Figurative Photography

Presenze is a print realized by Franco Fontana, in 1981. Offset print. Rondanini Galleria D'arte Contemporanea - Roma. Coloured poster from a photograph by Franco Fontana (Modena, ...

Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. Murnaghan was well known for his striking underwater photography, capturing his sub...

"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...

Exploring color in the darkness, inspired by the Italian and Dutch renaissance. He brings hints of the fauna of his native South American vibrant and passionate colors. Bringing them...

Archival pigment print Signed, titled, and inscribed in pencil, recto 17 x 17 inches, sheet 11 x 11 inches, image This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Ro...

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...

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...

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...

'Commissionaire’s Dog' by Kurt Hutton A hotel commissionaire talking to a small dachshund dog in Piccadilly Circus, London, 1938. A beautiful imag...

Each image is hand-printed by the artist on archival paper Signed Edition of 17/ 3AP Ask about other sizes Renée Jacobs is one of the most celebrated pho...

This exquisite photogravure after Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), titled Self-Portrait, from the folio A Season in Hell, originates from the 1986 edition published by The Limited Ed...

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...

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...

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...

Stretched - 2016, 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-121. N...

'Untitled' 2013, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid 59, not mounted, 15.2cm x 10.8cm, not mounted, Signed, embossed stamp and artist certificate...

Series: Hydrid Souls Archival Pigment Print Edition of 2 + 2 AP Available Size: 47.24" x 36.61" 55.11" x 42.51" 62.99" x 62.99" Born in Istanbul in 1978, Ali Alışır started his g...

'Sunbathing On Capri' by Slim Aarons Huge Oversize 72 x 48 inches / 183 x 122 cm paper size Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte...

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...

Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 20 CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through May 6, 2018. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be aft...

Emilio Lussu is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.

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...

This exquisite heliogravure after Man Ray (1890–1976), titled Rayograph, originates from the 1980 folio Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios. Published by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano, and printed by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano, 1980. This image exemplifies Man Ray’s pioneering “rayograph” technique—a cameraless photographic process in which objects were placed directly onto photosensitive paper and exposed to light, creating luminous abstract compositions that fused chance, intuition, and surrealist invention. Through this groundbreaking process, Man Ray transformed photography into pure visual poetry, redefining its potential as a form of modern art. Executed as a heliogravure on velin paper, this work measures 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano. Artwork Details: Artist: After Man Ray (1890–1976) Title: Rayograph Medium: Heliogravure on velin paper Dimensions: 15.75 x 11.75 inches (40.01 x 29.84 cm) Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Date: 1980 Publisher: Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano Printer: Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the folio Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios, published and printed by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano, 1980 Notes: Excerpted from the folio (translated from Italian), Limited edition of M examples, drawn in heliogravure on special paper, designed specifically for the Portfolios Electa. Gruppo Editoriale Electra/Milan. Printed in Italy. About the Publication: The Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolio (1980) was published by Gruppo Editoriale Electra in Milan as part of the distinguished Electa Portfolios series, which celebrated the masters of 20th-century photography through the artisanal process of heliogravure printing. This edition was dedicated to Man Ray’s seminal body of photographic work from 1920 to 1934—an era in which he redefined modern image-making through technical invention, surrealist experimentation, and intellectual daring. Produced in collaboration with leading photographic historians and Italian master printers, the portfolio was printed on specially manufactured velin paper designed exclusively for the Electa Portfolios, ensuring tonal precision and textural depth true to the artist’s originals. The publication represents one of the most refined posthumous tributes to Man Ray’s legacy, combining Italian craftsmanship with avant-garde vision to preserve the luminous complexity of his photographs. Created with the same devotion to innovation and elegance that characterized Man Ray’s own practice, this edition remains an important intersection of fine art publishing and modernist history. About the Artist: Man Ray (1890–1976) was an American-born painter, sculptor, photographer, filmmaker, and conceptual visionary whose radical imagination and technical innovation transformed modern art and established him as one of the leading figures of the 20th century. Born Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia, he became a central force in both the Dada and Surrealist movements, defying artistic boundaries and redefining the relationship between art, technology, and the unconscious. After early involvement in New York’s avant-garde with Francis Picabia and Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray moved to Paris in 1921, where he joined a revolutionary circle of artists including Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, and Marcel Duchamp. There, he pioneered the “rayograph,” or photogram—a cameraless photographic technique that used light and shadow to create ethereal abstract compositions—and produced some of the most iconic images in art history, including Le Violon d’Ingres (1924) and Noire et Blanche (1926). His photography, distinguished by its fusion of elegance, surrealism, and psychological depth, captured the essence of modernist Paris and immortalized creative icons such as Kiki de Montparnasse, Gertrude Stein, and James Joyce. At the same time, Man Ray’s experimental films, including Le Retour a la Raison (1923) and L’Etoile de mer (1928), and his sculptural works like The Gift (1921) and Object to Be Destroyed (1923), expanded the possibilities of art itself, transforming ordinary objects into symbols of mystery and desire. His conceptual approach—viewing art as an idea rather than an object—anticipated later movements such as Pop Art, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art, profoundly influencing artists like Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and Joseph Beuys, as well as photographers Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Cindy Sherman, and Richard Avedon. Even in exile during World War II, while working in Los Angeles, he continued to innovate, blending Surrealist fantasy with the luminosity of the California landscape before returning to Paris, where he spent his final decades refining his poetic, intellectual, and sensuous vision. Exhibited in major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Modern, and the Centre Pompidou, Man Ray’s work remains foundational to modern art history—bridging painting, photography, film, and sculpture in a body of work that continues to shape the language of visual culture. Standing alongside Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, and Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray endures as one of the most original and influential artists of the modern era. His highest auction record was achieved by Noire et Blanche (1926), which sold for 3.13 million USD at Christie’s, Paris, on November 9, 2017, confirming his status as a timeless innovator whose genius continues to inspire artists, collectors, and dreamers worldwide. Man Ray Rayograph...

This dramatic underwater nude photograph of a young woman transforms the aquatic environment into a canvas of intense crimson and coral tones. The composition captures fluid movement...

"The Spirits of Stonehenge" is an original fine-art photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. The image is signed in the lower right and editioned in the lower left. Edition 51/250. The ima...

On the Sugarbush Slopes 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of people sit relaxing in a chalet on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort, one of the largest ski resor...

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...

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. ...

Mere Mortal #4 (Archival Photograph of Male Nude in Islamic Window) 30 x 18 inches archival pigment print, unframed Limited edition of 10 Inspired by the story of Icarus in Greek my...

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 ...

Each image is hand-printed by the artist on archival paper Signed Edition of 17/ 3AP Ask about other sizes Renée Jacobs is one of the most celebrated pho...

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...

Flora 04 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in a Limited Edition of 15 in this size by contemporary photographer duo Tortora & Travezan. Like Aphrodite rising from the waves, or a Bo...

Legendary photographer Slim Aarons relaxes in a self portrait shot in Athens, near the Acropolis. Slim Aarons said, "I love a solo holiday. It tends to refresh the part of oneself that is most depleted by modern life — patience. "Let me dispel a few myths. You will be lonely. No: you won’t. My solo travels in Paris have brought many perfect hours of being alone but not a moment of loneliness. People who depend on other people are often in hiding from themselves. Two and a quarter million people live in the City of Light: you will see many of them and you will pass them in the street, but when you see Notre Dame after dark and walk home and perhaps stop to have a drink in the Marais, you can feel that the only thing that is missing from your experience is the common dependency on someone to distract your attention. "I’ve had solo pints of Guinness in the pubs of County Kerry and County Cork. I’ve walked across the sage- and juniper-scented maquis of Corsica on a spring day, where you can still find the world of Napoleon’s childhood. More than once I went to the Isle of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides...

Kate II - Oversize limited edition - Kate Moss Beautiful archival pigment print of the supermodel and fashion icon by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist...

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 ...

This exquisite photogravure after Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), titled Hand in Fire, from the folio A Season in Hell, originates from the 1986 edition published by The Limited Edi...

Nick Cave Soundsuit #6 Year: 2010 Archival Pigment Print on Premium Rag Size: 17 x 12 in. Edition: 200 Signed by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 924802-2069 Tags: #NickCave #Missou...

'Untitled' 2013, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, 27 x 21.5 cm, Digital C-Print, based on an IMPOSSIBLE 8x10 Colour Instant Film, Signed, embossed stamp and artist certificate. ...

'Harvest Dance' Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered _________________ Late August, captured in the glow of the evening sun, my daughters join han...

Slim Aarons Speedboat Landing 1973 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print) Estate edition of 150 August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy. Es...

Digital C-print Signed, dated, and numbered, verso 17 x 15 inches, image (Edition of 25) 24 x 22 inches, image (Edition of 15) 34 x 30 inches, image (Edition of 15) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. A stylistic precursor of such artists as Pierre et Gilles...

35" 42"" fine art photograph, hand signed by the artist. This color photograph depicts a basketball court in Van Cordlant Park, Bronx, NY. The photo show a basketball court, shiny, a...

Vignette of a dancer creating shapes and folds in the sunlight. Rocket's favorite lighting source. The harsh lights and shadows in the warm Florida weather led Ricky Rocket to explo...

Not one to shy away from human representation, Pia Clodi’s more portraiture-like works continually offer the sitter an air of anonymity, and as such the viewer has the opportunity to...

ABOUT THIS PIECE: Beauty, elegance and fierce attitude defines Elena’s eye-catching work. She is known for her high impact colorful portraits. Her style is permeated with the passion f...

Old Days - Camping is a vintage photograph realized in the Mid 20th Century.  The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously captured. Good conditio...

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...

OK Corral - part 2 - (Stranger than Paradise), - 1999, 20x20 cm, Edition 5/10, digital C-Print based on the Polaroid, Artist Inventory 318_2.18, Not mounted. Stefanie Schneider's scintillating situations take place in the American West. Situated on the verge of an elusive super-reality, her photographic sequences provide the ambience for loosely woven story lines and a cast of phantasmic characters. Schneider works with the chemical mutations of expired Polaroid film stock. Chemical explosions of color spreading across the surfaces undermine the photograph's commitment to reality and induce her characters into trance-like dream scapes. Like flickering sequences of old road movies Schneider's images seem to evaporate before conclusions can be made - their ephemeral reality manifesting in subtle gestures and mysterious motives. Schneider's images refuse to succumb to reality, they keep alive the confusions of dream, desire, fact, and fiction. Stefanie Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schule Essen, Germany. Her work has been shown at the Museum for Photography, Braunschweig, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt, the Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Museum für Moderne Kunst Passau, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Foto -Triennale Esslingen. “It was Stefanie Schneider, who inspired me to start the company THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT after seeing her work, which seems to achieve the possible from the impossible, creating the finest of art out of the most basic of mediums and materials. Indeed, after that one day, I was so impressed with her photography that I realized Polaroid film could not be allowed to disappear. Being at the precise moment in time where the world was about to lose Polaroid, I seized the moment and have put all my efforts and passion into saving Polaroid film. For that, I thank Stefanie Schneider almost exclusively, who played a bigger role than anyone in saving this American symbol of photography.” –Florian Kaps, March 8th 2010 (“Doc” Dr. Florian Kaps, founder of “The Impossible Project”) Exhibitions Selected (selected) 2018 Participation Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, USA (G) March Available to All, Rough Play Projects - Site Specific, Joshou Tree, USA (G) curated by Deborah Martin with Adam Berg, Doron Gazit, Kellan Barnebey, Chris Sanchez, Aili Schmelzt 2017 BLICKFELD Analoge Fotografie, Kommunale Galerie Steglitz-Zehlendorf (G) (catalog), (upcoming)
 Rosegallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica (G) Magie des Moments, Kunstverein Bad Homburg Artlantis, Bad Homburg (G) 2016 
Instantdreams, Instantdreams Gallery, Berlin 

(S) 2015
 Desert Voices, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Pamela Littky The Ballery in Heat, The Ballery, Berlin (G) 
Blue Nudes, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) 

 2014

 Summer Show, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (G) 6 Finalists, Saatchi Gallery London (G) 
Instantdreams, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (S)
Grand Opening, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Banksy, Andy Warhol, Alison Bignon, Sophie Dickens, Victor Gingembre and others
 2013 
Heather's Dream, Short, nominated for the German Short Film Award 2013 (Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis)
Images For Images (Artists fir Tichy), GASK - Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region,  Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, (G) with Richard Prince, Nan Golding, Shirana Shahbazi, Sophie Calle, Martin Kippenberger, Arnulf Rainer, Thomas Ruff, Katharina Grosse, Jonathan Meese & others (catalog) 
The Girl behind the White Picket Fence, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (S)
 Heather's Dream, Short, German Competition Short Film Festival Oberhausen 
Multimedia Presentation with Artist Stefanie Schneider, Palms Springs Art Museum, Annenberg Theater
 The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, (G) with Ansel Adams, Bruce Charlesworth...

This exquisite heliogravure after Man Ray (1890–1976), titled Untitled, originates from the 1980 folio Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios. Published by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Mi...

An underwater nude photograph of a beautiful model at the bottom of a pool. The photograph has powerful monochrome schema floating from white to blue with light magenta tint. Orig...

Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stam...

"EXAMINATION" is an original piece by Shawn Theodore made from found/family photos, polaroid lift, acrylic on wood panel. Theodore delves into the specific experiences of African American families, capturing a longing for lost photographs, missing heirlooms, and vanished archives. Using a blend of traditional portraiture, found photographs, paint, paper, pencils, and digital manipulation, Theodore creates archetypes representing hypothetical family members, spiritual guardians, and ancestors. These boldly crafted archetypes inhabit an imagined macro-family album, offering a unique perspective on portraiture, connection, and community. Theodore's work aims to deepen spiritual connections and encourage personal introspection. This pieces measures 16.75"h x 16.75"w framed and comes with a gallery-issued Certificate of Authenticity. Shawn Theodore (b. 1970) was born in Germany to American parents from Philadelphia, and currently lives and works in Philadelphia. Theodore was awarded the prestigious PDN’s 30 New & Emerging Photographers to Watch (2019), the Getty Images / ARRAY ‘Where We Stand’ grant, and a grant from the Knight Foundation for ‘A Dream Deferred’. Theodore was a two-time nominee for the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship and a nominee for the Magnum Foundation Fund. He is an Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of the Arts, a trustee of The Print Center, a trustee of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, and a former trustee of the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. Theodore was announced as a two-time nominee of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship and a nominee of the Magnum Foundation Fund in 2018. In the following years 2019 and 2020, he was awarded the PDN's 30 New & Emerging Photographers to Watch and AI-AP American Photography 35. He has had several solo exhibitions and is included in several group exhibitions. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; the collection of the Philadelphia Library, Drexel University's Center for Black Culture, the Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Walker Center, Minneapolis; the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington D.C.; the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; and the Legacy Museum, Montgomery, among others. Artist photo...

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento, Italy in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography,...

From the smallest of seeds the tree grows, striving for the skies. Branches form, ramify and blossom in the rhythm of time. The human figure transforms. The elements depend on each o...

This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of Friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco. This is an estate stamped...

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...

A classic American icon, the roadside giant Cowboy "Muffler Man", captured on Richard Heeps' road trip between Mecca and the Salton Sea. Part of a series of pictures by Richard Heeps...

Riders for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton. Black and white photograph.  From the series "Riders" realized by Newton for Playboy magazine. Editio...

This captivating black-and-white photograph, titled Mainbocher Corset by Horst P. Horst, masterfully blends elegance and geometry. The composition features a woman seen from behind, ...