Contemporary Landscape 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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Style: Contemporary
Item Ships From: New Mexico
Highway 90, Van Horn, Texas; March 24, 2006
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mother of the Forest
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
*22x30" editions and 24x36" editions are platinum prints. Editions with a width of 60" or greater are archival pigment prints*
Baobabs are one of Africa’s natural wonders: they can live more than 2,500 years, and their massive, water-storing trunks can grow to more than one hundred feet in circumference. They also serve as a renewable source of food, fiber, and fuel, as well as a focus of spiritual life. But now, suddenly, the largest baobabs are dying off , literally collapsing under their own weight. Scientists believe these ancient giants are being dehydrated by drought and higher temperatures, likely the result of climate change.
Photographer Beth Moon, already responsible for some of the most indelible images of Africa’s oldest and largest baobabs, has undertaken a new photographic pilgrimage to bear witness to this environmental catastrophe and document the baobabs that still survive. In this oversize volume, she presents breathtaking new duotone tree portraits of the baobabs of Madagascar, Senegal, and South Africa. She also recounts her eventful journey to visit these fantastic trees in a moving diaristic text studded with color travel photos.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Platinum
But a dream
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor creates evocative single-scene narratives in her whimsical and often elaborate photomontages. Working intuitively, Taylor combines 19th Century photographs, found objec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elnath
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
As night falls over the Makgadikgadi Pans, giant trees stand starkly against the horizon. Leafless branches reach for the light. On the opposite side of the sky, Earth’s shadow is ri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ororon Line, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Blue Swallow Motel, Hwy.66, Tucumcari, New Mexico; July, 1990
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sunrise Moments, August 25, 2013, 7:14:09 am, Eagle Nest Lake, New Mexico
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In a world entrenched in societal division and ecological turmoil, it can be refreshing to step back and enjoy the quiet beauty of the natural world. Dallas photographer David H. Gib...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sign, Highway 101, Ukiah, California
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In reading the introduction of his first book Diesels and Dinosaurs, Fitch paints a vivid image of a young version of himself speeding down a two-lane highway in the back of his fath...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Thalys View, Brussels, Belgium. 2010
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tulle no. 46, Nantucket, MA
Located in Sante Fe, NM
“The hovering installations featured in this ongoing series of photographs are inspired by self-organizing, "emergent" systems in nature such as termite mounds, swarming locusts, sch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iceland (Landscape w/ mountains in background, and horses grazing on plains)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (C)
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Kussharo Lake Tree, Study 17, Kotan, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tulle no. 51_v2
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"Tulle no. 51_v2" is a color photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered by Thomas Jackson.
Thomas Jackson's Emergent Behavior is inspired by the instinctual self-organizing sy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deming, New Mexico; March
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elaine Ling, BAOBAB: Tree of Generations – photo-eye EDITIONS portfolio
By Elaine Ling
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Baobab: Tree of Generations is a limited edition portfolio of twelve 11x14" pigment ink prints from Elaine Ling's acclaimed series of photographs of these magnificent trees from Mada...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Island, Richmond Park, Surrey, England
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (F)
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Frozen Itadori, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Grandview Motel, Raton, New Mexico; December 18, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Highway 66, Grants, New Mexico; March 20, 2002
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (E)
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Specchia
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In 2015 I visited many ancient olive groves in Italy. The Province of Lecce is known for having the oldest trees. The groves, only accessible by stone paths or mule tracks, give a se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Pigment
Red Crown Crane Feeding, Tsurui, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
AA Motel, Holdrege, Nebraska, May 22, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Royal Motel, Highway 66, Elk City, Oklahoma
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In reading the introduction of his first book Diesels and Dinosaurs, Fitch paints a vivid image of a young version of himself speeding down a two lane highway in back of his father's...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Avenue of the Giants, California, USA
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (J)
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Artist Statement
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Seven Flycatchers
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Limited edition of 20
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorpora...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tulle no. 47, Nantucket, MA
Located in Sante Fe, NM
“The hovering installations featured in this ongoing series of photographs are inspired by self-organizing, "emergent" systems in nature such as termite mounds, swarming locusts, sch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Struda II
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In 2015 I visited many ancient olive groves in Italy. The Province of Lecce is known for having the oldest trees. The groves, only accessible by stone paths or mule tracks, give a se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Pigment
Bristlecone Pine
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
All photographs are platinum/palladium prints. These metals are hand coated on 100% rag cotton water color paper with natural deckled edges and contact printed. Since platinum, like ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Platinum
Pueblo, Colorado; June
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Little Fox 2
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment
Landscape #41
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Sometimes there is a hazy, almost tropical light that falls over the Bay Area. The moisture in the air falls on the landscape and makes it appear as a series of two-dimensional plane...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Mont Llia, Wales (One single stone in field)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Istanbul, Turkey (Man leaning near doorway, feeding a cat)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. His works depict nature eroded and broken down by civilization, but h...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rope Out, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Rope Out, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
Dobrowner presents landscapes with sublime complexity – imagery poised between permanence and flux, his images at...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
BAOBAB IV, Andombiry Forest
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
*22x30" editions and 24x36" editions are platinum prints. Editions with a width of 60" or greater are archival pigment prints*
Baobabs are one of Africa’s natural wonders: they can ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Platinum
Two Swans, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, England
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Quixote's Giants, Study 3, Campo de Criptana, La Mancha, Spain, LTD photograph
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"Quixote's Giants, Study 3, Campo de Criptana, La Mancha, Spain" is a silver gelatin, limited edition photograph. The print is signed, numbered, and matted to 20x16 in.
Michael Ken...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Natron Sunrise
Located in Sante Fe, NM
A natural and an urban environment preserving Dobrowner's signature approach to the landscape – one that emphasizes vastness, drama, and a grand respect for the planet in which we in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tulle no. 53, Taos, NM, color photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"Tulle no. 53, Taos, NM" is a color photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered by Thomas Jackson.
Thomas Jackson's Emergent Behavior is inspired by the instinctual self-organi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Desert Rose (Wadi fa Lang)
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
All photographs are platinum/palladium prints. These metals are hand coated on 100% rag cotton water color paper with natural deckled edges and contact printed. Since platinum, like ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Platinum
Cups no. 5, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The hovering installations featured in this ongoing series of photographs are inspired by self-organizing, "emergent" systems in nature such as termite mounds, swarming locusts, scho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Docomo Tower, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Highway 14, Dayton, Wyoming; June 7, 2021
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Western Landscape 11, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Western Landscape 11, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
In my art practice, I create imaginary landscapes and atmospheres through a mixed-media process based in photog...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hillside Fence, Study 4, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan. 2002, LTD, SGP
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"Hillside Fence, Study 4, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan" is a limited edition, 8x8" toned silver and comes matted to 20x16 in.
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Kn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Western Landscape 6, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Western Landscape 6, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
In my art practice, I create imaginary landscapes and atmospheres through a mixed-media process based in photogr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hilltop Trees, Study 4, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan, LTD, SGP photograph
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"Hilltop Trees, Study 4, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan" is a limited edition, silver gelatin print by Michael Kenna. The print is handmade by the artist, signed and numbered, and comes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Western Landscape 2, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Western Landscape 2, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
In my art practice, I create imaginary landscapes and atmospheres through a mixed-media process based in photogr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Octans
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
As night falls over the Makgadikgadi Pans, giant trees stand starkly against the horizon. Leafless branches reach for the light. On the opposite side of the sky, Earth’s shadow is ri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled #108
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanessa Marsh is an American artist living and working in California. Her series The Sun Beneath the Sky reflects upon the nature of light, atmosphere, geology and time. Layers of pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photogram
November Clouds, Mont St. Michel, France. 2000, LTD silver gelatin print
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"November Clouds, Mont St. Michel, France. 2000" is a limited edition, silver gelatin print by Michael Kenna. The photograph is hand-made by the artist, signed and numbered, and mat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Western Landscape 9, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Western Landscape 9, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
In my art practice, I create imaginary landscapes and atmospheres through a mixed-media process based in photogr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hashikui Rocks, Study 1, Kushimoto, Honshu, Japan. 2002
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential am...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Western Landscape 5, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Western Landscape 5, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
In my art practice, I create imaginary landscapes and atmospheres through a mixed-media process based in photogr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Contemporary landscape photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary landscape 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 landscape photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, green, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Gerald Berghammer, Massimo Listri, and David Burdeny. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, 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 landscape photography, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available.