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Portrait Photography For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Abstract
Paris, Jazz Music, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Daughter China Moses, 1980s
Located in New york, NY
In 1986 African-American musician Dee Dee Bridgewater left the United States and moved to Paris, France where she lived for the next fifteen years with her family, two daughters and ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Arc...
Untitled (Beachshoot) - with Radha Mitchell, analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Beachshoot) - 2005
50x50cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Mounted under Plexiglass (matte) with Aluminum backing.
Signe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Rita Hayworth Feeding a Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Unique black and white candid capture of actress Rita Hayworth posed in a bikini, doing a handstand, all while feeding a dog
Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and pin-u...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Holding Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Audrey Hepburn posed in the sutdio, holding a Yorkie in her arms.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Como Salchicha en L, ca. 2020 Mixed media on canvas , metal leaf, edition 1/7
Located in San Juan, PR
In this new series Mercado utilizes canvas in big format as a medium to intervene Jack Delano's photographs of Puerto Rican agriculture workers he documented for the FSA in the 1940...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Italo Calvino - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Italo Calvino-Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Desert Center - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Desert Center (Stranger than Paradise) - 2000
Edition of 10,
48x60cm.
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Mounted on dibond with matte UV-Protection.
Signature label and Cert...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Africa, Painted Faces, Tribal Women Ethiopia, Photography on Japanese Paper
Located in New york, NY
Painted Faces, 1996 by Jean-Michel Voge, is a contemporary color photograph 13" x 19" of two women with painted faces from the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa.
Th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...
Fire
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fire - 2017,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Archival Print, based on aPolaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-108.
Kirsten Thys...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Black and White
Treasure II (Stage of Consciousness) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Treasure II (Stage of Consciousness) 29 Palms, CA - 2007
75x93cm,
Edition of 5.
analog C-Print printed on Fuji Archive Paper,
hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
First Steps (Heavenly Falls) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Women, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
First Steps (Heavenly Falls) 2016
50x48cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Lambda Print based on the Polaroid
Certificate and signature label
artist inventory number: 19665. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Many Fairytales (The Princess and her Lover) - Polaroid, 21st Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Many Fairytales (The Princess and her Lover) - 2007
Edition of 10,
20x20cm.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid,
not mounted,
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Fashion, Equestrian, Single Sable Island Horse Against White Background
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"On Guard"
A lone Sable Island horse with a beautifully-unkempt mane stares back at the camera.
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sable Island documents one of the last h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Al Pacino Smoking, 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 famous actor Al Pacino smoking.
From personality portraits and advertising campaig...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
James Dean Pushing Porsche at Car Rally
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of actor James Dean loading his Porsche on to a trailer at a car rally.
James Dean was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Untitled (Beachshoot) - with Radha Mitchell, analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Beachshoot) - 2005
128x125cm,
Edition 4/5.
Analog C-Print, hand-Printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certifi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Gentlemen of Havana. 3 framed photographs of cigar smokers by James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A set of three framed silver gelatin prints by James Sparshatt. These black and white portraits of cigar smokers in Havana, Cuba, were taken at the turn of the 21st Century.
Each...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ezra, color photograph from Homegrown, limited edition, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ezra is a color photograph from Homegrown and is signed and numbered by the artist
“When I began taking pictures,” Blackmon says, “ I was primarily interested in documenting the l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nothing to do with my will (The Princess and her Lover)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Nothing to do with my Will (The Princess and her Lover) - 2007
part of the 29 Palms, CA project.
Edition of 10,
20x24cm.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature labe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Billie Holiday at the Downbeat
Located in Austin, TX
This capture features Billie Holiday at Downbeat, New York, N.Y., circa June 1946
Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Paul I Can Hear Myself" Photography 21" x 18" in Ed. of 25 by Howard Grafton
Located in Culver City, CA
"Paul I Can Hear Myself" Photography 21" x 18" in Ed. of 25 by Howard Grafton
Signed and numbered on the back by the publisher
The Beatles on the Ed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
New York City, Harlem, Fire Hydrant, Iconic Black and White Photography 1960s
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver print signed by the photographer on verso (back of photo).
Provenance: Freed estate
LITERATURE: W. A. Ewin...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor on the Set of Giant
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful selectively colorized image of actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the 1956 film Giant.
Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, about sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates. Directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lucille Ball: Glamour in Fur
By Ray Jones
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning and glamorous image of Lucille Ball in fur.Lucille Ball was an American actress, comedian, model, film-studio executive, and producer. She was the star of the self-produced ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Elton John, Cher, Bette Midler, and Flip Wilson
Located in Austin, TX
Elton John, Bette Midler, Cher, and Flip Wilson in a group portrait, 1978.
What's included:
- Limited Edition Archival Print
- Numbered Certificate of Aut...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Oui, mon Cul #11 [Les Foxy Femmes de Carmen De Vos] - Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Oui, mon Cul #11, 2015
[Les Foxy Femmes de Carmen De Vos]
30x25cm, edition of 7
Archival color print based on original Polaroid
on beautiful PHOTO RAG ULTRA SMOOTH
305gsm - 100% cot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
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1st Year Anniversary
By Luke Smalley
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Stamped and numbered, verso
20 x 24 inches
(Edition of 10)
30 x 40 inches
(Edition of 5)
50 x 60 inches
(Edition of 3)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, loc...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Contemporary Japanese Photography, Ginzan Spa by Issei Suda, Signed Ed 28/100
By Issei Suda
Located in New york, NY
The photograph "Ginzan Spa, Yamagata, August 1976 from Fushikaden," is by Japanese photographer Issei Suda. The print is hand-signed by the photographer on ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...
Amelia Earhart Flight over Washington D.C.
Located in Austin, TX
After appearing before a Senate Committee on air safety, Amelia took off in the Department of Commerce's new safety plane for a flight over Washington D.C.. 1936.
Amelia Earhart was...
Category
1930s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
New York, Brooklyn, African American Lifestyle 1960s, Fashion Show
Located in New york, NY
Fashion Show, Brooklyn, New York, USA 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 19" x 13" signed and numbered archival pigment print in an edition of 10. Signed by the estate, Freed's widow Brigitte Freed, on back of photograph. Available: 3/10.
Provenance: Freed Estate
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Artist’s Bio:
Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Long way home, Cape Town, 21st century, contemporary, photography
Located in München, BY
Edition of 20
Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Jacques Olivar (b. 1941), where the miseen-scene often subtly references literature and film. Olivar orig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Laundry
By Luke Smalley
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Stamped and numbered, verso
20 x 24 inches
(Edition of 10)
30 x 40 inches
(Edition of 5)
50 x 60 inches
(Edition of 3)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, loc...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Jayne Mansfield in Coat
By Bert Six
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Jayne Mansfield posed in coat, circa 1955.
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, Mansf...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
James Dean Smiling
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of star actor James Dean candid and smiling.
James Dean was an American actor with a career that lasted five years. His roles typified the teenage disillusio...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Djala - Tim Flach, Contemporary British Art, Animal Photography
By Tim Flach
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
'Djala' is a stunning C-Type print by contemporary British photographer Tim Fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
New York, Policeman with Puppet and Gun, Black and White Limited Ed Photography
Located in New york, NY
Policeman with Puppet and Gun, New York City, USA 1979 by Leonard Freed is a black and white limited edition photograph from Freed's Policework series.
The photograph, 13" x 19" is an archival pigment print with the photographer's copyright stamp and estate signature by the photographer's widow, Brigitte Freed. The print is in an edition of 10. Available: 1/10, 10/10.
Provenance: Freed Estate
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Artist’s Bio:
Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Bouteille à la mer, Paris
By Sonia Sieff
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7
Also available in 73 x 100 cm / 28.7 x 43.3 in, Edition of 3, price on request
A beautiful naked woman with brown hair stands in a classic house in Paris in an erotic p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
14 November, III
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered on label, verso
12 x 18 inches
(Edition of 10)
24 x 35.5 inches
(Edition of 8)
From the series, "Him"
This artwork is offered by ClampAr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
China girl- Intimate signed limited edition sensual fine art print, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
China girl - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 8
This image was captured on film in 1999.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Bent Sound - underwater portrait of Njomza Vitia - archival pigment print 35x50"
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
Marlon Brando as Johnny Strabler in "The Wild One"
By Homer van Pelt
Located in Austin, TX
Marlon Brando posed on a bike for the film "The Wild One".
The Wild One is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Laszlo Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer. It is mos...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Jayne Mansfield on Balcony
Located in Austin, TX
Jayne Mansfield visits Villa Borghese, Rome Italy 1964.
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, Mansfield was known ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Muhammad Ali Training
Located in Austin, TX
Color capture of Muhammad Ali training in a boxing ring.
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most si...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
Long Way Home III, analog, 128x125cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Long Way Home III' (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999
128x125cm,
Edition 1/10,
analog C-Print, based on a Polaroid, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
Not mo...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"David Bowie and Mick Ronson, in the Train 1973" 30 x 40 in 16/25 by Mick Rock
By Mick Rock
Located in Culver City, CA
"David Bowie and Mick Ronson, in the Train 1973" 30 x 40 in 16/25 by Mick Rock
David Bowie and Mick Ronson, in the Train to Aberdeen, Scotland, 1973
Edition: 16/25
Signed and number...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Robert Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, Campaigning in Indiana USA, Photography 1960s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Robert Kennedy (RFK) and his wife Ethel Kennedy, campaigning in a small town in Indiana USA in 1968 is a color photograph, 16” x 24,” an archival pigment...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
Rita Hayworth Sunbathing
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid image of Rita Hayworth in Burbank, walking along a beautiful street scene.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- Limited ...
Category
1930s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Riding Elephant Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white capture of film actress Marilyn Monroe smiling while riding an elephant.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Ow...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Radha and Max on Dirt Road (29 Palms, CA) - analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha and Max on Dirt Road (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
Edition 8/10.
60x67cm including white frame.
Analog C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist inv...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Pop-art, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Shooting II (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999
38x36cm, Edition of 30,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No 259.34.
Not mo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Spare Parts (29 Palsm, CA) - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Spare Parts' (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
Edition 3/5, 128x125 cm,
Analog C-Print, based on a Polaroid, enlarged by the artist,
Not mounted, Artist inventory 792.18
With Radha Mitchell and Max Sharam
Living and working in Los Angeles and Berlin, Stefanie Schneider's scintillating situations take place in the American West. Situated on the verge of an elusive super-reality, her photographic sequences provide the ambience for loosely woven story lines and a cast of phantasmic characters.
Schneider works with the chemical mutations of expired Polaroid film stock. Chemical explosions of color spreading across the surfaces undermine the photograph's commitment to reality and induce her characters into trance-like dreamscapes. Like flickering sequences of old road movies Schneider's images seem to evaporate before conclusions can be made - their ephemeral reality manifesting in subtle gestures and mysterious motives. Schneider's images refuse to succumb to reality, they keep alive the confusions of dream, desire, fact, and fiction.
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 d'Arles, Foto -Triennale Esslingen.
“It was Stefanie Schneider, who inspired me to start the company THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT after seeing her work, which seems to achieve the possible from the impossible, creating the finest of art out of the most basic of mediums and materials. Indeed, after that one day, I was so impressed with her photography that I realized Polaroid film could not be allowed to disappear. Being at the precise moment in time where the world was about to lose Polaroid, I seized the moment and have put all my efforts and passion into saving Polaroid film. For that, I thank Stefanie Schneider almost exclusively, who played a bigger role than anyone in saving this American symbol of photography.” –Florian Kaps, March 8th 2010 (“Doc” Dr. Florian Kaps, founder of “The Impossible Project”)
Exhibitions Selected (selected)
2017
BLICKFELD] Analoge Fotografie, Kommunale Galerie Steglitz-Zehlendorf (G) (catalog), (upcoming)
Kunstverein Bad Homburg Artlantis, Bad Homburg (G)
2016
Instantdreams, Instantdreams Gallery, Berlin
(S)
2015
Desert Voices, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Pamela Littky
Blue Nudes, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G)
2014
Summer Show, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (G)
6 Finalists, Saatchi Gallery London (G)
Instantdreams, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (S)
Grand Opening, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Banksy, Andy Warhol, Alison Bignon, Sophie Dickens, Victor Gingembre and others
2013
Heather's Dream, Short, nominated for the German Short Film Award 2013 (Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis)
Images
For Images (Artists fir Tichy), GASK - Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, (G) with Richard Prince, Nan Golding...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Jewish Diaspora 1950s, Yeshiva Students New York, Black-and-White Photography
Located in New york, NY
Yeshiva Students, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed is a black-and-white photograph of three young Jewish Youth, studying at a yeshiva. This is a gelatin silver lifetime print, 16...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Salvador Dali in Venice
Located in Austin, TX
Photo of Salvador Dali in Venice holding cane and looking up.
Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Smiling with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Unique black and white capture of actress Audrey Hepburn smiling while holding a pet Yorkie.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and w...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lovefight (The Princess and her Lover) from 29 Palms, CA
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lovefight (The Princess and her Lover) from 29 Palms, CA - 2009
120x180cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on 15 original Polaroids.
Certificate and S...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Diva and the Boy (Beachshoot) - 9 pieces - Polaroid, Vintage, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Diva and the Boy (Beachshoot) - 2005
Edition of 10 plus 2 artist Proofs.
37x36cm each, installed 126x123cm.
9 archival C-Prints, based on the 9 Polaroids.
Certificate and Sig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Robert Plant with The Runaways, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin at a Runaways show in LA 1978. Plant pictured here with Cherie Currie and Joan Jett of The Runa...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs
Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.
Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.
Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.
While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.
Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.
Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.
On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.