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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Style: Contemporary
Sunset (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunset (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x24cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #958...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Maya (60x48cm) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Maya -
2018, 60x48cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Digital C-print, Based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2018-445
K...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Joshua Tree Portrait Mojave Desert California Landscape Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Joshua Tree American Desert photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Dream in Colour. The iconic Joshua Tree stands proudly silhouette against the magical rich layered hues of the dese...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Self-Portrait - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Self-Portrait - 2020,
Part of the series shot during the second UK lockdown.
Edition of 10. 20x20cm.
Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Not mounted.
Leanne Surfleet is an analo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$362 Sale Price
20% Off
Warrior - El Mono. From The series Buscando Papá. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Warrior - El Mono, 2001 by Celso José Castro Daza
From The series Buscando Papá
One of a kind photo collage
Sheet size: 39.5 in. H x 27.5 in. W
Unframed
Signed, titled and dated by ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Two Rocks in the Ocean, large format seascape photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Beach No. 4, USA
Located in München, BY
Tom Hegen provides with his aerial photographs an overview of places where the relationship between humans and nature becomes visible. Often choosing dramati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Robert Longo, Janet (from Men in the Cities) - Signed Photograph
By Robert Longo
Located in Hamburg, DE
Robert Longo (American, born 1953)
Janet (from Men in the Cities), 1981/2016
Medium: Archival pigment print in colours, on Canson Platine fiber paper
Dimensions: 47.7 x 35.5 cm
Editi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Orange Poppies No.2 - Analogue floral photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Orange Poppies No.2'
Analogue colour floral photography.
London, United Kingdom 2024.
Limited edition of 20.
Printed on the finest archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, these lim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Mandarinas and Tomates con Limones, Diptych. From The Bodegones series
By Dora Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The bodegones are a pictorial interpretation based on a research project of the famous chef Juan Carlos Franco, on old food recipes of different periods in history. The photographer ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Untitled (Delayed Cares)
By Joshua Lutz
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print (Edition of 10)
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
30 x 35.5 inches, sheet
22 x 27 inches, image
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Ple...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
The End of Love (29 Palms, CA) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The End of Love - Oxana's 30th Birthday (29 Palms, CA) - 2010 -
Edition 1/10 ,
20x24cm.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist inventory Number 4898.13.
Sign...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Bottom Line II, Contemporary, Nude, Woman, Polaroid, Photograph, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'The Bottom Line II', 2017, Edition 3/7 plus 2 Artist Proof
Based on a Polaroid, digital C-Print, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-270
K...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Buried - 8 pieces - Contemporary, Figurative, expired, Polaroid, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Buried (Stranger than Paradise) - 2003
Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
38x36cm each, 90x175cm installed.
8 Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive P...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Elui with World Record Cow Elephant Tusk, 47 lbs., Marsabit Forest, Kenya – Art
By Peter Beard
Located in Zurich, CH
PETER BEARD (1938–2020, USA)
Elui with World Record Cow Elephant Tusk, 47 lbs., Marsabit Forest, Kenya, 1962/2006
Color print with gelatin silver print collage, watercolor, tempera paint, ink
Sheet 141 x 108,6 cm (55 1/2 x 42 3/4 in.)
Unique
Signed recto and verso in ink
Peter Beard (1938–2020) was an American artist who lived and worked in New York and Kenya. In Africa Peter Beard found the central theme of his life, the destruction of the natural animal world by man and civilization. His photographs of Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrate his photographs have been widely shown and published since the 1960s.
Inspired by earlier trips to Africa in both 1955 and 1960, Beard traveled to Kenya upon graduation. Working at Tsavo National Park, he photographed and documented the demise of 35,000 elephants and other wildlife, later to become the subject of his iconic book, “The End of the Game...
Category
1960s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Color, Silver Gelatin
Ices (Yellow), Bexhill-on-Sea - British seaside color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The bold yellow ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Antheraea Yamamai - Contemporary Archival Pigment Print Golden Yellow Brown Moth
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary, hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a yellow moth with light brown and reddish coral markings is dramatic against a clean, solid white ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Asleep - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Asleep, 2020
50x50cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory - PL2020-833.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Carlos. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Carlos, 2001 by Celso José Castro Daza
From The series Buscando Mamá
One of a kind photo collage
Sheet Size: 39.5 in. H x 27.5 in. W
2001
Unframed
The root of these unique photograp...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Foyers, Milan - Set of Four Framed Color Photographs
Located in Cambridge, GB
Set of four framed artworks.
Foyers, from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan which began as a special project for the 2018 Affordable Art Fair Milan. It was well received ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Cold Song - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 51"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This striking underwater fine art photograph captures a figure draped in flowing white fabric, suspended between worlds with vibrant red blossoms and yellow spherical elements. The r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Sunblind - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunblind - 2021 -
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2021-1041.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Aeroglyph XT1940 - large format photo of light painting in nocturnal landscape
By Reuben Wu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Aeroglyph XT1940 by Reuben Wu, a large scale original photograph from an ongoing photography series, capturing large temporary geometries traced by light carrying drones in ethereal ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Mother of Two, Africa Photography - Limited Editions of 15
By Dorte Verner
Located in New York, NY
This fine art print features back of a woman wearing Yellow-Gray scarf, holding two of her babies. This image was shot by Dorte Verner in Djibouti, East Afr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,200 Sale Price
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Anthony Bourdain Eating a Hot Dog by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
Anthony Bourdain was famous for traveling the globe and exploring the local cuisine in No Reservations and Parts Unknown. As soon as he returned home t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Moving in Together (Till Death do us Part) - analog, mounted, Installation
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Moving in Together (Till Death do us Part) - Installation - 2008
Edition of 5.
16 analog C-Prints , hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on 13 Polaroids, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Metal
Stars & Stripes Sam - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Stars and Stripes Sam, photograph from Richard Heeps' On-Sea series. The historic Uncle Sam is brought to life in this surreal street photography with the Kodak film border.
This ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
The Betrayal (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Betrayal - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist Inventory #723.
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Dahlia 8, 2013 - Contemporary Limited Edition Oversize Archival Inkjet Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Dahlia 8 is a rich and luxurious Archival Inkjet Print by contemporary photographer Philip Gatward.
It is available in this size of 32" x 38" from a Limited Edition of 10.
Gatwar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Color, Inkjet
Flow II (framed) - epic scale photograph of abstract liquid water cloudscapes
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body of works titled 'Flow'
Flow II by C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass, Inkjet, Giclée
Palazzo Ducale di Sassuolo 1, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
Chromogenic Print – Unframed
Free Shipping – Ask us for custom framing options.
40 x 48 inches - edition of 5
48 x 60 inches - edition of 5
71 x 88.5 inches - edition of 5
"My ph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment
Rafael. Nudes. Nude. Limited Edition Color Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Color Archival Pigment print
Ed of 10
For this series, he used elements such as water (emotions) to narrate a story. He worked with the color Blanco in the fabrics to communicate cl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
IRIS V - unique abstraction of colors in circular glass frame (45" diameter)
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a mesmerizing sea of abstract grey blue and aqua water color tones, from an ongoing photography project since the late 1990s, capturing the details of the human iris and a pupil's un...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographi...
$6,800 Sale Price
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Joanna Lumley , Ab Fab, Carnegie Tower, NYC 1994 colour limited edition print
Located in Norwich, GB
Iconic and rare limited edition print direct from the negative, signed lower right hand margin and stamped with photographers own blind stamp.
This is Number 8/25.
Image measures 36 ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print
Village - heated Pool (The Last Picture Show), analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Village Motel - Heated Pool (The Last Picture Show) - 2005
58x56cm,
Edition of 5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Chrystal Archive Paper,
based on the Polaroid...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Metal
Afghan Girl - Color Photograph, National Geographic, Portrait, Documentary
Located in Denton, TX
One of Steve McCurry's most iconic images, this portrait features a young Afghan girl with piercing green eyes wearing a red head scarf.
Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry is a 24 x 20 i...
Category
1980s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital
Harry's Corner, Wildwood, New Jersey - American Color Street Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Harry's Corner, on the Wildwood Boardwalk. Taken in April 2013, this picture was first executed in Richard's darkroom in October 2020, he prints it full frame showing the AGFA Ultra ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
A Cape Cod Night
By Bob Avakian
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed, titled, and dated, recto
32 x 32 inches
(Edition of 20)
21 x 21 inches
(Edition of 30)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arachnis Picta, Magenta Pink, Black, Gray, White Moth Insect Nature Photograph
Located in Kent, CT
In this hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a magenta pink moth with black circular markings down its abdomen and black, white and gray on its upper wings is d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Nizza - large format photograph of summer beach scene in South of France
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
observation of a Mediterranean beach scene in Nice, France, on a hazy summer day
Nizza by Frank Schott
25.5 x 40 inches (65 x 102cm)
edition of 25
signed
48 x 75.5 inches (122 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink
I am dissolved #1 and Amorphism Juntos, Diptych. Nude color photographs
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
An insipid notion (The astonished world) is a collection of unreal experiences caused by the feeling of late and inexperienced love, and the inability to fully know the experience of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cerezas. From The Bodegones still life color photography series
By Dora Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The bodegones are a pictorial interpretation based on a research project of the famous chef Juan Carlos Franco, on old food recipes of different periods in history. The photographer ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Summer on Port Susan
Located in New York, NY
C-print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
(Edition of 10)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
About the artist:
Christopher Harris’s devastati...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Engulfment, Mosquera 1a. Nude in a landscape color photograph
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The first encounter I had with the abyss, was arriving to a place that does not exist, a point suspended in time where I am without being. An unreal world expands in front of me, eve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Washeteria Looking In, London - Vintage interior photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Washeteria - Looking In, vintage interior photograph from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of London. "I discovered this launderette while London was in lockdown during the pand...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin
Flurry - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 62"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a young woman in red dress dancing underwater in a pool. A very bright photograph with plenty of sun and positivity. The model was an amazing Russian dancer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
'Compliments of the May Morning' Large Scale Photograph Yellow Roses flowers
Located in Penzance, GB
'Compliments of the May Morning' 60 x 40" Master Edition
Limited edition (1 of 5) archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed
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Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Digital...
Heading for a Fall - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Heading for a Fall - 2021 -
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid,
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL202...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Engulfment Tatacóa 1, Cartagena 4 and Tatacóa 13, Triptych. Nude photographs
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The first encounter I had with the abyss, was arriving to a place that does not exist, a point suspended in time where I am without being. An unreal world expands in front of me, eve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Delilah Right Red Hand I, The Whoopee Club, London - Burlesque Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Delilah Right Red Hand I, from Richard Heeps Burlesque series.
Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque Photography after he spent 200...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
'Infinity' Photography 64" x 64" framed by Karim
Located in Carmel, CA
Edition of 3
1/3
The photograph comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal.
Karim - 'Infinity' Photography on paper. framed.
Karim is a very unique, and a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
H2O VI - large format photograph of sun reflections - Homage to David Hockney
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format Panorama photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Fugitives (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fugitives (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
40x48cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lampedusa (framed) - large scale photograph of Mediterranean summer beach scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large format photograph of a summer beach scene on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, from an earlier body of works (2012) by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Lampedusa (2012)
61.25” x 81.7” / 156 cm x 207,5 cm
limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity)
last available edition: AP1
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame
Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
Disclaimer of authenticity:
although it is possible to acquire (small size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the artist studio strongly dissuades collectors from purchasing these single page prints outside of the context and authenticity of the complete portfolio.
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path.
Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 94/22
Zander Galerie, Cologne
2024 Photolux Festival - Il bel paese?
Palazzo Ducale, Lucca, Italy
2023 La Grande Oasi - The way we live, now
OCA, Oasy Contemporary Art, Pistoia
2023
Standing Still
Cortona On The Move, Arezzo, Italy
2022
Massimo Vitali PhotoESPANA
Biblioteca Central Cantabria, Santander
2022
Endless Summer
Edwin Hook Gallery, New York
2022
Massimo Vitali: Leporello 2020
Melbourne
2022
Ti ho visto
Mazzoleni Gallery, Turin
2021
PienoVuoto
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2021
No Country For Old Men
Visionarea Art Space, Rome
2020
'Human Constellations'
Museo Ettore Fico, Turin
2019
Massimo Vitali: Short Stories'
Mazzoleni, London
2018
'Coastal Colonies'
Spiral, Tokyo
2017
‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’
Benrubi Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Shanghai #2. Nude Color Photograph
By David Jay
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Through David Jay’s photography, context evaporates, and we as the viewer are left to engage the subjects, trade places, and for a moment, live behind their eyes. We recognize our sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Warriors. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Warriors, 2001 by Celso José Castro Daza
From The series Buscando Mamá
One of a kind photo collage
Sheet Size: 39.5 in. H x 27.5 in. W
Signed, titled and dated by the artist
Unframe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
Stefanie Schneider Minis - Runaway (Haley and the Birds)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
Runaway (Haley and the Birds) - 2013
signed and signature brand on verso
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid
Polaroid sized open Editi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
New moon rising - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
New moon rising- 2021 -
20x24cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1021.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Aquarius" Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aquarius" Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in
Edition of 7: 39" x 31" i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
'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
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.
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