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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1950s
Recognized Seller Listings
Bianca Jagger in Montauk
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bianca Jagger at Andy Warhol's Montauk estate, circa 1975. Like then-husband Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, Bianca Jagger enjoyed the nightlife New York City had to offer. Known ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Michael Caine - 20th Century Photography, British Films, Actor, The Italian Job
By David Steen
Located in Brighton, GB
Edition of 50.
Michael Caine is a striking portrait, on fibre paper, from iconic 20th Century photographer David Steen. Steen’s introduction to photography...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Colette, Paris
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed later. Signed on the back of the print with date in pencil. Camera Obscura label on back of mat. Overmatted to 18 x 22". Provenance Camera Obscura Gallery (Denver) 1980s to p...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York Steelworkers - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Architecture
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
First Class Travel - Getty Archive, Travel Photography, 20th Century
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
Cary in the Rain, 1957 - 20th Century Photography, Cary Grant, Hollywood Photo
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
Kabuki Starshine, Wigstock, NYC. Girlfriend Series. B&W Portrait Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“Nobody wakes up looking like Dietrich or Garbo” - Kabuki Starshine
Men, Women, and Drag, draws inspiration from his diverse roles as a photographer, poet, and activist. His work of...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Skiers at Verbier, 1964 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Lavinia Co-op, NYC. Girlfriend Series. Black and White Portrait Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Men, Women, and Drag, draws inspiration from his diverse roles as a photographer, poet, and activist. His work often intersects with themes of identity, social justice, and cultural ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Butch Chanel: John, Robert and Michael, Portrait NYC. Limited edition B&W photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“He left Phoenix in the morning, in the early dawning moments when the world is purple; and he saw on the highway, bands of spectral birds clustered on the pavement searching for God...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Jerry Hall
Located in New York, NY
Listings includes framing, free shipping in the US, and a 14-day return policy.
Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints of Jerry Hall by Antonio L...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Crosswalk on Delancey Street, 1988 by Tria Giovan - Portrait Photography
By Tria Giovan
Located in Brighton, GB
Crosswalk on Delancey Street, 1988
From a 6cm x 4.5cm negative, scanned in 2020
Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 16" x 20" in an Edition of 12 with 3 Artist Proofs
...
Category
20th Century American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bodega on Clinton Street, 1985 by Tria Giovan - Portrait Photography
By Tria Giovan
Located in Brighton, GB
Bodega on Clinton Street, 1985
From a 6cm x 4.5cm negative, scanned in 2020
Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 20" x 16" in an Edition of 12 with 3 Artist Proofs
Pri...
Category
20th Century American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
RICHARD HARRIS, MALTA, OCTOBER, 1973 - Portrait, Black & White Photo
By David Steen
Located in Brighton, GB
Edition of 50.
Born in 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, Harris made his screen debut in the 1958 film Alive and Kicking. This was followed by solid supporting roles in films such as Shake Hands with the Devil (1959), The Guns of Navarone...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Man with Newspaper, 1989 - Black and White Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle
Located in Brighton, GB
Man with Newspaper is a Black & White print on Hahnemuehle Paper in this size of 24” x 34” in an edition of 10.
Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with a distinct and powerf...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Rue Mouffetard, Paris. Triptych. Portraits. Black and White. Photographs
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rue Mouffetard Triptych by Uwe Ommer
Overall size: 17.71 in. H x 39.37 in. W
Edition 6 ex + 5AP
Unframed
Printed later
1964, Uwe Ommer, a young 20-year-old photographer who recen...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Rue Mouffetard. Black and White Photograph. Fashion in Paris
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rue Mouffetard
Archival pigment print
Size: 20 x 16 inches
Edition 12
Unframed
Printed later.
Black and white edition
1964, Uwe Ommer, a young 20-year-old photographer who recent...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Male Model Torso
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs
Each photo is unique and blind embossed “Andy Warhol” in the lower right corner
Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Jon Goul...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Neil as a young boy
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Unsigned. Stamp on back from the private collection of Cole Weston. The Weston Gallery is owned by Matthew (grandson of Edward Weston) and his wife Davi Weston and we've been dealing in fine art photography since 1975! Edward Weston (1886 – 1958) was an American photographer, and co-founder of Group f/64. Most of his work was done using an 8 by 10 inch view camera. In 1902, he received his first camera for his sixteenth birthday, a Kodak Bull's-Eye #2, and began taking photographs in parks in Chicago and at his aunt's farm. The young Weston met with quick success, and his photographs were already being exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute merely a year later, in 1903. Weston worked mainly with nudes, still life - his shells and vegetable studies were especially important - and landscape subjects. After a few exhibitions of his works in New York, he went on to found Group f/64 in 1932 with fellow photographers Ansel Adams, Willard van Dyke...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Bert Oldham Jr., 1911
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexiglas, free shipping and a 14 day return policy.
Lora Webb Nichols
15 x 12 inch gelatin silver print
Image Size: 14 x 8.5 inches
frame size: 22.5 x 17.5 x 2 inches
Edition of 15
Lora Webb Nichols was born in 1883 and grew up in the small mining town of Encampment, Wyoming. At the age of 16 Lora received her first camera and from that moment and for the next few decades she produced work that is both stunning in its singular voice and revealing in the world it opens up for us.
At first Nichols photographed her family, friends, and the landscape around Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope to become a photographer for hire shooting portraits and industrial photographs. When the boom collapsed, Nichols took the risk of opening her own business in Encampment - The Rocky Mountain Studio - which opened in 1925. The studio ran for ten years, accumulating 24,000 negatives that illustrate the lives and environment of the people living in and around the town while creating a distinctive and surprising body of work. If one was to attempt an analogy – Nichols’ pictures fit somewhere between Lartigue and Lange - joyful and generous while objectively intimate. In particular what seems to distinguish Nichols’ work is the way she sees the world from a female perspective. As Vince Aletti...
Category
1910s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pablo Casals
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Original gelatin silver print made later in the artist's career from the original negative and signed by the artist on the front of the mount. Yousuf Karsh was a Canadian photographe...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Richard Berlin
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
Ladies and Gentlemen (Lurdes and Ivette)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation num...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Lizzie Nichols and Perkins, 1913
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexiglas, free shipping and a 14 day return policy.
Lizzie Nichols and Perkins, 1913
15 x 15 inch gelatin silver print Image
Size: 10.75 x 11 inches
Frame size: 18 x 18 x 2 inches
Edition of 15
Lora Webb Nichols was born in 1883 and grew up in the small mining town of Encampment, Wyoming. At the age of 16 Lora received her first camera and from that moment and for the next few decades she produced work that is both stunning in its singular voice and revealing in the world it opens up for us.
At first Nichols photographed her family, friends, and the landscape around Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope to become a photographer for hire shooting portraits and industrial photographs. When the boom collapsed, Nichols took the risk of opening her own business in Encampment - The Rocky Mountain Studio - which opened in 1925. The studio ran for ten years, accumulating 24,000 negatives that illustrate the lives and environment of the people living in and around the town while creating a distinctive and surprising body of work. If one was to attempt an analogy – Nichols’ pictures fit somewhere between Lartigue and Lange - joyful and generous while objectively intimate. In particular what seems to distinguish Nichols’ work is the way she sees the world from a female perspective. As Vince Aletti...
Category
1910s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jerry Hall
Located in New York, NY
Framing Included in Listing Price, Free Shipping for the US, 14-Day Return Policy.
Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints of Jerry Hall by Antonio...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Dressing Room, La Villa Blanc, Albuquerque - Drag Queens, Women, Wigs, Performer
Located in Denton, TX
Dressing room, La Villa Blanc, Albuquerque, 1971
Gelatin silver print, 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in.
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeffrey Silverthorne
Edition of 12, Printed 2008
Jef...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Embrace, Coney Island
By Morris Engel
Located in Denton, TX
Embrace, Coney Island, 1939
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in.
Signed by Morris Engel
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
^Framed^ Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by Terry O'Neill - Estate Stamped - 7/50
Located in Chicago, IL
Actors Steve Martin and Michael Caine starring in Frank Oz’s film ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ in which the pair play competing con artists, Cote d’Azure, 1988.
Paper size: 20 H x 16 W...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Reno, Nevada, 1960 (Misfits Group Photograph) - Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Reno, Nevada, 1960 (Misfits Group Photograph) - Elliott Erwitt
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
Available in...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cher in Costume, by Julian Wasser -2/15 - Contemporary Celebrity Photography
Located in Chicago, IL
Cher on CBS TV wearing a Bob Mackie gown, 1975
"Cher is an American variety show that premiered on CBS in 1975, hosted by singer-actress Cher. The show had many famous musical guest...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Woman at a Horse Festival, Tagong, Tibet, 1999 - Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Woman at a Horse Festival, Tagong, Tibet, 1999 - Steve McCurry
Signed and affixed with photographer's edition label and numbered on reverse
Digital c-type print
20 x 24 inch pap...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Chicken Feathers
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Original gelatin, silver, print, signed and pencil with a title and date on the back. Framed to 28x22”.
Category
1990s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Babe Ruth - Baseball, Sports, Athlete, MLB, New York Yankees, Portrait
Located in Denton, TX
Babe Ruth by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of the iconic baseball player. Considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Babe Ruth played for the Atlanta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Woman with Scarf at Inspiration Point, Yosemite National Park, California
By Roger Minick
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This is an original Ektacolor print (aka Kodak Chromogenic Print) and is number 16/25. The edition was print in 2000. It is signed, titled, dated and numbered on the back of the prin...
Category
1980s Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
JIMI HENDRIX AND BRIAN JONES, MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL.
By Jim Marshall
Located in Portland, ME
Marshall, Jim. JIMI HENDRIX AND BRIAN JONES, MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL. Photograph, 1967, printed later. Gelatin Silver print on glossy paper. Inscribed "4058...
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Eddie Van Halen Wall Jump" photograph by Neal Preston from Hard Rock Hotel
By Neal Preston
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Eddie Van Halen Wall Jump" photograph by Neal Preston. Photo by Neal Preston hand written on front lower right corner. This framed photograph was prev...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Edward Weston
By Cole Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This image made of Edward Weston was in Point Lobos by his son Cole Weston in the year 1946. It was printed later by his son and comes directly from the family. Unsigned.
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brunch at Brennan's, 1960 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Untitled, Amusement Park
By Robert Frank
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the back of the print, lower right. Exhibited Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, 1985.
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Woman Stepping from Car
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 4/200
Signed, dated and numbered in black ink on print margin by Harold Feinstein
Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in.
Harold Feinstein was born in Coney Island, New York, in 1...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Acapulco Pool - 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 American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital, Color, Photographic Paper, C Print
Shakedown, Ramsey Unit, Texas 1967-69 by Danny Lyon, Gelatin Silver Print
By Danny Lyon
Located in Denton, TX
Shakedown, Ramsey Unit, Texas 1967-69 by Danny Lyon is a black and white gelatin silver print, depicting a nude black man standing in front of a Texas Ranger. The man stands with his...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie and Rodney Bingenheimer, Los Angeles by Julian Wasser - 1/15
Located in Chicago, IL
David Bowie and Rodney Bingenheimer, 1972
20" x 16"
Rodney Bingenheimer is credited with bringing the glam-rock phenomenon David Bowie to American audiences. No one in Los Angeles ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Neil Weston, 1933
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Initialed and dated mount recto.
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Anonymous WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. ELECTION POSTER. Lithograph, 1900 . Poster for
Located in Portland, ME
Anonymous WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. ELECTION POSTER. Lithograph, 1900 . Poster for Bryan's candidacy for President in 1900. He ran, with Adlai E. Stevenson as Vice President, against W...
Category
Early 1900s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Lithograph
Phil Spector and Blondie at Whisky a Go-Go, Los Angeles, by Julian Wasser - 2/20
Located in Chicago, IL
A very rare photograph of Record Producer Phil Spector and Blondie, 1976, Time Magazine
In this photo, taken in the dressing room of the Whisky a Go-Go, the punk-rock group Blondie ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Park Service: Grand Canyon - Color Group Portrait, National Park, Landscape
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Park Service: Grand Canyon by Neal Slavin is a color group portrait of the park rangers working at Grand Canyon National Park.
Digital C-Print
Paper size: 17 x 17 in.
Image size: 1...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Mr. Winters, the Caretaker of the Montauk Estate
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in.
Framed dimensions: 18.5 x 16 in.
Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York.
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Three Cowboys on Horseback) by Bank Langmore, c. 1973-75
Located in Denton, TX
Untitled (Three Cowboys on Horseback) depicts 3 cowboys riding horses out in a Western landscape. The figures are silhouetted by the harsh sunlight. One of the cowboys is swinging hi...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Exposition of Dynamic Symmetry
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Code and information in unknown hand (possibly Dody Weston) on back of print. Authenticated by the Cole Weston trust on back of print. Unmounted. Early print.
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Marvin Gaye'" framed photograph from original Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Vegas
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Marvin Gaye'" framed color photograph. This photograph was originally displayed in a guest room of the original Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and comes with a cer...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Tina Turner 'The Back'" photograph by Lynn Goldsmith from the Hard Rock Hotel
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Tina Turner 'The Back'" framed black and white photograph by Lynn Goldsmith. Image size: 16 3/4 x 11 inches. This photograph was previously displayed in a guest room of the original...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ken Miles / Sebring (Ford GT-X1)
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated, print date, and misc. notations in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 16 x 20 in., Image size: 12 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Geffen, Elton John, Carly Simon and James Taylor by Julian Wasser - 1/15
Located in Chicago, IL
David Geffen, Elton John, Carly Simon, and James Taylor, 1974, Time
Photographed at Lou Adler's Roxy Nightclub. David Geffen was a partner in the Roxy Nightclub.
Size: 16 x 20 in.
...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Naomi in Morocco – Albert Watson, Black & White, Fashion, Naomi Campbell
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Naomi in Morocco, 1998
Archival pigment print
142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only
Drake purchased a series of Albe...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Donna Fabrizia Lanza, 1984 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
"Mick Jagger 'The Back'" photograph by Lynn Goldsmith from the Hard Rock Hotel
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Mick Jagger 'The Back'" framed black and white photograph by Lynn Goldsmith. Image size: 16 1/2 x 11 inches. This photograph was previously displayed in a guest room of the original...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled (Cowboys with Rope and Horses)
Located in Denton, TX
Signed and titled in pencil on mount margin.
Toned gelatin silver print.
Framing not included.
Western photographer, Bank Langmore, traveled extensively with cattle...
Category
1970s 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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