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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Jacqueline Bouvier - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jacqueline Bouvier is a vintage photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Led Zeppelin Hanging Out
By Jay Thompson
Located in Austin, TX
The legendary rock band, Led Zeppelin fooled around at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles in 1969 featuring Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham.
Widely...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Ali In Training (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Ali In Training (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by R. McPhedran/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
American heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali throws bare-handed punches in the ri...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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
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
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus: Candid Golf Legends
By Morgan Fitz
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus smiling together as Arnold helps Jack with his "winners" jacket. A truly rare capture of two of the greatest...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Glamour Portrait in Tulle
By Bud Fraker
Located in Austin, TX
Great capture of the glamorous Audrey Hepburn posed leaning on a small table, dripping in jewels and beauty.
British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn is regarded as one of t...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, 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
Ski Jumping (1964) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Ski Jumping (1964) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
A man skiing downhill and jumping into the air,
circa 1964...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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
Terry O'Neill - Backyard Beatles - hand signed limited edition Oversize
Located in London, GB
The Beatles 1963 Abbey Road Studios London England.
The first major group portrait of the Beatles was taken by Terry O’Neill during the recording of their first hit single and album ‘Please Please Me’ in the backyard of the Abbey Road Studios in London, January 1963.
Limited to 50 only this size* and hand signed by Terry O'Neill -
this is a collector's piece.
Unframed - Framing available on request.
Ships securely from London, England.
*Note that Terry did not sign many prints in advance and so, since his sad passing, these prints are now extremely rare.
Ships from London.
Framing options also available on request.
keywords
Fab Four
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
George Harrison
Swinging...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Hong Kong, Couple, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 29, 9 x 23, 8 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Candid Martin Luther King Jr.
Located in Austin, TX
A classic 1960's Photograph depicting the Reverend, Dr. Martin Luther King. One of the most famous and influential men of the 20th Century, the Baptist minister, Nobel Peace Prize wi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Beatles- Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Beatles is an early photograph realized in the beginning of 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Venezuela, Waterfalls, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 23, 4 x 29, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Pink Flowers, Water Colors
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
15 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
This artwork ...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Douglas Kirkland 'Brigitte Bardot, Mexico'
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Kirkland
Brigitte Bardot, Mexico (Cards)
1965
Silver gelatin print
Numbered and Signed by Douglas Kirkland
Edition of 24
French actress Brigitte Bardot photographed on set o...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
No Surrender, Belfast, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features children playing 'Ring a Ring o' Roses' on a street marked with graffiti reading 'No Surr...
Category
1960s 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
Hanging Off Bed
Located in New York, NY
Hanging Off Bed
(Bobby Kendall),
mid- to late 1960s/2022
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
Digital C-print
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
$4,500
22 x 22 inches, image
(Ed...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Mexico, Landscape, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 23, 2 x 17, 2 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sergio Leone Kissing his Daughter - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Sergio Leone Kissing his daughter is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Katharine Houghton - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Katharine Houghton is a black and white photograph realized in 1968.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1968 - Vintage Photograph
Located in Roma, IT
John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1968 is a vintage photographic press print on single coated paper.
Ink press stamp of “SUN” agency and hand-written notes on bac...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
George Barris, "3B" from The Last Photos, original photograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This photograph of Marilyn Monroe was shot by photographer, George Barris, in 1962 in Los Angeles, California. This photograph is from a ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Suriname, River, Palmtrees, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 23, 5 x 29, 1 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Queen Elizabeth II Wears a Tassel - Photograph - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth II wears a tassel is a vintage b/w photograph realized in the 1958.
Good conditions.
Stamped on the rear.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Colombia, Boat, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24, 8 x 24, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped - O'Brians Catch 1961
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
O'Brians Catch 1961 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American actor Hugh O’Brian returns to the beach with a fish after a snorkelling expedition, Antigua in the West Indies, 1961.
Prod...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
John Minihan 'Yves Saint Laurent' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20 x 16
Located in San Rafael, CA
By photographer John Minihan, Yves Saint Laurent, French designer with two fashion models, Betty Catroux (left) and Loulou de la Falaise, outside his 'Riv...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Panama, Mother and Daughter, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 23, 2 x 17, 3 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Alexander Onassis - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Alexander Onassis is a vintage photographic press print on single coated paper.
Press agency stamp “Olympia” and hand-written notes on b...
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
3C from The Last Photos
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This photograph of Marilyn Monroe was shot by photographer, George Barris, in 1962 at the North Hollywood home of Barris' close friend. Taken only two weeks before her death, this p...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Michael Ochs 'Brigitte Bardot' Limited Edition Photograph, 20 x 16
By Michael Ochs
Located in San Rafael, CA
Brigitte Bardot with cigarette in hand by photographer Michael Ochs, originally taken in 1962. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Valentine
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
15 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
A stylistic precursor of such artists as Pierre et Gilles...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Queen Elizabeth Back in London - Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth Back in London is a photograph realized in the 1965s.
Good conditions.
Stamped on the rear, with description paper.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Actor Cary Grant - Film - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Actor Cary Grant in 1960s.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
16 x 20" film legend Gloria Swanson at home in New York, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of film legend Gloria Swanson photographed at her home in New York City in 1965. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil o...
Category
1960s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane at the airport - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane leaving the plane.
By Associated Press Photo
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sculptor Isamu Noguchi in his NYC studio, signed By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of sculptor Isamu Noguchi in his Manhattan studio with his recent work, signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes directly from the Jack...
Category
1960s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
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
Lawrence of Arabia Camel Scene
Located in Austin, TX
The wonderfully recolored image captures Peter O'Toole in his role as T.T. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'A Friendly Chat, Bahamas' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967, Printed Later
Slim Aarons
A Friendly Chat
Bahamas
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
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: A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967. Vintage Diving, Vintage Sport, Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Bahamas...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Monica Vitti - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Monica Vitti (Associated Press Photo) is a vintage b/w photo of the Italian actress on a boat at sea realized in the 1960s.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in 1950 to the Academy of Dramatic Art (where she will return in 1986 as a teacher), and graduated in 1953, she immediately tackles the scenes in L'avaro di Molière (1954), The island of the parrots of S. Tofano (1954), They founded a city of C. Meano (1954), Mother Courage and her children of B. Brecht (1954). Between 1956 and 1959 she also participated in television broadcasts and acted in numerous adaptations of famous theatrical texts. She made her film debut playing secondary parts in Laugh, Laugh, Laugh! by E. Anton, 1955; A mink coat by G. Pellegrini, 1956; Le dritte di M. Amendola, 1958. Dubbing actress of Il scido di M. Antonioni (1957), she meets the director who, after having directed her to the theater in I am a camera by J. Van Druten (1957) and in Secret Scandals by Antonioni and E. Bartolini (1957), he calls her as the protagonist in L'avventura (1960), a film with which V. is a leading actress. Always led by Antonioni, from now on she will play suffering characters who embody a profound crisis of feelings. Apart from a brief television parenthesis (a transposition of the short story The White Nights by F. Dostoevskij, directed by V. Cottafavi), La notte (1961), L'eclisse (1962) and Deserto rosso (1963) belong to a happy partnership with Antonioni (who will be revived episodically for the production of The Mystery of Oberwald [1980], a courageous experiment of intertwining cinema and electronic techniques, propitiated by the exhumation of a play by J. Cocteau, L'aigle à deux têtes). In the second half of the Sixties, however, the producers showed that they preferred her as an actress endowed with caricatural flair, fine humor, vitalistic exuberance, communicative immediacy; and audiences pay her a growing success, not always corresponding to the quality of her filmography or the variety of her interpretations, among which are the very convincing ones in Modesty Blaise...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Private Dancer' Brigitte Bardot 20th century black and white photography
Located in London, GB
'Private Dancer' Brigitte Bardot 1961
by Giancarlo Botti
Wonderfully intimate shot of the French sex symbol and icon, Brigitte Bardot, on set of the film 'A Very Private Affair' w...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Indian Prime Minister, Turin Rajiv Ratna Gandhi... - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Indian Prime Minister, Turin Rajiv Ratna Gandhi and Sonia Maino- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in 1968.
Good condition.
In the photo: Indian Prime Ministe...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Groucho Marx - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Groucho Marx- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in the 1960s.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1960s
By ANSA
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photo realized in the 1960s by Agenzia ANSA.
Good condition except for signs of wear on top left margin.
Monica Vitti ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Marilyn Monroe, Roll 2, Frame 2"
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Lawrence Schiller
"Marilyn Monroe - Roll 2 Frame 2"
1962; Photograph
20 x 24 inches
Edition of 75
Black and White
Framed
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Terry O'Neill 'Sean Connery as Bond' (Sheriff)
Located in New York, NY
Terry O'Neill
Sean Connery as Bond
1971 (printed later)
silver gelatin print
20 x 16 inches
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Scot...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Keith Richards sitting in front of Bentley, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Keith Richards sitting in front of Bentley, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print, 1966 —
Signed Limited Edition Print
by Gered Mankowitz
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones is pho...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Barbara Mullen
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Barbara Mullen, 1960
C print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Irish-American fashion model Barbara Mullen photographed with dogs b...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons, In Vogue Acapulco (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
In Vogue, 1966
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Vogue magazine editor Topsy Taylor, a visitor to Acapulco, circa 1966.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sophia Loren - 20th century black and white photography
Located in London, GB
Sophia Loren - Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
Absolutely Exquisite Extra Large 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size silver gelatin print.
Unframed.
Produced on authentic silver ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'Raquel Welch in ‘Myra Breckinridge’'
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Relaxing, 1970
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 50
American actress Raquel Welch wearing a stars and stripes suit in ‘Myra Breckinridge’, a 1970 America...
Category
1960s Modern 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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