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.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Green
camera trap (Aguti) Ed. 2/3 - Contemporary Jungle Landscape Photography
Located in Vienna, AT
Tina Ribarits
camera trap (Aguti) Ed. 2/3 - Contemporary Color Landscape Jungle Photography
Edition 2/3+2 AP
Print ist unframed and comes with a sticker signed by the artist.
Tina R...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Green House
Located in Seoul, KR
About GREEN HOUSE
Green House (2009), one of his exclusive works, illustrates furniture pieces floating in the air. However, it seems that half of the furniture is soaked in green co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Accessories
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Palm Trees on Wilcox (150x150cm) - Contemporary, Polaroid, 20th Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Trees on Wilcox (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999
148x146cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label, artist inventory number: 39...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, 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.
Stefanie ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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 a 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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
OK Corral - part 2 - (Stranger than Paradise)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
OK Corral - part 2 - (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999,
20 x 20 cm, Edition 5/10,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid
Artist Inventory 3182.18.
Not mounted
Stefanie Schneider's s...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Three Girls II (Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Three Girls II' (Last Picture Show), 2006, 20x20cm, Edition 8/10,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No 714.16,
not mounted
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Angel Wing- Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid, Expired, 21stCentury, Angel
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Angel View (Memories of Green) - 2003
Edition 2/5 ,
58x56cm,
analog C-Print, hand-printed and enlarged by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
based on a Polaroid, Artist in...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Plant Lady
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Frame not included.
Patty Carroll is an American photographer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Renée's Dream XIII (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream XIII (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project - 2006
20x20cm,
Edition of 10
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and certificate.
Artist...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
White Plastic Bucket - Stay - with Ryan Gosling - from his Memory Sequence
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
White Plastic Bucket (Stay), from Ryan Gosling's memory sequence.
2006, 85x85cm, 4 pieces, each 39x38.5cm, Edition 2/5,
analog C-Prints, printed by the artist on Fuji Archive Crysta...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Passing By
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 genres including fashion, lifestyle, editorial, conceptual, sports, portraiture, and nightlife photography. As a photographer, Trenity uses his camera to capture the life and composition of still life around him. His photographs have a warmth to them that pulls the viewer into the scene as if they were present - a feature that has become characteristic of his photographic style.
Trenity Thomas has been in various juried exhibitions, most recently, JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY's 24th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art and the Louisiana Contemporary juried exhibition presented by The Helis Foundation at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana. His photographs have also received international attention when they were chosen for exhibition in photovogue, a prestigious collection of photographs curated by the Photo Editors of Vogue Italia.
The artist says of his work...
In this series of work, I am taking a step out of reality to create visual stories through photography. Consistently pulling ideas from my imagination and things that are in front of me allows me to create my own world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Memories of Green II, triptych, analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memories of Green II, triptych,
Edition 1/5 , 2003
each 58x56cm, installed with gaps 58x178cm,
3 analog C-Prints, 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
Some kind of green Air - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Childhood, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Some kind of green Air (Journey to the Center of the Earth) - 2020
Edition of 10.
60x40cm
Photograph printed in Canson Barita Fiber Rag 340gr,
based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Fil...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid, Archival Pigment, Color, C Print
Green Roll III - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 24x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman diving (rolling) in a pool. This extremely dynamic photograph is rich in green tones looks abstract while in fact it is entirely figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Untitled (Hell Becomes Home no. 12), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Hell Becomes Home no. 12), 2016
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, ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Green Roll II - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 24x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman diving (rolling) in a pool. This extremely dynamic photograph is rich in green tones looks abstract while in fact it is entirely figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Green Roll I - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 24x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman diving (rolling) in a pool. This extremely dynamic photograph is rich in green tones looks abstract while in fact it is entirely figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Untitled (Mezcal no. 1), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Mezcal no. 1), 2016
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
C Print, Digital Pigment
Untitled (Don Bosco Prep no. 4)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Don Bosco Prep no. 4), 2011
“We Are Iron Men” and “We Are Brothers” are the slogs of Don Bosco Prep. The 2011 Football Team was the best team ever in New Jersey state hist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Untitled (U.S. Marshals, Houston no. 10)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (U.S. Marshals, Houston no. 10), 2014
The U.S. Marshals project started in 2010 and was photographed on and off over three years. Renowned photographer Brian Finke was reun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Passing By
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
aROUNDme 41 - Photo by Giulio Gonella - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful photograph aROUNDme 41 was shot by the Italian photographer Giulio Gonella.
Print on hahnemuhle photo rag paper from the series aROUNDme, open edition. Hand-signed by...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Whimsical
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
Memories of Green II - triptych, 3 analog vintage prints, not mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memories of Green II, triptych - 2003
Edition 2/5,
each 58x56cm, installed with gaps 58x178cm,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
based on a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Whimsical
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
Chicken Ballet (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Chicken Ballet (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2017
20x24cm, Edition of 10.
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Artist inventory 20028.
Signature label and Certificate.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Beachshoot) with Radha Mitchell - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Beachshoot) - 2005
50x50cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label,
artist Inventory # 898,
not mounted
“I never rememb...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Reverie - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Reverie
Edition of 10 - 40 x 40 cm.
Digital C-Print based on a on a 600 Polaroid.
Signed on back and certificate.
Not mounted.
Reverie (Shot 2020 on 600 film)
Influenced by the wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, C Print, Polaroid, Color
Reverie - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Reverie
Edition of 10 - 20 x 20 cm.
Digital C-Print based on a on a 600 Polaroid.
Signed on back and certificate.
Not mounted.
Reverie (Shot 2020 on 600 film)
Influenced by the wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, C Print, Polaroid, Color
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Triangle" - Landscape Photography - Goldsworthy
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Triangle" is an abstract photograph with hues of green, yellow, and black.
Born in Philadelphia, Andrew Herzog is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer currently working in New York City. Herzog creates a variety of works that explore the relationship between the viewer and the artist with themes of accessibility and prioritized sight, often taking the form of photographs, books, films, site-specific sculptures and interactive performances, objects and drawings. Herzog defines “prioritized sight” as how we choose, consciously or unconsciously, the things we see; what we engage or empathize with; and what we understand or misinterpret, with varying degrees of implication.
Herzog received an MA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He was the co-founder and partner at the design and technology studio HAWRAF, and led projects at the Google Creative Lab focusing on AI, creative tools and accessibility. Also, Herzog is adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Herzog has lectured and exhibited works at the A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Q21 MuseumsQuartier Wien, Vienna, Austria; and The National Museum of Art of Romania; among others.
Andrew Herzog is inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy, Olafur Eliason, and Francis Alÿs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Nike" - Landscape Photography - Goldsworthy
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Nike" is a figurative landscape photograph with hues of green, yellow, and black.
Born in Philadelphia, Andrew Herzog is a multi-disciplinary artist and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Flower" - Landscape Photography - Goldsworthy
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Flower" is a figurative landscape photograph with hues of green, yellow, and black.
Andrew Herzog is inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy, Olafur Eli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Circle" - Landscape Photography - Goldsworthy
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Circle" is a figurative landscape photograph with hues of green, yellow, and black.
Born in Philadelphia, Andrew Herzog is a multi-disciplinary artist a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Heart" - Landscape Photography - Goldsworthy
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Heart" is a figurative landscape photograph with hues of green, yellow, and black.
Andrew Herzog is inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy, Olafur Elia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Square" - Landscape Photography - Goldsworthy
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Something And/Or Nothing? - Square" is a figurative landscape photograph with hues of green, yellow, and black.
Born in Philadelphia, Andrew Herzog is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer currently working in New York City. Herzog creates a variety of works that explore the relationship between the viewer and the artist with themes of accessibility and prioritized sight, often taking the form of photographs, books, films, site-specific sculptures and interactive performances, objects and drawings. Herzog defines “prioritized sight” as how we choose, consciously or unconsciously, the things we see; what we engage or empathize with; and what we understand or misinterpret, with varying degrees of implication.
Herzog received an MA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He was the co-founder and partner at the design and technology studio HAWRAF, and led projects at the Google Creative Lab focusing on AI, creative tools and accessibility. Also, Herzog is adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Herzog has lectured and exhibited works at the A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Q21 MuseumsQuartier Wien, Vienna, Austria; and The National Museum of Art of Romania; among others.
Andrew Herzog is inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy, Olafur Eliason, and Francis Alÿs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"Jeremy Scott (Smiley Face)" - Abstract Fashion Photography - Winogrand
Located in Atlanta, GA
Landon Nordeman is inspired by the work of Garry Winogrand and William Eggleston.
Described by New York Magazine's The Cut as their "backstage photographer extraordinaire," Nordeman...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Well Done", 2006
By Pete Kelly
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition 1 of 25.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Green Stairs
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print
Signed in black ink, verso
10 x 8 inches, sheet
6.5 x 6.5 inches, image
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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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