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.
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Style: Contemporary
Color: Brown
Nesting - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, Photograph, 21st Century
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Nesting', based on a double Exposure on Impossible Project Spectra film.
'This is my first home - a real house, with two floors, two bedrooms, a front porch and a yard. There is an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Venus Etcetera (after Veronese) – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Housewife
Located in Zurich, CH
MILES ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Venus Etcetera (after Veronese)
2021
Screenprint in colours with silver ink
Image 109 × 150 cm (42 3/4 × 59 in.)
Sheet 121 × 162 cm (47 3/4 × 6...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Screen
L'eaf' Serires
Located in Istanbul, 34
The work is a double layered, photographic print on museum paper. On the lower layer, there is a photograph by the artist of the ancient sculpture, from one of the archeology museums...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Morning Glory
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Ariana Page Russell
Morning Glory, 2009
archival inkjet print
26" x 18" unframed
31" x 22.5" framed
Edition of 5
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
F••K YOU MEAN AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY?
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This work is a secondary continuation to my "Vanilla Extract" series (2002 - ongoing) which examines the practice of racial positioning in contemporary print media.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Polymer, Panel, Acrylic, Ink
Etudiants Romaines à Rome - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Etudiants Romaines à Rome is an original artwork realized in 1938 in Rome and published by Agence Trampus, Paris. The title, the original description with the date and the hallmark o...
Category
1930s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Runner
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 2/7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Burning Motel Memories (Strange Love) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Burning Motel Memories (Strange Love) - 2005
40x50cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate, artist Inventory No. 9926.
Not moun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"The Cohen Room, Oxford", photography by Reinhard Görner, 2017
Located in Paris, France
Photograph of the Cohen Room in Oxford, UK by Reinhard Görner.
Reinhard Görner was born in Leipzig (Germany) in 1950, and is a freelance architectural photographer based in Berlin.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Color, Digital Pigment
Mikolaj Kopernik 1473-1973 - Vintage Offset Print - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Mikolaj Kopernik 1473-1973 is a vintage poster realized by Unknown Artist, in 1973s.
Mixed colored offset print.
Good conditions, except for some tears in the margins. Signed on p...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Offset
Deterioration Series 004
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 004
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
edition of 5
This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deterioration Series 001
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 001
1979-2013 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
60 x 40 inches
edition of 5
This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006,
20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Breakdown - Contemporary, Polaroid, vintage Cars, Color, Women, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Breakdown (Bombay Beach) - 2019
50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL201...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
California Dreaming - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'California Dreaming' (Bombay Beach) 2019, 20x20cm,
Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid,
not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Runner
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Strawberry Queen no. 8), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Strawberry Queen no. 8), photograph
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
Untitled (Truckers no. 15), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Truckers no. 15), photograph
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, editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Untitled (Teen Rock no. 9), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Teen Rock no. 9), photograph
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, editi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Untitled (Teen Rock no. 1), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Teen Rock no. 1), photograph
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, editi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
Untitled (Samurai Bears no. 9), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Samurai Bears no. 9), 2005
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Untitled (Haiti no. 8), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Haiti no. 2), 2017
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
C Print, Digital Pigment
Untitled (Meat no. 3), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Meat no. 3), 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
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
Untitled (Lifeguards no. 8), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Lifeguards no. 8), 2019
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Untitled (Haiti no. 2), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Haiti no. 2), 2017
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
C Print, Digital Pigment
Industrial Look Up - Photograph by Cindi Emond - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
Industrial Look Up is a mesmerizing photograph on Pearl photographic paper realized by the artist Cindi Emond in 2015.
Edition of 10 prints. Perfect condition. Hand-signed on the ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Massimo Listri, Teresian Library II, Mantova Italy 2018. C-print Limited Ed of 5
Located in London, GB
C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed.
Edition of 5
Signed, numbered and titled on label.
Various sizes available.
120 x 100 cm (47,2'' x 39,3'' Inches) - € 12.500
150 x 120 cm (5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Mad Mauve by Patty Carroll, 2018, Archival Pigment Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Mad Mauve by Patty Carroll presents a monotoned scene. A figure reclines in a mauve chair, draped with mauve fabric that falls from the ceiling. The figure...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Lifeguards no. 21), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Lifeguards no. 21), 2019
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
C Print, Digital Pigment
Massimo Listri, Palazzo Colonna, Roma, Italy 2004. C-print, Limited Edition of 5
Located in London, GB
C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed.
Edition of 5
Signed, numbered and titled on label.
Various sizes available.
120 x 100 cm (47,2'' x 39,3'' Inches) - € 12.500
150 x 120 cm (5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Massimo Listri, Palazzo Ducale Galleria degli Specchi, Mantova 1996, C-print 5/5
Located in London, GB
C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed.
Edition of 5
Signed, numbered and titled on label.
Various sizes available.
120 x 100 cm (47,2'' x 39,3'' Inches) - € 12.500
150 x 120 cm (5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Massimo Listri, Palazzo Tursi, Genova 2004, Italy. C-print, Limited Edition of 5
Located in London, GB
C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed.
Edition of 5
Signed, numbered and titled on label.
Various sizes available.
120 x 100 cm (47,2'' x 39,3'' Inches) - € 12.500
150 x 120 cm (5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Massimo Listri, Palazzo Ajiutamicristo, Palermo 1998, Sicily, Italy, C-print Ed5
Located in London, GB
C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed.
Edition of 5
Signed, numbered and titled on label.
Various sizes available.
120 x 100 cm (47,2'' x 39,3'' Inches) - € 12.500
150 x 120 cm (5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Massimo Listri, Carriage Museum, Lisbon 1990, Portugal. Cprint, Lim Edition of 5
Located in London, GB
C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed.
Edition of 5
Signed, numbered and titled on label.
Various sizes available.
120 x 100 cm (47,2'' x 39,3'' Inches) - € 12.500
150 x 120 cm (5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Hyper No. 16
Located in New York, NY
French photographer Denis Darzacq chose HYPER supermarkets in Paris and Rouen as the setting for this series. There, brightly packaged and presented consumer goods provided a vivid a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Hyper No. 02
Located in New York, NY
French photographer Denis Darzacq chose HYPER supermarkets in Paris and Rouen as the setting for this series. There, brightly packaged and presented consumer goods provided a vivid a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
It's About Time We Go: cinematic photograph, road trip w/ classic car and trees
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Nadine Rovner orchestrates lush cinematic scenes, exploring a visual world of heightened tension, anticipation, anxiety, longing and desire. These carefu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Making Beignets
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 2/7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Penny Lane and Dreamgirl (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Penny Lane and Dreamgirl (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2017
50x60cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Artist inventory 19139.
Signature label and C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Pink Gloves, Goodwood, Chichester - Feminine fashion, color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Pink Gloves' by Richard Heeps, taken at the glamorous retro event Goodwood Revival, perfectly captures the fine details in vintage fashion, a time of soph...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Faye, MarLane Motel, No.1: cinematic photograph, Los Angeles, mid-century modern
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Nadine Rovner orchestrates lush cinematic scenes, exploring a visual world of heightened tension, anticipation, anxiety, longing and desire. These carefu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Massimo Listri, Ex-Asylum, Montelupo Fiorentino, Firenze 2019. Limited edition 5
Located in London, GB
C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed.
Edition of 5
Signed, numbered and titled on label.
Various sizes available.
120 x 100 cm (47,2'' x 39,3'' Inches) - € 12.500
150 x 120 cm (5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Party Poopers
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Thoughts
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mimic
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 1)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 1), 2003
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 1) is from Brian Finke’s series Most Muscular (2003–2005), where the artist spent nearly two years photographing male ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
See You Clear
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Inside Too Long
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Resentment
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mission Accomplished
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Heat
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Massimo Listri, Biblioteca di Metten, Germania 2016. Cprint Limited Edition of 5
Located in London, GB
C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed.
Edition of 5
Signed, numbered and titled on label.
Various sizes available.
120 x 100 cm (47,2'' x 39,3'' Inches) - € 12.500
150 x 120 cm (5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
A Storm to Move Mountains, 2011_Brooke Shaden_Photo/FineArtPaper, ed 7/15_Figure
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
BROOKE SHADEN
A Storm to Move Mountains, 2011
Photo on Velvet Fine Art Paper
10 × 10 in. Image 18.25 x 18.25 in. Framed
Edition 7 of 15
Channeling the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Swim - Signed limited edition contemporary print, Color pool, Sensual model
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Swim - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-free and lign...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Color
Untitled (Sarah, Hooters Air)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Sarah, Hooters Air), 2005
Flying the friendly skies, Brian Finke spent three years, on and off, photographing flight attendants on carriers in the United States and abroad...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Massimo Listri, Castello di Stupinigi I, Torino, 2012. C-type print Edition of 5
Located in London, GB
C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed.
Edition of 5
Signed, numbered and titled on label.
Various sizes available.
120 x 100 cm (47,2'' x 39,3'' Inches) - € 12.500
150 x 120 cm (5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Massimo Listri, Palazzo Altemps, Roma, Italy 1998. C-print, Limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed.
Edition of 5
Signed, numbered and titled on label.
Various sizes available.
120 x 100 cm (47,2'' x 39,3'' Inches) - € 12.500
150 x 120 cm (5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled (U.S. Marshals, South Texas no. 260)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (U.S. Marshals, South Texas no. 260), 2012
The U.S. Marshals project started in 2010 and was photographed on and off over three years. Renowned p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
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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