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Figurative Photography For Sale
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
Israel's Parachute Girls - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Israel's Parachute Girls is a vintage black and white Photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
The description on the rear.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Madonna Bathroom #1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist: Richard Corman
Year: 1983
Title: Madonna Bathroom #1
Edition Details: 12-color archival pigment print on 100% cotton fine art paper, signed and numbered in the margins by ...
Category
1980s Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Garage
By Luke Smalley
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Stamped and numbered, verso
24 x 20 inches
(Edition of 10)
40 x 30 inches
(Edition of 5)
60 x 50 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
$2,500
'Walking the Bulldog', printed later
Located in New York, NY
Walking the Bulldog, 1994
Archival pigment print
Printed later
40 x 60 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 10
Robert Farber (b. 1944) is a renowned photographer whose five-decade ...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
French Riviera 4
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Army Of Caine Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Army Of Caine
by B A T I K
Pop art work featuring multiples of Michael Caine in Get Carter mode - possibly his most iconic movie role.
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$46 Sale Price
40% Off
Rod Stewart in Silk – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1976 Limited Edition
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Rod Stewart in Silk – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1976 Limited Edition
Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print
Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further print...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Mere Mortal #4 (Archival Photograph of Male Nude in Islamic Window)
By Newbold Bohemia
Located in Hudson, NY
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Biblioteca di Seitenstetten, Austria
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
Eternal Recurrence #43. Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Riders 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.
Edition ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled IV and III, Diptych. From The Balance Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
With Balance the artist starts exploring more deeply the boundaries of the photographic media by mixing it with different techniques on a very traditional subject (classic sculptures...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umbe...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of Diego Armando Maradona - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona wearing the Argentina shirt.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons The Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Carlton Hotel (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlto...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Madonna: Mythical Swans, Rolling Stone Magazine Portfolio, David LaChapelle
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: David LaChapelle (1963)
Title: Mythical Swans: Madonna, New York, Rolling Stone, 1998
Year: 1998
Medium: Chromogenic print, front-mounted to acrylic, flush-mounted to alumin...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
$28,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Led Zeppelin #B7 John Paul Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
John Paul Jones playing bass at the Forum in 1972.
About The Print:
Archival pigment print on 100% cotton paper with a satin baryta finish. It is from a limited edition series Publi...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Massimo Listri, Palazzo Serristori III, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
Chromogenic Print – Unframed
Free Shipping – Ask us for custom framing options.
40 x 48 inches - edition of 5
48 x 60 inches - edition of 5
71 x 88.5 inches - edition of 5
"My ph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print
'Daisy on Bed' from Till Death do us Part, 38x47cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Daisy on Bed' (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
38x47cm,
Edition of 30
Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid,
Certificate and signature label, ar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Poppy Field
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
Pan
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
15 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
Sold out.
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
$9,000
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 1...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
$10,030
Sandrine - Figurative photograph nude fine art print, Contemporary black white
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 ‘ Sandrine ‘ who was captured on film in...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Figurative photograph nude fine art print, Contemporary black white - Sandrine
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 ‘ Sandrine ‘.
Signed by Ian Sanderson ...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Swimmers by the Red Pool 3
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Hard To Reach' 1984 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Hard To Reach' 1984
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
A small immigrant child from Cape Verde standing under the family’s washing, Lisbon, Portugal, 1984...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Dasha & Mari - English Tea
By Dasha & Mari
Located in London, GB
Dasha & Mari - English Tea
40x30" inches paper size oversize C print - numbered and stamped limited to 100 only.
Sumptuous, sensual with erotic undertones, this is a beautiful fine art image from the twin artists duo from Kiev.
Steeped in fashion iconography and with more than a dash of Helmut Newton - these works are fast becoming collectable.
About the artists :
DASHA & MARI are award-winning photographers, twin sisters from Kiev, Ukraine.
Specialise in Fashion, Art Nude and Psychological Portrait.
They have an extensive experience in fashion industry in London, Paris, Milan and Berlin.
Art photography they create has a cinematic feel, it is original and storytelling.
HEARST Magazines UK have selected them for the Master's Photography program in Cambridge, UK.
Artists have received a Masters Degree from Kingston University, London, UK in 2018.
HONORS & AWARDS
PARIS PHOTO 2018, Fashion Nude Expo. Collective exhibition. Paris, France
MA Art + Design Exhibition
The Brick Lane Gallery, London UK 2018
13th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2018 - Nominee in Fine Art The Game
12th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2017, Beverly Hills, CA - Winner in Fashion category
11th Annual International Color Awards , Beverly Hills, CA 2017 - Nominee in Fashion category
HOME GALLERY, Personal Photography Exhibition 'FUTURO EROICO'. Salerno, Italy 2017
10th Annual INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS 2017, Beverly Hills, CA - Winner, Honorable Mention in Fashion category
FASHION 2ND PLACE WINNER (PROFESSIONAL), FAPA 2016
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
PHIFEST Exhibition of Photography, Milan, Italy 2016
Photography Exhibition at SALONE DEL MOBILE 2016 - Milan, Italy
Photography Exhibition at 55th annual week of Design in Milan in co-operation with SM Samuele Mazza Outdoor Collection and Ipe Cavalli.
Exhibition at The ART BOWL GALLERY, Amsterdam 2016
10th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2015, Beverly Hills, CA - Nominee in Fashion
MONOCHROME AWARDS 2015 - Honorable Mention (Professional) in Fashion / Beauty
Finalists of the HASSELBLAD MASTERS AWARDS 2014
8th Annual INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS, Beverly Hills, CA - Nominee in Fashion category
International Color Awards 2014
Sony World Photography Awards - Shortlisted in the Fashion category 2012, London, United Kingdom.
Solo Exhibition in Russia 2011
Art Nude Photography Exhibition 'SECRET GARDEN', Ryazan city, Russia.
PUBLICATIONS & PROJECTS
NORMAL magazine (France), OPENEYE magazine (France), ELLE Magazine UK, THE COMMISSION LONDON (UK), THE HUFFINGTON POST (US), PH Magazine (Canada), INSIDE BRACKETS (Paris), IDOLL Magazine (USA), Professional Photographer (UK), CHIC LIFESTYLE Magazine (Mexico), BOREALIS (Canada), PORTFOLIOS Magazine (Spain), The View Magazine (Netherlands), ZEPHYR Magazine (US), NOCTIS Magazine (UK), VOGUE ITALIA (Italy), HOLISTIC FASHIONISTA (LA, US), TARTARUS Magazine (US), IT-MAGAZINE (Switzerland), AFTER NYNE Magazine (UK), ARCHIDESART Magazine (UK), NIF Magazine, WHY NOT Magazine, POLISART Magazine (Portugal), PLAYBOY Photo Awards (Ukraine), BIZZARE Magazine (UK), Sensual Photography (France), All About Models (Paris, France), BLUR Magazine (Croatia), IDOLE Magazine (France), ART HOUSE (Monaco), etc.
SAMUELE MAZZA - Luxury Interiors and Furniture (Italy), GIOFFRE (Italy), VERTIGE (Italy), VICTOR WILDE - BOHEMIAN SOCIETY (USA), DAFT (Italy), GREEN HANDS Cosmetics (USA), SOFT CANDY Cosmetics (USA), LARA QUINT (Ukraine), ZEMSKOVA & VOROZHBYT (Ukraine), OMAR HARFOUCH & YULIA LOBOVA (France), RUSSIAN DAY (France), ‘Designing Legends' - Architectural Book of VASILY KLYUKIN (Monaco).
cat sunglasses...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Sheila and the Bridge Girls
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sheila and the Bridge Girls
ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT
Edition 3 of 5
20 x 30 in. / 50 x 76 cm.
Named one of LensCultures top 50 Emerging Artist, Marjorie Salvaterra’s images
reveal “a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Kindling
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kindling - 2016
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-2002.
N...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Daisy (yellow center #1)" Print on Canvas 43x43in Ed. of 15 by Mick Fleetwood
Located in Culver City, CA
"Daisy (yellow center #1)" Print on Aluminum 43x43in Ed. of 15 by Mick Fleetwood
Digital print on Canvas
Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and founding member of Fleetwood Mac,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital, Canvas
Horse Packing - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse Packing - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series of American life in the 20th Century.
W...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$123 Sale Price
35% Off
Robert Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Kurt Hutton/Getty Images)
A model wearing a black cocktail dress and a black velvet wide-brimmed hat, designed by Ronald Paterson...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Contemporary large figurative painting of women on paper "Invisible thread"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
“Invisible Thread” is a contemporary figurative–abstract painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, part of her ongoing series dedicated to women, emotional connection, and the unse...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 2 and Untitled, Diptych. From The Horse and Dancer Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For this series the artist explores the moment when nature in animal form intertwines with the human form, there you can learn true balance. -In this series the artist studies the balance between black and white photography.
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
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Fair conditions with oxidation.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Horse Silhouette' 1984 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Horse Silhouette' 1984
by Alaine Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Silhouette of horses in the evening on a horse farm in Bluegras...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Pink Floral Dress and Gloves & Handbag- Feminine fashion, color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Pink Floral Dress' and 'Gloves & Handbag' taken at the glamorous retro event Goodwood Revival, perfectly captures feminine sophistication with a vintage vibe.
This artwork featured ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
A Modern Princess (of India) (Equine Art, Horse, Marwari, Rare Breed)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Anna Archinger
A Modern Princess (of India) (Equine Art, Horse, Marwari, Rare Breed)
Archival Pigment Print on Canson® Infinity Platine Fibre Rag
Year: 2025
Image Size: 11.7 x 8.3 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Ali Versus Moptops" by Chris Smith
Located in London, GB
"Ali Versus Moptops" by Chris Smith
American heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) takes on the Beatles (from left to right, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White
The American Actress and Singer Abbe Lane - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American Actress and Singer Abbe Lane during the tv program "The joyous".
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Endless Options
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "As a self-portrait artist, I use the observation of my surroundings, personal experiences, and my own personal growth to create conceptual images. I am a highly positive person and this positivity often reflects in my work delivering images with a strong message on personal growth, self-love, and empowerment. I want my images to give hope and teach people to appreciate themselves, to love, dream, and believe that everything is possible if we believe it is. My images often feature simple backgrounds, saturated colors, and characteristic props like flowers, plants, origami, or balloons. creating dreamlike images both rich aesthetically and in meaning." - Fares Micue...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Doris and Henry (and her brothers)" Polaroid lift from the collective archive
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Doris and Henry (and her brothers)" is an original piece by Shawn Theodore made from found/family photos, polaroid lift, acrylic on wood panel. This pieces measures 16.75"h x 16.75"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Wood Panel, Polaroid
Slim Aarons 'Checkered Flag' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Checkered Flag'
The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Est...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamp...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pool Party II - underwater monochrome nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of two naked young women in the pool. The minimalistic photograph partially depicts bodies in blue color schema.
Original gallery quality print signed by th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Light Up Pink
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
Candida Höfer, Teatro Degollado Guadalajara III, Contemporary Photograph, Signed
Located in Hamburg, DE
Candida Höfer (German, b. 1944)
Teatro Degollado Guadalajara III, 2015
Medium: C-Print
Dimensions: 38 x 47 cm
Edition of 100: Hand-signed on label, verso
Condition: Excellent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Last Bus In London by Bert Hardy - Limited Edition silver gelatine print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Last Bus In London by Bert Hardy
Limited Edition silver gelatine print
A couple saying goodbye on a bus in Shaftesbury Avenue in London, July 1953 .
Original Publication: Picture Post - 6576 - Known Your Piccadilly - pub. 4th July 1953
(Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Archive London England)
Paper size 12x16 inches / 31 x 41 cm
Produced utilising the original negative
Numbered and stamped by the Getty Archive London
Limited edition to 300 only
Silver gelatine fibre based baryta paper print
Certificate of authenticity included
printed 2024
Ships securely from London.
Other sizes and Framing available on request.
Bert Hardy
Bert Hardy
Albert William Thomas Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995) was an English documentary and press photographer known for his work published in the Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957.
Life and work
Born in Blackfriars, Bert Hardy rose from humble working class origins in Southwark, London. The eldest of seven children, he left school at age 14 to work for a chemist who also processed photos. His first big sale came in 1936 when he photographed King George V and Queen Mary in a passing carriage during the Silver Jubilee celebrations, and sold 200 small prints of his best view of the King. His first assignment, at age 23, was to photograph Hungarian actor Sakall at the Mayfair Hotel. Hardy freelanced for The Bicycle magazine, and bought his first small-format 35 mm Leica. He signed on with the General Photographic Agency as a Leica photographer, later founding his own freelance firm, Criterion.
General Photographic Agency
General Photographic Agency a Fleet Street, London agency, sold photos at least between 1880-1950.
Picture Post and World War II
In 1941, Hardy was recruited by the then editor Tom Hopkinson of the leading picture publication of the 1930s to the 1950s, Picture Post. Founded in 1938 and funded by publisher Edward Hulton, the magazine's first editor was Hungarian émigré Stefan Lorant (1901–97) assisted by Hopkinson, who took over as editor from 1940. The picture-centric, left-leaning and reasonably-priced publication was highly successful and circulation soon rose to over a million. Hardy's photographer colleagues included Felix H. Man (aka Hans Baumann...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Surrender. Nudes. Limited Edition Color Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ariane - Signed limited edition fine art print, Contemporary, Romantic, Dancer
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Ariane - Signed limited edition archival pigment print , 2005 - Edition of 5
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-fr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...
Ride By Rows: photo of Black African American urban cowboy in Philadelphia city
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This photograph of a Black African American cowboy in the urban city of Philadelphia pictured against the city's iconic row homes is part of artist Ron Tarver's long-term, ongoing project, "The Long Ride Home: The Black Cowboy...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Muse" Photography 49" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Muse" Photography 49" x 39" in Edition of 3 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" in
Ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Chick's Candy Store, Pitt St., N.Y. - New York City Street Scene, Store Front
Located in Denton, TX
Chick's Candy Store, Pitt St. N.Y. by Walter Rosenblum is a black and white photograph depicting a group of people gathered in front of a store on a New York City street.
Gelatin Si...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
French Riviera 2
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Che (Che Guevara cutting canes)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Che (Che Guevara cutting cane) 1962 (printed later) is a gelatin silver print by noted Cuban artist Ernesto Fernandez Nogueras, b.1939. It is signed, titled and dated at the lower margin. The photograph size is 10 x 6.5 inches, framed size is 17.85 x 15.85 inches. Custom framed in a black frame, with white matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Ernesto Fernandez trained under the tutelage of several established photographers during the 1950s in Havana. He is one of the four great photographers of the Revolutionary period of Cuba.
As a young man he witnessed both the excesses of Havana as a “playground” of the USA, and the poverty that produced the hotbed of revolutionary thought and action. He was in the Cuban capital as the revolution reached its climax, and his pictures document a time of great hope. They are celebrations of youth’s ability to bring about change and to reinvent a new world.
Alongside Korda, Salas and Corrales, Fernandez documented the heady days of the Triumph of the Revolution and continued to photograph Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and other leading lights of the new system, including some wonderfully intimate studies of Alicia Alonso...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Japan – Three dancing geisha apprentices – Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1880.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 8 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches (205 x 267 mm), numbered 1625 and captioned "Dancing" in negative at lower right; pencil inscription in Jap...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
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