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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
Untitled Payún, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled Payún, 2011 by Rodrigo Etem From the series Ser Cosa Archival pigment print on fine art paper Size: 40 H x 26 W inches. Edition of 7 Unframed …this series of portraits tha...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Luchino Visconti and Michelangelo Antonioni - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Luchino Visconti and Michelangelo Antonioni is an original photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Politician - Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1950s. Good conditions and aged.
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Daisy (yellow center #1)" Print on Aluminum 43x43in Ed. of 15 by Mick Fleetwood
Located in Culver City, CA
"Daisy (yellow center #1)" Print on Aluminum 43x43in Ed. of 15 by Mick Fleetwood Digital print on aluminum - ready to hang Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and founding membe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Metal

King Baldovino and Queen Fabiola - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
King Baldovino and Queen Fabiola - Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1950s. Good conditions and aged.
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Reportage from Vietnam - Vietnam Folk - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vietnam Folk is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bondi Heights 2 - Limited Edition Color C-Type Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Bondi Heights 2 is a vibrant C-Type Print in an Edition of 10 in this size by contemporary photographer Ben Thomas. Hasselblad Master Photographer Ben Tho...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color

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

Multifaceted, Contemporary Nude Photographic Portraiture by AdeY
By AdeY
Located in New York, NY
Multifaceted, Contemporary Nude Photographic Portraiture by AdeY 2016 Signed and numbered, verso Archival pigment print 39.4 x 29.5 inches (Edition of 3 + 2 APs) 15.75 x 11.8 i...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5, Limited edition color photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Photographer Michael James O'Brien documented with beautiful and unique images the final part of Matthew Barney's lyric opera cycle about a tragic love story set in romantic Budapest...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria is a Vintage Photo photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions and aged.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Claudio Villa - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Villa-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions and aged.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24x18"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman standing on her hands on the bottom of a pool. Her perfect body on the red background and classic heavy breasts leave spectators speechle...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actress Lea Massari
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Neil Folberg Impressionists Color Photo Hand Signed Pigment Print Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Neil Folberg (b. 1950) Travels with Van Gogh and the Impressionists, Lin Arison and Neil Folberg Pigment print on rag paper Ultrachrome K3 inks on Crane Museo Silver Rag archival fin...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Neil Folberg Impressionists Color Photo Hand Signed Pigment Print Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Neil Folberg (b. 1950) Travels with Van Gogh and the Impressionists, Lin Arison and Neil Folberg Pigment print on rag paper Ultrachrome K3 inks on Crane Museo Silver Rag archival fin...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Cuba Protest - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Cuba Protest - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and politica...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Neil Folberg Impressionists Color Photo Hand Signed Pigment Print Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Neil Folberg (b. 1950) Travels with Van Gogh and the Impressionists, Lin Arison and Neil Folberg Pigment print on rag paper Ultrachrome K3 inks on Crane Museo Silver Rag archival fin...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

The Green Ray - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Green Ray (2012) Edition of 10 40 x 40 cm - Digital C-Print based on a on a Polaroid, Not mounted. Signed on back with certificate. Artist: Influenced by Fellini’s 8 1/2 and...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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

Pluri-Bol, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pluri-Bol, 2010 by Rodrigo Etem From the series Ser Cosa Archival pigment print on fine art paper Size: 26 H x 40 W inches. Edition of 7 Unframed …this ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Claudio Amendola and Elena Sofia Ricci - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Amendola and Elena Sofia Ricci -Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions and aged.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ocho. From The series Danza de las Naranjas. Figurative Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is inspired by a dream vision of the "Dance of the Oranges", it is a visual choreography of a message that comes to manifest itself in the movement of the men who dance. ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

A Binding Moment by Osama Esber - Contemporary Figurative Photography
Located in Chicago, IL
A Binding Moment Archival Pigment Print Available Sizes: 16” x 20” Edition of 25 with 3 Artist Proofs 20” x 24” Edition of 10 with 3 Artist Proofs 30” x 40” Edition of 7 with 3 Ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 57x43"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman standing on her hands on the bottom of a pool. Her perfect body on the red background and classic heavy breas...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Untitled 5 Paris From the series La Notte, Black and White Photograph
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Inkjet

New York City, Handcuffed, Street Photography 1970s, Limited Edition
Located in New york, NY
Handcuffed (or Arrested), New York City, 1978 by Leonard Freed is 19" x 13" in a limited edition of 10 signed by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of t...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...

Untitled TV I, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled TV I, 2012 by Rodrigo Etem From the series Ser Cosa Archival pigment print on fine art paper Size: 22 H x 40 W inches. Edition of 7 Unframed …this series of portraits that...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

The Show - Drawing by Maurice Van Moppes - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Girl is a drawing in tempera and Watercolor realized in the 20th Century by Maurice Van Moppes (1904-1957). Good Conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through soft stroke...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Green Roll II - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 24x36"
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Metal

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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Klaus Kinski in "Fitzcarraldo" - Vintage Photo - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Klaus Kinski in "Fitzcarraldo"-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in 1982. Good conditions and aged.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Max Von Sidow - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Max von Sidow-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions and aged.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ernest Borgnine - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ernest Borgnine-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions and aged.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Rachael - Signed limited edition sexy print, Contemporary, Black High Heels
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Rachael - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film in 1983. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Photographic ...

Claudio Villa - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Villa-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions and aged.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Photo - Algeria - Vintage photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo  - Algeria is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.  It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Prince Carlo plays Polo - Vintage Press Print - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
 Prince Carlo plays Polo is  a black and white vintage press print, realized  in April 23th 1962 The photo depicts an official moment of the English Crown. Prince Carlo took his fir...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Untitled, Labyrinth Series. Landscape. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, From The Labyrinth series Limited edition of 3+1AP Unframed Production time is 2 to 3 weeks. Labyrinth continues the exploration started in ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

''Orquideas'' Contemporary Still-Life
Located in Utrecht, NL
The colorful photographs by Spanish artist Leticia Felgueroso (1963) have a modern and layered, but at the same time traditional, character. With a ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Plexiglass

"Juno V" - 3-D motion lenticular figurative nude photo framed, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
This is a 3-D motion lenticular - its moves when you walk past it and it is incredibly 3-D there are little lenses on the face that create this effect. It is professionally framed a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Plastic, Photographic Film, Lenticular

Sweet Air (blue) - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage Photograph - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet in Rome (25.6.70).
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Satyr, Drawing Restraint 7, Matthew Barney Studio, NYC. B&W photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Photographer Michael James O'Brien documented with beautiful and unique images the final part of Matthew Barney's lyric opera cycle about a tragic love story set in romantic Budapest...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Black and White

Hong Kong – The New Face of the Orient - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Hong Kong – The new face of the Orient is a Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1960s. Good conditions. Stamped on the rear.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Italian Actress Serena Grandi - Vintage Photograph - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actress Serena Grandi on the set of a movie.
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Rayas Two. Fashion Sepia Limited Edition Photograph
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Claudio Villa - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Villa-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions and aged.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Claudio Villa - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Villa-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions and aged.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Reportage from Vietnam - The Woman - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Woman is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Burlesque - Vintage Photograph - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
The Burlesque is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, ...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Rhythm Bar (nightlife, retro decor, bright colors, motion blur, bar)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn Rhythm Bar Medium: Digital Photography Year: 2021 Size: 16x20 in Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 924802-937 Brightly colo...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

Claudio Villa - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Villa-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions and aged.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Variable Distance, 2020 - Limited Edition Digital Color C-Type Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Variable Distance is a striking C-Type Print in a Limited Edition of 10 in this size by contemporary photographer Ben Thomas. Hasselblad Master Photograph...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color

The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian former actress, television and radio presenter, and lyricist Enrica Bonaccorti.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Italian Actress Lauretta Masiero - Vintage photo - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5, Limited edition B&W Photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Photographer Michael James O'Brien documented with beautiful and unique images the final part of Matthew Barney's lyric opera cycle about a tragic love story set in romantic Budapest...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Miguel Bosè with Lara Motta - Vintage photo - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
B/w photo of the spanish singer Miguel Bosé guest on "Super Flash", the program hosted by the presenter Mike Bongiorno. jokes with a young Lara Motta. Ansa Foto stamp on rear.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Tales of Bitter Doom #08 - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, Figurative, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
TALES OF BITTER DOOM #08 Edition 2/7, 30x30cm, 2016 mounted on dilite 2mm with matte UV-Protection Handsigned and numbered by artist on verso Carmen De Vos - artist statement Flying...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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

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