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Portrait Photography For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Old Masters
Aldous Harding portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Aldous Harding by acclaimed British photographer, Andrew Cotterill.
“I was sent to Cardiff to shoot her for the wonde...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffany's Feather Hat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Audrey Hepburn posed in a feather hat for her role in "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed b...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black Tears I, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, cheetah
Located in München, BY
Edition of 12
more sizes on request
A Cheetah mum is sitting in the savannah.
Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are among the most s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lithium - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Portrait, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lithium - 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 PL2020-927.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
IL Ranch Cookwagon, NV
By Adam Jahiel
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Marilyn Monroe as Roberta in Love Nest Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Love Nest is a 1951 American comedy-drama film directed by Joseph Newman, and starring June Haver, William Lundigan, Frank Fay and Marilyn Monroe.
The post-World War II comedy featu...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Girl with swans for Greek Vogue
By Iris Brosch
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10
A beautiful dressed girl is standing in the water and 2 swans swims around her.
The artist, photographer and director Iris Brosch, living between New York and Paris,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Capture of Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis candid and laughing.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, and model. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters,...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
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 ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, 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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Snowy Owl, photograph by Brad Wilson, limited edition, signed and numbered
By Brad Wilson
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Isabelle Van Zeijl - She Is Here, Photography 2020, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
She Is Here
C Print On Fuji Paper
Collection: Flower Evolution
One size: 44.5 x 40.5 Edition of 7 + 3 Artist Proofs
"FLOWER EVOLUTION
The most highly coveted of ornamental plants, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Arch...
Campo dei Fiori, Rome - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Campo dei Fiori, Rome is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
King Penguin #1 by Brad Wilson - Animal portrait photography, wild bird
By Brad Wilson
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tiger #3 by Brad Wilson - Animal portrait photography, wild cat
By Brad Wilson
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival 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.
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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.
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"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...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
The Italian Actress Lauretta Masiero - Vintage photo - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Category
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Elvis Presley in Colors
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white portrait of star actor, musician, and army man Elvis Presley.
Awesome black and white portrait of star actor, musician, and army man Elvis Presley.
On March...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
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. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
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....
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, 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...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
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 ...
Category
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'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...
Category
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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 ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
'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 ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
David Bowie : Natural Villains monochrome 33" x 40" print by Markus Klinko
Located in Austin, TX
New release July 2022. Museum quality fine art print of David Bowie by photographer Markus Klinko, from his celebrated collection "Bowie Unseen", released for the first time in 2016....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
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. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Color
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Woody, IL Ranch
By Adam Jahiel
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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 ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
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
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Fabric, Mixed Media, Archival Pigment, Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil
'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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Nuit américaine, Saint Cloud
By Sonia Sieff
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hammock
Located in New York, NY
image size: 9 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches
2011, pigment print photograph, Edition of 12. Signed and numbered on reverse by the artist.
William Wegman is a renowned photographer famous fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Pigment
The Roper
By Adam Jahiel
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs
Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.
Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.
Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.
While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.
Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.
Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.
On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.