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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1950s
Recognized Seller Listings
Ted Higby at Skyline Rodeo, 1928
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexiglas, free shipping and a 14 day return policy.
Ted Higby at Skyline Rodeo, 1928
15 x 12 inch gelatin silver print
Image Size: 14 x 8.5 inches
Frame size: 22.5 x 17.5 x 2 inches
Edition of 15
Lora Webb Nichols was born in 1883 and grew up in the small mining town of Encampment, Wyoming. At the age of 16 Lora received her first camera and from that moment and for the next few decades she produced work that is both stunning in its singular voice and revealing in the world it opens up for us.
At first Nichols photographed her family, friends, and the landscape around Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope to become a photographer for hire shooting portraits and industrial photographs. When the boom collapsed, Nichols took the risk of opening her own business in Encampment - The Rocky Mountain Studio - which opened in 1925. The studio ran for ten years, accumulating 24,000 negatives that illustrate the lives and environment of the people living in and around the town while creating a distinctive and surprising body of work. If one was to attempt an analogy – Nichols’ pictures fit somewhere between Lartigue and Lange - joyful and generous while objectively intimate. In particular what seems to distinguish Nichols’ work is the way she sees the world from a female perspective. As Vince Aletti...
Category
1920s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy in Drag Having Makeup Done
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts inventory number wri...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Photo Booth
By Robert Frank
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front of the print, lower right in black ink. Exhibited Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, 1985.
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paul Newman / Sebring 12-Hour Race, Florida - Black and White Portrait, Racing
Located in Denton, TX
Paul Newman / Sebring 12-Hour Race, Florida by Al Satterwhite is a black and white portrait of the American actor, director, race car driver, philanthropist and entrepreneur. Newman'...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frida Biting Her Necklace - Black and White Photograph, Woman Artist
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Biting Her Necklace by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Frida playfully bites her necklace as she poses for her portrait.
Gelatin ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male Model Close Up
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs
Each photo is unique and blind embossed “Andy Warhol” in the lower right corner
Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Jon Goul...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Margaret Hamilton - Witch in Myths series
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot with Cigar in Spain, 1971 - Platinum Lifetime Print
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of "The Ballad of Frenchie King" in Almeria, Spain, 1971
Platinum lifetime print. (lifetime signed)
20 x 24 inches
Edition Size: 50 + 10 ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
~Framed~Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, London by Terry O'Neill - 2/50
Located in Chicago, IL
British actress Jane Birkin and French poet, singer, and actor Serge Gainsbourg around the release of their single "Je t'aime... moi non plus" in 1969. Taken at the Sunday Times Stu...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
North Shore Aquatics Club
By Neal Slavin
Located in New York, NY
Neal Slavin began photographing group portraits of organizations of people in the early 1970s, and it became a career-long passion. Synchronized swimmers are no doubt among one of th...
Category
1980s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frida and Diego with Gas Mask - Black and White Photograph, Couple
Located in Denton, TX
Frida and Diego with Gas Mask is a limited edition black and white portrait of Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The couple embraces each other while Frida holds a gas m...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Muhammad Ali, Fifth Street Gym, Miami by Al Satterwhite, 1971, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Muhammad Ali, Fifth Street Gym, Miami by Al Satterwhite is a 20 x 16 inch archival pigment print. This photograph features Muhammad Ali leaning against gym equipment with his arms ra...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frank Sinatra - Me and My Shadow
Located in Chicago, IL
Portrait of Frank Sinatra circa 1939. Taken at their apartment on Garden St, Hoboken, NJ. Photo by Nancy Sinatra Senior. This striking photo is one of the family’s favorites. This is...
Category
1930s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Mrs. Claus
Located in New York, NY
Created by Cindy Sherman in 1990, Mrs. Claus is an original chromogenic print that is hand-signed and dated on the verso from an edition of 125, measuring 14 x 11 in. (36 x 28 cm), u...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Any Warhol Self-Portrait
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Any Warhol Self-Portrait" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA01.00097 and AWL190. The artwork is uns...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Drinks at Gstaad - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Pugs - Color Photograph, Group Portrait, Dogs, Dog Show
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Pugs by Neal Slavin features 15 pugs sitting on velvet covered tables, with their owners peeking out from behind the fabric.
Archival Pigment Print
Paper size: 22 x 17 in., Image si...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Molly Wilmot's Pool - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Grace Jones and Andre Leon Talley at Studio 54
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Grace Jones is a musician and former model. A former star of the Studio 54 disco scene, she is known for her androgynous appearance, bold features, and subversive antics, making her one of the biggest pop stars of the 1980s.
Andre Leon Talley...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Devon – Nick Knight, Model, Fashion, Asia, Portrait, Photograhpy, 90s, pink
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK KNIGHT (*1958, Great Britain)
Devon
1997
Hand-coated pigment print
Sheet 101,6 x 76,2 cm (40 x 30 in.)
Edition of 12, plus 2 AP; Ed. 4/12 (from a sold out edition)
Nick Knight is among the world’s most influential and visionary photographers. He has worked on a range of often controversial issues during his career – from racism, disability, ageism, and more recently fat-ism. He continually challenges conventional ideals of beauty.
Knight made fashion history in November 1993 by adapting ring-flash photography to capture Linda Evangelista for a landmark, post-grunge cover of British Vogue. Since then, his work has graced no fewer than 36 covers. He has shot advertising campaigns for Jil Sander, Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and Christian Dior to name a few. He has also shot record covers for David Bowie, Paul Weller, George Michael and Massive Attack.
Knight’s work has been exhibited at institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, The Photographers’ Gallery, the Hayward Gallery and recently the Tate Modern. Knight has also turned his hand to directing music videos - Pagean Poetry by Björk in 2001 being his first and, most recently, Kanye West’s Bound 2. He directed the video for Lady Gaga’s hit single Born This Way in 2011. Both the song and the video aimed to empower and show solidarity within minority groups, a common theme in Knight’s work.
In 1997 Knight took this photograph of model Devon Aoki...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Pigment
Boy jumping into Hudson River, NYC by Ruth Orkin, 1948, Silver Gelatin Print
By Ruth Orkin
Located in Denton, TX
Boys jumping into Hudson River, NYC by Ruth Orkin depicts a thrilling scene. A boy is suspended in the air after jumping off a tall building in New York City. Children are are seen s...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jane Fonda
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Truman Capote
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Truman Capote" is a Polaroid by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA05.01327 and AWL231.
Andy Warhol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Photograph of Debbie Harry (Blondie), 1985
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The singer, songwriter, and actress Debbie Harry is an icon of 1980s punk and new wave. The lead singer of the new wave band Blondie, named for Harry's sign...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Big Jay McNeely, 1951 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Big Jay McNeely, 1951 - 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 ...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bill Wyman
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Bill Wyman" is a color portrait Polaroid, Polacolor photograph by Andy Warhol in c. 1980. The artwork is 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches and, with the frame, is 9 x 9 x 1 1/2 inches.
A fixtur...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Star Trek Convention - Color Group Portrait, Costumes, Sci-Fi, Alien
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Star Trek Convention by Neal Slavin is a color group portraits of 14 young adults dressed in costumes from the popular sci-fi show, Star Trek.
Archival Pigment Print
Paper size: 17 ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Martha Graham
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Martha Graham" is a Post-War Polaroid by American Pop Artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is unsigned, but has been given the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Self-Portrait in Fright Wig
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self-Portrait in Fright Wig" is a Polaroid, self-portrait by pop American artist Andy Warhol. It is numbered AWL249.
Andy Warhol — who famously said tha...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Spanish Dancer - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Sailors
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
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
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
Kate Moss Veil (color) – Albert Watson, Woman, Portrait, Erotic, Celebrity, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
ALBERT WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Kate Moss Veil (color), 1993
Special Carbon Series on lithographic paper
image 76 x 56 cm (29 7/8 x 22 in.)
Edition of 7, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 3/7
Prin...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Giorgio Armani
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Giorgio Armani" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA05.01847 and AWL024.
Andy Warhol — who famously s...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Francesca Woodman, Providence, RI
By George Lange
Located in New York, NY
Francesca Woodman in Providence, Rhode Island (1976) photographed by George Lange.
14 x 11" archival pigment print
21 x 17 x 2" frame with UV plexgias
Edition 2 of 10, signed and e...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Helena Christensen, New Orleans, 1991 – Albert Watson, Black & White, Celebrity
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Helena Christensen, New Orleans, 1991
1991
Silver gelatin print
Image 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print Only
Albert Watson...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Clint Eastwood on the Set of Magnum Force, Photograph by Julian Wasser - 2/20
Located in Chicago, IL
Clint Eastwood, 1973, Bravo (black and white)
Photographed on the set of Magnum Force, the 1973 sequel to Dirty Harry. Ten years earlier, Eastwood had been a struggling actor, but t...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Georgia O'Keeffe
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed by the artist on the front of the mount. Printed later circa 1980-90s. Excellent condition. The piece does NOT include the frame. Frame shown just for reference. From the esta...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bianca Jagger
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Bianca Jagger" is a Post-War Polaroid by American Pop Artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is unsigned, but has been given the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Jewish Refugees, Lydda Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel by Ruth Orkin, 1951
By Ruth Orkin
Located in Denton, TX
Jewish Refugees, Lydda Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel by Ruth Orkin depicts a window with three faces peering out into the world. A reflection of a large ship is cast onto these young fac...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Warhol with Corn Flakes
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Warhol with Corn Flakes" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by pop American artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is signed in the lower righ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Jane Fonda
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Jane Fonda" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA04.05052, FA04.05059, FA04....
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Mother with Sons, 3rd Ward, Houston, TX
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, dated and print type in pencil on print verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers living today, has extensively documented the African American neighborhoods in Houston, Texas.
After serving as a Marine in Vietnam, he enrolled at Texas Southern University, where he studied art under the direction of John Biggers, who became a great friend and mentor. During his time at TSU, he was hired to be a photographer for the Model Cities Program, part of Lyndon Johnson...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Boy with Bee - Black and White Portrait, Child, Insect, Sculpture
Located in Denton, TX
Boy with Bee by Keith Carter is a black and white portrait of a child sitting on a bench while holding a bee sculpture.
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Keith Car...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self-Portrait
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self-Portrait" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by pop artist Andy Warhol. It is numbered FA02.00015 and AWL057.
Andy Warhol — who famously said that, “In the f...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Tina Chow
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation num...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Three Generations, Third Ward, Houston, TX
Located in Denton, TX
No edition
Silver gelatin print
Paper size: 20 x 16 in. Image size: 19 x 15 in.
Signed, and titled in pencil on verso by Earlie Hudnall
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers living today, has extensively documented the African American neighborhoods in Houston, Texas.
After serving as a Marine in Vietnam, he enrolled at Texas Southern University, where he studied art under the direction of John Biggers, who became a great friend and mentor. During his time at TSU, he was hired to be a photographer for the Model Cities Program, part of Lyndon Johnson...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stevie Wonder V1, Los Angeles, California - Black and White, Musician, Piano
Located in Denton, TX
Stevie Wonder V1 by Al Satterwhite is a black and white portrait of the famous American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
Archival Pigment Print
20 x 24 in.
Ed. of 2...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Water Trails Down Empty Street in Front of Water Tower - Black and White Print
Located in Brighton, GB
'Water Trails down Empty Street in front of Water Tower' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Tupac Shakur – Albert Watson, Photography, Portrait, Black & White, Celebrity
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Tupac Shakur, New York City, 1991
Archival pigment print
107 x 142 cm (42 1/8 x 55 7/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Halston, Dolly Parton & Andy Warhol at Studio 54
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, 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
Diana Vreeland
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
As Editor-in-Chief, Diana Vreeland brought Vogue to the forefront of international fashion magazines. Richard Avedon said of Vreeland at her memorial, “Diana lived for imagination ru...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Andy Warhol and Truman Capote
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Andy Warhol and Truman Capote" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA01.00014 and AWL170, and is unsign...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Jerry Hall and Grace Jones
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Grace Jones began her career as a model, working for fashion houses such as Yves Saint Laurent and Kenzo and appearing on the covers of Elle and Vogue. She began her music career as ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Stirling Moss, Jaguar Pits
Located in Denton, TX
Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Paper size: 16 x 20 in. Image size: 11 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.
Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photograp...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gabriel García Márquez Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gabriel García Márquez, Portrait by Hernan Diaz
Signed by Hernan Diaz C. 1994@
Provenance Writer Estate.
Archival Pigment print
Image size: 15.5 H. x 11.5 W in.
Frame size: 25 H x 2...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dina Merrill
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The heiress of Post Cereals, Dina Merrill was a socialite, philanthropist, and actress once pegged to be “Hollywood’s new Grace Kelly.”
Image dimensions...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Rascals, Third Ward, Houston, TX
Located in Denton, TX
No edition
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on print verso by Earlie Hudnall
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs
Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.
Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.
Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.
While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.
Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.
Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.
On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.
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