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Figurative Photography For Sale
Another Space by Osama Esber - Contemporary Figurative Photography
Located in Chicago, IL
Another Space
Archival Pigment Print
Available Sizes:
16” x 20” Edition of 25 with 3 Artist Proofs
20” x 24” Edition of 10 with 3 Artist Proofs
30” x 40” Edition of 7 with 3 Artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man Ray, Composition, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Man Ray
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1980. Published and printed ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Breakdance - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 24”x 35”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a girl dancing in a swimming pool. The dark pool is filled with sharp sunbeams. Some mysterious light ornaments cover the pool bottom and inner water su...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Reinhard Görner, The Long Room IV, Trinity College Library, Dublin Ireland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large-scale architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the The Long Room, an awe-inspiring vista into the Old Library at Trinity College in Dublin, Irelan...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Keith Richards Rolling Stones 1978
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Keith Richards Rolling Stones
Keith Richards by a barn door at his home in Upstate New York after his famous drug arre...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Les Vacances II by James Sparshatt. C-type Print mounted to Aluminium. Framed
Located in Coltishall, GB
Les Vacances II
The west coast of France is a place to eat delectable oysters, drink fine wines and walk along endless beaches in the glare of the summer sun. The Atlantic swell and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Tennis In The Bahamas Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In The Bahamas'
Two fashionably dressed women in tennis outfits, stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, with tennis rackets leaning up against...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tina Chow
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexi, free shipping to the continental US and a 14-day return policy.
One 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print of Tina Chow (1975). Prints ar...
Category
1970s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Polaroid
Billy Joel 1978
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Billy Joel
Billy Joel in concert New York, USA 1978
Billy Joel is a celebrated American singer-songwriter and pianist known for his timeless hits like "Piano Man...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Television Americana (Americana, Midwest, Classic, Vintage, TV, ~26% OFF)
By Kelly Ludwig
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kelly Ludwig
Television Americana
Archival Pigment Print
Year: 2024
Visible Size: 11.5 x 15.5 inches
Framed: 18 x 22 inches
Signed: On Label
COA provided
*Black frame with standar...
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Altstadt Rêveries - Diptych
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Altstadt Rêveries - (Diptych) - edition of 7, 2011
21 x 38,50cm, digital print mounted on Dibond - gloss coating
Hand signed & numbered by artist
Carmen De Vos
The Belgian photogra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Chateau Chantilly, France
Located in New York City, NY
48 x 60 inches - edition of 5
Chromogenic Print – Unframed
Signed by the artist - Certificate of Authenticity
Free Shipping – Ask us foar custom framing options.
As a world-renowned...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print
Lakelands - Vintage Photograph - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lakelands is a color vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic al...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$105 Sale Price
25% Off
The Journey I - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Journey I - 2019
Influenced by 1950s and 1980s cinema, The Journey sees a young woman heading off into the unknown where fate and chance all come into play.
Edition of 10 - 40 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 23x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An 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 f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$690 Sale Price
25% Off
Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a vintage photo, realized by Helmut Newton in the 1970s.
The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Buddy and Baddy - Vintage Photograph - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Buddy and Baddy is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1951.
The photo depicts Buddy and Baddy, Swiss funny-mem of the ice, on their first American tour with the all-new Ic...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$105 Sale Price
25% Off
Back to the Future (1985 Film) - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Back to the Future (1985 Film) is a black and white photograph realized in 1985
Vintage Photo Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloid in a scene from "Back to the future" by Robert Zem...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$157 Sale Price
25% Off
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signatur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
American Cowboy Head, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Laundry
By Luke Smalley
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, loc...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Danae - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 15" x 23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a young golden hair woman on a bottom of a pool. Her beautiful naked body is wrapped in clouds of air bubbles.
Original gallery quality archival pigment p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Male Nude with Head Down (Sepia Toned Figurative Photograph by David Halliday)
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary figurative sepia toned photograph of nude male model
Sepia toned silver gelatin print, edition 3 of 25
Image size: 8 x 8 inches
17.5 x 16.5 x 1 inches framed with 8-ply white mat and non reflective glass.
Signed and dated below image with atelier stamp
This contemporary figurative photograph was taken by David Halliday in 1998. The sepia toned silver gelatin print beautifully captures a standing male model on a simple monotone background. The nude model's flawless skin complements the similarly toned sepia backdrop, while contrasts in light and shadow accentuate his toned back and shoulder muscles. The figure's casual pose lends a serene atmosphere to the image. This print, 3rd in the edition of 25, is framed in a custom brown wood Larson Juhl frame with an 8 ply white mat and non reflective glass. The print is signed with an atelier stamp on the lower right.
About the Artist:
David Halliday's photographs are about beauty, pure and simple. His primary subjects are carefully composed still lifes, portraits and landscapes which he shoots in black and white film with only natural light. He is a purist behind the lens, rarely manipulating his negatives in any way, and a master in the darkroom. His work has an ethereal quality that's translated not only through the subject, but also by the warm colors and sepia tones he uses in his printing.
More about the work:
A master of light, David Halliday produces lush and elegant images that are both classical and modern. Celebrated for his ‘purist’ eye, he poetically captures the nude male body in a selection of sepia-toned prints from 1996. Rarely revealing the model's face, Halliday prefers to focus on the natural drape of limbs, soft folds of flawless skin, and curvature of the spine. Overall, a stunningly intimate portrayal of the male form done with elegance and charm.
Resume:
Born 1958, Glen Cove, New York
Lives in Schodack Landing, NY
EDUCATION
1998 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
1988 The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine
1976-79 Syracuse University, New York
1974-76 Wooster School Community Art Center, Danbury, Connecticut
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Threadbare/New Photographs, Arthur Roger Galley, New Orleans, LA
McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 The Past Still Present, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2010 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Wessel+O’Connor Fine Art, Lambertville, NJ
Julie Heller...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elsa Poppin- Signed limited edition still life print, Black, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Elsa Poppin - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1998 - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Pairs
1970 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Voyeurism for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Villa del Balbianello, June 1983 - Afternoon Gathering on Terrace with Vines
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Villa del Balbianello, June 1983 - Afternoon Gathering on Terrace with Vines
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Villa del Balbian...
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Lambda, Photographic Paper
Togetherness - Large Scale Cyanotype Style Film Photographic Print Framed
By Pia Clodi
Located in Zürich, CH
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Carbon Pigment, Polaroid
$1,777 Sale Price
20% Off
Cortina. From the Viva series. Male Limited Edition Color Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cortina, by Ricky Cohete
From the Viva series
Small size: 30 in H x 20 in W.
Edition of 13 + 1AP
Unframed
Exploring color in the darkness, inspired by the Italian and Dutch renaissa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
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 Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Catherine Wilke in Capri (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri, 1980.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Sl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Car Crash at Woodhead - Vintage Photograph - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Car crash at Woodhead is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1962.
The photo depicts a car that falls into a ravine at Woodhead, Cheshire. Mr. John Henry Jones, Labour Memb...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$105 Sale Price
25% Off
Historical Photo of Prison - Court - Vintage photo - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Court is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$39 Sale Price
25% Off
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Vintage Travel Elegance - Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Print Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Vintage Travel Elegance
circa 1925
by H Armstrong Roberts Archive
Passengers Awaiting Boarding Beside Classic Propeller Aircraft circa 1925
Giant supersize silver gelatine print ...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Pond 1
Located in New York, NY
THIS PIECE IS AVAILABLE FRAMED. Please reach out to the gallery for more information.
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Cameron Burns is a freelance 3D artist who pri...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Die Waldfee" Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Die Waldfee" 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Holiday in Capri, July 1958 - Motorboats and Swimming in Water off Island Capri
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Motorboats and Swimming in Water off Island Capri, one female swimmer floats in the water off the island of Capri while companions lounge on deck
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Est...
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Emilio Lussu - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Emilio Lussu is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$74 Sale Price
25% Off
Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Diane Arbus
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Ormond Gigli 'Girls in the Windows'
By Ormond Gigli
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Window, 1960 (printed later)
Color coupler print
16 x 16 inches
Signed, dated and numbered edition of 100
Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind the "Girls in...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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
Mick Jagger 1973
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger performing 'Jumping Jack Flash' with water & rose petals during European Tour, Berlin 1973
Mick Jagger is the iconic lead singer of The R...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Palm Beach Idyll, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida.
This is an estate stamped and hand ...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Coup de filet
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 10)
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Doll - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Doll - 2017 -
20x20cm,
Edition 4/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-print, based on an original Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-128.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Muhammad Ali as Saint Sebastian, Color Photography, Fine Art Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Muhammad Ali as Saint Sebastian, 1967
48 x 84.5 in. (121 x 214 cm)
Chromogenic Print
Edition of 3 Exclusive to TASCHEN
The photographer
Carl Fischer (b. 1924), photographer an...
Category
20th Century Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Photo of Painting - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously captured.
Good...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$78 Sale Price
25% Off
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
Japan – A costumed Geisha on stage - hand-colored photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1885.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (268 x 204 mm), hand-numbered 498 in negative; pencil inscription in Japanese on verso. Light scratch in negati...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Contemporary sensual, erotic photograph of nude man & woman from historic image
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Pipe Tee" by artist Paul Cava is a one-of-a-kind (unique) archival pigment print of a nude man and woman from a historical glass plate on a historic mechani...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Ink
Zone D by Barry Cawston 120 x 100cm C-type Photographic Print Only
Located in Coltishall, GB
The emptiness of a multi-storey car park late at night in Bristol
–
Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Steps - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 53"x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal underwater fine art photograph captures a figure suspended above submerged pool steps, rendered in soft aquamarine and pearl tones. The crystalline water creates a drea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
'Beach At St. Tropez' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beach At St. Tropez' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Sunbathers on the beach at St. Tropez, France, 1977.
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authentici...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
"M14" Photography (FRAMED) 48" x 48" inch Edition 4/12 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M14" Photography 48" x 48" inch Edition 4/12 by Giuliano Bekor
48 x 48" inch
Limited edition of 12
This artwork is printed on the highest resolution archival fine art Kodak metall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957
Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Poolside - Signed and Numbered
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Poolside
by Blank Barbie
pop artwork of a couple by a swimming pool.
paper size 40x30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
unframed - framing available just ask
Archival pigment print
signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
"Milich'sche Library I, Görlitz", photography by Reinhard Görner, 2016
Located in Paris, France
Photograph of the Milich'sche Libary I in Germany by Reinhard Görner.
Fine Art Lightjet Print, mounted on aluminum, plexiglass or resin. Two weeks manufacturing time, then shipping ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Digital Pigment, Plexiglass
Faye Dunaway The Morning After, 1977 Co-Signed Edition Print by Terry O'Neill
Located in London, GB
Faye Dunaway The Morning After, 1977
Co-Signed Edition Print by Terry O'Neill and Faye Dunaway
Mint condition C print hand numbered 37 / 50
and hand signed by both photographer ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Circus - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 24"x35"
By Alex Sher
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
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.
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