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
Hula Doll, Las Vegas - American Kitshc Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Hula Doll', part of Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series, captured at Viva Las Vegas. This fun artwork has a cool kitsch vibe, the photograph itself has a lo-fi effect.
This artwork i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Lakelands - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Lakelands is a color vintage photo, realized in 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including hi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Sacral Chakra" Black & White Photography 32" x 32" in Edition 1/5 by Oleg Char
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sacral Chakra" Black & White Photography 32" x 32" in Edition 1/5 by Oleg Char
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 20: 18 x 18 inch
Edition of 10: 24 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Emergence - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid, Figurative, 21st Century, Landscape
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Emergence
2019, Edition 1/10 plus 2 Artist Proof, 20x24cm.
Digital Print based on a Polaroid photograph on Hahnemühle photo rag paper.
Signature label and certificate.
Not mounted....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Cambodia Temple - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Cambodia temple is a Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Girl with Dog, Boneco de Pau, Brazil, 1995
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
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria is a Vintage Photo photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$57 Sale Price
40% Off
Dance
By Deana Nastic
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10
More sizes available on request.
Silhouette of a woman in black and white.
Artist Statement:
Art is the air that I breathe. I grew up in an artistic family, surround...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$4,903
Moonlight - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman on her back on the bottom of the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with rea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Staired Down - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Interior, Pastel
Located in Denton, TX
Staired Down is a limited edition color photograph, depicting a staged interior scene of a mannequin falling down a set of stairs, in a light green and pink decorated room.
Edition ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled 20259 - silver gelatin print - male bodybuilder figure
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
John Casado - Untitled 20259, Unique silver gelatin print.
image = 14 5/8 x 22 or 37 x 55.9 centimeters / ppr 20 x 24 horizontal
Each photographic print from John Casado is sold as ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Ernest Hemingway is a black and white photograph realized in the 1940s.
Good conditions.
Category
1940s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Mystic - Circle of Magic (29 Palms, CA)- Polaroid, Figurative, Woman
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Mystic - Circle of Magic (29 Palms, CA), - 2009
Edition 3/5 , 37x47cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid,
Artist i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
$2,104 Sale Price
20% Off
Fly Away Home - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, 21st Century
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fly Away Home, 2019,
Edition 1/10 plus 2 Artist Proof, 20x20cm.
Art Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper.
Signature label and certificate.
Not mounted....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Martin Luther King Family - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
James Earl Ray- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1968.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
Kim Basinger and Michael Keaton on the set of "Batman" - Vintage Photo -1989
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Kim Basinger and Michael Keaton stars of the 1989 Film "Batman" by Tim Burton.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled #18, Annency - Karine Laval, Ocean photography, Travel imagery
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
All prints are produced to order. Lead times between 5-10 days.
Due to currency fluctuations prices may change.
Please contact the gallery for more information about this print or...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
Myth #2. From The Myths of Human Erectness series
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Myths of Human Erectness explores the human body as both subject and object, interrogating the myths surrounding masculinity, erectness, and human supremacy. The male figure emer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pristine - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43" х 61"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young naked woman in a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the author.
Limited edition of 24
Paper size: 44 x 64"
Image...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cambodia Statue Temple - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Cambodia Statue temple is a Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Speech- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$57 Sale Price
40% Off
Orange. Figurative Limited Edition Color Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Exploring color in the darkness, inspired by the Italian and Dutch renaissance. He brings hints of the fauna of his native South American vibrant and passionate colors. Bringing them...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blood Drop - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 35 x 48"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This powerful underwater nude photograph captures dramatic movement beneath the surface, where flowing crimson fabric creates striking contrast against the deep black void. The compo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
French Contemporary Collotype Photograph Black White Photo Andre Naggar
By Andre Naggar
Located in Surfside, FL
Photos pictured of information cards after the images of the black and white photos are not included.
La Chute D'Icare (The Fall of Icarus) is a original, black and white photograp...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Untitled 3, Alexander McQueen. Fashion Color Archival Pigment Print
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sükan created the series as he was working for international magazines such as L'Uomo Vogue (Italy), A Magazine (France), Crash (France), Faces (Switzerland), and Muse Magazine (Ital...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Jawaharlal Nehru and Nikita Krusciov - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jawaharlal Nehru- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$129 Sale Price
40% Off
Old Days - Portrait of M.Me Gilles with her Dog - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of M.Me Gilles with her dog 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
Biblioteca di Seitenstetten, Austria
Located in New York City, NY
48 x 60 inches - edition of 5
Chromogenic Print – Unframed
Signed by the artist - Certificate of Authenticity
Free Shipping – Ask us foar custom framing options.
As a world-renowned...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print
Lie Detector Dog
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Lie Detector Dog
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x8.5in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
$790 Sale Price
39% Off
Oranzo Pavane and Giovagneli - Vintage Photo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Oranzo Pavane and Giovagneli - Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1977.
Coming out of Police Station.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
River Dreams - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Childhood. 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
River Dreams (2020)
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Lambda Print on Fuji Cristal Archive Paper (glossy surface)
based on a Fuji Instant Film (not mounted).
Signed on back with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Dries Van Noten (with Iris Apfel) - celebrity fashion photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
Described by New York Magazine's The Cut as their "backstage photographer extraordinaire," Nordeman was dispatched to photograph fashion weeks in New York, Milan, and Paris during Se...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Last Comes the Raven
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Beth Moon is an American-born photographer. She has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints.
This portfolio focuses on totem-like beliefs ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Hemingway - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Martin Luther King - Vintage Photo - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Martin Luther King- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1968.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$114 Sale Price
40% Off
Ceremony for Martin Luther King - Vintage Photo - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Ceremony for Martin Luther King- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1968.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$86 Sale Price
40% Off
Martin Luther King - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Martin Luther King- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1967.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
Grace Jones for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Grace Jones for Playboy is a photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1985.
Albumen print From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
Edtion 7/85
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Dwell - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, Photograph, 21st Century
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' from the Dwell Series, 2018, Edition 1/10 plus 2 Artist Proof, 20x24cm.
Digital Print based on a Mixed Media collage of a Spectra Polaroid and glitter,
not mounted,
prin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria is a Vintage Photo photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$57 Sale Price
40% Off
Old Days - Cows in the Tuscan Maremma - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Cows 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
Terrorism in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Terrorism in Algeria- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$64 Sale Price
40% Off
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria is a Vintage Photo photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$57 Sale Price
40% Off
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$57 Sale Price
40% Off
Photo of a Painting by Beppe Guzzi - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of a painting by Beppe Guzzi is a black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$57 Sale Price
40% Off
Marble Cave (blue) - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and mysterious underwater photograph of a young naked woman relaxing on her back in her pool. This monochromatic aquatic tint photograph is a part of the series Marble ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Red Flower - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 15" x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
In this evocative underwater photograph, a crimson dress billows like a delicate flower petal beneath the surface, creating a powerful contrast against a serene aqua backdrop. The mi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pelé and Max von Sidow on the set of "Victory" - Vintage Photo - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Pelé and Max von Sidow on the set of "Victory"-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in 1981s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$215 Sale Price
40% Off
Exercise (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, Pool
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Exercise (Suburbia) - 2004, 38x36cm,
Edition of 10, digital C-Print based on an expired Polaroid.
Artist Inventory #20953.
Signature label with Certificate, unmounted.
The project...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Secret Dreams - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 16" x 23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a young beautiful golden hair woman on a bottom of a pool. Her body is partially covered with a golden scarf leaving uncovered a beautiful breast.
Original...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Designer Coco Chanel Sewing in Paris, 1962 by Douglas Kirkland
Located in Chicago, IL
24" x 30"
Edition Size: 24
*Price is for unframed. It's extra $500 for framed*
Mademoiselle Chanel at work. Douglas Kirkland was sent to Paris on assignment for Look magazine, a...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Puglia Boys
Located in Burlingame, CA
Large-scale photographer Troy House celebrates people’s primordial attraction to the beach. He travels the world capturing iconic, breathtaking scenes – often from a bird’s-eye view ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment
$8,000
"Michelle" Nude Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition 1/20 by Lika Brutyan
By Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Michelle" Nude Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition 1/20 by Lika Brutyan
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta.
Not Framed. Ships in a tube.
Lika Brutyan is American...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Figurative photo, Nude Limited edition print, Contemporary, Sexy sensual - Sofa
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 ‘ Sofa ‘
Nude and masked model on a lea...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...
Cold Song - underwater photograph - print on aluminum 24" x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This striking underwater fine art photograph captures a figure draped in flowing white fabric, suspended between worlds with vibrant red blossoms and yellow spherical elements. The r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Looks - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Looks - Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Three Girls at the Bar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Each image is hand-printed by the artist on archival paper
Signed
Edition 3/17
Ask about other sizes
Renée Jacobs is one of the most celebrated photograp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Archivio Banco di Napoli I, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
48 x 60 inches - edition of 5
Chromogenic Print – Unframed
Signed by the artist - Certificate of Authenticity
Free Shipping – Ask us foar custom framing options.
As a world-renowned...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print
Arbus, A family one evening in a nudist camp, Pennsylvania (after)
By Diane Arbus
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
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.