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Art Subject: Road
Garage
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Fifty Cents on Delancey Street, 1985 by Tria Giovan - Portrait Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Fifty Cents on Delancey Street, 1985 From a 35mm negative, scanned in 2020 Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 16" x 20" in an Edition of 12 with 3 Artist Proofs Prin...
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20th Century American Realist Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Street Scene In Montmartre from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 Giant size
Located in London, GB
'Street Scene In Montmartre' from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Crowds on the street, Rue Norvins, Montmartre, Paris. From the series Paris in Colour, 1956–...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Bridge Traffic on Delancey Street, 1986 by Tria Giovan - Landscape Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Bridge Traffic on Delancey Street, 1986 From a 35mm negative, scanned in 2020 Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 16" x 20" in an Edition of 12 with 3 Artist Proofs P...
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20th Century American Realist Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Corner of Clinton and Stanton Street, 1989 by Tria Giovan
Located in Brighton, GB
Corner of Clinton and Stanton Streets, 1989 From a 6cm x 4.5 cm negative, scanned in 2020 Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 16" x 20" in an Edition of 12 with 3 Arti...
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20th Century American Realist Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Fire Escape Viewing on Stanton Street, 1990 by Tria Giovan
Located in Brighton, GB
Fire Escape Viewing on Stanton Street, 1990 From a 6cm x 9cm negative, scanned in 2020 Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 16" x 20" in an Edition of 12 with 3 Artist ...
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20th Century American Realist Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Presences - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Fontana - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Presenze is a print realized by Franco Fontana, in 1981. Offset print. Rondanini Galleria D'arte Contemporanea - Roma. Coloured poster from a photograph by Franco Fontana (Modena, ...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Offset

Car Wash - Contemporary, Landscape, Cityscape, expired, Polaroid, analog, Blue
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Car Wash (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. 
 Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. 
 Certificate and Signature label. 
 A...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Metal

Walker - Ltd Ed 2 of 10
Located in New York, NY
Shot from a helicopter. Formula 1 USA Grand Prix, Austin Texas, 2019. All prints are Fujiflex Chromogenic prints with a crystal laminate. Framing is available in white or black a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Boy in Mid-Flight by Steve McCurry, 2007, Digital C-Print, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Boy in Mid-Flight by Steve McCurry is listed as a 20 x 24-inch digital c-print, available in an edition of 90. This photograph is printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss Paper...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital

Ancient Views of Panama City - Vintage Photos - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Views of Panama City is a set of 2 albumen prints made realized in 1880s. In excellent condition, applied on a single cardboard. Caption in Itali...
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1880s Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Photographic Paper

Algeria - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Algeria- Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and political ...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Ancient Views of Montevideo, Uruguay - Original Vintage Photo - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Montevideo is a set of two vintage original albumen prints made by unknown photographer in the 1880s. Prints in very good condition, applied on a single cardboard. Caption in Itali...
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1880s Landscape Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Rescued - Archival fine art print, Black white, Montreal, City Vintage photo
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 g/m² paper, a photography of a street scene featuring a man on a Side-car, in Montreal cerca 1930 entitled ' Rescued ' ....
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1920s Academic Black and White Photography

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

Paris Colour Scene from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Colour Scene from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Printed 2023 Archival pigment print Framing and size options available - Please enquire About: Peter Cornelius (1913–1970) was a German photographer and photojournalist. The goal he set himself was to capture: “the right colours at the right moment”. He was never concerned with a pure, apparently “right” picture of “reality”. After World War II, he began his career with reportage, landscape and sailing photography...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Saint-Tropez Boucherie' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Saint-Tropez Boucherie' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A boucherie or butcher’s shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. Produced...
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1970s Modern Landscape Photography

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C Print

"Street in Chaouen, Morocco" Cibachrome photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
This photograph titled "Steet in Chaouen, Morocco" is a colors cibachrome photograph by noted American photographer Jeffey Becom, b.1953. It is hand signed and numbered 64/75 on the ...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Photography

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Other Medium

Border - road to Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kiev - Ukraine, Street Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Edition of 5 in format 64,5x42,5 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition, 64,5x42,5 cm + 5 cm white margin The photo is signed and stamped on t...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bronx Teenagers
Located in London, GB
USA, SOUTH BRONX, NEW YORK CITY AUGUST 1977. South Bronx teenagers in front of abandoned tenement burnt-out buildings, South Bronx, New York City, US...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Man Walking Past Parking Lot, 1989 - Black and White Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Man Walking Past Parking Lot is a Black and White Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 10 in this size of 24" x 34". States of America is the photographic legacy of one of the UK’s leading photographic talents whose untimely death in 1991 ended prematurely the highly promising career of a distinctive and powerful photographic voice. Michael Ormerod was born in Cheshire in 1947. He lived in Newcastle, but spent many years travelling America. Fascinated by the American image, and following in the footsteps of Robert Frank, Ormerod took to the American West to find a washed out dream of capitalism. His images capture a strange juxtaposition of an American beauty tainted by a hidden sense of menace and corruption. The photographs are understated, but show an unseen America, where the industrial heartland is decaying, highways stand empty and towns are deserted. The subjects of Ormerod’s work are the disenfranchised. A teenager cycles through her neighbourhood wearing a Halloween-style hockey mask, a Native American man stands in a graveyard, their expressions are unreadable. The work subverts traditional American icons. A white picket fence is staved in, a huge billboard for Miss Teen Dakota USA stands next to an empty highway. Inverting the famous Hollywood sign, Ormerod photographs a Texaco sign...
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1980s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

Rome Historical Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Rome Historical photo in black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captur...
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Sports Car Couple' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: John Bryant with his AC sports car in Kinnerton Place, London SW1, Printed Later. His passenger is Margaret McAulay. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is pleased to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp embossed on recto, hand numbered in ink on recto, with certificate of authenticity from the estate (not a secondary gallery licensing from the estate). Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles. Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source. Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun. Slim Aarons is noted for his documentation of the Beautiful People over 50 years, encompassing high society, celebrity, aristocracy, and the jet set. He was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic. * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons Vintage Sport, Vintage Car photography, Sports Car Photography
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Last Dance 4- Michael Schumacher Formula 1 Mercedes, Red, Still life photo, Race
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Last Dance 4 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2011 - Edition of 5 Formula 1 , Preseason test, 2011 , Barcelona, Spain. Michael Schumacher's last appearance in th...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...

Skins' Boots, Berlin
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Slava Mogutin is offered by CLAMP in New York City. Skins’ Boots, Berlin 2000/2010 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso Cibac...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Painting of House - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Painting of House-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the mid-20th century. Good conditions and aged.
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cold Drinks (Americana, Midwest, Classic, Fair, Night Sky, 30% OFF LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Angie Jennings Cold Drinks Archival Pigment Print Year: 2024 Visible Size: 10 x 15.125 inches Framed: 14 x 19.75 inches Signed: On Label COA provided *Black frame with standard ple...
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2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Channel One Recording Studio Jamaica' Oversize Limited Edition C type
Located in London, GB
'Channel One Recording Studio Jamaica' by Alain Le Garsmeur Channel 1, Reggae recording studios, Kingston, Jamaica 1983. A gorgeously observed scen...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Three Girls VI (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Three Girls VI (The Last Picture Show) - 2006, 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. A...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

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

St. Giovanni Church - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
St. Giovanni Church- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century realized by Anderson. Information is written on the lower in Italian. Good conditions, ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Palazzo Rufolo, Ravello - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo Rufolo, Ravello-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century realized by Alinari. Good conditions, aged with foxing.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cidade do Interior do Brasil - Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cidade do interior do Brasil is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century. Good conditions and aged. The photo depicts Diamantina, a Brazilian municipality in t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Road - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Road- Vintage Photograph 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

The Boston Marathon - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Boston Marathon - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series on ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Paris Scooter from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Scooter from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Giant oversize 60 x 40 inches / 150 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options available - Please enquire About: Peter Cornelius (1913–1970) was a German photographer and photojournalist. The goal he set himself was to capture: “the right colours at the right moment”. He was never concerned with a pure, apparently “right” picture of “reality”. After World War II, he began his career with reportage, landscape and sailing photography...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Tugboat, River Seine, Paris — Mid-Century Photogravure
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rémy Duval, 'Tugboat, River Seine, Paris', photogravure, 1946. A fine, richly-inked impression in warm black ink, on cream wove B.F.K. Rives paper; the shee...
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photogravure

Paris Night from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius Giant
Located in London, GB
Paris Colour from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Giant oversize 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and siz...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Wendy in Matera
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Each image is hand-printed by the artist on archival paper Signed Edition of 17/ 3AP Ask about other sizes Renée Jacobs is one of the most celebrated pho...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Hotel Las Vegas" - Cervia - Ravenna - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Hotel Las Vegas" - Cervia - Ravenna is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s. The photo depicts n. 32 SMI-SOL copper tubes on the roofs, for heating the hotel. Good c...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Pete Townshend Soho by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Pete Townshend Soho Pete Townshend in a Soho backstreet London, 1980 Photo by Martyn Goddard Printed 2024. Signed limited edition photograph; edition of 25 in this size. 20×24 in...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

2021-03-07-Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn Bridge-NY-CV-08 -Color Photograph, Night
Located in New York, NY
This is a 39.5 x 59 inches archival giclée black and white print on archival exhibition paper. It is part of a limited edition of 6 plus 2 AP. Signed and numbered in the front. An e...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Giclée

Night of Florida Miami Beach - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Night of Florida Miami Beach is a photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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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...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Oaxaca, Artist Self Portraits. Black and white Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Oaxaca by Paola Dávila Photograph printed analogically on 255 gr baryta fiber photographic paper. turned to selenium. Image size: 18.3 cm H x 18.3 cm W. Paper size: 25 cm H x 20 cm W...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

' Police Patrol ' 1978 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Police Patrol' 1978 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A 28th Precinct policeman reads notes in his police patrol car in Harlem, New York City, USA, Apr...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Police Patrol' 1978 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Police Patrol' 1978 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A 28th Precinct policeman reads notes in his police patrol car in Harlem, New York City, USA, Apr...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lynmouth, Great Britain - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lynmouth, Great Britain is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historical places including c...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Front Step Greeting' 1984 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Front Step Greeting' 1984 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A Cape Verde immigrant woman carrying a wash basket on her head wa...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Hutong, Beijing - Chinese Color Street Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Hutong' photographed in China in 2013. Richard is well known for capturing places on the brink of change before they disappear and this is a classic example, the modernisation of Be...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Sundial
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

A Game of Chess - Contemporary Minimalist Street Photography, Black White
Located in Salzburg, AT
Edition of 5 in format 50x80 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition, 50x80 cm + 5 cm white margin The photo is signed and stamped on the front ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Vintage Skiline View of New York - Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Skiline view of New York is a black and white vintage photo, realized in mid 20th Century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including histor...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Souk - Vintage Photograph - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
The Souk  is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1925. The photo depicts the chinese city, Wuchow. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 39x29cm. Good conditi...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Paris Nights II from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Nights II from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius 30 x 20 inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options avai...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Paris Butchers from Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Parisi Butchers from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius large oversize 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options available - Please enquire About: Peter Cornelius (1913–1970) was a German photographer and photojournalist. The goal he set himself was to capture: “the right colours at the right moment”. He was never concerned with a pure, apparently “right” picture of “reality”. After World War II, he began his career with reportage, landscape and sailing photography...
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Togni Circus - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Togni Circus is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, f...
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Paris Culture Vultures 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Culture Vultures from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Giant oversize 152 x 101 cm / 60 x 40 inches paper size Printed 202...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Bunny Briggs 3
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

"Children Playing" Paris In Color 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Children Playing In Paris from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius 12 x 16 inches / 31 x 41 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size op...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

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

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

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