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Portrait Photography For Sale
Wheels, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas - Black and White Photograph, Black Artist
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso by Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 14 x 11 in., Image size: 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Warhol, Opening Night Studio 54, New York, NY, 1977
By Robin Rice
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition 1 of 20
After 30 years on West 11th Street, The Robin Rice Gallery celebrates its first ever exhibition for Robin...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
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
Fred Hughes on Phone
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fred Hughes was Andy Warhol's business manager for more than 25 years. During his time with Warhol, Hughes ran The Factory and was also the publisher of Interview Magazine. He was th...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
"Tony", Lake Oscawana, New York, 2010
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition 1 of 25.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Donald Trump, Businessman
Located in New York, NY
Donald Trump, Businessman 1985
Archival pigment print
48 x 48 inches, edition of 10, $12,000
36 x 36 inches, edition of 15, $7,000
24 x 24 inches, e...
Category
1980s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Young Prince Charles III - Vintage Photo - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Young Prince Charles III- Vintage Photo realized in 1965.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
President George W Bush
Located in New York, NY
George W Bush
Archival pigment print
48 x 48 inches
Signed and numbered
edition of 40
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, known principally for h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Bar tunisien
Located in PARIS, FR
Dans un café tunisien, à l'abri des grosses chaleurs estivales , un vieil homme profite du calme de cet endroit, loin du brouhaha de la rue.
Il en profite pour "déguster" sa cigarett...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital, Lambda
$336 Sale Price
20% Off
Basquiat Vrej Baghoomian 1988 (Basquiat portrait with Jack Kerouac)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1980s Jean-Michel Basquiat Exhibition Poster: Basquiat at Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York: April - June 1988:
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s exhib...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
Femme lascive, Paris
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 beautiful naked woman is lying very lascivious on a lounge chair in a stunning classica...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
President Ronald Reagan
Located in New York, NY
President Ronald Reagan
Archival pigment print
image size: 48 x 48 inches
Signed and numbered
edition of 10
William Coupon is an American pho...
Category
1980s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Hans' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Hans' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998
Edition of 10,
50x50cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Artist i...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Alina • # 4 of 6 • 59 cm x 42 cm
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Alina • 2009 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 different sizes.
All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper.
Three different sizes are available, the series ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Andy Warhol at his Factory at 33 Union Square, LAST ONE signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14 inch vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol at his Factory at 33 Union Square West in New York City with 16mm film reels and posters for Tu...
Category
1960s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Saturday Night Live in Elaine's Kitchen, 1976
Located in New York, NY
Elaine's Kitchen - Saturday Night Live • Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi & Lorne Michaels, New York, January 1976
Photographed by Jonathan ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Albert Einstein
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Karsh is a master 20th Century photographer. Karsh is known for his portraits of authors, scientists, artists, statesmen, musicians, and other dis...
Category
1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Dr. Martin Luther King'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Dr. Martin Luther King makes a sp...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Naomi Campbell and Viv Westwood colour 35 x 24 limited edition print
Located in Norwich, GB
David Koppel served his photographic apprenticeship in the rough-and-tumble world of the Fleet Street paparazzi in 1980’s London when his skills captured the very essence of the Me Decade that gave birth to the celebrity culture of today.
Koppel’s classic photographs of Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton & the Royal Family appeared in every major newspaper and magazine and marked him out as that rarity amongst press photographers: the artist with a camera.
Building on the reputation gained through the photographs for the book Still Waters, his black-and-white portraits of ordinary people now rank among the many famous names in his portfolio.
Koppel also went one better and in 2002 bought the St Giles St Gallery , bringing the best of local and international contemporary art and photography to Norwich, including the works of Sir Peter Blake, Terry O’Neill, David Bailey, Maggie Hambling, Storm Thorgersson, Tim Woolcock...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Skiing Princess (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Princess Luciana Pignatelli on a skiing holiday in Lech, Austria. February 1961
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
S...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Gow, Thailand, 1987
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gow, Thailand, 1987
30x20cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print based on a 35mm negative.
Signed on back with Certificate.
Not mounted.
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
STRANGER THAN PARADISE published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2006 - Monograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
STRANGER THAN PARADISE – Monograph
Signed by the artist Stefanie Schneider
Hardcover 200 pages Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2006
ISBN 3-7757-1751-X
With essays by:
• Mark Gisbourne – Life’...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper
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
Bert stern "Marilyn Monroe black and white scarf " 2012
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn Monroe black and white scarf
Mythical photo of the last seance (1962)
Ink jet print by bert stern
2012
signed on both sides ...
Category
2010s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Max turning (Long Way Home) - Analog hand-print, vintage, Alien, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max turning (Long Way Home) - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition 3/10,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # ...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tina Chow Dancing at Karl Lagerfeld dinner at MOMA
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number.
The work comes ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Princess Ruspoli
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Princess Lucy Ruspoli stands in front of a colourful wall of old skis in Lech am Arlberg, Austria, February 1979.
Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
White Pelicans at Dawn
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: 21 x 24 in., Image size: 16 ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Drinks at Gstaad - Models Pose in Furs with Cocktails for Apres Ski Drinks
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
Silence and their words (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Silence and their words (Till Death do us Part) - 2007
20x24cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 8...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Audrey Hepburn
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman Limited Edition of ? ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Wrapped Series Untitled #4" Photography 38x28in Edition 1/10 by Robert Mack
By Robert Mack
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wrapped Series Untitled #4" Photography 38x28in Edition 1/10 by Robert Mack
2013
Photograph, archival exhibition paper
Aluminum mount, UV mat protection
38” x 28” inches
97 x 72 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Beauty and the Beast
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Motif, Afresco, Horse Portrait
Located in New York City, NY
Raphael Macek
Motif, 2020 - Afresco series
41 x 27 inches
105 x 70 cm
Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 7
Framed
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Molly Wilmot's Pool - View of Swimming Pool against Palm Trees and Ocean
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
Japan – Two young geishas in flower garden, studio photograph, hand-colored
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1890.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (266 x 203 mm), numbered B334 in negative, right side of image printed somewhat lighter than left, tiny in-nega...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
And There I Find Myself Waiting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Archival pigment print
Signed and dated by the artist
16 x 20 - edition of 10
20 x 30 - edition of 5
Flickering in the Midday Silver
Beyond the pane
a glimmer,
barely perceived...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Sean Connery on the set of "Diamonds are Forever" (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 31/50, signed by Terry O'Neill.
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwi...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John Biggers in His Studio by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1986, Gelatin Silver Print
Located in Denton, TX
John Biggers in His Studio by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. depicts John Biggers painting in his art studio, surrounded by paintings and art supplies.
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 20 x 1...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
$4,500 Sale Price
40% Off
Bouncing Boys, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas - Black and White Photograph, Children
Located in Denton, TX
Bouncing Boys, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., depicts children playing in the front yard. The kids are gathered around two mattresses, watching one child flipping from one mattress to another.
**Print shown in photos and video is size 20 x 16 in., which is available to purchase.
14 x 11 in.
Gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso.
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sean Connery at Mayfair Hotel 1980s b/w silver print
Located in Norwich, GB
Sean Connery in his Hotel room posing for Frank Herrmann circa 1982
Frank Herrmann is widely regarded as one of the outstanding photojournalists of the latter part of the twentieth ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The World Famous *BOB* I, Hollywood - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
The World Famous Bob, photograph capturing their Burlesque performance in Hollywood, LA. Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque photography as he captured performances in ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Peggy Guggenheim
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1978: Peggy Guggenheim (1898 - 1979) in the Palazzo Venier Dei Leoni, Venice. The palace houses her private art collection, including Picasso's 'On the Beach', pictured to ...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Africa, Ethiopia, Omo Valley, Color Photography of Tribal Children, Tree
Located in New york, NY
A contemporary color photograph by Jean-Michel (JM) Voge, Tree, 1996 is a portrait of Surma Tribe boys from the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. This is a si...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment, Archi...
In it together (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In it together (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x24cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 9371.
Not mount...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Japan – Geisha, Kago Travelling Chair
Located in Middletown, NY
Original Photograph / Photographer unattributed
Yokohama, Japan: c 1885.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (197 x 260 mm), numbered B 86 and captioned caption on lowe...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
On The Floor
Located in Austin, TX
From a stunning collection of contemporary nudes from celebrated photographer, Markus Klinko, featuring amongst others, Dita Von Teese, Stoya and Aubrey O’Day
This print is availabl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons, Skiing at Sugarbush
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Skiing at Sugarbush, 1960.
C print
estate edition of 150
Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Frank Sinatra in his Ford Thunderbird
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
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
Omnia Vanitas No.5 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, still life, apple
Located in Paris, FR
Omnia Vanitas No.5 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in one size:
*46...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
M. Reza Pahlavi
Located in Toronto, ON
20" x 16" Unframed
Limited Edition Estate Photograph of 20
Hand Signed by Marcel Sternberger
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
African-American Civil Rights Photography, Washington Protest, Woman on Bus
Located in New york, NY
Woman on Bus, from the March on Washington, 1963 (printed later) by Leonard Freed, is a 11" x 14" gelatin silver print, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is from Leonard Freed's series This Is the Day: The March on Washington and is on p. 81 of the book (Getty Museum, 2013).
American photographer Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and was a "concerned photographer" whose work demonstrated humanitarian concerns.
Provenance: Freed archive.
***
Artist’s Bio:
Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot by Robert Cohen for AGIP - Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
By Robert Cohen
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Robert Cohen for AGIP. Brigitte Bardot in 1967.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photograph unframed.
Press photograph...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe,
Vermont, USA, 1962.
Additional Information:
Unframed
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Muhammad Ali, Fifth Street Gym, Miami (Hitting the Bag)
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered by artist.
Paper size: 16 x 20 in.
AVAILABLE SIZES:
11 x 14 in., Edition of 25
16 x 20 in., Edition of 25
24 x 36 in., Edition of 25
Acclaimed pho...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
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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