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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: 2010s
Period: 1970s
Rounds - underwater black and white photograph - archival pigment print 35x56"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white portrait of Justin Jedlica - The Human Ken Doll
Original gallery quality print on archival paper signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24
Image size...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mysteries of Love (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Mystery of Love (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2017
20x24cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Artist inventory 21300.
Signature label and Certific...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Cubist Poodle
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Cubist Poodle
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 9.5x14in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA pro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
"Chuck Close Study for 3D painting" 47x38" one of a kind archival pigment print
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
This art is a one of a kind print on canvas with archival ink, it is completely flat but has the characteristics of Ceravolo's 3 dimensional look. It was the study for a large canvas of Chuck Close that was comprised of actual three dimensional elements. This unique one of a kind print has the depth that a Ceravolo canvas in known for while being completely flat. It is framed under plexiglass and measures 47x38"
When Ceravolo met Chuck Close for the first time in 2008 he told Chuck that Chuck had indirectly feed his (Ceravolo's) family for the past 25 years because he (Ceravolo) started to paint large scale portraits after seeing Chucks portrait of Phillip Glass...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Canvas
Two 4 One Muscles
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 10 + 2 APs)
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
17 x 22 inches, sheet size
12 x 18 inches, image size
From the series "A Tale of Two Citie...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Head, Pharrell Williams portrait, from the LIVE FOREVER series. Mixed media
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In LIVE FOREVER, the all-new series of acrylic and oil pastel on pigment print, Hunter & Gatti engage with the discursive and artistic discoveries of two major pillars of contemporar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Wall Flower - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Wall Flower' 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Based on a Polaroid, digital C-Print, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL219-625
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Italy, World Class Racing Yacht, Vertical, Action, Museum Acquisition
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Spilling Over"
In this award-winning, abstract image, full of movement and action, the J-Class yacht Ranger sails on.
The nautical print series Sail: Majesty at Sea is an intimat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Elissa
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Elissa' (Bombay Beach) Edition 1/10, 20x30cm, 2017, printed on Velvet Watercolor, 310gsm, Bright White, Acid Free, Signature label and Certificate.
About
Tao Ruspoli (born 7 Novemb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
The Ides of March Diptych, n.d. Limited edition color photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A combination of analogue and digital compositions based on ideas from Ovid’s Metamorphosis, deconstructed and subverted to my own narrative. MJO, 2021
Michael James O’Brien draws i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Penstemon in a Bottle
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
I've been fascinated with botany and have photographed flowers for 40 years now. Flowers were around long before animals – about 140 million years. There are estimated to be 400,000...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hanna
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Andy Warhol, Photograph of Valentino (Garavani), 1973
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The Italian fashion designer Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani founded the couture label Valentino in 1960.
Image dimensions: 4.25 x 3.375
Framed dimensions: 11 x 10.5 in.
Work...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Chevalier André Leon Talley on the Pont Alexandre III, Paris, 30 June 2013
Located in New York, NY
Chevalier André Leon Talley on the Pont Alexandre III at six in the morning, Paris, 30 June 2013
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
44" x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Horses Running Beneath a Waterfall in Iceland, Color Photography, Vertical
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Through the Falls"
The famous horses of Iceland pay no attention to the extreme elements of their homeland most would find daunting - including some of the mightiest waterfalls on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jack Nicholson, LA, 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 American actor and fi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Leopard #4 - Signed limited edition contemporary print, Black animal, Portrait
By Tim Platt
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
" Leopard #4 ” - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
A series of studio portraits of a panther, or black leopard. Panthers are more commonly known thes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Emily, 21st Century, Figurative Photography
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Emily' Edition 1/10, 20x30cm, 2016, printed on Velvet Watercolor, 310gsm, Bright White, Acid Free, Signature label and Certificate.
About
Tao Ruspoli (born 7 November 1975) is an I...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Running Wild Horse on Sable Island, Black and White Photography, Equestrian
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"The Chase"
In this award-winning, best-selling image, a wild stallion runs on the beach on Sable Island without a care in the world.
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sab...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wild Child (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Child (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2019 -
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid
Artist inventory 22252.
Signature l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper
Fuchsine, Portrait. Mixed media on a color fashion photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Series titled "Nothing Stays Still", where they keep questioning the fashion photography industry by creating a new visual identity of their images moving them away from their origin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Two Wild Horses Running on the Beach, Minimalist, Horizontal, Equestrian
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Young at Heart"
In this best-selling, iconic image, two wild and beautiful horses run freely over the beach on Sable Island."
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sable Isla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Helena
By Siri Kaur
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In SHE TELLS ALL, Kaur engages questions of identity performance by exploring an ever-present and wildly diverse American identity: the modern American witch. Witches are contemporar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie - limited Mick Rock Estate edition print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
David Bowie (photo Mick Rock) - signed limited edition print
David Bowie backstage, 1973. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm
Stamped and numbered by the Est...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Actress Natalie Wood, iconic studio portrait, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Hollywood star Natalie Wood, 1979, signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certific...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paul McCartney, London Bridge, Black and White Photography, 17, 6 x 23, 8 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Through the looking-glass
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Known for her whimsical and intuitive style, Taylor uses digital technology to build evocative photomontages of what she terms 'dreamlike worlds inhabited by everyday objects.' Inspired in part by Lewis Carroll's classic Alice in Wonderland, the images released today serve to complete the artist's multi-year poetic-narrative project Through the Looking Glass...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bent Sound - underwater portrait of Njomza Vitia - archival pigment print 43x62"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Bent Sound" - An ethereal underwater fine art photograph that captures the intersection of music and movement through a portrait of singer Njomza Vitia. This submerged portrait tran...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Beatles, Black and White Photography, Studio Shoot of 1976, 20, 2 x 15, 9 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Weed + Grub"- Archival Pigment Ink Photography
By Lauren Hurt
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This selection is an intimate grouping of portraits of celebrities and tastemakers in the burgeoning cannabis industry. I’ve paired these with select portraits evoking the feeling of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Fuck Off, Portrait. Limited edition fashion color photograph.
By Lèa Bon
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dreams and fantasies from the past and present are portrayed by Léa Bon’s subjects, which she uses as her own personal dolls.
Léa Bon work is a profound explo...
Category
2010s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
" Sa Marguerite ". Don de BRIGITTE BARDOT
By Ghislain Dussart
Located in CANNES, FR
Ghislain Dussart ( 1924 - 1996 )
BB " Sa Marguerite ".
Don de BRIGITTE BARDOT
photo originale : 31 x 21 cm
encadrement : 49 x 39 cm .
Ghislain Dussart a travaillé comme photog...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
It would soon be time
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor creates evocative single-scene narratives in her whimsical and often elaborate photomontages. Working intuitively, Taylor combines 19th Century photographs, found objec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bravo
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
Isabelle Van Zeijl - I Love Her 3, Photography 2020, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
"CAMOUFLAGED BEAUTY COLLECTION
Van Zeijl's love for nature and metamorphosis is also identifiable in the rebellious way she reshapes the dresses of well-known fashion designer Claes ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Group of Elephants Underneath a Tree, Africa, Vertical, Wild Animals
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"The Gathering"
A group of elephants wait out the hottest part of the day under a lone Acacia tortilis tree in this iconic photograph taken in Kenya.
Exceptional Creatures is a li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Her Royal Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II In Lilac - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
HRM Queen Elizabeth II visits a new maternity ward at the Lister Hospital in 2012 in Stevenage.
The Queen was on a two day tour of the East Midlands as part of her Diamond Jubilee to...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Horses Standing Beneath a Waterfall, Color Photography, Horizontal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Endless Dream"
Although the horses are calm and collected, the powerful waterfall Skógafoss pounds thousands of gallons of water into the pool they stand in. The conditions to crea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Soup
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Known for her whimsical and intuitive style, Taylor uses digital technology to build evocative photomontages of what she terms "dreamlike worlds inhabited by everyday objects." Inspi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled from "Pia"
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes free shipping in the US and a 14-day return policy. All prints are made to order and will arrive in mint condition directly from Christopher Anderson...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital P...
A Flower Outside CBGB OMFUG
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
14 x 11 inches, sheet size
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
20 x 16 inches, sheet size
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
From the series...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self Portrait in Leather Harness I
By Peter Berlin
Located in New York, NY
Self Portrait in Leather Harness I
c. 1970s
Signed in black ink, l.r.
Vintage gelatin silver print
14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm), sheet
10.75 x 7 ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill, Faye Dunaway Oscar Reclining
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway at the Beverly Hills Hotel, 1977 (printed later)
C-print
60 x 60 inches
Estate stamped edition of 50 with certificate of authenticity
American actress Faye Dunaway take...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Debbie Harry photograph (on the set of Unmade Beds), New York, 1976
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Debbie Harry Photograph: NYC, 1976:
Debbie Harry East Village, 1976 by celebrated New York photographer Fernando Natalici. Cooler than cool, this classic "Blondie" photo was captured...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Before the Yves St. Laurent Show
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexi, free express shipping and a 14-day return policy.
Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints featuring Jerry Hall, Pat Cleveland and Adele Lutz. Prints are on active consignment from the estate of Antonio Lopez. Purchase includes certificates of authenticity from the estate of Antonio Lopez. These Kodak prints are not signed by Antonio Lopez.
Frame has some minor damage and is note in the pictures. The price reflects this with a reduction compared to similar listings.
Antonio Lopez Biography -
The foremost fashion illustrator of the 1970s and 80s, Antonio (as he signed his work) was and remains one of the most highly regarded and influential figures in the fashion world. While not initially known as a photographer, Antonio was rarely without his favorite Instamatic camera, and as his career progressed he turned increasingly to photography to create fashion stories, portraits, and elaborate mise-en-scènes.
A serial Svengali, as the writer Karin Nelson noted: “Lopez brilliantly transformed the women in his world. Under his tutelage, Jerry Hall, a long tall Texan he met at Paris’s Club Sept, evolved into a golden goddess. He put Jessica Lange in gold lamé evening dresses after discovering her in Paris studying mime, and gave aspiring model Tina Lutz her start (and an introduction to future husband Michael Chow...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid
Massimo Listri 'Archivio delle Indie II, Siviglia'
Located in New York, NY
Archivio delle Indie II, Siviglia 1990
C-print
Signed, titled, dated and numbered edition of 5 on artist's label on verso.
39.5 x 47.5 inches
47.5 x 59 inches
71 x 88.5 inches
Fra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Leopard #2 - Animal signed limited edition contemporary fine art print, black
By Tim Platt
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Leopard #2 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
A series of studio portraits of a panther, or black leopard. Panthers are more commonly known these d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Photographic P...
Bob Gruen 'John Lennon - New York City'
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Bob Gruen
John Lennon NYC
1974 (printed later)
40 x 30 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 75
Bob Gruen (born 1945) is an American photographer known for his rock 'n' roll photogr...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Forza
Located in New York City, NY
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendary and complex relationship between humans and horses is an enduring one. The horse’s distinctive blend of grace and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Nicole’s Silver Boots Stretched on Floor, Studio 54
Located in New York, NY
Nicole’s Silver Boots Stretched on Floor
Studio 54, NY, NY
June 1977
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
$3000.00...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann
ROBOTNICS Series
C-Print
2019
Edition S (Edition of 10)
12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered verso
Other Edition Sizes available:
- Edition ...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
"I am not Kate Moss" by Cécile Plaisance, 27 x 22 in, 2024
Located in Paris, France
Drawing her inspiration from the grand masters of photography – Avedon, Lindbergh, Newton, or Toscani, amongst others – Cécile Plaisance uses lenticular printing to allow the viewer ...
Category
2010s Feminist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lenticular
16 December, I
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered on label, verso
18 x 12 inches
(Edition of 10)
35.5 x 24 inches
(Edition of 8)
From the series, "Him"
This artwork is offered by ClampAr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Andy Warhol Polaroid Photograph, Halston (FA05.01960 AWL140)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent; 1974
Materials: Polaroid Polacolor mounted to foam core
Dimensions (H, W, ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Foam Board, Polaroid
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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