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Portrait Photography For Sale
World Class Racing Yachts in Italy, Nautical, Horizontal, Iconic
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Rainbow Trailed"
The J-Class boats Rainbow and Velsheda sail at near impossible angles as the sailors freely dangle their feet over the edge of the deck.
This award-winning image is in the permanent collection of the Mariners' Museum, Newport News...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Biting Her Finger
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour portrait of star actress Marilyn Monroe biting her finger.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" chara...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
White Tank (My own Private Travel Diary) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
White Tank, Joshua Tree (My own Private Travel Diary) - 1999,
43x59cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Cer...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Brigitte Bardot in "Une Parisienne"
Located in Cologne, DE
This black and white photograph features Brigitte Bardot from the 1957 film Une Parisienne. She is sitting on a bed, wearing a light-colored, sleeveless dress with delicate straps an...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Teetotum
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor creates evocative single-scene narratives in her whimsical and often elaborate photomontages. Working intuitively, Taylor combines 19th Century photographs, found objec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
James Dean (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Roy Schatt
Located in London, GB
James Dean (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(photo via A.F. Archive/Alamy Archives)
1955
James Dean (1931 - 1955)
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 16x20''
Printed...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Louis Armstrong, Berlin 1965
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photo captures jazz legend Louis Armstrong playing his trumpet during a performance in Berlin in 1965. Armstrong, with intense focus, holds the trumpet close to his lips, his cheeks slightly puffed as he blows into the instrument. The lighting creates a dramatic effect, highlighting the shine of the trumpet and his facial expression, which conveys his passion and dedication to the music. Dressed in formal attire, Armstrong stands in the spotlight, embodying his iconic status as one of jazz music's greatest figures. The background is blurred, keeping the focus on Armstrong and his trumpet.
The print is new, Highest Quality on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta. More sizes up to 150x150 cm available on request.
About Tassilo Leher:
Born in the dark years of World War II, Tassilo Leher became an icon of photographic art in divided Germany. As the son of war correspondent Karl Leher, whose lens captured moments of contemporary history, he was born in 1940 in the heart of Berlin.
He shared not only the studio in the picturesque Prenzlauer Berg with his father, but also the mysterious world of the darkroom. While Karl Leher, an early riser, made use of the morning hours, Tassilo found his creative flow only by midday, often working late into the night.
His camera knew no bounds: from the dazzling stars of East German show business like Phudys, Karat, Hildegard Kneef, Manfred Krug, Bubi Scholz, to international greats such as Dean Reed, Karel Gott, Jiri Korn, and Costa Cordalis – all found themselves in front of his lens.
The Friedrichstadt-Palast and numerous film sets became his stages, where he played with light and shadow to perfectly frame famous...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Mustique, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stam...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
MAN RAY (1890-1976), ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY, 1932 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY
Date Of Negative: 1932
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 19...
Category
1920s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Jack Kerouac, Black and White Photograph of Beat Generation Author with Friend
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
The black and white photograph from the 1950s captures beatnik hipster writer Jack Kerouac in dark glasses, wearing a beret and friend Barbara Ferrara.
Beat Couple, 1959 by Burt Gl...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
NASA Sun Visor by Neil Armstrong, Vintage Apollo 11 Photo of Buzz Aldrin 1960s
By Buzz Aldrin
Located in New york, NY
An 11 x 14 black and white print of Buzz Aldrin from the original negative before Nasa added “more” space on the top of the image, which is a more common version of Visor. The 11 x 1...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Esther Williams, Poolside, Estate Edition, 1950s Florida
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American swimmer and movie star Esther Williams by the pool in Florida, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Esther Williams
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
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.
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 *
Internal: Slim Aarons, Esther Williams, midcentury modern, Vintage Esther Williams, Vintage Poolside Series, Vintage Movie Stars, Vintage Swimmers...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lucille Ball: Glamour in Fur
By Ray Jones
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning and glamorous image of Lucille Ball in fur.Lucille Ball was an American actress, comedian, model, film-studio executive, and producer. She was the star of the self-produced ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lumberjack (1939) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Lumberjack (1939) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Dorothea Lange/Alamy)
An unemployed lumberjack with his wife in a migrant workers camp for the bean harvest,
Marion County, Oregon, circa 1939.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 30x40''
Printed Later
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
20 x 30''
30 x 40''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
ACTORS ON SET, Bette Davis, Ladies Fashion, LEADING LADIES, Black and White, Photography, BnW, Vintage, Retro, Classic, Wood Cutter...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Dogs USA, Black and White Photograph of Pets in a Sports Car
Located in New york, NY
Dogs, USA, Greenwich, CT is a 5" x 7" black and white photograph, stamped “vintage” by the Freed estate on verso (back) of gelatin silver press. Provenance: Freed archive.
The photo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Gloria Swanson in Fur
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of actress Gloria Swanson in a floor-length fur coat, circa 1950.
Gloria Swanson was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Portrait of Andy Warhol, Black and White Photography of Celebrity Artist
Located in New york, NY
Portrait of Andy Warhol, 1986 by Christopher Makos is an 10 x 8in vintage gelatin silver print on fiber paper.
The photograph is stamped (in black ink) on verso (photo back).
Provenance: Private Collector
***
Artist’s Bio:
Christopher Makos (1948- ) is an American photographer and visual artist. He studied architecture in Paris and was an apprentice to Man Ray. Andy Warhol was Makos' good friend and frequent portrait subject. His photographs of Andy Warhol have been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,Tate Modern in London, Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, IVAM in Valencia (Spain), Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, among others. Makos’ pictures have appeared in publications, including Paris Match and the Wall Street Journal. The visual artist is the author of numerous books, such as Warhol/Makos In Context (2007), Andy Warhol China...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Jackie Kennedy (1956)
Located in London, GB
Jackie Kennedy (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
29th August 1959.
Jackie Kennedy at Hyannis Port.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 10x12''
Printed Later
About the Image:
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis was an American writer, literature editor, photographer, and socialite who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. During her lifetime, Jacqueline Kennedy was regarded as an international fashion icon.
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
20 x 30''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
About the Artist:
Phillip A. Harrington was born in 1920 and grew up in Holland, Michigan. He developed an interest in photography at an early age, joining the high school camera club at 16. At the age of 19, Harrington moved to New York City to study at the Clarence. H. White school of photography, a prestigious institution with graduates such as Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Laura Gilpin...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, Principe Dom Pedro De Orleans E Braganca, grandson of Brazilian emperor Pedro II. He is pictured at...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches, 1951
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British fashion model Wenda Parkinson and ostriches, fashion by...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Brigitte Bardot Smiling in a Garden
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful black and white 1950s capture of star actress Brigitte Bardot posed smiling in a garden.
Born and raised in Paris, Bardot was an aspiring ballerina during her childhood. S...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Harlem NY, Black and White Photography African American Life 1960s, Fashion Show
Located in New york, NY
Fashion Show, 1963, Harlem, USA by Leonard Freed, is a 11” x 14” gelatin silver print, which appears in the photographer's seminal Black in White America book (p. 104). The photograp...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Rita Hayworth Posed on Car
Located in Austin, TX
Rita Hayworth was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in a total of 61 films over 37 years. The press coined t...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
MAN RAY (1890-1976), SINCLAIR LEWIS, 1930 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: SINCLAIR LEWIS
Date Of Negative: 1930
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 1934 1s...
Category
1920s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Tiger Swallowtail (Saffron, Southwest, Warm, Iconic, ~25% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shirley Harryman
Tiger Swallowtail
Archival Pigment Print
Year: 2024
Visible Size: 12 x 12 inches
Framed: 22.25 x 21.25 x 1.25 inches
Signed: On Label
COA provided
*Black gallery f...
Category
2010s American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$667 Sale Price
25% Off
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Memories of Love II (The Girl...) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memories of Love II (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence), 2013
including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by S...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
David Bowie by Brian Aris
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 16.5" x 23" print of David Bowie by Brian Aris in 1991.
Brian Aris limited edition prints, signed and numbered by Brian and carryin...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
David Bowie and William Burroughs, framed signed print by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Framed, 20x24" signed lifetime edition print by Terry O'Neill of David Bowie with William Burroughs, taken for an interview published at Rolling Stone magazine in February 28, 1974.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$7,080 Sale Price
20% Off
David Bowie, at the Kempinski hotel, Berlin, 1983 by Denis O'Regan
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art 20x24" print of David Bowie in his room at the Kempinski Hotel, Berlin, 1983 by acclaimed photographer, Denis O'Regan, where he was the official tour photographer for David ...
Category
1980s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dahlia 8, 2013 - Contemporary Limited Edition Oversize Archival Inkjet Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Dahlia 8 is a rich and luxurious Archival Inkjet Print by contemporary photographer Philip Gatward.
It is available in this size of 32" x 38" from a Limited Edition of 10.
Gatwar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Color, Inkjet
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978.
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco)
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
72 x 48 inches
$4900
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
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.
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). *
Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, 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.
Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Glamour Photography, Vintage Backgammon, Vintage Sport, Acapulco, Vintage Pools, Vintage Games...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
El Venero - View Across Swimming Pool of Moorish Villa in Marbella
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
Frank Sinatra, 1965 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Frank Sinatra, 1965 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Archival pigment print
Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper
From an edition of 25
Also available in alternative sizes
Bob Wi...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Kiss (Sidewinder) - mounted, analog - Polaroid, Contemporary, Color, photo
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Kiss (Sidewinder) - 2005
125x154cm,
Edition 2/5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, based on the original Polaroid. Signed on verso.
Artist Inventory No. 3120.02.
Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection.
This piece ships in a crate.
Schneider harnesses the unpredictable chemical mutations of expired Polaroid film, where bursts of color erupt across the surface, destabilizing the photograph's traditional allegiance to reality. These vivid distortions draw her characters into ethereal, trance-like dreamscapes. Like fleeting sequences from a vintage road movie, Schneider’s images shimmer with a transitory quality, dissolving before any definitive conclusions can be drawn. Their ephemeral essence is conveyed through subtle gestures and enigmatic motives. Refusing to yield to the constraints of reality, Schneider’s work keeps alive a delicate interplay of dream, desire, fact, and fiction, blurring the boundaries between them with poetic ambiguity.
Stefanie Schneider’s work echoes the heart of American art, channeling the cinematic nostalgia of Ed Ruscha’s roadscapes, the stark sensuality of Georgia O’Keeffe’s deserts, and the haunting solitude of Edward Hopper...
Category
Early 2000s Outsider Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Andy Warhol with Keith Haring, Black and White Photography of Famous Artists
Located in New york, NY
Andy Warhol with Keith Haring, 1983 by Christopher Makos is an 8 x 10in vintage gelatin silver print on fiber paper of downtown New York celebrity artists Andy Warhol and Keith Haring.
The photograph is stamped (black ink) on verso (photo back).
Provenance: Private Collector
***
Artist’s Bio:
Christopher Makos (1948- ) is an American photographer and visual artist. He studied architecture in Paris and was an apprentice to Man Ray. Andy Warhol was Makos' good friend and frequent portrait subject. His photographs of Andy Warhol have been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,Tate Modern in London, Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, IVAM in Valencia (Spain), Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, among others. Makos’ pictures have appeared in publications, including Paris Match and the Wall Street Journal. The visual artist is the author of numerous books, such as Warhol/Makos In Context (2007), Andy Warhol China...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Superman
By Nick Veasey
Located in München, BY
Edition 15
Framed Chromaluxe
In this image we can see Superman x-rayed.
A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Nick’s work with r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$11,900
Mick Jagger and Jimi Hendrix 1967 silver gelatin print
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition, silver gelatin print of Mick Jagger with Jimi Hendrix by Alec Byrne, taken at the Top Of The Pops TV studios, London, May 1967.
Alec recalls, “I got a late p...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white pinup style portrait features blonde actress and film icon Marilyn Monroe. Captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth this sexy image features the actress se...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn on Lawn Chairs
Located in Austin, TX
American actor Humphrey Bogart, lighting a cigarette, and Belgian-born actor Audrey Hepburn outdoors on the set of director Billy Wilder's film 'Sabrina', circa 1945. A unique hand-c...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'HRH Princess Anne'
Located in New York, NY
HRH Princess Anne
1971
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne sits in a car for a portrait to celebrate her 21st birthday, 1971....
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Muhammad Ali Training
Located in Austin, TX
Color capture of Muhammad Ali training in a boxing ring.
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most si...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Frank Sinatra "Selfie" in the Medicine Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
An early Self Portrait of Frank Sinatra circa late 1930s. At home in Hoboken, NJ. One of the earliest photos found in the family archive and perhaps, lik...
Category
1930s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Hillview Motel (Stranger than Paradise) - analog, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hillview Motel (Stranger than Paradise) - triptych, 2003
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
20x66cm installed, 20x20cm each.
3 archival C-Prints, based on the 3 original Polar...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Africa, Nomad Princesses, Tribal Women Ethiopia, Printed on Japanese Paper
Located in New york, NY
Nomad Princesses, 1996 by Jean-Michel (JM) Voge, is a contemporary color photograph 19" x 13" of two bare-breasted women with painted faces, enlarged ears, and tribal jewelry from th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...
Dahlia 7, 2013 - Contemporary Limited Edition Oversize Archival Inkjet Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Dahlia 7 is a rich and luxurious Archival Inkjet Print by contemporary photographer Philip Gatward.
It is available in this size of 32" x 38" from a Limited Edition of 10.
Gatwar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Color, Inkjet
Portrait of Monica Bellucci - Vintage Photo by Marton Schneider - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Monica Bellucci, b/w photo is a photograph realized by Marton Schneider in the 1990s.
Very good conditions.
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant 1955
by Frank Worth
James Dean in thought seated behind a barbed wire fence for his role in the film 'Giant', 1955.
James Byron Dean was an Ameri...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts issued by Christie’s.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy W...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Springtime (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Springtime (Suburbia) - 2004
50x60cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid,
Signed on verso with Certificate,
Artist inventory number: 18251.
Not mounted.
Thi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Woman Protestor, March on Washington, African-American Civil Rights Photography
Located in New york, NY
Woman Protestor, March on Washington, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver photograph, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is in Leonard Freed's book “This Is the Day: The March on Washington'' (p. 50).
Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and as a "concerned photographer" his work demonstrated humanitarian concerns. The photographer travelled to New York, Washington, D.C., and throughout the South, capturing the daily life of African-Americans. Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the East Coast to the Deep South, Freed’s photo essay culminated in the book Black in White America, which contributed to Freed's becoming one of the well-known documentary photographers of 20th Century America.
After Freed’s death in 2006 his widow, Brigitte Freed was inspired to compile a book on the March on Washington from her late husband’s archive when she heard then-Senator former President Barack Obama remark to an audience of civil rights activists, “I stand here because you walked.”
The March on Washington series is a powerful visual testimony, capturing protests that culminated in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream'' speech, delivered at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
Provenance: Freed archive.
***
Artist’s Bio:
Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe Wearing a Fur Stole
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of the always stunning and fashionable, Marilyn Monroe, candid and wearing a fur stole.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Iconic Contemporary Color Fashion Photography 1960s, Later, Girl in the Light
By Ormond Gigli
Located in New york, NY
An iconic 20th Century fashion later photograph Girl in the Light, 1967 by Ormond Gigli is a c-print. Available in color and B&W. This color version is in an edition of 10. 38" x 38" image size, 44" x 44" paper size.
The print is signed, titled, and numbered on recto (front of photo) by the photographer.
Provenance: Gigli Estate
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Artist’s Bio:
Ormond Gigli (1925-2019) published in the top magazines, such as LIFE, Time, and Paris Match. Assignments took the photographer around the globe. Gigli's celebrity portraits included Sophia Loren (at age 21), Anita Ekberg, Marcel Duchamp, John F. Kennedy, Halston, Gina Lollobrigida, Diana Vreeland, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, among others. The most famous of Gigli's favorite photographs were self-assigned, such as one of the legendary fashion photographs of the 20th century, Girls in the Windows.
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Available at 99Prints...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, C Print
BEYONCE, DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print of Beyonce by photographer Markus Klinko. Shot in 2003 for the cover of the album, Dangerously In Love
This print is available in the following sizes,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
$3,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Cable Car Ride in San Francisco, 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph captures the classic charm of San Francisco’s iconic cable cars. Taken in the 1960s, the image shows a boy hanging from the side of the cable car as i...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Mick Jagger and his Aston Martin DB6, London 1966 by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones with his beloved Aston Martin DB6, taken outside his London apartment in 1966 by Gered Mankowitz.
"I shot a series of photographs of each member of...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Wading Pool Girl - Greenwich Village, New York City
Located in Saint Louis, MO
S. Vincent Dillard
Wading Pool Girl - Greenwich Village, New York City, 1968
Gelatin Silver Print
11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York Python, Coney Island, Brooklyn, Year of the Snake Photograph
Located in New york, NY
New York Python, Coney Island, 1991 by Roberta Fineberg is a 14” x 11” gelatin silver print - offered in 2025 to celebrate the Year of the Snake….
In the words of the artist: "I sho...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
David Bowie
By David Bailey
Located in London, GB
Archival Inkjet on paper
Signed by the artist, on verso
Image: 50.8 x 50.8 cm
Sheet: 58.4 x 58.4 cm
Framed: 66.5 x 66.5 x 4 cm
Edition of 10
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Reg Lancaster 'Birkin and Gainsbourg' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
By photographer Reg Lancaster, English actress Jane Birkin and French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, at home in Paris, 1969.
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, 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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