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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
Artist: Stefanie Schneider
Childhood Memories - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary, Color, Ocean, Dog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Childhood Memories (Stay), from Ryan Gosling's memory sequence - 2006 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, matte surface, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature la...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Floaties #4 (Beachshoot) - Polaroid, Vintage, analog, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Floaties #4 (Beachshoot) - 2005 20x20cm, sold out Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory # ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Car Wash - Contemporary, Landscape, Cityscape, expired, Polaroid, analog, Blue
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Car Wash (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. 
 Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. 
 Certificate and Signature label. 
 A...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Metal

Making Magic (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Making Magic (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 78x76cm, Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Archive Crystal Paper, matt...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Fly me to the Moon (Cyndi Lauper) - 'Bring Ya to the Brink' record cover shoot
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fly Me to the Moon (Cyndi Lauper) from the 'Bring Ya to the Brink' Cyndi Lauper record Album) - 2009, 50x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Boccia II (Beachshoot ) with Radha Mitchell -Polaroid, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Boccia II (Beachshoot) - 2005 38x36cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 14...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Bates Motel VI (The Last Picture Show) - Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bates Motel VI (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, 38x36cm, Edition 2/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte finish, based on the origina...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

For Members only (Suburbia) - with Radha Mitchell - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
For Members only (Suburbia) - 2004 28x37cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label with Certificate, Not mounted. Artist Inventory # 400. THE GREA...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

On Hold - The Girl behind the White Picket Fence
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'On Hold' (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 98x97cm, Edition of 5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid Certificate and Signature label a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Bates Motel IV (The Last Picture Show) - Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bates Motel IV (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, 38x36cm, Edition 2/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte finish, based on the origina...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Lila's Studio (Stay) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
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 ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Wonder Valley (29 Palms, CA) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wonder Valley (29 Palms, CA) - 2009 including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024. 20x20cm...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Bates Motel V (The Last Picture Show) - Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bates Motel V (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, 38x36cm, Edition 2/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte finish, based on the original...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, 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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, 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 the Polaroid, Artist...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Pursuit of Happiness - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Pursuit of Happiness (29 Palms, CA) - 2009 including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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 the Polaroid. Signatur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

A Rainy Day (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A Rainy Day (The Last Picture Show) - 2006, 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Art...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Buried - Contemporary, Landscape, Figurative, expired, Polaroid, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Buried (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 Edition of 10, 58x56cm, Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid. Artist inventory Numb...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Honey, I love you (Till Death do us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Honey, I love you (Till Death do us Part) - 2007 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist In...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Stefanie Schneider Minis - 3 Minis from the movie Stay
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
3 Stefanie Schneider's Minis from the movie Stay: 'Forgive me', 'Lila', 'Jellyfish' with Naomi Watts Signed in front, not mounted Lambda digital C...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Jules and Jim (Renée's Dream) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Jules and Jim (Renée's Dream), - 2007, from the 29 Palms, CA series, 40x39cm, Edition 3/10, Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and sig...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Kelly (Beachshoot) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kelly (Beachshoot) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #1378. Not mou...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Forest Haze (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Forest Haze (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Art...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Childhood Memories (Stay) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Film,
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Childhood Memories (Stay) from the Ryan Gosling's memory sequence, 2006, 50x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, matte surface, based on the Polaroid. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Fall (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fall (The Last Picture Show) - 2006, 50x49cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inv...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Oregon (Strange Love) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Oregon (Strange Love) - 2007 40x50cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist Inventory No. 9916. ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

And there she was... (Till Death do us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
And there she was... (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label. Artist ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dusting (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dusting (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 with Heather Megan Christie 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certif...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Beachshoot Mini #02 - mounted - featuring Rdaha Mitchell, based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis - The size of a Polaroid. 'Untitled #4' (Beachshoot) featuring Radha Mitchell, 2005. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid. Signed and s...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Paper, Plexiglass, Lambda, Polaroid

Girl at Fence III (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Girl at Fence III (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, 58x56cm. Edition 2/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Arti...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color, Polaroid

Flight of Stairs II - featuring Naomi Watts - Polaroid, 21st Century
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 Sc...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic 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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Headless (Stay) featuring Ewan McGregor
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Headless (Stay) - 2006 featuring Ewan McGregor 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #5084. Not mounted. Torsten Scheid, “Fotografie, Kunst, Kino. Revisited.”, FilmDienst 3/2006, page 11-13

 Photography Art Cinema. Revisited Stay expands a traditional connection through new facets Interwoven between the media of photography and film is a veritable mesh-work of technical, motific, metaphorical and personal interrelationships. Extending from photo-film which, as in La Jetée by Chris Marker (France, 1962) is a montage of single, unmoving photographs all the way to the portrayal of photographic motifs in Hollywood cinema―most recently in Memento (USA, 2000) and One hour photo (USA, 2002)―is the range of filmic-photographic interactions on the one hand, and from the adaption of modes of cinematic production to the imitation of film stills on the other. For instance, with the legendary Untitled Film Stills (1978) of the American artist Cindy Sherman, who later made her debut as a film director with Office Killer (USA, 1997) and thereby, like many others, changed sides: Wim Wenders, Robert Frank and Larry Clark are doubtlessly the most successful of these photographic-filmic border crossers. This brief survey provides only a vague indication of the dimensions of this intermedial field, which in fact extends much further and is constantly being cultivated. Also as a motif in film, photography has experienced a historical transformation: Photographers were once considered to be technicians who mastered a craft but never achieved the status of artists. Photographer-figures were caught in the allure of beautiful appearance, incapable of penetrating to the actual essence of things. Such depth was reserved for literature or painting. When photography in film touched upon the sphere of art, then most often as its contrasting model, as the metaphor for a superficial access to the world. Coming to mind are Fred Astaire as a singing fashion photographer in Stanley Donen’s musical film Funny Face (USA, 1957), or the restless lifestyle-photographer in Michelangelo Antonioni’s genre-classic Blow up (GB, 1966). For the doubting Thomas, only that exists which can be photographed. He ultimately enters the world of fantasy and thereby the field of art only unwillingly, when he becomes entangled in the world of his images. The last of his detail-enlargements shows only the photographic grain and has lost all connection to reality. The photograph looks as if it had been painted by Bill, the painter who is both friend and antagonist to the protagonist.

 Photography as Art It was first around the end of the last century that numerous filmmakers discovered photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood stands, camera in hand, on the threshold of artistic status, and in Smoke (USA, 1994) a tobacco merchant ripens into a philosopher through his involvement in photography. Finally, in John Water’s parody of the art market, Pecker (USA, 1998), a provincial tom-fool is hyped into celebrated stardom amid the New York art scene because of his blurred snapshots. This film about a postmodern Kaspar Hauser in photographic art (with clear parallels to Richard Billingham, the British shooting...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Irresistible (Strange Love) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Irresistible (Strange Love) - 2007 - 48x60cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist Inventory N...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Prince #02 (The Princess and her Lover), analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Prince II (The Princess and her Lover) - 2009 - 98x96cm, Edition 1/5. Analog C-Print based, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Mounted on Aluminum with matte ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Metal

Womb #03 - from the movie 'Stay' Analog hand print
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A piece of art from the movie 'Stay' by Stefanie Schneider Stefanie created the art for both main actors Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling in the movie 'Stay' directed by Marc Forster. S...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Living by voices we shall never hear (Chicks and Chicks...)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Living by voices we shall never hear (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2017 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Artist inv...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Love (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Love (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2018 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artis...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Alphabet Soup (Till Death do us Part) - mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Alphabet Soup (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 128x127cm, Edition 2/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist. based on the Polaroid. Artist Inventory No. 9283.02. Mounted o...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Metal

Marilyn (Heavenly Falls) - triptych - mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Marilyn (Heavenly Falls) - triptych - mounted - 2016, Edition 1/10, 38x37cm each, installed 38x120cm. 3 Lambda C-Prints, based on three original Polaroids. Sandwiched in betwee...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Haley and the Bird Man (Haley and the Birds) - Polaroid, 21st Century, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Haley and the Bird Man (Haley and the Birds) - 2013 from the 29 Palms, CA Project 4 pieces 70x90cm installed, 30x40cm each. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs,. 4 archival C-Prin...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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 50x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signatur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Moving in Together (Till Death do us Part) - analog, Contemporary, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Moving in Together (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 125x154cm, Edition 1/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid. Certifi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Metal

Untitled (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (The Last Picture Show) - 2005 38x37cm, Edition of 10. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist inventory 1016. Not mounted.
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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 the Polaroid. Signatu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Harmony Motel (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Harmony Motel (29 Palms, CA) - 2006, Edition of 10, 60x80cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, on Fuji Crystal Archival Paper, matte surface, based on the Polaroid. Ce...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (Oilfields)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (Oilfields) - 2004 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 1207. Not mounted. OILFIELDS...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Renée's Dream XV (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream XV (Days of Heaven) - 2006 Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. Edition of 10, 50x50cm, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (Suburbia) featuring Radha Mitchell, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Suburbia), 2004, Edition of 3/3, 50x60cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid, not mounted, signature label and Certificate, artist Inventory No...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

'Margarita smokes in Bathroom' (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Margarita Smokes in Bathroom (Till Death do us Part), 2007, 40x50cm, Edition 1/5, analog C-Print, printed by the artist, mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection based on an o...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Metal

'Margarita smokes in Bathroom' (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Margarita Smokes in Bathroom II (Till Death do us Part), 2007, 40x50cm, Edition 1/5, analog C-Print, printed by the artist, mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection, based on a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Metal

Penny Lane (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Penny Lane (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2019 - 20x24cm, Edition of 10. Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Artist inventory 19141. Signature label and Certificate. N...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Nipple - Bathtime III (29 Palms, CA) based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Nipple - Bathtime IV (29 Palms, CA) 1999, 40x40cm, Edition 1/10, Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist inventory ...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

"Traces of Tears" (Cyndi Lauper) - record cover shoot
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Traces of Tears (Cyndi Lauper) from the 'Bring Ya to the Brink' record shoot in 2009 20x20cm, Edition of 10. Archival Print based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Three Girls VII (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Three Girls VII (The Last Picture Show) - 2006, 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Three Girls VI (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Three Girls VI (The Last Picture Show) - 2006, 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. A...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, 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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