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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1950s
D. Straker bei der Arbeit (Muralist, Neon, Glow, Graffiti, Street Art)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Albrecht Fuchs Drew Straker at Work Giclee on heavy Baryta Rag 2018 24.01 x 18.5 inches (61 x 47 cm) Edition: 20 - BAT (respectively "Archive") Signed, da...
Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Rag Paper, Giclée

Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft, or the creation of avatars are also interesting worldwide phenomena of virtual realities that are not only relevant for children and teens. So when a middle-aged Berlin photographic artist (like Christian Rothmann) chooses to study 120 toy robots with great difference in form, it represents a journey back to his own childhood - even if at the time, he played with a steam engine rather than a robot. Once batteries had been inserted, some of the largely male or gender-neutral robots, could flash, shoot, turn around and even do more complicated things. Some can even still do it today - albeit clumsily. This, of course, can only be seen on film, but the artist intends to document that as well; to feature the robots in filmic works of art. The positioning of the figures in the studio is the same as the tableau of pictures in the exhibition room. In this way, one could say Rothmann deploys one robot after the other. This systematic approach enables a comparative view; the extreme enlargement of what are actually small and manageable figures is like the macro vision of insects whose fascinating, sometimes monster-like appearance only becomes visible when they are blown up a hundredfold. The same thing goes for the robots; in miniature form, they seem harmless and cute, but if they were larger than humans and made noises to match, they would seem more threatening. Some of the tin figures...
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2010s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Reflections of Love - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Reflections of Love (2019) Edition of 10 - 40x40 cm Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. Clare Marie Bailey Works and Lives: UK Clar...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Casa de Papel - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Casa de papel, 2020 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory - PL202...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Tales of Bitter Doom #103 - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tales of Bitter Doom #103' by Carmen De Vos, Edition of 7, 30x30cm, 2018 digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid mounted on Dibond - gloss coating, hand signed & numbered by artist on...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Ave Maria, Ho Chi Minh City - Religious Kitsch Contemporary Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps' 'This is Not America' series photographed in Vietnam in 2016. This striking piece has a fun kitsch vibe, the neon really makes it pop. This artwork is a limit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ataduras - Contemporary, Conceptual, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Ataduras' - 2017 Edition 1/10, Digital Print based on a embroidered Polaroid, mounted under Plexi This piece is exhibited at the Bombay Beach Biennale in the newly founded Polaro...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Plexiglass

Young boy drinking, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, elephant
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 More sizes on request A young elephant drinking at a waterhole. Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are among the most sou...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Markus Klinko - Paris Hilton, That's Hot (Black & White), 2000, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Markus Klinko is an award-winning, international fashion/celebrity photographer and director, who has worked with many of today's most iconic stars of film, music, and fashion. Kli...
Category

Early 2000s Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital, Archival Pigment

Cosmetic Surgery - Tim Flach, Contemporary British Art, Animal Photography, Dogs
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times between 15-20 days. Edition 2/10 All items are shipped as a print only and come unframed. Tim Flach is a grad...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color

POWER II, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, elephant, africa
Located in München, BY
Edition of 5 More sizes on request This iconic elephant Primo, was with his 50 years one of the last remaining big boys in Africa with huge tusks. After several days following him ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

In the Evening Diptych n.d. Limited edition color photography.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A combination of analogue and digital compositions based on ideas from Ovid’s Metamorphosis, deconstructed and subverted to my own narrative. MJO, 2021 Michael James O’Brien draws i...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Fauna 1 - 5 and 6. Figurative Digital Collage Color Photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fauna #1 #5 and #6 (Triptych), by Zoltan Gerliczki From the series "Fauna" Archival Pigment Print Overall size: 48 in H x 117 in W. Individual size: Image size: 48 in H x 39 in W. Edition of 9 + 2AP Unframed 2014 All Prices are quoted as "initial price". Please observe that prices and availability may change due to currency “I am presenting women as powerful as any man. Each woman is decorated with the most common and beautiful flowers. Each picture is powerful in color, energetic, and pure in nature, their expression is innocent.” Your images point toward qualities of women that go largely unseen, yet you seek to reveal through beauty and wonder. The colors and shapes perfectly illustrate the idea of “beauty and wonder” in a way that only nature could produce. Your painterly photos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Odessa, Ukraine, 2004
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. His works depict nature eroded and broken down by civilization, but he does not put man and the environm...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Noemie Lenoir
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

Tantalus, Diptych. Limited edition color photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A combination of analogue and digital compositions based on ideas from Ovid’s Metamorphosis, deconstructed and subverted to my own narrative. MJO, 2021 Michael James O’Brien draws i...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Golden years - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Golden years - 2020 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-967. Not moun...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Portal - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, 21st Century, Self-Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Potral - 2020 Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proof. Digital C-Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Signature label and certificate. Not mounted. Lisa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Occult Games #2. Portrait. Limited edition fashion color photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dreams and fantasies from the past and present are portrayed by Léa Bon’s subjects, which she uses as her own personal dolls. Léa Bon work is a profound explo...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Diana's Eyes, #2256, Homage to Horst P. Horst collage color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Diana's Eyes, #2256 by Natasha Zupan Enlarged photographic print of the original photo collage by the artist 60 in. H x 53.5 in. W Edition of 5 2018 _________________________________...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Kimjongilia Display, Kim Il Sung Square, North Korea
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category

Early 2000s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Martha Hyer Glamour Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful vintage portrait features Martha Hyer posed glamorously in the studio. Martha Hyer was an American actress. She is best remembered for her role as Gwen French in Some...
Category

1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Kanariepiet (Odd Stories) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kanariepiet (Odd Stories) 2/25, 2014 digital print mounted on mdf (15x11cm - 0,8 mm), matt coating hand signed by the artist on the back. -- Part of Carmen De Vos' solo show Odd St...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Digital, Polaroid, Wood, Archival Paper

Lionheart, Lion, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, africa
Located in München, BY
Edition of 12 More sizes on request Portrait of a beautiful and majestic male Lion. Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are among the ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Prey for the Rain - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pray for the Rain (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Marilyn Monroe with Yves Montand Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Capture of Marilyn Monroe with Yves Montand on the set of "Lets Make Love", circa 1960. Let's Make Love is a 1960 American musical comedy film made by 20th Century Fox in DeLuxe Col...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White

Woman in Kenya Wearing Tribal Jewelry, Black and White Photography, Vertical
Located in US
"Adorned" This fashion-inspired, award-winning black and white profile portrait of a young Rendille woman shows the delicate yet bold ornamentation that her remote tribal community ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Wendy and Dolls, Las Vegas - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Wendy and Dolls', from Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series. This contemporary portrait is part of a sequence of artworks photographing Wendy at the Rockabilly Weekender, Viva Las Vega...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Mutilation, Portrait. Limited edition fashion color photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dreams and fantasies from the past and present are portrayed by Léa Bon’s subjects, which she uses as her own personal dolls. Léa Bon work is a profound exploration of dreams and fa...
Category

2010s Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

At fourteen with Grandma's Shawl - Contemporary, Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
At fourteen with Grandma's Shawl (2018)
 25x20 cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Giclée Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, based on a Fuji Instant Film (not mounted) Signed o...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Lone Rider, Kenya, Elephant, animal, wildlife, black and white photography
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 10 More sizes on request A small egret is riding on an elephant through the plains. Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photogr...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Kate With Tassels - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
Located in London, GB
Kate With Tassles - signed limited edition print Kate Moss, New York, 2002. (photo Mick Rock) paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm Stamped and numbered by the Estate. Archival...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Amy Winehouse 12x16" print
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 12x16" print of Amy Winehouse taken in London by Jake Chessum in 2004. Limited edition number 7/20 Jake recalls the session: “I travelled from NYC to London in February 2004 to do a press shoot with Amy Winehouse. It was a classic February day: cold, wet, foggy and dark by about 4pm. We met at her flat and went to a few of her local haunts: a cafe, a launderette, Primrose Hill. The record company were very hands off and didn’t pressure us to do any particular set ups. We just went with the flow. She was really entertaining: funny, smart and cooly indiscreet. I am a huge jazz fan and I remember we talked about music, London and New York.” Jake Chessum offers prints in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Giclée

Horns of Africa. By John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Mursi are one of many groups that practice scarification in the Omo valley and are perhaps the most adept at producing intricate and beautiful patterns. The ritual of scarring, w...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Kaoshi's Hand 1, Matsuo Kabuki
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bent Sound - underwater portrait of Njomza Vitia - archival pigment print 18x24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Bent Sound" - An ethereal underwater fine art photograph that captures the intersection of music and movement through a portrait of singer Njomza Vitia. This submerged portrait tran...
Category

2010s Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ava Gardner (1951) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Brando As Stanley (1951) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (photo A.F. Archive/Alamy Archives). Actress Ava Gardner during the filming of Pandora And The Flying Dutchman...
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Mother - Contemporary, Conceptual, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Mother' 2015, Edition 1/10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. 36 × 25 × 0.8 cm. Digital Print based on reclaimed Fuji FP-100C negative, mounted under Plexi. Signed on verso with Certificate. Ur...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Let them Dance, Photography, Story teller, Hollywood
Located in München, BY
Edition of 3 More sizes on request. 6 ladies dancing in baroque costumes. Tyler Shields is an American Photographer, screenwriter, director and former professional inline skater who has been labeled by some as “Hollywood’s favorite photographer”. He is best known for his unparalleled, controversial, shock evoking photographs of Hollywood Celebrities. Shield’s images often incorporate violence and eroticism, such as his 2011 photograph of Lindsay Lohan in which she appears seductive while being covered in blood and holding a knife. Continuing to push the boundaries, in preparation for his Life Is Not A Fairytale (2011) exhibit in 2011, Shields collected blood from twenty celebrities to paint with, onto a canvas. Shields also appeared to stage the “shooting” of a party-goer with a gun the same year at a release party for his book “Collisions” as an appropriated piece of performance art en homage to the cans of Fluxus artist, Piero Manzoni. Shields is not shy to controversy, in 2012 he also released a photograph of Francesca Eastwood, burning, sawing and biting a $100,000 Hermès Birkin Bag for a photoshoot. Moreover, his series “Suspense” (2013) portrays and depicts stars such as Emma Roberts, Francesca Eastwood and Lydia Hearst frozen in mid-air falling and voluntarily jumping off buildings and bridges creating a sense of movement, adrenaline, and excitement. “Suspense is not about death; it’s about life” explains Shields. Rather than focusing on the person in the frame, these images are more concerned with the action, environment, and landscape. In 2015. Shields created the series “Historical Fiction” which focuses on historical events such as the deaths of James Dean, John F Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King among many more historical events. This series put the American Civil Rights Era at the forefront of his work, as these images explore dark moments in history with many of them honing in on moments that confront the country’s racist past. Furthermore, in 2015 Shields created his hit series “Chromatics” which surrounds the theme of “beauty in chaos” captured through freeze frames of surreal, technicolor violence with colored powder. In order to create this violence, he lined up 20 people up against each other and made them fight with powder. Shields’ talent goes beyond shock. His unique, sinister and daring lens through which he composes and creates his work enables him to push boundaries and experiment with tweaking the Hollywood mystique. The mystery behind his relationships and habits captivate the media, not unlike the art world’s best-known friend of the famous, Andy Warhol. _Photography, nude, woman, naked, story teller...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Stop (in the name of love) - Contemporary, Landscape, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Stop (in the name of love)', 2020 20x24cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist in...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled - Stage of Consciousness (29 Palms, CA) - analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled - Stage of Consciousness (29 Palms, CA) - 2007 Edition 2/5 , 75x93cm, 2007 analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid, Ar...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Markus Klinko - The Savior, Photography 2001, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Markus Klinko is an award-winning, international fashion/celebrity photographer and director, who has worked with many of today's most iconic stars of film, music, and fashion. Kli...
Category

Early 2000s Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital, Archival Pigment

Poor Richard - Head & Torso, North Sore, Salton Sea, California - Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
This Roadside Giant is called 'Poor Richard', ironic really considering the artists' name, and the sad state of his broken off head. Poor Richard refers t...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Eternal Recurrence #16. Color Photograph from the original collage image.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eternal Recurrence #16 by Natasha Zupan -1 /5 Limited edition archival pigment print blow-up photograph from the original collage image. (Signed lower right on recto by the artist an...
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Circulus Natural" by Jeff Robb, 32 x 32 in, 2023
Located in Paris, France
Jeff Robb is a British artist, who graduated with Distinction from the Royal College of Art in 1992 with a master's degree in fine art Holography. Shortly after graduating, he was in...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Lenticular

Jesus 2 and Jesus, From Ibiza Series, Diptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“People from Ibiza” Kenta first came to visit the magic island of Ibiza as a young man at the age of 18 and fell in love with the diversity of personalities and expressions of freedo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Bioluminic I, Portrait. Limited edition fashion color photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dreams and fantasies from the past and present are portrayed by Léa Bon’s subjects, which she uses as her own personal dolls. Léa Bon work is a profound explo...
Category

2010s Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Amaluna's Day Off Number 53 - Polaroid, Lightbox, 21st Century, Women, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Amaluna's Day Off' by Carmen De Vos No. 53, lightbox 52x52cm, Unique Piece 1/1, 2016, signed Please note, this piece runs on European Voltage. Which will dim it a bit in the US. Po...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Lights, Digital, Polaroid

Analogue Girl In A Digital World - Polaroid, Collage, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Analogue Girl In a Digital World', 2017, 30 x 30 cm, edition of 10, digital C-Print based on Mixed Media collage of a Polaroid and digital photo, hand-numbered and signed on the bac...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Half Angels Half Demons #23 and #22 Yoga posture portraits color photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The angel is a being that religion has bequeathed us as a sign of purity, innocence, and goodness, from the same source, we have been sold to the devil as the form that represents ev...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Patti Smith
Located in East Hampton, NY
Patti Smith, musician, poet. The bohemian New York poet and punk-rock artist 11X14 B&W, Silver Gelatin - Fiber Based Print Signed and numbered by artist - Keith Green Captured in New...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Of the Afternoon - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Of the Afternoon (2019) Edition of 10 - 20 x 20 cm Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. Clare Marie Bailey Works and Lives: UK Clare ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Logic Within
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor (born 1961 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an artist who works with digital images. Her work has been widely exhibited in the United States and Europe and is represented within...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

SOON WE'LL BE FOUND - SELF PORTRAIT - 21st Century, Contemporary, Polaroid, Men
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
SOON WE'LL BE FOUND - SELF PORTRAIT - 2017, Edition 1/10 plus 2 Artist Proof, 50x50cm, Digital Print based on a Polaroid on Hahnemühle photo rag paper, not mounted. Signed on back wi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Woman, Street Photography, Black and White, Italy, 1950s, 17.9 x 12.7 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Snoop Dogg by Jake Chessum, framed 9x12" print
Located in Austin, TX
Framed, 9x12" signed open edition print of Snoop Dogg by Jake Chessum Jake recalls the session: “I photographed Snoop at Milk studios in LA. Everybody on the shoot was so excited to...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Giclée

Elizabeth Taylor Behind the Scenes
Located in Austin, TX
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the film "Giant" for her role as character Leslie Bene...
Category

1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

In Spite of dreams, Limited Edition Portfolio of 6 Color Photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A combination of analogue and digital compositions based on ideas from Ovid’s Metamorphosis, deconstructed and subverted to my own narrative. MJO, 2021 Michael James O’Brien draws inspiration from his diverse roles as a photographer, poet, and activist. His work often intersects with themes of identity, social justice, and cultural commentary. O'Brien produced a diverse body of photographic work, from still lifes and portraits to art documentation. He still uses film and works in medium and large formats. His themes are not classical, the artist prefers to portray extraordiary beuty, transgender people and still lifes. The artist's images have a sense of discovery and loss; absence and presence. From In Spite of Dreams Series Printed on Hahnemuhle fine art paper Dimension for each print is 20 in. H x 30 in. W The overall size composition of the entire portfolio is: 60 in. H x 60 in. W) Limited Edition of 10 + 2AP A combination of analog and digital compositions based on ideas from Ovid’s Metamorphosis, deconstructed and subverted to my own narrative. 1. The Fall of Icarus (Diptych), 2013-2018 “Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky, he left his guide and soared upwards…” -Ovid, The Fall of Icarus 2. Lycidas (Diptych), n.d. “Who would not sing for Lycidas” -John Milton, Lycidas 3. The Ides of March...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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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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