December of that year. It was a full-page advertisement showing a model in black velvet holding a Klytia scent bottle. His first exhibition took place at La Plume d'Or in Paris in 1932. It was reviewed by Janet Flanner in The New Yorker, and this review, which appeared after the exhibition ended, made Horst instantly prominent. Horst made a portrait of Bette Davis the same year, the first in a series of public figures he would photograph during his career. Within two years, he had photographed Noël Coward, Yvonne Printemps, Lisa Fonssagrives, Count Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Duke Fulco di Verdura, Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, Princess Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Daisy Fellowes, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Cole Porter, Elsa Schiaparelli, and others like Eve Curie. Horst rented an apartment in New York City in 1937, and while residing there met Coco Chanel, whom Horst called "the queen of the whole thing". He would photograph her fashions for three decades. He met Valentine Lawford, British diplomat in 1938, and they lived together until Lawford's death in 1991. Horst adopted a son, Richard J. Horst, whom they raised together. In 1941, Horst applied for United States citizenship. In 1942, he passed an Army physical, and joined the Army on July 2, 1943. On October 21, he received his United States citizenship as Horst P. Horst. He became an Army photographer, with much of his work printed in the forces' magazine Belvoir Castle. In 1945, he photographed United States President Harry S. Truman, with whom he became friends, and he photographed every First Lady in the post-war period at the invitation of the White House. In 1947, Horst moved into his house in Oyster Bay, New York. He designed the white stucco-clad building himself, the design inspired by the houses that he had seen in Tunisia during his relationship with Hoyningen-Huene. Horst is best known for his photographs of women and fashion, but is also recognized for his photographs of interior architecture, still lifes, especially ones including plants, and environmental portraits. One of the great iconic photos of the Twentieth-Century is "The Mainbocher Corset" with its erotically charged mystery, captured by Horst in Vogue’s Paris studio in 1939. Designers like Donna Karan continue to use the timeless beauty of "The Mainbocher Corset" as an inspiration for their outerwear collections today. His work frequently reflects his interest in surrealist style and surrealism and his regard of the ancient Greek ideal of physical beauty. Horst P Horst signed color photograph in color. Horst is listed as one of the best photographers ever along with Diane Arbus, Ansel Adams, and Robert Mapplethorpe His method of work typically entailed careful preparation for the shoot, with the lighting and studio props (of which he used many) arranged in advance. His instructions to models are remembered as being brief and to the point. His published work uses lighting to pick out the subject; he frequently used four spotlights, often one of them pointing down from the ceiling. Only rarely do his photos include shadows falling on the background of the set. Horst rarely, if ever, used filters. While most of his work is in black & white, much of his color photography includes largely monochromatic settings to set off a colorful fashion. Horst's color photography did include documentation of society interior design, well noted in the volume Horst Interiors. He photographed a number of interiors designed by Robert Denning and Vincent Fourcade of Denning & Fourcade and often visited their homes in Manhattan and Long Island. After making the photograph, Horst generally left it up to others to develop, print, crop, and edit his work. One of his most famous portraits is of Marlene Dietrich, taken in 1942. She protested the lighting that he had selected and arranged, but he used it anyway. Dietrich liked the results and subsequently used a photo from the session in her own publicity. In the 1960s, encouraged by Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, Horst began a series of photos illustrating the lifestyle of international high society which included people like: Consuelo Vanderbilt, Marella Agnelli, Gloria Guinness, Baroness Pauline de Rothschild and Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Baroness Geoffroy de Waldner, Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Lee Radziwill, Duke of Windsor and Duchess of Windsor, Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans and Lady Jacquetta Eliot, Countess of St Germans, Antenor Patiño, Oscar de la Renta and Françoise de Langlade, Desmond Guinness and Princess Henriette Marie-Gabrielle von Urach, Andy Warhol, Nancy Lancaster...
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Italian Actress Laura Belli - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian actress Laura Belli in a scene from "Gamma", by Salvatore Nocita.
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Modern 1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

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