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
Momix at Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Copyright by De Furia.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - Vintage Photo by Federico Allotta - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1989.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gianandrea Gavazzeni greets the... - Vintage Photo by Federico Allotta - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1989.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Raina Kabaivanska - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
U.E.S.I.S.E. - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1980s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Micaela Esdra and Lino Capolicchio - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1980s.
Copyright by Foto De Furio.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ruggero Raimondi in "the Damnation of Faust" - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mirella Freni and Chris Merritt (Bohème) - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Copyright Marchiori Fotografia
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gaspare e Zuzzurro - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1980s.
Portrait of the italian comic actors Gaspare and Zuzzurro.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Aldo Fabrizi and Nino Manfredi - Vintage Photo by Guglielmo Coluzzi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Aldo Fabrizi, Nino Manfredi and ... - Vintage Photo by Guglielmo Coluzzi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Aldo Fabrizi and Nino Manfredi at...- Vintage Photo by Guglielmo Coluzzi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marchese Milford's Wedding - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Marchese Milford's Wedding is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political eve...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Journey of the Bobcat
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Beth Moon is an American-born photographer. She has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints.
This portfolio focuses on totem-like beliefs ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
1999-New Orleans - Black & White Photograph of New Orleans Street Car Conductor
Located in New York, NY
This is a 12" x 18.5" archival giclée print on a 17" x 22" archival exhibition paper. It shows a street car conductor looking through the window of one of the New Orleans historic st...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Shadow Play - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, Photograph
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Shadow Play', diptych - 2016
'We painted the room deep blue sea over the mint green and opened the blinds, allowing the sun to flood in waves across the walls. We furnished it in l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
CEO - Odd Stories, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photography, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'CEO' (Odd Stories) - 5/25, 2014
digital print mounted on black mdf, dimensions 15x11,3cm
(the second image shows a sample piece mounted)
hand signed by the artist on the back.
-- T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Polaroid
Colour Of Life - Contemporary Symbolic Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
The photo will be sent unframed.
Limited edition of 5 in format 55x80 cm + 5 cm white margin, Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology
Marcin Ryczek is Polish photo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Yazid Belkocem - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Yazid Belkocem is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including histori...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Daisy (blue center #2)" Print on Aluminum 43x43 in Ed. of 15 by Mick Fleetwood
Located in Culver City, CA
"Daisy (blue center #2)" Print on Aluminum 43x43 in Ed. of 15 by Mick Fleetwood
Digital print on aluminum - ready to hang
Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and founding member...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Portrait of M.me Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of M.me Gilles is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$44 Sale Price
25% Off
Bent Mirror - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 8 x 12"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a topless young female dancer in the pool.
Original print on aluminum plate with solid black backboard. The artwork needs no additional fram...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Prague - Vintage Poster After Franco Fontana - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Offset poster realized in a limited edition of 1.000 by Galleria Rondanini in 1970s, after a photograph by Franco Fontana.
Excellent condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Offset
Green Roll II - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 24x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman diving (rolling) in a pool. This extremely dynamic photograph is rich in green tones looks abstract while in fact it is entirely figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Youth Sports in Fascist Italy - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Youth Sports in Fascist Italy is a vintage photo, realized in the 1930s .
Photo by Studio Gherlone.
Category
1930s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$232 Sale Price
25% Off
Standing Female Figure
By Anne Sager
Located in Astoria, NY
Anne Sager (American, 1930-2024), Standing Female Figure, Color Photograph, Chromogenic Print, from the "Women Over 50" series, woman in lingerie washing dishes, stamped “Anne Sager ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
"Sacral Chakra" Black & White Photography 32" x 32" in Edition 1/5 by Oleg Char
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sacral Chakra" Black & White Photography 32" x 32" in Edition 1/5 by Oleg Char
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 20: 18 x 18 inch
Edition of 10: 24 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Repose - Signed limited edition Figurative pigment print, Contemporary, Sensual
By Geoff Halpin
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Repose - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
London 1985
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was ...
Category
1880s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Portrait of Diego Armando Maradona - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Theatrical Scene - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Scene from "Rugantino" - Vintage Photo by Tommaso La Pera - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1990s.
Valerio Mastrandrea and Sabrina Ferilli.
Excellent condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Flamencos en Route - Vintage Photo by Marc Funk - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1990s.
Tanzcompagnie Flamencos en route "Rondon", Baden.
Excellent condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Scene from "Rugantino" - Vintage Photo - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1990s.
Valerio Mastrandrea and Maurizio Mattioli
Excellent condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Scene from "Rugantino" - Vintage Photo - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1990s.
Simona Marchini and Maurizio Mattioli
Copyright by Publifoto.
Excellent condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vittorio Gassman and his Company - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1980s.
It shows Vittorio Gassman, Paola Gassman, Vittorio Stagni, Ugo Pagliai, Attilio Cucari, Paila Pavese.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Scene from "Rugantino" - Vintage Photo - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1990s.
Valerio Mastrandrea, Siona Marchini, Maurizio Mattioli. Director Pietro Garinei.
Excellent condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mileto Scopio and Ute von Aichbichler - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1980s.
Copyright by Publifoto.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Enrico Montesano - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Enrico Montesano - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell - Director Luca Ronconi - Vintage Photo - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1987.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Scene from "Cavalleria Rusticana" - Vintage Photo by Guglielmo Coluzzi- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1980s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Gianandrea Gavazzeni - Vintage Photo by Federico Allotta - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1989.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Out Of The Herd - Contemporary Minimalist And Symbolic Street Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Edition of 10 in format 45x77 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition, 45x77 cm + 5 cm white margin
The photo is signed on the front and will be ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Couple In The Street, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Couple In The Street, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
“Once Upon A Time In Kazimierz is a novella told in staged photographs. It portrays an episode in the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
DIALOGUE 01 by Matthieu Venot - Close-Up Photography, Architecture
Located in Paris, FR
DIALOGUE 01 is a work by contemporary French photographer Matthieu Venot. Available dimensions and editions:
30 cm x 37.5 cm, edition of 8 copies.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
"Crown Chakra" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition of 10 by Oleg Char
Located in Culver City, CA
"Crown Chakra" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition of 10 by Oleg Char
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 20: 18 x 18 inch
Edition of 10: 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Protests and Disorder after the Murder of Martin Luther King -Vintage Photo-1968
Located in Roma, IT
Protests and Disorder after the Murder of Martin Luther King is a historical photograph realized in the 1968.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Asya" Photography 49" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Asya" Photography 49" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in
Edition of 7: 39" x 31" in
Ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
"Intermixture" Figurative Photography 24" x 24" in Ed. 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Intermixture" Figurative Photography 24" x 24" in Ed. 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled 24 Paris, From the series La Notte, Black and White Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sükan created the ‘La Notte’ series as he was working for international magazines documenting the fashion shows and backstage as well as the social times of the fashion world in Pari...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Coretta Scott King and Richard Hatcher - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Coretta Scott King and Richard Hatcher- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sweet Air (blue) - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and mysterious underwater photograph of a young naked woman slowly swimming through the pool water toward the surface. This monochromatic aquatic tint photograph is a p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Untouchable Light II
By Deana Nastic
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10
More sizes available on request.
Silhouette of a woman in black and white.
Artist Statement:
Art is the air that I breathe. I grew up in an artistic family, surround...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"This Is Not A Composite" Barbie-inspired, pigment print on archival paper
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "This Is Not A Composite" is an original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from digital photography, pigment print on archival paper, and framed with glass. This pie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Photo of Iva Zanicchi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Iva Zanicchi a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Infinity Man, One. Sepia. Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Archival Pigment print
36 x 24 in. Ed of 10.
Unframed
Channeling the energy of “water signs” in astrology, he captures these mysterious men through a romantic lens. The bosom of the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Garage
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Way of the Hare 2
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Beth Moon is an American-born photographer. She has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints.
This portfolio focuses on totem-like beliefs ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
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