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.
to
347
3,435
1,515
935
1,046
1,668
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
13
2,714
5,870
1
1
3
18
28
103
743
492
459
327
8,602
7,881
273
193
172
81
44
23
22
17
6
6
5
4
4,087
3,215
1,213
5,655
2,931
2,277
1,859
1,387
1,282
795
754
695
596
591
565
509
488
443
433
402
394
322
320
4,845
3,646
3,248
3,001
1,896
557
278
237
225
192
669
3,799
4,625
3,168
Style: Contemporary
Ali Alışır - Hybrid Souls 19, Photography 2022, 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 48.81"
Born in Istanbul in 1978, Ali Alışır started his ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Pigment, Digital, Pigment, Archival ...
Blood Moon
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Exploring Iceland I stretched to look underneath, above, and around the edges of the landscape. What mattered was not right before my eyes, but delicately hidden in glaciers, volcani...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Stockings-Signed limited edition print contemporary print, Black white sexy
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Stockings - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then pri...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pi...
Hibiscus - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35х53
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a beautiful naked female on black background. The bright red scarf covers model's head and shoulders leaving open her beautiful butt and legs.
Original ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
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
Untitled 19 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
Prague - Vintage Poster After Franco Fontana - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Coloured poster after a photograph by Franco Fontana (Modena, 1933), one of the italian most famous contemporary photographer. Titled at the bottom. Very good conditions.
Fontana st...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Offset
David Burdeny - Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan, Photography 2010, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pigment Print
Additional Sizes:
13" x 16" - Edition of 15
21" x 26" - Edition of 7
32" x 40" - Edition of 7
44" x 55" - Edition of 7
David Burdeny (b. 1968. Winnipeg, Canada) gradua...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Pigment, Digital Pigment
Christos J. Palios - Disbelief, Photography 2021, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unrelenting winds and formidable waves contour this volcanic silvery-white landscape into luminous, lunar-like surfaces. Sharp cliffs, caves and valleys, occupants on alien terrain—I...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari in a vintage dress.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Napoli - via Caracciolo e via Partenope - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Napoli - via Caracciolo e via Partenope is a black and white vintage photo, realized in mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album i...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Platinum Palladium print over Gold, Limited Edition, Figurative - Elsa Poppin
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Elsa Poppin - Platinum Palladium print over 24 carat Gold leaf on vellum paper
Edition 1/8 or 2/8, plus 2 AP ( Medium size )
Unframed handmade photographic reproduction on sensit...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Gold, Platinum, Gold Leaf
Brigitte Auber - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Brigitte Auber is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s.
The photo depicts the actress, Brigitte Auber, in the Winter Circus in Paris, during the show with the horses ....
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Water Lily - underwater photograph - print on aluminum 23" x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a gorgeous girl with dark hair in red dress.
Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 12
The artwork is furnished w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
1970s Fashion - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
1970's Fashion is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places,...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Whisper of the Coyote
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
Path of the Fox
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
The Acrobats - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Acrobats 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, places, f...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pennants Over Pienza, limited edition photograph, archival, signed and numbered
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pennants Over Pienza, limited edition photograph, archival, signed and numbered
From Tom Chambers' Illumination Series
Renaissance artists affirmed the transformational nature of light in their classical paintings. Taddeo Gaddi and Giotto di Bondone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Annunciation
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Edge of a Dream
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
All my life I have held a fascination with the animal kingdom, which began in my childhood growing up on a farm and extended into my adult years. On some inexplicable level I feel a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Roman Statue Study 3. Figurative Abstraction 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, Photographic Paper
Roman Statue Study 3. Hand. Abstract figurative Color Photography
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
Vanessa into the Blue- Fine art print, Color underwater photography with a model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Vanessa into the Blue - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2022 - Edition of 5
Underwater photography of a woman
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based pape...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Curves - Ltd Ed 2 of 10
By Dinesh Boaz
Located in New York, NY
Shot from a helicopter. Formula 1 USA Grand Prix, Austin Texas, 2019. All prints are Fujiflex Chromogenic prints with a crystal laminate. Framing is available in white or black a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Potato Eaters, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Potato Eaters, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment
“Once Upon A Time In Kazimierz is a novella told in staged photographs. It portrays an episode in the life o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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, ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Twirl (carnival ride, motion blur, colorful, Midwest US, vibrant)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Twirl
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 12x12 inches
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802...
Category
2010s 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
Do As I Do
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
Blue Fall - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 17x22"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Blue Fall" exemplifies contemporary underwater fine art photography, merging surrealism with dynamic motion capture. In this ethereal composition, a figure ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Airplane on fire - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Airplane on fire 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, plac...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Memento Mori – Cup, Platter in Baby Lamb Carcass
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso
Other sizes available upon request
COA provided
In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
B. Wurtz 1980s Original Photograph
Located in New York, NY
B. Wurtz (American, b. 1948)
Untitled, 1982
C Print
16 x 20 in.
Framed: 21 1/8 x 27 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Provenance:
Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
Born 1948 in Pasadena, California, B...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Way of the Hare 3
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
Passage of the Squirrel
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
Euro Disney Resort - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Euro Disney Resort is a color vintage photo, realized in 1980s.
The photo depicts the Sequoia Lodge guest room.
Good conditions and aged.
...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Shredded Wood
Located in New York, NY
TORN series. Archival pigment piece with plexiglass mount.
About the Artist:
Andrew Schwartz is an internationally published, award winning photographer. Based in NYC, he is an alumni of The Rhode Island School of Design, and a veteran member of both The International Cinematographers Guild/ICG and The Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers/SMPSP. His work is on permanent collection at The Margret Herrick Gallery at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and he has served as Unit Still Photographer on more than 75 films including School of Rock, Men In Black, Fatal Attraction, When Harry Met Sally...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vedute - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vedute is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century by Studio Vasari.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including histori...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Joan Baez - Vintage photo - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Joan Baez while singing "Hickory Wind" from "David's Album".
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lady Blandfort opens Antique Dealers' Fair - Vintage Photograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Lady Blandfort opens Antique Dealers' Fair is a black and white vintage photo, realized in June 10th 1964.
The photo depicts the Marchioness of Blandford viewing exhibits after ope...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Coretta Scott King - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Coretta Scott King is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Copyright by Rizzoli Press, Milan.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Green Roll I - 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
The Italian Actress Elsa Martinelli - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Elsa Martinelli in a photo by G.B.Poletto
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bubble Dreams Bursting (Cyndi Lauper) - record cover shoot
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bubble Dreams Bursting (Cyndi Lauper) from the 'Bring Ya to the Brink' record Album) - 2009
50x49cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Sig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Italian Workers in Lebanese Town of Zahle - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Workers in Lebanese Town of Zahle is an original photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Unknown Boy
By Amy Friend
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the Dare alla Luce series, I initially responded to a collection of vintage photographs, retrieved from a variety of sources both personal and anonymous. Through hand-manipulated ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Italian Actress Agostina Belli - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Actress Agostina Belli in a scene from the movie "Telefoni bianchi" by Dino Risi.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Indonesian Landscape - Vintage photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Indonesian Landscape 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 histor...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Carla - Signed limited edition model art print, Contemporary photo, Sensual, Black
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Vanessa - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-fr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Phot...
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage Photograph - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Rome, 18-1-1972, The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet with Don Backy in "Una cavalla tutta nuda".
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti with the Italian writer and presenter Giancarlo Magalli.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Pope Giovanni XXIII - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Pope Giovanni XXIII is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s.
The photo depicts Giovanni XXII, known as the "Good Pope".
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to...
Category
1950s 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.