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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 19th Century
Recognized Seller Listings
Jon Gould in Aspen
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Photograph by Andy Warhol of Jon Gould in the snow in Aspen. Jon Gould and Andy Warhol met in 1980 when Warhol was 51 and Gould was a 27-year-old movie execu...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Fred Hughes and Jerry Hall
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991.
Fred Hughes was Andy Warhol's business manager for more...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Lynn Koester, New York City, 1984 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion, Woman
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Lynn Koester, New York City, 1984
1984
Silver gelatin print
Image 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Albert Watson was born 1942 ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Liberace Eating
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John Cale and Lou Reed at the Ocean Club
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Double exposure photograph taken by Andy Warhol of John Cale and Lou Reed, formerly of the Velvet Underground, together at the Ocean Club in New York City in...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Coming Ashore, 1973 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital, Color, Photographic Paper, C Print
Miss Guy, NYC. Girlfriend Series. Black and White Portrait Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Men, Women, and Drag, draws inspiration from his diverse roles as a photographer, poet, and activist. His work often intersects with themes of identity, social justice, and cultural ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Leisure and Fashion, Colony Hotel, 1961 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Pat Hackett Peeling a Banana
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pat Hackett is a writer and editor, as well as a frequent collaborator, friend, and confidante of Andy Warhol. She edited and wrote the introduction to The...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lynn Koester, Paris – Albert Watson, black and white, Portrait, woman, model
Located in Zurich, CH
ALBERT WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Lynn Koester, Paris
1992/2015
Chromogenic print from a polaroid positive face mounted to acrylic (Diasec)
Sheet 238 x 182,5 cm (93 3/4 x 71 7/8 in.)
F...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Kara Young, New York City, 1989 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion, NYC
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Kara Young, New York City, 1989
1989
Archival pigment print
Image 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New York City, 1956 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
New York City, 1956 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Portrait Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Halston in Kitchen
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston, was a fashion designer whose aesthetic made an impact on 1970s disco culture. Through design, art, fame, and nightlife, Halston and Warhol beca...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Diptych. From the Frida Khalo Series
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Digital Pigment
Karl Lagerfeld
Located in New York, NY
Framing Included in Listing Price, Free Shipping for the US, 14-Day Return Policy.
One 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print of Karl Lagerfeld by Antonio Lopez. Prints are on ...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Neo-Classical Pool - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Skiers in Vermont, 1962 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Merle Oberon as Antonita, 1934 - Cecil Beaton (Fashion Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Merle Oberon as Antonita, 1934 - Cecil Beaton (Fashion Portrait Photography)
Signed in pencil on mount
Inscribed with 'Merle Oberon' in unknown hand and s...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Rolling Stones
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Liz in Furs, 1957 - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Elizabeth Taylor
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Rue Mouffetard, Paris. Triptych. Portraits. Black and White. Photographs
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rue Mouffetard Triptych by Uwe Ommer
Overall size: 17.71 in. H x 39.37 in. W
Edition 6 ex + 5AP
Unframed
Printed later
1964, Uwe Ommer, a young 20-year-old photographer who recen...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Mary Taylor, c.1934 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography/Fashion Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Mary Taylor, c.1934 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography/Fashion Photography)
Inscribed 'Mary Taylor' in unknown hand and stamped with photographers copyri...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Neil as a young boy
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Unsigned. Stamp on back from the private collection of Cole Weston. The Weston Gallery is owned by Matthew (grandson of Edward Weston) and his wife Davi Weston and we've been dealing in fine art photography since 1975! Edward Weston (1886 – 1958) was an American photographer, and co-founder of Group f/64. Most of his work was done using an 8 by 10 inch view camera. In 1902, he received his first camera for his sixteenth birthday, a Kodak Bull's-Eye #2, and began taking photographs in parks in Chicago and at his aunt's farm. The young Weston met with quick success, and his photographs were already being exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute merely a year later, in 1903. Weston worked mainly with nudes, still life - his shells and vegetable studies were especially important - and landscape subjects. After a few exhibitions of his works in New York, he went on to found Group f/64 in 1932 with fellow photographers Ansel Adams, Willard van Dyke...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Frida Kahlo in Coyoacán, Mexico. Black and white Portrait photograph
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category
1940s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Digital Pigment
Nelda and Friends, Palm Springs, 1970 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Pavillion Blur - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Brighton, Dancing
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Andy Warhol and Truman Capote
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Andy Warhol and Truman Capote" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA01.00014 and AWL170, and is unsign...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Grace Kelly - Portrait Photography, Figurative Photography, Black & White
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
First Class Travel - Getty Archive, Travel Photography, 20th Century
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Slim and Sphinx - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
BRITT EKLAND, MARY GOODNIGHT, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, BANGKOK
By David Steen
Located in Brighton, GB
Edition of 50.
Britt Ekland is a striking portrait, on fibre paper, from iconic 20th Century photographer David Steen. Steen’s introduction to photography was as a 15-year-old school...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Rhode Island Surfer, 1965 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Bahamas Speed Week - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change.
This is a contemporary print from the Getty Archive using Slim Aarons negatives.
All prints feature a Slim Aarons blindstamp, and are accompanied by a Slim Aarons Certificate of Authentication issued by Getty.
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Bahamas Speed Week...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital, C Print, Color, Photographic Paper
Skiing in Vail, 1964 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
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
Photograph of Steve Rubell for Interview Magazine, ie.
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Photograph of Steve Rubell for Interview Magazine, ie." is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The art...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Anna Maria Alberghetti, 1959 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Jem Jender, Portrait. Studio, NYC. Limited edition B&W photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“We are living in a hall of mirrors. In drag, we witness the triumph of illusion.”
- Holly Brubach & Michael James O’Brien
Men, Women, and Drag, draws inspiration from his diverse...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Child with Mask, Hillrose, Colorado, 1989 - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
Located in Brighton, GB
Child with Mask, Hillrose, Colorado is a stunning Colour Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America is the photographic legacy of one...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper
Sandwich board in Street - Black and White Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Sandwich Board in Street is a Black & White print on Hahnemuehle Paper available In this size of 24” x 34” in an edition of 10.
Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with a dis...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Warhol Self-Portrait (Fright Wig)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A polaroid by Andy Warhol. "Warhol Self-Portrait (Fright Wig)" is a Post-War Polaroid in a palette of black and tan by American Pop Artist Andy Warhol. The work has been given the Wa...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Party in Marbella, 1967 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Elizabeth Taylor, Elstree Studios, England - 20th Century Photography, Movies
By David Steen
Located in Brighton, GB
Edition of 50.
Elizabeth Tayor is a striking portrait, on fibre paper, from iconic 20th Century photographer David Steen. Steen’s introduction to photograp...
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Sonia Rykiel
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Sonia Rykiel" is a Polaroid by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered AWL261.
Andy Warhol — who famously said that, “In the future, ev...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Alison Cain - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Photographic Paper, Digital
Man and Red Arrow - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
Located in Brighton, GB
Man and Red Arrowby Michael Ormerod is a stunning Colour Print on Hahnemuehle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America:
The body of work, States of Am...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper
Palm Springs Pool, 1970 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Eugene ONeill
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Silver gelatin print
Provenance:
General Electric Corporate Collection
Heather James Fine Art
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Boy and Men on Horses - Black and White Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
Located in Brighton, GB
Boy and Men on Horses is a stunning Black and White photographic print on Hahnemuhle Paper, in this size of 24” x 34” in an edition of 10.
States of America is the photographic lega...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Backgammon Players - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change.
This is a contemporary pr...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Pulitzer Fashions - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital, C Print, Color, Photographic Paper
Self-Portrait with Camera (diptych)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self-Portrait with Camera (diptych)" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by pop American artist Andy Warhol. It. is numbered AWL228. The artwork is stamped on the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Paloma Picasso
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Paloma Picasso" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. It is signed at the lower middle by Paloma Picasso as, "P.P.". The artwork ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Marilyn Monroe, 1954 from Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Fan Mail, 1950 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
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Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Cars and Sheep, 1989 - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Cars and Sheep by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print in an edition of 10.
Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with a distinct and powerful voic...
Category
20th Century American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Marilyn Monroe, New York, 1954 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe, New York, 1954 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed late...
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Francesca Woodman, Providence, RI
By George Lange
Located in New York, NY
Francesca Woodman in Providence, Rhode Island (1976) photographed by George Lange.
14 x 11" archival pigment print
21 x 17 x 2" frame with UV plexgias
Edition 2 of 10, signed and e...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
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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