Skip to main content

Figurative Photography

to
2,568
12,625
6,149
5,513
2,383
1,546
1,432
1,347
1,239
1,234
1,109
867
849
818
754
11,264
8,765
8,596
Figurative Photography For Sale
Caballero, Two and One, Diptych. From The Motion Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Throughout his exploration of movement of the body, with modern and ballet dancers, as well as a focus on the male physic; he has concentrated on the curves and lines of the their anatomy. The expansion of the body as it intertwines with the light and the infinity of motion as an eternal dance. The harsh lights and shadows in the warm Florida weather led Ricky Rocket to explore photography. The sharp and refined effect of these types of lighting conditions became a necessity to avoid studio environments. Self-taught, while photographing ballet...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print Western Photography Guild studio stamp in purple ink, verso Numbered "N14-4" in purple ink, verso Also inscribed in pencil, v...
Category

1960s Other Art Style Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White

Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x65"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photo of a naked young woman wrapped in air bubbles. The photograph depicts only her body, the face is not visible. A very bright eye catching artwork. The pool was freez...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Woman in Sheer Dress, Silver Gelatin Black & White Photograph by Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
At what appears to be a costume party, this beautiful woman, draped in a sheer tunic, must have been the center of attention. Dressed as Aphrodite, she clearly commands those around her. With his camera as his constant companion, Shay was able to capture moments of everyday life and make them extraordinary. This artwork is currently unframed. Contact gallery for framing options. Art Shay Woman in Sheer Dress silver gelatin print 20h x 16w in 50.80h x 40.64w cm 7ED.1.20.12005 ASY12005 “Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20th century.” Ellen & Richard Sandor, Renowned photo collectors “I’ve admired Art Shay’s work for almost forty years, and he keeps getting better. He can do anything with a camera, but what he mostly does is capture real moments and transform them into visual poetry. His work continues to be an inspiration to me.” William Friedkin, Director of French Connection “Art Shay is one of our finest photographers. His work over the past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.” Studs Terkel “Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.” Hugh Hefner “Algren, Terkel, Royko, they gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.” Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist “Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson.” Thomas Dyja, author of The Third Coast “Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye, a clear head, and a warm heart. What is it about Chicago that keeps giving us men like this?” Russell Banks, Novelist “The best images of Simone de Beauvoir and her times have been passed down to us by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gisele Freund, Robert Doisneau, Georges Brassai, and in America, the Chicago-based Art Shay, all world-class photographers.” Christophe Loviny, Art Editor, Paris “Art Shay is the best photo-journalist Chicago ever produced.” Arthur Siegel, photographer; IIT Institute of Design President “I have one of Art Shay’s pictures over my desk. It reminds me every morning of my Chicago roots. Arts photos, like me, have the Chicago accent, which may be to say he’s telling you the truth. I think it takes a realist to see the humor in things. I know it takes a realist to see the depths of tragedy. Art’s work is so real it feels like a Madison Street guy tapping me on the forearm.” David Mamet
Category

1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled 1. Sepia Figurative Limited Edition Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
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 clarity and rebirth. Cohete frequently p...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nastassia Kinski for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1983. Black and white photograph.  From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazine...
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Independence II - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23x16
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young naked woman dancing in a pool with American flag. Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the author. Limited edition of 24...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Christian - Signed limited edition fine art print, Black white photo, Homoerotic
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Christian - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1984 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then pr...
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

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

Colorful Disco Bows
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...
Category

2010s Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Harmony II
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...
Category

2010s Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

It's About Time We Go: cinematic photograph, road trip w/ classic car and trees
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Nadine Rovner orchestrates lush cinematic scenes, exploring a visual world of heightened tension, anticipation, anxiety, longing and desire. These carefu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa by Slim Aarons This Portrait by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House is a sister image to the now SOLD OUT edit...
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Laps
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Stamped and numbered, verso 20 x 24 inches (Edition of 10) 30 x 40 inches (Edition of 5) 50 x 60 inches (Edition of 3) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. Luke Smalley was an American artist known for his photographic work, which pairs a coolly minimalist aesthetic with a retro nostalgia. Images from his early in his career were inspired by fitness manuals and yearbooks c. 1910. This is not surprising since Smalley graduated with a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and worked for a number of years as a model and personal trainer. Smalley shot the bulk of his photographs in his home state of Pennsylvania, using real high school athletes as models. “Exercise at Home” is Luke Smalley’s second major body of work. Shot in and around the tiny Pennsylvania town the artist called home, Smalley revisits themes of adolescent growing pains acted out under the guise of earnest athleticism. Teenagers engage in simple yet strange competitions meant to establish their standings amongst one another. Two youths practice boating safety...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Murray Garrett 'Frank Sinatra' Archival Photograph by Getty Image Gallery
Located in San Rafael, CA
American singer and actor Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998) gestures with his hands while singing into a microphone during a recording session in a studio at Capitol Records, early 1950s. ...
Category

1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper

Circus - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 24"x35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal underwater photograph showcases minimalist composition in rich teal and turquoise tones, capturing a performer suspended in crystalline waters. The topless young woman ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Civil Rights Photography, African Americans 1960s, Southern State, Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The photograph captures and translates the American South of the 1960s. Southern State, 1964 by Leonard Freed, is an 11” x 14” gelatin silver photograph from the photographer's Black...
Category

1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

"WetWay" Nude Photography 40" x 60" inch Edition of 10 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"WetWay" Nude Photography 40" x 60" inch Edition of 10 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko "WetWay" by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Year photo was taken: 2013 Art Print Limited Edition of 10 Picture s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Pigment

Swing - Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sensual, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Swing ‘ Limited edition of 5 Signed...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Pigment

The Lust - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17.3" x 23.5"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman on red background. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnished with certificate of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #9 of dancer Francisco Moncion
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes Photograph #9 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition. This photograph is #9 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian. Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...
Category

1940s Post-War Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Poolside Conversation, Kaufmann House Palm Springs
Located in Brighton, GB
Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Poolside Conversation, Kaufmann House Palm Springs by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Daisy on Bed (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Nude, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daisy on Bed (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 - 125x154cm, Edition 3/3, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on an original Polaroid. Artist ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Led Zeppelin #B5 Jimmy Page
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Medium shot of Jimmy Page playing his 1969 EDS-1275 Double neck at the Forum in 1972. John Bonham can be seen in soft focus in the background. About The Print: Archival pigment prin...
Category

1970s Other Art Style Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Disco Atlas (Disco Ball, Black & White, Atlas, Male Figure, Shiny, Gym, Workout)
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Pugh Disco Atlas Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton Fibre, 315 gsm, Acid and Lignin free, ISO 9706 conform / museum quality for highest age resi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Swimming Pools - Vintage Offset Print after Franco Fontana - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Swimming pools  is a beautiful offset Exhibition poster realized by Franco Fontana in 1984. Offset poster realized in occasion of the exhibition held in 1984 in Gallery of Rondanini...
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Offset

Acapulco Rocks 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Acapulco Rocks 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A view of a rocky outcrop on the coast at, Acapulco, Mexico, 1950. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Aftermath
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Aftermath - 2016 50x50cm. Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-217. Not mo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Japan – Geisha Girl with Fan – Hand-colored albumen print
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1885. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (268 x 204 mm), hand-numbered 1103 in negative. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear mounting corner...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on th...
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x52"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool. "There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Portofino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1985, The most exclusive fishing village in Italy, Portofino, on Italy's Ligurian coast. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipp...
Category

1980s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Sugarbush Skiing 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Sugarbush Skiing 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collecti...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ode to Wyeth's Christina's World
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 2 of 3, 2APs Large Size: 24 x 36 inches STATEMENT: e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the h...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Twirl No. 147" - ballet, black and white, figurative, ballerina, motion
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph has a total limited edition of 30 and can be printed in a variety of sizes. This listing is for an unframed print. Please inquire for additional sizes and prices. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'La Canzone Del Mare' 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limit...
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Annie Leibovitz, Art Ed, SUMO book, Marc Newson stand, Black & White photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Annie’s Big Book Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz weighs in with her own SUMO Art Edition (No. 1–1,000) Archival pigment print Keith Haring (contact sheet), New York City, 1986...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Friday Fishing - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 25"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This evocative underwater fine art photograph captures a figure gracefully enveloped in fishing net beneath crystalline turquoise waters. The composition features luminous aquamarine...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

21 February, I
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed and numbered on label, verso 12 x 18 inches (Edition of 10) 24 x 35.5 inches (Edition of 8) From the series, "Him" This artwork is offered by ClampAr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cuban Socialists - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Cuban Socialists - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events an...
Category

1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #11 of dancer Francisco Moncion
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes Photograph #11 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition. This photograph is #11 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian. Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...
Category

1940s Post-War Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Eye Of The Beholder, 1974
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Eye Of The Beholder 1974 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A man contemplates the sunbathers by a swi...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Skier In Vermont Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Skier In Vermont A skier at the Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont, USA, March 1962. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim A...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Blowin' In The Wind III (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blowin' In The Wind III (The Last Picture Show) - 2002, 38x37cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Voyeurism for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Voyeurism for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton. Black and white photograph.  From the series "Voyeurism " realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Caroline - Original Limited edition print, Sensual woman at her bedroom window
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
This is an original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Caroline ‘ A naked woman at...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Leonard Cohen - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Cohen is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century . The photo depicts the Canadian poet and songwriter. Hand signed. Good condition and aged. It belon...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Comic Book Readers, West Village, NYC - Children outside bookstore, street scene
Located in Denton, TX
Comic Book Readers, West Village, NYC by Ruth Orkin is a black and white gelatin silver print of four children standing outside of a bookstore, flipping through their recent purchase...
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Beau Simmons - Western Heritage, Photography 2023, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
Series: The Western Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 60" x 48" - $9,500.00 75" x 60" - $12,250.00 Framed Sizes: 67" x 55" - $11,500.00 84" x 69" - $19,500.00 Edit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pristine - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24.5 x 35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young naked woman in a pool. Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the author. Limited edition of 24 Paper size: 26 x 36" Image...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Emilio Lussu - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Emilio Lussu is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
Category

1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Boy Jumping into Hudson River, NYC - Children playing, New York Scene, Summer
Located in Denton, TX
Boy Jumping into Hudson River, NYC by Ruth Orkin is a black and white gelatin silver print of a child jumping off a building into the water below. Gelatin Silver Print 14 x 11 in. B...
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #8 of dancer Francisco Moncion
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes Photograph #8 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition. This photograph is #8 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian. Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...
Category

1940s Post-War Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing, New Hampshire, 1955 - Winter Fashion in Snowy Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
New England Skiing, New Hampshire, 1955 - Winter Fashion in Snowy Landscape by Slim Aarons 16" x 16" image on 16" x 20" paper. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. ...
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Photographic Paper, Digital

New York City by Night, circa 1950, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
This captivating, one-of-a-kind silver gelatin photograph print showcases a timeless black-and-white view of New York City as it appeared under the nocturnal sky circa 1950. Framed w...
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Led Zeppelin #H1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant feeling it at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. in 1977. This would be among the last Led Zeppelin concerts in the US. About The Print: Archival pigment pri...
Category

1970s Other Art Style Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Traffic Island, "Wandsworth Roundabout", London, (Signed Print)
Located in London, GB
"Brian Griffin turned the tables on commercial assignment portraiture with a style all his own. When Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, business was empowered and labor was bel...
Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Arc...

Flora 10 - Renaissance Pre-Raphaelite Nude Female Floral Portraiture
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 10 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in an Edition of 15 in this size by contemporary photographer duo Tortora & Travezan. In this portrait of the nude female, Tortora & Trave...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Pigment

Paris Ostrich from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Ostrich from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options avai...
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Fashionable Alvarez wearing a white bikini and 'Brandy' sporting a sun hat are seated in the swimming pool playing backgammon in the heat of the Mexican sun. Typically 'Slim Poolside...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Find Figurative Photography for Your Home or Office

Life becomes art in figurative photography. Shared moments are captured and history is recorded in images of people and their lives.

Figurative photography is often used to describe a kind of photography in which people are the subject. Early black and white photography of people can be a glimpse into a past century — witness the celebrated work of photographers such as Ansel Adams or lesser-known artists like Berenice Abbott, for example. The cultural and social standards of the time are captured in these figurative photographs.

Mid-century photos might show the life and fashions of the day, sometimes with the shared thread of humanity, joy and love. Indeed, figurative photographs can be a source of inspiration and wonder, speaking of common life experiences and beauty. Vintage photos of celebrities and iconic actors can be valuable keepsakes as snapshots of a bygone era.

Just as if you were bringing paintings, prints or drawings into your space as part of the decor, there are many ways to arrange your figurative photography. Large photos can be statement pieces in a room. Smaller photographs can be placed on bookcases or on compact wall spaces to add an artistic element to a living room or a bedroom.

Find a collection of figurative photography on 1stDibs today.

Recently Viewed

View All