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Portrait Photography For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Street Art
Frida Kahlo - Black and White Portrait, Celebrity, Woman, Artist, Painter
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaning against a wall, with a dark scarf wrapped around her shoulders.
Paper size: 20...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Ted Williams 'Sarah Vaughan'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Sarah Vaughan
1948 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authentic...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Princess Caroline of Monaco
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Princess Caroline of Monaco
1981 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the es...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Modelling for Saks Fifth Avenue - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
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, Digital, Black and White
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - 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
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
Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski
1963 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963.
Estate stamped ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Designer's Homes, Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home, Back, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home -- Mark Shaw photographed Elsa Schiaparelli's best-known model, Ghislaine de Bosisson in an ankle-length dress lounging on an elongated ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Designer's Homes, Teal Dior Gown in Gold Room, Red Furniture, 1960
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Designer’s Homes Teal Dior Gown in Gold Room. Furniture adjusted to Red -- Outtake from a 1960 photo shoot for Life Magazine, this image was photographed in a grand Parisian residenc...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Frida Kahlo in Blue Silk Dress
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 30
Titled, dated, numbered, and signed by Nickolas Muray's Estate
Nickolas Muray Photo Archives
Paper size: 19 x 16 in., Image size: 12 2/3 x 9 3/4 in.
"Muray and Kahlo were at the height of their on-again, off-again, ten-year relationship when these pictures were taken. Their affair had started in 1931, after Muray was divorced from his second wife, and shortly after Kahlo’s marriage to Mexican muralist...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Prosperity on the Corner
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print.
Title, date and signature on mat margin
1980 stamp in black ink twice on mount verso
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Grace Jones at Bond’s, New York
By Ron Galella
Located in New York, NY
Ron Galella (1931)
Grace Jones at Bond’s, New York
1980
11 x 14 inches
Silver Gelatin Print
Edition of 20
Signed, dated, titled by the artist.
Described by a nickname of Paparazzo E...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok depicts a man selling chestnuts on the street. The man looks down at his hands as he cracks open the chestnut. To his left sits a bowl of ch...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Skiing in Stowe, 1962 - 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, C Print, Color, Digital
Audrey Hepburn at Home, Heron Day Bed, Arms Crossed, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r19_6 -- Informal portrait of Audrey Hepburn. Out take from the cover shoot for the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17"...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Valerie Cates in Marbella (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Valerie Cates in Marbella, Spain, 1976
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Reliquary, Christian Museum - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Christian Museum - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari.
Consular diptych depicting Boethius and Lampadius. Ivory bas-relief ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dior, Alla Gloved Hand, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
The Eurasian-born Alla was one of Dior's divas. When bathed in attention, she was charismatic and wore her clothes with graceful aplomb. Croque-mitaine model, Autumn-Winter 1953 Haut...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Lion Male in Majestic Mauve Pink
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Well-muscled male cat with full mane. He's King of the Jungle even if he's in stone and against a pink background.
The contrast of gritty the stone texture against the smooth flat sky is unexpected and somehow makes the image special.
Signed, dating and numbered 2/15 recto, unframed, another size available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...
Category
2010s American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Sophia Fountain
By Ormond Gigli
Located in New York, NY
Sophia Fountain, 1960
color coupler print
16 x 16"
ed. of 30
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Norman Parkinson 'David Bowie for Town & Country, 1982'
Located in New York, NY
David Bowie is photographed with a pool cue during a shoot in London for Town & Country magazine in 1982. At the time, Bowie was in the process of recording his 15th studio Let's Dan...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Hello There
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hello There
1955 (printed later)
Chromogenic print
20 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity.
1955: ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Nico at Monterey Pop Festival
By Ed Caraeff
Located in New York, NY
Ed Caaraeff
Nico, 1967
Silver gelatin print
40 x 30 inches
Singed and numbered edition of 50
Nico at the Monterey Pop Festival in Monterey, California, 18 June, 1967.
ED CARAEFF is a name recognized by anybody who is anybody in the music industry. A photographer, illustrator and graphic designer, he has directed art for, photographed, and designed hundreds of record album covers from 1967 to 1982 for numerous artists, including The Stooges, Elton John, Steely Dan...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Platinum Print, Portrait Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray is a 20 x 16 inch platinum print, available in an edition of 50. This photographs features a portrait of Frida Kahlo wearing ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Brighton, Street Photographer, United Kingdom 1956
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph, taken in Brighton in 1952, depicts a street photographer labeled "Official Beach Photographer," standing confidently with his vintage camera on a tri...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
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
Untitled, from Women are Beautiful Portfolio - Street Photography, Park
Located in Denton, TX
Untitled, from Women are Beautiful Portfolio, by Garry Winogrand is a black and white gelatin silver print of two women in matching outfits, walking through a park with people staring as they pass by.
Edition of 80
Signed, numbered and misc. notations by Garry Winogrand
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 3/4 x 13 in.
Printed 1981
From the Women are Beautiful Portfolio
Garry Winogrand was an American photographer from New York. He is known for his extensive documentation of American life.. Winogrand was the recipient of the various Guggenheim Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His work is included in the George Eastman Museum, Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Center for Creative Photography...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kennedys, Hyannis Port, Jackie, Magazine Cover, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Kennedy, nb_100 -- Published on the cover of the Ladies Home Journal in 1961, this photo was actually taken in Hyannis Port in 1959 before JFK became president. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
By Irving Penn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Irving Penn
Title: Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
Medium: Glossy, fibre based paper
Date: New York, circa 1949
Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches
Stamped ...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Mod Girl, Playfully Crossing Eyes, Close Up, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Mod Girl Crosseyed Alternative -- Mademoiselle Model Having Fun. An out take from a photo shoot for the June 1958 issue of Mademoiselle, Mark Shaw caught a model having fun! Image si...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Marilyn Red Scarf in Profile
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn red scarf in profile
Bern Stern
Print on photo paper
Inkjet technique
Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms
Photo dimension: 25.4 X 25.4
72 copies
Photo of 1...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Spiritualized - Signed Limited Edition Oversize Print (1994)
Located in London, GB
Spiritualized - Signed Limited Edition Oversize Print
Pure Phase Press Shoot
November 22 1994 LONDON.
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist.
Unframed
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition limited to 10 only this size
Printed 2020
This size image: 30 x 40" / 76 x 101 cm
About the image:
Spiritualized are an English space rock...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
007 Catches Ursula, 1962 - Monochrome Print of Sean Connery with Ursula Andress
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
Ferrari Team, Pits, Monaco
Located in Denton, TX
Ferrari Team, Pits, Monaco, 1960's
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 22 x 17 in., Image size: 19 x 12 1/2 in.
Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Jesse Alexander...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paul Lukas "Watch On The Rhine" - 1943 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
Paul Lukas "Watch On The Rhine" - 1943 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
A 1943 black and white portrait photograph of actor Paul Lukas (Hungarian, 1894-1971) by Clarence Sincla...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Cary Grant Seated Looks Right, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Cary Grant Seated Looks Right, 1955. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Eac...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Lake Tahoe Trip - 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
Norman Parkinson 'Iman for Vogue Italia, 1976'
Located in New York, NY
Iman poses in a monochrome Valentino suit, cape, and headdress surrounded by ornate pillows for Vogue Italia in March of 1976. A muse of the designers Gianni Versace, Thierry Mugler,...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Society Artist, 1960 - 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
Designer's Homes, Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home, Back, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home -- Mark Shaw photographed Elsa Schiaparelli's best-known model, Ghislaine de Bosisson in an ankle-length dress lounging on an elongated ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Picasso and Skull with Bettina wearing McCardell, Wide, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Picasso with Soft Bettina, Wide, 1955 -- Picasso with model Bettina, photographed for LIFE in 1955 in his new Cannes Villa, La Californie. Top French Model, Bettina Graziani wears an outfit by American Fashion Designer Claire McCardell. The shirt's pattern is in the style of a Picasso still life. All the Picasso paintings pictured had been completed within the past few months. Image size is 40" x 59" (for 44" x 63" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A photograph in color of Picasso and Bettina. Picasso is wearing a blue collared shirt and brown shorts. He is standing in his villa. To his right, Bettina stands. She is wearing orange pants...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Before the show, Turnbridge, Vermont
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed in pencil, verso
11.5 x 16.5 inches, sheet
10 x 14.5 inches, image
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New Yo...
Category
1970s American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The True Marilyn (1956)
Located in Buffalo, NY
The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman in 1956.
This work comes in an archival frame presentation. The image alone is approximately 9 x 13. The work was acquired directly from the artist and comes with a COA and lifetime guarantee.
Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue. His more famous subjects included the likes of Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert Einstein. He also had a 37-year collaboration with Salvador Dalí, which resulted in several famous surrealist series including the “Dalí’s Mustache” portraits...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Twiggy, British Vogue, 1967'
Located in New York, NY
Twiggy, British Vogue, 1967.
Twiggy, British Vogue, 1967
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity
Norman Parkinson (...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel, New Workers School, NY
Located in Denton, TX
This photograph is a black and white portrait of Frida Kahlo in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel at the New Yorkers School in New York, taken by Lucienne Bloch. The medium of this...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rodeo (Cowgirl)
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 60
Signed and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Harold “Doc” Edgerton was born in 1903, in Fremont, Nebraska. During his summers as a teenager, he worked in his uncle’s ...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dior, Alla Gloved Hand, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
The Eurasian-born Alla was one of Dior's divas. When bathed in attention, she was charismatic and wore her clothes with graceful aplomb. Croque-mitaine model, Autumn-Winter 1953 Haut...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Simon Le Bon
By Andy Warhol
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Gelatin Silver Print
Paper size: 10 x 8 inches
Framed size: 26.5 x 22.5 inches
Dated 'Apr 29 1982' on the reverse
Provenance: Private collection, New York
This work originates from the Estate of Andy Warhol, and thence, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This work comes with a certificate of provenance and an entry into the Catalogue Raisonne held by the Warhol Foundation.
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Rudolf Nureyev - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Rudolf Nureyev- Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tina Turner On Stage - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Tina Turner On Stage - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Tina Turner on stage in London, 1974 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size varies...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn in the Black and White Scarf
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn in the black and white scarf
Bern Stern
Print on photo paper
Inkjet technique
Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms
Photo dimension: 43 X 25.4
10...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"Caroline (LED)" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 30" in Edition of 3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Caroline (LED)" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 30" in Edition of 3 by Larsen Sotelo
FRAMED
Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish 40” X 30” inch
L...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Norman Parkinson 'Iman at King Peter's Bay in Tobago for Vogue, 1976'
Located in New York, NY
Somali-American fashion model and actress Iman at King Peter’s Bay, Tobago wearing a Mexicana dress made from Liberty fabric. British Vogue magazine, May 1...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
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
Norman Parkinson 'Paris Drama, Jean Patchett wearing Balenciaga, Vogue 1950'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson captures Paris Drama, Jean Patchett wearing Balenciaga, Vogue Magazine, 1950
Jean Patchett wearing Balenciaga, Vogue, 1950
C print
Estate stamped and numbered editi...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Lolita
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Lolita (Stanley Kubrick)
Bern Stern
Print on photo paper
Inkjet technique
Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms
Photo dimension: 38 X 25.4cms
50 copies
Photo of 19...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
New York
Located in Denton, TX
Signed by Elliott Erwitt.
Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 in.
Born to Russian parents in Paris in 1928, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, Italy, b...
Category
Mid-20th Century 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.