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Portrait Photography For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Abstract
Elvis Presley, Tropical Island. Portrait. Digital Collage Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Elvis Presley Tropical Island, by Paloma Castello From The Castelloland series Digital photographs on glossy pearlescent paper 40" x 30" inches Edition of 5 + 1 AP 2023 Castelloland...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Young Marilyn Monroe with Telescope Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white vintage image of a young Marilyn Monroe, before the blonde, smiling with a telescope. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of history and kick-start your collection with our one-of-a-kind pieces of your favorite celebrities. -- "The Marilyn Monroe community was shocked and stunned at the untimely passing of truly one of the greatest Monroe sculptors of all time, Kim Goodwin...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Black and White

No Causes (Ensign Broderick record Shoot 'Blood Crush')
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
No Causes (Ensign Broderick record Shoot 'Blood Crush') - Bombay Beach, CA - 2019 48x47cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature l...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 488...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

An Image of Life (Ensign Broderick record Shoot 'Blood Crush') -Bombay Beach, CA
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
An Image of Life (Ensign Broderick record Shoot 'Blood Crush') - Bombay Beach, CA - 2019 48x47cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Sign...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Bombay Beach Pirates (Ensign Broderick record Shoot 'Blood Crush')
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bombay Beach Pirates (Ensign Broderick record Shoot 'Blood Crush') - Bombay Beach, CA - 2019 30x40cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

High Noon (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
High Noon - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist Inventory #21980. S...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Whispers in the Sun (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Whispers in the Sun - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist Inventory ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Nowhere (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Nowhere - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist Inventory #726. Signa...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Running with Guns' - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid-sized unlimited Mini 'Running with Guns' - 1999 - signed in front, not mounted. 1 Digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid. Polaroid sized open ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Elizabeth II and Elizabeth the Queen Mother - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
 Elizabeth II and Elizabeth the Queen Mother  is a black and white vintage press print, realized in 1960s. The photo depicts an official moment of the English Crown. Elizabeth II an...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

IL Ranch Cookwagon, NV
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For years, Jahiel has been photographing the cowboys of the Great Basin–perhaps one of the most inhospitable regions of the already rugged West. These people represent one of the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Elizabeth II visits the Agency Holloway - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
 Elizabeth II visits the Agency Holloway is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s. The photo depicts an official moment of the English Crown.  Good conditions and aged...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Asleep - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Asleep, 2020 50x50cm, 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 - PL2020-833. ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - 90x89cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Shooting II (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 90x89cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist I...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Her last Call (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Her last Call II (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 16495. Not mounted. Featuring Heather Megan Christie. Offered is a piece from the movie: The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence A tale told with blemished and expired Polaroid film about the hopes and dreams of a newly orphaned girl after losing her parents who lived in the Californian desert in a vintage Spartan travel trailer. -filmed with Polaroid film stock and Super-8 footage, overlaid with poetic voice-over monologue - this feature film creates a dynamic kaleidoscope of words and pictures, a dreamy tale that channels Terrence Malick, Gus Van Sant, and pages torn from a lonely girl's journal (Palms Springs life magazine / Caroline Ryder) Stefanie Schneider By Caroline Ryder Travel up a bumpy dirt road in Morongo Valley, the trail strewn with rocks, and you’ll come upon a gigantic 1950s trailer in pristine condition, ringed by a white picket fence, with cottontail rabbits hopping among neat little rose bushes that bloom despite the broiling desert heat. Inside the trailer are period accents—a vintage radio, vintage fridge, little crocheted doilies and dusty gilt-framed photographs. It’s a surreal home-sweet-home, an Americana fantasy as imagined by German artist and experimental filmmaker Stefanie Schneider whose work is so inspired by the desert landscape, she made it her home in 2005. “There’s a completely different light here than in Germany, a beautiful light,” says Schneider, whose 10-acre property in Morongo is dotted with vintage trailers. They surround her midcentury home, and serve as sets for her photo shoots or as guest lodgings for her friends from Hollywood and Berlin. “But what I really love about the desert is the desolation,” she continues. “The sense of hope for something that might or might not come. It’s easy to see our dreams projected in the desert.” Famed for shooting trailer park chic fine art photographs exclusively on vintage Polaroid film, Schneider recently completed her most ambitious project to date—a feature film made entirely of Polaroid stills (4000 images in total), the story set around her magnificent 1950s trailer. The film, called “The Girl Behind The White Picket Fence” tells the story of a broken-hearted girl who lives in the trailer. Her name is Heather, and she is played by model Heather Megan Christie, girlfriend of actor Joaquin Phoenix...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Poupée - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Poupée, 2020 50x50cm, 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 - PL2020-869....
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Snowy Owl, photograph by Brad Wilson, limited edition, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"Snowy Owl" is a signed photograph For millions of years, early humans evolved alongside all other wildlife in a completely analog world, sharing the same natural environments in ve...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Heist (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Heist - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist Inventory #21978. S...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

King Penguin #1 by Brad Wilson - Animal portrait photography, wild bird
Located in Paris, FR
'King Penguin #1, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 2019' is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Brad Wilson from the ‘Affinity’ series which features studio portraits of...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tiger #3 by Brad Wilson - Animal portrait photography, wild cat
Located in Paris, FR
'Tiger #3, Los Angeles, CA, 2010' is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Brad Wilson from the ‘Affinity’ series which features studio portraits of wild animals. Thi...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lila and Sam from the movie Stay with Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A piece of art from the movie 'Stay' by Stefanie Schneider Stefanie created the art for both main actors Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling in the movie 'Stay' directed by Marc Forster. S...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Nuit américaine, Saint Cloud
Located in München, BY
Edition 7 A naked woman is walking along a street by night with a superb blue sky in the background. These stunning photographs of Sieff’s subjects in Paris, in their homes, on the...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Radha Pink - LAST EDITION - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
LAST EDITION 'Radha Pink' (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 58x56cm, Edition of 10, Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid, not mou...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Day Worker (American Depression) -Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Day Worker (American Depression) - 1999 Edition of 10, 58x56cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, on Crystal Fuji Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid. Artist inventory...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Metal

Steve McQueen "The Great Escape"
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white film still of actor and driver Steve Mqueen in "The Great Escape". This listing is for a limited edition archival print. What's included: - Limited Edition Archival...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Oxana (29 Palms, CA) with Radha Mitchell - Polaroid, 21st Century, Women, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Oxana (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 75x93cm, Edition 3/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte surface, based on a Polaroid. Mounted ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Metal

Poolside - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pool Side (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 Edition 5/5, 20x20cm. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Artist inventory Number 619. Signature label and Certificate. Not mounted. A Ge...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Zabriskie Point II - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Zabriskie Point (Stranger than Paradise) - PART II - 2003 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

The Muse (29 Palms, CA) - analog, mounted - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Muse (29 Palms, CA) - 2009 38x37cm, Edition of 5, Artist Proof 1/2, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the Artist, mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection, based on the Pol...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

Radha Shooting I (Long Way Home)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Shooting I (Long Way Home) - 1999 38x36cm, Edition of 30, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory #254. Not mounted. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Lady Luck, Las Vegas, Nevada - Contemporary portrait color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps' is well known for his Rockabilly Series, 'Man's Ruin' which features many aspects of the Rockabilly lifestyle such a the cars, the fashion and the people. This cool co...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Max by the Pool (29 Palms, CA) analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max by the Pool (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 Edition 7/10, 67x60cm including the white 'Polaroid' frame. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, mounted on Al...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

0971 and 1858, Diptych. From The ONE Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
0971 and 1858, Diptych, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone From the ONE series 0971: Photography, pencil, ink and pastel on fabric 1858: Photography, pencil, ink, acrylic and pastel on fabric ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Fabric, Mixed Media, Archival Pigment, Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

'There is no Forever' - Till Death do us Part
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'There is no Forever' (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid Certificate and Signature label artist Inventory No. 9080...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Long Way Home III - analog, 128x125cm, not mounted, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Long Way Home (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 128x125cm, Edition of 10, analog C-Print based on the Polaroid, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Not mount...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

'Penelope' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Jacinda Barrett
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Penelope' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998 58x57cm, Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signature Label ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

The Map - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Map (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, artist Inventory Nr. 7709.01 Certificate and signature label, Not mounted, featuring Udo Kier. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

0483 and 0529, Diptych. From The ONE Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
0483 and 0529, Diptych, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone From the ONE series Photographic print on paper Overall size: 174 H cm x 270 W cm. Individual size: 174 H cm x 135 W cm. Edition of 3...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled (Traintracks) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Traintracks) - The last Picture Show - 2004 38x37cm. Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Arti...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Transformation (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photography, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Transformation (Suburbia) - 2004 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, Not mounted, Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 1675.01. Th...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Stellar (Stage of Consciousness) - with Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stellar (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 featuring Radha Mitchell 20x24cm, Edition of 10/10. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inven...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Tales of Bitter Doom #35
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tales of Bitter Doom #35' 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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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C Print, Color, Polaroid

Portrait of Abbe Lane - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The American Actress and Singer Abbe Lane posing in a swimsuit at the seaside.
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Paris, France, Cities, Black-and-White Photography, French Shopkeeper
Located in New york, NY
A black-and-white photograph (analog) of a magazine/newspaper shopkeeper who exhibits a unique brand of French quirkiness and expressiveness in Paris of the 1980s. Shot on film, Shopkeeper, 1989 by Roberta Fineberg is a 14” x 11” gelatin silver print in an edition of 5. Signed, dated, and titled on recto (photo front) by the artist. Provenance: RF Archive *** Artist's Bio: As a visual artist, Roberta Fineberg (RF) focuses on the themes of serendipity, inventiveness, and the development of ideas for her photography, video, installations, works on paper, and painting. Drawn to experimentation, she explores diverse mediums and concepts such as the ephemeral (Butterfly Series), stolen moments (documentary photography), play, timelessness, the enduring, and the significance of matter. RF, living in New York City, began her career as an editorial photographer while studying in Paris. In France she contributed both photography and writing to publications, landing a column (photos and text) with The Saturday Review while exhibiting photographs in public spaces. Roberta Fineberg’s freelance photography appeared in Le Monde, Jeune Afrique, Paris Match, L’Officiel Femme, Ms, Weltwoche, Vanguardia, among others with images licensed through stock agencies. Photographs were selected for cover art at W.W. Norton, St. Martin’s Press, Harcourt, Bookspan, Simon & Schuster, etc. Print Regional Design Annual New York (2003) awarded her for book jacket photography for If Wishes Were Horses. In 1997 Macmillan published City Riders: A Story of Riding and Friendship her first book of black-and-white photographs and a story about three teenage girls in the 1990s who rode horses at the now-defunct Claremont Riding Academy and oldest stable in New York City. In 2023, RF created an interactive installation, works on paper on the female body, in a public space. In July 2022, Fineberg’s Double Helix was included in a Sotheby’s auction in New York City and exhibited in the preview show Contemporary Discoveries. Selected exhibitions include Time Gallery New York (2022), Phyllis Harriman Gallery New York studio shows (2020, 2022), CADAF online art...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

'Hans and Penelope' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Hans and Penelope' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998 - Edition of 10, 20x24cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature Label and Certifi...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Woody, IL Ranch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For years, Jahiel has been photographing the cowboys of the Great Basin–perhaps one of the most inhospitable regions of the already rugged West. These people represent one of the l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

When I was with my goat (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
When I was with my goat (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

The Roper
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For years, Jahiel has been photographing the cowboys of the Great Basin–perhaps one of the most inhospitable regions of the already rugged West. These people represent one of the l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marlboro - Stranger than Paradise
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Marlboro (Stranger than Paradise) - 1997 38x47cm, Edition of 30, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, Not mounted, Signature label and Certificate, artist Inventory Nr. 127...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Occult Games #3, 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...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Alphabet Soup (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Alphabet Soup (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 128x127cm, Edition 3/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Artist Inventory No. 9283.03. Signature ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Ballet on Ice Skates - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ballet on ice skates is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, p...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In many respects, Pentti Sammallahti is a modern-day nomad, an itinerant photographer who records lands and peoples as he comes upon them. One of the most distinguishing elements of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jersey Girls (Gold), Wildwood, New Jersey - Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Jersey Girls Gold, photograph from Richard Heeps Jersey Shore series. Vintage matchbooks from New York's Chelsea Flea Market featuring nudes from the 1940's are reimagined by Richard...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Jersey Girls (Yellow), Wildwood, New Jersey - Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Jersey Girls Yellow, photograph from Richard Heeps Jersey Shore series. Vintage matchbooks from New York's Chelsea Flea Market featuring nudes from the 1940's are reimagined by Richa...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Robert Redford in Western
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white film still of Robert Redford in a Western role. Robert Redford is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades such as an Academy Award, a BAF...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Venen, 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...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, 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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