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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Contemporary
Color: White
Elsa Martinelli - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Elsa Martinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Two Wild Horses Rearing Up on Sable Island, Equestrian, Iconic Photograph
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"The Dance"
This award-winning print features a stallion protecting his band from others by defending his family.
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sable Island documents...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bold Portrait of a Young Boy in Ethiopia, Horizontal, Black and White
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Untitled 32"
A young Suri boy displays the confidence prevalent in his tribe. Jewelry and ornamentation is an important part of his culture, and he takes great pride in wearing his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Khomeini Returning To Iran - Vintage Photograph - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Khomeini Returning To Iran is a vintage black and white photograph realized on 2/01/79 in Tehran.
Khomeini leader of the revolution of 1979 in Iran, came to Iran, after 15 years of ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
An Island in the Air - Photograph by Urs Luthi - 1975
By Urs Lüthi
Located in Roma, IT
An Island in the Air is a Photograph realized by Urs Luthi in 1975.
From the portfolio "Un'isola nell'aria", Vol. IV, edition of 75 copies.
Hand signed, numbered and dated.
Very g...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Heather’s Dream (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Heather’s Dream (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
50x60, Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Heather (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Heather (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
80x78cm,
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
analog C-Print, hand-printed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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 an expired Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Heather’s Dream (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Heather’s Dream (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
65x80, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Artist inventory 15442.
Signatur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
A love song (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A love song (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x20cm, (ask about a larger sized edition)
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Stefanie on bed looking quite dead (29 Palms, CA) - Analog, Polaroid, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie on bed looking quite dead (29 Palms, CA) - 1998
130x130cm, Edition 1/5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the Artist, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on back with Certificate,
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Oui, mon Cul #11 [Les Foxy Femmes de Carmen De Vos] - Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Oui, mon Cul #11, 2015
[Les Foxy Femmes de Carmen De Vos]
30x25cm, edition of 7
Archival color print based on original Polaroid
on beautiful PHOTO RAG ULTRA SMOOTH
305gsm - 100% cot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
![Oui, mon Cul #11 [Les Foxy Femmes de Carmen De Vos] - Polaroid, Color](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/carmen-de-vos-photography-oui-mon-cul-11-les-foxy-femmes-de-carmen-de-vos-polaroid-color-for-sale/a_6523/a_86516521629161257941/carmendevos_15_ouiMonCul_11_print_master.jpg?width=240 "Carmen de Vos - Oui, mon Cul #11 [Les Foxy Femmes de Carmen De Vos] - Polaroid, Color")
To the Wonder (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
To the Wonder (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
70x90cm, Edition 1/5, 2013.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on an expired Polaroid.
Certificate and Signat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Morning Glory (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Morning Glory (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
2013, 80x80cm, Edition 1/5.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # 164...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
White Trash Beautiful II from the 29 Palms, CA series
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
White Trash Beautiful I (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
78x76cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Invento...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid
Zabriskie Point I - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Zabriskie Point I (Stranger than Paradise) - 2003
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
20x20cm.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroids.
Signature label and Certification.
Artis...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Portrait of Pino Zac - Vintage Photograph - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Pino Zac - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous artist in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Elsa Martinelli - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Elsa Martinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
“Milk Bath” Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print of 2
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition of 2
The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they have a soul,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Color
Full of Dreams (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Full of Dreams (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x20cm,
Edition 10/10.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color, Archival Paper
White Trash Beautiful II from the 29 Palms, CA series
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
White Trash Beautiful I (29 Palms, CA), 1999
38x36cm,
Edition of 30.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #794.
Not mount...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Paper, Photographic Film, C Print, Polaroid
Rendering Memories (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Rendering Memories (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x24cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on an expired Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013,
80x80cm,
Edition 2/5.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on printed on Fuji Archive Paper,
ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print
Felicity (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Felicity (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x24cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on an expired Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Dashboard Memories (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dashboard Memories (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x24cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on an expired Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Memories of Love (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memories of Love IV (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x20cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on an expired Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Two Wild Horses Rearing Up on Sable Island, Equestrian, Iconic Photograph
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"The Dance"
This award-winning print features a stallion protecting his band from others by defending his family.
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sable Island documents...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Two Wild Horses Rearing Up on Sable Island, Equestrian, Iconic Photograph
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"The Dance"
This award-winning print features a stallion protecting his band from others by defending his family.
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sable Island documents...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bold Portrait of a Young Boy in Ethiopia, Horizontal, Black and White
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Untitled 32"
A young Suri boy displays the confidence prevalent in his tribe. Jewelry and ornamentation is an important part of his culture, and he takes great pride in wearing his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled - Contemporary, Photograph, 21st Century
By Josey Cary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled
2019, 20x20cm, Edition of 1/10.
Digital C-Print based a Polaroid Collage Mixed Media.
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist on the back with Certificate.
Not mounted.
Jos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Her last Call (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Her last Call II (The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # 16495.
Not mounted.
Featuring Heather Megan Christie.
Offered is a piece from the movie: The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
A tale told with blemished and expired Polaroid film about the hopes and dreams of a newly orphaned girl after losing her parents who lived in the Californian desert in a vintage Spartan travel trailer.
-filmed with Polaroid film stock and Super-8 footage, overlaid with poetic voice-over monologue - this feature film creates a dynamic kaleidoscope of words and pictures, a dreamy tale that channels Terrence Malick, Gus Van Sant, and pages torn from a lonely girl's journal (Palms Springs life magazine / Caroline Ryder)
Stefanie Schneider
By Caroline Ryder
Travel up a bumpy dirt road in Morongo Valley, the trail strewn with rocks, and you’ll come upon a gigantic 1950s trailer in pristine condition, ringed by a white picket fence, with cottontail rabbits hopping among neat little rose bushes that bloom despite the broiling desert heat.
Inside the trailer are period accents—a vintage radio, vintage fridge, little crocheted doilies and dusty gilt-framed
photographs. It’s a surreal home-sweet-home, an Americana fantasy as imagined by German artist and experimental filmmaker Stefanie Schneider whose work is so inspired by the desert landscape, she made it her home in 2005. “There’s a completely different light here than in Germany, a beautiful light,” says Schneider, whose 10-acre property in Morongo is dotted with vintage trailers. They surround her midcentury home, and serve as sets for her photo shoots or as guest lodgings for her friends from Hollywood and Berlin. “But what I really love about the desert is the desolation,” she continues. “The sense of hope for something that might or might not come. It’s easy to see our dreams projected in the desert.”
Famed for shooting trailer park chic fine art photographs exclusively on vintage Polaroid film, Schneider recently completed her most ambitious project to date—a feature film made entirely of Polaroid stills (4000 images in total), the story set around her magnificent 1950s trailer. The film, called “The Girl Behind The White Picket Fence” tells the story of a broken-hearted girl who lives in the trailer. Her name is Heather, and she is played by model Heather Megan Christie, girlfriend of actor Joaquin Phoenix...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lone Pine Motel II, triptych (The Last Picture Show), analog, 3 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lone Pine Motel II (The last Picture Show) 2005, Edition 1/5, 40x40cm each, installed with gaps 40x125cm, Edition of 1/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal A...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
Haute Couture - Cartier
By Bruno Bisang
Located in New York City, NY
Bruno Bisang & Martine Brand
Haute Couture
Cartier
16 x 20 inches
40 x 50 cm
Edition of 7
23 x 31 inches
60 x 80 cm
Edition of 5
35 x 47 inches
90 x 120 cm
Editon of 3
Color Glo...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jacob Colier, LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in Munich, DE
Combined Edition 25
Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch
and as combined Edition 10 in
76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch
101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch
Portrait of the English musician....
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grace Jones LA 2018, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in Munich, DE
Combined Edition 10
Portrait of the Jamaican model, singer, songwriter, record producer and actress.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph.
Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer, Bette Midler, Grace Jones and Frank Zappa to name a few. A partial list of the films that he has generated graphics and publicity for include “The Hurt Locker”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “King Arthur”, “Tootsie”, “The Big Chill”, “Bull Durham...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elton John, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Color portrait of famous singer and songwriter Elton John sitting on a chair.
From personality portraits and a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Spray Paint Kate (Kate Moss)
By Rankin
Located in Vienna, AT
Portrait of supermodel Kate with pink, yellow and green graffiti on her top and body.
Rankin unites spontaneity and perfection in a unique and exciting concept. He likes things to b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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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