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
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 of a swimming pool. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neither nudity.
The crystalline wate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Myth #7. From The Myths of Human Erectness series
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Myths of Human Erectness explores the human body as both subject and object, interrogating the myths surrounding masculinity, erectness, and human supremacy. The male figure emer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Myth #4. From The Myths of Human Erectness series
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Myths of Human Erectness explores the human body as both subject and object, interrogating the myths surrounding masculinity, erectness, and human supremacy. The male figure emer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This dramatic underwater nude photograph of a young woman transforms the aquatic environment into a canvas of intense crimson and coral tones. The com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Danae - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 65"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This celestial underwater nude photograph captures a naked female figure suspended in deep indigo waters, surrounded by cascading silver bubbles that evoke the mythological shower of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
''Lukah 2'' Dutch Contemporary Portrait of a Boy in Red Uniform with Gecko
Located in Utrecht, NL
Passionate, sensitive and an eye for detail, light and color, this is the working method of Dutch photographer Ursula van de Bunte (1969). She is a perfectionist, enthusiastic and di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass
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 the Polaroid...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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
Beau Simmons - Western Heritage, Photography 2023, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: The Western Collection
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed Sizes:
60" x 48" - $9,500.00
75" x 60" - $12,250.00
Framed Sizes:
67" x 55" - $11,500.00
84" x 69" - $19,500.00
Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
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
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
Carmen - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 23 x 23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This dramatic underwater nude portrait of Katya Lee captures a figure in motion against a stark black backdrop, where flowing crimson fabric creates passionate contrast with pale, et...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
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
$251 Sale Price
30% Off
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
Statue, From The Labyrinth series. Landscape and Sculpture. B&W Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Labyrinth continues the exploration begun in the previous two series (Paranoia and Lullaby). Unlike the first two chapters, all the images in this series were created and post-produc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a vintage photo, realized b Helmut Newton in the 1970s.
The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
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
Myth #6. From The Myths of Human Erectness series
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Myths of Human Erectness explores the human body as both subject and object, interrogating the myths surrounding masculinity, erectness, and human supremacy. The male figure emer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Summer - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23.5" x 15"
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
Steps - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 29"
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 Paper, Archival Pigment
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a vintage photo, realized by Helmut Newton in the 1970s.
The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City, Office Party, Black and White Dance Party Photograph 1960s
Located in New york, NY
Office Party by Leonard Freed is a 13" x 19" limited-edition photograph. The print 4/5 is signed verso (back of photo) by Brigitte Freed (wife of the phot...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigmen...
Baia delle Zagare - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Fontana - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Baia delle Zagare, 1970" is a beautiful offset realized by Franco Fontana.
Rondanini Galleria D'arte Contemporanea - Roma.
Coloured poster from a photograph by Franco Fontana (Mod...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Offset
Car Crash in via Appia, Rome - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Car crash in via Appia, Rome is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s.
A great car crash in via Appia, Rome, claimed the lives of four people.
Good conditions and age...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mainbocher Corset. Paris. Printed later
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This captivating black-and-white photograph, titled Mainbocher Corset by Horst P. Horst, masterfully blends elegance and geometry. The composition features a woman seen from behind, ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
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
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
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
Altstadt Rêveries - Diptych
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Altstadt Rêveries - (Diptych) - edition of 7, 2011
21 x 38,50cm, digital print mounted on Dibond - gloss coating
Hand signed & numbered by artist
Carmen De Vos
The Belgian photogra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
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
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
Car Crash at Woodhead - Vintage Photograph - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Car crash at Woodhead is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1962.
The photo depicts a car that falls into a ravine at Woodhead, Cheshire. Mr. John Henry Jones, Labour Memb...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Body, Sepia. Nude. Sepia Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Channeling the energy of “water-signs” in astrology, he captures these mysterious men thru a romantic lens. The embrace of the shadows and the light mixed with the gaze of their bodi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Diane Arbus
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
"Carol McCallson Scavullo Taylor, East Hampton" figurative, photograph, cat
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A black and white photograph of the artist's wife, fashion model, Caroll McCallson, and their cat in their home in East Hampton. Matted and framed under glass.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Mapplethorpe, Composition, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
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 unnumbe...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Kelp Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater ocean photograph of a naked girl swimming in kelp forest. Her beautiful body is surrounded with kelp trees. The photograph was taken in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled 1. Sepia Figurative Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For this series, he used elements such as water (emotions) to narrate a story. He worked with the color Blanco in the fabrics to communicate clarity and rebirth. Cohete frequently p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Beau Simmons - Cowgirl Summer, Photography 2023, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: The Western Collection
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed Sizes:
32" x 40" - $6,250.00
48" x 60" - $9,500.00
60" x 75" - $12,250.00
Framed Sizes:
39" x 47" - $7,750.00
55" x 6...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Mandarin Duck Profile" Contemporary Animal Portrait Framed Photo on Aluminum
By Randal Ford
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Mandarin Duck Profile" is a framed contemporary photograph on aluminum by Randal Ford depicting the profile of a male Mandarin Duck named Iridian.
This piece is finished in a white...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
The Crashed Cars - Vintage Photograph - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
The crashed cars is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1956.
On their way to an evening party in connection with the Paediatric Congress in Copenhagen, three doctors coll...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
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
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Voyeurism for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Voyeurism for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton.
Black and white photograph
From the series "Voyeurism " realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Arbus, The Junior Interstate Ballroom Dance Champions Yonkers (after)
By Diane Arbus
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 46x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This dramatic underwater nude photograph of a young woman transforms the aquatic environment into a canvas of intense crimson and coral tones. The composition captures fluid movement...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival 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.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Six Sons and Daughters of John Wayne - Vintage Photo - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Dedication of the John Wayne Elementary School.
New York
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Another Space by Osama Esber - Contemporary Figurative Photography
Located in Chicago, IL
Another Space
Archival Pigment Print
Available Sizes:
16” x 20” Edition of 25 with 3 Artist Proofs
20” x 24” Edition of 10 with 3 Artist Proofs
30” x 40” Edition of 7 with 3 Artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Exercise at Home
By Luke Smalley
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Stamped and numbered, verso
20 x 24 inches
(Edition of 10)
30 x 40 inches
(Edition of 5 + 1 AP)
50 x 60 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
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
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 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
Fly - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fly (Bombay Beach) - 2019
80x80cm,
Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL201...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Contemporary figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of green, yellow, orange, blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Tyler Shields, Brian Finke, Stefanie Schneider, and David Drebin. Frequently made by artists working with Polaroid, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary figurative photography, so small editions measuring 3.04 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $110 and tops out at $40,000, while the average work sells for $701.
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