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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1910s
Queen Album Cover - limited edition print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Queen Album Cover - signed limited edition print
Iconic Queen 2 album cover, London, 1974. (photo Mick Rock)
Square image on paper size : 24x20 inches ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marcel Proust, Unique Acetate delivered by Andy Warhol to Chromacomp Inc. Framed
By Otto Wegener
Located in New York, NY
Intended for Andy Warhol
Marcel Proust, ca. 1976
Acetate positive acquired directly from Chromacomp, Inc. Andy Warhol's printer in the 1970s.
Derivative on acetate, based on a photo by Otto Wegener...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Jane Seymour Fonda, 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 the American actress,...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Glenn Close, 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 the famous American ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, Principe Dom Pedro De Orleans E Braganca, grandson of Brazilian emperor Pedro II. He is pictured at...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Dining In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A waiter carrying a tray of food walks past a woman walking away from a swimming pool which is ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Comics Heroes in London painting
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
SGARRA Robert (1959)
Mix Acrylic paint and photograph Collage
Mount : Wood panel
Dimensions : (H) 150cm x (L)150 cm x (T) 10 cm
SGARRA Robert (1959)
French Painter and Scul...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Acrylic
Beaty - Archival fine art print, Black white photo, Portrait of a young woman
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 g/m² paper of a photograph by Harry Sutcliffe (1878- 1942) entitled ' Beaty '
Portrait of a young woman created cerca ...
Category
1910s Academic Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
David Bowie "Rebel Rebel"
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of David Bowie by Barry Schultz. Taken in Hilversum, Holland at the TOP POP TV studios. Bowie mimed (several times) "Rebel Rebel" the hit single from the...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Composer & avant-garde jazz violinist Leroy Jenkins, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of composer & avant-garde jazz violinist Leroy Jenkins, 1995. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitc...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie The Archer
Located in Austin, TX
This iconic image of David Bowie as The Thin White Duke was taken by renowned Rock photographer, John Rowlands, on February 26th, 1976, at Maple Leaf Gar...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
On a Ferris wheel - Archival fine art print, Black white, graphical photo
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 g/m² paper of a photograph by Harry Sutcliffe (1878- 1942) entitled ' On a Ferris wheel '
Graphic scene taken on a Fer...
Category
1910s Academic Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Musician/Composer Philip Glass iconic studio portrait, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Musician/Composer Philip Glass iconic studio portrait, 1984. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the prin...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Field (Musica Poetica) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Field (Musica Poetica) - 1997
44x59cm,
Edition 4/10.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist In...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
David Bowie 'Diamond Dogs, London' (signed)
Located in New York, NY
David Bowie, Diamond Dogs, London
1974 (printed later)
Silver Gelatin Print
Signed and numbered edition 1 of 50
Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) is an English photographer. He gained reno...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Radha doing her Nails by the Pool (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha doing her Nails by the Pool (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
78x76cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
David Bowie 1978
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie live on stage in Canada by John R Rowlands.
Signed limited edition 17x22" print, number 17/25
Hand signed and number by the artist.
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Potassa De La Fayette
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
The Beatles Dolls 1966 contact sheet print by Robert Whitaker
Located in Austin, TX
The Beatles "Dolls" contact sheet by Robert Whitaker from the photo session that ended up giving the band the controversial cover for the 1966 release "Yesterday and Today".
On March 25, 1966, The Beatles visited 1 The Vale, Chelsea, London, a top-floor studio leased by Oluf Nilssen and frequently used by renowned photographer Robert Whitaker. Before the photo session with Robert Whitaker, The Beatles posed for a more conventional session at the studio with Nigel Dickson of The Beatles Book...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Jack Nicholson in "Wolf"
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Jack Nicholson in his role for "Wolf", 1994.
Wolf is a 1994 American romantic horror film directed by Mike Nichols and starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle P...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Michael Jackson Wearing Letterman Jacket
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features pop music idol Michael Jackson sitting outdoors, wearing a letterman jacket.
Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. D...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Singer Harry Belafonte, iconic portrait, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
Located in Senoia, GA
Singer, songwriter and social activist Harry Belafonte iconic portrait photographed in 1970. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This e...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mick Jagger, Los Angeles 1972 “Exile?”
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of Mick Jagger, taken in LA by Norman Seeff in 1972.
I art directed the EXILE ON MAIN STREET album package. Mick was very hands-on and the final decision maker. One afternoon, we asked him to hand-write the liner notes, which we pasted on to layout. We created the album package design right there in that moment. - Norman Seeff.
This Mick Jagger print...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
David Bowie "Prediction" 1972 by Sukita
Located in Austin, TX
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "Prediction" by Masayoshi Sukita.
Limited edition number 5/30 - signed my Masayoshi Sukita.
This print was made to...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Patti Smith in her apartment studio 1974
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition archival print of Patti Smith taken in her apartment studio by Allan Tannenbaum, New York City, 1974.
Allan Tannenbaum prints are available in the following s...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Madonna - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Madonna - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Early photograph of Madonna, 1980 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition si...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In the Blazing Sun at George Airfield
Located in Austin, TX
British fashion model Wenda Parkinson wearing a grey gabardine dress by Dorville at George Airfield in Nairobi, Kenya, South Africa, next to a Hermes airplane...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Tina Chow
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexi, free shipping to the continental US and a 14-day return policy.
One 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print of Tina Chow (1975). Prints ar...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Polaroid
France, Black-and-White Portrait Photography, Countryside
Located in New york, NY
In the Country, 1988 is by Roberta Fineberg. A black-and-white documentary-style portrait of a French woman in the countryside - from northeast France, the Haute-Marne, the subject is photographed against a backdrop of fresh-cut hay. Far from Paris the French maintain deep connections with the land - owning often an ancestral house in the countryside, often rustic, a nation equally rooted in the agrarian.
An 11" x 14" gelatin silver print (analog/film) in an edition of 5, the photograph is signed and editioned on recto (in margin) by the artist.
Provenance: RF Studio
***
Artist's Bio:
As a visual artist, Roberta Fineberg (RF) focuses on the themes of serendipity, inventiveness, and the development of ideas for her photography, video, installations, works on paper, and painting. Drawn to experimentation, she explores diverse mediums and concepts such as the ephemeral (Butterfly Series), stolen moments (documentary photography), play, timelessness, the enduring, and the significance of matter.
RF, living in New York City, began her career as an editorial photographer while studying in Paris. In France she contributed both photography and writing to publications, landing a column (photos and text) with The Saturday Review while exhibiting photographs in public spaces. Roberta Fineberg’s freelance photography appeared in Le Monde, Jeune Afrique, Paris Match, L’Officiel Femme, Ms, Weltwoche, Vanguardia, among others with images licensed through stock agencies. Photographs were selected for cover art at W.W. Norton, St. Martin’s Press, Harcourt, Bookspan, Simon & Schuster, etc. Print Regional Design Annual New York (2003) awarded her for book jacket photography for If Wishes Were Horses. In 1997 Macmillan published City Riders: A Story of Riding and Friendship her first book of black-and-white photographs and a story about three teenage girls in the 1990s who rode horses at the now-defunct Claremont Riding Academy and oldest stable in New York City.
In 2023, RF created an interactive installation, works on paper on the female body, in a public space. In July 2022, Fineberg’s Double Helix was included in a Sotheby’s auction in New York City and exhibited in the preview show Contemporary Discoveries. Selected exhibitions include Time Gallery New York (2022), Phyllis Harriman Gallery New York studio shows (2020, 2022), CADAF online art fair (2020), Gallery122 New York pop-up group...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Singer/songwriter David Byrne & dancer/choreographer Toni Basil, signed by Jack
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of musician/singer David Byrne, founding member and principal songwriter of the American New Wave band 'Talking Heads', with dancer and music video choreographer Toni Basil...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Farrah Fawcett Majors
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A behind-the-scenes image of Fawcett’s portrait photo shoot. When she comes to see the finished product, Warhol notes in his diary: “…I didn’t think Farrah liked it, but then she studied them for about half an hour and finally she love it…And she looked pretty, her hair was all washed, and she looked very very nice. She’s sweet.”
Farrah Fawcett...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
On the Rocks (Long Way Home) - 80x79cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
On the Rocks (Long Way Home) - 1999,
80x79cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 253...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Ida
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition 25
More sizes on request
The photographic work of the internationally well-known Austrian photographer Andreas H. Bitesnich is captivating by its beauty and aestheti...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Winona Ryder, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
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 Winona Ryder.
From personality portraits and a...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
David Bowie in pink hat, 1972 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size varies according to print...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Motley Crue Bubble Bath - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Motley Crue Bubble Bath - Signed and Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Motley Crue in a bubble bath, 1986. (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are number...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Michael Caine 1964 Contact Sheet
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
Michael Caine contact sheet print by Brian Duffy - London 1964
This session with Michael Caine was shot by Duffy in 1964, the same year that the film Zulu was released which was hi...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie Singapore hotel room, 1983 by Denis O'Regan
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art 20x24" print of David Bowie in his hotel room reading a newspaper in Singapore, 1983 during the Serious Moonlight Tour by acclaimed photographer, Denis O'Regan
Printed to o...
Category
1980s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Africa, Morocco, Lace Curtains, Contemporary Photography
Located in New york, NY
Lace curtains, Morocco, 1980 by Jean-Michel (JM) Voge, is a contemporary color photograph, an archival pigment print on handmade Awagami Japanese paper. ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Arc...
Poet/Photographer/Andy Warhol assistant Gerard Malanga signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Poet/Photographer and Andy Warhol assistant Gerard Malanga photographed in Manhattan in 1970. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Come...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Trapped' from the movie Immaculate Springs
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Trapped' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998 -
Edition of 10, 20x20cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-Print, based on an expired Polaroid.
Si...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Debbie Harry Blondie 1977 portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Debbie Harry of Blondie by Michael Brennan, taken at the studio on East 45th in Manhattan, New York, USA, Febru...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Debbie Harry 1977
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 16x20" print of Debbie Harry, lead singer of US band Blondie, photographed in London in 1977 by Brian Aris. Limited edition number 10...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
David Bowie on set 1975, framed signed print by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Framed, 20x24" signed lifetime edition print by Terry O'Neill of David Bowie taken in Los Angeles in 1975 on the set of “The Man Who Fell To Earth”
Signed limited edition number 2/5...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Iman
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15
signed and numbered
Also available in:
90 x 120 cm / 35.4 x 47.2 in
120 x 160 cm / 47.2 x 63 in
Black and white portrait of Supermodel Iman in New York City 1997...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Bowie And Sax - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Bowie And Sax - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
David Bowie with saxophone, 1973. (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size varies according t...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Photographed November 2, 1980, Signed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of John Lennon and Yoko Ono photographed November 2, 1980, the last comprehensive photo session of...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Neil Young - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Neil Young is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fashion Designer Willi Smith, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
Located in Senoia, GA
Fashion designer Willi Smith, photographed in April 1984. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This exhibition print is 17 x 22". Comes dire...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Cure 1980 by Jill Furmanovsky
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of The Cure on the road in Holland and Belgium during their 1980 'Seventeen Seconds' tour.
Signed and numbered by Jill Furmanovsky in pencil an...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Max turning (Long Way Home) - Analog hand-print, vintage, Alien, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max turning (Long Way Home) - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition 3/10,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # 257.03.
Not mounted.
Stefanie Schneider at Alysia Duckler Gallery
Berlin-based artist Stefanie Schneider enlarges expired Polaroid stock into burned-out C-prints. The lossy images almost completely dissolve into lurid color abstractions. The shiny pink of a sex kitten's glittery body suit becomes an electrified, free-floating color field. The vivid, flame-orange hair of a 70's sexploitation film star vibrates against the dusty gray of the sky above an LA desert. Skin tones and facial details in the figures are completely lost. They are refugees from Faster Pussycat...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Desperation of a Mother - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The desperation of a mother is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s..
The four photograms depict a dramatic moment of a Cuban mother, Mrs Sabrina Gomez, for the murd...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Keith Richards - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print (1998)
Located in London, GB
Keith Richards - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print
Album Cover
August 26, 1998
Berlin
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Walking Fellini
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Winter - 2001,
20x25cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid Slide.
Signature label and Certifi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Hitting the Speed Bag) [Mike Tyson], photograph by Lori Grinker
By Lori Grinker
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Hitting the Speed Bag)
Mike Tyson hits the speed bag at Cus D’Amato’s gym, Catskill, NY, 1988
Signed and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print
11 x 14 inches
(Edition of ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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Anita, Lady Fen, Welney - Vintage Fashion Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Anita, part of Richard Heeps autobiographical series, 'A View of the Fens from the Car With Wings', a journey on the roads of his childhood. Unusually for Richard this is a staged ph...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Halle Berry, 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 the American actress....
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs
Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.
Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.
Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.
While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.
Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.
Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.
On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.
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