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Portrait Photography For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Alan Herr
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
Peter and Britt
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Peter and Britt, 1967
Sharing a lilo, film stars Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980) and his glamorous wife model and actress, Britt Ekland spend their holiday on the Costa Smeralda, 1967.
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Backgammon By The Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a ...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Hotel Camino Real - Guests Enjoy Swimming Pool under Green Palm Trees in Mexico
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Guests Enjoy Swimming Pool under Green Palm Trees in Mexico, the portrait was taken by Slim Aarons at the Hotel Camino Real in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, in Mexico.
16 x 20" print.
L...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Esther Williams Poolside, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams, in a Florida swimming pool, 1955
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary deal...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Capote At Home, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the author Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) relaxing with a book and a cigarette in his clutter...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Junior Skier 1955 New England Skiing - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Junior Skier (New England Skiing) - Oversize
A freckled member of the Junior Skiing Program in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger on Holiday, Mustique Island, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features British rock star Mick Jagger holidays on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
This ...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stampe...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sitting at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958.
This is an estate...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Skiing in Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features (from left to right) Christine Camerana, Caroline Stoop, and Christine Semenenko Warrender...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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
Slim Aarons 'Man Ray in Paris' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Man Ray in his Paris studio with poster for Non-Abstractions exhibition opening (1956) and Peinture féminine (1954)
Slim Aarons
Man Ray in Paris
1956 printed later
C-Print
Estate si...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Sundowners, 1958 - Women Bathers Enjoy Cocktails at Carlton Hotel at Sunset
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sundowners, 1958 - Women Bathers Enjoy Cocktails at Carlton Hotel at Sunset
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Sundowners" is a b...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Skiing in Stowe, 1962 - Two Elegantly Dressed Women Pose Outside in the Snow
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, C Print, Color, Digital
Skiers in Gstaad - Winter Portrait of Skiers with Skis on Snowy Slopes
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, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Rhode Island Surfer, 1965 - Surfer Carrying Surfboard Emerging from Ocean Waves
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Rhode Island Surfer, 1965 - Surfer Carrying Surfboard Emerging from Ocean Waves
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Rhode Island S...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons Style 'Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Model Gr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on the northern side of ...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside Scenery, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Li...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pevero Golf Corse
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Pevero Golf Corse, 1978
C-print
Estate edition of 150
1978, The Pevero Golf Course, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certif...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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
Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's maste...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Snorkelling (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1954: Two young women going snorkelling.
Slim Aarons
Snorkelling
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Printed later
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Internal: Slim Aarons, Snorkelling, Vintage sport, Beach Photography, Vintage Ocean photography, Vintage snorkelling...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Skiing in Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features (from left to right) Christine Camerana, Caroline Stoop, and Christine Semenenko Warrender...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Acapulco Pool - Swimming Pool and Water by Palms at Villa in Acapulco in Mexico
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Acapulco Pool - Swimming Pool and Water by Palms at Villa in Acapulco in Mexico
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Acapulco Pool i...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Beauty and the Beast, 1959 - Portrait of Lady Daphne Cameron on Tigerskin Rug
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Beauty and the Beast, 1959 - Portrait of Lady Daphne Cameron on Tigerskin Rug by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"B...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slopes & Trails, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s winter photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA, 1955.
This is an e...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski
1963 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963.
Estate stamped ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
We Know Our Place (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
We Know Our Place (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A Dalmatian dog lies at the feet of Mr and Mrs John M Seabrook as they pose...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing In Burgenstock'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Sunbathing In Burgenstock
1955
C print
estate edition of 150
Lilian Hanson, sunbathing by a pool at the Brgenstock Resort in Can...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sarah Marson Williams enjoying a cocktail on the beach at the Hilton Hotel, Needhams Point,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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
Poolside Scenery, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Li...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - David Bailey 1968
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
David Bailey
September 1968: English photographer David Bailey on the Italian island of Capri.
Paper size 16 x 12" inches / 40 x 30 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Poolside Pairs' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Printed Later
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art d...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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
Backgammon By The Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a ...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Leisure and Fashion, Colony Hotel, 1961 - Palm Trees and Glamour in Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Leisure and Fashion, Colony Hotel, 1961 - Palm Trees and Glamour in Palm Beach by Slim Aarons depicts an elegant young woman enjoying a cocktail by the poolside at the Colony Hotel i...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Villa Vera Racquet Club Pool, 1968 - Health Club Cocktail Hour in Acapulco
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Villa Vera Racquet Club Pool, 1968 - Health Club Cocktail Hour in Acapulco by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Underwater Drink (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Underwater Drink, 1972
Chromogenic lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A woman drinking from a...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sarah Marson Williams enjoying a cocktail on the beach at the Hilton Hotel, Needhams Point,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1957: Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authe...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
'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
Color, C Print
Monte Mano - Bikini Sunbather Posing by Clear Natural Pool on Costa Smerelda
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Monte Mano - Bikini Sunbather Posing by Clear Natural Pool on Costa Smerelda by Slim Aarons
12 x 16" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Mo...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Marbella Club, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain.
This is an esta...
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pantz Pool, 1985 - Laura Hawk Poses by Swimming Pool in Marbella in Spain
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pantz Pool, 1985 - Laura Hawk Poses by Swimming Pool in Marbella in Spain
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Pantz Pool" is a bea...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Backgammon Players - Playing Board Games in Swimming Pool under Summer Sun
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Backgammon Players - Playing Board Games in Swimming Pool under Summer Sun by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Back...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Model Barbara...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella Club, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain.
This is an esta...
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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
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
Poolside Social, 1970 - Social by Swimming Pool of Kaufmann House Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Social, 1970 - Social by Swimming Pool of Kaufmann House Palm Springs by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Surfing Brothers - All-American Watersports Surfing Brothers Surf Blue Waves
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Surfing Brothers - All-American Watersports Surfing Brothers Surf Blue Waves by Slim Aarons shows a series of young men surfing the blue waves as they coast into the shoreline
16 x ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Snowmass Village - Apres Ski Lunch Picnic at Snowmass in Aspen Colorado
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Snowmass Village - Apres Ski Lunch Picnic at Snowmass in Aspen Colorado by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Snowmas...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Anna Maria Alberghetti, 1959 - Italian Fishing in Natural Waters of Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Anna Maria Alberghetti, 1959 - Italian Fishing in Natural Waters of Lake Tahoe by Slim Aarons
This is a 16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edi...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
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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