Contemporary Figurative Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Peter Andrew Lusztyk - Detroit I, Photography 2020, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Detroit I
Digital C-Print / Archival Pigment Print
Available sizes:
40 x 60 in - Edition of 10
60 x 90 in - Edition of 5
Since its inception, Lusztyk’s Interchanges project has take...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
LYRIC THEATRE
Located in Aventura, FL
Lyric Theatre, 1936 Gelatin silver, printed circa 1979. Image size 14.5 x 19.25 inches. Hand signed. Numbered (Of 60) in pencil on mount recto. Frame size approx 24 x 28 inches.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
$17,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Bare-throated Tiger Heron by Cheryl Medow, 2023, Archival Pigment Print
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Bare-throated Tiger Heron by Cheryl Medow is an archival pigment print, available in an edition of 10. This photograph features a bare-throated tiger heron perched on a branch, overlooking a river with lush vegetation. The paper size is 25 x 20 in., and the image size is 20 x 16 in. This photograph is signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin. It's also signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso. This photograph is available in multiple sizes.
Cheryl Medow's background in the arts is diverse, but interconnected.
Medow studied ceramics at the famed Chouinard Institute and received a BA in Art from UCLA, concentrating on life drawing with charcoal and pastels. Continuing her art education, she studied printmaking at Hand Graphics in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
With a wealth of materials and techniques, Medow layers her photographs and weaves them together to create visual narratives.
There have been numerous articles written about her work. Avian Alchemy by Becca Cudmore was published by Audubon News/Culture on June 5, 2015, Proof. National Geographic - An Altered Reality by Becky Harlan along with National Geographics Sunday Stills, Sunday, July 12, 2015 and an article in Inspire Adobe Photoshop For The Birds by Alyssa Coppelman in August.
In 2016, Medow was included in the SLIDESHOW Night at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, California. She received the Juror's Award at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury Vermont for Great Blue Heron With Chicks Revisited and her print will be exhibited from March 23 through April 22 and White Ibis With Fish will be part of the Online Gallery Annex at PhotoPlace.
Medow was a finalist in the 89th Annual International Competition at The Print Center in Philadelphia given the Olcott Family Award. She is also a finalist at the LensCulture Earth Awards 2015.
In 2015, Medow's images were exhibited at The G2 Gallery in Venice, CA and at Flock: Birds On The Brink / Ganna Walksa Lotusland, curated by Nancy Gifford...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poolside - Signed and Numbered
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Poolside
by Blank Barbie
pop artwork of a couple by a swimming pool.
paper size 40x30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
unframed - framing available just ask
Archival pigment print
signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage b/w Photo by Agenzia ANSA - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Anna Magnani (ANSA) is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by Agenzia ANSA.
Good condition.
Dimension: 18x13
Anna Magnani was born in Rome...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"A Thing Of Beauty #4 (Papilio)" photography with lenticular lens, euro currency
By Anna Tas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please note: Artwork will be on display through February 25, 2024 and will be shipped to collectors within two weeks following the closing of the exhibition.
This wall-hanging artwork titled "A Thing Of Beauty #4 (Papilio)" is an original artwork by Anna Tas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Lenticular, Archival Pigment
5
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
$4,200
Embrace. Nudes. Limited Edition Color Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Exploring color in the darkness, inspired by the Italian and Dutch renaissance. He brings hints of the fauna of his native South American vibrant and passionate colors. Bringing them...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Back to the Future (1985 Film) - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Back to the Future (1985 Film) is a black and white photograph realized in 1985
Vintage Photo Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloid in a scene from "Back to the future" by Robert Zem...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Official Portrait of L. Bernstein - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Official Portrait of Leonard Bernstein, one of the greatest conductors of all the times: of the New York Symphony Orchestra , of the Israel Philarmonic Orchestra and music director o...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Woman in Sheer Dress, Silver Gelatin Black & White Photograph by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
At what appears to be a costume party, this beautiful woman, draped in a sheer tunic, must have been the center of attention. Dressed as Aphrodite, she clearly commands those around her. With his camera as his constant companion, Shay was able to capture moments of everyday life and make them extraordinary. This artwork is currently unframed. Contact gallery for framing options.
Art Shay
Woman in Sheer Dress
silver gelatin print
20h x 16w in
50.80h x 40.64w cm
7ED.1.20.12005
ASY12005
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20th century.”
Ellen & Richard Sandor, Renowned photo collectors
“I’ve admired Art Shay’s work for almost forty years, and he keeps getting better. He can do anything with a camera, but what he mostly does is capture real moments and transform them into visual poetry. His work continues to be an inspiration to me.”
William Friedkin, Director of French Connection
“Art Shay is one of our finest photographers. His work over the past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.”
Hugh Hefner
“Algren, Terkel, Royko, they gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.”
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist
“Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson.”
Thomas Dyja, author of The Third Coast
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye, a clear head, and a warm heart. What is it about Chicago that keeps giving us men like this?”
Russell Banks, Novelist
“The best images of Simone de Beauvoir and her times have been passed down to us by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gisele Freund, Robert Doisneau, Georges Brassai, and in America, the Chicago-based Art Shay, all world-class photographers.”
Christophe Loviny, Art Editor, Paris
“Art Shay is the best photo-journalist Chicago ever produced.”
Arthur Siegel, photographer; IIT Institute of Design President
“I have one of Art Shay’s pictures over my desk. It reminds me every morning of my Chicago roots. Arts photos, like me, have the Chicago accent, which may be to say he’s telling you the truth. I think it takes a realist to see the humor in things. I know it takes a realist to see the depths of tragedy. Art’s work is so real it feels like a Madison Street guy tapping me on the forearm.”
David Mamet
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (after Cattelan) #1 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Erotic, Nude, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Untitled (after Cattelan) #1, 2016
Chromogenic print
Image 152.5 x 116.5 cm (60 x 45 3/4 in.)
Sheet 164.4 x 128.4 cm (64 3/4 x 50 1/2 in.)
Editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Paola Borboni and Anna Perino - Vintage Photo -1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Paola Borboni and Anna Perino during the show "Savannah Bay" by Ennio de Dominicis.
photo by Massimo Finzi.
Lightly Blurry.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mapplethorpe, Javier, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Photogravure on papier gravure Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main moulé-pressé paper, as issued. Inscription: unsigned and unnumb...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Katia Angeloni - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Katia Angeloni - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Presences - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Fontana - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Presenze is a print realized by Franco Fontana, in 1981.
Offset print. Rondanini Galleria D'arte Contemporanea - Roma.
Coloured poster from a photograph by Franco Fontana (Modena, ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Offset
Vitality
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 (after Cattelan) #3 – Miles Aldridge, Animal, Fashion, Glamour, Nude
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles Aldridge
Untitled (after Cattelan) #3, 2016
Chromogenic Print
Image 77.6 x 112.3 cm (30 1/2 x 44 1/4 in.)
Sheet 87.5 x 122.5 cm (34 1/2 x 48 1/4 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP; ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
The Critic
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This archival illustrative photography pigment print on cotton rag by Andrew Pinkham measures 20in x 16in and is signed and numbered. This piece is part of a small edition of 10.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
King Baldovino - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
King. Baldovino- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
40% Off
Vintage Photo Portrait - Vintage Photo - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photo realized in Italy in 1920s.
Good condition.
Category
1920s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Horses" Minimalist Color Landscape Photograph
Located in New York, NY
28"x40" photograph, edition of 5 signed on reverse.
In this photograph by Zoe Wetherall, “Horses” two horses stand next to a wire fence, the shadows of the fence posts and horses d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Racehorse Blur Single", Sedgefield, UK, 2003
By Pete Kelly
Located in Hudson, NY
Pete Kelly finds his inspiration in nature and the landscape. Specifically focusing on, "The reclamation by nature of urban settings", Kelly finds a particularly strong aesthetic and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Feather" - underwater photography, metallic pearlpaper contemporary mounted
Located in Dallas, TX
"Feather" is an underwater female swimmer with red hair, dropping a yellow feather.
C Print on Fuji Pearl, Perspex mounted
30H x 32L x 1W inches
Edition of 10
Kathleen Wilke blurs the lines of poetry and fiction through her underwater photography...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Ele, mixed media silk screen print on paper, female portrait
Located in Dallas, TX
This gorgeous artwork on paper was created initially with a screen print base of the model, then Rosie hand finishes the work with a unique splash and painted composition. Some call them Unique Prints. The base image is only used 12 times and this is the AP
Rosie Emerson, born in 1981, is a contemporary artist working almost exclusively on representing the female form. Emerson’s figures draw reference from archetypes old and new, from Artemis to the modern day super model, each solitary figure, an allegory of her own fantasy. Interested in surface, the interplay between photography and painting. Emerson’s works are playful constructs; Photography is used, not as a device for capturing reality but for creating romanticised optical illusions.
Inspired by her love of theatre, performance, shrines and rituals, she uses lighting, costume, set and prop making, alongside printmaking and painting to create other worldly one off pieces. Her photography is inspired by both the drama of the baroque, and ethereal qualities of Pre Raphaelite works. Other important influences include late medieval and renaissance paintings, Japanese prints, and magical realist literature.
Emerson’s screen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Rag Paper, Graphite, Screen
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Palmera, Nude. Color Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Exploring color in the darkness, inspired by the Italian and Dutch renaissance. He brings hints of the fauna of his native South American vibrant and passionate colors. Bringing them...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
NO.6
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,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digita...
Untitled (Diary) – Lina Scheynius, Black and White, Human Figure, Nude, Erotic
Located in Zurich, CH
LINA SCHEYNIUS (*1981, Sweden)
Untitled (Diary), 2002
Fibre-based silver gelatin print, hand proofed by the artist.
Image 40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
Sheet 50 x 70 cm (19 5/8 x ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Blood Drop - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 43 x 59"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This powerful underwater nude photograph captures dramatic movement beneath the surface, where flowing crimson fabric creates striking contrast against the deep black void. The compo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
"Read My Steps No 4" Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition of 20 by Lika Brutyan
By Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Read My Steps No 4" Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition of 20 by Lika Brutyan
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta.
Not Framed. Ships in a tube.
Lika Brutyan is Am...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
"Dark Spark" (FRAMED) Photography 20" x 16" in Edition 1/15 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Dark Spark" (FRAMED) Photography 20" x 16" in Edition 1/15 by Aaron Mcpolin
Size framed: 22" x 18" inch
Medium: Archival Giclee Print
"A Tender Dissolution" series:
Shibari is the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Biblioteca della Certosa di Padula, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
48 x 60 inches - edition of 5
Chromogenic Print – Unframed
Signed by the artist - Certificate of Authenticity
Free Shipping – Ask us foar custom framing options.
As a world-renowned...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print
Aria iii
By Jeff Robb
Located in Lenox, MA
Jeff Robb
Aria iii, 2018
Lenticular Photograph
26" x 20"
Editions 1/15
$6,500
*Additional sizes available
Provenance: From the artist's studio
Additional Information:
Available in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Lenticular
$6,500
Chindambaram Temple, Mixed Media Photo Collage on Cardboard
Located in Surfside, FL
MacConnel, Kim Robert (American, California, born 1946)
Chindambaram Temple, India
Medium: Collage of commercial photo prints on cardboard with acrylic, with mirror insets in the art...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Mirror, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media
Rayas One and Rayas Three, Diptych. Male Sepia Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Throughout his exploration of movement of the body, with modern and ballet dancers, as well as a focus on the male physic; he has concentrated on the curves and lines of the their a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Caballero, Two and One, Diptych. From The Motion Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Throughout his exploration of movement of the body, with modern and ballet dancers, as well as a focus on the male physic; he has concentrated on the curves and lines of the their anatomy. The expansion of the body as it intertwines with the light and the infinity of motion as an eternal dance.
The harsh lights and shadows in the warm Florida weather led Ricky Rocket to explore photography. The sharp and refined effect of these types of lighting conditions became a necessity to avoid studio environments. Self-taught, while photographing ballet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Steps - underwater photograph - print on aluminum 12 x 10"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal underwater fine art photograph captures a figure suspended above submerged pool steps, rendered in soft aquamarine and pearl tones. The crystalline water creates a drea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Israeli Contemporary Photography by Emil Farber - Bangkok
Located in Paris, IDF
Semi Gloss Paper 325 g
Edition of 5
Emil Farber is an Israeli filmmaker and photographer born in 1997 who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He loves capturing street scenes and di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Far Away Princess (Equine Art, Horse, Marwari, India, Rare Breed)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Anna Archinger
The Far Away Princess (Equine Art, Horse, Marwari, India, Rare Breed)
Archival Pigment Print on Canson® Infinity Platine Fibre Rag
Year: 2025
Image Size: 11.7 x 8.3 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Napoli Dance Theatre - Vintage Photo by Paolo Porto - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Copyright by Paolo Porto.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photo Card Tina Turner #2
Located in Surfside, FL
Hatay is a visual artist, a healer and a former Rock and Roll photojournalist. Her past greatly contributes to the woman she is today.
Born in Scotland of a Hungarian physicist/inve...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A Perfect Mum #4 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Glamour, Soccer, Mum, Game
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
A Perfect Mum #4, 2012
Chromogenic print
Image 101,6 x 127 cm (40 x 50 in.)
Sheet 113.6 x 139 cm (44 3/4 x 54 3/4 in.)
Edition of 6, plus 2 AP, Ed. no. 4/6
Print only
A fiercely original photographer, Miles Aldridge (*1964, Great Britain) is best known for the technicolor dream-like worlds he creates and the glamorous, beautiful women who inhabit them. Aldridge creates ultra-cinematic images, drawing inspiration from film directors such as David Lynch and Federico Fellini as well as the psychedelic graphic design of his father, Alan Aldridge.
Staged to perfection the stars of Aldridge’s surrealistic stories and technicolour dream-like worlds are glamorous, beautiful women. He captures his subjects in a state of dramatic contemplation, making them more complicated and intriguing than simply beautiful. The women’s immaculate appearance and blank expression leave room for interpretation and, like a mirror for Aldridge’s works at large, hint with a touch of dark humour at the perfected façade of fashion’s glamour and the need for idealised beauty. Moreover, his works are characterized by vivid, fluorescent colours as well as the Hollywood lighting and perfectionist attention to detail.
His works are part of renowned museum collections, such as the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the International Center of Photography in New York.
– Woman, Contemporary, Photography, Fashion, People, Posing, Model, Erotic, Glamour, Soccer, Mum, Kids...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Bubbles - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on aluminum 24 x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of beautiful naked young woman breasts covered with air bubbles.
“In my line of photography all best shots are ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
"Harvest" Assemblage of vintage and found photos lifted onto painted wood panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Harvest" is an original piece by Shawn Theodore made from found/family photos, polaroid lift, acrylic on wood panel. Theodore delves into the specific experiences of African American families, capturing a longing for lost photographs, missing heirlooms, and vanished archives. Using a blend of traditional portraiture, found photographs, paint, paper, pencils, and digital manipulation, Theodore creates archetypes representing hypothetical family members, spiritual guardians, and ancestors. These boldly crafted archetypes inhabit an imagined macro-family album, offering a unique perspective on portraiture, connection, and community. Theodore's work aims to deepen spiritual connections and encourage personal introspection. This pieces measures 13.25”h x 17.25”w and comes with a gallery-issued Certificate of Authenticity.
Shawn Theodore (b. 1970) was born in Germany to American parents from Philadelphia, and currently lives and works in Philadelphia. Theodore was awarded the prestigious PDN’s 30 New & Emerging Photographers to Watch (2019), the Getty Images / ARRAY ‘Where We Stand’ grant, and a grant from the Knight Foundation for ‘A Dream Deferred’. Theodore was a two-time nominee for the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship and a nominee for the Magnum Foundation Fund. He is an Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of the Arts, a trustee of The Print Center, a trustee of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, and a former trustee of the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.
Theodore was announced as a two-time nominee of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship and a nominee of the Magnum Foundation Fund in 2018. In the following years 2019 and 2020, he was awarded the PDN's 30 New & Emerging Photographers to Watch and AI-AP American Photography 35. He has had several solo exhibitions and is included in several group exhibitions. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; the collection of the Philadelphia Library, Drexel University's Center for Black Culture, the Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Walker Center, Minneapolis; the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington D.C.; the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; and the Legacy Museum, Montgomery, among others. Artist photo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Wood Panel, Polaroid
Phoenix Rising (Strange Love) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Phoenix Rising (Strange Love) - 2007
20x20cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate, artist Inventory No. 9923.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Film Noir #1419)
Located in New York, NY
Type-C print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
24 x 20 inches
(Edition of 10)
36 x 30 inches
(Edition of 5)
48 x 40 inches
(Edition of 5)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“Film Noir...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled (Film Noir #1414)
Located in New York, NY
Type-C print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
24 x 20 inches
(Edition of 10)
36 x 30 inches
(Edition of 5)
48 x 40 inches
(Edition of 5)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“Film Noir...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled (Renaissance #1005)
Located in New York, NY
Type-C print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
36 x 30 inches
(Edition of 5)
48 x 40 inches
(Edition of 5)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Flipping Boy, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1983
Located in Denton, TX
Flipping Boy, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. is a 14 x 11 inch silver gelatin print. This photograph features a boy flipping in the street, with people watching from the sidewalk and the skyline of Houston in the background. This photograph is signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso by Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Aria vi
By Jeff Robb
Located in Lenox, MA
Jeff Robb
Aria vi, 2018
Lenticular Photograph
26" x 20"
Edition 1/15
$6,500
*Available in additional sizes
Provenance: From the artist's studio
Additional Information:
Available i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Lenticular
$6,500
MISS ERIS #29 - Contemporary, Figurative, Female, Polaroid, photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
MISS ERIS #29
[From the series Les Foxy Femmes de Carmen De Vos]
Published in Carmen De Vos's new book 'The Eyes of the Fox' and on the cover of her TicKL Magazine, 2008.
80x80cm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Beachshoot Mini #08 - mounted - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis -
The size of a Polaroid.
Untitled #8 (Beachshoot), 2005.
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid.
Signed and signature brand on verso.
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Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Plexiglass, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Catching a Ride by Al Satterwhite, 1964, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Catching a Ride by Al Satterwhite is a 11 x 14 inch archival pigment print, available in an edition of 25. This photograph features a man surfing in the ocean while being pulled by a...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - MOTS Croisés 5
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on DIBON paper
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Synchronicity (part 1)" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition of 24 by Rob Woodcox
By Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"Synchronicity (part 1)" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition of 24 by Rob Woodcox
Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival)
Ships in a tube
2021
ABOUT Rob Woodcox
Rob Woo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
It's gonna be ok (Till Death do us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
It's gonna be ok (Till Death do us Part) - 2008
40x48cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inve...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
12
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
$2,400
Ode to Petrus Christus' Portrait of a Woman
Located in New Orleans, LA
36 x 27 inches - Edition 2 of 3 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $525.
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in the new series by e2 (Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien)....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
ABS, Archival Pigment
"Surface" Black & White Photography 32 x 47 in Ed. of 15 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Surface" Black & White Photography 32 x 47 in Ed. of 15 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Year photo was taken: 2013
Unframed - ships in a tube
This is an archival pigment print on photo p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Blue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Susan Swihart is a photographic artist, born and raised in Massachusetts, now living in Los Angeles, CA. Her photographs are enquiries into the nature of identity and the persistence of memory.
She received a BS in Art with a Concentration in Visual and Media Design from Northeastern University. A two-time Critical Mass finalist, her work has been included in numerous solo and group shows and collected Internationally.
Susan Swihart
If Only
A personal narrative of self portrait work that explores the challenges of being a wife, mother, artist, daughter and friend in the middle of a crossroads, at the middle of my life, not quite sure who I am now or what direction I am heading. It’s a period that feels out of balance, a time where I struggle with the concept of aging and lost youth and the pursuit of having it all when I’m not really sure I want it. Often feeling that the person I thought I was has disappeared, replaced by familial needs and that slow and steady march through time as I shepherd my family forward. I am a participant observer in a life where I watch my children grow and take our place, while at the same time observe parents deteriorate. I’m lost somewhere in the middle with little room or time for personal growth or a clear understanding where I fit on the spectrum of my life. Not much time to reflect, but plenty of time...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
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