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
The Italian Actress Serena Grandi and Maurizio Costa- Vintage Photograph - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo realized in 1990s.
Good condition, slightly blur.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Markus Klinko - Diamond Dust - Beyonce, Dangerously in Love, 2003, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
From the photoshoot of the 2003 album Dangerously in Love
All available sizes and editions:
20 x 24 in, Edition of 50 + 8 AP's
33.1 x 40 in, Edition of 25 + 6 AP's
49.5 x 60 in, Edi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Campo dei Fiori, Rome - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Campo dei Fiori, Rome 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 historica...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress, television and radio presenter Enrica Bonaccorti during a party.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti with Marta Marzotto- - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Enrica Bonaccorti and Marta Marzotto. Little scratch on the center.
Category
1980s 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 with Ferruccio De Ceresa.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet. 25-4-1970
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Agostina Belli - Vintage Photograph - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Milano, 17/10/1985. TV "Grand Hotel". The Italian Actress Agostina Belli with Giuliano Gemma.
Lightly blurry.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet. 25-4-1970
Category
1970s 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
Cock Robin - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Cock Robin is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1980s. Hand signed and dedicated.
The photo depicts the American pop-rock band "Cock Robin"; the group was founded by Pete...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Simona Izzo with Ricky Tognazzi - Vintage Photograph - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian director, screenwriter, actress and voice actress Simona Izzo on the set of "Parole e Baci".
Lightly damaged.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled 3
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The series, Traveling Dream comes from a lifelong obsession of exploring how my subconscious generates my dreams. As I move through my day, I am keenly aware of my encounters with pe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Walking in a Sea Beach, Black & White Photography by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Mohan L. Mazumder - Untitled - 11 x 11 inches (unframed size).
Archival Print on Hahnemuhles Photo Rag Bright White museum quality paper - 310 gsm Edition of 4 + 1 AP
Style : Mohan ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Caroline - colorful contemporary figurative photo transfer on paper with thread
Located in New York, NY
Michele Landel creates intensely textured and airy collages using burned, quilted, and embroidered fabric, photographs and paper to explore the themes of exposure, absence, and memor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
The German Actress Katia Mann, Wife of Thomas Mann - Vintage photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows Katia Mann with two of her children.
Blurry
Category
1930s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The English Actress Olivia Hussey and the English Actor...-Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the English Actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Les Vacances III by James Sparshatt. C-type Print mounted to Aluminium. Framed
Located in Coltishall, GB
Les Vacances III
The west coast of France is a place to eat delectable oysters, drink fine wines and walk along endless beaches in the glare of the summer sun. The Atlantic swell an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
aROUNDme 23 - Photo by Giulio Gonella - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful photograph aROUNDme 23 was shot by the Italian photographer Giulio Gonella.
Print on hahnemuhle photo rag paper from the series aROUNDme, open edition. Hand-signed by...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Paris Romance- Signed limited art print, Black white, City romantic Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Paris Romance - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film in 1994 in Paris, Champs-Elysées front o...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Portrait of Antonella Lualdi - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi in a vintage dress.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Elena Greggio Print After André Kertész
Located in New York, NY
Elena Greggio (Italian, b. 1973)
Danza Per André Kertész (After Kertész), 2003
Etching
9 x 12 in.
Mat: 14 x 20 in.
Edition 1 of 15
Signed, dated and inscribed bottom: Danza Per André Kertész, After André Kertész, Elena Greggio, 2003
Signed and inscribed verso on mat: Elena Greggio 2003, Titolo: Danza Per André Kertész (After Kertész), Con [illegible], Naomi & Walter Rosenblum
Elena Greggio was born in Padua, Italy. After studying Architecture at Liceo Artistico, she graduated with Hons in Painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice in 1995. Her final thesis was on G. Klimt and the Wiener Secession, under supervisor Luca Massimo Barbero.
Today, she lives and works in Padua, where she dedicates herself to painting and priniting techniques, such as linocut and woodcut.
She exhibits and has exhibited in: Italy, United Kingdom, California, Germany, Austria, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Chile, Portugal and Netherlands.
Main Exhibitions
2023 - Illustrating the World: Woodcuts in the Age of Dürer. The Holburne Museum, Bath. UK
2023 - Group show: Pagine a colori. Vimercate
2022 - Finalist: International Prize Visioni Altre. Venice
2022 - Group show: Mirror Face to Face. Amstelkerk. Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022 - Group show: Mirror Face to Face. Kunstliefde. Utrecht, Netherlands
2022 - Group show: Mirror Face to Face. Villa Caldogno. Vicenza
2022 - Finalist: We Art...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Etching
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne and Prince Charles - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne and Prince Charles- Vintage press print realized in 1960.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage press print realized in the 1960s.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew at Liverpool Street station.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Beast
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The series, Traveling Dream comes from a lifelong obsession of exploring how my subconscious generates my dreams. As I move through my day, I am keenly aware of my encounters with pe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beach Shower - Signed limited edition fine art print, Black white sensual photo
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Beach Shower- Signed limited edition archival pigment print , Edition of 5
The setting sun behind the girl under the shower brings out the water droplets
This is an Archival Pigm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Pigment
Gianni Agnelli - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Agnelli is a vintage black and white Photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions with blue spots.
The copyright stamp on the rear.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lauretta Masiero - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lauretta Masiero.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Sandinistas - Vintage Photo by Marcelo Montesino - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
The Sandinistas is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1983 by the photographer Marcelo Montesino.
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is a socialist political party ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cooper's Hawk VI & II - sharp, detailed, figurative, bird, pigment photograph
By Deborah Samuel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The stunning beauty of the Cooper Hawk is celebrated in this double image of the bird taken by photographer Deborah Samuel. Part of her series titled, ‘Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Before the War
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
Los Sueños by James Sparshatt. Framed Palladium Platinum Photograph
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dreams of a moment…
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm of the moment.
The work is available as silver g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Unmade Beds East Village 1976 by Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Unmade Beds, East Village, New York, 1976 by Fernando Natalici:
Cooler than cool, "Unmade Beds" was photographed on the set of the Amos Poe directed film of...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lady Diana - Vintage Photograph - 1993
Located in Roma, IT
Lady Diana is a vintage Photograph realized in 1993.
Good conditions.
The description and copyright on the rear.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
And His Dog, Brazil, 1997
By Barnaby Hall
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
After 30 years of only exhibiting fine art photography, the Robin Rice Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition featuring a selection of her gallery photographers and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Blue Kate Moss Triplet" Photography 50" × 46" in Edition of 25 by Kate Garner
By Kate Garner
Located in Culver City, CA
"Blue Kate Moss Triplet" Photography 50" × 46" in Edition of 25 by Kate Garner
Signed & dated.
Comes with COA
Archival Hahnemuhle art paper
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Garner's...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Pretty As Me
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Animal Visions
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 inexplicab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alfred Hitchcock - Vintage photo - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Alfred Hitchcock is a vintage photo, realized in 1963.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tinkertoys
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Godley & creme- Signed limited edition still life fine art print, Sexy Model
By Geoff Halpin
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Godley & creme - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
London, 1983
Tinted Black & White Art print
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Dark Materials IX by James Sparshatt. C-type print
Located in Coltishall, GB
There is a something about being a child on the beach where the sheer exuberance of running into the waves transcends the normal social barriers, and the shared exhilarance allows fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Poor Ugly Happy
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print (Edition of 10)
Signed, dated, and numbered, recto
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Susan Barnett’s photographs are not about the t-sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Venice, The Actress Barbara Bouchet during a break from the making of the movie "Replica di un delitto" by Silvio Amadio.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Winged Migration
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Entropic Kingdom
I present unspoken stories which illustrate fleeting moments in time and which are intended to evoke a mood in the viewer. These mythical illustrations might addr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Women in Malibu II (Stranger than Paradise)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Woman in Malibu II (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 315_2.26
No...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian singer and actress Loretta Goggi with Antonio Fattorini
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Trickster
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
Opening Exhibition - Life in Italy in 1960s - Vintage photo
Located in Roma, IT
Opening Exhibition - Life in Italy in the 1960s in the 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Night - Vintage Offset Print after Laura Liverani - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
The Night is an offset photograph realized by Laura Liverani in 1970.
Very good conditions.
Signed on the rear with the dedication.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Offset
Peter Andrew Lusztyk - One, Photography 2021, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
One
Digital C-Print / Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 1 per size
Available sizes:
36 x 72 in
48 x 96 in
“Collectible” series is a macro level exploration of coins, bills and stamp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Pigment, Digital P...
Kali - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kali - 2021
60 x 50 cm,
Edition of 10 + 2 Artist Proofs.
Photograph printed in Hanemühle Baryta Photo Rag 340gr,
based on the original reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
"Mermaid"- Colorful Figurative Photo, Shot in a Cenote in Tulum, Mexico
By John Mazlish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shot from above a beautiful, tiny cenote in Tulum, Mexico.
Fine art photo mounted on di-bond aluminum. Custom printing/mounting/framing options available upon request.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Ben 2-Signed limited edition contemporary print, Black white, Man, Homoerotic
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 ‘Ben 2 ‘ who was captured on film in 1989...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
"Giusva" Fioravanti - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Giusva" Fioravanti is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
The photo depicts the neo-fascist terrorist, Giuseppe Valerio Fioravanti, known as "Giusva", when he did t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Protests for Cuba - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Protests for Cuba is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political events, meti...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Platinum Palladium print over Gold leaf Limited Edition sensual photo- Nathalie
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Nathalie - Platinum Palladium print over 24 carat Gold leaf on vellum paper, Unframed handmade photographic reproduction on sensitised paper
Edition 1 of 8 plus 2 AP ( Medium Size ) ( Another edition in medium size will be available shortly)
Woman in a wet silk bathrobe...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Gold, Platinum, Gold Leaf
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.