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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Period: 1970s
Two Leopards Spotted, Chicago 1974, Brookfield Zoo, Signed and Framed.
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Street photography was a passion of Art's and it shows in this delightful shot taken at Brookfield Zoo in 1974. The photograph is signed on the bottom right hand corner. It is matted with a heavy white mat and framed in a simple black metal frame.
Art Shay
Two Leopards...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elsa Martinelli - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Elsa Martinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Interior of the Museum Giovanni Fattori in Livorno - vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of the Museum Giovanni Fattori in Livorno is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic alb...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Redha Malek - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Malek is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - La Paz - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - La Paz 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 hist...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Joseph Ortiz Algiers Mayor Mohamed Bouharaoua - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Joseph Ortiz Algiers Mayor Mohamed Bouharaoua is a black and white vintage photo.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Speech - Vintage Photo - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Speech is a black and white vintage photo.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical album including historical m...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1974
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
1970s 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 - Argentina, "Che" Time - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Argentina, "Che" Time is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days-Claudio Carabba leaving San Gimignano Prison... - Vintage Photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Carabba leaving San Gimignano prison where he had been taken hostage is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1975.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Students' Protest China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Students' Protest China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days-Sesto San Giovanni-Istituto scientifico tecnico Ernesto Breda- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Sesto San Giovanni - Istituto scientifico tecnico Ernesto Breda is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Women in Rebibbia - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Women in Rebibbia is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Mondadori Bookshop - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days -Mondadori Bookshop in 1970s is a vintage black and white photograph.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Leone in Anniverasy of Finance Guard - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Former Italian President Leone in Anniverasy of Finance Guard is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album includi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jost Burgi's Astronomical Globe - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Jost Burgi's Astronomical Globe is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ayatollah Khomeini - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ayatollah Khomeini is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Manifestation - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo 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 political ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Historical Photo - Family at the Airport - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Family at the Airport is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political eve...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events, met...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Chinese Soldier in front of a Portrait of Mao - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Chinese Soldier in front of a Portrait of Mao is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical mo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events, met...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo- Chinese Players - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Chinese Players is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and poli...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ayatollah Khomeini - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ayatollah Khomeini is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - On the Lake in China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - On the Lake in China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Beijing Forbidden City - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Beijing Forbidden City is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Haile Selassie - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Haile Selassie is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Exhibition of Man Ray's Photographs in Rome - Vintage Photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition of Man Ray's Photo in Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1975.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Camping - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Camping is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lauretta Masiero and Aldo Giuffre - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lauretta Masiero and Aldo Giuffre is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Marta Marzotto - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Marta Marzotto is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s 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
French Paratroopers - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
French Paratroopers is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Old Days - Astronomer - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Astronomer is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Marta Marzotto - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Marta Marzotto is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Old Days - Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Ceremony - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Ceremony is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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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.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Iva Zanicchi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Iva Zanicchi - is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Photo of Iva Zanicchi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Iva Zanicchi a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ayatollah Khomeini - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ayatollah Khomeini is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
INAF - Tower - Rome - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
INAF - Tower Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
John Drew Barrymore - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
John Drew Barrymore is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Luchino Visconti - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Luchino Visconti is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Marco Bellocchio and Laura Betti - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Marco Bellocchio and Laura Betti is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Andrè Malraux - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Andre Malraux is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Anna Moretti - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Moretti is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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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
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Photographic Paper
Prof. Christiaan Barnard - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Prof. Christiaan Barnard is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
On the Stage - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
On the Stage is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prof. Christiasn Barnard - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Prof. Christiaan Barnard is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Giancarlo Zanetti - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Giancarlo Zanetti is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s 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.
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