Contemporary Portrait Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Soulmates II, Kenya, elephant, animal, wildlife, black and white photography
Located in Munich, DE
Limited Edition of 15
More sizes on request
Two elephant babies hugging each other.
Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are among the ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Irina, Vienna - nude portrait with long black hair, fine art photography, 2005
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Charlotte Rampling, Vogue Brazil - portrait of the French movie star
By Michel Comte
Located in Vienna, AT
Charlotte Rampling, Vogue Brazil - portrait of the French movie star
The artwork is made and signed by the artist in a strictly limited edition of 7.
Other sizes on request.
PREISS ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jennifer Lopez - glamorous portrait of the pop star and diva
Located in Vienna, AT
Jennifer Lopez - glamorous portrait of the latin pop star and diva in a star sparkling outfit
PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
2050-9
Located in New York City, NY
Van de Camp Heesterbeek
2050-9
16 x 16 inches
40 x 40 cm
Edition of 15
24 x 24 inches
60 x 60 cm
Edition of 7
36 x 36 inches
90 x 90 cm
Edition of 4
50 x 50 inches
127 x 127 cm
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
First lesson, Kate Moss, New York, Celebrity, black and white photography, nude
Located in Munich, DE
Price range: 9,000 - 36,000 €
Limited Edition of 7
More sizes:
40x50cm/15.7x19.6 in: Edition of 15
50x60cm/19.6x23.6 in: Edition of 15
120x180cm/47x70.8 in: Edition of 3
Ellen von ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kate Moss, Kino Paris, Celebrity, black and white photography
Located in Munich, DE
Price range: 9,000 - 36,000 €
Limited Edition of 7
More sizes:
40x50cm/15.7x19.6 in: Edition of 15
50x60cm/19.6x23.6 in: Edition of 15
120x180cm/47x70.8 in: Edition of 3
Ellen von ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wife/self I
By Jake Rowland
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 10)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Jake Rowland is an artist based in New York City. H...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wife/self II
By Jake Rowland
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 10)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Jake Rowland is an artist based in New York City. H...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wife/self III
By Jake Rowland
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 10)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Jake Rowland is an artist based in New York City. H...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wife/self IV
By Jake Rowland
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 10)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Jake Rowland is an artist based in New York City. H...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wife/self V
By Jake Rowland
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 10)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Jake Rowland is an artist based in New York City. H...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wife/self VI
By Jake Rowland
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 10)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Jake Rowland is an artist based in New York City. H...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sharon Stone, Esquire
By Michel Comte
Located in Vienna, AT
Portrait of the famous Hollywood star and seductive actress.
PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contempor...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Untitled (Cheerleading #81)
By Brian Finke
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print
Signed, numbered, and dated, verso
30 x 30 inches
40 x 40 inches
(Total edition of 4 + 2 APs)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
P...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled (Ursine #5-4)
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered on label, verso
37.25 x 20 inches
(Edition of 10)
80 x 43 inches
(Edition of 7)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New Yo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Ursine #7-6)
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered on label, verso
37.25 x 20 inches
(Edition of 10)
80 x 43 inches
(Edition of 7)
A special 13.25 x 7-inch edition of this print is also av...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Geno in the lake, Bavaria
By Nan Goldin
Located in New York, NY
Cibachrome print
Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed, verso
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
Mike Miller; 24 years old; Allentown, Pennsylvania; $25
Located in New York, NY
Ektacolor print mounted to museum board (Edition of 20)
Signed in pencil, verso
30 x 40 inches, sheet
25.625 x 38.125 inches, image
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
The magnificent Seven - Platinum, animal, elephant, black and white photography
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
The Platinum-Palladium process is the most stable and aesthetically rewarding of all black and white photographic printing techniques. Produced by coating specially manufa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Gorilla on Rock, Parc des Volcans
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Musei Vaticaticani Collezione Museo Gregoriano - Profano
Located in New York, NY
Musei Vaticaticani Collezione Museo Gregoriano - Profano, 2015
C-print
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 5
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Musei Vaticani, collezione del Museo Gregoriano Profano
Located in New York, NY
Musei Vaticani, collezione del Museo Gregoriano Profano, 2015
C-print
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 5
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
The Beatles Backyard, London
Located in Westwood, NJ
Terry O’Neill’s candid photojournalistic portraits of creative and political luminaries have included Brigitte Bardot, The Beatles, Audrey Hepburn, Nelson Mandela, and Frank Sinatra,...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Leopard Staring, Masai Mara
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Marilyn Monroe - nude between white sheets, vintage fine art photography, 1961
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sitting Lionesses, Serengeti 2002
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Nick's exquisite photographs arouse deep emotions. They inspire a sense of awe at the beauty of creation and the sacredness of life. It's almost impossible to look through his work without sensing the personalities of the beings whom he has photographed. JANE GOODALL...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Lion Before Storm II – Sitting Profile, Maasai Mara
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Very few photographers have ever really considered the photography of wildlife, as distinctly opposed to the genre of Wildlife Photography, as an art form. The emphasis has generally...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Bathing Cap
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pigment print
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Pigment
Kate Moss smoking, Paris - Portrait with cigarette, fine art photography, 1993
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Tom Cruise
Located in Vienna, AT
Two part portrait of the Hollywood movie actor wearing a blue shirt.
PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Claudia Schiffer - the young supermodel sitting in a car wearing a white coat
Located in Vienna, AT
Available in other dimensions. High-end framing on request.
New York city based photographer Antoine Verglas was born in Paris, France.
He began his career on the other side of t...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stephanie Seymour - nude portrait of the supermodel
Located in Vienna, AT
Stephanie Seymour - nude portrait of the supermodel
The artwork is framed with a black hard wood box, white mat and 99% UV-resistant acrylic glass.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Supermodels
By Michel Comte
Located in Vienna, AT
This artwork is made and signed by the artist in a strictly limited edition of 7. It is framed high-end with a white hardwood box, mat and 99% UV-resistant acrylic glass.
Other size...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Whitney Houston - portrait of the famous actress with her tongue out
By Michel Comte
Located in Vienna, AT
Whitney Houston - portrait of the famous actress with her tongue out.
Other sizes and high-end frame on request.
For decades Michel Comte has been shooting protagonists from the wor...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Demi Moore - model posing topless in leather pants, black-and-white photograph
By Michel Comte
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Liza Minnelli' - in pearls posing with two men, fine art photography, 1996
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Christy Turlington, Montauk, NY - nude with towel, fine art photography, 1992
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prisca, Paris - nude black woman in the dark with cross on her neck
By Bruno Bisang
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and prices on request.
PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists.
Bruno Bisang...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled - blond model with a cigarette in her hand looking up
By Guy Aroch
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and prices on request.
PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists.
In 1993, Guy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Mike Tyson, Vegas - the Boxer with a white Tiger cub, fine art photography, 1996
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Naomi Campbell, Vogue Italia II - portrait of the supermodel
By Michel Comte
Located in Vienna, AT
Naomi Campbell, Vogue Italia II - portrait of the supermodel
The artwork is made and signed by the artist in a strictly limited edition of 7. Other sizes on request.
PREISS FINE ART...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Iman, Harpers Bazaar US' - the supermodel with thigh high cowprint boots, 1992
By Michel Comte
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Contemporary portrait photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary portrait photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Tyler Shields, Urizen Freaza, and Clare Marie Bailey. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Photographic Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary portrait photography, so small editions measuring 1.58 inches across are also available.
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