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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Contemporary
N°TSSI24, France
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
N°TSSI27, France
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
North Shore Motel Office II, Salton Sea, California - Architecture Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
North Shore Motel, photograph from Richard Heeps Salton Sea series. Blue skies over this Californian classic mid-century modern Americana Motel exterior. Captured by Richard Heeps in...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Motel Desert Shores, Salton Sea, California - American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Motel Desert Shores, photograph from Richard Heeps Salton Sea Series. This artwork has the a vibe of a Southern California American road trip, the colours are so seductive, the palm ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Roy's Motel Sign, Amboy, California - American Road Trip Sign Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
The iconic Roy's Motel sign on the famous Route 66 which is the backdrop to some of the best American road trips. Photograph by Richard Heeps as part of his Dream in Colour series an...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin
North Shore Motel Steps, Salton Sea, California - Architectural color photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
North Shore Motel Steps, mid-century architecture photography captured by Richard Heeps as part of his Salton Sea series
This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss photographic ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
N°TSSII05, France
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
North Shore Motel Office I, Salton Sea California - Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
North Shore Motel, photography by Richard Heeps captured in the Salton Sea, California. A classic American faded roadside Motel, the mid-century architecture stands against with blue...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
N°TSSI01, France
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
N°TSSI03, France
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
Goldfinch by Mark Harvey 20" x 20" C-type Photographic Print Only
Located in Coltishall, GB
Goldfinch is part of the In Flight collection, a series of portraits of the wild birds taken in the gardens of Mark Harvey's home in Norfolk, England.
What could be more eye catchin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
N°TSSI05, France
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
N°TSSI27, France
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
N°TSSI12, France
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
N°TSSI19, France
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
N°TSSI15, France
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
Ploughman's Cottage, Tydd St. Giles, Cambridgeshire - Interior Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Ploughman's Cottage, photograph from Richard Heeps' series, A View of the Fens from the Car with Wings.
Richard Heeps is well known for documenting the unique Fenland landscape near ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Movie Star Diamond Dust
By David Drebin
Located in PARIS, FR
Series: Diamond Dust
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
31" X 39" - Edition of 10
Diamond Dust Collection
Diamond Dust is a glittering material tha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Glitter, C Print
Girl With Orange Dress Diamond Dust
By David Drebin
Located in PARIS, FR
Series: Diamond Dust
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
31" X 46.5" - Edition of 10
Diamond Dust Collection
Diamond Dust is a glittering material t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Glitter
Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan - Italian Church Interior Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Santa Maria delle Grazie, religious icon church architecture interior photograph from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan.
A Short History of Milan' began in November 20...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
San Giovanni Stained Glass, Milan - Italian Church Interior Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
San Giovanni Stained Glass, brutalist architecture interior photograph from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan.
A Short History of Milan' began in November 2018 for a sp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
0º00 Longitude 52º35N Latitude Wisbech St Mary’s Wash - Landscape Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Wisbech St Mary's Wash Looking North, British landscape photograph from Richard Heeps series, 36 Minutes in Cambridgeshire.
Richard Heeps was awarded a Millennium Year of the Artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Dreaming The World Diamond Dust
By David Drebin
Located in PARIS, FR
Series: Diamond Dust
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
31" X 46.5" - Edition of 10
Diamond Dust Collection
Diamond Dust is a glittering material t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Glitter, C Print
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
0°00 Longitude, 52° 18N' Latitude, Mare Fen - Landscape Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Mare Fen, British landscape photograph from Richard Heeps series, 36 Minutes in Cambridgeshire.
Richard Heeps was awarded a Millennium Year of the Artist Arts Council Grant to make ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Nat Finkelstein, Andy Warhol with Spray Paint and Moped, The Factory NYC, 1966
Located in Manchester, GB
Nat Finkelstein, Andy with Spray Paint and Moped, The Factory NYC, 1966
Andy Warhol at work making art at The Factory, New York 1966
Image size: 34 x 50 cm
Paper size: 44 x 60 cm ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Lithograph
0°00 Longitude, 52°32N' Latitude, Hake's Drove - Landscape Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Hake's Drove, British landscape photograph from Richard Heeps series, 36 Minutes in Cambridgeshire.
Richard Heeps was awarded a Millennium Year of the Artist Arts Council Grant to m...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Moon Catcher, 2007, Fotografia notturna, Fotografia contemporanea
Located in Milano, IT
Giclée print on baryta paper by American artist Tim White-Sobieski, is a 2007 photograph part of the "Closer To Fall" series.
Mostre:
- The Phair 2023, May 5-7, Turin.
- The Memo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
My Literature - Signed limited edition fine art print, Contemporary, Brown
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
My Literature - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 3
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity , unframed
This is an Archival Pigment print...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pig...
Cowboy, Kanab, Utah - American Landscape Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
A Cowboy silhouette, captured in Kanab, the home of many Western Movies. This artwork is typical of one of Richard's signatures, a surreal twist using composition to play with realit...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
0º00 Longitude 52º12N Latitude Field East of Hardwick - Landscape Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Field East of Hardwick, British landscape photograph from Richard Heeps series, 36 Minutes in Cambridgeshire.
Richard Heeps was awarded a Millennium Year of the Artist Arts Council ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin
Bruce Lee TV, Hong Kong - Contemporary Portrait Pop Art Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Bruce Lee TV, photograph by Richard Heeps captured at the top of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. Seventies inspired mustard wallpaper is the backdrop for a black and white vintage Sanyo ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Delilah Right Red Hand III - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Delilah Right Red Hand III, photograph from Richard Heeps Burlesque series. This is part of a sequence capturing Delilah in a Whoopee Club photo shoot. Richard Heeps became well-know...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Godley & creme- Signed limited edition still life fine art print, Sexy Model
By Geoff Halpin
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Godley & creme - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
London, 1983
Tinted Black & White Art print
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper...
Category
1980s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Karma, Milan - Book Kiosk, Italian color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Karma, a book kiosk on the streets of Milan, photograph from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of Milan.
The series began as a special project for the 2018 Affordable Art Fair M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Gondola in Venice
Located in PARIS, FR
Gondolas in Venice during winter
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Roy's Motel Sign, Amboy, California - American Road Trip Sign Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
The iconic Googie Roy's Motel sign on the famous Route 66 which is the backdrop to some of the best American road trips. Photograph by Richard Heeps as part of his Dream in Colour se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
the other planet VIII - Contemporary Jungle Landscape Photography
Located in Vienna, AT
the other planet VIII - Contemporary Jungle Landscape Photography
Edition 3/3 + 2 AP
C-print is unframed and comes with a sticker signed by the artist.
Tina Ribarits works with a co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Color
Second Hand Flowers Nr. 41 - nature color and form photography homage to Warhol
Located in Hamburg, DE
Second Hand Flowers Nr. 41 is a unique photo work of German artist Karin Elmers on photographic paper mounted on alu-dibond under 3mm acrylic. Easy hanging mechanism on back. Incl. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Büro (Office) - 21st Century Still Life Color Figurative Photography Edition
Located in Vienna, AT
Büro (Office) - 21st Century Still Life Color Figurative Photography
Edition 5+2 AP
Anja Hitzenberger photo series "von Haus aus" sends us on a walk through the rooms of the former...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Self-Portrait (New York) – Jun Ahn, Photography, Cityscape, Woman, New York, Art
By Jun Ahn
Located in Zurich, CH
Jun AHN (*1981, South Korea)
Self-Portrait (New York), 2012
Archival pigment print, , face mounted to Acrylic (Diasec)
Brown flame stained and hardened wood frame
Sheet 152.4 x 101....
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Catherine D'Lish in Champagne Coupe II - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Catherine D'Lish, Tease-o-Rama, photograph capturing her champagne coupe Burlesque performance in Hollywood. Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque photography as he captu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Silver Gelatin, Color
To the moon and back, abstract sky photography, limited edition 2 of 5.
Located in London, GB
'To the moon and back' is a photograph of one of the summer evening sunsets. As you gaze at the horizon, you see a plane flying at the perfect horizontal line, set on its journey. Co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Second Hand Flowers Nr. 47 - nature color and form photography homage to Warhol
Located in Hamburg, DE
Second Hand Flowers Nr. 47 is a unique photo work of German artist Karin Elmers. C-print on photographic paper mounted on alu-dibond under 3mm acrylic. Easy hanging mechanism on bac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dar Flora #5, May Foxgloves, A floral arrangement of wild flowers and plants
Located in London, GB
Dark Flora #5 - May Foxgloves, 2020
Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Aluminium, in bespoke Oak Framed, Edition 3/8
Foraged from Sussex Wealden woodland in early summer, it includes Foxgloves, beech, heather and star moss surrounding a woodland bird’s nest. Foxglove’s sometimes used to be called dead man’s bells due to every part of the plant being poisonous...
Inspired by Victorian era taxidermy dioramas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Glass, Wood, Photographic Paper, Color
Ave Maria, Ho Chi Minh City - Religious Kitsch Contemporary Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Ave Maria, part of Richard Heeps' 'This is Not America' series photographed in Vietnam in 2016. This striking artwork has a fun religious kitsch vibe, the neon really makes it pop.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin
The World Famous *BOB* I, Hollywood - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
The World Famous Bob, photograph capturing their Burlesque performance in Hollywood, LA. Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque photography as he captured performances in ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin
Baker's Fen, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire - landscape nature photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Baker's Fen, nature photograph by Richard Heeps taken when documenting Wicken Fen.
Richard has a love for the unique Fenland landscape around his Cam...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Magpie in Flight by Mark Harvey 18" x 24" C-type photographic Print Only
Located in Coltishall, GB
The magpie is considered one of the world's most intelligent animals and a naturally curious bird. In East Asian cultures it is a symbol of good luck and fortune. From afar, they app...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Starling by Mark Harvey 20" x 20" C-type Photographic Print Only
Located in Coltishall, GB
Working with these gregarious birds, they would always arrive in huge numbers and create a great commotion in the process. I really wanted to isolate a single bird away from the clam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Second Hand Flowers Nr. 24 - nature color and form photography homage to Warhol
Located in Hamburg, DE
Second Hand Flowers Nr. 24 is a unique photo work of German artist Karin Elmers. C-print on photographic paper mounted on alu-dibond under 3mm acrylic. Easy hanging mechanism on bac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Catherine D'Lish in Champagne Coupe I - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Catherine D'Lish, Tease-o-Rama, photograph capturing her champagne coupe Burlesque performance in Hollywood. Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque photography as he captu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin
Sedge Fen, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire - landscape nature photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Sedge Fen, nature photograph by Richard Heeps taken when documenting Wicken Fen.
Richard has a love for the unique Fenland landscape around his Cambr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Long-Tailed Tit by Mark Harvey 20" x 20" C-type Photographic Print Only
Located in Coltishall, GB
The long-tailed tits would turn up in flocks of up to a dozen or more and their constant excited calls meant they were often heard before they were seen. They have one of the most pl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Greenfinch by Mark Harvey 20" x 20" C-type Photographic Print Only
Located in Coltishall, GB
The greenfinch is an infrequent visitor to my garden, but with their glorious colours and strong, rounded shapes they are a sight to behold. The fan-like shape of the wings frames th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Bird's-Eye View by Mark Harvey 16" x 24" C-type Photographic Print Only
Located in Coltishall, GB
The blue tit is a frequent visitor to my garden and trying to get an original view of such a well-know bird was quite a challenge. Shooting from above presents the mesmerising detail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Bird's-Eye View by Mark Harvey 32" x 48" C-type Photographic Print Only
Located in Coltishall, GB
The blue tit is a frequent visitor to my garden and trying to get an original view of such a well-know bird was quite a challenge. Shooting from above presents the mesmerising detail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Long-Tailed Tit by Mark Harvey 40" x 40" C-type Photographic Print Only
Located in Coltishall, GB
The long-tailed tits would turn up in flocks of up to a dozen or more and their constant excited calls meant they were often heard before they were seen. They have one of the most pl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, 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.