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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Style: Contemporary
Omaha Sketchbook: Ladder and House, Omaha, NE - Contemporary Photography
Located in London, GB
Omaha Sketchbook: Ladder and House, Omaha, NE - Contemporary Photography
Signed on reverse
Digital chromogenic print
22 x 18 inches
From a limited edition of 7 prints
For the last f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
View from the Empire State Building, Looking South
Located in New York, NY
40 x 60 inch mineral ink print, framed
Signed on label verso
Edition 5
Miguel Ángel García was born in Madrid in 1952, and currently lives and works in Cantabria, Spain. A visual ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dusk, Point Kean, The Kaikoura Penninsular, New Zealand, Autumn 2018
By Jem Southam
Located in London, GB
Dusk, Point Kean, The Kaikoura Penninsular, New Zealand, Autumn 2018
Signed and inscribed with title and date on reverse
Archival pigment print
35.5 x 25.75 inchess
Edition of 7 + 2 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture (C-2245)
Located in New York, NY
40 x 50 inch type-c print, edition 10.
Signed, titled, dated and editioned on label verso.
SMALLER SIZES AVAILABLE - PLEASE INQUIRE.
Toshio Shibata is one of Japan's leading landsc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Ice Calf, Glacial Lake Below Mount Cook, New Zealand - Contemporary Photography
By Jem Southam
Located in London, GB
Ice Calf, Glacial Lake Below Mount Cook, New Zealand - Contemporary Photography
Signed and inscribed with title and date on reverse
Archival pigment print
35.5 x 25.75 inchess
Editio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
A Sudden Squall, The Stirling Falls, Milford Sound, New Zealand, Autumn 2018
By Jem Southam
Located in London, GB
A Sudden Squall, The Stirling Falls, Milford Sound, New Zealand, Autumn 2018
Signed and inscribed with title and date on reverse
Archival pigment print
35.5 x 25.75 inchess
Edition o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Umbrellas, Rainy New York
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15, other size available, unframed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Grand Canyon National Park, National Park Service
By Neal Slavin
Located in New York, NY
24 x 24 inch digital chromogenic print
Edition 15 +3AP
Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided
Neal Slavin, a native New Yorker, began photographing groups i...
Category
1970s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital
Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture (C-0602)
Located in New York, NY
40 X 50 inch chromogenic print, edition 10.
Framed to 49 x 58 inches, in white wood frame.
Signed, titled, dated and editioned on label verso.
Toshio Shibata is one of Japan's lead...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
New York City, Lower Manhattan Blue Skyline with Boats
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 5/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pionee...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Burners - South Beach Miami Ltd Ed 8/10 - Framed
By Dinesh Boaz
Located in New York, NY
Shot from a helicopter in South Beach, Miami. Beach. People taking in the sun. Mounted on Acrylic. Floats in white frame.
About the Artist
Dinesh Boaz creates a dynamic juxt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Next Sign - large format landscape photograph with conceptual road sign
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Next Sign (2010) by Frank Schott
from a series of works capturing conceptual roadside signs in iconic American landscapes
captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
DT Surfboard at Napeague Lane - Framed - Ltd Ed of 10
Located in New York, NY
Surfboard on the beach. Dye sublimation on aluminum. Floats in sleek white contemporary wooden frame. Limited Edition. Matte Finish gives the piece a painting feel. Surfboard painted and surfed by the artist. Shot in The Hamptons.
About the Artist:
Keith Ramsdell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Metal
Mahayana Buddhist Center, NYC
By Neal Slavin
Located in New York, NY
13.25 x 18 inch digital chromogenic print
Edition 15 + 3AP
Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided
Neal Slavin, a native New Yorker, began photographing groups i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital
Jack Riley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K.
Located in New York, NY
From the series ACT, in which the artist worked with young adults leading difficult lives, their bodies challenged by conditions such as Down’s Syndrome or cerebral palsy. His subjec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Sign No. 1 - Doug's Gym
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition out of 12
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Futuro - iconic midcentury futuristic architectural design in icy wilderness
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Iconic futuristic architectural design of midcentury prefab "Futuro" in Great Tetons Yellowstone landscape, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen...
Category
1970s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Farm Pa Orson Corners Red
Located in Cragsmoor, NY
This is an early work when i first began to go digitally and with a new Nikon.
I lived in the country at the time and wanted to challenge myself with taking accurate
landscapes that ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital
Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo (0960-04)
By Yoko Ikeda
Located in New York, NY
20 x 24 inch type-c print
Edition 10. Signed on verso.
Throughout her career, photographer Yoko Ikeda has been finding poetry in the prosaic, and mystery in the mundane. Her photog...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Colour print of Anthurium flower in red green and yellow
Located in London, GB
“Nature creates nothing without the purpose” - Aristotele
Anthurium - flower study, originally taken on medium format Fujichrome transparency colour film in the studio setting, in 1...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bathers
Located in Kansas City, MO
archival pigment print
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
RT 370 PA.
Located in Cragsmoor, NY
This is an early work when i first began to go digitally and with a new Nikon.
I lived in the country at the time and wanted to challenge myself with taking accurate
landscapes that ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Topiary II - large format photograph of ornamental shaped sidewalk trees
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photogaph from a series of photographic observances capturing the antics of urban gardening and whimsical botanical art of topiaries' green minimalism
TOPIARY II by Fran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée
Hollywood - large format photograph of iconic California landmark in Los Angeles
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of an epic view of the iconic Hollywood sign and sprawling downtown Los Angeles in the distance
HOLLYWOOD by Christian Stoll
40 x 40 inches / 102 x 102cm
si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
H2O I - large format abstract photograph of sun reflection on pool water surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney
H2O l by Erik ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée
White Glove ( Michael Jackson ) - large format photograph of iconic rhinestones
Located in San Francisco, CA
White Glove (Michael Jackson) by Tom Schierlitz, a highly detailed still life photograph of the King of Pop 's glamorous Swarovski crystal rhinestone glove, capturing intricate detai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Chicken Littles
Located in Kansas City, MO
archival pigment print
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New Neighbors
Located in Kansas City, MO
archival pigment print
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ota Ward, Tokyo (0995-02)
By Yoko Ikeda
Located in New York, NY
20 x 24 inch type-c print
Edition 10. Signed on verso.
Throughout her career, photographer Yoko Ikeda has been finding poetry in the prosaic, and mystery in the mundane. Her photog...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Seascape IV (Homage to Mark Rothko) - large format abstract seascape photograph
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
From a series of large scale abstract photographs of muted color monochromatic ocean water surface and cloudscapes
SEASCAPE IV by Frank Schott
an homage t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Red Jet - iconic vintage private jet plane on desert airport tarmac (26 x 40")
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of glossy cherry red vintage private airplane on airport runway tarmac
Red Jet (2006) by Frank Schott
26 x 40 inches (66 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Seascape X - large format photograph of monochrome blue water surface & horizon
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photograph from artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the tactile surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and cloudscapes
Seascape ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Desert Daze - light effect in California desert landscape with endless horizon
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a series of images capturing the epic scale of the iconic landscapes of the American West
Desert Daze by Frank Schott
30 x 40 inches / 76cm x 102cm
signed edition of 25
48 x 64...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Flora ll - large format photograph of abstract floral and liquid cloud explosion
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph from a series of colorful floral explosions, flower power and liquid clouds captured in water
FLORA lI by Christian Stoll
27 x 40 inches (68.5 x 102cm)
sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, 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
Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Modena ( 30 x 40" / 76 x 102cm )
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Modena by Frank Schott
30 x 40 inches / 76cm x 102cm
edition of 25
signed
48 x 64 inches / 122cm x 163cm
edition of 7
signed
archival quality fine art pigment print
limited art ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Futuro - iconic midcentury futuristic architectural design in icy wilderness
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Iconic futuristic architectural design of midcentury prefab "Futuro" in Great Tetons Yellowstone landscape, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Burst I - large scale abstract photograph of caleidoscopic color explosions
Located in San Francisco, CA
From Christian Stoll's body of works BURST (2015), an abstract exploration of high speed photographs capturing mesmerizing explosions of caleidoscopic color
27 x 40 inches (68 x 102...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée
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
Flora Italiana ( Waratah Red ) - large format botanical still life photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensely beautiful body of works exploring the botanical splendor of Italian flowers with highly detailed captures
Flora Italiana ( Waratah Red )
64 x 48 inches (162 x 122cm)
signed edition of 7
40 x 30 inches (102 x 76cm)
signed edition of 25
archival fine art pigment print
signed & numbered by artist on label
custom/larger sizes are available on request
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About the artist
Linda Rosewall’s artistic path was cemented during her childhood. She was inspired by her farther, an accomplished musician and composer who raised his six children as a performing family act.
The experience of traveling the United States and Canada in a small airplane piloted by her father provided the opportunity for Linda to capture these moments on her small Kodak Instamatic Camera.
At the age of 18, she enrolled at Columbia College of Fine Arts Chicago. During her studies, Linda apprenticed under photographer Norman Bilisko and later worked with Dennis Manarchy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Cones - large scale photograph of conceptual art in desert landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Cones ( 2000 ) by Frank Schott, from a series of conceptual photographic observances captured in the California desert
30 x 40 inches (76 x 102cm)
signed edition of 25
48 x 65 inche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Orange Poppies No.4 - Analogue floral photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Orange Poppies No.4'
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
Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Landscape Large Photograph Nature Tree Wildlife India Orange Blue Edition 4/8
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh Untitled Infrared photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper
44 x 65" unframed (91cm x 135cm) 2022
Edition 4/8
A certificate of Authenticity will be pro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Orange Poppies - Analogue floral photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Orange Poppies'
Analogue colour floral photography.
London, United Kingdom 2024.
Limited edition of 20.
Printed on the finest archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, these limited ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
N°15, Illusions series by Matthieu Venot - Close-up photography, architecture
Located in Paris, FR
N°15, Illusions is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Matthieu Venot.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 sizes:
*37.5 cm × 30...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Egrets Birds Large Nature Landscape Photograph India Dawn Wildlife Water White
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh Untitled Photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper
44" x 65" unframed (112cm x 165cm) 2017
Edition 3/8
A certificate of Authenticity will be provided b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Wild West I - large scale photograph of iconic landscape of American West
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wild West I by Frank Schott
from a series of photographic observances around Monument Valley
48 x 71 inches / 122cm x 180cm
signed edition of 7
27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm
signed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
Claudia Fauth Random Impression, W 10th S. New York, Photograph 2016
Located in Berlin, DE
Photograph, 2016. Ultra HD, printed on Fuji Crystal DP I II. 1 of 30 prints behind acrylic glass. Framed. Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the back. It comes directly from the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Boat photography, "Sapphire Seas" by Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Boat photography, "Sapphire Seas"
WISDOM I LEARNED:
"One of the interesting facts I learned from this particular manufacturing experience was tha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Rag Paper
Orange Poppies No.3 - Analogue floral photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Orange Poppies No.3'
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
Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Holi Man by Steve McCurry, 1996, Digital C-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Holi Man by Steve McCurry depicts a group of men during the Hindu festival, Holi. A man covered in green powder lies on his back while a sea of red men lift and carry him. Joyous exp...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital
Dust Storm (Vertical) by Steve McCurry, 1983, Digital C-Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Dust Storm (Vertical) by Steve McCurry is a 30 x 24 inch Digital C-Print on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss Paper, available in an edition of 75. This photograph features a group...
Category
1980s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital
Breakfast Table, Northwich - British Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Breakfast Table, is a rare studio creation by Richard Heeps, inspired by a recent visit to Fleetwood, incorporating autobiographical elements, brought...
Category
1980s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Claudia Fauth Photograph 2014 Random Impression, E. Alexandrine St, Detroit
Located in Berlin, DE
Photograph, 2014. Ultra HD, printed on Fuji Crystal DP I II. 1 of 30 prints behind acrylic glass. Framed. Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the back. It comes directly from the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Boat photography, summer photography, "Sometimes we float" by Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Boat photography, summer photography, "Sometimes we float"
WISDOM I LEARNED:
As I arrived at Amanoi, I was immediately captivated by the resort's...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Rag Paper
Claudia Fauth Random Impression, Kurfürstendamm 53, Berlin Photograph 2016
Located in Berlin, DE
Photograph, 2016. Ultra HD, printed on Fuji Crystal DP I II. 1 of 30 prints behind acrylic glass. Framed. Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the back. It comes directly from the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Spray Can Cap - Color Still Life Photograph
Located in East Quogue, NY
Spray Can Cap, 2013, Digital print, 16 x 20 inches. Offered Unframed.
Tobias Batz's "Spray Can Cap" series addresses how street art is considered ‘illegal’, and as such, most street...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital
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.