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Portrait Photography For Sale
Fiona Apple vintage silver gelatin print by Chris Cuffaro
Located in Austin, TX
Fiona Apple, 8”x10” Hand-printed darkroom print, made at the time of the shoot in 1996, and stored flat in a temperature-controlled environment.
The print...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wendy Resting, Las Vegas - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Wendy Resting', from Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series. This contemporary portrait is part of a sequence of artworks photographing Wendy at the Rockabilly Weekender, Viva Las Vegas....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Farmers in Town (1939) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Farmers in Town (1939) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Arthur Rothstein/Alamy)
Farmers in town,
Fairfield, Montana, USA, circa 1939.
Additional Information:
Un...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
The Old Days - A Greek Soldier in Traditional Costume - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - A Greek Soldier in traditional costume is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the late 19th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical mom...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lana Turner - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Lana Turner - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo Cineclassico/Alamy Archives)
American actress-
Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
I need to save myself (Till death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I need to save myself (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 9311.
N...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Elke Sommer Sultry Portrait Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Elke Sommer posed in a sultry portrait, circa 1965.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece o...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Joan Crawford (1933) Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
Joan Crawford (1933) Archival Pigment Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1933
Joan Crawford (1905-1977) US film actress.
Additional Information:
Unfr...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Wall Flower - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Wall Flower' 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Based on a Polaroid, digital C-Print, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL219-625
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Joan Crawford (1933) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Joan Crawford (1933) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1933
Joan Crawford (1905-1977) US film actress.
Additional Information:
U...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Andy Warhol in his New York studio, 1976 (Palm Springs Art Museum) Signed Framed
Located in New York, NY
MICHAEL CHILDERS
Andy Warhol in his New York studio, 1976
Photographic print
Printed in 2007
Signed boldly on the front in black felt tip pen by photographer Michael Childers
Frame included: in the original frame as donated by the photographer to the Palm Springs Art Museum
This is one of a series of portraits of Andy Warhol by Michael Childers, founding photographer of Warhol's Interview and After Dark magazines, taken in his New York studio and Paris from 1976-1980. This work is signed on the front and framed. It was acquired from the Palm Springs Art Museum, where it was donated by the artist.
The verso of the frame bears the works title, original year in felt tip marker, and the artist's studio stamp with copyright of 2007 (year printed)
Another example of this work was exhibited at the Palm Springs Art Museum and a different example is part of the Michael Childers collection at the Las Vegas Art Museum
Measurements:
Artwork (visible): 7 x 9 7/8 inches
Frame: 12 x 15 x .4 inches
Michael Childers Biography:
Since the 1960s, Michael Childers has been photographing famous people...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Joan Crawford - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Joan Crawford - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
Joan Crawford (1905-1977) US film actress.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Pa...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Woman in Kenya Wearing Tribal Jewelry, Black and White Photography, Vertical
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Adorned"
This fashion-inspired, award-winning black and white profile portrait of a young Rendille woman shows the delicate yet bold ornamentation that her remote tribal community ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Anthony in the Tub
By Marc Yankus
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed, titled, numbered, and dated, verso
11 x 17 inches, sheet
(Edition of 15)
17 x 22 inches, sheet
(Edition of 15)
This photograph is offered by ClampAr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man, Market, Street Photography, Black and White, Italy 1950s, 17, 8 x 13 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Elissa
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Elissa' (Bombay Beach) Edition 1/10, 20x30cm, 2017, printed on Velvet Watercolor, 310gsm, Bright White, Acid Free, Signature label and Certificate.
About
Tao Ruspoli (born 7 Novemb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Untitled (Traintracks) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Traintracks) - The last Picture Show - 2004,
38x37cm. Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
James Garner Playing Golf on the Beach
Located in Austin, TX
Actor James Garner playing golf on a bach in Malibu, circa 1958.
James Garner was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, which included The Gre...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kate Moss Street Art Photograph New York
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Kate Moss Street Art Photo:
A rare Mr. Brainwash Kate Moss mural photographed in New York's famed Soho area in 2014 by celebrated downtown photographer Fernando Natalici.
Digital C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
The Essence of Dali
By Salvador Dali and Philippe Halsman
Located in Buffalo, NY
The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman hand signed and exhibited at the International Center for Photography.
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 Surrealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Motley Crue Bubble Bath - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Motley Crue Bubble Bath - Signed and Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Motley Crue in a bubble bath, 1986. (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are number...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marcel Proust, Unique Acetate delivered by Andy Warhol to Chromacomp Inc. Framed
By Otto Wegener
Located in New York, NY
Intended for Andy Warhol
Marcel Proust, ca. 1976
Acetate positive acquired directly from Chromacomp, Inc. Andy Warhol's printer in the 1970s.
Derivative on acetate, based on a photo by Otto Wegener...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Marilyn Monroe with Ben Lyon Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Marilyn Monroe smiling at an event with Ben Lyon.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Stoic Point - Tim Flach, Contemporary British Art, Animal Photography, Dogs
By Tim Flach
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that the US recently imposed an import duty on photographs printed in the last 20 years which may apply if you are purchasing and importing this to the US.
Edition 5...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color
Woman, Dog, Bed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Staging Pictures: Early Polaroids focuses on Stivers' working Polaroid prints, shot with a Hasselblad Polaroid back for instant proofing of lighting and composition of his subjects. ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Skiers on the Slopes of Sugarbush - Skiers on Mountain Range in Vermont
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Skiers on the Slopes of Sugarbush - Skiers on Mountain Range in Vermont by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Skiers ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Willie Nelson by Ebet Roberts
By Ebet Roberts
Located in Austin, TX
Willie Nelson at The Palladium in NYC on December 11, 1980 by Ebet Roberts.
Signed limited edition, hand printed silver gelatin print.
Ebet Roberts began her career in 1977 when sh...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
J-Class Yacht Velsheda Racing Forward, World Class Sailboat
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"True Bearing"
The boat Velsheda sails along the shores of Porto Cervo, Italy.
The nautical print series Sail: Majesty at Sea is an intimate look at two revered racing boat class...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Lying on Silk Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white vintage original photograph of Marilyn Monroe posed lying on silk, smiling to the camera with jewels on.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Cele...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Frank Sinatra in Tbird
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
In this photograph, Frank Sinatra is captured glancing over his shoulder at his friend, photographer Frank Worth, while sitting in his classic Ford Thunderbird.
Frank Sinatra was a...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
James Franco, LA, 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 the American actor.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor with Vintage Camera
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Actress Elizabeth Taylor takes a photo with a Rollieflex twin lens medium format reflex camera wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses and smoking a cigarette on the set of the movie 'Giant' which was released on November 24, 1956.
Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film about sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates. Directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., candid and smiling.
On March 26, 1964, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. met for the first and only time i...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Snoop Dogg - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Snoop Dogg - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Portrait of Snoop Dogg, 2009 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Queen Album Cover - limited edition print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Queen Album Cover - signed limited edition print
Iconic Queen 2 album cover, London, 1974. (photo Mick Rock)
Square image on paper size : 24x20 inches ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Farrah Fawcett Majors
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A behind-the-scenes image of Fawcett’s portrait photo shoot. When she comes to see the finished product, Warhol notes in his diary: “…I didn’t think Farrah liked it, but then she studied them for about half an hour and finally she love it…And she looked pretty, her hair was all washed, and she looked very very nice. She’s sweet.”
Farrah Fawcett...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beastie Boys by Jake Chessum framed signed 9x12" print
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
Framed, 9x12" signed open edition print of The Beastie Boys by Jake Chessum
Jake recalls ” This was from April 1994. I flew from London to shoot at Mike D’s backyard and around G-So...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Pink Mirror
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Beauty, elegance and fierce attitude defines Elena’s eye-catching work. She is known for her high impact colorful portraits. Her style is permeated with the passion for highly aesthetic, strong and elegant imagery, with saturated colors and play of light. Diving into her world means opening the doors of a minimalist and stylized world in which sublime female models play freely to the camera.
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Originally from Russia, Elena Iv...
Category
2010s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Natalie Wood Classic Portrait
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Frank Worth captured this classic image of Natalie Wood in 1952. At this point, Wood was already a star having starred in films including Miracle on 34th Street as a child but had no...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Bob Dylan, Blue Wall, 1983 by Lynn Goldsmith
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Bob Dylan by Lynn Goldsmith
A portrait of Bob Dylan, capturing the reluctant figurehead of American unrest at his introspective best. The year was 19...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iman, LA, 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 the famous model and ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
September 11th, 2001
Located in New York, NY
This historic photograph taken at Ground Zero on 9/11/2001 by Thomas E. Franklin is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Jack Nicholson, LA, 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 American actor and fi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dream in Color Series, Some Like it Hot, Bisbee, Arizona - Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps' Dream in Colour Series beautifully captures 1950's chic, the nostalgic vibe and warm colours paired with a Marilyn Monroe movie sti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Owl
By Siri Kaur
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In SHE TELLS ALL, Kaur engages questions of identity performance by exploring an ever-present and wildly diverse American identity: the modern American witch. Witches are contemporar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$2,000
Dennis Hopper, 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 acto...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Landscape with Ruins - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with Ruins s a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in Italy in the 1960...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$54 Sale Price
25% Off
Head, Pharrell Williams portrait, from the LIVE FOREVER series. Mixed media
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In LIVE FOREVER, the all-new series of acrylic and oil pastel on pigment print, Hunter & Gatti engage with the discursive and artistic discoveries of two major pillars of contemporar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Posed for "Bus Stop" Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of a Marilyn Monroe posed for her role in "Bus Stop", circa 1956.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piec...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Marlon Brando, Hawaii, 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 famous actor Marlon Brando.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns t...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rock Hudson on a Motorbike
By Don Ornitz
Located in Austin, TX
Star actor Rock Hudson. Hudson was one of the top leading men in film during the 50's and 60's era and achieved stardom with roles in films such as Magnificent Obsession, All That He...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Roman Holiday (1951) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
By Elia Kazan
Located in London, GB
Roman Holiday (1952) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo Phillip Harrington / Alamy Archives)
3rd April 1952.
Actress and fashion model Audrey Hepburn preparing for a sc...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
James Dean: The Rebel Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of star actor James Dean in a cowboy hat. A stunning vintage press print acquired by Globe Photos from London Features.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage pre...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Mysteries of Love (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Mystery of Love (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2017
20x24cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Artist inventory 21300.
Signature label and Certific...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Willie Nelson, Spicewood, Texas - Black and White Portrait, Country Musician
Located in Denton, TX
Willie Nelson, Spicewood, Texas by Michael O'Brien is a black and white portrait of the adored country singer, songwriter and guitarist. This portrait features the side profile of Wi...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Constance, Girlfriend Series, NYC. Black and White Portrait Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“Holly came from Miami, F-L-A, Hitchhiked her way across the USA. Plucked her eyebrows on the way; shaved her legs and then he was a she. She said, ‘Hey, Babe, take a walk on the wil...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Evander Holyfield, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 10
Also available in 101 x 127 cm 40 x 50 inch
and as combined Edition 25 in
40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch
50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch
Black and white Portrait of America...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beaton, Pablo Picasso, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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
Diane Keaton, 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 actress Diane Keaton...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome closeup publicity still of Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in their roles for the Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief.
To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
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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