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Portrait Photography For Sale
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Scent of Broq-Pa (Ed. 5/5)
By Ziesook You
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist statement
Scent of Broqpa
Broqpa is the name of a small village in Nepal. Ziesook first learned of it from a TV documentary, The Last Empire. Ziesook was moved by what she le...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Canvas, Digital
Burt Lancaster - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Burt Lancaster is a vintage photo, realized in the 1960s .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Venice Gondolas, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island.
Slim Aarons
Venice Gondolas
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printe...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Ned Brower, 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 of musician and actor Ned Brower.
From personality portraits and advertising campaign...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Swimmer and Sunbather, Tahoe, Estate Edition. Vintage 50s California Nevada line
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at the Cal Neva Lodge on the shore of Lake Tahoe, 1959. The Cal Neva resort and casino straddles the border between Nevada and California and the line on the bottom of the pool marks the state boundary. It was owned by Frank Sinatra from 1960 to 1968.
Slim Aarons
Swimmer and Sunbather
Cal Neva Lodge, Lake Tahoe
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Printed Later
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
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Vintage Sport, Midcentury Modern, Vintage Lake Tahoe, Vintage Glamour, Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Cal Neva Lodge, American Realist, Midcentury sport, Midcentury Glamour, California Nevada State Line, Midcentury Tahoe, Lake Tahoe Trip, Vintage Watersports...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Frank Sinatra - Live at The Sands
Located in Chicago, IL
Live at The Sands – Frank Sinatra circa mid 1950s. Performing at the Copa Room, Sands Hotel. Las Vegas, NV.
Giclee 300gsm smooth archival rag paper and arch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Star Trek Convention - Color Group Portrait, Costumes, Sci-Fi, Alien
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Star Trek Convention by Neal Slavin is a color group portraits of 14 young adults dressed in costumes from the popular sci-fi show, Star Trek.
Archival Pigment Print
Paper size: 17 ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Il Pellicano Pool, 1987 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, 1987
Slim Aarons
Il Pellicano Pool, 1987
Lambda Print
4 sizes available
Slim Aarons Esta...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Japan – A geisha playing the gekkin - Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1880's.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/8 x 8 inches (258 x 203 mm), unmounted; pencil inscription in Japanese on verso; light cockling
[Nagasaki University Libra...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Carte-postale printing on back of print. Unsigned.
A very rare example. We have not seen another image of this portrait at market.
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Norina Pisciotto'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Paola Mussetti, 1982
C print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Norina Pisciotto poses at the v...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Alaska (Stranger than Paradise) analog - 6 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Alaska (Stranger than Paradise) - 2002
Edition of 3/5,
105x150cm installed, 48x46 cm each.
6 Analog C-Prints, hand printed by the artist and based on the 6 Polaroids.
Signature a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Historical Places Photo- Paris and Amsterdam - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Paris and Amsterdam is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historic...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Forza
Located in New York City, NY
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendary and complex relationship between humans and horses is an enduring one. The horse’s distinctive blend of grace and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Mike Tyson, Catskills, N.Y., 1986 (back of head) – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Mike Tyson, Catskills, N.Y., 1986 (back of head)
Archival pigment print
Sheet 243 x 183 cm (95 5/8 x 72 in.)
Edition of 5 ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Rolling Stones: The Early Years
Located in Austin, TX
Jagger, Wyman, Watts, Richards & Brian Jones the 'other' British rock band making their mark on the scene in the mid-'60s. Here are the Rolling Stones in their early years. Depicted ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Artist in Exhibition - Life in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Artist in Exhibition - Life in Italy in 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lee Radziwill
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A set of four photographs by Andy Warhol. "Lee Radziwill" is four Polaroids, Polacolor by pop artist Andy Warhol. It is signed FA04.10715, FA04.10719, FA...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Muhammad Ali, Fifth Street Gym, Miami by Al Satterwhite, 1971, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Muhammad Ali, Fifth Street Gym, Miami by Al Satterwhite is a 20 x 16 inch archival pigment print. This photograph features Muhammad Ali leaning against gym equipment with his arms ra...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Skiers in Gstaad - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Apres Ski, Squaw Valley, Estate Edition, Snowscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at Palisades Tahoe (formerly Squaw Valley), CA 1961. The festive mood is reflected in the colorful vintage skiwear, in red, yellow, blue, white and orange. In the background, snowy white and tree-topped mountains rise against a brilliant blue sky. This iconic image of casual glamour sets a tone for winter adventure.
This site was the host for the 1960...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Frank Sinatra - Study for a Bronze Bust
Located in Chicago, IL
Bronze Bust – Frank Sinatra posing at the studio of famous Sculptor Jo Davidson. Circa 1946. Note the famous bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Chris Harris, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch, Edition 25
Black and white portrait of Chris Harris.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layo...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Phyllis Diller
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Colors, 1990, Fashion Photograph by Willie Miller
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Willie Miller, American (1940 - )
Title: Colors
Year: 1990
Medium: Color Photograph
Size: 18 in. x 12 in. (45.72 cm x 30.48 cm)
Willie Miller has been a South Beach based f...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
Alabama, Iconic Black and White Portrait Photography, Burroughs Family
By Walker Evans
Located in New york, NY
Burroughs Family, Hale County, Alabama, 1936 is paper size: 11" x 11.25" and image size: 7.5" x 9.4" A silver gelatin print c.1978 in an edition 44/75. Inscribed in ink on front of p...
Category
1930s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Cristal (Till Death Do Us Part) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Cristal (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024.
20x2...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Self Portrait with Mask
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self Portrait with Mask" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered AWL184.
Andy Warhol — who famously said th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Love you David! (20% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Phyllis Diller
Love you David!
Black & White Photograph on Archival Kodak Paper
Year: 1993
Image Size: 8.75 x 6 inches (22.4 x 15.4 cm)
Sheet Size: 10 x 8 inches (24.4 x 20.32 cm)
Signed and dated in marker
COA provided
Phyllis Diller (1917–2012) was an American comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist, known for her eccentric stage persona, wild hair, self-deprecating humor, and iconic cackling laugh. One of the first female comics to achieve national fame, she influenced Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, and Ellen DeGeneres and had a strong gay following.
Diller openly promoted plastic surgery, earning recognition from the cosmetic surgery industry. She appeared in 40+ films and numerous TV shows, including The Muppet Show, CHiPs, The Love Boat, Cybill, and Boston Legal, plus 11 seasons on The Bold and the Beautiful. Her voice roles included A Bug’s Life...
Category
1990s American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frank Sinatra - Let me see...Anyone here play the harp?
Located in Chicago, IL
Frank Sinatra during a break from recording at Studio A at Capitol Records.
Approximate Date: 1956-1957.
Capitol Photo Archives
Archival digital print. Printed on 100% Cotton Rag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Florence Two, Italy, 2023
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
Moody, Figurative, Woman Portrait
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Beatles at Abbey Road, 1967 'smoke' b/w photograph 17 x25 inch
Located in Norwich, GB
The Beatles at Abbey Road Studios, March 30th 1967 during the recording of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, take a lunch break. Later that day they after recording they made the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Princess (The Princess and her Lover), analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Princess (The Princess and her Lover) - 2009
Edition of 2/5,
125x123cm.
Analog C-Print, hand printed by the artist and based on the Polaroid,
mounted on Aluminum with matte ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Liberi
Located in New York City, NY
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendary and complex relationship between humans and horses is an enduring one. The horse’s distinctive blend of grace and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Frank Sinatra - Sitting at Desk - Estate
Located in Chicago, IL
Sitting at Desk – circa 1945. Frank Sinatra at home in Toluca Lake. Note the portrait of FDR on the wall. Sinatra said after meeting him “He’s the greatest man alive today and here’s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Marietine Birnie, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta.
This is ...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Leaving III (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Leaving III (Sidewinder) - 2005
60x110cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 3463.
Not mounted.
Stefanie ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Breviarum
Located in New York City, NY
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendary and complex relationship between humans and horses is an enduring one. The horse’s distinctive blend of grace and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Dmitris Kritsas at the Temple to Poseidon, Sounion, Greece, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dimitris Kritsas, a fashionable young couturier, poses among the gleaming Doric columns of the temple to Poseidon at Sounion, 1967
48 x 48 inches
$4500
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 3...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
"Barack Obama, Occidental College, No. 34" Lisa Jack, President Photography
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Jack
Barack Obama, Occidental College, No. 34, 1980
Signed, dated, and numbered on the reverse
Gelatin silver print
12 x 17 3/4 inches
Edition 4/75
Provenance:
M&B, Los Angeles...
Category
1980s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Capote At Home, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the author Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) relaxing with a book and a cigarette in his clutter...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Back to the Future (1985 Film) - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Back to the Future (1985 Film) is a black and white photograph realized in 1985
Vintage Photo Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloid in a scene from "Back to the future" by Robert Zem...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Official Portrait of L. Bernstein - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Official Portrait of Leonard Bernstein, one of the greatest conductors of all the times: of the New York Symphony Orchestra , of the Israel Philarmonic Orchestra and music director o...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Back to the Future (1985 Film) - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Back to the Future (1985 Film) is a black and white photograph realized in 1985
Vintage Photo Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloid in a scene from "Back to the future" by Robert Zem...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Joan Collins at nightclub
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Party at nightclub with Andy Warhol, Marguerite Littman, and others in 1980. Joan Collins is an English actress known for her role as Alexis Colby in the ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Minneapolis Three, MN, 2016
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Japan – Geisha Girl with Fan – Hand-colored albumen print
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1885. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (268 x 204 mm), hand-numbered 1103 in negative. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear mounting corner...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Intimate Portrait of Iconic Wild Horses on Sable Island, Equestrian, Horizontal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Trinity"
Everything about Sable Island - it's wild landscape and its wild horses - come together in this iconic photograph.
Representative of the unparalleled, untamed essence o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Skiing In St. Moritz, Palace Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Skiing In St. Moritz
1983
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace H...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Johnny Depp in concert by Zack Whitford - Contemporary Portrait Photography
Located in Chicago, IL
Los Angeles 2012 - Johnny Depp on stage at the Staples Center in concert with Aerosmith.
Limited edition graphic on Archival Canson Platine Fibre Rag pape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
John Silhouette
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 15.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through October 30th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Divinity (Haley and the Birds)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Divinity (Haley and the Birds) - 2013
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Rock Hudson with Lasso on the Set of Giant
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful black and white capture of actor Rock Hudson spinning a lasso on the set of "Giant", 1955.
Rock Hudson was an American actor. One of the most popular movie stars of his ti...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Arabian
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn Arabian
Bern Stern
Print on photo paper
Inkjet technique
Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms
Photo dimension: 35.6 X 25.4
72 copies
Photo of 1962
Dra...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Luigi Musso - Maserati (full car), Pau
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition
Signed by artist in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in.
Jesse Alexander is considered one of the greatest race car photogra...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jean Harlow
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph from the original negative, shot by Clarence Sinclair Bull in 1936. This piece depicts Jean Harlow, who was a...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kylie Minogue and Grace Jones Monte Carlo 1991 colour print
Located in Norwich, GB
Iconic and rare limited edition print direct from the negative, signed lower right hand margin and stamped with photographers own blind stamp.
This is Number 1/25.
Paper size 25 x 17...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée, 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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