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'Margarita smokes in Bathroom' (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Margarita Smokes in Bathroom (Till Death do us Part), 2007, 40x50cm, Edition 1/5, analog C-Print, printed by the artist, mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection based on an o...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Metal

Ode to Metsys' Moneylenders
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 16 - Edition 5 of 7 with 2 APs framing is an additional $265. Shot in 2013 in Amsterdam Inspired by Metsys’ Moneylenders, 1514 Photography and acting are kindred spirits in t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Maserati 250F Formula One Cars, Pau
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition Signed in ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Gelatin silver print, 11 x 16 1/2 in. Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photographers in history. His images of vintage automobiles and the people who gave them life; captured from the European race circuit during the 1950’s and 60’s are collected and exhibited by museums and galleries throughout the world. Jesse Alexander was involved in photography and especially motorsports photography since the early 1950s when he covered the original Mexican Road Race. He then spent many years in Europe covering Formula One...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Mother and Child by Keith Carter, 2016, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
This black and white photograph by Keith Carter features a mother holding her child with their backs facing the viewer. They are both dressed ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1982 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - According to Gerard Gasiorowski
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on paper
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Camilo Cienfuegos in Cuba - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Camilo Cienfuegos 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, meti...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Strike Out (Americana, Midwest, Fun, Fair)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kevin Vivers Strike Out Archival Pigment Print Year: 2024 Visible Size: 9 x 13 inches Framed: 18 x 22 inches Signed COA provided *Black frame with standard plex Kevin Vivers has be...
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2010s American Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cannes Cannes Girls (1958) Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Cannes Girls (1958) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of France, 1958 . Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 40x40'' Printed Later Limited Estate Stamped Silver Gelatin Fibre Print NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 12 x 12'' 16 x 16'' 20 x 20'' 30 x 30'' 40 x 40'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST About the Artist: Slim Aarons (American, October 29, 1916–May 29, 2006) was a photographer well-known for his portraits of the rich and famous. Born George Allen Aarons, he spent his youth in New Hampshire and New York before joining the army during World War II, where his photography career began. Working throughout his career with magazines like Life, Holiday, and Town & Country gave Aarons the chance to document the jet-set lifestyle of Hollywood stars, American and European socialites, and other celebrated figures. His approach was simple; using no make-up artists or artificial lights, he let the natural opulence of his subjects and their surroundings illuminate his lens. Typical scenes from Aaron’s photography take place in the sun, and in front of a pool surrounded by bathing beauties. The Slim Aarons Prints...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Japan – Woman in winter outfit with umbrella (background of Mt. Fuji)
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/4 x 8 inches (259 x 201 mm), unmounted; light cockling at corners. [Nagasaki University Library, Catalog Number : 468]. A young wom...
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Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Charles and Philip - Vintage Press Print - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Charles and Philip - Vintage press print realized in 1968 Good conditions and aged.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dior, Stockholm Ensamble, 1961
Located in New York, NY
Dior Stockholm, Fur, 1961. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. Fashion photography of a gray tweed coat...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Walter Matthau - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Walter Matthau-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Coco Chanel Enters her Shop on the Rue Fauborg St. Honore, 1957
Located in New York, NY
Coco Enters her Shop on the Rue Fauborg St. Honore, 1957 -- Photographed in 1957, Coco Chanel is seen entering her boutique in Paris. According to LIFE, Coco is “…credited with either inventing or popularizing the short skirt, the flat chest, the sling pump...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Mod Girl, Dior Three Hoods, 1961
Located in New York, NY
Mod Girls, Three Hoods -- Hoods by Christian Dior Photographed for September 1961 issue of LIFE. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS ONLY OFFERED IN AN EDITIO...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Man Smoking Pipe After Fishing
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
In the early 1900s photograph "Man Smoking Pipe After Fishing," this unknown New England photographer captures a quiet, reflective moment in the life of a fisherman. The man, dressed...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Benoit Fils - Archival fine art print, Black white, Montreal, Clydesdale truck
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 g/m² paper, a photography of a delivery of foodstuffs from a shop of seeds, flour and provisions in Montreal cerca 1920 ...
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1920s Academic Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Fast and Floaty
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Liz Von Hoene is an award winning fashion photographer and director known for her immaculate concept driven images that strike the right balance between sophistica...
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2010s Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bob Marley 1975
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland Bob Marley Bob Marley at the Island Records office, London, July 1975. Bob Marley was a legendary Jamaican singer, songwriter, and global icon known for populari...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rue Mouffetard, Paris. Black and White Photograph. Portrait.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rue Mouffetard Size: 23.6 x 15.7 inches. Edition 6 ex. 5AP Unframed Printed later 1964, Uwe Ommer, a young 20-year-old photographer who recently arriv...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

'Palm Beach Ladies' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Palm Beach Ladies' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt (right) and another woman wearing Lilly Pulitzer ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color

The Hunting Road - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Hunting  Road-  Vintage Photo was created in the early 20th century. Stamped on the rear "Avanti" Information is written on the rear in Italian. Good conditions, aged with fox...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

S. Nicolao - Vintage Photo by Glauco Cortini - 1960s
By Glauco Cortini
Located in Roma, IT
S. Nicolao is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s, by Glauco Cortini. The photo depicts the men working in the fortress. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a h...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Frenzy (Sidewinder) - not mounted, analog, last Edition - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Frenzy (Sidewinder) - 2005 125x156cm, Edition 5/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 3048.05, Not mounted. This piece was used by the Salzburger Festspiele 2008 for the main image campaign. Stefanie Schneider, Sidewinder Exhibit • Galeries of the City of Salzburg • Galerie am Mozartplatz July 16 – August 29, 2008 “For love is as strong as death” – this motto, taken from King Salomon’s Song of Songs, is at the programmatic center of the Salzburg Festival...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Grace Jones and Steve Rubell
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Grace Jones and Steve Rubell" is a Post-War silver gelatin print by American Pop Artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is unsigne...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Hard Work (Americana, Midwest, Horse, Field)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kevin Vivers Hard Work Archival Pigment Print Year: 2024 Visible Size: 9 x 13 inches Framed: 18 x 22 inches Signed COA provided *Black frame with standard plex Kevin Vivers has bee...
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2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

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Archival Pigment

Her-Untitled 7 & 5 Diptych. Abstract Figurative Color limited Edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Her-Untitled 7 & 5 Diptych, 2018 by Ying Chen From the Her series Archival pigment print Overall size: 14 in. H x 22 in. W Individual size: 14 in. H x 11 in. W Edition of 10 + 2AP...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s. From Alinari archive. Good conditions and aged.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Sunbathing In Antibes 1976
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Sunbathing In Antibes Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Slim Aarons Ar...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Newport Tennis Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Newport Tennis 1953 Slim Aarons Estate Edition Members of 'old Newport' watching the action on court at Newport Tennis Week, Rhode Island, USA, 1953. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hult...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Primary Pose
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tropico Photo is the collaborative work of Forrest Aguar and Michelle Norris. Forrest loves pairing shapes and lines to create captiva...
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2010s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 665.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 665. Ass; walking bareback; a boy riding Jennie. 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 9 x 12 1/2 inches Muybridge c...
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1880s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Doctor Adanuty, graduated from the University of Magic- Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Doctor Adanuty, graduated from the University of Magic is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century.  Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and n...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Getty Images) A model wearing a black cocktail dress and a black velvet wide-brimmed hat, designed by Ronald Paterson...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

'Casa Rosada, Ibiza' 1989 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Casa Rosada, Ibiza' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Artist Beth Batlle relaxes in the garden of her home 'Casa Rosada' with her friends Sylvia de Aragon, Mara Polo, and Carmen U...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

The Blue Lagoon and The Red Circle
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Beauty, elegance and fierce attitude defines Elena’s eye-catching work. She is known for her high impact colorful portraits. Her style is permeated with the passion for highly aesthetic, strong and elegant imagery, with saturated colors and play of light. Diving into her world means opening the doors of a minimalist and stylized world in which sublime female models play freely to the camera. ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Originally from Russia, Elena Iv...
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2010s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Aqva Chic
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...
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2010s Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Portrait of Mussolini before his rise to the power - Vintage Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait of Mussolini before his rise to the power is an original b/w photo realized in August 1934 by Agence Trampus (Paris). On the back there is the original hallmark of the A...
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Adele Collins for Vogue Limited Norman Parkinson Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Adele Collins, British Vogue 1959 by Norman Parkinson Archival pigment Print, stamped and authenticated by the Norman Parkinson Archive. Parkinson’s homage to a painting by Dutch a...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Rayas Three. Fashion Sepia Limited Edition Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rayas Three, by Ricky Cohete Archival Pigment print Image size: 30 in. Hx 20 in. W Ed of 13 Unframed Throughout his exploration of the movement of the body, with modern and balle...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 50x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label, a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Water Polo at Warrender
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "I wanted to photograph the pools to show the beauty of the architecture, while minimizing the modern elements. I love the geometry of the tiles, the lines on the b...
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2010s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Good Morning / Photo / Collage / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
This photography is a reminiscence to a PF card from 1968 done by my father. The replica in a bigger format was done on the occasion of his solo exhibition in June 2023 in Slovakia. Will be signed and a single copy of the photo for sale.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Before Swimming Leith Victoria
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "I wanted to photograph the pools to show the beauty of the architecture, while minimizing the modern elements. I love the geometry of the tiles, the lines on the b...
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2010s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Sealab - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Sealab is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s. A driver prepares to enter the underwater capsule that will transfer him to the Sealab 600 ft. below. Good conditions ...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Elizabeth II and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - Vintage Press Print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Elizabeth II and  Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan is a black and white vintage press print, realized in June 12th 1963. The photo depicts an official moment of the English Crown. Elizabeth...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Red Hat
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Liz Von Hoene is an award winning fashion photographer and director known for her immaculate concept driven images that strike the right balance between sophistica...
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2010s Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Elizabeth II and Prince Philip - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
 Elizabeth II and Prince Philip  is  a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s. The photo depicts an official moment of the English Crown. Good conditions and aged. It be...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Queen Elizabeth II - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth II is a is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Royal Ascot Car Park Picnic England - oversized signed limited edition print
Located in London, GB
The Royal Ascot Car Park Picnic England 1985 by Homer Sykes oversize 60x40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size signed limited edition print edition of 5 only this size printed 2022 Certificate of authenticity provided Note Other sizes available Homer Sykes Sykes's father, Homer Warwick Sykes, was a Canadian-born American of English extraction who worked for the China National Aviation Corporation in Shanghai; his mother, Helen Grimmitt, was Canadian-born and raised in Hong Kong. The couple were married in August 1947, but in June 1948, in an early stage of his wife's pregnancy, Homer was killed in an accident at Lunghua airfield. Helen returned to her family home in Vancouver, and the son was born three weeks later, in 1949.[1][2] When the boy's mother remarried in 1954, the family moved to England.[3] Homer was a keen photographer as a teenager, with a darkroom both at home and at boarding school. In 1968 he started a three-year course at the London College of Printing (LCP),[1][3] while sharing a house in St John's Wood.[4] In the summer vacation during his first year, he went to New York, and was impressed by the work of current photographers – Cartier-Bresson, Davidson, Friedlander, Frank, Uzzle and Winogrand – that he saw at the Museum of Modern Art.[3] Solo exhibitions "Traditional British Calendar Customs", Arnolfini Gallery (Bristol), 1977;[14] Side Gallery (Newcastle), 31 August – 25 September 1977.[15] "Shanghai Odyssey", Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool), 24 May – 20 June 2003.[14][16] Festival of Photography and Contemporary Art (Biella), 2005.[14] "On the Road Again", Hereford Town Hall (Hereford Photography Festival), 2002.[17] "Green Man and Friends, photographs from the 1970s", WPS (Hastings), 2009.[18] "England 1970–1980", Maison de la photographie Robert Doisneau (Gentilly, Paris), 27 June – 12 October 2014.[10][11][19][20] "My Britain 1970–1980", Les Douches la Galerie, Paris. 5 September – 31 October 2015.[21][22][23] "Once a Year – Homer Sykes", Lucy Bell Gallery, St Leonards-on-Sea, May–June 2021[24] Other exhibitions "Personal Views 1850–1970", British Council touring exhibition, 1970.[3] "Traditional Country Customs" (with work by Benjamin Stone), ICA (London), 1971.[3][14] "Young British Photographers", Museum of Modern Art (Oxford), 1971.[14] Exhibition of photographs by Stone and Sykes of festivals, customs and pageants, Southampton and Birmingham, 1973.[7] "Reportage Fotografen", Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts (Vienna), 1978.[14] "Il Regno Unito si diverte". British Council, Milan, 1981. With Chris Steele-Perkins and Patrick Ward.[25] "The Other Britain", National Theatre (London), and touring in Britain, 1982.[26] "A British Eye on the World", Museum of Modern Art (Rio de Janeiro), 1986.[14] "Viva, une agence photographique", Jeu de Paume (Paris), 2007.[27][28] "How We Are: Photographing Britain." Tate Britain (London), 2007.[29][30] "No Such Thing as Society: Photography in Britain 1968–1987", Aberystwyth Arts Centre; Tullie House (Carlisle); Ujazdów Castle (Warsaw).[31] "Unpopular culture." De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill), 2008.[32] "The Other Britain Revisited: Photographs from New Society", Victoria and Albert Museum, 2010.[26] "Goodbye London: Radical art and politics in the seventies", Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (Berlin), 26 June – 15 August 2010. With Stuart Brisley, Victor Burgin, David Hall, Margaret Harrison, Derek Jarman...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

The Shape of Water Coral
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...
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2010s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Swimmers at Leith Victoria
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "I wanted to photograph the pools to show the beauty of the architecture, while minimizing the modern elements. I love the geometry of the tiles, the lines on the b...
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2010s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Swim Boy and Girl
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "I wanted to photograph the pools to show the beauty of the architecture, while minimizing the modern elements. I love the geometry of the tiles, the lines on the b...
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2010s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ryan Gosling - Stay
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Ryan Gossling' (Stay) - 2006, 20x20cm, Edition of 2/10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid Certificate and Signature label artist Inventory No. 2447.02 Not mounted. Stefanie Schneider: Torsten Scheid, “Fotografie, Kunst, Kino. Revisited.”, FilmDienst 3/2006, page 11-13

 Photography Art Cinema. Revisited Stay expands a traditional connection through new facets Interwoven between the media of photography and film is a veritable mesh-work of technical, motific, metaphorical and personal interrelationships. Extending from photo-film which, as in La Jetée by Chris Marker (France, 1962) is a montage of single, unmoving photographs all the way to the portrayal of photographic motifs in Hollywood cinema―most recently in Memento (USA, 2000) and One hour photo (USA, 2002)―is the range of filmic-photographic interactions on the one hand, and from the adaption of modes of cinematic production to the imitation of film stills on the other. For instance, with the legendary Untitled Film Stills (1978) of the American artist Cindy Sherman, who later made her debut as a film director with Office Killer (USA, 1997) and thereby, like many others, changed sides: Wim Wenders, Robert Frank and Larry Clark are doubtlessly the most successful of these photographic-filmic border crossers. This brief survey provides only a vague indication of the dimensions of this intermedial field, which in fact extends much further and is constantly being cultivated. Also as a motif in film, photography has experienced a historical transformation: Photographers were once considered to be technicians who mastered a craft but never achieved the status of artists. Photographer-figures were caught in the allure of beautiful appearance, incapable of penetrating to the actual essence of things. Such depth was reserved for literature or painting. When photography in film touched upon the sphere of art, then most often as its contrasting model, as the metaphor for a superficial access to the world. Coming to mind are Fred Astaire as a singing fashion photographer in Stanley Donen’s musical film Funny Face (USA, 1957), or the restless lifestyle-photographer in Michelangelo Antonioni’s genre-classic Blow up (GB, 1966). For the doubting Thomas, only that exists which can be photographed. He ultimately enters the world of fantasy and thereby the field of art only unwillingly, when he becomes entangled in the world of his images. The last of his detail-enlargements shows only the photographic grain and has lost all connection to reality. The photograph looks as if it had been painted by Bill, the painter who is both friend and antagonist to the protagonist.

 Photography as Art It was first around the end of the last century that numerous filmmakers discovered photography as a genuine art form. In The Bridges of Madison County (USA, 1995) a sensitive Clint Eastwood stands, camera in hand, on the threshold of artistic status, and in Smoke (USA, 1994) a tobacco merchant ripens into a philosopher through his involvement in photography. Finally, in John Water’s parody of the art market, Pecker (USA, 1998), a provincial tom-fool is hyped into celebrated stardom amid the New York art scene because of his blurred snapshots. This film about a postmodern Kaspar Hauser in photographic art (with clear parallels to Richard Billingham, the British shooting star of the nineteen-nineties), not only takes into account the exponentially expanded significance of photography in the art market, but also attributes to photography an extreme degree of conformity to the “operating system” of the visual arts. This admittedly ironic equation of photography and the visual arts is new. It is repeated with much more earnestness in Lisa Chollondencko’s High Art (USA) from the same year. Artistic photography has finally become established in a cinematic context.

 
Stay Stay (USA, 2005) could have fitted in seamlessly here. Considering that the films High Art and Pecker establish photography as an ideal art form at the end of the millennium, director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland) takes a step backward; he revives an anti-technical, intuitive concept of art, including the customary clichés about madness and genius. This choice documents less an anachronistic notion of art (especially considering that painting is currently experiencing a Renaissance) than instead the appraisal that paintings are more suitable for representing the free objectification of the mind. Stay is not an artist-film but rather a psycho-thriller in which the borders between dream and reality become blurred.
 The psychiatrist Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) has saved his girlfriend, the artist Lila (played by Naomi Watts) from committing suicide. Now he is attempting to keep another patient, the art student Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

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C Print, Color, Polaroid

Crow Burial II (Sidewinder)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Crow Burial II (Sidewinder) 20 x 20 cm, 2005, Edition 4/10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Artist Inventory 3505.04, not mounted Stefanie Schneider...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Vintage Photograph of a Painting - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photograph of a Painting     is a black and white vintage photo realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century. Good condition. The artwork belongs to a series o...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bondi Foundations by Ben Thomas
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Due to currency fluctuations prices may change. Bondi Foundations is a gorgeous C-Type Print in an Edition of 10 in this size by contemporary photographer Ben Thomas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color

Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice. Th...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

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