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Portrait Photography For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Adrain Chesser
Palm Beach Idyll, 1955 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Caped Skiers, 1967 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Marietine Birnie, Blue Lagoon, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959.
This ...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Dining al Fresco on Capri, 1980 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mi...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Florence Pritchett Smith, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1950 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features model turned fashion editor turned society hostess, Florence Pritchett Smith, covers her sleevel...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Skiing Princess, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiing Princess
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included.
C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
Crisp de...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills.
This i...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
'Skiing Starters' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing - 'Skiing Starters' (1955) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
A young skier prefers to ca...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photography
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of women r...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, Principe Dom Pedro De Orleans E Braganca, grandson of Brazilian emperor Pedro II. He is pictured at...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside Style, 1970 - Limited Edition Estate Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons 'Joan Collins Relaxes'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fro...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Il Canille, 1980 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Marbella Club (1976) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella Club (1976) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A guest takes a break from the sun at the Marbella Club,
Marbella, Spain, 1976.
Additional Informatio...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party, 1970 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, San Diego.
This is an estate stamp...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Dining In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A waiter carrying a tray of food walks past a woman walking away from a swimming pool which is ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1955 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami.
This is an estate stamped and...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Hotel Krone, Lech - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
'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
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Faithful Couple: Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull at Leixlip Castle, Estate Ed.
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons's iconic and unusual photograph of 60's rock and roll legends, captured in a moment of casual glamour. 1968: Singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed portrait of a woman in 18th century silk dress at Leixlip Castle, Ireland, the home of Desmond Guinness. The sofa is a deep burgundy red, and the background features a richly patterned and gilded wallpaper...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pop and Society, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1968: From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed painting of a woma...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Tennis in The Bahamas, 1957 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
New England Child Skiing, Estate Edition, Midcentury New Hampshire Snowscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this classic black and white midcentury winter snowscape, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, a young skier prefers to carry his own skis down the slope in New Hampshire...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Penthouse Pool, Estate Edition, Poolside Landscape with Acropolis, Athens Greece
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons’s Penthouse Pool captures a sunlit moment of casual glamour at the Canellopoulos penthouse pool in Athens, Greece. Taken in July 1961, the photograph shows a group of you...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Kings of Hollywood (Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Van Heflin)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This iconic photograph is finally available again, for the first time in over a year.
In this classic black and white photograph, film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Skiing Waiters, 1962 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Monocled Miss, 1964 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Dinner Jazz (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Premium Rates Apply. 1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Arm...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills.
This i...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
San Diego Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
San Diego Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A woman in a day dress in the sitting room of a house in San Diego,
California, October 1956.
Additio...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Slim Aarons- Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Skiers on the Slopes of Sugarbush - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital, Color, Photographic Paper
Palm Beach Debutantes (1968) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Debutantes (1968) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Young debutantes in Palm Beach,
Florida, 1968.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 20x20'' ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Jackie K, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, Classic Pearls Jacqueline Kennedy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic portrait photograph by midcentury society photographer Slim Aarons, capturing young Jackie Kennedy (Jacqueline Onassis) (1929 - 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy, at a 'April...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
'Skiing Starters' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing - 'Skiing Starters' (1955) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
A young skier prefers to ca...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
New England Skiing, Estate Edition, Midcentury New Hampshire Snowscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this midcentury snowscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, two women recline on improvised sunbeds at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hamp...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe,
Vermont, USA, 1962.
Additional Information:
Unframed
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Palm Beach (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The pool at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach,
Florida, USA, 1955.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size:...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Dolly Fritz (1961) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolly Fritz (1961) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Socialite Dolly Fritz,
San Francisco, 1961.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 16x16''
Printed L...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds at the Cranmore...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A bartender mixes a drink for a customer at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech,
Austria, 1960.
Add...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector will receive t...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
George Hamilton in Capri
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actor George Hamilton relaxes on a deckchair in Capri, 1968.
George Hamilton in Capri
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamp...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Estate Edition, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Cortina D'Ampezzo' by Slim Aarons
Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982.
'Cortina D'Ampezzo' by Slim Aarons is a vibrant testa...
Category
1980s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Hollywood Christmas Swim, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954. Two children play in the background.
Slim Aarons
Christmas Swim...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Monocled Miss, Estate Edition (German model Renata Boeck in 1960s New York)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German fashion model Renata Boeck (wearing a monocle) enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964. She is wearing a black monocle and a fur-lined turquoise robe as she reads the morning paper, propped up against sumptuous yellow pillows. Morning light pours through the sheer curtains...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
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 American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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Skiing Princess, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiing Princess
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included.
C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
Crisp de...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles Aja...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Skiing at St. Moritz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector w...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Il Pellicano Pool, Estate Edition, Seascape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This midcentury midcentury seascape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests walking up steps at the Hotel Il Pellicano at Porto Ercole, Tuscany, I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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.