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Portrait Photography For Sale
Dancer/Choreographer Trisha Brown, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Dancer/Choreographer Trisha Brown in 1976, signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly from t...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
30% Off
16 x 20" Composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, photographed in 1977. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the verso. Comes...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$2,275 Sale Price
33% Off
16 x 20" Composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, photographed in 1977. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the verso. Comes...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,975 Sale Price
41% Off
Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (22-2) Three Quarters Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexiglas.
Joan Didion by Julian Wasser
Silver gelatin print
Image Size: 11 x 8 inches
Frame Size: 17 x 14 x 2 inches
Edition 11 of 15
Signed on verso by Julian Wasser
Please note the frame is in good condition. The print is in mint condition.
Artist Biography -
Julian Wasser started his career in photography in the Washington DC bureau of the Associated Press where he met and accompanied the famous news photographer Weegee – who would become a lasting influence on him. In the mid-60s Wasser moved to Los Angeles as a contract photographer for TIME, LIFE, and FORTUNE magazines and becoming internationally known as the go to guy for getting candid but memorably composed photographs. (His iconic images of Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz...
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
The Old Days - Historical Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Terry O'Neill, Faye Dunaway by the Pool
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway Oscar Outtake (Stare) Los Angeles
1977 (printed later
C-print
40 x 40 inches
Signature stamped and numbered edition of 50 with certificate of authenticity from the Terr...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Back to the Future (1985 Film) - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Back to the Future (1985 Film) is a black and white photograph realized in 1985
Vintage Photo Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloid in a scene from "Back to the future" by Robert Zem...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Photograph of Andy Warhol with Liza Minnelli and Nell Carter
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Liza Minnelli is an actress and singer, winning an Academy Award in 1973 for her role in Cabaret. Liza entered Warhol’s social circle during the 70’s when...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Archival Photographic Print 'Andy Warhol With Red Campbell's Soup' 1985/2025
Located in New York, NY
The archival photographic pop-art print, ‘Andy Warhol with Red Campbell’s Soup’ was created in 1985 by photographer Andrew Unangst. Taken in New York City, Unangst had the opportuni...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Skiing Waiter, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A skating cocktail waiter at the Palace Hotel in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Sli...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
16 x 20" actress Natalie Wood studio portrait, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actress Natalie Wood, photographed in 1979. It is signed and numbered 7 of 12 by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the verso. ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,975 Sale Price
41% Off
Backgammon By The Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a ...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
Colette, Paris
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed later. Signed on the back of the print with date in pencil. Camera Obscura label on back of mat. Overmatted to 18 x 22". Provenance Camera Obscura Gallery (Denver) 1980s to p...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Waylon Jennings at The Armadillo, Austin 1974
Located in Austin, TX
Waylon Jennings, taken at the Armadillo WHQ, Austin TX in 1974 by photographer Scott Newton.
20x28" signed limited edition print.
Scott Newton recalls, "In 1974 Waylon was ornery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Historical Places Photo- Eton College Chapel - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Eton College Chapel and Canterbury is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpie...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
My Darling come to me (Till Death do us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My Darling come to me (Till Death do us Part) - 2016
40x40cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C- Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist inventory number: 9...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sean
By Jen Davis
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
24 x 30 inches
(Edition of 6)
30 x 40 inches
(Edition of 6)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Plea...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$3,200
Janet Jackson with Black Panther, Los Angeles, 2006
Located in Austin, TX
Janet Jackson with Black Panther, Los Angeles, 2006 by Markus Klinko
This print is available in the following sizes, signed and numbered by Markus Klink...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
$3,520 Sale Price
20% Off
North Coast Native
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This early silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount with the artist's Green Street label and typed title on the back of the mount. Likely printed ...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Photograph of John the Baptist by Bellini - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Up to the Calvary (Painting by Ercol dé Roberti) is a black and white vintage photo realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century.
Good condition.
The artwork belongs t...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Learnesi
By John Kenny 1
Located in New York, NY
Mounted chromogenic print (Edition of 25)
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed and numbered by the artist
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Sur mes lèvres, Marseille
By Sonia Sieff
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7
Also available in 73 x 100 cm / 28.7 x 43.3 in, Edition of 3, price on request
A very sexy extract of a portrait of a naked blond woman with beautiful lips.
These stun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Actor Cary Grant - Vintage Photo - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Lightly damaged (Folds on the angles).
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marlon Brando Kissing Dog, Libertyville, IL 1950 - Large Format Black & White
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a large scale black and white photo of Marlon Brando as a young man at his family farm with his dog. In 1951 Life Magazine asked Art Shay to photograph Marlon Brando at his family home in Libertyville, IL. This is one of the photos from that shoot. In 2000, Art Shay published Album for an Age: Unconventional Words and Pictures from the Twentieth Century. This artwork is matted and framed.
Art Shay
Marlon Brando Kissing Dog...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dining In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A waiter carrying a tray of food walks past a woman walking away from a swimming pool which is ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Alley of Giants, Madagascar by Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
"Alley of Giants"
Madagascar, 2009
Available sizes:
20 x 30 in / Edition of 6
32 x 48 in / Edition of 6
50 x 75 in / Edition of 6
"As I watched the sun set over western Madagascar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie "The Same Old Kyoto" by Sukita
Located in Austin, TX
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "The Same Old Kyoto" by Masayoshi Sukita.
“Bowie had come to Japan to film a commercial for a...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Donald Baechler Polaroid Triptych
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a series of 3 unique photographic works of Donald Baechler taken by Andy Warhol. Donald Baechler is an American painter and assemblage artist who came into recognition amid t...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Hollywood Christmas Swim, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954. Two children play in the background.
Slim Aarons
Christmas Swim...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
4 unique portraits of Vietnamese concert pianist Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen, Signed
By Peter Beard
Located in New York, NY
Peter Beard
Portraits of classical concert pianist Concert Pianist Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen in artists frame, 2006
Four (4) separate Chromogenic prints (c-print) in artist's frame. Hand...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Morrissey Kill Uncle Tour 1991
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of Morrissey by Kevin Cummins, taken standing in front of a sign reading ‘Penis Mightier Than The Sword’ during the Japanese leg of his ‘K...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fix Bike, Citadel of Hope Palmetto Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY 1982
Located in New York, NY
Fix Bike, Citadel of Hope
Palmetto Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
1982
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Archival pigment print (Edition of 10 + 2 APs)
17 x 22 inches, sh...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Renegade - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Portrait, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renegade - 2020
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-930.
Not m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - Vintage b/w Photo - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Italian actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante in a scene from the movie "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal", directed by Mario Monicelli.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pin Ups (Framed)
Located in London, GB
English model Twiggy poses with David Bowie in Paris for the cover of his Pin Ups album, 1973.
TITLE: PIN UPS
PHOTO: Justine De Villeneuve
SIGNED LIMITED EDIT...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gary Cooper with Gun and Cowboy Hat, Esquire Magazine
By Bert Stern
Located in Carmel, CA
Printed by artist in 1987
Excellent Condition
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Steve Wood 'Grooming Freddie Mercury' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 12x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
Rock singer and frontman Freddie Mercury (Frederick Bulsara, 1946 - 1991), of the popular British group Queen, has his moustache groomed. (Photo by Steve Wood...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Dressing Room, La Villa Blanc, Albuquerque - Drag Queens, Women, Wigs, Performer
Located in Denton, TX
Dressing room, La Villa Blanc, Albuquerque, 1971
Gelatin silver print, 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in.
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeffrey Silverthorne
Edition of 12, Printed 2008
Jef...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill, Faye Dunaway Oscar Outtake
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway Oscar Outtake (Stare) Los Angeles
1977
C-print
60 x 60 inches
estate stamped and numbered edition of 50
Terry O'Neill CBE (1938-2019) was an eminent English photograp...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Jerry Hall in feathered Dior, 1975'
Located in New York, NY
Jerry Hall is photographed wearing a one-shouldered satin column dress and feathered coat by Dior during a British Vogue photoshoot at the Palace of Versailles. The image, taken Sept...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Autographed Portrait of The Kessler Twins - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of The Kessler Twins is a b/w photographic portrait, with the added value of the blue ink autographs by Alice and Ellen Kessler.
Original Title: Alice und Ellen Kes...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Halston, Dolly Parton & Andy Warhol at Studio 54
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc.
Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Pat Hackett to Hedges Projects...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
English Cuirassiers Riding Horses - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
English Cuirassiers Riding Horses is a photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition.
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Michael Jackson, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 10
Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25
Black and white portrait of Singer and Songwriter Michael Jackson with lace in front of his face.
From personali...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gabriela at Eleven - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Childhood, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gabriela at Eleven - 2019
25x31cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Photograph printed in Canson Barita Fiber Rag 340gr,
based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Terry O'Neill 'Brigitte Bardot Hands On Hips'
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot, Hands on Hips
1971
Silver gelatin print
24 x 20 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 50
Brigitte Bardot on the set of the film ‘Les Petroleuses’ a.k.a. ‘The Legen...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol, Photograph of Ulrik Trojaborg, 1986
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photographic work taken by Andy Warhol. Ulrik Trojaborg was a dancer with the New York City Ballet in the 1980s and among Andy Warhol's circle of dancer friends, which included Heather Watts...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wolf (Brooklyn, NY)
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
Signed and numbered on label, verso
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Frances F. Denny writes:
“During the research process for a prior series of photographs, I discovered two related facts about my family tree: a) Mary Bliss Parsons, my 8th great-grandmother, was accused of witchcraft in 1674 in Northampton, Massachusetts, and b) less than two decades later in 1692, my 10th great-grandfather, Samuel Sewell, presided as a judge in the Salem Witch Trials. One body of work came and went, but this ancestral coincidence stayed with me. What is a witch? Who does that word belong to—now?
“Major Arcana: Witches in America is a collection of portraits of women from across the United States who identify as witches. As early as 15th-century Europe, people condemned as witches faced a cruel fate: torture, and in many cases, death. Yet despite its history, recent decades have seen a reclaiming of the word ‘witch.’ In the mid-20th century, emerging pagan communities in the United States and Europe began embracing the term, and since then, ‘witch’ has been adopted by a diverse group of people.
“Major Arcana explores the various ways the notion of witch-ness belongs to those who claim it, representing the witch as a self-sought identity that both empowers and politicizes its bearer. Each woman photographed for Major Arcana (including genderfluid and trans individuals) pursues a form of witchcraft, whether aligned with a religion (like Wicca or Voudou) or a self-defined practice. No two individuals inhabit the term ‘witch’ in quite the same way, but many consider themselves pagan, and engage in a diversity of traditions, including: mysticism, engagement with the occult, politically-oriented activism, polytheism, ritualized ‘spell-craft,’ and plant-based healing. Among those included in the series are self-proclaimed green witches, white witches, kitchen witches...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'Celia Hammond in Goggles for Queen Magazine, 1964'
Located in New York, NY
Celia Hammond is photographed by Norman Parkinson wearing goggles and a headdress made of silk chiffon for Queen magazine in 1964. Hammond became a favorite model of Parkinson's and ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gary Clark Jr backstage
By Ben Sklar
Located in Austin, TX
Gary Clark Jr taken in his dressing room, backstage at the Fillmore West, San Francisco by Ben Sklar
Available in the following sizes:
16" x 20" - Edition 20 - signed and numbered b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Pulitzer On The Beach' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pulitzer On The Beach' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Premium Rates Apply. Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Silver Gelatin Print
Produced from the original negative
Certificate of authenticity supplied
Archive stamped
Numbered in ink on front
Printed 2021
Various sizes and frame options available
FRAMING:
Please note that this piece is unframed – however, we offer a full framing service.
If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote.
Keywords
1950s 50s woman model aesthetic luxury high society black and white beach...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Color, Digital
Sergey (Sentenced for Murder): Juvenile Prison for Boys
Located in New York, NY
Sergey (Sentenced for Murder): Juvenile Prison for Boys
Russia
2009
Signed and numbered, verso
Archival pigment print (Total edition of 7 + 2 APs)
This work is offered by CLAMP in...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Great Egrets, A Starry Night
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin
Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 25 x 20 in., Image size: 20 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kate Bush
Located in Austin, TX
Portrait of singer and dancer, Kate Bush by acclaimed photographer, Gered Mankowitz, taken in his London studio in 1978. Kate Bush has seen a huge resurgence...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Matt and Sam
By Jen Davis
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
24 x 30 inches
(Edition of 6)
30 x 40 inches
(Edition of 6)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Plea...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bullfighter
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
15 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
A stylistic precursor of such artists as Pierre et Gilles and David LaChapelle, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Amber Ray
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
20 x 24 inches, sheet
(Edition of 15)
30 x 40 inches, sheet
(Edition of 8)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bermudan Hostess, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father's typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her ...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
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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