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Portrait Photography For Sale
Recognized Seller Listings
Frida Kahlo in Blue Silk Dress
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 30
Titled, dated, numbered, and signed by Nickolas Muray's Estate
Nickolas Muray Photo Archives
Paper size: 19 x 16 in., Image size: 12 2/3 x 9 3/4 in.
"Muray and Kahlo were at the height of their on-again, off-again, ten-year relationship when these pictures were taken. Their affair had started in 1931, after Muray was divorced from his second wife, and shortly after Kahlo’s marriage to Mexican muralist...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Carole Lombard, 1931 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Carole Lombard, 1931 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
Signed on front of mount
Stamped with photographer's ink stamp on reverse
Silver gelatin prin...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
David Bowie, Diamond Dogs - Terry O'Neill, music, lifetime signed, 24x20 in.
Located in London, GB
Terry O'Neill (1938-2019)
David Bowie, Diamond Dogs (v2)
1974
lifetime edition silver gelatin fine art archival print
24 x 20 in. (paper size)
edition of 50
signed and numbered
printed later
Price:
£9,360 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT)
Notes:
David Bowie poses with a large barking dog for the artwork of his 1974 album Diamond Dogs in London.
From the start of the 1960s and continuing until the present day the name of Terry O'Neill has become inextricably connected with some of the most interesting takes on photographic portraits of celebrities. From the Beatles and Rolling Stones in the 1960s to the Royal Family and the Prime Minister's family in more recent times Terry O'Neill has proved adept at recording the significant subjects of the day in a visually stimulating and sometimes unexpected way and thus illuminated history of our age.
Terry O'Neill was born on 30 July 1938 in the East End of London. His career as a photographer evolved by chance out of his first ambition to become a jazz drummer. Leaving school at fourteen and then doing his National Service his ambition was to go to America to study with the great drummers there. He thought that the best way to travel frequently and inexpensively to the USA would be to get a job as an air steward for BOAC. The airline at that time had no vacancies for stewards but suggested he took a vacancy in their technical photographic unit, which he combined with time at an art school and he then became interested in photojournalism.
At first, O'Neill worked as freelance at London Airport, later was offered a stunt as a reportage photographer at Heathrow. This was followed by three years in Fleet Street, with O'Neill at 21, the youngest photographer in Fleet Street taking pop pictures for the up-tempo Daily Sketch.
One thing lead to another and O'Neill quickly became a significant image-maker and one of the group of talented young photographers who helped create the photographic icons of the 1960s and create part of the buzz that became Swinging London. The peer group that emerged in this decade included David Bailey, Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy from the East End and Patrick Lichfield and Lewis Morley...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Frank Sinatra - Study for a Bronze Bust
Located in Chicago, IL
Bronze Bust – Frank Sinatra posing at the studio of famous Sculptor Jo Davidson. Circa 1946. Note the famous bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
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
Christy Turlington, Luxor, Egypt, 1987 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Christy Turlington, Luxor, Egypt, 1987
1987
Archival pigment print
Image 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10; Ed. no. 9/10
Print only
...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Douglas Booth and Aleksander Skarsgard, Diptych. Photo intervened by the artists
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Douglas Booth and Aleksander Skarsgard, Diptych, 2015 by Hunter & Gatti
From the IWMYAS Series
Acrylic & Oil on Archival Pigment Print
Overall Frame size: 29 in H x 50 in W x 2 in D
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Pigment, Mixed Media
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 Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Diana Vreeland" is a Post-War Polaroid by American Pop Artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is unsigned, but has been given th...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Frank Sinatra - Sitting at Desk - Estate
Located in Chicago, IL
Sitting at Desk – circa 1945. Frank Sinatra at home in Toluca Lake. Note the portrait of FDR on the wall. Sinatra said after meeting him “He’s the greatest man alive today and here’s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Self-Portrait
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self-Portrait" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA01.00106 and AWL235. The artwork is embossed lower...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Potassa De La Fayette
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
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...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Johnny Depp in concert by Zack Whitford - Contemporary Portrait Photography
Located in Chicago, IL
Los Angeles 2012 - Johnny Depp on stage at the Staples Center in concert with Aerosmith.
Limited edition graphic on Archival Canson Platine Fibre Rag pape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, 1963 from the Getty Archive
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
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
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
Dame Edith Sitwell at Tea, 1930 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Dame Edith Sitwell at Tea, 1930 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
Inscribed 'Edith Sitwell' in unknown hand and stamped with photographer's studio in...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Kiss, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition
Gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso by Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Paper size: 16 x 20 in., Image size: 13 x 19 in.
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Prosperity on the Corner
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print.
Title, date and signature on mat margin
1980 stamp in black ink twice on mount verso
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wheels, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition
VINTAGE gelatin silver print
Paper size: 14 x 10 in., Image size: 10 x 10 in.
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso.
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Set of 9 portraits of Pharrell Williams, LIVE FOREVER series. Mixed media
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 9 portraits of Pharrell of the LIVE FOREVER series. Intervene by the artists
Acrylic and oil pastel on Pigment Print
Individual size:
Image size: 30.5 inc x H x 23.5. W
Frame...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Nevermore
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Series: Ghostland
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Surfers Kids and Cop
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin.
Signed, titled, dated, print date and misc. notations in pencil on print verso
AVAILABLE SIZES:
11 x 14 in., Edition ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flea
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
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
Untitled (Cowboy on Horseback)
Located in Denton, TX
Signed in pencil on mount margin.
Toned gelatin silver print.
Framing not included.
Western photographer, Bank Langmore, traveled extensively with cattle drives...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Querelle
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
Kate Moss Abstract, Reflection on Water, (new) – Albert Watson, Woman, Portrait
Located in Zurich, CH
ALBERT WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Kate Moss Abstract, Reflection on Water, (new) 1993
Archival pigment print
Sheet 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in....
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Miguel Bose
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Miguel Bose" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA05.00904 and AWL036.
Andy...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Frida at the Border - Black and White Photograph, Portrait, Woman Artist
Located in Denton, TX
Frida at the Border by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white photograph of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo standing amongst others in a city street scene.
Mount size: 20 x 16 in.
Image s...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Merle Oberon, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Merle Oberon, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
Inscribed 'Merle Oberon' and stamped with Sotheby's Cecil Beaton studio ink stamp on reverse
Sil...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
007 Catches Ursula from the Getty Archive - Black and White, James Bond in Film
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
Frida on White Bench - Portrait, Celebrity, Frida Kahlo, Painter, Artist
Located in Denton, TX
Frida on White Bench, New York, by Nickolas Muray is a colorful portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. This iconic image features the woman artist sitting on a white bench in fron...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Guardian - Father and Daughter, Child, Black Artist, American Flag, Skyline
Located in Denton, TX
The Guardian by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., is a portrait of a father and daughter standing together. The girl is smiling into the camera while the man wrapped his coat around her to keep h...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self-Portrait
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self-Portait" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by pop artist Andy Warhol. It is numbered AWL028.
Andy Warhol — who famously said that, “In the future, everybody...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Frida Kahlo, The Breton Portrait - Black and White Portrait, Celebrity, Woman
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Kahlo - The Breton Portrait by Nickolas Muray is a portrait of the Mexican painter commissioned by Andre Breton.
14.63 x 11.63 in.
Carbon Pigment Print
Edition of 30
Signed by...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Boy with Chalked Numbers, NYC by Harold Feinstein, 1956, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Denton, TX
Boy with Chalked Numbers, NYC by Harold Feinstein is a 14 x 11 inch gelatin silver print, and is edition 3/200. This photograph features a boy sitting on the ground, surrounded by nu...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida Biting Her Necklace by Lucienne Bloch, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print
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
Mike Tyson, Catskills, N.Y., 1986 (back of head) – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Mike Tyson, Catskills, N.Y., 1986 (back of head)
Archival pigment print
Sheet 243 x 183 cm (95 5/8 x 72 in.)
Edition of 5 ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ferrari Team, Pits, Monaco
Located in Denton, TX
Ferrari Team, Pits, Monaco, 1960's
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 22 x 17 in., Image size: 19 x 12 1/2 in.
Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Jesse Alexander...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Greta Garbo
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Clarence Sinclair Bull was one of the great masters of the Hollywood portrait. As head of the stills department at MGM for over thirty years, he helped to pioneer the art and craft o...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida Kahlo - Black and White Portrait, Celebrity, Woman, Artist, Painter
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaning against a wall, with a dark scarf wrapped around her shoulders.
Paper size: 20...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Tina Chow
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
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
Man with Pocket Watch by Thomas Kennaugh, 2023, Photograph and Daguerreotype
Located in Denton, TX
*Listing includes framed archival pigment print and daguerreotype
Man with Pocket Watch by Thomas Kennaugh is an enlarged and enhanced print of a dagu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Other Medium
Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, unairbrushed with Gold Paint, For Pirelli 1998
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The Pirelli Calendar, known and trade-marked as "The Cal", is an annual trade calendar which has been published by the UK subsidiary of the Italian tyre manufacturing company Pirelli...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Gold
Princess Caroline of Monaco
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 Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
The Kiss I. Self Nude Portrait Color Photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Kiss was a self-taken photograph and was part of her solo exhibition in New York at the Art Space Location One, in 2012. The Kiss maps a system uniting two bodies. It is a gestur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Lioness Holding Cub in Mouth, Maasai Mara – Nick Brandt, Lion, Africa, Animals
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Lioness with Cub in Mouth, Amboseli
2012
Platinum print
Sheet 71,12 x 88,9 cm (28 x 35 in.)
Edition of 15, plus AP's; Ed. no. 2/15
print only
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals in the wild.
– Photography, Documentary Photography, Animal, Africa, Wildlife, Nature, Lion Baby...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Marilyn Monroe, New York City, 1954 - Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe, New York City, 1954 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida with the Cactus
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition
Signed in black ink on print margin.
Titled, dated and print date in black ink on artist label.
Paper size: : 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.
“Frida told me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jane Fonda in hair and makeup at The Factory
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Dated 'MAY 03 1982' (on the reverse).
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Muhammad Ali
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered by Al Satterwhite
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
Accla...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Backgammon Players by Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change.
This is a contemporary pr...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print
Francesca Woodman, Providence, Rhode Island
By George Lange
Located in New York, NY
Free Shipping for an unframed print in the US + 14-Day Return Policy.
George Lange
Francesca Woodman, Providence Rhode Islad
11 x 14 inch archival p...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Frida with Granizo, Version 2, Coyoacan - Limited Edition Black and White Photo
Located in Denton, TX
Frida with Granizo, Version 2, Coyoacan by Nickolas Muray is a limited edition platinum print featuring Mexican painter Frida Kahlo with her arm wrapped around her pet deer.
Edition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
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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