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Portrait Photography For Sale
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'David Bowie Aladdin Sane - Eyes Open - Limited Edition Signed by David Bowie
By Brian Duffy
Located in London, GB
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open
40 x 40 inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size limited edition of 25
Archival Pigment Print
Hand signed by David Bowie
Edition 23/25
Taken by Duffy...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Resting Hot Rod, Bakersfield, California - Contemporary color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series, this was shot in Bakersfield, California two years after, he photographed Wendy Resting, they make a great pair.
This artwork is a limited...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Rolling Stones Tin Pan Alley Colour LIFETIME silver gelatine print
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 ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Hand Signed Limited Edition Print - Capucine 1957
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
1957: French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 - 1990) fanning herself at a New Year's Eve party held at Romanoffs in Beverly Hills.
DESCRIPTION
Slim Aarons - Signed Life...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eve Babitz and Marcel Duchamp playing chess during Duchamp's Pasadena Art Museum
Located in New York, NY
Listing is for an unframed print and includes free shipping to the continental US and 14-day return policy.
Julian Wasser
Eve Babitz and Marcel Duchamp pl...
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
UC Berkeley Campus, 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph offers a glimpse of the University of California, Berkeley, campus during the 1960s. The iconic Sather Tower, also known as the Campanile, stands prou...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Beaton, High Society, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
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...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Brigitte Bardot Holding Puppies
Located in Austin, TX
Candid black and white capture of actress Brigitte Bardot holding two puppies.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist. Fa...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Clara Bow: The Roaring 20s' "It Girl"
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white promotional portrait of Clara Bow gazing into the camera.
Clara Bow was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and ...
Category
1920s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis photographed May 21, 1970. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes dire...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frank Sinatra at Sands Hotel
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Artistic colorized photograph of Frank Sinatra in front of the Sands Motel in Las Vegas with his Ford Thunderbird.
Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Cha...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Janis Joplin, 1969
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Janis Joplin, 1969
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: 106/150
Signed: ...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
North By North West (1959) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
North By North West (1959) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1959,
Cary Grant in the film North...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
New York City, Brooklyn, Cities, Black-and-White Photography, Coney Island Girl
Located in New york, NY
An image of a young woman on an amusement park ride shot on film by Roberta Fineberg, the portrait was made in New York in the late 1980s a time of innocence and edginess, tenderness...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Lobster Girl, Fright Nights, West Palm Beach - Dye Sublimation Print, 2017
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days.
All prints include VAT and are sold as print only.
This print may be available in another size, please contact the gallery for more information.
"Lobster Girl. Fright Nights, West Palm Beach...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Dye, Color
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Arnold Palmer: King of Golf
Located in Austin, TX
Spectacular retro 1960's black and white capture featuring legendary golfer Arnold Palmer in his prime.
Arnold Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as o...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dust III, Kenya, Elephant, animal, wildlife, color photography, africa
Located in München, BY
Edition 15
More sizes on request
For several days I went out with these baby elephants of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to the bush in Tsavo East, Kenya. Together with their ke...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tranquility - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tranquility - 2019,
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper
The Occasion
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
Elizabeth Taylor with Lasso
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning colored image features the lovely Elizabeth Taylor spinning a lasso on the set of the 1956 film "Giant". Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Rat Pack - Grey, 2024
By Nick Veasey
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grace - Contemporary British Art, Animal Photography, Owl, Tim Flach
By Tim Flach
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
'Grace' is a stunning C-Type print by contemporary British photographer Tim Flach available in this size in Edition 3/10.
Flach has mainly become renown for his highly stylized animal portraits, which are far removed from traditional wildlife photography...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Lovefight (The Princess and her Lover) from 29 Palms, CA
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lovefight (The Princess and her Lover) from 29 Palms, CA - 2009
120x180cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on 15 original Polaroids.
Certificate and S...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Grace Jones for After Dark
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait of Grace Jones, 1975. Period print measures 8 x 11.75 inches; 10.25 x 13 inches framed. Artist studio stamp on ve...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Frank Sinatra at Sands Hotel
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
An artistically composed and colored photograph of Frank Sinatra in front of the Sands Motel with his Tbird. Sinatra at the Sands is a live album by Frank Sinatra accompanied by Coun...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Betrayal (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Betrayal - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist Inventory #723.
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Self-Portrait - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Self-Portrait - 2020,
Part of the series shot during the second UK lockdown.
Edition of 10. 20x20cm.
Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Not mounted.
Leanne Surfleet is an analo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized Minis - The Girl IV (The Girl) - signed, loose
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Mini
The Girl IV (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2016
signed in front, not mounted.
Digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroids.
Polaroid sized...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Flag Cake
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat"
Located in Austin, TX
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat" - Outtake from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, ...
Category
1960s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Everlong
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Everlong - 2016,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-2003.
Not mounted.
K...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali
Located in Austin, TX
Candid capture of Boxing legend Muhammad Ali smiling with Malcolm X at an event.
In 1962, Ali met Malcolm X, who soon became his spiritual and political mentor. Ali first met Malcol...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marc Chagall, France, Contemporary French Photographic Portrait of Artist
Located in New york, NY
Marc Chagall in His Studio, France, 1984 by Jean-Michel Voge is a 23.4" x 16.5" archival pigment print edition 2/5 printed by the artist on Japanese Awagami handmade paper -- signed ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Arc...
Bob, Mick and Pete, 1978 - Oversize Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Bob, Mick and Pete, by Michael Putland, 1978
Limited Estate Edition
Bob Marley, Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh backstage after the Rolling Stones concert at the Palladium Theatre, New Y...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, 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
Spectral (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Spectral (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
The Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Rome, 13.3.86, The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Everlong
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Everlong - 2016,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-2003.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Elvis Presley Laughing at a Press Conference
By Phil Roach
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white photo of Elvis Presley laughing at a press conference in Las Vegas, his arms raised, on 7/31/69.
Elvis Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Fashion, Equestrian, Single White Horse with Braided Tail Against Black Backdrop
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Align III"
This award-winning image features the braided tail of a white horse.
The print series Equus: Light & Form focuses on the details of some of the world’s most elite jump...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tales of Bitter Doom - complete series, 25 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tales of Bitter Doom' complete series, 25 pieces
Edition of 7,
30x30cm each, complete 150x150cm plus spaces, 2018
digital C-Prints, based on a Polaroids mounted on Dibond - gloss ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Located in Carmel, CA
A remarkable portrait of the famous Frida Kahlo taken by another woman artist, Imogen Cunningham in San Francisco.
This is a hand printed photograph by the son of Imogen, Ron Partr...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tropics Motor Motel I (Memories of Green)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tropics Motor Motel I (Memories of Green) - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition 1/10,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
based on a Polaroid, Artist inven...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
L'ascension, Paris
By Sonia Sieff
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7
Also available in 73 x 100 cm / 28.7 x 43.3 in, Edition of 3, price on request
A very beautiful and naked woman is stepping up a circular staircase in an apartment in P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Co-signed Raquel Welch on the cross by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Co-signed by both Raquel Welch and photographer Terry O'Neill, 20x24" silver gelatin print.
Actress Raquel Welch in a photo conceived by photographer Terry O'Neill after Welch noted that she was afraid that the press would "crucify" her for her film choices, taken on the Fox Lot in the late 1960s. Originally deemed too scandalous for promotional use at the time, the photo wasn't published until 30 years later, on the cover of The Sunday Times...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Donkey Basketball
By Luke Smalley
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)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please n...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Strange Math (The Princess and her Lover)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Strange Math (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 Certif...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Joni Mitchell 1983 vintage 8x10" Print by Norman Seeff
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, TX
Original vintage 8x10” work print from Norman Seeff of Joni Mitchell. Hand printed in 1983 at the time of the photoshoot, signed on the back by Norman Seeff and also featuring his studio stamp.
In excellent condition having been stored flat in a climate controlled room
These Norman Seeff vintage...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Harlem 1958 by Art Kane
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
The most famous photograph in Jazz?
Entirely possible, and considered as such by jazz and photography fans and scholars alike. Shot for Esquire Magazine in August 1958 , it was Art Kane’s first major assignment as a photographer. Kane pitched the idea of a huge group portrait to be shot on location in Harlem. No one knew, with the early call hour of 10:00 am whether anyone would show up, but they did. 58 legendary giants of jazz including Lester Young...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Man Ray, Échiquier Surréaliste: 1934/1991, Silver Gelatin Print, Dada
By Man Ray
Located in Hamburg, DE
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Échiquier Surréaliste (Surrealist Checkerboard), 1934/1991
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print (later print)
Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.7 cm
Stamped: "Copie d'une épreuve...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self Portrait
By Mark Beard
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...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
David Hockney contact sheet, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival 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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This Week-Old Calf Named Bug Is One of Randal Ford’s Most Adorable Models
In a recent collection of animal portraits, he brings fashion photography to the farm.
11 of Annie Leibovitz’s Most Talked-About Photographs
See why the famed photographer's celebrity portraits have graced magazine covers and become headline grabbers in their own right for five decades and counting.
Queen Elizabeth’s Life in Photos
She was one of the most photographed women in history, but the world’s longest-reigning queen remained something of a mystery throughout her decades on the throne.
Photographer to Know: William Klein
The noted lensman brought a bold sense of irony to fashion photography in the 1950s and '60s, transforming the industry. But his work in street photography, documentary filmmaking and abstract art is just as striking.
Chris Levine’s Portrait of a Shut-Eyed Queen Elizabeth Sparkles with Crystals
Celebrate the queen's Platinum Jubilee with a glittering, Pop-art version of the most famous and thought-provoking photo of Her Royal Majesty.
In Milan, La DoubleJ Celebrates Women of Design through Portraiture
During Salone del Mobile, Robyn Lea photographed some of the most powerful creative forces in the European design industry, decked out in J.J. Martin’s maximal fashion line.
Lori Grinker’s Artful Photographs of a Young Mike Tyson Are a Knockout!
The New York photographer tells us how an encounter with the then-13-year-old boxer led to a decade-long project that saw them both go pro.
John Dolan’s Photographs Capture the Art and Soul of a Wedding Day
In a new book compiling 30 years' worth of images, the photographer reveals that it's the in-between moments that make a wedding special.