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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: 2010s
Period: 1910s
Bert stern "Marilyn Monroe black and white scarf " 2012
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern Marilyn Monroe black and white scarf Mythical photo of the last seance (1962) Ink jet print by bert stern 2012 No 31/100 signed on b...
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2010s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Original Photography by Cyrille Druart
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Black and white original photography by Cyrille Druart. Edition: I/V Dimensions: 90 x 120 cm Cyrille Druart is a French photograph and architect, a book about his new series w...
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2010s Realist Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ahmedabad 151209-566 (India, Street Photography, Portrait, B&W, 30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy Ahmedabad 151209-566 Pigment Print Year: 2015 Visible Size: 9.25 x 9.25 inches Framed: 10.6 x 10.6 inches Signed: On Label Edition: 8 COA provided *White frame with...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Temporal Space 2050-9
Located in New York City, NY
16 x 16 inches 40 x 40 cm Edition of 15 Archival Pigment Print on a Baryta Paper Mounted and Framed 32 x 32 inches 80 x 80 cm Edition of 7 Archival Pigment Print on a Baryta Paper ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lioness Holding Cub in Mouth, Maasai Mara – Nick Brandt, Lion, Africa, Animals
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England) Lioness with Cub in Mouth, Amboseli 2012 Platinum print Sheet 71,12 x 88,9 cm (28 x 35 in.) Edition of 15, plus AP's; Ed. no. 2/15 print only Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals in the wild. – Photography, Documentary Photography, Animal, Africa, Wildlife, Nature, Lion Baby...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Platinum

20th & Broadway
Located in Kansas City, MO
Paul McMillian 20th & Broadway Year: 2024 Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Framed Size: 13 x 13 x 0.25 inches COA provided *Ready to hang; matted and framed in a min...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Muse between two moons - Françoise Benomar, African Contemporary Photography
Located in Paris, FR
Photography printed on Fine art Hahnemuhle paper. Signed and numbered 2/5 on the back by the artist.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Self Portrait (Strange Love) - Polaroid, New York
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Self Portrait (Strange Love) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist Inventory No. 6...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Eve Arnold - Marlon Brando, Photography 1966, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
American Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X in Chicago, Illinois in 1961. All available sizes and editions: 24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs 34" x 24", Ed...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bus Depot (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bus Depot (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 20x24cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #1208...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Deer and Bull, Mexico
By Phyllis Galembo
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Phyllis Galembo Deer and Bull, Mexico, 2012 Fujiflex 19 x 19 inches (48.3 x 48.3 cm) Edition 2/6
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Film

Incitement and Confirmation - The Girl behind the White Picket Fence
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Incitement and Confirmation.' (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2015 70x90cm Edition of 5, analog C-Print printed on Fuji Archive Paper, hand-printed by the artist, bas...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Ben
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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bunny II, Photography, Story teller, rabbit ears, lace
Located in München, BY
Edition of 3 More sizes on request. A naked model is wearing rabbit ears made of lace. Tyler Shields is an American Photographer, screenwriter, director ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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C Print

Mouthful, Photography, Story teller, Hollywood
Located in München, BY
Edition of 3 More sizes on request. Tyler Shields is an American Photographer, screenwriter, director and former professional inline skater who has been labeled by some as “Hollywood’s favorite photographer”. He is best known for his unparalleled, controversial, shock evoking photographs of Hollywood Celebrities. Shield’s images often incorporate violence and eroticism, such as his 2011 photograph of Lindsay Lohan in which she appears seductive while being covered in blood and holding a knife. Continuing to push the boundaries, in preparation for his Life Is Not A Fairytale (2011) exhibit in 2011, Shields collected blood from twenty celebrities to paint with, onto a canvas. Shields also appeared to stage the “shooting” of a party-goer with a gun the same year at a release party for his book “Collisions” as an appropriated piece of performance art en homage to the cans of Fluxus artist, Piero Manzoni. Shields is not shy to controversy, in 2012 he also released a photograph of Francesca Eastwood, burning, sawing and biting a $100,000 Hermès Birkin Bag for a photoshoot. Moreover, his series “Suspense” (2013) portrays and depicts stars such as Emma Roberts, Francesca Eastwood and Lydia Hearst frozen in mid-air falling and voluntarily jumping off buildings and bridges creating a sense of movement, adrenaline, and excitement. “Suspense is not about death; it’s about life” explains Shields. Rather than focusing on the person in the frame, these images are more concerned with the action, environment, and landscape. In 2015. Shields created the series “Historical Fiction” which focuses on historical events such as the deaths of James Dean, John F Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King among many more historical events. This series put the American Civil Rights Era at the forefront of his work, as these images explore dark moments in history with many of them honing in on moments that confront the country’s racist past. Furthermore, in 2015 Shields created his hit series “Chromatics” which surrounds the theme of “beauty in chaos” captured through freeze frames of surreal, technicolor violence with colored powder. In order to create this violence, he lined up 20 people up against each other and made them fight with powder. Shields’ talent goes beyond shock. His unique, sinister and daring lens through which he composes and creates his work enables him to push boundaries and experiment with tweaking the Hollywood mystique. The mystery behind his relationships and habits captivate the media, not unlike the art world’s best-known friend of the famous, Andy Warhol. _Photography, nude, woman, naked, story teller...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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C Print

Aux aguets, Paris
Located in München, BY
Edition of 3 Also available in 54 x 80 cm / 21 x 31.5 in, Edition of 7, price on request A beautiful naked woman with brown hair is lying in a very lascivious pose in a yellow bath tube...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jack and Jill II (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Jack and Jill II (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) Edition 3/10, 20x24cm, 2016, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Artist inventory 20014.03 not mounted Stefanie Schneide...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Shotgun Wedding (Haley and the Birds) - Contemporary, Polaroid, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Shotgun Wedding (Haley and the Birds) - 2013, 60x70cm, Edition 2/5, Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Crystal Fuji Archive Paper (matte), based on the Polaroid. Sign...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Untitled
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Renell Medrano Untitled, 2019 Archival pigment print 30 x 24 1/4 inches (76.2 x 61.6 cm) Edition 2/5
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

In Dubious Battle (Haley and the Birds) - based on the original Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In Dubious Battle (Haley and the Birds) - 29 Palms, CA - 2013 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature la...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Piece of Mind, contemporary, wildlife, black and white photography, Lion
Located in München, BY
Edition of 12 more sizes on request A Portrait of big majestic male lion lying in the sun. Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are amo...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tano Bora, Cheetah, black and hwite photography, Africa, Portrait, Wildlife
Located in München, BY
Edition of 12 More sizes on request Portrait of the 5 Boys called "Tano Bora". This coalition of five male cheetahs has been named the Tano Bora coalition, meaning ‘The Magnificent...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Divine Nude No.39 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.39 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Si los bueyes Volaran , 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...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Metal, Gold Leaf

Florence Lightingale (Couchsurfing Series)
Located in London, GB
Cristina Schek Florence Lightingale - Couchsurfing Series, 2020 Framed Archival Pigment Print Anti-Reflective Museum Glass Signed certificate of authenticity included. 42 x 60 cm (un...
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2010s Old Masters Portrait Photography

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Digital, Giclée

Jivan
Located in PARIS, FR
Photographie disponible en deux formats : 30x42cm et 40x60cm Veuillez nous contacter si intéressé. Ce tirage fait partie de la série "Regards Croisés". « Nous allions passer l’un à...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Cotton, Paper, Color

Bienvenido , ca. 2020 Mixed media on canvas , 23k Gold leaf edition number: 3/7
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 194...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Metal, Gold Leaf

White Pelicans at Dawn
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10 Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin. Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso. Paper size: 21 x 24 in., Image size: 16 ...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Gil at Twelve - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Childhood, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gil at Twelve - 2019 - 20x25cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Photograph printed on Fuji glossy paper, based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mounted). Sig...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Gord Downie, The Tragically Hip - Ottawa, 2016
Located in Toronto, ON
Open and Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Prints Hand Signed by Richard Beland 8" x 10" Unframed Open Edition 11" x 14" Unframed Open Edition 16" x 20" Unframed Open Edition 20" x 24" Unframed Limited Edition of 150 30" x 40" Unframed Limited Edition of 75 About the Artist Richard Beland is a music photographer based in Toronto, Canada. His extensive body of work, which dates back to 1986 and includes live performance photographs as well as studio portraits, celebrates popular music’s depth and eclectic breadth. From photographs of Coldplay to those of The Tragically Hip...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Divine Nude No.4 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, men
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.4 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Bert stern Marilyn laughing in the famous Dior dress
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional photo of Marilyn in her Dior black dress during her last session for Vogue magazine. Photographed by Bert Stern. Very limited edition of 72 copies. Signed on the front an...
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2010s Portrait Photography

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Lithograph

One Eared Goat
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso. Paper size: 22 x 17 in. Image size: 20 x 16 in. Series: Ghostland Keith Carter is an American photographer...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sea Crown. Portrait. Limited Edition Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sea Crown, by Ricky Cohete Color Archival Pigment print Medium size: 36 in H x 24 in W. Edition of 10 + 1AP Unframed 2020 The artist uses a vivid contrast of color to add an extra...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment, Pigment

Great Horned Owl #1 by Brad Wilson - Animal portrait photography, wild bird
Located in Paris, FR
'Great Horned Owl #1, Espanola, NM, 2011' is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Brad Wilson from the ‘Affinity’ series which features studio portraits of wild animal...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Gabriela at Eleven - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Childhood, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gabriela at Eleven - 2019 25x31cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Photograph printed in Canson Barita Fiber Rag 340gr, based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mo...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Equestrian Portrait of a World Class Horse with a Braided Mane, Square
Located in US
"Nautilus II" A braided mane adds to the perfection of this horse in this classic, detailed equestrian portrait. The print series Equus: Light & Form focuses on the details of so...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Capricorn, Nude, Fine Art Photography
Located in München, BY
Image size: 100 x 125 cm 7 Limited Editions + 2 Artist Proofs Archival Pigment Print White Floating Box frame size: 125 x 153 cm Evocative, sensual and voluptuous, Marc Lagrange's ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Platinum

Aria and Midnight to Moonshine - Chicks and Chicks
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Aria and Midnight to Moonshine' (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) Edition 8/10, 20x24cm, 2016, digital C-Print, not mounted. Based on a Polaroid, Artist inventory 19539.14 ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Divine Nude No.32 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.32 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Radha Mitchell on the Set of 'The Crazies' - Polaroid, Women, expired, movies
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Mitchell on the Set of 'The Crazies'' - 2009 24x30cm Edition of 10, digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. Artist inventory 11678. not moun...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Do you know how it feels? (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Do you know how it feels? (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artis...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Eve Arnold - Bar girl in a brothel, Photography 1954, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
A model in Harlem, New York City in 1968. All available sizes and editions: 20" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs 24" x 34", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs "Eve Arnold, born ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Victoria - Contemporary, Polaroid, Childhood
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Victoria - 2019 33x40cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Photograph printed on Fuji glossy paper, based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mounted). Signed on ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Peacock Blue and Green. Colorful Pheasants
Located in Miami, FL
This close-up of a peacock displaying is defined by late dramatic light. Robert Funk is a photographer and New York advertising art director for Print and TV. He was widely publishe...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Eve Arnold - Marylin Monroe, Photography 1960, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marilyn Monroe on the set of ‘The Misfits’, Reno, Nevada, 1960. All available sizes and editions: 24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs 34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proo...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Eve Arnold - Marylin Monroe Car, Photography 1960, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marilyn Monroe on the set of ‘The Misfits’, Reno, Nevada, 1960. All available sizes and editions: 24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs 34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proo...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sidewalk
Located in Sante Fe, NM
“When I began taking pictures,” Blackmon says, “ I was primarily interested in documenting the lives of my five sisters and myself as we raised families in the Ozarks in the 21st cen...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bob Dylan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media. Homage to the great Bob Dylan. Acrylic screen print, spray paint, resin on wood panel. About the Artist: Seek One is an up and coming talent, showing at galleries w...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Photography

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Mixed Media

Divine Nude No.6 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.6 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

" Hello. I'm a Pigeon" - Golden Facade with Red Eye Pigeon in Manhattan
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk displays an unparalleled ability to translate a drab street scene into a dimensional and compelling image. A Red Eye Pigeon is captured against a facade illuminated wi...
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2010s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Eve Arnold - Charlotte Stribling (also known as Fabulous), 1950, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
All available sizes and editions: 24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs 34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs "Eve Arnold, born in 1912 to Russian-immigrant parents in Ph...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ladybird (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ladybird (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2019 - 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid Artist inventory 22256. Signature lab...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Black Dahlia N°2, Balearic Island, 21st century, contemporary, photography
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10 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...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

The way we were - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'The way we were' 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL219...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Still - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Still' 2019, 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inven...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Only Elvis signed limited edition print
Located in London, GB
Only Elvis by B A T I K signed limited edition print pop art print of the infamous mock arrest mugshot of Elvis Presley. Archival pigment print paper size 20x16 inches / 51 x ...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Sometimes - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Sometimes' - 2019, 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL219-661. ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, 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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