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Figurative Photography For Sale
He Exudes a Powerful Fragrance Like Horses Do
By Bill Costa
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 5)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Private Island, Philippines 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Private Island, Philippines 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests relax on the beach of a private island owned by Philippine Airlines President, Benigno Toda Jr., Philippines, Fe...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Avenue Simon Bolivar - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, French Humanist Photography
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
One of the famous members of the Humanist photography in France.
Signed lower right by the artist.
Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Swim Boy and Girl
By Soo Burnell
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "I wanted to photograph the pools to show the beauty of the architecture, while minimizing the modern elements. I love the geometry of the tiles, the lines on the b...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Contemporary nude print, Black white Portrait photo, Sensual Model - Sacha..
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 ‘Sacha and Pearl ‘ who was captured on f...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 35" x 53"
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 ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
$1,008 Sale Price
20% 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
Constant Struggle
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "I often combine food with portraits. On the surface, this absurd combination appears to reject any sense of reason (an extension of my own twisted sense of humour)...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
French Riviera 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
Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 - 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smerelda, ...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Victor Hugo in drag with unidentified man in drag
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from th...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man’s Work 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Man’s Work 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Working at his typewriter surrounded by ‘bunny girls’, publisher Hugh M Hefner at the Playboy Key Club in Chicago. He founded adult maga...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Franci and Rachael -Figurative sensual photo, Fine art nude print, 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 ‘ Franci and Rachael ‘ who was capture...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Dust Storm (Vertical) - Limited Edition Color Photograph, National Geographic
Located in Denton, TX
Dust Storm (Vertical) by Steve McCurry is a 30 x 24 inch Digital C-Print on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss Paper, available in an edition of 75. This photograph features a group...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Audrey Hepburn - Photograph by Dennis Stock - 1950
By Dennis Stock
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Dennis Stock in 1950.
Copyright: Magnum Photos and Agenzia Contrasto.
Excellent condition.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Japan – Daibutsu, Hiogo, Kobe – Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
circa 1890.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (200 x 260 mm), numbered B 289 and captioned in negative at lower right. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
"Elder Morris" Found photos and vintage imagery in hand crafted paper collage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Elder Morris" is an original piece by Shawn Theodore made from hand-crafted paper collage and acrylic and archival ink on Epson Hot Press Natural paper 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 36”h x 48”w 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
'James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor & Rock Hudson'
Located in London, GB
'James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor & Rock Hudson'
From left -James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, on the set of 'Giant,' 1956.
(Photo: The Everett Co...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled (Chinese Classical) - Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Polaroid, Nude
By xulong zhang
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Chinese Classical), 2002 -
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, archival Print, POLAROID 809 Emulsion Transfer, 26 cm x 32cm.
Signed, embossed stamp and artist certificate...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Female Nude, Kate Resting, Contemporary Portrait Photography by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
This is a black and white contemporary portrait photograph of a female nude by Leonard Freed, Kate Resting, is in the photographer's series "Kate". A 20" x 16" gelatin silver photograph signed verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate (provenance). The self-assigned photo series on Kate became a welcome reprieve for Leonard Freed who during a long photo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Swimming In Spain 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Swimming In Spain 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Swimming and snorkelling in the bay at the Hostal De La Gavina, in S’agaro, Costa Brava, Spain, July 1970.
30 x 20" inches / 61...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dancer (Stay) - 8 pieces, analog, Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Dancer (Stay) - 2006,
102x100cm each, installed 214x430cm, Edition of 4/5,
8 analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist, based on 8 Polaroids.
Certificate and Signature label...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
After Weston
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 20)
Signed and numbered on label, verso
From the series, "Before the Camera"
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Chuck S...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Monica Bellucci - Vintage Photo by Marton Schneider - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Monica Bellucci, b/w photo is a photograph realized by Marton Schneider in the 1990s.
Very good conditions.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Babe Bows Out" Nat Fein, Baseball, Babe Ruth, Sports Photography, American
Located in New York, NY
Nat Fein
Babe Bows Out, 1948
Signed lower right
Gelatin silver print on paper
Image size: 16 x 20 inches
Mat size: 22 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches
Nat Fein (1914–2000) was a prominent Ameri...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Shadowplay - triptych - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Shadowplay, triptych, 2017,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
20x24cm each, 20x82cm installed including the gaps.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature labe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper
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
steve - ritual
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
10 x 8 inches, sheet
7 x 7 inches, image
(Edition of 10)
14 x 11 inches, sheet
10 x 10 inches, image
(Edition of 10)
20 x 1...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Live And Let Die' 1973 Roger Moore
Located in London, GB
'Live And Let Die' 1973 Roger Moore and cast
On set of the movie 'Live and Let Die' with Roger Moore as 007 James Bond, with Yaphet Kotto playing Che...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
New York City, USA, Limited Edition Signed Iconic Street Photography 1950s
Located in New york, NY
New York City, USA, 1954 is a 13" x 9" archival pigment print (baryta) in a limited edition of 5. Signed verso (back of photo) by Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer), with Leon...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigmen...
Policemen in Paris, 1930, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare, original silver gelatin black-and-white photograph by Wide World Photos for The New York Times in Paris. The image depicts a quintessential street scene from circa 1930, feat...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Acapulco Rocks 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
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
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 magazin...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Freediver - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x26"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young naked dark hair woman in the pool. A transparent silk scarf slid off her shoulders opening the breasts and partially covering the hips and pubis....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$752 Sale Price
20% Off
Madonna Chair #1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist: Richard Corman
Year: 1983
Title: Madonna Chair #1
Edition Details: 12-color archival pigment print on 100% cotton fine art paper, signed and numbered in the margins by the...
Category
1980s Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Galveston (Texas young woman portrait)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Lee Friedlander (b.1934). Galveston, 1975. Gelatin silver print, 8 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches (image); 11 x 14 inches (sheet). Measures 16.5 x 20 inches framed. Excellent condition with no ...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$10,500 Sale Price
30% Off
Henry watching Athena Dance II - 21st Century, Contemporary, Ryan Gosling
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Henry watching Athena Dance (Stay) - 2006
78x76cm,
Edition 4/5
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label
artist Inve...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sunbathing In Capri 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Capri 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Sunbathers by a swimming pool in Capri, Italy, August 1974
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collecti...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Rome, 13.3.86, The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$46 Sale Price
35% Off
Two Leopards Spotted, Chicago 1974, Brookfield Zoo, Signed and Framed.
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Street photography was a passion of Art's and it shows in this delightful shot taken at Brookfield Zoo in 1974. The photograph is signed on the bottom right hand corner. It is matted with a heavy white mat and framed in a simple black metal frame.
Art Shay
Two Leopards...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sweet and Spicy - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman diving in a pool. The photograph is practically black and white with light aquatic tint.
Original gallery quality print on archival metallic paper signed by the artist.
Paper size: 18" x 24"
Image size: 16" x 24"
Limited edition of 24, print #2
The artwork is furnished with certificate of authenticity, signed by artist with artist's name, edition number, edition limit, and other details.
Alex Sher is an award-winning American underwater fine art photographer whose admiration of feminine sensuality heralded him to worldwide acclaim.
Sher was born in Ukraine in 1962 and started taking photographs at the age of twelve. He graduated from Kyiv University in 1984. Two years later, he volunteered as medical personnel to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster recovery. When asked about that time, he says "having no clue how much radiation you are getting makes you appreciate every breath - pretty much what you feel underwater."
Alex Sher started showing his photographs in the early nineties; however, he considered himself an amateur artist until his work was stolen from an exhibition in Kyiv.
Sher immigrated to the US with his family in 1995 and currently resides in Los Angeles. As a former biologist and an ocean diver, Alex is deeply concerned with the decimation of kelp forests along the California Pacific...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sweet Champagne - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 18 x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young woman with her face covered with air bubbles.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival p...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Flora 02 - Venus Aphrodite Botticelli Nude Floral Female Portrait Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 02 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in a Limited Edition of 15 in this size by contemporary photographer duo Tortora & Travezan.
A set of pale, translucent thighs dominate th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Color
Cuban Socialists - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Cuban Socialists is a black-and-white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events and political issues ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$42 Sale Price
40% Off
Circle of Magic (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Landscape, Magic
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Circle of Magic -
from the 29 Palms, CA series - 2009
40x48cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Art...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
DIALOGUE 06 by Matthieu Venot - Photography, Architecture, Miami, pastel colors
Located in Paris, FR
DIALOGUE 06 is a work by contemporary French photographer Matthieu Venot. In this series, he roams the city of Miami looking for deco architecture. With his camera, he cuts up the ur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Churchill In Richmond Park by Terry Fincher
Located in London, GB
"Churchill In Richmond Park" by Terry Fincher
British wartime prime minister Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) feeds the deer in Richmond Park, accompanied by his private secretary An...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White
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
Jules and Jim XI (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Jules and Jim XI (Days of Heaven) - 2009
Part of the 29 Palms, CA project.
Edition of 10,
50x50cm,
Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Starfall - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17.5" x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young beautiful golden hair woman on black background. Her body is partially covered with a golden scarf leaving uncovered beautiful buttocks.
Origi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bunny Briggs 1
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Liz Von Hoene is an award winning fashion photographer and director known for her immaculate concept driven images that strike the right balance between sophistication and whimsy. Whether she’s shooting for brands like Dove, Diet Pepsi, Credit Suisse, L’Oreal, Tampax and Ligne Roset or diverse collaborative partners like Badgley Mischka, DSW, Kate Spade, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus and Target, Liz gives even the most familiar, everyday scene a fantastical twist. She transports us from the realm of the ordinary into the extraordinary. Starting with a no-nonsense approach, she lets the magic happen in front of the lens as simply as possible to keep the unexpected as human as possible. Liz’s personality is evident in her work as a photographer and director: at every turn, a sense of playfulness and polish, scaffolded by a carefully calculated vision. She meticulously compiles inspirations and influences, ranging from the everyday to the magnificent, making each image more inventive than the last. Liz Von Hoene is part of the Trunk Archive...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the poolside...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Zen Beauty - Contemporary Floral Still Life - Flower photography series - Lotus
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a color photography of a lotus flower as part of our flower / still life series.
Image dimensions: 16 x 21.5 in. Edition of 25.
External dimensions: 22.5 x 28 in.
Matted with 8 ply museum archival matt.
Signed, numbered by photographer on a certificate of authenticity.
About this series:
With great patience and respect, the photographer observes the life cycle of the flower, viewing the subject much like a portrait photographer views a person, choosing the particular instance which in his view represents the essence of the flower. We feel the piece evokes a certain poetic, quiet, Zen beauty.
The photographer was a London Central Saint Martins graduate and lived in a short spell in a monastery in Japan, and now primarily lives in Japan.
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The artist was born in the UK in 1971, and after leaving Central Saint Martin’s in London in 1992, determined to explore a deeper sense of meaning, and contemplate life, he journeyed to Japan where he lived in a Zen Buddhist monastery and lived and studied in a temple in the mountains of Yamanashi for months, during which he studied Zen Buddhism and joined the monks in their daily prayers and routines.
Over time, the subject matter for this series is borne out of a respect of the inner life of living things, Nature, in this instance and a sense of “mono no aware” (the art of impermanence). His artist vision has drawn influences from his Western artistic culture, Japanese classical aesthetics, and the 1933 classical text, “In Praise of Shadows” by Japanese literary titan, Junichiro Tanizaki (1886–1965). Tanizaki, as translated by scholars, examines the singular standards of Japanese aesthetics and their stark contrast with the value systems of the industrialized West. He writes:
“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates… Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”
“Shadows” presumably refers to the subtle interplay between light and darkness, not a stark dualism between black and white. Hence, the quiet beauty expressed in shadows of light and darkness as a living flower moves through the passage of life.
The art of impermanence refers to a “pathos” (aware) of “things” (mono), deriving from their transience. The flower is a perfect metaphor for the expression of impermanence and beauty. Each flower has its own distinctive character and temperament, and is in constant dynamic motion. Through the passage of its life, it blossoms to its greatest peak, turning always towards the light until they eventually give up their petals. The artist documents this process through hundreds of images over time, essentially capturing the essence of the life of the subject. Both the visual aesthetic and process of his art calls to mind the transcient nature of things and reminds us to rejoice what we do have.
In his gold series - Gold, in turn associated with the sacred, the divine, with supernatural powers and even immortality, has been recognized since ancient times in all the great civilizations as a noble material. Gold leaves have been used to decorate shrines, temples, statues, armor, jewelry since ancient times. At different times of the day, the light reflects off the gold differently as the day progresses, providing a visual context in which the celebration of life was captured.
The artist has been recognized for his work for example, with a merit award at the Art Directors Club 87th Annual Awards N.Y. (2008). His work has been in group exhibitions as a runner up at the National Portrait Gallery in London as part of the Taylor Wessing London – Elle Commendation Portrait Awards, and at the Kiyosato Photo Art Museum in 1999. A successful photographer, the artist’s commercial clients include Adidas, Estee Lauder, Hugo Boss and shot celebrities for magazines / editorials featuring Sam Smith, Jeremy Renner, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Fincher, Zhang Ziyi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Il Pellicano Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Il Pellicano Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973.
40 x 60" inches / 10...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Surfing Brothers' 1965 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Surfing Brothers' 1965 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
circa 1965: Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association)...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wind Power (California Badlands) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Desert, Dream
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wind Power (California Badlands) - 2021
24x34cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 4595.
Not mounte...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Early Morning - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23"x17"
By Alex Sher
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: 24"x18"
Image ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Thirst" Black & White Photography 39" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Thirst" Black & White Photography 39" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pink Hawaiian Scenes 1957 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Hawaiian Scenes
1957
A couple aboard a yacht in Hawaii, USA, 1957
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Boy
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
15 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
A stylistic precursor of such artists as Pierre et Gilles and David LaChapelle, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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