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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Style: Contemporary
Spare Parts (29 Palms, CA) - analog hand-print, Contemporary, Portrait, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Spare Parts (29 Palms, CA) -1999
48x46cm,
Edition of 5/10.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid,
Artist inventory 320.
Signature label and Certificate...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Desert Center - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Desert Center (Stranger than Paradise) - 2000
Edition of 10,
48x46cm.
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Mounted on dibond with matte UV-Protection.
Signature label and Cert...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Leaving in a jet plane (29 Palms, CA) - diptych
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Leaving in a Jet Plane (29 Palms, CA) diptych - 2005
38x36cm each, installed 38x80cm.
(sold out Edition of 5), Artist Proof 2/2.
2 Archival C-Prints, hand printed by the artist, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Olancha) - Stranger than Paradise - analog C-Print based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Olancha) - 2006
38x37cm.
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Olancha) - Stranger than Paradise - analog C-Print based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Olancha) - 2006,
38x37cm.
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Arti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
29 Palms, CA - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
29 Palms, CA - 2010
40x40cm,
Edition of of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist Inventory # 1897.
Not mount...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
29 Palms, CA - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
29 Palms, CA - 2010
40x40cm,
Edition of of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist Inventory # 1933.
Not mount...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Ranch (29 Palms, CA) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Ranch (29 Palms, CA) - 2010
40x40cm,
Edition of of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist Inventory # 1935...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Field of Briar (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Field of Briar (Sidewinder) - 2005
Edition of 10,
20x24cm.
Digital C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 3143.
Not mounted.
St...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
'Penelope and Hans' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Penelope and Hans' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998
Edition of 10,
50x50cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Am I Dreaming? - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Am I Dreaming? (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition 2/10,
digital C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 9023.02, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Athena and Henry' - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Athena and Henry (Stay)' - 2006 -
featuring Elisabeth Reaser and Ryan Gosling
signed in front, not mounted.
1 Archival Color Photog...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Lucille Ball Smoking
By Jay Thompson
Located in Austin, TX
This black-and-white vintage image features American actress and slapstick comedian Lucille Ball sitting outdoors in the sunlight, smoking a cigarette.
Lucille Ball was best known...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Dahlia 8, 2013 - Contemporary Limited Edition Archival Inkjet Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Dahlia 8 is a rich and luxurious Archival Inkjet Print by contemporary photographer Philip Gatward.
This size is 16" x 20" from a Limited Edition of 50.
Gatward's first personal p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Color, Archival Ink
3 Stefanie Schneider's Minis 'Nudes' - triptych, signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
3 Stefanie Schneider's Minis 'Nudes' - 1999 -
signed in front, not mounted.
3 Archival Color Photographs based on 3 original Polaroids.
Polaroid sized open Editions 1999-2022
10...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Max by the Pool' - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Max by the Pool' - 1999 -
signed in front, not mounted.
1 Digital Color Photograph based on the Polaroid.
Polaroid sized open E...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Portrait of Piero Braglia - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Copyright by Agenzia Giornalistica Italia.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Giacinto Facchetti - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Copyright by Olympia.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Franco Causio - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Copyright by Agenzia Giornalistica Italia.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Diego Armando Maradona - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona wearing the Napoli shirt.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Diego Armando Maradona - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Diego Armando Maradona - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona wearing the Napoli shirt.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Gaetano Scirea - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Gaetano Scirea - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Swimsuit & Goggles, Mauritius, 1985 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Swimsuit & Goggles, Mauritius, 1985
1985
Archival pigment print
Image 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only
Albert...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Without my knowing it
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Known for her whimsical and intuitive style, Taylor uses digital technology to build evocative photomontages of what she terms 'dreamlike worlds inhabited by everyday objects.' Insp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Closer (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Closer (Sidewinder)
2005, Edition of 1/10, 100x58cm,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 3281.08.
not mounted,
2005 SIDEWIN...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
La vie c'est comme une cigarette, Paris
By Sonia Sieff
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7
Also available in 73 x 100 cm / 28.7 x 43.3 in, Edition of 3, price on request
A very sexy and beautiful naked woman is sitting on chair and smokes a cigarette in very ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hunter Thompson and Anita Bejmuk at home, Aspen, Colorado, 7 July 2002
Located in New York, NY
Hunter Thompson and Anita Bejmuk at home, Aspen, Colorado, 7 July 2002
X
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
18" x 18.5" Archival Pigment Pr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
I'm over it (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I'm over it (Till Death do us Part) - 2007 -
20x24cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label,
artist Inventory No. 8509,
not m...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Marilyn Monroe in Monkey Business Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit for her role in "Monkey Business", circa 1952.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Kirk Douglas and Dan Dailey
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Kirk Douglas and Dan Dailey singing and playing instruments on couch, circa 1958.
Kirk Douglas was an American actor and filmmaker.Douglas developed int...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
What are we gonna do?! - Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
What are we gonna do?! (Till Death do us Part) - 2008
20x24cm,
Edition of 10,
digital C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label,
artist Inventory No....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Radha Pink - LAST EDITION - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
LAST EDITION
'Radha Pink' (29 Palms, CA) - 1999,
58x56cm,
Edition 7/10,
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
based on the Polaroid,
not mou...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Natalie Wood in Coat for "The Great Race"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white portrait features Natalie Wood smiling in a heavy coat for her role in "The Great Race".
Natalie Wood was an American-Russian actress. She began her ca...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
Girl down the Road (The Last Picture Show) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Girl down the Road (The Last Picture Show) - 2006
Edition of 10,
58x57cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Archive Fuji Chrystal Paper, based on the Polaroid.
Artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Portrait of Paolo Pulici - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph.
1970s.
Copyright by Dufoto.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Claudio Sala - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph.
1970s.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Eraldo Pecci - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph.
1970s.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Alessandro Altobelli - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Eraldo Pecci - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Stefano Chiodi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Omar Sivori - Vintage Photo - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1968.
Copyright by Keystone.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Moreno Roggi - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Copyright by Agenzia Giornalistica Italia.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Play among the Stars (Till Death Do Us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Play among the Stars (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature labe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic 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
Gay San Francisco , Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH
Located in Miami, FL
Two participants in the event mug it up in style during the LGBTQ FETISH Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather . Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right rec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Ballet Bodybuilder
Located in Austin, TX
Actor and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger Practicing ballet with a trainer, circa 1976.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American actor, producer, businessman, retired bodybui...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Memory Lane (Haley and the Birds) - 29 Palms, CA - based on a Polaroid Original
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memory Lane (Haley and the Birds) - 29 Palms, CA - 2013
50x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Marilyn Monroe Pinup Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white full body vintage original photograph features Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit and heels.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebri...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Kaleidoscope, Paris
By Sonia Sieff
Located in München, BY
Edition 7
A stunning naked breast which looks like a Kaleidoscope.
These stunning photographs of Sieff’s subjects in Paris, in their homes, on the shores of Normandy, and in the ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Sheep by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, animal, black and white
Located in München, BY
The Sheep
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
A sheep in black and white shot on analog film.
JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists.
I...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ray Charles, New York; From Jazz Katz: The Sounds of New York
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition
Signed, titled, and dated by Jimmy Katz
Archival pigment print
22 x 17 in.
Series: Jazz Katz: The Sounds of New York
Jimmy Katz, born in New York City in 1957, received...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frenzy (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color. Church
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Copper Penny Sunday School (Sidewinder) 2005,
Edition of 4/5,
125x154cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on back.
artist Inventory No. 3...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Happy Days (Haley and the Birds)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Happy Days (Haley and the Birds) - 2013
20x24cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Daydream (Haley and the Birds) - diptych
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daydream (Haley and the Birds), diptych - 2013
50x95cm including white frame,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the 2 Polaroids.
Certificate and Sig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Last Dance (Haley and the Birds)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Last Dance (Haley and the Birds) - 2013
40x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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.