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Portrait Photography For Sale
3 Stefanie Schneider's Minis 'Nudes' - triptych, signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
3 Stefanie Schneider's Minis 'Nudes' - 1999 -
signed in front, not mounted.
3 Archival Color Photographs based on 3 original Polaroids.
Polaroid sized open Editions 1999-2022
10...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Audrey Hepburn Holding Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Audrey Hepburn posed in the sutdio, holding a Yorkie in her arms.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Frank Sinatra at Sands Hotel
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Artistic colorized photograph of Frank Sinatra in front of the Sands Motel in Las Vegas with his Ford Thunderbird.
Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Cha...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
John Lennon Fairground
Located in Norwich, GB
Astrid Kirchherr ( 20 May 1938 – 12 May 2020) was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Beaton, Buster Keaton, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Backstage Faithfull (1974) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Backstage Faithfull (1974) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Hoare/Express/Getty Images)
15th February 1974:
English singer and actress Marianne Faithfull sitting in a dressi...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Intimate Portrait of Iconic Wild Horses on Sable Island, Equestrian, Horizontal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Trinity"
Everything about Sable Island - it's wild landscape and its wild horses - come together in this iconic photograph.
Representative of the unparalleled, untamed essence o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Resting Hot Rod, Bakersfield, California - Contemporary color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series, this was shot in Bakersfield, California two years after, he photographed Wendy Resting, they make a great pair.
This artwork is a limited...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
North By North West (1959) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
North By North West (1959) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1959,
Cary Grant in the film North...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Male Nude from the 29 Palms, CA series
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition of 10,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, matte surface,
based on a Polaroid.
Signature la...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper
$1,644 Sale Price
20% Off
Brigitte Bardot Holding Puppies
Located in Austin, TX
Candid black and white capture of actress Brigitte Bardot holding two puppies.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist. Fa...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Grace Jones, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of the singer and actress Grace Jones.
From personality portraits and advertising cam...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Christmas Swim - Christmas Tree in Swimming Pool with Tinsel and Star Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Christmas Swim - Christmas Tree in Swimming Pool with Tinsel and Star by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Christma...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Mick Jagger Parka by Terry O'Neill signed limited edition artist proof print
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition photographic print of The Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger posing in a fur parka, with a fur trimmed hood, 1964, by Terry O'Neill
Signed limited edition "Lif...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marlboro Out the Window (These Boots are made for walking)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A color photograph showing a young woman in boots with a pack of Marlboro
Category
2010s American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
UC Berkeley Campus, 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph offers a glimpse of the University of California, Berkeley, campus during the 1960s. The iconic Sather Tower, also known as the Campanile, stands prou...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Beaton, Audrey Hepburn, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
007 Catches Ursula, 1962 - Ursula Andress Sean Connery Dr No James Bond Print
Located in Brighton, GB
007 Catches Ursula, 1962 - Ursula Andress Sean Connery Dr No James Bond Print
The original James Bond, 007, Scottish actor Sean Connery catches original Bond Girl, Honey Ryder, play...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Mouche at Praia do Vau, Portugal for Vogue, January 1973'
Located in New York, NY
Mouche at Praia do Vau, Portugal wearing a Nina Ricci swimsuit. British Vogue magazine, January 1973.
Mouche at Praia do Vau, Portugal for Vogue, January 1973
Printed later
C print
...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Casablanca Iconic Scene
Located in Austin, TX
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her and her husband (Henreid), a Czech resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Germans. The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Warhol Superstar Candy Darling star of 'Vain Victory', Color 17 x 22"
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Candy Darling photographed as 'Donna Bella Beads' in the hit play "Vain Victory: the Vicissitudes of the Damned" in 1971. One of Mitchell'...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$975 Sale Price
35% Off
Raquel Welch Sailing
Located in Austin, TX
This captivating black and white portrait features Raquel Welch sitting in the doorway of a boat, making for an artistically beautiful image.
Raquel Welch is an American actress and...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lucille Ball: A Portrait of Elegance
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant black-and-white image features actress Lucille Ball in a full-length gown, looking upward and leaning on a side table.
Lucille Ball was an American actress, comedienn...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Bird Watchers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport and are unforgettable. Taylor's images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lotus by Tamary Kudita - Portrait photography, African women, aesthetic, flower
Located in Paris, FR
Lotus is a limited-edition photograph (Digital Print on Baryta Fine Art paper) by contemporary artist Tamary Kudita.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*58 × 84 cm (22.8 × 33.1 in), edition of 20 copies
*81 × 120 cm (31.9 × 47.2 in), edition of 15 copies
All prints are signed and numbered.
Contact us regarding framing options.
This photograph features Rosebud Tsikira, a Zimbabwean model and make-up artist, captured by Tamary Kudita in an amusement park in Harare. Rosebud Tsikira stands proudly on a boat surrounded by lotuses, wearing a dress whose pattern echoes the flowers. Tamary Kudita explains the symbolism: the lotus, blooming in murky waters, mirrors resilience and hope amid challenges. Rosebud Tsikira’s commanding presence, holding an African staff...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
Muhammed Ali
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
From a private collector, also an artist, who worked with Yousuf Karsh in the 1970's through inheritance to Weston Gallery.
Muhammad Ali
1970
“I photographed (Ali) in 1970, as par...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Mystery of Mouth, Photography, Story teller, Red lips, hat
Located in München, BY
Edition of 3
More sizes on request.
A woman with a black hat and a black pullover. The lips are painted deep red.
Tyler Shields is an American Photographer, screenwriter, director ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
'Shaken Not Stirred' 1968 Baryta Print
By Peter Ruck
Located in London, GB
'Shaken Not Stirred' by Peter Ruck 1968
English actor Roger Moore, downs a Martini, 17th July 1968.
Moore has recently been awarded his second Bravo Otto award for most popular te...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Elvis Presley Laughing at a Press Conference
By Phil Roach
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white photo of Elvis Presley laughing at a press conference in Las Vegas, his arms raised, on 7/31/69.
Elvis Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Willie Nelson, Drinking a Lone Star
By Jay Dickman
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Willie Nelson by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, Jay Dickman, taken on the road in 1978
Signed limited edition prints, printed on Epson Heavywei...
Category
Late 20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Flag Cake
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Beastie Boys 1987 by Lynn Goldsmith
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of The Beastie Boys taken in 1987 by Lynn Goldsmith
Signed limited edition #7/20 - signed, numbered and titled by Lynn Goldsmith
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Diana Ross, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25
Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch
and as combined Edition 10 in
76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch
101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch
Portrait of famous American sing...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Beatles at Abbey Road London 1967 b/w oversized contact sheet LOST
Located in Norwich, GB
a strip of negatives. The long roll of negatives was then cut into strips of six, usually with five or six frames on each strip. These strips were then laid carefully onto a sheet of...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Déjà vu - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Déjà vu - 2020
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory - PL2020-881.
K...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis photographed May 21, 1970. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes dire...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Tall Hat
Located in New York, NY
William Wegman is an American artist renowned for his iconic dog photographs featuring his Weimaraners, who he sees as "perfect fashion models", utilizing their elegant forms and abi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Pigment
$8,800 Sale Price
26% Off
Graciela by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36” photograph printed direct on aluminium
Located in Coltishall, GB
Graciela was for many years an institution in Old Havana. Always dressed beautifully, a cigar clamped between her teeth, a grin at the ready. A witness to the Cuban revolution and 50...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, Chuck Wein, Iconic Black and White Photography
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A 20" x 16" (18.5” x 12.5” image size) gelatin silver print of Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, and Chuck Wein, 1965 by Burt Glinn with the photographer's blind stamp on recto (front lef...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
The Divine, animal, black and white photography, cheetah, africa
Located in München, BY
Edition No. 10/12
image size 37,6 x 24,6 cm
signed and numbered
Framed with mat and anti-reflex glass
A beautiful portrait of a cheetah lying in the savannah
Joachim Schmeisser is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$3,889 Sale Price
20% Off
Exercise at Home
By Luke Smalley
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Stamped and numbered, verso
20 x 24 inches
(Edition of 10)
30 x 40 inches
(Edition of 5 + 1 AP)
50 x 60 inches
(Edition of 3)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please note that prices increase as editions sell.
Luke Smalley was an American artist known for his photographic work, which pairs a coolly minimalist aesthetic with a retro nostalgia. Images from his early in his career were inspired by fitness manuals and yearbooks c. 1910. This is not surprising since Smalley graduated with a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and worked for a number of years as a model and personal trainer. Smalley shot the bulk of his photographs in his home state of Pennsylvania, using real high school athletes as models.
“Exercise at Home” is Luke Smalley’s second major body of work. Shot in and around the tiny Pennsylvania town the artist called home, Smalley revisits themes of adolescent growing pains acted out under the guise of earnest athleticism. Teenagers engage in simple yet strange competitions meant to establish their standings amongst one another. Two youths practice boating safety...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
John F. Kennedy on an Airplane
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of President John F. Kennedy on an airplane.
John F. Kennedy, often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the Un...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis Armstrong: Legendary Musician with Big Smiles
Located in Austin, TX
This portrait features jazz legend Louis Armstrong up close, posed with a big smile.
Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, singer, and occasional actor who was one o...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Brigitte Bardot with cigar - Spain, 1971 - co signed by Terry O'Neill and Bardot
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of "The Ballad of Frenchie King" in Almeria, Spain, 1971
Co signed by Brigitte Bardot and Terry O'Neill
40 x 60 inches
Edition Size: 50 +...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat"
Located in Austin, TX
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat" - Outtake from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, ...
Category
1960s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Kate Moss At 16 - signed limited edition print
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
An Unknown Kate Moss At 16
by Jake Chessum 1990
limited edition
edition size 20 only this size
printed 2024
Archival pigment print
numbered and signed by the artist
unframed
ships securely from London England
Framing options available
Jake Chessum
British-born, New York-based photographer Jake Chessum’s portfolio includes Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams, David Bowie, Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, Coldplay, The Beastie Boys, Beck and beyond.
Jake grew...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Aubrey O'Day nude
Located in Austin, TX
Aubrey O'Day by Markus Klinko, from a stunning collection of contemporary nudes from celebrated photographer, Markus Klinko, featuring amongst others, Dita Von Teese and Stoya
This ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Lightness of Being / Freedom Edition (Queen)
By Chris Levine
Located in London, GB
A laminated giclée print on aluminium composite panel. Produced in 2021. An image derived from the sittings for Equanimity, which depicts Queen Elizabeth II with her eyes closed. Edi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Norman Parkinson 'Paris Drama, Jean Patchett in Paris, Vogue 1950'
Located in New York, NY
American model Jean Patchett photographed in Paris wearing a Jean Dessès evening gown. American Vogue magazine April 1, 1950.
Paris Drama, 1950
C print
Estate stamped and numbered e...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 007 James Bond Roger Moore Portrait Tuxedo Martini
Located in Brighton, GB
Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 007 James Bond Roger Moore Portrait Tuxedo Martini
Roger Moore casts a glance away from the camera as he sips the quintessential James Bond drink: the ic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Composer and diarist Ned Rorem & designer Gloria Vanderbilt
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of composer and diarist Ned Rorem with his close friend designer Gloria Vanderbilt, photographed in Jack Mitchell'...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
30% Off
Lance York
By Champion Studio
Located in New York, NY
Color photograph
Inscribed, stamped, dated, and numbered, verso
Photograph by Walter Kundzicz.
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
About the artist:
Walter Kundzicz’s Champion Studio is known for male physique photographs mostly from the late 1950s to early 1960s. Branching out from the muscle beefcake photography...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
Female Nude in Yoga Pose, Black and White Photograph of Woman, Kate #10
Located in New york, NY
Kate #10, 2002 by Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" hand printed. Signed by the photographer black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate. Model and yogini Kate remai...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$2,275 Sale Price
35% Off
The Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Rome, 13.3.86, The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Willie Nelson running a marathon, Austin TX 1977
Located in Austin, TX
Willie Nelson, taken in 1977 during a running race in Austin Texas. Taken by photographer, Scott Newton
Scott Newton recalls, "Willie Running Race (For Stehlin Foundation Cancer Benefit-Run For Your Life) outside the Austin Opry House entrance on Academy Drive, Austin TX...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Brigitte Bardot for Shalako" 40 x 30 in Ed. 8/50 signed by Terry O'Neill
Located in Culver City, CA
"Brigitte Bardot for Shalako" 40 x 30 in Ed. 8/50 signed by Terry O'Neill
Signed and numbered by Terry O'Neill in early 2000 in Los Angeles
Comes in white frame as shown in photos....
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Co-signed Raquel Welch on the cross by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Co-signed by both Raquel Welch and photographer Terry O'Neill, 20x24" silver gelatin print.
Actress Raquel Welch in a photo conceived by photographer Terry O'Neill after Welch noted that she was afraid that the press would "crucify" her for her film choices, taken on the Fox Lot in the late 1960s. Originally deemed too scandalous for promotional use at the time, the photo wasn't published until 30 years later, on the cover of The Sunday Times...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$11,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Cowboy by Stuart Redler. Black and white photo of cowboy with a saguaro cactus
Located in Coltishall, GB
A cowboy in contemplative pose in front of a saguaro cactus. The man is wearing a stetson hat and smoking a pipe. The image evokes the solitude of life on the plains and seems to e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bob, Mick and Pete, 1978 - Oversize Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Bob, Mick and Pete, by Michael Putland, 1978
Limited Estate Edition
Bob Marley, Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh backstage after the Rolling Stones concert at the Palladium Theatre, New Y...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, 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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