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Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1940s
Period: Early 1900s
Self-Portrait (Oscar, BAFTA, Tony Award, Labour Party) (27% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Glenda Jackson Self-Portrait (Oscar, BAFTA, Tony Award, Labour Party) Black & White Photograph on Photographic Paper Year: 1980s Image Size: 4.5 x 3.5 i...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Debbie Harry photographed in New York City in 1978. (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size ...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

New York, Jazz City, Musicians, Black and White Photography on Street Music
Located in New york, NY
Drawn to street photography for her early work, Roberta Fineberg shot black-and-white film with a held-held 35mm camera in natural lighting in New York, Paris, and Moscow. Jazz City, New York, 1990 by Roberta Fineberg is a 10" x 8" black-and-white photograph of musicians...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

Husband & Wife Filmmaker Blake Edwards & Actress Julie Andrews, double portrait
Located in Senoia, GA
Singer/actresss Julie Andrews and her husband filmmaker Blake Edwards, 1986. Jack said they were one of the most delightful couples he ever photographed,...
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Brigitte Bardot Posed with Vintage Car
Located in Austin, TX
Brigitte Bardot Hollywood starlet posed with vintage car, circa 1970. Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist. Famous for ...
Category

1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City, Brooklyn, Cities, Black-and-White Photography, Coney Island Girl
Located in New york, NY
An image of a young woman on an amusement park ride shot on film by Roberta Fineberg, the portrait was made in New York in the late 1980s a time of innocence and edginess, tenderness...
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Portrait of renowned art dealer Leo Castelli Signed, inscribed to Nina Castelli
Located in New York, NY
Doug & Mike Starn Portrait of Leo Castelli inscribed to Nina Castelli Sundell, 1998-1999 Gelatin silver print on handmade paper (hand signed and inscribed to Nina Castelli Sundell) H...
Category

1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Elvis Presley 1960 portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art print of Elvis Presley from the collection of acclaimed photographer. Lynn Goldsmith, taken in 1960 These prints are open edition and come with full certification. Availab...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

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), this is THE last Artist Proof 3/3. 3 Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by th...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

D. and Felix - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
D. and Felix (Stranger than Paradise) - 1997 Edition of 2/30. Image size 16 x 21.6 inch, External dimensions: 17.7 x 23.3 inch. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Mounted...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Wood, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

'Hans' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Hans' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998 Edition of 10, 20x30cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. Artist in...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Spare Parts (29 Palms, CA) - analog hand-print, Contemporary, Portrait, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Spare Parts (29 Palms, CA) -1999 48x46cm, Edition of 5/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, Artist inventory 320. Signature label and Certificate...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

29 Palms, CA - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
29 Palms, CA - 2010 40x40cm, Edition of of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventory # 1897. Not mount...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

29 Palms, CA - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
29 Palms, CA - 2010 40x40cm, Edition of of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventory # 1933. Not mount...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

The Ranch (29 Palms, CA) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Ranch (29 Palms, CA) - 2010 40x40cm, Edition of of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventory # 1935...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

'Penelope and Hans' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Penelope and Hans' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998 Edition of 10, 50x50cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Dalí Staring at the Horizon - Original Gelatin Silver Photography, SIGNED
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc LACROIX (1927-2007) Dalí Staring at the Horizon, 1971 Original silver print photograph Signed in ink Numbered on 50 copies On silver print paper 58 x 48 cm (c. 22.8 x 18.9 inch...
Category

1970s Surrealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Elton John, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
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 British singer and s...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor Sitting in Boat
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features Elizabeth Taylor sitting with dog in a boat from the movie scene "Lassie Come Home", circa 1943. Lassie Come Home is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
Category

1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dalí with the Cubist Tricorne - Original Gelatin Silver Photography
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc LACROIX (1927-2007) Dalí with the Cubist Tricorne, 1971 Original gelatin silver photograph Signed in ink Numbered on 99 copies On silver print paper 57 x 47 cm (c. 22.4 x 18.5 ...
Category

1970s Surrealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photo realized in 1970s by Agenzia ANSA. Good condition. Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in ...
Category

1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Arthur Miller and Inge Morath at home, Connecticut, August 23, 1991
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Miller and Inge Morath at home, Connecticut, August 23, 1991 Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 20" x 24" Archival Pigment Print Edition Nº 1 of 3 Certificate of Or...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Aretha Franklin, Fox Theater, Detroit - Artist Proof Print
Located in Austin, TX
Aretha Franklin, Fox Theater, Detroit 1996 by celebrated photographer, Timothy White Signed artist proof print. 14x14" image on 17x22" paper
Category

Late 20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Giclée

Poolside - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pool Side (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 Edition 5/5, 20x20cm. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Artist inventory Number 619. Signature label and Certificate. Not mounted. Pool...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measuring 8.75 x 11.25 inches. Unframed. Studio stamp on verso. Mounting and framing services available. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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

Dancing Hand to Crotch
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 "Purgatory & Paradise: Sassy '70s, Suburbia & The City" A vintage print may also be available. Please inquire for details. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Meryl Meisler...
Category

1970s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nirvana by Chris Cuffaro
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of grunge band Nirvana featuring Kurt Cobain, Chris Novoselic and Foo Fighters Dave Grohl, from acclaimed music photographer, Chris Cuffaro. Taken in March of 1991 in an alleyway in Seattle Signed limited edition 17x22" print, edition number 24/50 Chris Cuffaro has shot the best of the best in the music world including ground-breaking bands like Jane’s Addiction...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Penelope' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Jacinda Barrett
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Penelope' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998 58x57cm, Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signature Label ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Michael Stipe - signed Limited Edition Oversize print (1996)
Located in London, GB
Michael Stipe - Signed Limited Edition Oversize print NME Cover Shoot July 23, 1996 Los Angeles N.M.E. COVER SHOOT (photo Kevin Westenberg) Unf...
Category

1990s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren in "La moglie del prete" by Dino Risi (1970).
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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

Clint Eastwood "The Beguiled"
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white film still features Clint Eastwood leaning against a car in his role for "The Beguiled". Clint Eastwood is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and politicia...
Category

1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Best Of Blondie album cover art by Martyn Goddard
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Blondie, by photographer, Martyn Goddard. Blondie on top of Record Plant Studio in New York, 1978. "Blondie took time off from recording Parallel ...
Category

Late 20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nancy
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and ph...
Category

1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Polaroid

Self Portrait in Silver Pants
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed in black ink, recto 15.5 x 11 inches, sheet size 14 x 9.5 inches, image size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Born in Poland in 1942 as Armin Hagen Freiherr von Hoyningen-Huene, Peter Berlin is a relative of the celebrated fashion photographer George Hoyningen-Huene (1900-1968). Raised in Germany, Peter Berlin received post-secondary education as a photo-technician, and in his early 20s worked as a celebrity portraitist for German television. However, it was around this time that he curiously began designing and sewing his own skin-tight clothing which he would wear as he cruised the parks and train stations in Berlin, Rome, Paris, New York, and San Francisco. After several long-term stays on the east coast of the United States, Peter Berlin eventually moved to San Francisco in 1969, and became a fixture on the steep streets with his signature look and perpetual posing. He soon began producing films and starred in the now iconic “Nights in Black Leather” (1973), co-directed by Richard Abel. Berlin then produced, directed, and starred in “That Boy” the following year, and made four shorter films through the mid- to late-1970s, while publishing and selling his photographic self portraits. Peter Berlin was the subject of several Robert Mapplethorpe...
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1970s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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...
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1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Living Room (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Living Room (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 58x56cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

The Beatles "Umbrella" by Robert Whitaker
Located in Austin, TX
The Beatles by photographer Robert Whitaker. This formal photo shoot image is fondly known as 'Umbrella'. The Beatles are depicted holding two large striped umbrellas on the banks of Loch Earn...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Venice, The Actress Barbara Bouchet during a break from the making of the movie "Replica di un delitto" by Silvio Amadio. 
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Jefferson Airplane 1968 for the cover of Life Magazine by Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
Taken for the cover of Life Magazine, Jefferson Airplane, 1968 by Art Kane Art Kane pioneered the art of conceptual portraiture. He didn’t photograph artists doing their thing, he p...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Untitled (Man and Jukebox)
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Signed in pencil, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Born in Vinhedo, a small town on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Walter Briski, Jr. began his interests in photography at the age of thirteen. He later moved to the city of Sao Paulo to pursue his passion, and after completing his studies at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Campinas, he began his career as a fashion photographer working with top national magazines such as “Brazilian Vogue,” “Brazilian Interview,” and “Trip.” Soon after, Briski moved to New York City in pursuit of advancing his career. In search of strengthening his art, he learned to master the technique of black-and-white printing while employed at a highly ranked film production house. There, he printed works for artists such as Bruce Weber, Annie Leibovitz, Gordon Parks, Matthew Barney, Steven Klein, Steven Meisel, Steven Sebring, and Ellen Von Unwerth. In the midst of printing images that were reproduced in magazines such as “Vogue,” “Harper’s Bazaar,” “W,” “L’Uomo Vogue,” “I.D.,” “Arena,” “The New York Times Magazine,” and “Interview,” he also began printing his own photographs. Briski has had the wonderful opportunity to work with top models and celebrities, including the Brewer twins, Carole King...
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1990s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Katharine Hepburn Walking Dogs
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Katharine Hepburn walking her dogs in a pantsuit. Katharine Hepburn was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanne...
Category

1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Julie Andrews starring in 'Victor Victoria' on Broadway, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Julie Andrews starring in 'Victor Victoria' on Broadway for Dance Magazine, 1995, signed by Jack Mitchell o...
Category

1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cream 1968 by Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
British psychedelic rock group, Cream, taken in 1968 by Art Kane, featuring Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker. Cream was a new kind of blues band. British of course, but put...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Africa, Boy with Calf, Tribal Child in Ethiopia, Contemporary Photography
Located in New york, NY
Boy with Calf, 1996 by Jean-Michell Voge, is a contemporary color print 19" x 13" of a nomadic tribal child from the Surma tribe, painted from head to toe, posing with a calf with mu...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Norman Parkinson 'Apollonia van Ravenstein in Barbados. Vogue, July 1973'
Located in New York, NY
Apollonia van Ravenstein at the Crane Beach Hotel in Barbados wearing a Jane Cattlin swimsuit with a Charles Batten hat, chiffon scarf from Liberty and Saint Laurent Rive Gauche sand...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Portrait of Nude Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 11 x 14 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Grace Jones Holding Pistol
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour studio portrait of Grace Jones holding a pistol for her role in Bond film "A View to a Kill", circa 1985. Grace Jones is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, model...
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Beaton, Pablo Picasso, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category

1980s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Lithograph

Portrait of Piero Braglia - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Copyright by Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. Very good condition.
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Portrait of Giacinto Facchetti - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Copyright by Olympia. Very good condition.
Category

1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Portrait of Franco Causio - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Copyright by Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. Very good condition.
Category

1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Portrait of Diego Armando Maradona - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona wearing the Napoli shirt. Very good condition.
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Portrait of Diego Armando Maradona - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona. Very good condition.
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Portrait of Diego Armando Maradona - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona wearing the Napoli shirt. Very good condition.
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Gaetano Scirea - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Very good condition.
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Gaetano Scirea - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Very good condition.
Category

1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

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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