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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1950s
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
Slim Aarons 'Man Ray in Paris' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Man Ray in his Paris studio with poster for Non-Abstractions exhibition opening (1956) and Peinture féminine (1954)
Slim Aarons
Man Ray in Paris
1956 printed later
C-Print
Estate si...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Top People's Eatery, San Francisco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Journalist Lucius Beebe beside a gold place setting in the glass roofed Garden Court of the...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Grace Coddington
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing, free shipping in the US, and 14-day return policy.
Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints of Grace Coddington by Antonio Lopez. Prints are on active consignment from the estate of Antonio Lopez. Purchase includes certificates of authenticity from the estate of Antonio Lopez. These Kodak prints are not signed by Antonio Lopez.
Artist Biography -
The foremost fashion illustrator of the 1970s and 80s, Antonio (as he signed his work) was and remains one of the most highly regarded and influential figures in the fashion world. While not initially known as a photographer, Antonio was rarely without his favorite Instamatic camera, and as his career progressed he turned increasingly to photography to create fashion stories, portraits, and elaborate mise-en-scènes.
A serial Svengali, as the writer Karin Nelson noted: “Lopez brilliantly transformed the women in his world. Under his tutelage, Jerry Hall, a long tall Texan he met at Paris’s Club Sept, evolved into a golden goddess. He put Jessica Lange in gold lamé evening dresses after discovering her in Paris studying mime, and gave aspiring model Tina Lutz her start (and an introduction to future husband Michael Chow...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Norman Parkinson 'Iman at King Peter's Bay in Tobago for Vogue, May 1976'
Located in New York, NY
Somali-American fashion model and actress Iman at King Peter’s Bay, Tobago wearing a Shuji Tojo swimsuit. British Vogue magazine, May 1976.
Iman at King P...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Ballerina Split (1970) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Ballerina Split (1970) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
Side view of a prima ballerina, standing in a split, with a row of 8 backing da...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Joseph Heller - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Joseph Heller - Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized by Rob Rich in the 1970s.
Good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Somerset Maugham, Author in the South of France, Black and White Photography
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A black and white photograph from 1963 that captures Brit author (1874-1965) Somerset Maugham, age 89, at his Villa Mauresque garden in Cap Ferrat, Fr...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Poolside Waiting, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a waiter by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Actor Christopher Walken, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actor Christopher Walken, 1973. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mi...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie and Elizabeth Taylor signed Lifetime Edition
Located in Austin, TX
Lifetime prints are the last remaining prints available, signed by Terry O’Neill and obtained from the Terry O’Neill Archive in London.
Signed limited edition, silver gelatin print ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dressing Room, La Villa Blanc, Albuquerque - Drag Queens, Women, Wigs, Performer
Located in Denton, TX
Dressing room, La Villa Blanc, Albuquerque, 1971
Gelatin silver print, 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in.
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeffrey Silverthorne
Edition of 12, Printed 2008
Jef...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Freddie Mercury - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Freddie Mercury - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Freddie Mercury in a white tunic, 1974 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'Elizabeth Taylor and her Shih Tzu dog, 1972'
Located in New York, NY
British-American actress Elizabeth Taylor wearing a wig designed by Michael Rasser to match her Shih Tzu dog, Mariposa. Cover story for ‘Woman’ magazine on December 9, 1972.
Elizabe...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
16 x 20" Andy Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn, 1970. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the verso. Comes directly from t...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sophia Loren: Those Eyes
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white outdoors portrait features Italian film actress and singer Sophia Loren posed with a sultry expression and piercing eyes for her role in "Legend of the Lost"
Kn...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe with Tommy Retting Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
River of No Return is a 1954 American Western musical film directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. The screenplay by Frank Fenton is based on a sto...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Elvis Presley in Colors
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white portrait of star actor, musician, and army man Elvis Presley.
Awesome black and white portrait of star actor, musician, and army man Elvis Presley.
On March...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Florence, Italy, Black and White Photography, Arno River
Located in New york, NY
This is a black and white photograph of three soldiers seated on a bridge, above the Arno River, Florence, Italy 1958 by Leonard Freed. It is a 12" x 16" ge...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Grammy Award-winning Singer Songwriter Carly Simon, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Grammy Award-winning Singer Songwriter Carly Simon, photographed in 1971 signed by Jack Mitchell on the print...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe In A Bikini (1951) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe In A Bikini (1951) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) posing on a rooftop circa 1951. ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Menton (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Menton (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A shop selling beach paraphernalia in Menton,
in southeastern France, 1957.
Additional Information:
Unfr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
James Dean and Ursula Andress at Oscar Dinner
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Great candid capture by celebrity photographer Frank Worth of Hollywood stars Ursula Andress and James Dean at the Oscars dinner.
James Dean was an American actor. He is remembere...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Park Stones (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Roger Jackson/Central Press/Getty Images)
11th January 1967: Top British pop group the Rolling Stones taking a stroll th...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
James Dean Behind Fence in "Giant"
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
James Dean posed sated behind a barbed wire fence for his role in the film 'Giant', 1955.
James Byron Dean was an American actor remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusio...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Black and White Photography, 1970s, 23, 7 x 17, 7 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
British Pop Artist Gerald Laing & his wife Galina pose for wedding photos signed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of British Pop Artist Artist Gerald Laing and his wife Galina posing for wedding photos in 1969 (this is an ex...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Rachel Fitzgerald on BBC, 1953'
Located in New York, NY
Model Rachel Fitzgerald for Vogue’s ‘Export Book’ story featuring BBC, June 1953.
Rachel Fitzgerald on BBC, 1953
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on ve...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Royal Family Visits the Vatican - Vintage Photograph - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Royal Visit to the Vatican is a black and white vintage photo, realized in April 1959.
The photo depicts an official moment of the English Crown. The Queen Mother Elizabeth, the Pr...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Leonard Bernstein - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein is a photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Debbie Harry photograph (on the set of Unmade Beds), New York, 1976
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Debbie Harry Photograph: NYC, 1976:
Debbie Harry East Village, 1976 by celebrated New York photographer Fernando Natalici. Cooler than cool, this classic "Blondie" photo was captured...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Marilyn Posing at Studio "Legs Up", ca. 1950, 15, 8 21, 5 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spe...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Andy Warhol, Photograph of Valentino (Garavani), 1973
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The Italian fashion designer Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani founded the couture label Valentino in 1960.
Image dimensions: 4.25 x 3.375
Framed dimensions: 11 x 10.5 in.
Work...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Marilyn Monroe in Sheer Dress
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant color capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe posed outdoors in a sheer black dress, looking down to the camera.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for p...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marlon Brando Kissing Dog, Libertyville, IL 1950 - Large Format Black & White
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a large scale black and white photo of Marlon Brando as a young man at his family farm with his dog. In 1951 Life Magazine asked Art Shay to photograph Marlon Brando at his family home in Libertyville, IL. This is one of the photos from that shoot. In 2000, Art Shay published Album for an Age: Unconventional Words and Pictures from the Twentieth Century. This artwork is matted and framed.
Art Shay
Marlon Brando Kissing Dog...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lou Reed - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Lou Reed - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Lou Reed in concert, 1972 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size varies ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe with Lauren Bacall at Premiere Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid shot of Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe posed at a premiere for "How to Marry a Millionaire", circa 1953.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Gondolier at the Rialto Bridge, Venice, 1950s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph captures a gondolier working along the Grand Canal in Venice, with the famous Rialto Bridge in the background. The gondolier, dressed in traditional a...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Hollywood Legend Gloria Swanson backstage on Broadway, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Gloria Swanson, in her dressing room during the Broadway run of “Butterflies are Free” her stage swan song, 1971. Signed by Jack Mitche...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Acrobats - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Acrobats is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, f...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Artist Ellsworth Kelly in his New York studio, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Ellsworth Kelly in his New York studio, 1967, 7/25. Signed by Jack Mitchell lower right, and in pencil on the reverse.. Comes dir...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger Goats Head Soup Album Art Version
By David Bailey
Located in London, GB
David Bailey
Mick Jagger Goats Head Soup Album Art Version, 1973
Archival Inkjet on paper
Signed by the artist, on verso
Image: 101 x 148 cm
Sheet: 111 x 158 cm
Edition of 10 + 2 AP
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Jagger And Warhol - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Jagger And Warhol - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol being photographed at a restaurant. (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frank Sinatra in Portland
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning capture of the famous jazz singer and musician Frank Sinatra while in Portland, 1957. This portrait features the star sitting on a bench on a dock, leaning back.
Frank Sina...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams, close up portrait with diamond pinky ring, photographed in 1971. Signed by Jack Mitchell in pencil on the print verso. NOTE: minor corner bends/cracks can be slightly matted to conceal. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe as Roberta in Love Nest Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Love Nest is a 1951 American comedy-drama film directed by Joseph Newman, and starring June Haver, William Lundigan, Frank Fay and Marilyn Monroe.
The post-World War II comedy featu...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Rita Hayworth: Sandwich Break
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful vintage portrait features Rita Hayworth smiling while enjoying a sandwich break.Rita Hayworth was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jane Russell Having Fun on Set
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and a white candid photograph of Jane Russell having fun on the set of "The French Line", circa 1954.
The French Line is a 1953 American musical film starring Jane Russell ma...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Betsy Drake - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Betsy Drake, realized in 1950s.
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe on Phone Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
This candid black and white vintage original photograph features Marilyn Monroe posed chatting on the phone.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
'Skiing Starters' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing - 'Skiing Starters' (1955) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
A young skier prefers to ca...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Nikita Krushchev, Cold War Russian Leader, Black and White Historic Photography
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Nikita Khrushchev in front of Lincoln Memorial, 1959, Washington DC by Burt Glinn is one of the photographer's historical photographs. The portrait i...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Artist Louise Nevelson, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
Located in Senoia, GA
This photograph of artist Louise Nevelson was taken in 1974 in Nevelson's home in Manhattan. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This exhibition print is 17 x 22". Co...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance "I Love Lucy"
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance talking on the phone for a scene in the television hit series "I Love Lucy".
Lucille Ball was an American act...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot Skiing in Switzerland
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of star actress Brigitte Bardot skiing in Switzerland, circa 1971.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal ri...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978.
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco)
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
72 x 48 inches
$4900
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). *
Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Glamour Photography, Vintage Backgammon, Vintage Sport, Acapulco, Vintage Pools, Vintage Games...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marilyn Monroe Singing in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Marilyn Monroe singing in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", circa 1953.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives....
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
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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