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
The hood is falling short - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Youth
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The hood is falling short (2017)
40x51 cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Giclée Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, based on a Fuji Instant Film (not mounted)
Once / Cristin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Roisin Davis (Thailand), 21st Century, Figurative Photography, Contemporary
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Roisin Davis (Thailand), Edition 1/10, 20x30cm, 2012, digital Print, printed on Velvet Watercolor, 310gsm, Bright White, Acid Free, Signature label and Certificate.
Published in Tao...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Niño con Máscara. Portrait. 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
Abstract Dancers, Red 4, 2019 by Giles Revell - Photography, Print, Contemporary
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days.
A stunning and dynamic Archival Pigment Print by contemporary British photographer Giles Revell...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Balancing Act - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid, Photograph, 21st Century
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Balancing Act
2019, Edition 1/10 plus 2 Artist Proof, 20x25cm,
Digital Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemühle photo rag paper.
Signature label and certificate.
Not mounte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
Hermes with Goggles On (Tin Type Triptych of Statue, Vintage Victorian Frame)
By David Sokosh
Located in Hudson, NY
Pause that Refreshes (Vintage Tin Type Triptych of Young Man Drinking Coca Cola)
Wet plate collodion on aluminum, unique
Panel is 6 x 4 inches, 15.5 x 13.5 in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Abstract Dancers, Red 3, 2019 by Giles Revell - Photography, Print, Ballet
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days.
A stunning and dynamic Archival Pigment Print by contemporary British photographer Giles Revell...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Moonlight IV - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 56x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman in the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with reach aquatic tint.
This is t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Garden Pool - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 35" x 48"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young women with dark hair on red background. The pool is built in the garden and you can see bright green trees and blue sky through the water su...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Verde, 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
I Castelli Romani - Original Photograph by Neal Slavin - 1983
By Neal Slavin
Located in Roma, IT
I Castelli Romani is a splendid poster realized by Neal Slavin, in 1983.
Colored offset print, in very good conditions.
Regione Lazio / Centro Inizia...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Offset
Mirage - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Mirage, 2012
Edition of 10 - 20 x 20 cm
Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on back and certificate.
Clare Marie Bailey
Works and Lives: UK
Clare Marie Baile...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Middle Path - Contemporary Symbolic Street Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Edition 5 in format 47x74 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition - 47x74 cm + 5 cm white margin
The photo will be after purchese signed and stamped on the front by Marcin Ryczek and will be send unframed.
Marcin Ryczek is Polish photographer specializing in black and white, minimalist and symbolic
photography. Minimum form, maximum content is the principle that characterizes his photos, as well as the use of metaphors that allows many kinds of interpretation. His images have been presented at exhibitions in USA (New York, Fort Collins, Miami), Denmark (Copenhagen), Holland (Amsterdam), Austria (Vienna, Salzburg), South Korea (Seul), England (London), Romania (Cluje-Napoca), France (Paris), Poland, Germany, China, India …
Awards:
- Grand Prix by NYPH New York Photo Festival 2015
- The Miami Street Photography...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pool Party IX - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 16x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of two models partially covered with bright tulle scarfs
Original gallery quality print on archival metallic paper signed by the artist.
Paper size: 18" x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Grace Jones for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Grace Jones for Playboy is a photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1985.
Albumen print From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
Edtion 7/85.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Don't Tell Mamma #2. Black and white nude photograph
By Koray Erkaya
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This is a series of black and white nude photographs that began with analog photography between 1992 and 2005, followed by a transition period to digital photography. Erkaya is curre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
I Wonder
By Molly McCall
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Molly’s current photographic work explores themes of memory, the passage of time, a sense of place, and the natural world, using both painting and photography. Her unique silver gela...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of Gabriel García Márquez - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Gabriel García Márquez - Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in the 1980s by Ohari Pugliese used 2/83.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Agneta I signed and numbered
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Agneta I
by Blank Barbie
pop art work of the iconic Agneta Fältskog of Swedish music super band ABBA.
Japan 1978
paper size 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Fluorescence - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18" x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a beautiful model at the bottom of a pool. The photograph has powerful monochrome schema floating from white to blue with light magenta tint.
Orig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
El Mensaje. Figurative 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
Joseph Heller - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Joseph Heller - Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized by Rob Rich in the 1970s.
Good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Because
By Molly McCall
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Molly’s current photographic work explores themes of memory, the passage of time, a sense of place, and the natural world, using both painting and photography. Her unique silver gela...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Emigration - The United States of Earth I, Symbolic Street Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Edition 30 in format 31.5x50 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition
31.5x50 cm + 5 cm white margin
The photo will be after purchese signed and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Groucho Marx - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Groucho Marx- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in the 1960s.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Salvatore Quasimodo With Gina Lollobrigida - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Salvatore Quasimodo With Gina Lollobrigida in Catania- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in the 1960s.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The frequencies I am made of #2 Performance photography color portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The frequencies that make me is a project that aims to find points of contact between dance and performance to generate a space in between, where the body plays with time, explores t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Battl - Contemporary Symbolic Black And White Photography, Limited edition of 15
Located in Salzburg, AT
The photo will be sent unframed.
Limited edition of 5 in format 51,5x75 cm + 5 cm white margin. Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology.
Marcin Ryczek is Polish pho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Young Lad ( haunting portrait of young boy on a crowded London street)
By Richard Sadler
Located in New Orleans, LA
Richard Sadler's "Young Boy" is a haunting portrait of a very serious young British lad amidst a crowd of other people. He is dressed very formally in hat, coat and tie. He clutche...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
"Archivo general de indias, Sevilla" photography by Reinhard Görner (50x50) 2017
Located in Paris, France
Photograph of the Archivo general de Indias, in Sevilla, Spain by Reinhard Görner.
Fine Art Lightjet Print, mounted on aluminum, plexiglass or resin. Two weeks manufacturing time, t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Lambda, Digital Pigment
Reliquary, Christ with an audience
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
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 in a scene from "Back to the future" by Robert Zemeckis.
Label on the b...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Roman Statue Study 4. Abstract Limited edition color Photograph
By Luca Artioli
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Touching the skin of the past is an extraordinary collection of Roman Statues captured with the ICM technique in order to make the marble skin like a truly human body. 'Touching the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Salman Rushdie - Vintage Photograph by Barry Lategan - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Salman Rushdie by Barry Lategan- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1980s.
Good condition
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Burned Flight - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Burned flight is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moment...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - O.A.S - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - O.A.S is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political event...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Out of the Gray - Contemporary Minimalistic Street Photography, Black And White
Located in Salzburg, AT
Edition of 10 in format 40x66 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition, 40x66 cm + 5 cm white margin
The photo is signed on the front and will be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Humanity - Digitality Sunset in Santorini - Symbolic Black And White Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Limited edition of 5 in format 59,5x90 cm + 5 cm white margin. Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology.
Marcin Ryczek is Polish photographer specializing in black a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ode to Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 13 inches - Edition 3 of 7 with 2 APs
Framing is an additional $313
Shot in 2012 in Amsterdam
Inspired by Vermeer’s The Girl with a Pearl Earring...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bolonia 7 by Rosa Basurto - Contemporary Italian Travel Photography
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 5-15 days.
This is a 80cm x 80cm Digital print on 100cm x 100cm Cotton Paper.
This sized...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Portrait of Alberto Moravia - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Alberto Moravia is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Agneta II signed and numbered
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Agneta II
by Blank Barbie
pop art work of the iconic Agneta Fältskog of Swedish music super band ABBA.
Japan 1978
paper size 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm
unframed - framing availabl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Agneta IV signed and numbered
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Agneta IV
by Blank Barbie
pop art work of the iconic Agneta Fältskog of Swedish music super band ABBA.
Japan 1978
paper size 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm
unframed - framing availabl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Green Roll II - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18" x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An 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 figu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Thoughts - Minimalist And Symbolic Street Art Photography, Black and White
Located in Salzburg, AT
Edition 5 in format 60x60 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition, 60x60 cm + 5 cm white margin
The photo is signed on the front and will be sent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Memoir
By Lori Vrba
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Lori Vrba's "Memoir" is a mixed media work created with encaustic photographs on tile, chain and piano bridge.
"My recent foray into assemblage work feels like an organic extension ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Photographic Paper
$2,400
Elisabetta 1 - Photograph By Roberto Vignoli - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Light painting technique, realized in a completly dark photographic studio, where the photographer manually "paint" by torch with light of different colours, the subjects and the ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Elsa Martinelli - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Elsa Martinelli posing with hat.
Photo by Pais & Sartarelli.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
All the others in me (New York) Performance photography color portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The body, in opposition to this language system and ironically living it, speaks through organs, plays with images, sounds, smells, textures, mixtures, everything reacts, absorbs and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Velvet Daydream
By Molly McCall
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Molly’s current photographic work explores themes of memory, the passage of time, a sense of place, and the natural world, using both painting and photography. Her unique silver gela...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flurry - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 24" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a young woman in red dress dancing underwater in a pool. A very bright photograph with plenty of sun and positivity. The model was an amazing Russian dancer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Expectation" Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Expectation" Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 7 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Understudy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Somewhere Between Here and There 2017
"Over and over, the works in 'Somewhere Between Here and There' invoke not only the borderlands of dreams but the shadow world inhabited by thos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Wings - Contemporary Symbolic Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
The photo will be sent unframed.
Limited edition of 5 in format 47x65 cm + 5 cm white margin, Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology
Marcin Ryczek is Polish photog...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Liberation - Contemporary Minimalist Street Photography, Black And White
Located in Salzburg, AT
Edition 5 in format 49x75 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition, 49x75 cm + 5 cm white margin
The photo is signed on the front and will be sen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italo Calvino - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Italo Calvino-Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Upwards - Contemporary Minimalist Street Art Photography, Black White
Located in Salzburg, AT
Edition 5 in format 54x85 cm + 5 cm white margin, Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology, Signed on the front
Marcin Ryczek is Polish photographer specializing in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Richard Bach - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Richard Bach- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Inauguration by Mussolini - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Inauguration is an original photograph realized in 1935. Published by Agence Trampus, Paris. The original hallmark of Agence Trampus on the back is present. There is a small piece o...
Category
1930s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Contemporary figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of green, yellow, orange, blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Tyler Shields, Brian Finke, Stefanie Schneider, and David Drebin. Frequently made by artists working with Polaroid, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary figurative photography, so small editions measuring 3.04 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $110 and tops out at $40,000, while the average work sells for $701.