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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: 1990s
Period: Mid-17th Century
Day Worker (American Depression) -Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Day Worker (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 Edition 3/10. 65x60cm including 'Polaroid' frame. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. Mounted on Aluminum...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

Evesdroppings (29 Palms, CA) - Figurative, Portrait, Polaroid, Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Eavesdropping' (29 Palms, CA), Edition 3/10, 20x20cm, 1999, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. Artist inventory No. 18257.03. Not mounted. ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Kirsten Red Lips (California Blue Screen) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Kirsten Red Lips' (California Blue Screen) Edition 1/3, 114x142 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artists, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inv...
Category

1990s Outsider Art 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 a Polaroid, Artist inventory 320. Signature label and Certificate. ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Jimmy James, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10 Black and white portrait of singer songwriter Jimmy James. From personality portraits and advertising campaign...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

After Newton
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 20) Signed and numbered on label, verso From the series, "Before the Camera" This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Chuck S...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Max, smoking in Car (29 Palms, CA) - 58x56cm, analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max, smoking in Car (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 58x56cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte su...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Tom Tom
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Staging Pictures: Early Polaroids focuses on Stivers' working Polaroid prints, shot with a Hasselblad Polaroid back for instant proofing of lighting and composition of his subjects. ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

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

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Banya- Signed limited edition contemporary print, Black white photo, Dog Animal
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Banya - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1998 - Edition of 5 A Basset Hound with her friend in a French café This image was captured on film. The negative was s...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...

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

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

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

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

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

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

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

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

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

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Depeche Mode - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print
Located in London, GB
Depeche Mode - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print Depeche Mode (from left: Andy Fletcher, Martin Gore, Vince Clarke, Dave Gahan) Cover shoot for Mel...
Category

1990s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

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

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Prince, The Artist
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant black and white studio portrait of legendary musician and artist, Prince. Prince was an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and actor. He is widel...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Sheep by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, animal, black and white
Located in München, BY
The Sheep Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist A sheep in black and white shot on analog film. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists. I...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dreamgirl (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dreamgirl (29 Palms, CA) 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate, Artist inventory number: 19318. ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

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

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

After Man Ray
Located in New York, NY
Warm-tone gelatin silver print (Edition of 20) Signed and numbered on label, verso From the series, "Before the Camera" This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Good Times (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Good Times (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate, Artist inventory number:...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Translucent (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Translucent (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 50x49cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Invent...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Winter
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Winter - 2001, 20x29cm, 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

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

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

Wallflower (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wallflower (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

Three Boys (Stranger than Paradise)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Three Boys (Stranger than Paradise) - 1997 20x25cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventor...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Walking Lulu II
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Walking Lulu III - 2001, 20x55cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid Slide. Signature label a...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Walking Lulu
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Walking Lulu - 2001, 20x30cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid Slide. Certificate and Sig...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Kirsten Red Lips (California Blue Screen) - mounted, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kirsten Red Lips 114x142 cm, Edition 1/3, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artists, based on the Polaroid. Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection. Certificate and Sign...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

Palm Trees Dive by (Stranger than Paradise) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Trees Dive by (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 44x59cm, Edition 2/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. A...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Landed (Long Way Home) - Polaroid, analog, Contemporary, pop-art - mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Landed (Long Way Home) - 1999, 20x20cm, Edition of 25, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory #796. ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Palm Trees Dive by (Stranger than Paradise) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Trees Dive by (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 44x59cm, Edition 2/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. A...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

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

1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

A. Rear View
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Staging Pictures: Early Polaroids focuses on Stivers' working Polaroid prints, shot with a Hasselblad Polaroid back for instant proofing of lighting and composition of his subjects. ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Banya- Signed limited edition still life print, Black white photo, Dog, Animal
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Banya - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1998 - Edition of 5 A Basset Hound with her friend in a French café This image was captured on film. The negative was ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...

Long Way Home, triptych
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Long Way Home (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 3 x 38x36cm, Edition of 30, Archival C-Prints, based on the 3 Polaroids Certificate and Signature label artist Inventory Nr. 250.51 ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Golden (Musica Poetica) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Golden (Musica Poetica) - 1997 44x59cm, Edition 4/10. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist I...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Christmas (Los Angeles) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Christmas (Los Angeles) - 1997 44x59cm, Edition 3/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Invent...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Battlefield (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Battlefield (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 44x59cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Invent...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Battlefield (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Battlefield (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 44x59cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Invent...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Ocotillo (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ocotillo (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 44x59cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Untitled 02 (Immaculate Springs -feature film) with Udo Kier and Jacinda Barrett
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled 02 (Immaculate Springs) - 1998 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. Not moun...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Magic Hour (Stranger than Paradise) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Magic Hour (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 44x59cm, Edition 3/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist In...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

The little Girl at the End of the Road (Musica Poetica) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The little Girl at the End of the Road (Musica Poetica) - 1997 44x59cm, Edition 4/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate a...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

New York People, Black and White Photography, Woman in Leopard Bikini at Pool
Located in New york, NY
For a portrait of a woman in Leopard Bikini by Roberta Fineberg, the photographer focuses in on a subject, a woman with long fingernails, a sun-tanned t...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

C.
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Staging Pictures: Early Polaroids focuses on Stivers' working Polaroid prints, shot with a Hasselblad Polaroid back for instant proofing of lighting and composition of his subjects. ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Emma Shapplin - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Emma Shapplin - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print French soprano Emma Shapplin, covered in gauze, photographed for her second studio album, Etterna (2002). Etterna was produced ...
Category

1990s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Max by the fence (29 Palms, CA) - Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max by the fence (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 58x57cm. Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand printed by the artist & based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Cer...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Tori Amos 1994 Vintage 12"x16" Darkroom Print by Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
Oginal hand-printed 12x16” darkroom vintage print from photographer Jake Chessum of Tori Amos. Printed by Jake in the 90's, at the time of the photo shoot. Jake recalls the session...
Category

1990s Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mels (Stranger than Paradise) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Mels (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 44x59cm, Edition 2/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventor...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Be Aware - Wrong Way - Polaroid, analog, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Beware - Wrong Way (Stranger than Paradise), triptych - 1997 Edition 2/3, 54x71cm each, installed with gaps 172x71cm. 3 Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist and based on t...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Unicorn (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Unicorn (The Last Picture Show - 2005 20x20cm. Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #1...
Category

1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Felix on Melrose Avenue, LA (California Blue Screen) - analog, vintage print
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Felix on Melrose Avenue, LA (California Blue Screen) - 1997 44x59 cm, Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certif...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

The Actress and the Lawyer (California Blue Screen) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Actress and the Lawyer (California Blue Screen) - featuring Radha Mitchell - 1999 44x59cm, Edition 4/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Pol...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Hillview Motel (Last Picture Show) - analog, vintage, mounted, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hillview Motel (Stranger than Paradise) - triptych, 2003 Edition 7/10, 68x183cm installed, 68x60cm each including white frame. 3 analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist, base...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

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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