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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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...
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
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 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
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
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
Roger Waters in from of "The Wall" - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Roger Waters in from of "The Wall" Vintage Photo.
Good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dreaming tonight
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Miguel Milló builds complex compositions in which painting, sculpture, and the play of light and shadow combine to create subtle and poetic atmospheres. In his images, the human being is a metaphor for the fertile land from which life springs; an overflowing life, full of throbbing. It can be said that the nude bodies are blank canvases that the artist intervenes with mud and pigments, to later cover them with simple or complex compositions of plants, earth, roots, leaves, flowers, and fruits. This gives life to his final work, through the masterful handling of light sources and shadows that provide volume and movement to the creation captured through his magic eye...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Screen
The Italian Singer Iva Zanicchi - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the Italian Singer Iva Zanicchi.
Lightly damaged on the upper right angle.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ikuko 4 - 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
Old Days - At the Museum - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - At the Museum is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Presences - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Fontana - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Presenze is a vintage poster after a photograph realized by Franco Fontana in 1981.
Offset print. Rondanini Galleria D'arte Contemporanea - Roma.
Titled at the bottom.
Excellent ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Offset
Scene from Yojimbo (Film) - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Yojimbo (Film) is a black and white photograph realized in 1965
Vintage Photo depicting a scene from the film "Yojimbo" by Akira Kurosawa
Hand written notes on the back.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress and singer Loretta Goggi in a scene from "Canzonissime" by Gianni Brezza.
Lightly blurry.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Selecting Vinyls.- Vintage photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Historical Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Black Iris" Photography 29.5" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Black Iris" Photography 29.5" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in
Edition of 7: 39" x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Symmetry in Motion, Falkland Islands by Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
"Symmetry in Motion"
Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, 2015
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Last Dance 1- Michael Schumacher Formula 1 Mercedes, Red, Still life photo, Race
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Last Dance 1 - 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...
CiCi's Moon River - 20x24", China, Guilin, Poetic landscape photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
John-Paul Pietrus was born in the Philippines and raised in the Midwestern United States. He studied photography, film, and painting at the esteemed Minneapolis College of Art and De...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Yves Montand - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Yves Montand is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Pola Girls 12" Nude Polaroid Photography - Unique piece by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pola Girls 12" Nude Polaroid Photography - Unique piece by Larsen Sotelo
4.2" x 3.5" inch - including white Polaroid frame
3.1" x 3,1" inch - image area
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Luchino Visconti and Michelangelo Antonioni - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Luchino Visconti and Michelangelo Antonioni is an original photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
17 July, I
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered on label, verso
12 x 18 inches
(Edition of 10)
24 x 35.5 inches
(Edition of 8)
From the series, "Him"
This artwork is offered by ClampAr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Statue of Johan Vilhelm Snellman - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Statue of Johan Vilhelm Snellman is a black and white vintage photo, realized in second half 20th Century.
The Statue of Johan Vilhelm Snellman, sculpted by Emil Wikström, is lo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Beatles in Concert - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Beatle in Concert is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Accident I (Stay) - starring Ryan Gosling, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A piece of art from the movie 'Stay' by Stefanie Schneider
Stefanie created the art for both main actors Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling in the movie 'Stay' directed by Marc Forster. S...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Formula 1 Ferrari - Felipe Massa, Signed limited edition still life, Race
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Formula 1 Ferrari - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2011 - Edition of 5
Formula 1 , Preseason test, 2011 , Barcelona, Spain.
Felipe Massa for Ferrari
Photo/Repo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
Bourbon (Suburbia) featuring Louis Ferreira, analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bourbon (Suburbia) - 2004
Edition of 2/5,
60x80cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist
based on the Polaroid,
mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection.
Artist Inventor...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Patty Pravo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Patty Pravo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
John Lennon & Yoko Ono 1980
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Allan Tannenbaum
"John Lennon & Yoko Ono 1980"
Inkjet print
Paper size: 19 x 13 Inches
Image Size: 12 7/8 x 8 5/8
Edition Number: From the second edition of 200
Editions:
First edition of 200 (C-print Colors, Silver gelatin print - Black & white) 1988
Second edition of 200 - Ink Jet Print (Giclee) - 2000
Third edition of 50 - C-Print & Silver gelatin print - 2007 - 2008
Signed, Numbered, Titled & dated in pencil by the artist.
Condition: In Excellent Condition
Provenance: All of our Allan Tannenbaum prints come from The Williams Gallery (via William Back) which was the exclusive representative of Allan Tannenbaum from 1980 to 2006
About the John Lennon collection: In November 1980, on the eve of John Lennon's untimely murder by a lone gunman, photographer Allan Tannenbaum had unique and total access to John and Yoko...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress and singer Loretta Goggi during the show "Loretta Goggi in quiz".
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The English Actor Julian Sands and German Actress... - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The English Actor Julian Sands and Nastassja Kinski in "Il sole anche di notte" by Paolo e Vittorio Taviani.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dancer - Contemporary Signed limited fine art print, Dance, Romantic Above view
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Dancer - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity , unframed
Photographed in Vienna during a Strauss ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Photographic P...
The Italian Actress Lauretta Masiero - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Rosanna Banfi in a scene from the TV series "Il vigile urbano".
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Scene from the Italian Film Sacco e Vanzetti - Vintage photo - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
A scene from the Italian film "Sacco e Vanzetti" written and directed by Giuliano Montaldo.
Blurry.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actor Amedeo Nazzati in a scene from the movie "Dal tuo al mio" by Mario Landi.
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 in a scene from "Palcoscenico musicale", by Carla Ragionieri.
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
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni shows his award.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Markus Klinko - The Book, Photography 2001, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Markus Klinko is an award-winning, international fashion/celebrity photographer and director, who has worked with many of today's most iconic stars of film, music, and fashion.
Kli...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital, Archival Pigment
"Untouched 1" Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition 2/20 by Lika Brutyan
By Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untouched 1" Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition 2/20 by Lika Brutyan
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta.
Not Framed. Ships in a tube.
Lika Brutyan is American p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
The Italian Actress Nicoletta Machiavelli - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Nicoletta Machiavelli during the audition for a film by Luigi Zampa
by Associated Press Photo
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sarah 2- Signed limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Sexy Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Sarah 2 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
Photographed in Brighton, England in 1989
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned creat...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Ode to the Pinching D'Estrées Sisters
Located in New Orleans, LA
24 x 36 inches - Edition 1 of 3 with 2 APs
Additional framing $525.
Shot in 2011 in Amsterdam
Inspired by an anonymous artist of the Fontainebleau School’s Presumed Portrait of Ga...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Diver - Signed limited edition still life fine art print, Black white, Powerful
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Diver - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2002 - Edition of 5
Provenance : Ian Sanderson’s Estate
Powerful photo of a man diving, in profile.
This is an Archival ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Giclée,...
Cary Grant - Samantha Eggar - Jim Hutton - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Cary Grant with Samantha Eggar and Jim Hutton.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Johnny Depp at Home By Zack Whitford - Contemporary Portrait Photography
Located in Chicago, IL
Johnny At Home
Johnny Depp in a relaxed state at his home.
Archival pigment print
Edition size: 25 (in each size)
Available in 3 print sizes:
16" x 20"
20" x 24"
30" x 40...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Bangkok - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bangkok 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 moments, pla...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Coney Island (Stay) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Coney Island Aquarium (Stay) - 2006
20x20cm,
sold out Edition of 5, Artist Proof 1/2.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled from "Pia"
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes free shipping in the US and a 14-day return policy. All prints are made to order and will arrive in mint condition directly from Christopher Anderson...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital P...
"Pulcino della Minerva" - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Pulcino della Minerva" is a black and white vintage photo, realized in mid 20th Century.
The photo depicts the elephant in front of the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Conference on Disarmament in Lausanne - Vintage photo - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Conference on Disarmament in Lausanne is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1979.
The photo depicts the conference on disarmament of the United Nations in Lausanne, on 24 ...
Category
1960s 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.