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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: Early 2000s
Period: 1990s
Morning- including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Morning (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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Emily - Signed limited edition print, Contemporary, Vintage Eighties style, Sexy
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Emily ‘ who was captured on film in 19...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Untitled (Stage of Consciousness) - 20x24cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 20x24cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory N...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Long Way Home' - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Long Way Home' - 1999 - signed in front, not mounted. 1 Digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid. Polaroid sized open Edit...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Delilah Right Red Hand III - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Delilah Right Red Hand III, photograph from Richard Heeps Burlesque series. This is part of a sequence capturing Delilah in a Whoopee Club photo shoot. Richard Heeps became well-know...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Tony Bennett - Orillia, ON
Located in Toronto, ON
Open and Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Prints Hand Signed by Richard Beland 8" x 10" Unframed Open Edition 11" x 14" Unframed Open Edition 16" x 20" Unframed Open Edition 20" x ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fabien II (Last Picture Show) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fabien II (The Last Picture Show) 2005 38x36cm, Edition 2/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Archive Fuji Crystal Paper, based on an original Polaroid. Certificate ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Looking Out, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas
Located in Denton, TX
Gelatin silver print Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso. Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers living today, has extensively ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marilyn new black dress by Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exclusivity New photo recently released from the archives of Bert stern Marilyn new black dress 2009 draw 72 copies Signature on front and back Dated...
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Early 2000s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Unique with Gold Paint, For Pirelli 1998, Custom framed
Located in London, GB
The Pirelli Calendar, known and trade-marked as "The Cal", is an annual trade calendar which has been published by the UK subsidiary of the Italian tyre manufacturing company Pirelli...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Gold

David Bowie - Molson Amphitheater 2002
Located in Toronto, ON
Open and Limited Edition C-Prints Hand Signed by Richard Beland 8" x 10" Unframed Open Edition 11" x 14" Unframed Limited Edition of 150 16" x 20" Unframed Limited Edition of 15...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Color

Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Austen in front of..' - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid-sized unlimited Mini 'Austen in Front of Trailer' (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 - signed in front, not mounted. 1 Archival Color Photograph based on t...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

All Kings were Boys, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas by Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
All Kings were Boys, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. depicts a portrait of a young boy with his arms crossed over his chest. Image size: 18 x 12.75 in. Paper size: 2...
Category

1990s Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Girl with Flag - Black and White Photograph, Black Artist, Child, Portrait
Located in Denton, TX
Girl with Flag by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., presents a portrait of a young African American girl holding a small American flag. She is dressed in white, and looking over her shoulder. She stares into the distance with a blank, almost melancholy look on her face. Signed, titled, and dated by Earlie Hudnall, Jr in pencil on print verso. Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. *Images and video show photograph in size 20 x 16 in. Frame not included Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Felix on Melrose Avenue, LA (California Blue Screen) - analog, vintage print
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Felix on Melrose Avenue, LA (California Blue Screen) - 1997 44x59 cm, Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certif...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Going Home
Located in Denton, TX
Gelatin silver print Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 18 3/4 x 15 in. Signed, titled, and dated by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African Ame...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (Olancha) - Stranger than Paradise - Hand print - analog C-Print
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Olancha) - 2006 38x37cm. Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist I...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

It's gonna get worse before it gets any better (Till Death du us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
It's gonna get worse before it gets any better (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate an...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Radha doing her Nails by the Pool
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha doing her Nails by the Pool (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 126x125cm, Edition of 5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label,...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Bob Dylan - Torhout, Belgium 1990
Located in Toronto, ON
Open and Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Prints Hand Signed by Richard Beland 8" x 10" Unframed Open Edition 11" x 14" Unframed Open Edition 16" x 20" Unframed Open Edition 20" x ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized Minis - 'Her last Call' - signed, loose
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Her last Call (The Girl behind the white Picket Fence) - 2013 - featuring Heather Megan Christie signed in front, not mounted. Digital Color Photographs b...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Man with Twins, Belize
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, and dated. Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers living today, has extensively documented the African American neighborhood...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cindy Sherman in her New York Studio, 14 September 1993
Located in New York, NY
Cindy Sherman in her New York Studio, 14 September 1993 Backstage at Cindy Sherman’s studio in SoHo with paraphernalia, accoutrements of her work. P...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

High Noon (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
High Noon - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999 50x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Artist Inventory #21980. Signature ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

It Rains on Our Love (Till Death.) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
It Rains on Our Love (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2008 Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective,...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Maybe tomorrow (Stranger than Paradise) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Maybe tomorrow (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 Edition of 10, 50x50cm. Archival C-Print, on Archive Fuji Chrystal Paper, based on the Polaroid. Artist inventory number: 20658. Si...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Tupac Shakur – Albert Watson, Photography, Portrait, Black & White, Celebrity
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Tupac Shakur, New York City, 1991 Archival pigment print 107 x 142 cm (42 1/8 x 55 7/8 in.) Edition of 10, plus 2 AP Print...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Running Man, L’Uomo Vogue, San Francisco – Albert Watson, Black and White, Print
Located in Zurich, CH
ALBERT WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Running Man, L’Uomo Vogue, San Francisco 1992/2015 Chromogenic print from a polaroid positive face mounted to acrylic (Diase...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Red Desert (Stranger than Paradise) - Contemporary, self-portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Red Desert (Stranger than Paradise) - 2006, 38x37cm. Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventor...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Mermaid's Daughter (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Mermaid's Daughter (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 70x85cm, Edition of 10. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Blackwater Baptist Church, Mississippi
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition Signed, titled and dated in pencil on print verso by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. Gelatin silver print 20 x 16 inches. Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African Ameri...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Arthur Miller and Inge Morath at home, Connecticut, August 23, 1991
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Miller and Inge Morath at home, Connecticut, August 23, 1991 Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 20" x 24" Archival Pigment Print Edition Nº 1 of 3 Certificate of Or...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Alice Cooper - Massey Hall, Toronto 1999
Located in Toronto, ON
Open and Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Prints Hand Signed by Richard Beland 8" x 10" Unframed Open Edition 11" x 14" Unframed Open Edition 16" x 20" Unframed Open Edition 20" x ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Female Nude, Kate #13, Yogini in California, Black and White Photography
Located in New york, NY
Kate #13, is from the Kate series, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed. This is a signed, 16" x 20" black and white photograph (gelatin silver), stamped/authenticated "vintage" on verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate. A photographer herself, model and yogini Kate remains complicit in striking dramatic nude poses for Freed. In this image Kate remains theatrical on a hilltop cliff above the sea. Her body shape and form blend with the lines and angles of the setting. Freed captures both playfulness and sensuality of a self-possessed woman. The photo series Kate became a welcome reprieve for Freed who during a long photo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Closer (Sidewinder) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Closer (Sidewinder) - 2005 Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024. 100x60cm includin...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Bert stern Marilyn back in the Dior dress
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern Marilyn back in the Dior dress The last sitting (1962) superb and large photo of Marilyn Monroe in Christian Dior's mythical black dress for Vogue magazine photographic pa...
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Early 2000s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'The Muse' - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'The Muse' - 2009 - signed in front, not mounted. 1 Digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid. Polaroid sized open Editions ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

The Red Lip Day (Stranger than Paradise)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Red Lip Day (Stranger than Paradise) 40x30cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory N...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

Sleeping Beauties II (Till Death) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sleeping Beauties II (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005 Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective,...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

The Hideout (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Hideout - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999 50x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist Inventory #770. S...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Laura Harring and Naomi Watts Mulholland Drive Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Laura Harring and Naomi Watts Mulholland Drive Signed Limited Edition Cannes, 2001 by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provoc...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Death Valley Junction (The Last Picture Show) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Death Valley Junction (The Last Picture Show) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and signature labe...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

The Muse (29 Palms, CA) - analog, mounted - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Muse (29 Palms, CA) - 2009 38x37cm, Edition of 5, Artist Proof 1/2, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the Artist, mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection, based on the Pol...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

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

Materials

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

Burlesque Series, Delilah Right Red Hand III, The Whoopee Club, London
Located in Cambridge, GB
Delilah Right Red Hand, Richard Heeps photograph taken at the London Burlesque event The Whoopee Club. Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque Photography after he spent 2...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Transformation (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photography, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Transformation (Suburbia) - 2004 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, Not mounted, Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 1675.01. St...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Performing at Mother nightclub
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed and numbered, verso 14 x 11 inches (Edition of 15) 24 x 20 inches (Edition of 10) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Warrior and Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Shot on a 20x24 Polaroid camera, "Warrior and Mirror" is a one-of-a-kind print made only rarer by the limited availability of the device’s large-format film...
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1990s Portrait Photography

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Polaroid

Great Egret
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 6 Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso. Paper size: 32 x 26 in., Image size: 25 7/...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled (Oilfields) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Desert, Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Oilfields) 2004, 20x20cm, Edition 1/10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 1218.01, unmounted. OILFIELDS, 2004 ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 489...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 202...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Biblioteca San Marco
Located in New York, NY
Biblioteca San Marco, 2009 C print 100 x 120 cm 120 x 150 cm 180 x 225 cm edition of 5
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

The way we were (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The way we were (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x24cm, Edition of 10, archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid Certificate and Signature label artist Inventory No. 9088. No...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

'The Knife' from the movie Immaculate Springs
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'The Knife' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998 Edition of 5, 58x56cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Signature Lab...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Untitled 08 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled 08 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) - 2007 40x48cm, Edition of 10. Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 4745. Not ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Max - Oxana's 30th Birthday
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max - Oxana's 30th Birthday (29 Palms, CA) - 2007 30x30cm, sold out Edition of 5, Artist Proof 2/2, Lambda Print, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and signed in front, artist I...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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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