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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
True Colors (The Last Picture Show) - Polaroid, analog, landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
True Colors (The Last Picture Show) 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Hermosa Single Palm II - Vibrant Purple and Pink Sunset Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pete Kasprzak’s passion for city life is expressed in his dynamic urban artworks. Kasprzak’s artworks express energy and life with animated brush strokes. He adds dynamic movement an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Los Angeles, California Dreaming, Santa Monica, Contemporary Color Photography
Located in New york, NY
Roberta Fineberg’s California Dreaming, 2024 is a color photograph of the iconic Fairmont Miramar Hotel pool in Santa Monica. A tilt-shift lens effect - illustration style photo-art,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment, Archi...
Alcatraz Seagull, Photography, Limited Edition, Skyline, San Fransisco
Located in München, BY
A seagull flies in the sky of the bay of San Fransisco.
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists.
In ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Bog Plants 003 by Bernhard Lang - Close-up photography, vivid tones, flora
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Plants 003 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a Fine Art Print on Hahnemüle Paper.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of a young orphan, animal, elephant, black and white photography
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10
more sizes on request
A black and white portrait of a young orphaned baby elephant beside a fallen tree in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya 2013.
Born in Germany in 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Portals" Photography 50" x 40" inch Edition of 12 by Rob Woodcox
By Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portals" Photography 50" x 40" inch Edition of 12 by Rob Woodcox
Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival)
Ships in a tube
2022
ABOUT Rob Woodcox
Rob Woodcox is a fine ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Lone Pine Motel I (The Last Picture Show) 60x80cm, analog, hand-print, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lone Pine Motel I (The Last Picture Show) - 2005
60x80cm,
Edition of 5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid.
Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protect...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Metal
Silo (The Last Picture Show) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Silo (The Last Picture Show) - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist inven...
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Monitored (Stay) - with Ryan Gosling - New York, Landscape, 35mm, Potrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Monitored (Stay) - with Ryan Gosling
2003, 60x30cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on a 35mm analog Negative strip,
signature label and certificate,
artist Inventory No. 30...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
Ortucchio Lake Reflection, Fucino, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Santa Monica at PCH - Cruisin' - Urban Landscape Photography Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pete Kasprzak’s passion for city life is expressed in his dynamic urban artworks. Kasprzak’s artworks express energy and life with animated brush strokes. He adds dynamic movement an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Classic, Lone Cabin in the American West, Iconic, Mountains, National Park
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Retreat"
This structure has stood the test of time to survive in Grand Teton National Park below the mountains of Wyoming.
Experience the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Balconies. Areal Architecture limited edition color photograph
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jill Peters finds her inspiration in the quickly changing architectural landmarks of her youth, like the demolished Miami Herald building, an abandoned roller coaster or a neglected ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Color, Archival Pigment
Ampitheater, Havana, Cuba
By David Graham
Located in New York, NY
This image, taken in Cuba during the artist's visit in 1997, was part of a collaboration with author Andrei Codrescu, and resulted in the publication of a 1999 book entitled "Ay Cuba...
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
Brooklyn Bridge, Photography, Limited Edition, New York, Color
Located in München, BY
Brooklyn Bridge
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
The world famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York at sunset.
JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful ph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rosegarden II (Suburbia), analog, mounted - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Rosegarden II (Suburbia) - 2004,
Edition of 1/5,
60x80cm.
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid.
Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Projecti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Metal
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Leaving' (Sidewinder) - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid-sized unlimited Mini 'The End' (Sidewinder) - 2005 -
signed in front, not mounted.
1 Archival Color Photograph based on the Polaroid.
Polaroid sized ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Diving Platform Panorama Large Format Color Seascape Limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Diving Platform Panorama Study 2, France
All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the back and sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Desert Crossing - large scale photograph of dramatic desert landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Desert Crossing (2023) by Frank Schott, from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast desert landscapes
26 x 40 inches / 66cm x 102cm
signed editio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Clear air (white/green) diptych #1)
Located in New York, NY
signed on reverse, this diptych is two separate prints that go together, each image size 18"x27". Printed on archival matte paper. These are sold as a pair for $1600, unf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Closer (Life on Mars)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Closer (Life on Mars)
20x26cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print.
Signed on back with Certificate.
Not mounted.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
Duncansby Stacks, Ireland, black white, panorama landscape fine art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. The Duncansby Stacks are just off the coast of Duncansby Head on Scotland's stunning coastline. Ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Single All-White Camargue Horse Running Forward, Ethereal, France, Horizontal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Glimmer"
As a lone Camargue horse gallops forward, the glimmering spray of the salty water extends around him.
The print series Band of Rebels: White Horses of Camargue captures ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Largest Living Tusked Elephant, Kenya, Iconic, Unbelievable, Ethereal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Silent Giant"
Craig is one of the greatest and most famous super tusk elephants in the world. With 200 lbs of tusks, he is royalty in the elephant world and an icon of survival.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Traintracks) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Traintracks) - The last Picture Show - 2004
38x37cm.
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Arti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Mustang
Located in New York, NY
Dylan Gordon is a photographer from
the Central Coast of California.
A childhood spent raising horses, surfing
and skating inspired him to tell stories of the
people and places he ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Single Giraffe Runs Across the Plains in Africa
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Flight"
A giraffe runs across the parched Earth near Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Exceptional Creatures is a limited edition print series documenting the most extraordinary anim...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Horses Running Through the Water, Minimal, Ethereal, Best-Selling
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Chasing Light"
In this award-winning image, these alluring, surreal white horses gracefully bound through the shallow water of their home in the South of France.
The award-winnin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Murray Bridge, South Australia
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Murray Bridge, South Australia - 1998
20x29cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print based on a 35mm negative.
Signed on back with Certificate.
Not mounted.
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 532
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 532, 2011
Photographs from the photography book entitled Hotel Chelsea (publisher pointed leaf press 2013).
C-print archival
Size: 20 H x 30 W in.
Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
Jane's Place - 29 Palms, CA based on a Polaroid Original
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Jane's Place' 29 Palms, CA,
Edition 1/5, analog C-Print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
70x80cm
Mounted on Aluminum, hand-printed by the artist, enlarged from a Polaroid.
THE GRE...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid
Schoeman's Drift, Parys, Free State - Landscape Color Photography South Africa
Located in Cambridge, GB
Schoeman's Drift, landscape photography by Richard Heeps taken in South Africa.
Richard Heeps' work takes you on a journey, the road is a reoccurring theme, often the location is amb...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Full Moon Setting
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Magic Mountain III (Memories of Green)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Magic Mountain III (Memories of Green) - 2003
Edition of 10,
58x56cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper.
based on an expired Polaroid, Artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$1,400 Sale Price
30% Off
Untitled #109
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
Koltur Island Sandavagur Great Clouds Faroe Islands
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art winter ice landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Songs of the Sky 4 (Abstract Landscape Photograph of Clouds & Sky, 4 panels)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract landscape sepia tone photograph of clouds
Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on 4 panels, each panel is 36 inches x 11 inches
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Mulberry Paper
Seven Cypress Trees, Mill Pond, Caddo Lake, Texas
Located in Dallas, TX
"I like to go back to a place. Seasons change. Light, which is theater, changes. Nature is tumultuous, and our contact with it makes life happen.” - David H. Gibson
David H. Gibso...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Homage to Heraclitus: Earth V - Black and White Landscape Photograph of a Cave
Located in New York, NY
John Stathatos "Homage to Heraclitus: Earth V" is a black - and white 50 x 40 inch photograph. It is printed on archival Hahnemuhle Barita paper. The photograph is part of a series (...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Giclée
Atomium - large scale photograph of the iconic modernist architectural landmark
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale original art photograph of the Atomium, a landmark modernist monument building in Brussels, Belgium, originally constructed as the centrepiece of the 1958 Brussels World'...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Money, Money, Money - 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Money, Money, Money - 2016,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-120.
Not m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Empire State (NYC) Night Swim - Vibrant City Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pete Kasprzak’s passion for city night life is expressed in his vibrant urban artworks. Kasprzak’s artworks express energy and life with animated brush strokes, capturing the energy ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Winter - Signed limited edition fine art print, black white nature, contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Winter - Limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
Brighton, UK
This image was captured on film in 1982.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Mirror Mirror VI, 30x30, Color Photography, Flower, Floral, Botanical, Framed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Rebecca Swanson, Mirror Mirror VI, Limited Edition Photograph, 30x30 image on 34x34 paper. The image is 30x30 with a 2" white border all around. This stunning image is filled fushi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
It's gonna get worse before it gets any better (Till Death du us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
It's gonna get worse before it gets any better (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate an...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Serenity At Dawn by James Sparshatt. Framed Archival Print
Located in Coltishall, GB
A frozen morning on the Bure River – a glass-like reflection of the over-arching trees
James Sparshatt’s black and white landscapes from his Norfolk home emphasize the beauty of the big skies...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Rag Paper
God is Love?
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'God is Love?', 2017, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Digital C-print, based on an original Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Beautiful Sunrise Over the Pacific Northwest, Minimal, Ethereal, Calming
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Daydream"
The radiant, saturated light of this sunrise cast an exciting feeling to the morning's earliest hours.
Inspired by this once-in-a-lifetime sunrise, the print series Eph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Giraffes couple, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, africa
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 10
More sizes on request
Two Giraffes crossing their necks at the foot of Mount Kenya.
For years, Joachim Schmeisser has been photogr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Low Tide, Photography, Limited Edition, Africa, Landscape, Zanzibar
Located in München, BY
Low Tide
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
A fishing boat is moored on the beach at low tide in Zanzibar.
JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful ph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Two World-Class Racing Yachts On the Open Seas, Black and White, Horizontal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"In Pursuit of Northern Light"
In this best-selling image, the iconic 12-Meter yachts race on the open seas. With a strong history of competition in the Olympics and Americas' Cup r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Adria 13 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Italy's Adriatic coast
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Adria 13 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimension...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
Tuscan landscape - color photography, landscape photography
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful color photography was taken in the Tuscany in Italy
Roy Dagan is known for his mesmerizing landscape photos.
This panoramic view of one of the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Alcatraz Seagull, Photography, Limited Edition, Skyline, San Fransisco
Located in München, BY
A seagull flies in the sky of the bay of San Fransisco.
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists.
In ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Villa Libertà Rossa by Gina Soden - Interior of abandoned place, urbex
By Gina Soden
Located in Paris, FR
Villa Libertà Rossa is a limited-edition photograph by British contemporary artist Gina Soden.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*54...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Giclée
Ok Corral (Stranger than Paradise), triptych, analog, 58x56cm each - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
OK Corral (Stranger than Paradise), triptych - 1999
Edition of 10,
each 58 x 56 cm, together with gaps 58x185cm,
3 analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Arch...
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sudden Urge (Wastelands) - Contemporary, Analog, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sudden Urge (Wastelands) - 2003
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist inventory Number 809.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
For sale is a piece from the Wastelands series.
Reality with the Tequila:
Stefanie Schneider’s Fertile Wasteland
by James Scarborough
“How much more than enough
for you for I for both of us darling?”
(E. E. Cummings)
Until he met her, his destiny was his own. Petty and inconsequential but still his own. He was cocksure and free, young and unaccountable, with dark hair and aquiline features. His expression was always pensive, a little troubled, but not of a maniacal sort. He was more bored than anything else. With a heart capable of violence.
Until she met him, she was pretty but unappreciated. Her soul had registered no seismic activity. Dustbowl weary, she’d yet to see better days. A languorous body, a sweet face with eyes that could be kind if so inclined.
Until she met him, she had not been inclined.
It began when he met her. She was struck in an instant by his ennui. The sum of their meeting was greater than the imbroglios and chicaneries of their respective existences. He was struck by the blank slate look in her eyes. They walked, detached and focused on the immediate, obscenely unaware of pending change across a terrain of mountainous desert, their eyes downcast and world-weary, unable to account for the buoyant feeling in her heart. His hard-guy shtick went from potentiality to ruse. The gun was not a weapon but a prop, a way to pass time. Neither saw the dark clouds massing on the horizon.
They found themselves alone in the expanses of time, unaware of the calamity that percolated even as they posed like school kids for the pictures. Happiness brimmed in that wild terrain. Maybe things were beginning to look up.
That’s when the shooting started…
Stefanie Schneider assumes that our experience of lived reality (buying groceries, having a relationship with someone, driving a car) does not correspond to the actual nature of lived reality itself, that what we think of as reality is more like a margarita without the tequila.
Stefanie Schneider’s reality is reality with the tequila. She does not abolish concepts that orient us, cause and effect, time, plot, and storyline, she just plays with them. She invites us to play with them, too. She offers us a hybrid reality, more amorphous than that with a conventional subject, verb, and predicate. Open-ended, this hybrid reality does not resolve itself. It frustrates anyone with pedestrian expectations but once we inebriate those expectations away, her work exhilarates us and even the hangover is good. An exploration of how she undermines our expectation of what we assume to be our lived reality, the reasons why she under- mines our expectations, and the end result, as posited in this book, will show how she bursts open our apparatus of perception and acknowledges life’s fluidity, its density, its complexity. Its beauty.
She undermines expectations of our experience of reality with odd, other-worldly images and with startling and unexpected compressions and expansions of time and narrative sequence. The landscape seems familiar enough, scenes from the Old West: broad panoramic vistas with rolling hills dotted with trees and chaparral, dusty prairies with trees and shrubs and craggy rocks, close-up shots of trees. But they’re not familiar. These mis-en-scenes radiate an unsettling Picasso Blue Period glow or the intense celestial blue of the cafe skies that Van Gogh painted in the south of France. Yellow starbursts punctuate images as if seen through the viewfinder of a flying saucer. At the same time, objects appear both vintage and futuristic, the landscape of a post-apocalyptic world.
Landscapes change seemingly at random as do the seasons. Stefanie Schneider offers no indication of how time flows here, except that it conceivably turns in on itself and then goes its merry way. Time is a river whose source is a deep murky spring which blusters about with an occasional swirling eddy.
That Stefanie Schneider thwarts an easy reading is obvious but why does she do this? Since she will not countenance anything linear, logical, or sequential, and because she does not relish anything concrete and specific, she has to roil things up a bit. Nor does she seem comfortable with a book of images that is settled, discrete, and accountable. Instead she wants to create a panoply of anxious moments...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Rome, Italy, Black and White Photography by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
A gelatin silver estate print, 24" x 20" from the Freed archive, Rome, Italy, 2000 by Leonard Freed is a black and white contemporary photograph focused on an unexpected, poetic, and beautiful classical sculpture in the stairwell of a modest Roman dwelling.
Leonard Freed discovered Little Italy in...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Conception (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Conception (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
40x40cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #9157.
Not mounted.
Stefanie Schneider's photographs evoke scintillating moments suspended between daydreams and waking reality. Each scene, captured in the southwestern United States, radiates a surreal enchantment. The artist's role appears minimal yet pivotal, providing the decisive impulse that sets the imagery into motion. The figures in her photographs remain as elusive as the motivations behind their actions, and the narratives woven through her sequences are tantalizingly open to interpretation.
Atmospheric disturbances in Schneider's work emerge as the result of a deliberate narrative arrangement, compelling viewers to navigate between visual mementos and the gaps in memory they conjure. Yet, her artistry is no less purposeful in its engagement with medium. Despite the inherent unpredictability of expired Polaroid film, Schneider wields it with calculated intent. The photo-chemical self-developing process, altered by age and decay, transforms the initial exposure into something alien yet mesmerizing. This dysfunction is a cornerstone of MIND SCREEN, a multi-part work that explores the fragility of reality, authenticity, and comprehension.
Schneider juxtaposes this brittleness with a magical realism steeped in chimeras, crafting dreamlike sequences that resist definitive narratives. She entrusts viewers with the responsibility of piecing together presumed storylines, refusing to offer a manual for interpretation. Instead, her work draws us into a realm where the unreal reigns—shimmering scenes that evoke the mirage of a road movie, a moment of violence, or a tragic self-sacrifice.
Film genres are invoked and subverted in a single breath: Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders is reimagined through a rose-tinted lens, Thelma...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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.