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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Style: Contemporary
The Path Ahead
By Sarah Hadley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique Photographic Collage*
Printed on Canson Platine Fiber Rag
Framed in black wood with archival mat
The artist reserves the right to remake the collage 5 times at this size, but ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Referendum for the Independence of Algeria - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Referendum for the Independence of Algeria is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1961.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Princess Alexandra of Kent - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Princess Alexandra is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historica...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prince Edward and Wallis Simpson - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Prince Edward and Wallis Simpson is a vintage black and white Photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Hand-written note and copyright on the rear.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Algerian Flag - Historical Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Algerian Flag - Historical Vintage Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical even...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margareth - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Royal Family is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Procession #3, Contemporary Gold Leaf on C-Print Painting by Paul Vinet
By Paul Vinet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Vinet
Title: Procession #3
Date: 2008
Medium: Gold Leaf on C-Print mounted on Dibond, signed, dated, and numbered verso
Edition 2/3
Dimensions: 30 x 32 inches
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Sisters, OMO Valley Ethiopia by Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
"Sisters"
Suri People of the Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2023
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
5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ali Alışır - Hybrid Souls 22, Photography 2024, Printed After
By Ali Alışır
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Hydrid Souls
Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 2 + 2 AP
Available Size:
50" x 78.74"
55.11" x 86.61"
59" x 92.51"
Born in Istanbul in 1978, Ali Alışır started his graphic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Betsy Drake - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Betsy Drake, realized in 1950s.
Category
1950s 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
Julio Iglesias - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Julio Iglesias is a photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Wounded Soldier in Algeria - Historical Photo - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Wounded Soldier in Algeria is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1962.
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
Mathew - Signed limited edition print, Black white, Man underwear, Homoerotic
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Mathew - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
Will be part of Ian Sanderson's future Brighton 1980s retrospective exhibition
This image was captured o...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Julio Iglesias - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Julio Iglesias is a photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Batman V Superman , Lenticular
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 15.
Accompanied with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Lenticular
Nino Manfredi and Alberto Bevilacqua - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nino Manfredi and Alberto Bevilacqua is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Young Charles De Gaulle - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1962. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political events, meticu...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Princess Alexandra of Kent - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Princess Alexandra is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historica...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Silva Koscina - Vintage Photograph - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Entro Organizzazione, PSI - Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 20th century.
Hand-written on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"No title No 58" Photography 26" x 32" inch Ed. of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"No title No 58" Photography 26" x 32" inch Ed. of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
No title (No 58) by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Year photo was taken: 2020
Limited Edition of 25
Picture size...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Pigment
"Inside" Black & White Photography 47" x 47" in Ed of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Inside" Black & White Photography 47" x 47" in Ed of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography
Year photo was taken: 2016
Works are hand signed and numbered by the artist on verso ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
A Scene from Full Metal Jacket - Photo- 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene from Full Metal Jacket is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ali Alışır - Hybrid Souls 07, Photography 2020, Printed After
By Ali Alışır
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available sizes and editions:
51.18 in (130 cm), 51.18 in (130 cm), Edition of 3 with 2 Artist Proofs
47.24 in (120 cm), 47.24 in (120 cm), Edition of 3 with 2 Artist Proofs
39.37 i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Charles Aznavour - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Charles Aznavour is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bullets and Nails by Zack Whitford
Located in Chicago, IL
Limited edition Archival Pigment Print on Archival Canson Platine Fibre Rag paper.
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition size: 25
16" x 20" Print
Please inquire about framing options
BIO:
A gifted young street photographer, who just happens to be the son of Aerosmith’s rhythm guitarist, Brad Whitford, is set loose with the band. The result is a take on rock photography that blows through all the commercial conventions of hype-driven money shots. ~Michael Weinstein...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
War in 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
Luchino Visconti - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Luchino Visconti is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Armando Chinas Milane - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Armando Chinas Milane - 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
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
Gianni Morandi, Galeazzo Benti, Laurea Becherelli and Marco Vivo- !980s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi, Galeazzo Benti, Laurea Becherelli and Marco Vivo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Duke of Windsor - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Duke of Windsor 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, meticu...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
War in Algeria - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and political issues worl...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
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 album including photo reportages of historical events and ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pino Zac - Vintage Photograph - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Pino Zac - Vintage Photograph is an original photograph realized by an anonymous artist in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Princess Alexandra of Kent - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Princess Alexandra of Kent is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of h...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
War in 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
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
Project for a Prison - Spoleto - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Project for a Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
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
Margherita Boniver - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita Boniver is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nino Manfredi and Anna Maria Ferrero - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Nino Manfredi and Anna Maria Ferrero 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
Coretta Scott King and Richard Hatcher - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Coretta Scott King and Richard Hatcher- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Red Green Pathway - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Childhood, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Red Green Pathway - 2021
100x82cm,
Edition of 10.
Giclée Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, based on a Fuji Peel Apart Instant Film (not mounted).
Signed on back with Certifica...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, 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
Margherita Boniver - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita Boniver is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Through Window, 27"X40" photograph of Domino Sugar Refinery- Brooklyn, New York
Located in New York, NY
27"x40" unframed photograph, edition of 10, signed on reverse.
This photograph was taken at the site of Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery, Paul Raphaelson's photographs chronicle th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
King Promenade, Falkland Islands by Cristina Mittermeier - 5 Penguins on Beach
Located in Chicago, IL
"King Promenade"
Falkland Islands, 2016
Available sizes:
20 x 30 in / Edition of 6 - $4,500
Price listed do not include framing. Please contact gallery for framed pricing.
"A liv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Historical Photo - Manifestation in Moscow - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Manifestation in Moscow is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment an...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Pablo Neruda - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Pablo Neruda 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
April 1961 Generals’ Putsch of Algiers - General Raoul Salan - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
April 1961 Generals’ Putsch of Algiers - General Raoul Salan is an Historical Vintage Photo realized in 1961.
The putsch in French Algeria was conducted by four retired generals, led...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Mother Queen Playing Billiard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Mother Queen Playing Billiard 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
Cuban Released Prisoner - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Cuban Released Prisoner 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...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Vintage Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events and political...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
War in 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
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.