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Jagger - Smoke White - Framed - Signed
Located in New York, NY
Shot of Mick Jagger. Custom smoke white acrylic paint. Hand pulled enamel screen print and diamond dust on linen. Stretched on black frame.
About the Artist:
Russell Young curr...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Debbie Harry - NYC - 1977
By Bob Gruen
Located in North Adams, MA
Silkscreen in 10 colors
40 x 54 inches
2-Ply Museum Board
Edition of 50
2014
Bob Gruen is one of the most well-known and respected photographers in rock and roll. From John Lennon t...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Screen
Sucubo II, Diptych. Limited Edition Portrait Photograph.
By Lèa Bon
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Why do we dream of a simple and unique image of Eden; What happens when pain represents our sanctuary...
Léa Bon work is a profound exploration of dreams and fantasies, transcending...
Category
2010s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'The Very End of the Night' Print on Hahnemüle Paper, Blue, by Abi Polinsky
Located in New York, NY
The Very End of the Night by Abi Polinsky. REP by Tuleste Factory
Print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper, mounted on foam board.
2022
W 86" x H 58"
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Framed. Signed limited edition o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet
"Wrapped Series Untitled #1B" Photography Edition 1/10 42x28 in by Robert Mack
By Robert Mack
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wrapped Series Untitled #1B" Photography Edition 1/10 42x28 in by Robert Mack
2008
Photograph, archival exhibition paper
Aluminum mount, UV mat protecti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
On the rocks
By David Drebin
Located in New York City, NY
David Drebin
On the rocks, 2012
from "The morning After" series
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Suguta, Kenya, Elephant, black and white photography, wildlife
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10
more sizes on request
The black and white picture shows the very young orphaned baby elephant named Suguta which is pushing another little elephant with its head. Both...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Interconnectivity (part 4)" Photography 40"x30" in Edition of 24 by Rob Woodcox
By Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"Interconnectivity (part 4)" Photography 40"x30" in Edition of 24 by Rob Woodcox
Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival)
Ships in a tube
2018
ABOUT Rob Woodcox
Rob Woo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Divine Nude No.9 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, bodies
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.9 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
WOMEN OF THE IDF Large color Photograph LITAL
Located in Surfside, FL
"Women of the IDF" Large Exhibition color Photograph
30 x 40 inches, mounted on masonite and laminated.
Edition of 4 + 2 artists proof. minor dings and bumps to edges Born in Tehran, Iran, Ashkan Sahihi moved with his family to West Germany at the age of seven. Although he began taking photographs as a teenager, Sahihi traces the beginning of his professional trajectory to New York in 1987, a thriving “pop culture metropolis” where he could do the kind of photography work that he wanted to do, exploring the underbelly of the society around him. Taking assignments from German publications such as the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine, Der Spiegel, Dummy and GEO, he photographed subjects like prisoners on death row, players in the hip-hop scene, and the downtown art scene of New York. Neither black nor white, an insider among outsiders, he found himself able to navigate spaces and dynamics that others might have had difficulty entering. He considered this both a privilege and an obligation – to visit these places and tell these stories. His success led to commissions from American publications as well, including the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Vogue.
Put off by the limitations of photojournalism (the expectation that he would illustrate the writer’s perspective rather than author a narrative of his own), Sahihi began to embark on independent, highly compact conceptual series. His main goal in these series has been to drive forward public discourse on topics he believes have not provoked enough or the right kind of discussion: drugs, gender in the media, women in the military, etc. His portraits draw on a familiar visual language – often seated subjects before a neutral backdrop – but push the viewer to feel and think about entirely new things. Although he constantly challenges the comfort level of both the viewer and the subject, Sahihi never removes himself from the line of fire; all of his work requires the artist to immerse himself in uncomfortable situations and challenge his own emotional fortitude.
Photographic Series
In the “Face Series”, latex-gloved hands manipulate the subjects’ features, stretching, pushing, squeezing, pinching at the whim of external direction – from the artist? The customer? The public? The “Hypnosis Series” comprises 8 portraits of hypnotized subjects each experiencing a single emotion, e.g. helplessness, withholding/anger, or regret. In a society that rewards the suppression of such naked emotion, the purity of these depictions is arresting.
In 2006, Sahihi photographed himself in the homes and with the families of six ex-girlfriends and one ex-wife, imposing himself more or less awkwardly on the constellations that emerged after he had exited their lives (“Exes Series”).
For Sahihi’s most well-known work, the “Drug Series,” he convinced 11 non–drug users to consume a particular drug, then took their portraits over the course of their trips. The series was born out of Sahihi’s frustration with the hypocrisy of the political conversation about drugs in the United States. “By attempting to present an objective image of drug use, the artist addresses the cultural politics that allow our society to simultaneously glamorize the ‘drug look’ in fashion magazines and the entertainment industry and meanwhile turn a blind eye to the complicated, and vast, problem of drug abuse.” Sahihi has exhibited this series at MoMA PS1 New York in 2001, in Dresden in 2008, and alongside his installation “100 Million in Ready Cash."
Sahihi’s dense explorations through small photographic series include “Women of the IDF," portraits of female Israeli soldiers...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Photography
Materials
Masonite
The Radiants and Head, Pharrell Williams portrait. LIVE FOREVER. Mixed media
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In LIVE FOREVER, the all-new series of acrylic and oil pastel on pigment print, Hunter & Gatti engage with the discursive and artistic discoveries of two major pillars of contemporar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Mike Tyson, Catskills, N.Y., 1986 (back of head) – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Mike Tyson, Catskills, N.Y., 1986 (back of head)
Archival pigment print
Sheet 243 x 183 cm (95 5/8 x 72 in.)
Edition of 5 ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Aroused - Marilyn Monroe
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Cornell Capa
Marilyn Monroe on the set of 'The Misfits', 1960
Gelatin silver print
Framed Dimensions: 16.5 x 20.25 inches (41.9 x 51.4 cm)
Image Dimensions: 12.25 x 8.25 inches (31...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"The Silent Star" 46x38 on canvas
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
"The Silent Star" by Ceravolo is inspired by Actress Louise Brooks. The unframed canvas measures 46x38".
In this work Ceravolo has combined and image of his portrait painting of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
Tokyo and Ceremony II, Diptych Abstract mixed media portrait photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
These works are part of the MY WAY project, a trip with the actress Adria Arjona to Tokyo and Thailand, these paintings recover the essence of a series of traditional ceremonies live...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Pigment
"Kayan Girl" Photography 40" x 26.5" inch Edition 2/7 by Safaa Kagan
By Safaa Kagan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kayan Girl" Photography 40" x 26.5" inch Edition 2/7 by Safaa Kagan
From Myanmar series 2018
ABOUT
Safaa is a Los Angeles based photographer with a mission to dissolve the surf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal 2024
By Nick Veasey
Located in München, BY
Edition 15, framed Chromaluxe
Michael Jackson doing his smooth criminal dance move.
A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Nick...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Self Portrait by Cuban Photographer René Peña
By Rene Peña
Located in Brooklyn, NY
René Peña (Rene de Jesus Pena Gonzalez) is a self-taught photographer born in Havana, Cuba in 1957. His photography is characterized by stark contrasts, between black and white, subj...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Harsha and Sneha, Protraits. From The Third Gender of India Series
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating bac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
I am light #3
Located in New York City, NY
Gabriel Wickbold
I am light #3, 2019
64 x 44 inches
160 x 110 cm
Edition of 5
Archival Pigment Print
Framed (Matt Black)
Signed on verso + Signature Label
Certificate of Authenticity
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn in the black dress looking at you
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn looking at you in the Vogue 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
Jane (Heavenly Falls) - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Jane (Heavenly Falls) - 2016
100 x 98 cm,
Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid
Artist inventory 19503.
Signed on verso and certificate
Not mounted.
Images 2-5 show...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Bob Dylan
By David Bailey
Located in London, GB
David Bailey
Bob Dylan, 1986
Lambda Silver Gelatin print on paper, framed
Signed by the artist, on verso
Sheet: 116 x 140 cm
Edition of 10
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$48,750
"Caroline (LED)" Photography 40" x 30" in Edition 3/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Caroline (LED)" Photography 40" x 30" in Edition 3/3 by Larsen Sotelo
*** Not framed - ships in a tube
Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
"Karo Boy" Portrait Photography 60" x 36" inch Edition 1/5 by Safaa Kagan
By Safaa Kagan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Karo Boy" Portrait Photography 60" x 36" inch Edition 1/5 by Safaa Kagan
From Ethiopia series 2018
ABOUT
Safaa is a Los Angeles based photographer with a mission to dissolve th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tano Bora, Cheetah, black and hwite photography, Africa, Portrait, Wildlife
Located in München, BY
Edition of 12
More sizes on request
Portrait of the 5 Boys called "Tano Bora".
This coalition of five male cheetahs has been named the Tano Bora coalition, meaning ‘The Magnificent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"African Feather Head Dress" Photography 40"x27" inch Edition 2/7 by Safaa Kagan
By Safaa Kagan
Located in Culver City, CA
"African Feather Head Dress" Photography 40"x27" inch Edition 2/7 by Safaa Kagan
Omo Valley, Ethiopia series 2018
ABOUT
Safaa is a Los Angeles ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marianne Faithfull 1964 Decca Studios in London Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Marianne Faithfull is photographed at Decca Studios in London, 1964. Faithful was discovered by the manager of the Rolling Stones Andrew Loog Oldham and became one of the lead female...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tim - Preserver of Peace, Platinum, animal, wildlife, black and white photograph
Located in München, BY
Joachim Schmeisser
"Tim - Preserver of Peace", Kenya 2019
Edition of 3 + 2 AP
4 Handmade Platinum Palladium Prints
Signed, titled and numbered
Sheet size 56 x 76 cm / 22 x 30 inch
T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Leaving III (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Leaving III (Sidewinder) - 2005
60x110cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 3463.
Not mounted.
Stefanie ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Wrapped Series Untitled #25" Photography 1/10 34" x 23" inch by Robert Mack
By Robert Mack
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wrapped Series Untitled #25" Photography 1/10 34" x 23" inch by Robert Mack
2013
Photograph, archival exhibition paper
Aluminum mount, UV mat protecti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Buffo. From The Leather ands Skin Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Buffo, 2024 by Ricky Cohete
From The Leather ands Skin Series
Archival pigment print
Image size: 36 in H x 24 in W.
Edition of 10
Unframed
The artist explores the intersection betwe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Long way home, Cape Town, 21st century, contemporary, photography
Located in München, BY
Edition of 20
Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Jacques Olivar (b. 1941), where the miseen-scene often subtly references literature and film. Olivar orig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Baron/Getty Images)
circa 1954: Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), the most famous of Hollywood's female film stars, relaxes...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Christy Turlington, Luxor, Egypt, 1987 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Christy Turlington, Luxor, Egypt, 1987
1987
Archival pigment print
Image 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10; Ed. no. 9/10
Print only
...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bond Girls (1968) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Larry Ellis
Located in London, GB
Bond Girls (1968) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Getty Images Archive)
Australian actor George Lazenby poses with several of his female co-stars whilst filming the new James Bond film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' in the Swiss Alps, 22nd October 1968. From left to right, the actresses are (at the back) Helena Ronee, Zaheera, Catherina von Schell, (sitting) Anouska Hempel...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Capricorn, Nude, Fine Art Photography
Located in München, BY
Image size: 100 x 125 cm
7 Limited Editions + 2 Artist Proofs
Archival Pigment Print
White Floating Box
frame size: 125 x 153 cm
Evocative, sensual and voluptuous, Marc Lagrange's ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
It Rains on Our Love (Till Death.) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
It Rains on Our Love (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2008
Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Divine Nude No.26 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, man
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.26 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in only one dimen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
The Princess Kiss - The Princess and her Lover, analog, not mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Princess Kiss (The Princess and her Lover), 2009,
Edition of 2/5,
100x98cm
analog C-Print based, printed by the artist, on a Polaroid,
not mounted,
Signature label and Certi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Talisa Sato, Naples, Italy, 1990 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion, Woman
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Talisa Sato, Naples, Italy, 1990
1990
Archival pigment print
Image 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only
Albert Wa...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
James Moon - James Dean. Castelloland Series. Digital Collage Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
'James Moon / James Dean' Castelloland
Edition 3/3 + 1AP
Digital photographs on glossy pearlescent paper
Unframed
2015
_______________________
Paloma Castello born 1988 Bogotá, Colo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White, Color
Barney - Contemporary British Art, Animal Photography, Tim Flach, Owls
By Tim Flach
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
'Barney' is a stunning C-Type print by contemporary British photographer Tim F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
The magnificent Seven - Platinum, animal, elephant, black and white photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 5
The Platinum-Palladium process is the most stable and aesthetically rewarding of all black and white photographic printing techniques. Produced by coating specially manufa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
MICHAEL BRENNAN - muhammad ali
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique opportunity to collect a print signed by Muhammad Ali & the photograph , Michael Brennan
1977, printed later Archival Fine Art Pigment Print Signed in Marker by Michael Brennan and Muhammed...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bert stern Marilyn back in the Dior dress
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn back in the Dior dress
The last sitting (1962)
superb and large photo of Marilyn Monroe in Christian Dior's mythical black dress for Vogue magazine
photographic pa...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kate Moss
By Seek One
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media, 1970's Vogue, spray paint and image paste, resin on wood panel. Featuring Kate Moss. Panel made by artist.
About the Artist:
Seek One is an up and coming talent,...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Resin, Spray Paint, Wood Panel
$5,600
'Untitled 14' Print on Hahnemüle Paper, Portrait Photo, by Abi Polinsky
Located in New York, NY
Untitled 14 by Abi Polinsky
2022
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Unframed. Edition 1 of 1 for each size.
30" x 40"
45" x 60"
—
Please contact us for shipping quotes and customization options. Shipping is n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Miss Shifty, Las Vegas - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps photographed the Rockabilly scene in England, Europe and America over seven years culminating in his book, 'Man's Ruin'. 'Miss Shifty' captures the chic vintage fashion...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Untitled Sequence (Stranger than Paradise) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cowboys and Angels) – 2005
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs
100x60 cm
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid
Certificate and Signature Label
Artist Inventory No. 1346
Unm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Rudolph Valentino. Portrait. Digital Collage. Limited Edition Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rudolph Valentino by Paloma Castello
Digital photographs on glossy pearlescent paper
47.2" x 33" inches.
Edition of 1/3 + 1 AP
Unframed
2018
"Palom...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Silhouette Yas IV
By Deana Nastic
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10
More sizes available on request.
Silhouette of a woman in black and white.
Artist Statement:
Art is the air that I breathe. I grew up in an artistic family, surround...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kibo, Platinum, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, elephant
Located in München, BY
Joachim Schmeisser
"Kibo" Kenya 2009
Edition of 3 + 2 AP
4 Handmade Platinum Palladium Prints
Signed, titled and numbered
Sheet size 76 x 112 cm / ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Realm (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist printed photograph
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Realm (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
true size solarized gelatin silver print
printed at artist darkroom in Los Angeles (10 days handling time)
original photograph accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
__________________
About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
'Golfing Pals' (1977) - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Golfing Pals (1977) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
At the 16th hole on Pebble Beach golf course, singer and film star Bi...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
All Aboard, Monaco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of Friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
This is an estate stamped...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Topiary - Tim Flach, Animal Photography, Dogs, Contemporary British Art, Gardens
By Tim Flach
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times between 15-20 days.
Edition 1/10
All items are shipped as a print only and come unframed.
Tim Flach is a grad...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color
Stamp Collection, Stamped - Pop Art color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Stamped', from the Heidler & Heeps American Stamp Collection.
This artwork is a limited edition of 10, gloss photographic print, dry-mounted to aluminium, presented in a museum boa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Beachshoot) - with Radha Mitchell, analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Beachshoot) - 2005
128x125cm,
Edition 4/5.
Analog C-Print, hand-Printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certifi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"The Glimmer Twins - Keith Richards" Photography 20x15 in by Charlie Auringer
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Glimmer Twins - Keith Richards" Photography 20x15 in by Charlie Auringer
Year: 1978
Edition of 50
Medium: Silver gelatin limited edition photographic print on paper
Signed and ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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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