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Portrait Photography For Sale
Beaton, Marilyn Monroe, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Lithograph

Rita Hayworth Posed on Bed
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour shot of Rita Hayworth posed smiling on bed. Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl. She achieved fame in the 1940s as one of the top ...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Double Self Portrait in White Mist
Located in New York, NY
Double Self Portrait in White Mist c. 1970s Signed in black ink, l.r. Vintage gelatin silver print 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm) This work is...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

My Girl (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #9506...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Beastie Boys and Run DMC by Ebet Roberts
Located in Austin, TX
The Beastie Boys and Run DMC on the roof of B. Smith's restaurant at 47th St. and 8th Avenue in New York City on May 11, 1987, taken by Ebet Roberts. Signed limited edition, hand pr...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Writer
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport, and are unforgettable. Taylor's images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

12-Meter Yacht Racing Yacht, Atlantic Ocean, Action, Movement, Sailboat
Located in US
"Sunkissed" In this award-winning, best-selling image, the billowing white sail of the boat KZ-3 appears all the more impressive from an aerial perspective while framed against the...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Roots II by Tamary Kudita - Portrait photography, African women, aesthetic, sky
Located in Paris, FR
Roots II is a limited-edition photograph (Digital Print on Baryta Fine Art paper) by contemporary artist Tamary Kudita. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is avai...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital

Untitled (Group Shower)
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Stamped and numbered, verso 20 x 24 inches (Edition of 10) 30 x 40 inches (Edition of 5) 50 x 60 inches (Edition of 3) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, loc...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Untitled (Beachshoot) - based on a Polaroid - featuring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Beachshoot) - 2005 48x46cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 21398. Not mounted. Stefanie Schneider – Beachshoot...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Radha Shooting II
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Shooting II (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 38x36cm, Edition of 30. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory #259. Not mo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled - The Princess and her Lover
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Princess and her Lover, 2007 Edition of 10, 20x24cm, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist I...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper

Paris, France, Longchamp, Vintage 1980s Black and White Photograph of Parisians
Located in New york, NY
Paris Longchamp, 1989 by Leonard Freed is stamped and signed verso (back of photo), a gelatin silver vintage print, 16" x 12". The documentary photograph captures chic beautiful peop...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

Commissionaire's Dog - Black and White Monochrome Print, Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

NASA Apollo 12, Color Photograph of Astronaut Pete Conrad Jr with Flag on Moon
By Nasa
Located in New york, NY
Photographed by fellow astronaut Alan Bean, NASA Apollo 12 astronaut and commander Pete Conrad Jr poses with the American flag after he and Bean planted it o...
Category

1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Calle Bissa, French Black and White Photography of Venice
Located in New york, NY
Interested in “ordinary people" French photographer Willy Ronis was a postwar (WWII) photographer who roamed the streets whether In France or Italy, photographing people in love, at ...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Girl Blowing Bubble Gum, Wall, South Dakota, 1986 - Color Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Girl Blowing Bubble Gum, Wall, South Dakota by Michael Ormerod is a stunning Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size. Sta...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color

Rat Pack - Grey, 2024
Located in München, BY
Edition 15, framed Chromaluxe Rat Pack grey. A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really like inside. Nick’s work with radiographic imaging equipm...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hassid & Jewish Bodybuilder, Coney Island, NY
Located in New York, NY
Hassid & Jewish Bodybuilder, Coney Island, NY 1980 Vintage gelatin silver print 14 x 11 inches Arlene Gottfried was a New York City street photographer celebrated for her intimate...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kate Moss 1993, Paradise Island Bahamas, Original Print Custom Framed
Located in London, GB
For the 1994 Pirelli Calendar shot on the Paradise Island in the Bahamas, photographer Herb Ritts set out to capture in a series of nudes what he called “the gentle innocence” of Kat...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Glass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print

Bucking Bronco - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
'Bucking Bronco' is a black and white photographic print by Michael Ormerod. Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Michael Ormerod: Vanishing Point'. Michael Ormerod w...
Category

20th Century American Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Photographic Paper

The Final Judgment by Giotto - Padua - Original photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The final judgment of Giotto- Padua is an original vintage photograph realized in "Cappella degli Scrovegni all'Arena" in Padua. With the description on the lower. Good conditions....
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Brigitte Bardot b/w silver gelatin photograph on paper
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers, with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars, he ...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Candid with Newspaper
Located in Austin, TX
This candid capture features a young Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, sitting with a newspaper circa 1967. The Rolling Stones were at the forefront of the Briti...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Squaw Valley Snow 1961 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Squaw Valley Snow - Oversize Snow covers the deserted cafe in Squaw Valley, California, January 1961. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Chromogenic print paper size 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm unframed printed later edition size 150 only certificate of authenticity supplied numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency. winter snow snowy cafe restaurant dining chair...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color

The Bird Watchers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport and are unforgettable. Taylor's images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

James Dean - Black and White Monochrome Print, Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

Jazz Legends: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Located in Austin, TX
This awesome capture features jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong posed smiling for the camera, circa 1956. Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalis...
Category

1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cher Barefoot in Car
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white image of Cher, posed barefoot, seated in a car doorway. Cher is an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the "Goddess of Pop", she is ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Audrey Hepburn in Hat for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey Hepburn posed in a wide-brimmed hat for her role in "Breakfast at Tiffany's". The film received five nominations at the 34th Academy Awards: Best Actress (for Hepburn), Best ...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled Story II by Camille Brasselet - Contemporary photography, woman, hotel
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled Story II is a photograph by French contemporary artist Camille Brasselet. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *50 cm × 75 cm...
Category

2010s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Pigment

Andy Warhol Keith Haring photograph by Ricky Powell
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Signed Ricky Powell Photo of Keith Haring and Andy Warhol: Medium: C print. 1986. Dimensions: 8x10 inches. Good overall vintage condition. Minor signs of handling. Small corner loss...
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Equestrian Portrait, Classic, Black Horse with Bridle, Reins, and Bonnet
Located in US
"Black Diamond" This award-winning image is a fashion-inspired portrait of an elite horse wearing the attire of his discipline. The print series Equus: Light & Form focuses on the...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Palm Bay Club
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965 Slim Aarons Palm Bay Club Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Num...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

The Beatles, Hard Day's Night
Located in Austin, TX
The Beatles getting their hair combed on the set of A Hard Days Night. The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The group, whose best-known line-up compri...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Playboy Bunny doing her make-up b/w archival photograph 17 x25 inch
Located in Norwich, GB
The first Playboy Club in London opened in 1965, following legalisation of gambling in the United Kingdom. Herrmann was dispatched by the Sunday Times to take fly-on-the-wall documen...
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

150, 000 Dollars (The Princess and her Lover)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
150,000 Dollars (The Princess and her Lover) - 2007 part of the 29 Palms, CA project. Edition of 10, 20x24cm. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Ce...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Marilyn Monroe Pinup Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white full body vintage original photograph features Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit and heels. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebri...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White

Self Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed, titled, dated, and numbered (4/6) in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 22 x 15 inches, sheet 10 x 8 inches, image This artwork is o...
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1990s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Cai by Markus Klinko
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print of Cai by photographer Markus Klinko in 2000 in New York. This print is available in the following sizes, signed and numbered by Markus Klinko 24" high...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Marilyn Monroe Posed on Car
Located in Austin, TX
Circa 1945 in Los Angeles, California: Before she was the famous Marilyn Monroe, was known as Norma Jeane Dougherty, seen here siting on a sports car in Hollywood. Marilyn Monroe wa...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

David Hockney contact sheet, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10 Black and white portrait as contact sheet of famous artist David Hockney in Malibu with his little Dachshund. From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph. Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta. In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Beatles at Abbey Road London 1967 b/w photograph 'smoke'
Located in Norwich, GB
Paper size 44 x 35”, Image size 40 x 26.5" Limited Edition of 10 + 2AP’s This is print NO 10/10 On Thursday March 30th 1967 Frank Herrmann was despatched to Abbey Road Studios ...
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Giclée, Archival Pigment

Equestrian Portrait, Classic, Black Horse with Bridle, Reins, and Bonnet
Located in US
"Black Diamond" This award-winning image is a fashion-inspired portrait of an elite horse wearing the attire of his discipline. The print series Equus: Light & Form focuses on the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Photograph of Nude Marilyn Monroe Pose 2
By Tom Kelly
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white photograph of a nude Marilyn Monroe taken by Tom Kelly in 1949. The work was distributed as calender art and one was featured in an issue of Playboy magazine in 1953. The photograph is not framed. Artist Biography: Kelley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He learned photography as an apprentice in a New York photo studio, and then worked for the Associated Press and Town & Country magazine. After coming to California in 1935, Kelley established a photography studio in Hollywood and produced promotional photographs of motion picture stars. David O. Selznick and Samuel Goldwyn retained Kelley to take promotional photos of their stars and starlets for magazine covers and advertising. Later, Kelley's business shifted to commercial and advertising photography. Some of Kelley's most famous photo subjects have included Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, James Cagney, Clark Gable, Winston Churchill, Bob Hope, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Jack Benny, David Bowie, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Yma Sumac and, of course, Marilyn Monroe, with and without clothes. Tom Kelley had a way of making his subjects feel comfortable behind the camera. He would bring his wife with him to his shoots to create a more soothing and relaxed atmosphere. Kelley served on the panel of judges at the Miss Universe...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Penthouse Pool, Estate Edition, framed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961. Framed in white. Slim Aarons Penthouse Pool Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Com...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Couple at Party - Black and White Monochrome Print, Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft, or the creation of avatars are also interesting worldwide phenomena of virtual realities that are not only relevant for children and teens. So when a middle-aged Berlin photographic artist (like Christian Rothmann) chooses to study 120 toy robots with great difference in form, it represents a journey back to his own childhood - even if at the time, he played with a steam engine rather than a robot. Once batteries had been inserted, some of the largely male or gender-neutral robots, could flash, shoot, turn around and even do more complicated things. Some can even still do it today - albeit clumsily. This, of course, can only be seen on film, but the artist intends to document that as well; to feature the robots in filmic works of art. The positioning of the figures in the studio is the same as the tableau of pictures in the exhibition room. In this way, one could say Rothmann deploys one robot after the other. This systematic approach enables a comparative view; the extreme enlargement of what are actually small and manageable figures is like the macro vision of insects whose fascinating, sometimes monster-like appearance only becomes visible when they are blown up a hundredfold. The same thing goes for the robots; in miniature form, they seem harmless and cute, but if they were larger than humans and made noises to match, they would seem more threatening. Some of the tin figures...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Photography

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C Print

The Strokes
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of The Strokes by acclaimed British photographer, Andrew Cotterill. “This was one of my early shoots for Dazed and Confused m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print by Gered Mankowitz Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones is photographed next to his beloved Aston Martin DB...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Douglas Kirkland 'Brigitte Bardot, Mexico'
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Kirkland Brigitte Bardot, Mexico (Cards) 1965 Silver gelatin print Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 24 French actress Brigitte Bardot photographed on set of ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Rolling Stones
Located in Austin, TX
The Rolling Stones, taken in 1966 by Art Kane Originally photographed in London by Art Kane for McCall’s Magazine’s 1966 photo essay‘ Teen Idols’, Kane lay on his back and had the b...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Sunset (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunset (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x24cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #958...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Terry O'Neill Bruce Springsteen on the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, 1975
Located in Chicago, IL
This photo captures a 25-year-old Bruce Springsteen just after his visit to Tower Records. Springsteen was in LA promoting his new album, Born to Run, 1975. The album was Springsteen...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled 02 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled 02 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) - 2007 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist I...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Clyde
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print, painted frame (Edition of 4 + 1 AP) Signed and numbered, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes mounting and ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Realist
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport, and are unforgettable. Taylor's images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled (Kate #13)
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close Title: Untitled (Kates #13) Year: 2005 Medium: Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Satin paper Edition: 25; signed, dated and numbered in pencil Sheet: 17 x 22 in...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

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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