Contemporary Figurative Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Manuela 5 - Photograph By Roberto Vignoli - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Light painting technique, realized in a completly dark photographic studio, where the photographer manually "paint" by torch with light of different colours, the subjects and the ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Grace Jones for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Grace Jones for Playboy is a photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1985.
Albumen print From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
Edtion 7/85
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x65"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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 freez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Spring - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 16.6" x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A sophisticated underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman wearing a veil of air bubbles.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Daisy and Austen in front of Trailer (Till Death do Us Part) - 5/5, 4 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daisy and Austen in front of Trailer (Till Death do Us Part) - 2005
Edition 5/5,
125x123cm each. 125x520cm installed.
4 Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Cristal ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Heartbreak Motel
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Heartbreak Motel, 2016,
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Calliope (50x50cm) - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21 Century, Color, Mystical
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Calliope (Haley and the Birds) - 2013
50x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
Alchemist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x65"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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 freez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
The Turn - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 26x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"The Turn" represents a pivotal moment in contemporary underwater fine art photography, where sculptural form meets fluid dynamics. In this arresting composition, a figure in vibrant...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ok Corral - part 2- (Stranger than Paradise)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
OK Corral - part 2 - (Stranger than Paradise), - 1999,
20x20 cm, Edition 5/10,
digital C-Print based on the Polaroid,
Artist Inventory 318_2.18,
Not mounted.
Stefanie Schneider's scintillating situations take place in the American West. Situated on the verge of an elusive super-reality, her photographic sequences provide the ambience for loosely woven story lines and a cast of phantasmic characters.
Schneider works with the chemical mutations of expired Polaroid film stock. Chemical explosions of color spreading across the surfaces undermine the photograph's commitment to reality and induce her characters into trance-like dream scapes. Like flickering sequences of old road movies Schneider's images seem to evaporate before conclusions can be made - their ephemeral reality manifesting in subtle gestures and mysterious motives. Schneider's images refuse to succumb to reality, they keep alive the confusions of dream, desire, fact, and fiction.
Stefanie Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schule Essen, Germany. Her work has been shown at the Museum for Photography, Braunschweig, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt, the Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Museum für Moderne Kunst Passau, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Foto -Triennale Esslingen.
“It was Stefanie Schneider, who inspired me to start the company THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT after seeing her work, which seems to achieve the possible from the impossible, creating the finest of art out of the most basic of mediums and materials. Indeed, after that one day, I was so impressed with her photography that I realized Polaroid film could not be allowed to disappear. Being at the precise moment in time where the world was about to lose Polaroid, I seized the moment and have put all my efforts and passion into saving Polaroid film. For that, I thank Stefanie Schneider almost exclusively, who played a bigger role than anyone in saving this American symbol of photography.” –Florian Kaps, March 8th 2010 (“Doc” Dr. Florian Kaps, founder of “The Impossible Project”)
Exhibitions Selected (selected)
2018
Participation Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, USA (G) March
Available to All, Rough Play Projects - Site Specific, Joshou Tree, USA (G) curated by Deborah Martin with Adam Berg, Doron Gazit, Kellan Barnebey, Chris Sanchez, Aili Schmelzt
2017
BLICKFELD Analoge Fotografie, Kommunale Galerie Steglitz-Zehlendorf (G) (catalog), (upcoming)
Rosegallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica (G)
Magie des Moments, Kunstverein Bad Homburg Artlantis, Bad Homburg (G)
2016
Instantdreams, Instantdreams Gallery, Berlin
(S)
2015
Desert Voices, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Pamela Littky
The Ballery in Heat, The Ballery, Berlin (G)
Blue Nudes, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G)
2014
Summer Show, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (G)
6 Finalists, Saatchi Gallery London (G)
Instantdreams, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (S)
Grand Opening, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Banksy, Andy Warhol, Alison Bignon, Sophie Dickens, Victor Gingembre and others
2013
Heather's Dream, Short, nominated for the German Short Film Award 2013 (Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis)
Images
For Images (Artists fir Tichy), GASK - Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, (G) with Richard Prince, Nan Golding, Shirana Shahbazi, Sophie Calle, Martin Kippenberger, Arnulf Rainer, Thomas Ruff, Katharina Grosse, Jonathan Meese & others (catalog)
The Girl behind the White Picket Fence, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (S)
Heather's Dream, Short, German Competition Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Multimedia Presentation with Artist Stefanie Schneider, Palms Springs Art Museum, Annenberg Theater
The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, (G) with Ansel Adams, Bruce Charlesworth...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Missing, 50x50cm, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Missing -2018
50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print, based on an original Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-458.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x52"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool.
"There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
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
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
Hot Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x59"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in bubbles. This is a bright high resolution photograph with rich green and golden tones migrating onto blue and orange.
Ori...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Elisabetta 1 - Photograph By Roberto Vignoli - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Light painting technique, realized in a completly dark photographic studio, where the photographer manually "paint" by torch with light of different colours, the subjects and the ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hot Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x59"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in bubbles. This is a bright high resolution photograph with rich green and golden tones migrating onto blue and orange.
Ori...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Easy Listener - Grey
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
An original photography, in large scale edition of 9.
Signed and numbered 2 out of 9.
Sold framed and accompanied by the COA of the artist.
This fascinating artwork depicts a skele...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Photogravure on papier gravure Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main moulé-pressé paper, as issued. Inscription: unsigned and unnumb...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
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
White Trash Beautiful I - 29 Palms, CA featuring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
White Trash Beautiful I (29 Palms, CA) featuring Radha Mitchell - 1999
128x125cm,
Edition 3/5.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
based o...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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
Muschi Guerilla #03 Contemporary, Figurative, Female, Polaroid, photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Muschi Guerilla #03, 2008/2018
[From the series Goldenbogen & Zouzou]
20x20cm,
Edition of 7.
Iced image - archival art print based on a Carmen De Vo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Everlong
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Everlong - 2016,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-2003.
Not mounted.
K...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Space for Giants
By David Yarrow
Located in London, GB
David Yarrow
Space for Giants, 2020
Digital Dye Coupler Print on Fujicolor Archival Paper
61.8 × 76.2 cm
80 x 95 - framed
Edition of 599
David Yarrow is a renowned British photogra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
The Palm Trees - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Palm Trees is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places,...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Heartbreak Motel - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Heartbreak Motel - 2016
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival print, based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-123....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Missing - 40x40cm, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Missing - 2018
40x40cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-458.
Not m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Rome, Italy, St. Peter's Square, Snow at the Vatican 1950s, Edition of 6
Located in New york, NY
St. Peter's Square, Rome, Italy, 1958 by Leonard Freed is a black and white documentary photograph of two figures (priests) on a snowy afternoon dressed in black in contrast to the f...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy is a mixed colored photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1981.
Photograph on positive trasparency films.
From the series realized by Newton for Playb...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Elisabetta 4 - Photograph By Roberto Vignoli - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Light painting technique, realized in a completly dark photographic studio, where the photographer manually "paint" by torch with light of different colours, the subjects and the ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Butterfly Monarch #3" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly Monarch #3" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood
Digital print on canvas
Not framed
Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and founding member of Fleetwo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Digital
Steps - underwater photograph - print on paper 21" x 18"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A light and very becoming underwater photograph of a girl walking down the steps in pool toward you. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neither any places where you would ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Candy Floss, Xuzhou, Jiangsu - Chinese Color Street Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Candy Floss was taken by Richard Heeps when travelling in China. The street food vendor with pops of colour and the layers of detail draw you in. The Chinese Writing does not say 'candy floss/cotton candy for sale' as you might expect, it says something beautiful along the lines...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
All that Glitters ain't Gold
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
All that Glitters ain't Gold - 2017,
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inven...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper
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
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.
Editio...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23.4x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool.
"There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Pink Gloves, Goodwood, Chichester - Feminine fashion, color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This stylish artwork, 'Pink Gloves' taken at the glamorous retro event Goodwood Revival, perfectly captures feminine sophistication with a vintage vibe.
Th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy is a mixed colored photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1981.
Photograph on positive trasparency films.
From the series realized by Newton for Playb...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Doll - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Doll - 2017 -
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-print, based on an original Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-128.
Not mount...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
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
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
Gloves & Handbag, Goodwood, Chichester - Feminine fashion, color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This stylish artwork, 'Gloves & Handbag' taken at the glamorous retro event Goodwood Revival, perfectly captures feminine sophistication with a vintage vibe.
This artwork featured in...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Figurative photo nude sensual art print, Contemporary black white, Portrait- Ana
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 ‘Ana ‘ who was captured on film in 1989.
Signed by Ian Sanderson lower right and numbered lower left, delivered with certificates of authenticity, unframed
Limited edition 2 of 5
Printed by Nathalie, the artist's widow, ISP workshop, Barcelona.
Provenance: Ian Sanderson’s Estate
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm (Acid-free and lignin-free paper, Museum quality paper for highest age resistance and a popular alternative to analogue baryta paper) using pigment inks which are known for their longevity.
Please note. There are three sizes of this archival pigment print; each is an edition of five (5) making the total that can be printed as fifteen (15). This will include any custom sizes requested
Archival pigment print available sizes ( Image size , the white margin is not counted) :
50 x 36.2 cm / 20,86 x 14,17 in. - Edition of 5
70 x 50.7 cm / 271,55 x 19.68 in. - Edition of 5
101.6 x 73.7 cm / 40 x 28.74 in. - Edition of 5
Ian Sanderson (born 1951 Scotland, died 2020 Spain) was a Scottish photographer.
Ian produced images over a 35 year career. For most he worked as both a Commercial and Fine Art photographer; during his last years concentrated on his personal archive.
Ian and his widow Nathalie have worked for many years with alternative printing techniques in their workshop, ISP, creating Platinum Palladium, Silver Gelatin, Lith or Gum Bichromate.
This culminated in a large retrospective exhibition in Barcelona which was sponsored by the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation.
Platinum Palladium printing is a traditional photographic technique which precedes silver gelatin technique.
Many photographers have worked with it in the past as Irvin Penn, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sebastiao Salgado o Ormond Gigli with its Platinum with gold leaf print 'Girls in the Windows'.
ISP Workshop continues with the work of Ian's widow to create archival pigment prints like this one but also rare and personalized photographs.
The original Platinum Palladium technique she uses is more advanced by adding another precious metal (silver or gold leaf depending on the desired rendering) that only a handful of artists in the world have the expertise to practice it today.
Silver or Gold bring longevity and rarity to the print but also a tonal range and depth unmatched by digital printers which are valued by collectors.
categories :
Black and white photography, 20th. century, Archival pigment print, sensual, nude, Figurative, Sexy, Grainy, Photographic film, Analogue, Analog, Aesthetic photo, Large-scale, Timeless, Monochromatic, woman in bed
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x64"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool.
"There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Grace Jones for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Grace Jones for Playboy is a photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1985.
Albumen print From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
Edtion 7/85.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Marie Helvin
By David Bailey
Located in London, GB
David Bailey
Marie Helvin, 1976-2021
Archival Inkjet
Signed by the artist, on verso
Accompanied by a COA
132 x 91.4 cm - Sheet size
135.5 x 94 x 4 cm - Framed
Edition of 5
Marie Hel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink
Solitude - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Solitude - 2022
[ Shot on location in Oslo Norway in the spring of 2022 and influenced by themes of alienation and self-imposed isolation]
Edition of 10 - 20 x 20 cm
Archival C-Pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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
Grand Central Station, New York City, black and white photography, cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Swamp Landascape - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The swamp landascape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, p...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lobster Girl, Fright Nights, West Palm Beach - Dye Sublimation Print, 2017
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days.
All prints include VAT and are sold as print only.
This print may be available in another size, please contact the gallery for more information.
"Lobster Girl. Fright Nights, West Palm Beach...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Dye, Color
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy is a mixed colored photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1981.
Photograph on positive trasparency films.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
White Handbag, Goodwood, Chichester - Feminine fashion, color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This stylish artwork, 'White Handbag' taken at the glamorous retro event Goodwood Revival, perfectly captures feminine sophistication with a vintage vibe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sexy woman Contemporary, Estelle
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 ‘Estelle‘ who was captured on film in 199...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
"Horatio Street, NYC" Contemporary Photograph on Aluminum Framed
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Horatio Street, NYC" is a framed photograph on aluminum by Xan Padron, depicting a compilation of walking figures set against a brown/grey architectural background in NYC. Padron's ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
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...
Redemption and Retribution (Ferris wheel, motion blur, kinetic, fairgrounds)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Redemption and Retribution
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 16x16 inches
Edition: 50
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cold Song - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 51"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This striking underwater fine art photograph captures a figure draped in flowing white fabric, suspended between worlds with vibrant red blossoms and yellow spherical elements. The r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Summer - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 55" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman diving in a red pool. Ripples and sunbeams are painting mysterious pattern on her perfect breasts.
Original gallery quality...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Moonlight - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x47"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman on her back on the bottom of the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with rea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Disco Atlas (Disco Ball, Black & White, Atlas, Male Figure, Shiny, Gym, Workout)
By David Pugh
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Pugh
Disco Atlas
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton Fibre, 315 gsm, Acid and Lignin free, ISO 9706 conform / museum quality for highest age resi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Manuela 5 - Photograph By Roberto Vignoli - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Light painting technique, realized in a completly dark photographic studio, where the photographer manually "paint" by torch with light of different colours, the subjects and the ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Lust - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 58"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman on red background.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnished with certificate of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sylva Koscina - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sylva Koscina - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Sylva Koscina is considered one of the best actresses of her ti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Stretch - Signed limited edition semi nude fine art print, Black and white
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Stretch - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
This image was captured on film in 1982.
From the same photoshoot, the so-called 'Zip' print by Ian Sa...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
San Francisco - Vintage Offset Poster after Franco Fontana - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
San Francisco is a vintage offset poster realized after a photograph by Franco Fontana in 1979.
The print is by Galleria d'arte contemporanea Rondanini, at Rome.
Good condition.
F...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Offset
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
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
Sharon Stone by Phillip Dixon - Vintage Photograph - 1990
By Phillip Dixon
Located in Roma, IT
Sharon Stone by Phillip Dixon is a collection of three photographic prints on RC paper.
Photographs published on Playboy of July 1990 and printed from l...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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