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
David Bowie in Furyo - Photo - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
David Bowie in Furyo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1983.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Stefanie Schneider Minis - Untitled No 2 - Beachshoot - featuring Radha Mitchel
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
'Untitled #2' (Beachshoot) featuring Radha Mitchell, 2005
signed and signature brand on verso
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid
Polar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Matt and Rachel
By Jen Davis
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
24 x 30 inches
(Edition of 6)
30 x 40 inches
(Edition of 6)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Plea...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
B&O, Kate Bush - Running up that hill, World Records (Photograph)
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Bang & Olufsen Beogram 1800, Kate Bush - Running up that hill, World Records (Photograph)
Edition of 3
Mounted on Plexiglas
Framed
Kai Schäfer is an accla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Historical Photo - Avanti - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Avanti is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a histo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Martin Hewitt in "Endless Love" - Vintage Photo - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
History of Cinema is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1981.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Muammar Gaddafi - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Muammar Gaddafi is a vintage photo, realized in the 1980s .
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cuba - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Cuba - 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 political events...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Woody Allen & David Carradine - Vintage Photo - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Woody Allen & David Carradine is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1972.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s 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
Portrait of M.me Gilles - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of M.me 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
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
Dustin Hoffman - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dustin Hoffman a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
tommy - pods
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
10 x 8 inches, sheet
7 x 7 inches, image
(Edition of 10)
$2800.00
14 x 11 inches, sheet
10 x 10 inches, image
(Edition of 10...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Historical Photo - Duke of Windsor, London - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Duke of Windsor, London is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
ALL POSSIBLE FORESTS #5. Limited Edition Color Photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Other Possible Forests unfolds a horizon of vital potentialities, where listening serves as a conduit for exploring the natural world, immersing us in its molecular memory and transp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
ALL POSSIBLE FORESTS #6. Limited Edition Color Photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Other Possible Forests unfolds a horizon of vital potentialities, where listening serves as a conduit for exploring the natural world, immersing us in its molecular memory and transp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
ALL POSSIBLE FORESTS #8. Limited Edition Color Photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Other Possible Forests unfolds a horizon of vital potentialities, where listening serves as a conduit for exploring the natural world, immersing us in its molecular memory and transp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
The Bodyguards - Cannes Festival, Signed limited edition contemporary art print
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
The Bodyguards - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
Cannes Film Festival 2016, France
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-free and lignin-free paper, Museum quality paper for highest age resistance and a popular alternative to analogue baryta paper). The inks used are also known for their longevity.
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity.
Archival pigment print available sizes :
40 x 27 cm / 15,75 x 10,63 in - Edition of 10
60 x 40 cm / 23,62 x 15,75 in. - Edition of 5
Laurent Campus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Old Days - Horses - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Horses is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and politi...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Claudio Villa - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Villa-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Horses in the Tuscan Maremma - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Horses in the Tuscan Maremma is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Army of Fidel Castro - Vintage photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Army of Fidel Castro is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal fa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Panorama - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Panorama is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a his...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Stefania Sandrelli In Pose- Photo - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
In Pose is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1990s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
X-ray Lenticular photography framed Banksy interior figurative black and white
By Nick Veasey
Located in New York, NY
Framed moving Lenticular x-ray photograph cones with COA
Nick Veasey
We live in a world obsessed with image. What we look like, what our clothes look like, houses, cars… I like to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
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
Landscape in Luzern - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape in Luzern is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Way to the Castle - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Castle Way is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including historical...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Painting - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously captured.
Good...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dancer- Signed limited edition still life print, Red, Dance, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Dancer - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5
Photographed in Vienna during a Strauss concert.
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahne...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color, Giclée, Pigment
ALL POSSIBLE FORESTS #2. Limited Edition Color Photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Other Possible Forests unfolds a horizon of vital potentialities, where listening serves as a conduit for exploring the natural world, immersing us in its molecular memory and transp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
ALL POSSIBLE FORESTS #3. Limited Edition Color Photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Other Possible Forests unfolds a horizon of vital potentialities, where listening serves as a conduit for exploring the natural world, immersing us in its molecular memory and transp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Central Park, 1980
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Allan Tannenbaum
"John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Central Park, 1980"
Ink jet print
Paper size: 13 x 19 Inches
Image Size: 8.5 x 13
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Historical Photo - Mohammed Khider - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Mohammed Khider is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including histor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Saad Dahlab - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Saad Dahlab is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historica...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Rahol Bitat - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Rahol Bitat is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historica...
Category
Mid-20th Century 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 - Africa Dove - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Africa Dove is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 20th century, Photo of Night of Trip by Alberto Moravia.
Good conditions, with some decoloration s...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Mother and Child - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Mother and Child is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a histo...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Alfred Krupp Charged of War Crime - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Alfred Krupp Charged of War Crime is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical albu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Ben Barker - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Ben Barker is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a ...
Category
1980s 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 - Yazid Belkocem - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Yazid Belkocem is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including histori...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jack Nicholson on the Set of "The Batman" - Vintage Photo -1989
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Jack Nicholson as "The Joker" from "Batman", the American superhero film directed by Tim Burton in 1989.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - BenKhedda - Vintage photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Ben Khedda is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, r...
Category
1960s 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.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
Mid-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.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical album including historical ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Oblivion. Hidden identity - Contemporary black & white photography, Figurative
By Joanna Chudy
Located in Warsaw, PL
Signed, numbered out of 10
JOANNA CHUDY
Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 2002, National Film School in Łódź in 2009 and Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where she achi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Historical Photo - Lekhder - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Lekhder is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo- Abderrahmane Fares - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Abderrahmane Fares is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Fair conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belong...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Daniel Godot - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Daniel Godot (member of the terrorist organization O.A.S.) is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs t historical albumen including photo...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Funeral of Japanese Emperor Hirohito - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Funeral of Japanese Emperor Hirohito is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1989.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Youth Sports in Fascist Italy - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Sports and Youngs in Fascist Italy is a vintage photo, realized in the 1930s .
Photo by Studio Gherlone.
Category
1930s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Alain Seriguy - Vintage Photo - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Alain Seriguy is a black and white vintage photo.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical album including histo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Players in Buenos Aires - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Players in Buenos Aires is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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