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
Anna Magnani and Roberto Rossellini - Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani and Roberto Rossellini is a beautiful and intense vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions except for...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - The Forbidden City Beijing - Vintage photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - The Forbidden City Beijing is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal famili...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Harry Belafonte- Historical Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Harry Belafonte is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Doris Day - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Doris Day is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nino Manfredi, Alberto Sordi and Annette Vadim - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Nino Manfredi, Alberto Sordi and Annette Vadim is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Emilio Lussu- Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Emilio Lussu is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Philippe Noiret - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Philippe Noiret - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Manifestation in from of the Forbidden City, Beijing - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo Manifestation in from of the Forbidden City, Beijing is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
It belongs to a historical album including historic...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Historical Photo - Cuban Rebels - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Cuban Rebels is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and politica...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - View of Brunei - Vintage Photo Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View of Brunnen is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Luigi Broglio and Prof. Polvani - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Luigi Broglio and Prof. Polvani is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century century.
It belongs to a historical album including historic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cristiaan Barnard - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Cristiaan Barnard is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously captured.
Good conditions and aged
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prague - Original 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
Historical Photo - Beijing- Armed Soldiers - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Beijing armed soldiers is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Miranda Martino - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Miranda Martino is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Nino Manfredi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Nino Manfredi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Check Chase and Dan Aykroyd - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photo of Cinema is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ali Alışır - Hybrid Souls 33, 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 40.94"
55.11" x 47.63"
62.99" x 62.99"
Born in Istanbul in 1978, Ali Alışır started his g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Batman
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Original artwork.
C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 25.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
$5,200 Sale Price
37% Off
Old Days - Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Historical Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Algeria - Vintage photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Algeria is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Algeria - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Algeria- Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and political ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cara- Figurative photo, Limited edition sensual print, Black white, Square photo
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 ‘ Cara ‘
Photographed in Paris, this is...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Pigment
Historical Photo - Fiumicino Airport - Chilean Immigrants - vintage photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Fiumicino Airport- Chilean Immigrants is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1975
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Painting in San Marco Venice - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - painting in San Marco Venice is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - A Woman with her Seven Children and two Stewardesses... - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - A Woman with her Seven Children and two Stewardesses posing near the Steps of a Lai plane is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1956.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Chinese Village - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Chinese Village in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including hist...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006,
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
archival C-Print,
based on the Polaroid.
Signat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Nino Manfredi- Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nino Manfredi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Putsch in Algeria - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Putsch in Algeria - 1961 is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political event...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mrs. Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mrs. Gilles is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Iva Zanicchi and Gino Bramieri - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Iva Zanicchi and Gino Bramieri is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sting and Mino Damato- Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Sting and Mino Damato is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Bud Burkhart as William Penn at the Three Arches, Levittown, PA"
By David Graham
Located in Astoria, NY
David Graham (American, XX), "Bud Burkhart as William Penn at the Three Arches, Levittown, PA", Chromogenic Print in Colors, 1993, titled to reverse lower left, numbered edition "12/...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Photo of Iva Zanicchi - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Iva Zanicchi a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
War in Algeria - General Raoul Salan - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Algeria- - General Raoul Salan is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and polit...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Nilde Iotti - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Nilde Iotti is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1991.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Louis Armstrong - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Louis Armstrong - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and pol...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Painting by Domenico Morelli - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting by Domenico Morelli is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Beatles Fans - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Beatles Fans is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
War in Algeria - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and po...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Waking-up - Women, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Waking up'
(The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 2016
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid
Emilio Lussu - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Emilio Lussu is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen Elisabeth and Mother Queen - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elisabeth and Mother Queen - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Luisa Araluse de Matos- Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Luisa Araluse de Matos- Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Martin Luther King, Los Angeles, 1963 by Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
Martin Luther King speaking at a civil rights rally in central Los Angeles in 1963. Julian Wasser took this photo for TIME Magazine. Years later former president Barack Obama purchas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John Wayne on the set of "The Alamo" - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American Actor John Wayne in a scene from the 1960 Film "The Alamo".
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lauretta Masiero - On the Stage - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lauretta Masiero - On the Stage is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs. Gilles is a vintage photo, realized in the Early 20th Century .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
War in Algeria - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria- Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and pol...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gino Cervi - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gino Cervi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Algeria - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Algeria- Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and political ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alberto Sordi - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Alberto Sordi is a vintage photo, realized in the Mid-20th Century .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View of Chambei - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View of Chambei is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Bruce Willis - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Emmy Award 1987. Bruce Willis holding his Emmy for "Moonlighting".
Vintage Photo, good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
James Earl Jones - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
James Earl Jones is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Prof. Giuseppe Casali - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Prof. Giuseppe Casali is a vintage photo, realized in the Early 20th Century .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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