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
Kaaling. Pharrell Williams. Portrait Intervened by the artists.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Series titled "Nothing Stays Still", where they keep questioning the fashion photography industry by creating a new visual identity of their images moving them away from their origin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Signed limited edition sexy fine art print, Figurative, Contemporary- Emily
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Emily ‘ who was captured on film in 19...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Queen Elizabeth II in Rome - Vintage Photograph - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
The Queen Elizabeth II in Rome is a is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1962.
The photo depicts a official moment of the English Crown. Queen Elizabeth II visiting in Ro...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled 73, Pucci. 2007. Fashion Black & White Archival Print
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sükan created the series as he was working for international magazines such as L'Uomo Vogue (Italy), A Magazine (France), Crash (France), Faces (Switzerland), and Muse Magazine (Ital...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Old Days - Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Historical Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ali Alışır - Hybrid Souls 28, Photography 2024, Printed After
By Ali Alışır
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Hydrid Souls
Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 2 + 2 AP
Available Size:
47.24" x 36.61"
55.11" x 42.51"
62.99" x 62.99"
Born in Istanbul in 1978, Ali Alışır started his g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled 29 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 t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
After Gibson
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 20)
Signed and numbered on label, verso
From the series, "Before the Camera"
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Chuck S...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled 21 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
Untitled 12 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
Venice - Original Photographic Transfer Print - Late 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Venice is an original Photographic Transfer print, realized by an unknown artist in the late 20th century.
Hand-signed on the lower right, illegible.
Good conditions.
A picturesqu...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The American Actor John Wayne - Vintage Photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American Actor John Wayne in 1975 ca.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Circus Performance - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Circus Performance is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, pla...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Last Dance 4- Michael Schumacher Formula 1 Mercedes, Red, Still life photo, Race
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Last Dance 4 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2011 - Edition of 5
Formula 1 , Preseason test, 2011 , Barcelona, Spain.
Michael Schumacher's last appearance in th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi - Vintage Photograph - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi in a scene from "è stato così". Rome, 7/2/1977.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen Elizabeth with Priest - Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth with Priest is a photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Stamped on the rear.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Crow Burial II (Sidewinder)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Crow Burial II (Sidewinder) 2005
20 x 20 cm,
Edition 4/10,
digital C-Print based on the Polaroid,
Artist Inventory 3505.04,
not mounted
Some artists document the world as it is;...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Deena's back - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, French Humanist Photography
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
One of the most famous members of the Humanist photography in France.
Signed lower right by the artist.
Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Fragile no 2
Located in Paris, FR
Digital photography from the series Fragile Things.
Limited number of 5.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Way of the Hare
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
Cachalote Fluke, Dominica by Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
"Cachalote Fluke"
Dominica, 2018
20 x 30 in / Edition of 6 - $4,500
Also available:
32 x 48 in / Edition of 6 - $7,500
40 x 60 in / Edition of 6 - $10,500
50 x 75 in / Edition o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
At Once I Knew I Was Not Magnificent - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
Printed on Photo Lustre. This is #5 of an edition of 8. A Certificate of Authentici...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Florida Hurricane - Devastation in Pahokee - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Florida Hurricane is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and poli...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Porcelain - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 8 x 12"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Porcelain, aside from being an exquisite material, is the name of an exquisite photo series. The series includes my favorite underwater photographs of nude models in the porcelain co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Blood Moon
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From Chambers' "To The Edge" series
"I present unspoken stories which illustrate fleeting moments in time and which are intended to evoke a mood in the viewer. These mythical illu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
caroline - essence
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
10 x 8 inches, sheet
7 x 7 inches, image
(Edition of 10)
14 x 11 inches, sheet
10 x 10 inches, image
(Edition of 10)
20 x 1...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Euro Disney Resort - Vintage Photograph - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Euro Disney Resort is a colour vintage photo, realized in the Early 1990s.
The photo depicts the spacious rooms at Newport Bay Club.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a hist...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Flurry - underwater photograph - print on aluminum 24" x 36"
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.
Model: a Russian dancer Olga Sokolova. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Journey of the Bobcat 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
B.B. King and Ray Charles - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
B.B. King and Ray Charles is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Listening to the Sky
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
Red Shoes - Stage of Consciousness - starring Radha Mitchell - Artist Proof 2/2
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Red Shoes' (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007,
20x24cm, sold out Edition of 10, Artist Proof 2/2,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label,
artist Inve...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid
Red Hat Club (sidewalk cafe, retro decor, people socializing, motion blur, warm)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Red Hat Club
Medium: Digital Photography
Year: 2020
Size: 12x12 in
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-941
Motion-blur ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Domino by Marcel Achad - Vintage Photo by Tommaso La Pera - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
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
Moonlight IV - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 46x35"
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
Cuban Socialists - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Cuban Socialists - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events an...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Impossible Intentions
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Illumination Series
Renaissance artists affirmed the transformational nature of light in their classical paintings. Taddeo Gaddi and Giotto di Bondone of the Renaissance period painted breathtaking frescoes in which light created dramatic effects. Artists, such as these masters, inspired me to create photomontages that highlight the aesthetic power of light. Following recent travels in Italy, I was awed by the metaphysical nature of Tuscan light...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hibiscus - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43" х 64"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a young female with black background. The bright red scarf covers model's head and shoulders leaving open her beautiful butt and legs.
Original gall...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tulip Bud
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, the artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait of Chilean Young Woman - Vintage Photograph - 1988 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Chilean young woman is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1988 ca..
Good condition and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historic...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Split - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of female knees and feet
Original gallery quality print on archival metallic paper signed by the artist.
Paper size: 18" x 24"
Image size: 17.2" x 23.5"
Limite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Dance- Signed limited edition still life print, Black white, Square Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Dance - Signed limited edition archival pigment print , 2004 - Edition of 5
Photographed in Vienna during a Strauss concert.
Signed,embossed + numbered by artist with certifi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Pigment, Phot...
La Belle dü Topf - Ernie, Portraits of a Studiodog
Located in Kansas City, MO
Monogrammed by hand
Publisher: Griffelkunst Hamburg
Condition: in mint condition
Size: 11.5 × 8.6 on 15.4 × 12.5 inches
Thorsten Brinkmann was born in Herne, Germany in 1971. He studied Visual Communication at Kunsthochschule Kassel and Fine Arts at Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg. Brinkmann is known internationally for his unconventional photographic portraits and still lifes, featured recently in T: The New York Times Style Magazine article, “Witty Photos That Play With Centuries-Old Artistic Tradition” (September 2015).
Brinkmann has had solo exhibitions in Belgium, Germany, and Mexico. His work is represented in museums throughout Europe and was included in Beyond Borders, The Fifth Beaufort Triennial, Belgium (2015); and Dress Codes: The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, International Center for Photography, New York (2009). Following his 2012 residency at The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Brinkmann undertook La Hütte Royal, a yearlong installation project of transforming a dilapidated house in the Troy Hill area of Pittsburgh into a permanent artwork.
A self-proclaimed serialsammler (“serial collector”), Thorsten Brinkmann keeps whatever catches his eye as he sifts through the broken and discarded items sitting in purgatory on thrift store shelves...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Corrado and Amedeo Nazzari - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Corrado and Amedeo Nazzari is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Learning to Fly
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
Helmut Newton by Alice Springs - Vintage Photograph - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Helmut Newton is a black and white photograph realized by Alice Springs in 1988
Black and white photograph
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Crow Burial - Contemporary, Polaroid, Analogue, Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Crow Burial III (Sidewinder) 20 x 20 cm, 2005,
Edition 4/10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Artist Inventory 3507.04,
not mounted
“It was Stefanie Schneider, who inspired me...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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
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.