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: White
Tina Turner at hungry-i, San Francisco, 1967
By Baron Wolman
Located in Westwood, NJ
A very special Platinum Palladium artist proof (AP) print of Tina Turner performing at the Hungry-i in San Francisco on November 23rd 1967 which was to became the cover of Rolling S...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Wall • # 3 of 9 • 60 cm x 45 cm
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Wand • 1985 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 different sizes.
All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper.
Three different sizes are available, the series is ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Wall • # 1 of 3 • 120 cm x 90 cm
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Wand • 1985 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 different sizes.
All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper.
Three different sizes are available, the series is ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
In the Caul – Emma Summerton, Fine Art Photography, Color, B/W, Hand-Embellished
Located in Zurich, CH
EMMA SUMMERTON (*1970, Australia)
In the Caul, 2023
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper, hand-embellished with ink and watercolour
mounted on Aluminium Dibond with wooden back...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Projected Specimen - Goose
Located in Seoul, KR
About PROJECTED SPECIMEN Series
… in Projected Specimen series (2014), Han positions multiple screens placed around the exhibition space showing the shadows of a dog, rabbit, deer, e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
"Hands with Grenades - white 2" D39" inch Ed. 1/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hands with Grenades - white 2" D39" inch Ed. 1/3 by VLADIMIR CLAVIJO-TELEPNEV
Author's direct print on wood
Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev was born in 1962 in Moscow, in the family of creative people. His father, Pedro Clavijo, was a Columbian journalist and a radio reporter. His grandfather by his father's side, Edmundo Clavijo Cubilios, was a famous Columbia's photograph and artist. His grandfather and grandmother by his mother's side, Vladimir and Margarita Telepnevs, were painters.
In 1986 Vladimir graduated from the Moscow Polygraphic Academy, faculty of graphic art, specializing in painting, graphics, and polygraphic design.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Pigment, Wood
Khomeini Returning To Iran - Vintage Photograph - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Khomeini Returning To Iran is a vintage black and white photograph realized on 2/01/79 in Tehran.
Khomeini leader of the revolution of 1979 in Iran, came to Iran, after 15 years of ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mama ya se Feu
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Susan Sterner
Mama ya se fue, 2009
Archival pigment print
Framed Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (37.5 x 45.1 cm)
Image Dimensions: 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Edition 1/10
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Les Vacances I
Located in Coltishall, GB
Les Vacances I
The west coast of France is a place to eat delectable oysters, drink fine wines and walk along endless beaches in the glare of the summer sun. The Atlantic swell and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
NO.2
Located in New York, NY
A fan of photography since her early childhood, Mizrakli graduated from Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Interior Decoration Department, and continued her higher education in London, where she started out her work as a photographer. Later on, she moved to New York to further develop her career as a photographer and enrolled in classes at the Photography Department of the New York Film Academy. She received a Master’s Degree in photography in Los Angeles, where she is currently based. Mizrakli has conducted many shooting sessions for Mica Studios and Bullet Magazine in New York and had two solo exhibitions in Los Angeles. She has recently participated in the Contemporary Istanbul Exhibition (November 2013).
In some of her black and white works she uses the human body only as a pictorial sign in order to create almost abstract works. First made anonymous, the female model is then cloned and circularly multiplied. The result is a kind of wheel in which the repeated human body gives birth to a new, seemingly vegetal or mineral structure. Thus, the human element seems to be transformed into different other natural...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigm...
Les Vacances III
Located in Coltishall, GB
Les Vacances III
The west coast of France is a place to eat delectable oysters, drink fine wines and walk along endless beaches in the glare of the summer sun. The Atlantic swell an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Vintage Motorcycle Rally
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Vintage Motorcycle Rally
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2011
Size: 12.5x9in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Untitled (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (The Last Picture Show) - 2005,
Edition 2/10, 20x20cm,
Based on a Polaroid,
Certificate and signature label,
Not mounted, Artist inve...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tears - The Girl behind the White Picket Fence
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tears' - 2013
(The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
75x93cm,
Edition of 5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist,
based on the Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label
a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Elsa Martinelli - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Elsa Martinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Flying Boy (Stay) - Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid, Photograph, Film,
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's work was used for Marc Forster's movie 'Stay'. Featuring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling. Naomi and Ryan were both portraying artists and Stefanie's ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Boccia VI (Beachshoot ) with Radha Mitchell -Polaroid, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Boccia VI (Beachshoot) - 2005
38x36cm, Edition of 10.
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # 1467.
Not mounted.
featuring Camill...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Wall • # 3 of 6 • 80 cm x 60 cm
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Wand • 1985 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 different sizes.
All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper.
Three different sizes are available, the series is ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Portrait of Pino Zac - Vintage Photograph - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Pino Zac - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous artist in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
White Handbag, Goodwood, Chichester - Feminine fashion, color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'White Handbag (detail)' by Richard Heeps, taken at the glamorous retro event Goodwood Revival, perfectly captures the fine details in vintage fashion, a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Flying Boy (Stay) - Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid, Photograph, Film,
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's work was used for Marc Forster's movie 'Stay'. Featuring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling. Naomi and Ryan were both portraying artists and Stefanie's ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Film, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Incitement and Confirmation - The Girl behind the White Picket Fence
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Incitement and Confirmation.' (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2015
70x90cm
Edition of 5,
analog C-Print printed on Fuji Archive Paper,
hand-printed by the artist, bas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Elsa Martinelli - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Elsa Martinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled (The Standard, Miami no. 12), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (The Standard, Miami no. 12), 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 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Untitled (Spartan Race no. 1), photograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Spartan Race no. 1), 2015
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
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
Otherside - Contemporary Symbolic Black And White Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
The photo will be sent unframed.
Limited edition of 5 in format 52x75 cm + 5 cm white margin. Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology.
Marcin Ryczek is Polish photo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
White Cloud, Widnes, Cheshire, England
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition 1/25
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered by Michael Kenna
Sepia toned gelatin silver. Printed 2020.
Mat size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.
M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stefanie Schneider Minis - The Girl (The Girl behind the White Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Minis - The Girl (The Girl behind the White Fence) - 2013
signed and signature brand on verso
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Plexiglass, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid, Lambda
"COCA-COLA" Photography (FRAMED) 40" x 40" inch Ed. of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"COCA-COLA" Photography (FRAMED) 40" x 40" inch Ed. of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 40x40 Inches
Artwork finished size 42x42 Inches
Limited edition of 20
Artist proof 2
Medium:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
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
A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013,
80x80cm,
Edition 2/5.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on printed on Fuji Archive Paper,
ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print
White Trash Beautiful I (29 Palms, CA) featuring Radha Mitchell, analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
White Trash Beautiful I (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
128x125cm, Edition 3/5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid.
Mounted on A...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
A sunny Morning II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence_ - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A sunny Moring II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
2013, 20x24cm, Edition 9/10,digital C-Print, based on an expired Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventor...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Polaroid, Photographic Paper
Bolonia 3, Rosa Basurto - Contemporary Photography, Beach, Landscape, Sand
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
This is an 80cm x 80cm Digital print on 100cm x 100cm Cotton Paper.
This sized...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital, C Print, Photographic Paper
Dancers, France, Contemporary Color Photograph of Body Movement
By Julia Gat
Located in New york, NY
Dancers, France, 2018 by Julia Gat is a 19” x 13” archival pigment print, edition 1/5. The photograph is titled, dated, and signed on verso (back of photo), and printed by the artist.
Julia, immersed in an artistic milieu in both her native Israel and her adopted home in Marseille, France where she grew up in a family of 6 documents her family as subjects for photography and short films. Julia, whose father is a choreographer, enjoys shooting contemporary dance photography.
Provenance: Gat Studio
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Artist’s Bio:
Born in Israel in 1997 Julia Gat won the European Prize ISEM Young Photographers in 2020 and 1st Prize at the Portrait Festival 2016 (Vichy, France). In 2017 her photography was exhibited at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris), and then at the Netherlands photo museum (2021-2022). In 2022 she exhibited at Arles Photo Festival. Her first photo book with French publisher Actes Sud was released in 2022 during the annual summer photography...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital, Digital Pigment
The Weight Of The Human Heart - Contemporary, Photograph, 21st Century, Bl
By Josey Cary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Weight Of The Human Heart - 2019
30x30cm, Edition of of 10.
Archivall C-Print based on a Polaroid Collage.
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist on the back with Certificate....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Bolonia 6, Rosa Basurto - Contemporary Photography, Sea, Sky, Landscape, Sand
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
This is an 80cm x 80xcm Digital print on 100cm x 100cm Cotton Paper.
This size...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital, Photographic Paper
Bolonia 7, Rosa Basurto - Contemporary Photography, Landscape, Beaches
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
This is a 80cm x 80cm Digital print on 100cm x 100cm Cotton Paper.
This sized...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Bolonia 2, Rosa Basurto - Contemporary Photography, Beaches, Landscapes, People
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
This is an 80cm x 80cm Digital print on 100cm x 100cm Cotton Paper.
This sized...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Bathing Box #41
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Ed. of 7
For over a decade, Joshua Jensen-Nagle has captivated the viewer with his evocative large-scale photographs. Best known for his dreamy aerial beaches, expansive ski scenes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
Rio de Janeiro 5:10PM, Brazil
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 20
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through May 6, 2018. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be aft...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Word World
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Collage of photographs and Pantone color swatches on paper
Suspended in a Sunbeam, is a series of mixed-media works that span Jessica Houston’s decade-long engagement with the Canad...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
Bolonia 9, Rosa Basurto - Contemporary Photography, Beach, Sky, Landscape
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days.
This is an 80cm x 80cm Digital print on 100cm x 100cm Cotton Paper.
This sized print is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Bolonia 5, Rosa Basurto - Contemporary Photography, Beaches, Landscape, Sand
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
This is an 80cm x 80cm Digital print on 100cm x 100cm Cotton Paper.
This sized...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Bolonia 8, Rosa Basurto - Contemporary Photography, Beach, Landscapes, Sand
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
This is an 80cm x 80cm Digital print on 100cm x 100cm Cotton Paper.
This sized...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital, Photographic Paper
Silver VI
Located in Sante Fe, NM
“With her cool gelato colors and sunlight reflected off the sand and celadon waves, she evokes fond memories of summer days. Because of the lack of sharp detail, it becomes impossibl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
White IX
Located in Sante Fe, NM
“With her cool gelato colors and sunlight reflected off the sand and celadon waves, she evokes fond memories of summer days. Because of the lack of sharp detail, it becomes impossibl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic 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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