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Portrait Photography For Sale
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Do you know how it feels? (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Do you know how it feels? (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 40x40cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artis...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

What are we gonna do?! (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
What are we gonna do?! (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature la...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

I feel so alone! (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I feel so alone! (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 40x48cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proof. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inve...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Hans (Stage of Consciousness) - starring Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hans (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 40x48cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventory # 7...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Love you Actor Girl (Stage of Consciousness) - featuring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Love you Actor Girl (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Starlight (Haley and the Birds)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Starlight (Haley and the Birds) - 2013 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Last Season I (Wastelands) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Last Season I - so I walked away from my Valley (Wastelands), diptych - 2003 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

White Trash Beautiful II from the 29 Palms, CA series
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
White Trash Beautiful I (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 78x76cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Invento...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Circle of Magic - A Wish - 29 Palms, CA
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A Wish (Circle of Magic) from the 29 Palms, CA project - 2009 40x48cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Signature label and ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Daydream (Haley and the Birds) - diptych
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daydream (Haley and the Birds), diptych - 2013 20x20cm each, 20x43 installed including gap, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the 2 original Polaroid...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Male Model Torso
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs Each photo is unique and blind embossed “Andy Warhol” in the lower right corner Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Jon Goul...
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1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marlon Brando and Bob Hope Fight Over Oscar
Located in Austin, TX
This black-and-white comedic image features Bob Hope and Marlon Brando "fighting" over an Oscar in 1954. Bob Hope was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, and ...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Raquel Welch: Tipped Over
Located in Austin, TX
This quirky color image features American actress and singer, Raquel Welch. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th ...
Category

1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Girl, Thailand, 1987
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Girl, Thailand, 1987 - 20x30cm, Edition of 10. Archival C-Print based on a 35mm negative. Signed on back with Certificate. Not mounted.
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Self Portrait (Strange Love) - Polaroid, New York
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Self Portrait (Strange Love) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist Inventory No. 6146...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Max Blue (The Last Picture Show), triptych
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max Blue, Triptych (The Last Picture Show), 2005 Each 38x36 cm, 38x122 cm installed Edition 1/5 3 Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte fin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Abstract (Deconstructivism) - Original Polaroid Unique Piece
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Abstract (Deconstructivism) - 2022 Polaroid - Unique Piece 1/1, 7.2 x 8.9cm (image area) 10.1 x 10.0 cm ( including white Polaroid frame) Artist Inv. #24283. Signed on verso. Not...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Polaroid

Just Landed (Long Way Home) - featuring Radha Mitchell, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Just Landed (Long Way Home) - 1999 featuring Radha Mitchell 57x56cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #260. Not mounted. Stefanie Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schule Essen, Germany. Her work has been shown at the Museum for Photography, Braunschweig, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt, the Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Museum für Moderne Kunst Passau, Les Rencontres...
Category

1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

"Beatles - John and George Live" Photography Ed. of 25 by Howard Grafton
Located in Culver City, CA
"Beatles - John and George Live" Photography Ed. of 25 by Howard Grafton Signed and numbered on the back by the publisher The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show A piece of history. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

Copts 05 - Signed limited edition portrait print, Black white, Coptic Christians
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Copts 05- Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2012 - Edition of 5 Man on a donkey, around Cairo, Egypt. In assignment for ARTE & LE LOUVRE 2012 Exhibition in Le Louvr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...

Burlesque Series, Miranda, The Whoopee Club, London, 2003
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque Photography after he spent 2003 capturing performances in Britain & America. He spent a lot on time with his subjects on a number of...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

For Your Eyes Only (Till Death Do Us Part) - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
For Your Eyes Only (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005, 38x37cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Andy Warhol in Paris, 1980, Signed photograph, acquired from Palm Springs Museum
Located in New York, NY
Michael Childers Andy Warhol in Paris. from Palm Springs Art Museum, 1976-1980, 2007 Gelatin Silver Print Boldly signed in black felt tip pen on the f...
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Permanent Marker, Silver Gelatin

Tricksy (Beachshoot) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tricksy (Beachshoot) - 2005 featuring Radha Mitchell 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Arti...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Female Nude doing Yoga, Black and White Photography, Kate #11 by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #11, 2002 by Leonard Freed is a signed verso (back of photo) 8" x 10" black and white photograph, hand printed, signed by the photographer and stamped "vintage" by the Freed est...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Seagull (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Seagull (Zuma Beach) - 1999 20x25cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. Artist Inventory #203. Not mount...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Dreamscape (Wastelands)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dreamscape - (Wastelands) - 2003 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist inventory Number 1152. Signature label and Certificate. Not mounted. For sale is a piece from the Wastelands series. Published in: WASTELANDS, published by edition braus, Wachter Verlag, Heidelberg, 2006 (monograph) Exhibited: Wastelands, Städtische Galerie, Waldkraiburg, Germany (S) (2006) / Wastelands, Zephyr, Mannheim, Germany (S) (catalog) (2006) Wastelands, Kunstverein Recklinghausen, Germany (S) (2007), Stranger Than Paradise, Scott White Contemporary, San Diego, (S) (2012) Reality with the Tequila: Stefanie Schneider’s Fertile Wasteland by James Scarborough “How much more than enough for you for I for both of us darling?” (E. E. Cummings) Until he met her, his destiny was his own. Petty and inconsequential but still his own. He was cocksure and free, young and unaccountable, with dark hair and aquiline features. His expression was always pensive, a little troubled, but not of a maniacal sort. He was more bored than anything else. With a heart capable of violence. Until she met him, she was pretty but unappreciated. Her soul had registered no seismic activity. Dust bowl weary, she’d yet to see better days. A languorous body, a sweet face with eyes that could be kind if so inclined. Until she met him, she had not been inclined. It began when he met her. She was struck in an instant by his ennui. The sum of their meeting was greater than the imbroglios and chicaneries of their respective existences. He was struck by the blank slate look in her eyes. They walked, detached and focused on the immediate, obscenely unaware of pending change across a terrain of mountainous desert, their eyes downcast and world-weary, unable to account for the buoyant feeling in her heart. His hard-guy shtick went from potentiality to ruse. The gun was not a weapon but a prop, a way to pass time. Neither saw the dark clouds massing on the horizon. They found themselves alone in the expanses of time, unaware of the calamity that percolated even as they posed like school kids...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Long Way Home - triptych, Polaroid, analog, Contemporary, pop-art
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Long Way Home (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999, 3 x 58x56cm, installed 58x180cm, sold out Edition of 10, last Artist Proof 3/3. 3 Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist, base...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Blue Mountains (Wastelands) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blue Mountains (Wastelands) - 2003 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist inventory Number 1160. Signature label and Certificate. Not mounted. For sale is a piece from the Wastelands series. Published in: WASTELANDS, published by edition braus, Wachter Verlag, Heidelberg, 2006 (monograph) Exhibited: Wastelands, Städtische Galerie, Waldkraiburg, Germany (S) (2006) / Wastelands, Zephyr, Mannheim, Germany (S) (catalog) (2006) Wastelands, Kunstverein Recklinghausen, Germany (S) (2007), Stranger Than Paradise, Scott White Contemporary, San Diego, (S) (2012) Reality with the Tequila: Stefanie Schneider’s Fertile Wasteland by James Scarborough “How much more than enough for you for I for both of us darling?” (E. E. Cummings) Until he met her, his destiny was his own. Petty and inconsequential but still his own. He was cocksure and free, young and unaccountable, with dark hair and aquiline features. His expression was always pensive, a little troubled, but not of a maniacal sort. He was more bored than anything else. With a heart capable of violence. Until she met him, she was pretty but unappreciated. Her soul had registered no seismic activity. Dust bowl weary, she’d yet to see better days. A languorous body, a sweet face with eyes that could be kind if so inclined. Until she met him, she had not been inclined. It began when he met her. She was struck in an instant by his ennui. The sum of their meeting was greater than the imbroglios and chicaneries of their respective existences. He was struck by the blank slate look in her eyes. They walked, detached and focused on the immediate, obscenely unaware of pending change across a terrain of mountainous desert, their eyes downcast and world-weary, unable to account for the buoyant feeling in her heart. His hard-guy shtick went from potentiality to ruse. The gun was not a weapon but a prop, a way to pass time. Neither saw the dark clouds massing on the horizon. They found themselves alone in the expanses of time, unaware of the calamity that percolated even as they posed like school kids...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

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

Alyssa - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. Aliyssa first looks like a color abstract. Then very slowly you realize it is an e...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Skylark open trunk (Stranger than Paradise), analog, vintage
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Skylark open trunk (Stranger than Paradise), 1997 - Edition 1/10, 60x80cm, Analog C-Print, printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inv...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized Minis - 'Hard Luck Princess' - signed, loose
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Mini Hard Luck Princess (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 signed in front, not mounted. Digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid. Polaroid sized open Editi...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Divine and Bulldogs, 16x20, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Black and white portrait of famous actor Divine. From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph. Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta. In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer, Bette Midler, Grace Jones and Frank Zappa to name a few. A partial list of the films that he has generated graphics and publicity for include “The Hurt Locker”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “King Arthur”, “Tootsie”, “The Big Chill”, “Bull Durham...
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Morning Shower
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Stamped and numbered, verso 20 x 24 inches (Edition of 10) 30 x 40 inches (Edition of 5) 50 x 60 inches (Edition of 3) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, loc...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

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...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

20th & Broadway
Located in Kansas City, MO
Paul McMillian 20th & Broadway Year: 2024 Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Framed Size: 13 x 13 x 0.25 inches COA provided *Ready to hang; matted and framed in a min...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Volvo 1800ES (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Volvo 1800ES (Zuma Beach) - 1999 20x25cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. Artist Inventory # 201. Not...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Alfred Hithcock with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of famed director Alfred Hitchcock walking his dog. Alfred Hitchcock was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influentia...
Category

1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Beach Date (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Highway One (Zuma Beach) - 1999 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. Artist Inventory # 201. Not ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Ocean (Zuma Beach)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Seagull (Zuma Beach) - 1999 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. Artist Inventory # 106. Not moun...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Iman Contact sheet, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Black and white portrait of Supermodel Iman, wife of David Bowie. From personality portraits and advertising cam...
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Mermaid With Flower Tattoo II - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a beautiful topless model wrapped in red tulle. Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist. Limited edition of 12 Paper size: ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Pursuit of Happiness (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, 21st Century, expired
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Pursuit of Happiness (29 Palms, CA) - 2009 38x36cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature Label. Arti...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Max, smoking in Car (29 Palms, CA) - analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max, smoking in Car (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category

Early 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Rendering Memories (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Rendering Memories II (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 20x24cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist Inventory #13388. Not mounted. Offered is a piece from the movie: The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence. Written and directed by Stefanie Schneider 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 an old 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 in spite of 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 property in Morongo is dotted with vintage trailers. They surround her midcentury home and serve as sets for her photoshoots 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, and former partner of Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, with whom she has a son. Heather stars opposite Kyle Larson (who plays ‘Hank’), a real-life gypsy fisherman who catches crab in Alaska when he’s not surfing in Southern California. Neither of the two had ever acted before, and never in the history of movie-making has a director shot a film entirely on Polaroid film. “There was great difficulty shooting a film this way,” says Schneider, who, with her long straight hair, wide innocent eyes, and thick-framed glasses, conjures an art-house Gretel. “If I had used a regular camera I would have had 36 exposures per minute, much faster and easier than using the old Polaroid camera which takes a long time to shoot one frame. Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.” Individually, the Polaroid photographs that comprise 29 PALMS, CA stand alone, but together and in sequence, filmed with super 8 and 16mm film stock and overlaid with poetic voice-over monologues, they create 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. The idea to shoot a movie in this way came about in 2004 when Schneider was working with leading German director Mark Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland, Quantum of Solace) on his film Stay. She had met Forster at director Wim Wender’s birthday party in Hollywood. A few years later, Forster asked Schneider to shoot Polaroids of scenes from Stay as he filmed; he used those photographs for dream and memory sequences in the movie. For the first time, Schneider saw her Polaroids strung together in sequence, moving with rhythm like a flipbook, in the context of a story. When Forster urged her to consider making a feature film using that technique, the seed of 29 PALMS, CA was sown. She mentioned the idea to her good friend German actor Udo Kier, who also gave the idea a big thumbs up, and agreed to play the part of a mysterious shaman in the film. Thanks to her strong reputation in the art world and her Hollywood connections, getting talented people on board was the easy part (for a while, Charlotte Gainsbourg was pegged to play the starring role, although she pulled out two weeks before shooting commenced because she was pregnant and not fit to travel to the desert.) The hard part was finding the perfect trailer—and bringing it to the desert. “This trailer almost killed us,” says Schneider’s partner Lance Waterman, who lives and works with Schneider in Morongo Valley. After finding it on eBay, the couple drove to Utah to pick it up, the plan being to tow it all the way back to the high desert themselves. Bad idea. “We were driving down a hill with this enormous trailer behind us when we realized that if we wanted to stop, there would be no way to do so without the trailer crushing us,” says Waterman. Adds Schneider: “Lance was even giving me instructions on how to jump out of the truck if we needed to.” Thankfully the road leveled and as soon as they were able to slow down and pull over, they called a professional towing company, which transported the trailer the remaining distance to Morongo Valley. Filming took place in Spring 2011 and 2012. Schneider recently submitted the film to major film festivals in Europe and the US, and it will be broadcast in 2013 by leading German television channel, Arte. While Schneider may come from a long tradition of photographers-turned-filmmakers—Stanley Kubrick started out as a photographer, as did Ken Russell (Tommy, Women in Love) and Larry Clark, who was a controversial fine art photographer before directing smash hit Kids—she does not see her future in Hollywood, directing blockbusters. Not necessarily. “I don’t think I want to make more films,” she says. “The actors were saying they would love to work with me again, and were asking if I would like to make other movies. But being on movie sets is far too stressful, and at least with this, I was in complete power of what was going on creatively. That said, if this gets a lot of acclaims…we can always think again. One should never say never.” Film features original soundtrack with songs by Adam Weiss, Daisy McCrackin, Billy Harvey, Sophie Huber, Zoe Bicat, Max Sharam, Cheyenne Randall...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Donald J. Trump - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Donald J. Trump- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized by Randy Drouke in the 1960s. Good condition.
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Salvatore Quasimodo With Gina Lollobrigida - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Salvatore Quasimodo With Gina Lollobrigida in Catania- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in the 1960s. Good condition.
Category

1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Treatment (Heather's Dream) - Polaroid, Contemporary, color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Treatment (Heather's Dream) - 2013 with Udo Kier and Heather Megan Christie part of "The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence" 38x48cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Arch...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Elizabeth Taylor on the Set of "Giant"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white image features actress Elizabeth Taylor posed outdoors while behind the scenes of the film "Giant"1955. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor known as DBE wa...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Dane
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print, painted frame (Edition of 4 + 1 AP) Signed and numbered, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes mounting and ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Raquel Welch, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10 Black and white portrait of actress Raquel Welch. From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to maga...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Victoria - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Childhood, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Victoria - 2019 50x40cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Photograph printed in Canson Baryta Fiber Rag 340gr, based on the reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mounted). ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Alessandra Martines with Massimo Ranieri - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actress Alessandra Martines and Massimo Ranieri during the tv program "Fantastico". Photo by Sandra Onofri
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Actor Girl I (29 Palms, CA) - analog, hand-print, Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Actor Girl - part I (29 Palms, CA) - 2008, 60x75cm, Edition 1/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte surface, based on a Polaroid. Sign...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

James Dean Hunting in "Giant"
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of star actor James Dean climbing on a Windmill in a coat with a shotgun, hunting for his role in "Giant". Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film d...
Category

1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Adult Entertainment, Beatty, Nevada - Americana Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Fun pop art typography, a total 'Sign Porn' fix, captured on an American road trip in Nevada. This artwork features in Richard Heeps' sold out book 'Man's Ruin' and an edition of thi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, 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.

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