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Portrait Photography For Sale
Photograph of Nude Marilyn Monroe Pose 2
By Tom Kelly
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white photograph of a nude Marilyn Monroe taken by Tom Kelly in 1949. The work was distributed as calender art and one was featured in an issue of Playboy magazine in 1953. The photograph is not framed.
Artist Biography: Kelley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He learned photography as an apprentice in a New York photo studio, and then worked for the Associated Press and Town & Country magazine. After coming to California in 1935, Kelley established a photography studio in Hollywood and produced promotional photographs of motion picture stars. David O. Selznick and Samuel Goldwyn retained Kelley to take promotional photos of their stars and starlets for magazine covers and advertising. Later, Kelley's business shifted to commercial and advertising photography.
Some of Kelley's most famous photo subjects have included Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, James Cagney, Clark Gable, Winston Churchill, Bob Hope, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Jack Benny, David Bowie, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Yma Sumac and, of course, Marilyn Monroe, with and without clothes. Tom Kelley had a way of making his subjects feel comfortable behind the camera. He would bring his wife with him to his shoots to create a more soothing and relaxed atmosphere.
Kelley served on the panel of judges at the Miss Universe...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Not Bad For 36, from The Last Sitting
By Bert Stern
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Original color photograph hand developed from the original negative by Bert Stern. This photo is part of The Last Sitting portfolio, taken six weeks before Marilyn Monroe’s death in ...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
The Strokes
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of The Strokes by acclaimed British photographer, Andrew Cotterill.
“This was one of my early shoots for Dazed and Confused m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
John Lennon Fairground
Located in Norwich, GB
Astrid Kirchherr ( 20 May 1938 – 12 May 2020) was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Modern abstract expressionist woman's figure acrylic painting "Radiant Force"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern abstract expressionist figure of a woman "Radiant Force" was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and belongs to her ongoing series dedicated to Women. Through this ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Frida by the Lamp - Black and White Photograph, Woman Artist, Frida Kahlo
Located in Denton, TX
Frida by the Lamp by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo sitting in an armchair with a tall lamp behind her.
Signed in pen by artist on prin...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bob Dylan 1966 by Art Kane
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
Bob Dylan, taken in 1966 by Art Kane
Art Kane, a huge Bob Dylan fan, cornered an uncooperative Dylan on the rooftop of the CBS records building in Los Angeles to get his shot for Mc...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Kate Moss 1993, Paradise Island Bahamas, Original Print Custom Framed
By Herb Ritts
Located in London, GB
For the 1994 Pirelli Calendar shot on the Paradise Island in the Bahamas, photographer Herb Ritts set out to capture in a series of nudes what he called “the gentle innocence” of Kat...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Wood, Glass
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Stage of Consciousness) - featuring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007
40x48cm,
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
Marko Hands
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Slava Mogutin
Marko Hands, Berlin
2007
Signed, titled, and numbered, verso
Chromogenic print (Edition...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Fair conditions with oxidation.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Japan – Samurai - Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1890.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (258 x 198 mm), numbered B 1161 and captioned in negative at lower right; very light cockling, brightly col...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Portrait of a White Horse, Black and White Photography, Ethereal, Fashion
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Ethere"
This best-selling, award-winning image is an intimate portrait of an iconic all-white horse native to the Camargue region in the South of France.
The award-winning print ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lunch on Fifth Avenue, 1960 - Audrey Hepburn Black and White Portrait
Located in Brighton, GB
Lunch on Fifth Avenue, 1960 - Audrey Hepburn Black and White Portrait
Iconic Belgian-born actress Audrey Hepburn pauses and poses for the photographer. She is situated outside the e...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives )
Joan Crawford, on-set of the Film “Possessed”,
1931.
Additional Informati...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Cut in Stone, Rhino, black and white, animal, Africa, Photography
Located in München, BY
"Cut in Stone" Kenya 2019
Edition No. 9/12
Print size 37 x 28 cm
signed and numbered
Framed with mat and anti-reflex glass
A white Rhino is standing in the morning mist.
Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are among the most sought-after and best-selling works in this genre worldwide and earned him an ever-growing following amongst art collectors.
Born in 1958, has made a name for himself in various branches of photography. As an advertising photographer, the Munich native started working for international companies in the 1980s, and he was a pioneer in analogue compositing with his use of multiple exposures.
But photography can be so much more than technical skill and a joy in experimentation. Building on his intense interest in his subject matter, his deeply personal view of the world, and his special way of seeing and self-expression, he has developed an equally unique and compelling visual language. This particularly characterizes the independent artistic work he has been creating since 2009 in places such as Ghana, Tanzania, and Kenya. With his iconic wildlife portraits, Joachim Schmeisser has gained widespread acclaim, receiving the prestigious Hasselblad Masters Award for his work in 2012. Several books of his photography have been issued by renowned publishing houses.
His photographic work stands out from other artists in this genre and his unique visual language is often tried to be copied but never achieved.
THE ETERNAL SUBLIME
His deep interest in and his unique view of the world are what contribute to the profound impact of Joachim Schmeisser’s work. His photographs are always difficult to describe because they transcend the familiar and depict that which was once hidden, making it tangible.
Joachim Schmeisser is world famous for his iconic images of Africa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
When would forever be a good time? (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
When would forever be a good time? (Till Death do us Part) - 2007
20x24cm,
Edition of 10,
digital C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label,
artist I...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
1st Year Anniversary
By Luke Smalley
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
Queen Elizabeth II - Vintage Photograph - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth II- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in1968, Garden Party in Marlborough House
Good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$232 Sale Price
30% Off
The Italian Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni and the Italian Actress Laura Morante in a scene from the movie "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal" by Mario Monicelli.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Frame Work
Located in New York, NY
image size: 8 7/8 x 8 inches
This listing is for William Wegman's photograph, "Frame Work", 2010. This is a limited edition photograph with an edition size of 12.
This piece is num...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Pigment
Side Effects (Stage of Consciousness) - Radha Mitchell and Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Side Effects (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist Invent...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
J-Class Yacht Velsheda Racing Forward, World Class Sailboat
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"True Bearing"
The boat Velsheda sails along the shores of Porto Cervo, Italy.
The nautical print series Sail: Majesty at Sea is an intimate look at two revered racing boat class...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Basquiat Vrej Baghoomian gallery 1988 (announcement card)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, NY, 1988:
A rare, oversized frameable exhibition announcement for Basquiat's final exhibition during his lifetime. A rare must have vin...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Offset
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978.
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco)
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
72 x 48 inches
$4900
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). *
Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Glamour Photography, Vintage Backgammon, Vintage Sport, Acapulco, Vintage Pools, Vintage Games...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
The Beatles 1963
Located in Austin, TX
The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr at the President Hotel, Russell Square, London, 12 September 1963 by Norman Pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Nuns of New York - black and white photography, limited edition 11 of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Nuns of New York'
New York, United States 2019
Limited edition of 20.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Film, Giclée
Sur mes lèvres, Marseille
By Sonia Sieff
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7
Also available in 73 x 100 cm / 28.7 x 43.3 in, Edition of 3, price on request
A very sexy extract of a portrait of a naked blond woman with beautiful lips.
These stun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Kate Moss London" Signed Limited Edition Framed Archival Pigment Print
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
"Kate Moss London" by Jake Chessum
Portrait of a young 16 year old Kate Moss – before she shot to supermodel stardom and became the icon she is today.
Jake grew up in Croydon, South London. He studied Graphic Design at St. Martins School Of Art, and started working as photographer straight out of college. Assignments for The Face, Arena, and an early ad campaign for “Neutrogena” featuring a 16 year old Kate Moss followed. By 1995 Jake was regularly flying the Atlantic on assignment for JFK Jrs' “George” Magazine and in 1999 he upped sticks and moved permanently to NYC where he still lives with his wife and 2 kids...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
The Juncture (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Juncture (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventor...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
New York City, Harlem, African American Children 1960s, Muscle Boy, Limited Ed
Located in New york, NY
Muscle Boy is an iconic image by Leonard Freed who was a pioneer in socially conscious photojournalism. In this photo a boy flexes his muscles for the camera perhaps making a statem...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigmen...
Spectral (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Spectral (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot b/w silver gelatin photograph on paper
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers, with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars, he ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Warhol and Basquiat, Black and White Photographic Portrait of Famous Artists
Located in New york, NY
Warhol and Basquiat, 1982 by Christopher Makos is an 8 x 10in vintage gelatin silver print on fiber paper of downtown New York celebrity artists Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The photograph is stamped (black ink) on verso (photo back). Provenance: Private Collector *** Artist’s Bio: Christopher Makos (1948- ) is an American photographer and visual artist. He studied architecture in Paris and was an apprentice to Man Ray. Andy Warhol was Makos' good friend and frequent portrait subject. His photographs of Andy Warhol have been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,Tate Modern in London, Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, IVAM in Valencia (Spain), Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, among others. Makos’ pictures have appeared in publications, including Paris Match and the Wall Street Journal. The visual artist is the author of numerous books, such as Warhol/Makos In Context (2007), Andy Warhol China...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
MAN RAY (1890-1976), SIDE PORTRAIT, 1926 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: SIDE PORTRAIT
Date Of Negative: 1926
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogra...
Category
1920s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Huck Finn
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
17 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
24 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
34 x 30 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
A stylistic precursor of such artists as Pierre et Gilles...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Fire
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fire - 2017,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Archival Print, based on aPolaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-108.
Kirsten Thys...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Black and White
Open Car Door on Eldridge Street, 1987 - New York City Automobiles Photography
By Tria Giovan
Located in Brighton, GB
Open Car Door on Eldridge Street, 1987 by Tria Giovan
From a 35mm negative, scanned in 2020
Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 16" x 20" in an Edition of 12 with 3 Ar...
Category
20th Century American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment
Diana Ross, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25
Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch
and as combined Edition 10 in
76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch
101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch
Portrait of famous American sing...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Michael Jackson Seated, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 10
Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25
Portrait of superstar Michael Jackson.
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
Audrey Hepburn
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey Hepburn is photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from his Spring/Summer 1955 collection at ‘Villa Rolli’, a farmhouse in the A...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
The American Actress and Singer Abbe Lane - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American Actress and Singer Abbe Lane during the tv program "The joyous".
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Bowie, New York, 20th Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 10
Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25
Signed on a label and a certificate of authenticity
Black and white portrait of Singer and Songwriter David Bowie...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Terry O’Neill, Brigitte Bardot, Spain 1971 - Signed Artist’s Proof
Located in New York, NY
Signed Artist’s Proof — Terry O’Neill, Brigitte Bardot with Cigar, Spain 1971
A rare opportunity to acquire one of Terry O’Neill’s most celebrated and sought‑after images. Captured ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Ar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Unique with Gold Paint, For Pirelli 1998, Custom framed
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The Pirelli Calendar, known and trade-marked as "The Cal", is an annual trade calendar which has been published by the UK subsidiary of the Italian tyre manufacturing company Pirelli...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Gold
Autographed Portrait of Lilo Pulver and Helmut Schmid - 1950's
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Lilo Pulver and Helmut Schmid is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Austrian actors, famous during the German cinema during the Fifti...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Offset
Profile Portrait of a Woman in Kenya Wearing Tribal Jewelry, Iconic, Vertical
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Trimmed in Grace"
A young Rendille woman wears the traditional adornments of her culture with honor and pride in this iconic, award-winning portrait.
The print series Desert Son...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paul Newman/Sebring 12-Hour Race, Florida by Al Satterwhite, 1978
Located in Denton, TX
Paul Newman/Sebring 12-Hour Race, Florida by Al Satterwhite is listed as a 36 x 24 inch archival pigment print, available in an edition of 25.
This photograph is signed, titled, dat...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Summer In Monaco (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Summer In Monaco (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Film director Howard Hawks (1896 – 1977) and his wife Dee spend a summer day by the pool in Monaco with producer Charles K...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, 1963 - Black and White Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, 1963 - Black and White Silver Gelatin Print
Famous couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton shelter under their umbrellas in the rain as they ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
NYC Cabbie and Fare Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo Black White Street Photograph
By Ryan Weideman
Located in Surfside, FL
14" x 18" sight size. 24.5 x 28 mat size.
Ryan Weideman NYC taxi cab driver street photography (the good old fashioned days of yellow cabs pre Uber and Lyft). Ryan Weideman graduated with an MFA from the California College of Arts & Crafts, In 1980 he moved to New York to pursue street photography. Influenced by the other photographers of the period including Lee Friedlander and Mark Cohen...
Category
1990s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slash
By Nick Veasey
Located in München, BY
Edition 15, Lenticular
This image shows the guitarist Slash of the famous Rock band Guns 'n Roses.
A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really lik...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Lenticular
$20,250
Japan – Tokyo, The Yoshiwara Prostitute Houses
Located in Middletown, NY
Original Photograph / Photographer unattributed
Yokohama, Japan: c 1890.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 8 x 10 1/2 (204 x 266 mm), uncaptioned, some cockling at top corners; pencil ins...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Primo, Kenya, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, elephant
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 5
More sizes and Editions on request.
Primo was one of the "Big Tuskers" and oldest bulls in the Amboseli National Park i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$10,433 Sale Price
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Bravo II
By Jan Rattia
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
22.5 x 30 inches
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
45 x 60 inches
(Edition of 3 + 2 APs)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, loc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
$3,000
Audrey Hepburn
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman Limited Edition of ? ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Africa, Nomad Princesses, Tribal Women Ethiopia, Printed on Japanese Paper
Located in New york, NY
Nomad Princesses, 1996 by Jean-Michel (JM) Voge, is a contemporary color photograph 19" x 13" of two bare-breasted women with painted faces, enlarged ears, and tribal jewelry from th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Isabelle Van Zeijl - I Love Her I (Triptych), Photography 2019, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
C-print on Fuji Paper
7 + 3AP, 8 left
"CAMOUFLAGED BEAUTY COLLECTION
Van Zeijl's love for nature and metamorphosis is also identifiable in the rebellious way she reshapes the dresse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
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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