Figurative Photography
Figurative Photography For Sale
Color: Yellow
The Energy Factory
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 po...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Henry watching Athena Dance II - 21st Century, Contemporary, Ryan Gosling
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Henry watching Athena Dance (Stay) - 2006,
78x76cm, 2006, Edition 4/5
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Accident II (Stay) with Ewan McGregor and Ryan Gosling - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Accident II (Stay)
2006, 20x20cm,
Edition of 5/10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label
artist Inventory # 5444.12.
Not mounted.
with Ewan McGrego...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print
Golden Maximo Yellow
Located in San Juan, PR
Mixed Media Photography , hand painted C-Print mounted on a gold acrylic mirror enclosed on a Plexiglass box
In this new series Mercado big format as a medium to intervene Jack Del...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Neon Light, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Photogram
Untitled (Meat no. 4), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Meat no. 4), 2014
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso)
Digital Pigment Print
30 x 30 in, edition of 4
20 x 20 in, edition of 9
15 x 15 in, edition of 20
P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
Aqva Yellow
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
Untitled (Cruise Ship no. 2)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Cruise Ship no. 2), 2014
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso)
Digital Pigment Print
30 x 30 in, edition of 4
20 x 20 in, edition of 9
15 x 15 in, edition o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
Liquid Light Study 1028
Located in Lawrence, NY
#4 of 8
signed and dated
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following in t...
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Body Knots Series #256
Located in Lawrence, NY
#17 of 24
Signed and numbered
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Human Body Series 1632
Located in Lawrence, NY
#1 of 8
archival pigment print
signed, numbered
printed to order
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a following in the 1990s with two collections of underwater photography, Water Dance and Pool Light. He has since gone on to photograph dancers, athletes, actors, the homeless, flowers, circus performers and design and execute his own compositions. His work often straddles the blurry line between fashion and art and makes the argument for fashion photography as art.
Schatz's focus is the human body...
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Big Sun
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tropico Photo is the collaborative work of Forrest Aguar and Michelle Norris. Forrest loves pairing shapes and lines to create captiva...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Surreal Yellow Nude with Eye
Located in Miami, FL
Extreme close up of a eye combined with a full figure nude in a tight and graphic composition. It's an early in-camera multiple exposure using Ektachrome infra red film during the pr...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Henry watching Athena Dance I (Stay) Edition 9/10 - analog, hand-print, polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Henry watching Athena Dance (Stay) - 2006
37x36cm, Edition of 9/10,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label,
artist Inven...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957 – Laroche's yellow skirt and sweater set was photographed by Mark Shaw in a Paris Cafe for the LIFE September 1957 artic...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Boccia VII (Beachshoot ) with Radha Mitchell -Polaroid, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Boccia VII (Beachshoot) - 2005
38x36cm, Edition of 10.
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # 1467.
Not mounted.
featuring Camil...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957 – Laroche's yellow skirt and sweater set was photographed by Mark Shaw in a Paris Cafe for the LIFE September 1957 artic...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Dior Salon with Alla in Yellow Satin Artamene coat, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior Salon with Alla in Yellow Satin Artamene coat, 1954 Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Henry watching Athena Dance I - Stay, diptych - AP 1/2, 128x125cm and 38x37cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Henry watching Athena Dance (128x126cm) & Sam, Interior Hospital (37x36cm) (Stay), diptych, 2006,
Artist Proof 1/2, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Dior Salon with Alla in Yellow Satin Artamene coat, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior Salon with Alla in Yellow Satin Artamene coat, 1954 Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Dior Salon with Alla in Yellow Satin Artamene coat, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior Salon with Alla in Yellow Satin Artamene coat, 1954 Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuh...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957 – Laroche's yellow skirt and sweater set was photographed by Mark Shaw in a Paris Cafe for the LIFE September 1957 artic...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Fresh Air Corp
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My latest project, Modern Girl, extrapolates upon past themes of commercialism and identity within Western culture by creating reimagined ad campaigns based upon the famous “pin-up girl” advertising posters of 1930s Shanghai, China. This era heralded the emergence of Asian women as individuals, as they began to break away from Confucius tradition that demanded total filial piety alongside crippling beauty practices like foot binding. However, while an expression of gender emancipation, the posters sowed the seeds of a new form of exploitation: the use of the female form to sell consumer products.
I grew up in Vancouver — regarded as the gateway to the East. It has experienced unprecedented immigration from Hong Kong and China in the past 35 years, turning this once provincial community into a vibrant Asian metropolis. The impact of Asian culture has been profound, not only on the city but on me as an individual and artist. I have come to love Asian film and literature such as Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior and Gish Jen’s Mona in the Promised Land. Such works explore the immigrant experience, something that resonates with my own experiences emigrating from Israel in childhood. Learning to fit in was stressful, however, I realized that the challenges facing my young Asian friends in Vancouver were even greater. They were torn between familial demands of obedience and academic achievement — in opposition to the Western ideals of self-expression and individualism.
The ‘Modern Girl’ image first appeared in the West and was notable for its bold sexuality, with scantily clad women selling everything from clothing, soap and cigarettes to army recruitment. Chinese pin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957 – Laroche's yellow skirt and sweater set was photographed by Mark Shaw in a Paris Cafe for the LIFE September 1957 artic...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Bathing Box #60
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Ed. of 7
For over a decade, Joshua Jensen-Nagle has captivated the viewer with his evocative large-scale photographs. Best known for his dreamy aerial beaches, expansive ski scenes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Yellow Floral Beach Umbrella
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Ed. of 7
For over a decade, Joshua Jensen-Nagle has captivated the viewer with his evocative large-scale photographs. Best known for his dreamy aerial beaches, expansive ski scenes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
Henry watching Athena Dance II - 21st Century, Contemporary, Ryan Gosling
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Henry watching Athena Dance (Stay) - 2006
With Ryan Gosling.
48x46cm, Edition 1/10.
Archival C-Print, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte surface, based on a Polaroid.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
N°1114
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
N°1114
2016
Photography
Inkjet print on paper
Edition 2/7 (limited edition of 7)
60 x 60 cm
Signed, with certificate
Jean-Paul Baret's créations are part of the continuité ...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Accident II - with Ewan McGregor and Ryan Gosling, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A piece of art from the movie 'Stay' by Stefanie Schneider
Stefanie created the art for both main actors Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling in the movie 'Stay' directed by Marc Forster. S...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
"Before The Race", 2006
By Pete Kelly
Located in Hudson, NY
Kelly captures the calm before the storm as a jockey trots with his horse before the race starts. The vibrant colors of the surrounding field and sky create an inviting, serene scene...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Not titled yet, 2015 – Erik Madigan Heck, Fashion, Human, Art, Abstract
Located in Zurich, CH
Erik MADIGAN HECK (*1983, United States)
Not Titled Yet, 2015
Chromogenic print
Sheet 152.4 x 107.77 cm (60 x 42 3/8 in.)
Edition of 9 plus 2 artist's proofs (#1/9)
print only
Origi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Without A Face (Yellow), Old Future – Erik Madigan Heck, Photography, Yellow
Located in Zurich, CH
Erik MADIGAN HECK (*1983, United States)
Without A Face (Yellow), Old Future, 2013
Chromogenic print
Sheet 152.4x 101.6 cm (60 x 40 in.)
Edition of 9, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. AP2 (last av...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Cleaned Out
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Photograph available in 15 x 15" (edition of 20), 22 x 22" (edition of 20) and 38 x 38" (edition of 10). Availability and pricing is subject to change without notice. Patty Carroll h...
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital 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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