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Portrait Photography For Sale
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Warhol's America Black and White Print (1982), 2020
Located in New York, NY
The 'Andy Warhol American Flag' is an archival pigment black and white photographic print on paper, an exclusive photograph of the beloved pop-art icon Andy Warhol, created by Christ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capr...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers (bottom) on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Co...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Chita la Aguadora, ca. 2019 Mixed media on canvas , metal leaf, crystals ed 3/7
Located in San Juan, PR
In this new series Mercado utilizes canvas in big format as a medium to intervene Jack Delano's photographs of Puerto Rican agriculture workers he documented for the FSA in the 1940...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Bob Gruen 'John Lennon - Four Portraits'
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Bob Gruen
John Lennon Four Portraits
1974 (printed later)
C-print
30 x 30 inches images printed separately
Signed and numbered edition of 75
Bob Gruen (born 1945) is an American pho...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Holiday in Mustique, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre Vincent Marais and his wife Isabelle holiday with friends at Gelliceaux House, their home on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines, February 1989.
Slim Aarons Estate Editi...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Terry O'Neill 'Sean Connery on the Moon'
Located in New York, NY
Sean Connery on the Moon, 1971
Silver Gelatin Print
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Re-c...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Florence Two, Italy, 2023
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
Moody, Figurative, Woman Portrait
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Skiing Waiter, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A skating cocktail waiter at the Palace Hotel in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Sli...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A series of four shots of film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoying a joke at...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Milton H. Greene 'Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly'
Located in New York, NY
Milton H. Greene
Grace Kelly
1955 (printed later)
All archival pigment prints, signed on reverse by the Estate
American actress and then Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly for an Ameri...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
President Richard Nixon
Located in New York, NY
President Richard Nixon, 1990
Archival pigment print
48 x 48 inches
Signed and numbered
edition of 10
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, known pr...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'Brigitte Bauer in Tahiti. American Vogue, May 1965'
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bauer photographed in Tahiti wearing Estée Lauder makeup and hair styled by Kenneth. American Vogue, 1 May 1965.
Brigitte Bauer in Tahiti. American Vogue, May 1965
C print
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Mouche at Praia do Vau, Portugal for Vogue, January 1973'
Located in New York, NY
Mouche at Praia do Vau, Portugal wearing a Nina Ricci swimsuit. British Vogue magazine, January 1973.
Mouche at Praia do Vau, Portugal for Vogue, January 1973
C print
Estate stamped...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Eros or Something Other Than Eros, Silver Print by Daido Moriyama Edition 5/5
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Artist: Daido Moriyama b.1938
Artwork: Eros or Something Other Than Eros
Medium: Silkscreen print on canvas
Edition 5 5
Size: 120 .2 × 80 cm. 47 3/8 × 31 1/2 in.( 1 25 × 85 cm. 49 1/...
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"She is Succulent 2" Photography 36" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"She is Succulent 2" Photography 36" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Comes with COA
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 36" x 24" inch
Edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Forza
Located in New York City, NY
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendary and complex relationship between humans and horses is an enduring one. The horse’s distinctive blend of grace and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
$17,600
'Shaken Not Stirred' 1968
By Peter Ruck
Located in London, GB
'Shaken Not Stirred' by Peter Ruck 1968 Silver Gelatin Print
English actor Roger Moore, downs a Martini, 17th July 1968.
Moore has recently been awarded his second Bravo Otto award...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'Jane Birkin'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Jane Birkin
1969 (printed later)
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21
English-French actress, singer, songwriter, and model Jane Birkin photographed wearing a ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Halt by Mark Harvey. B+W Photo of horses legs. Stallion of power
Located in Coltishall, GB
Halt – by Mark Harvey
A moment of control. The horse is brought ot a halt during dressage. Dramatic light and flying sand captures this dynamic, authoritative moment as power comb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Mustique Tranquility, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meg O'Neill, a writer for Town and Country magazine, relaxing by the infinity pool at Colin Tennant's home on the West Indies island of Musti...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Subway 30, NYC 1980s, New York City, Kids, Photograph, Subway, Limited Edition
By John Conn
Located in Riverdale, NY
John Conn New York City Subway photographs. These limited edition fine art photographs were originally taken between 1975 and 1982. Each black and white photograph is signed and numbered. Edition of 15. 20x30 image printed on 24x36 archival paper. This is framed in a black frame to 28x38.
In this series, Conn captured the graffiti and one of the most crime ridden periods in New York. According to one source “In the 1980s, over 250 felonies were committed every week in the system, making the New York subway the most dangerous mass transit system in the world.” One image captures an Irish...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
The Two Georges 24 x 35inch signed limited edition b/w archival pigment print
Located in Norwich, GB
Iconic and rare limited edition print direct from the negative, signed lower right hand margin and stamped with photographers own blind stamp.
This is Number 1/10.
Paper size 24 x 25...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
"Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown" - contemporary portrait, Kehinde Wiley
Located in Atlanta, GA
This listing is for an unframed print.
Tokie Rome-Taylor is inspired by the works of Harmonia Rosales, Kehinde Wiley, Tawny Chatmon, Ayana V. Jackson, Omar Victor Diop, Deborah Roberts...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Pigment
Tom Kelley 'Dorothy Dandridge'
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley
Dorothy Dandridge on the microphone
c. 1950's
C print
28 x 22 inches
Edition of 50
Photographs are printed on Archival Hahnemühle paper ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lauren, New York
Located in Hudson, NY
Edition #1/10
The listed print is a framed price . It is also is available in 2 additional paper sizes, unframed.
In her new collection of photographs, British born photographer H...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Salvador Dali's Party, Estate Edition Photograph [Surrealist Dinner, Green+Red]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman in a green dress at a vintage ball in New York. The artist is captured with his characteristic walking st...
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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Slim Aarons, Pool In St Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970.
Slim Aarons
St Tropez Pool
Lambda Print
4 sizes available
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x ...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
"Marvin Gaye'" framed photograph from original Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Vegas
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Marvin Gaye'" framed color photograph. This photograph was originally displayed in a guest room of the original Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and comes with a cer...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Such Things" One of a kind Photography on canvas by Doron
Located in Carmel, CA
Doron - "Such Things" Photography on canvas. Diptych, framed.
An original piece. One of a kind.
The painting comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal.
Re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Canvas, Digital
$3,500 Sale Price
50% Off
Fish Trap by Stuart Redler. Black and white photo of fisherman on Lake Inle
Located in Coltishall, GB
Series: People
Location : Lake Inle, Myanmar
Stuart Redler's black and white images use bold contrast to emphasize both structure and emotion.
The tones of his archival prints are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Serenitas Horse Portrait
Located in New York City, NY
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendary and complex relationship between humans and horses is an enduring one. The horse’s distinctive blend of grace and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Tibet Woman
Located in New York, NY
Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than 30 years, with scores of magazine and book covers, over a dozen books, and countless ex...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Berida , Tribute to Arab Women
Located in Paris, FR
A Tribute to Arab Women – A Collaboration Between Marion Boehm & Roger Moukarzel
For this tribute to Arab women, Marion Boehm collaborated with Lebanese photographer Roger Moukarzel,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Tapestry, Sequins, Pigment, Other Medium
Slim Aarons: Tiger Morse (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tiger Morse sits in her shop, 'A la Carte' in New York, 1964.
Andy Warhol star and fashion designer Joan "Tiger" Morse is pictured here with her signature black lace and a feathered mask, with a cigarette and long holder. She was a regular at Max's Kansas City, a society girl turned radical designer and creative dropout.
She frequently lied about her past, and her biography remains a bit mysterious. She has been called “La Passionaria of the dropout subculture.” She would say, “I work all day and I swing all night." Her celebrity clients ran the gamut from Jackie Kennedy to Frank Zappa.
She was known for only using manmade materials, including vinyl, Mylar, sequins, and electric lights. Her pop designs include the Love / Hate dress, which said "Love" on the front and "Hate" on the back.
Tiger was in two Andy Warhol factory films, Tiger Morse, 1967 and **** (Four Stars). She was the subject of Tiger Morse, while **** also featured Tiger, Edie Sedgwick, Nico, and Ultra Violet. Her designs can be seen on the cover of the "We're Only In It For The Money" album, which parodies The Beatles Sargent...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
David Bowie 'Diamond Dogs, London' (signed)
Located in New York, NY
David Bowie, Diamond Dogs, London
1974 (printed later)
Silver Gelatin Print
Signed and numbered edition 1 of 50
Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) is an English photographer. He gained reno...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn in the black dress looking at you
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Looking at you
The last sitting (1962)
superb and large photo of Marilyn Monroe in the mythical black dress of Christian Dior
photographic paper
format 61 X91 cms
image ...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Matrix" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Matrix" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Potenza
Located in New York City, NY
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendary and complex relationship between humans and horses is an enduring one. The horse’s distinctive blend of grace and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
$17,600
Piece of Mind, contemporary, wildlife, black and white photography, Lion
Located in München, BY
Edition of 12
more sizes on request
A Portrait of big majestic male lion lying in the sun.
Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are amo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Devon – Nick Knight, Model, Fashion, Asia, Portrait, Photograhpy, 90s, pink
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK KNIGHT (*1958, Great Britain)
Devon
1997
Hand-coated pigment print
Sheet 101,6 x 76,2 cm (40 x 30 in.)
Edition of 12, plus 2 AP; Ed. 4/12 (from a sold out edition)
Nick Knight is among the world’s most influential and visionary photographers. He has worked on a range of often controversial issues during his career – from racism, disability, ageism, and more recently fat-ism. He continually challenges conventional ideals of beauty.
Knight made fashion history in November 1993 by adapting ring-flash photography to capture Linda Evangelista for a landmark, post-grunge cover of British Vogue. Since then, his work has graced no fewer than 36 covers. He has shot advertising campaigns for Jil Sander, Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and Christian Dior to name a few. He has also shot record covers for David Bowie, Paul Weller, George Michael and Massive Attack.
Knight’s work has been exhibited at institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, The Photographers’ Gallery, the Hayward Gallery and recently the Tate Modern. Knight has also turned his hand to directing music videos - Pagean Poetry by Björk in 2001 being his first and, most recently, Kanye West’s Bound 2. He directed the video for Lady Gaga’s hit single Born This Way in 2011. Both the song and the video aimed to empower and show solidarity within minority groups, a common theme in Knight’s work.
In 1997 Knight took this photograph of model Devon Aoki...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Pigment
"Replica" Photography 56" x 40" in Edition 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Replica" Photography 56" x 40" in Edition 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Comes with COA
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 35" x 25" inch
Edition of 7: 42" x 30...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Marilyn (Blue)
By Bert Stern
Located in New York, NY
Created as an original lithograph by Bert Stern in 1973 from his original negative taken during The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue Magazine in 1962/1973, Marilyn (Blue) is hand-...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Donut Kiss, The perfect Valentine's Day Photographic Arrangement of Donuts
By Candice CMC
Located in Southampton, NY
You have read about the extraordinary photographic arrangements of Donuts by Candice CMC on social media worldwide, and we are proud to represent her work. We have included in this ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper
Ballerina at the Barre (Poster with photography by Harvey Edwards)
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Ballerinas and those that own dance schools would appreciate this beautiful poster with a photograph by Harvey Edwards of a ballerina at the barre.
It has been tastefully framed wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
The Playboy Club Oversized b/w contact sheet
Located in Norwich, GB
This print forms part of Frank Herrmann's 2021 "Icons of the 1960's" publication of the best of his work from the decade that keeps on giving.
Contact sheet Paper size 44 x 35” Ima...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Chevalier André Leon Talley on the Pont Alexandre III, Paris, 30 June 2013
Located in New York, NY
Chevalier André Leon Talley on the Pont Alexandre III at six in the morning, Paris, 30 June 2013
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
44" x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Original "Autumn in Wonderful Copenhagen" vintage travel poster Bartender
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1962 Antoni "Autumn in Wonderful Copenhagen" Vintage Travel Poster. Professional archival linen-backed in Grade A condition, ready to frame.
Step back in time and bring a...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Steve McCurry 'Afghan Nomad Girl'
Located in New York, NY
Afghan Nomad Girl
1990
C-Prints printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Super Gloss Paper
60 x 40 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 10
with certificate of authenticity
Steve McCurry...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Scent of Broq-Pa (Ed. 5/5)
By Ziesook You
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist statement
Scent of Broqpa
Broqpa is the name of a small village in Nepal. Ziesook first learned of it from a TV documentary, The Last Empire. Ziesook was moved by what she le...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Canvas, Digital
$2,016 Sale Price
20% Off
"Glass Eyes" Photography 56" x 40" in Edition 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Glass Eyes" Photography 56" x 40" in Edition 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Comes with COA
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 35" x 25" inch
Edition of 7: 42" x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Massimo Listri 'Braccio Nuovo, Musei Vaticani I'
Located in New York, NY
Braccio Nuovo, Musei Vaticani I,
2011
C print
edition of 5
39.5 x 47 inches Edition of 5
47.5 × 59 inches Edition of 5
71 x 88.75 inches Edition of 5
framing options also avai...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Versailles-II, Francia
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo d'Avalos I, Napoli, 2016
C-print
Signed, titled, dated and numbered edition of 5 on artist's label on verso.
39.5 x 47.5 inches
47.5 x 59 inches
71 x 88.5 inches
Framing o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Kate Moss (Veil) – Albert Watson, Model, Portrait, Woman, Art, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Kate Moss (Veil), Marrakech, 1993
Archival pigment print
Image 122 x 91,5 cm (48 x 36 in.)
Sheet 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, pl...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
President George W Bush
Located in New York, NY
George W Bush
Archival pigment print
36 x 36 inches
Signed and numbered
edition of 40
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, known principally for h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Melina Mercouri (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Melina Mercouri 1961
Printed Later.
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
1961: Greek actress Melina Mercouri (1925 - 1994) sitting at a stre...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar'
Located in New York, NY
Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar'
1966 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
Signed and numbered by the artist
11 x 14 in - 25 + 5 AP - $ 8,000
16 x 20 in - 30...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bert stern "Marilyn in Vogue"
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn in Vogue
The last sitting (1962)
superb and large photo of Marilyn Monroe in Christian Dior's mythical black dress for Vogue magazine
photographic paper
format 9...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ted Williams 'Billie Holliday'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Billie Holiday
1948 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Billie Holiday on-stage...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bert stern Marilyn laughing in the famous Dior dress
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn laughing in the famous Dior dress
The last sitting (1962)
superb and large photo of Marilyn Monroe in Christian Dior's mythical black dress for Vogue magazine
phot...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs
Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.
Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.
Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.
While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.
Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.
Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.
On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.
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