Contemporary Color Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Contemporary
Botanica #9 (Eustoma Grandiflorum)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #12 (Tulipa Gesneriana)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #21 (Iris Germanica)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #11 (Eucalyptus Globulus)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flower
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Transcendence reflects on our relationship with the planet, and explores the concept of surpassing the limitations and distractions of our material existence to reach unlimited possi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Crown
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Transcendence reflects on our relationship with the planet, and explores the concept of surpassing the limitations and distractions of our material existence to reach unlimited possi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #4 (Strelitzia Reginae)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #15 (Leucospermum Cordifolium)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #16 (Paeonia)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Thistle
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Transcendence reflects on our relationship with the planet, and explores the concept of surpassing the limitations and distractions of our material existence to reach unlimited possi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Globe
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Transcendence reflects on our relationship with the planet, and explores the concept of surpassing the limitations and distractions of our material existence to reach unlimited possi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
sakura 020 – Yoshinori Mizutani, Colour, Photography, Japan, Sakura, Spring
Located in Zurich, CH
Yoshinori MIZUTANI (*1987, Japan)
sakura 020, 2015
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper
145.6 x 97 cm (57 3/8 x 38 1/4 in.)
Edition of 3, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 1/3...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #19 (Craspedia)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #17 (Protea Cynaroides)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #26 (Curcuma)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #5 (Amaryllis)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled #2
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Vee Speers' work Phoenix is a symbol of the feminine spirit of determination and renewal. In this series about women inspired by the legend of the Phoenix, the flames and ashes disap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #30 (Alstroemeria)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #3 (Celosia Cristata)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #29 (Lotus)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #27 (Ficus Carica)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #13 (Heliconia Bihai)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Botanica #1 (Clematis)
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Botanica is a collection of portraits of flowers photographed in black and white then subtly coloured to enhance and transform them. This series symbolises a moment of peaceful solit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
N°TSSIII02, USA
Located in Munich, DE
The production of sea salt is one of the oldest forms of human intervention in natural spaces. Sea salt comes from natural evaporation of seawater out of artificial created ponds. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled #5
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Vee Speers' work Phoenix is a symbol of the feminine spirit of determination and renewal. In this series about women inspired by the legend of the Phoenix, the flames and ashes disap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Buick in the Dust, Hemsby, Norfolk - Set of Four Framed Car Photographs
Located in Cambridge, GB
Buick in the Dust, photography sequence by Richard Heeps, featuring an American Car, on a British Beach (Hemsby, Norfolk) driven by a German. Richard spent years honing his skills as...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Untitled #9
By Vee Speers
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
Vee Speers' work Phoenix is a symbol of the feminine spirit of determination and renewal. In this series about women inspired by the legend of the Phoenix, the flames and ashes disap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rain Over Holkham
Located in Norwich, GB
Limited Edition large scale ( 44 x 35 inches ) 35mm photograph, taken in Norfolk. One of only three and only available in this size.
David Koppel served his photographic apprenticesh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Towards The Light
Located in Norwich, GB
Limited Edition large scale ( 44 x 35 inches ) 35mm photograph, taken in Norfolk. One of only three and only available in this size.
David Koppel served his photographic apprenticesh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Rainbow Over Cromer
Located in Norwich, GB
Limited Edition large scale ( 44 x 35 inches ) 35mm photograph, taken in Norfolk. One of only three and only available in this size.
David Koppel served his photographic apprenticesh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Mundesley
Located in Norwich, GB
Limited Edition large scale ( 44 x 35 inches ) 35mm photograph, taken in Norfolk. One of only three and only available in this size.
David Koppel served his photographic apprenticesh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Organic Material, Archival Pigment
Where World Collide
Located in Norwich, GB
Limited Edition large scale ( 44 x 35 inches ) 35mm photograph, taken in Norfolk. One of only three and only available in this size.
David Koppel served his photographic apprenticesh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Gulls Over Cromer Pier
Located in Norwich, GB
Limited Edition large scale ( 44 x 35 inches ) 35mm photograph, taken in Norfolk. One of only three and only available in this size.
David Koppel served his photographic apprenticesh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Glass, Still-life pink glass photography, Limited edition of 20.
Located in London, GB
'Glass' 2019
From a limited edition of 20.
Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag fine art paper.
The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
Sarah Morris, Color Referents (Miami) - Portfolio of 9 Prints, Contemporary Art
By Sarah Morris
Located in Hamburg, DE
Sarah Morris (American, born 1967)
Color Referents (Miami), 2003
Medium: Portfolio of 9 digital pigment prints, on photo rag paper
Dimensions: 68 x 68 cm (26¾ x 26¾ in) each
Edition ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Cabaret #4 – Miles Aldridge, woman, make up, fashion, contemporary, red, smoke
Located in Zurich, CH
MILES ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Cabaret #4
2006
Chromogenic print
Image 35,56 x 53,34 cm (14 x 21 in.)
Sheet 43,56 x 61,34 cm (17 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
Frame 47,8 x 64,5 cm (18 7...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Figurative photo, Signed limited edition print, Contemporary portrait - Fireman
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Italian French artist Laurent Campus titled ‘ Fireman'.
This photograph is part of the exh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
'Wa-Kal-La' Photographic triptych Yosemite Water Wood Tree Stone Nature Gold
Located in Penzance, GB
'Wa-Kal-La'
Archival photographic triptych. Limited Edition of 25.
Hand signed and numbered, unframed.
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Reflected in the rippling surface of the Merced river, the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Glass No.3, Still-life pink glass photography, Limited edition of 20.
Located in London, GB
'Glass No.3' 2019
From a limited edition of 20.
Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag fine art paper.
The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
A Drop of Red #2 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Glamour, Shoes, Ketchup, Red
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
A Drop Of Red #2, 2001
Chromogenic print
Image 73 x 101.5 cm (28 3/4 x 40 in.)
Sheet 83 x 111.5 cm (32 5/8 x 43 7/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 A...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Oldsmobile & Sinful Barbie's, Las Vegas - Contemporary Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Oldsmobile and Sinful Barbie's, from Richard Heeps' 'Man's Ruin' Series. This artwork is part of a sequence capturing Wendy at the Rockabilly Weekender, Viva Las Vegas, these Barbie'...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Beach Lockers, Wildwood, New Jersey - American Coastal Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Wildwood beach lockers captured on a glorious spring blue sky day. Taken in 2013 this picture was first executed in Richard's darkroom in April 2020. Colour is key in Richard's work ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Call Box, Salton City, California - American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Call Booth', photograph from Richard Heeps Salton Sea series.
This cinematic neo-noir style picture shows the classic American roadside Phone Booth, something which we look at very ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Amalfi horizon - Italian coast, sunset sea, Limited edition 5
Located in London, GB
'Amalfi horizon'
Taken in Amalfi, Italy 2020
Limited edition of 5.
The Amalfi coastline slowly recedes into the distance, as if being softly erased by the currents that caress the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Giclée
Water - water light flare photography, Limited edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Water' 2022
From a limited edition of 10.
Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag fine art paper.
The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Giclée, Photographic Paper
Michale Hutchence - 'Finger'
Located in Norwich, GB
David Koppel served his photographic apprenticeship in the rough-and-tumble world of the Fleet Street paparazzi in 1980’s London when his skills captured the very essence of the Me Decade that gave birth to the celebrity culture of today.
Koppel’s classic photographs of Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton & the Royal Family appeared in every major newspaper and magazine and marked him out as that rarity amongst press photographers: the artist with a camera.
Building on the reputation gained through the photographs for the book Still Waters, his black-and-white portraits of ordinary people now rank among the many famous names in his portfolio.
Koppel also went one better and in 2002 bought the St Giles St Gallery , bringing the best of local and international contemporary art and photography to Norwich, including the works of Sir Peter Blake, Terry O’Neill, David Bailey, Maggie Hambling, Storm Thorgersson, Tim Woolcock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Giclée, Digital Pigment
Cortina d'Ampezzo - Analogue Sunset Photography of Italian Dolomite mountains
Located in London, GB
'Cortina d'Ampezzo' 2022
It is a colour film photograph of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dolomite mountain area in Italy, made using a 4x5 Large format camera Linhof. Ugne Pouwell does all the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Joshua Tree, Mojave Desert, California - American landscape color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Joshua Tree National Park an extremely interesting rural landscape, made famous through its popularity in pop culture. Here, the Joshua Tree captured in the Mojave Desert at dusk whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Agneta III signed and numbered
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Agneta III
by Blank Barbie
pop art work of the iconic Agneta Fältskog of Swedish music super band ABBA.
Japan 1978
paper size 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm
unframed - framing availab...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
The Enigma Machine, Bletchley Park - British color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps photographed Bletchley Park in partnership with Hertfordshire University and Bletchley Park Trust, to document Alan Turing’s historic past at Bletchley. He was privileged to gain access not open to the public. This World War II German...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
La Valeur de la vie (Noisy) - Contemporary City Landscape Digital Photography
By Hubert Blanz
Located in Vienna, AT
La Valeur de la vie - Contemporary City Landscape Digital Photography
06-A Noisy-le-Grand
Edition 2/3 + 1 AP
Print is unframed and will be shipped with a sticker signed by the artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Leaving, Las Vegas, American Color Pop Art Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Taken upon leaving Las Vegas, photograph from Richard Heeps' 'Dream in Colour' series, this artwork captures a classic American neon Googie sign, wit...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Arriving, Las Vegas, American Color Pop Art Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Taken upon arriving in Las Vegas, photograph from Richard Heeps' 'Dream in Colour' series, this artwork captures a classic American neon Googie sign, with the famous Vegas cityscape ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Miss Moneypenny with Beach Ball (Heavenly Falls)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Miss Moneypenny with Beach Ball (Heavenly Falls) - 2016
20 x 20 cm,
sold out Edition of 10, this is Artist Proof 1/2.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Droplets 1 - Nature limited edition print, Floral green brown, Contemporary
By Sam Thomas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Droplets 1 - Limited edition pigment print - Limited Editions of 5
Close-up of dewdrops on a spider's web.
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Ph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, A...
La Valeur de la vie (Créteil) - Contemporary City Landscape Digital Photography
By Hubert Blanz
Located in Vienna, AT
La Valeur de la vie - Contemporary City Landscape Digital Photography
Creteil
Edition 2/3 + 1 AP
Print is unframed and comes with a sticker signed by the artist
Hubert Blanz's artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Vlasim Oak Leaves - 21st Century Still Life Contemporary Photography C-Print
By Michael Huey
Located in Vienna, AT
Vlasim Oak Leaves - 21st Century Still Life Contemporary Photograph C-Print
Print is unframed and comes with a sticker signed by the artist
Edition 2/5+2 AP
Michael Huey was born 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Freezing end No3 - 21st Century Color Portrait Animal Contemporary Photography
Located in Vienna, AT
Freezing end No3 - 21st Century Color Portrait Animal Contemporary Photography
Edition 5+2 AP
Catharina Bond‘s work deals with culturally constructed patterns of perception, especi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Contemporary color photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary color photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add color photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Tyler Shields, Richard Heeps, and Chad Kleitsch. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary color photography, so small editions measuring 1.58 inches across are also available.