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
Period: 1960s
Ted Williams - Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field, IL, 1964, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field, Chicago
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Crowds at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Benny Golson DownBeat Magazine, Photography 1960, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Available sizes:
16”x20" Edition of 25
20”x24" Edition of 25
30”x30" Edition of 25
48”x48” Edition of 25
This photograph will be printed once ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Gene Lees playing chess with Dizzy Gillespie, 1960, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist and former journalist Gene Lees playing chess with American jazz trumpeter and bandleader, Dizzy Gil...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Miles Davis Dressing Room, Photography 1960, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
American jazz musician, bandleader and composer Miles Davis playing the trumpet in a dressing room before a performance.
Available sizes:
20”x...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Dizzy Gillespie DownBeat Magazine, 1960, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Dizzy Gillespie. Outtake from a cover shoot for DownBeat magazine, June 23, 1960
Available sizes:
16”x20" Edition of 25
20”x24" Edition of 25
...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Chicago, 1961, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
The Dave Brubeck Quartet At Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, Chicago, April 1961
Available sizes:
16”x20" Edition of 25
20”x24" Edition of 2...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams-Sam Jones Playing Double Bass Smoking Cigarette 1958, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Sam Jones Playing the Double Bass Smoking a Cigarette
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Close-up of jazz double bassist, cellist and composer, Sam Jones playing the doubl...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Louis Armstrong, Photography 1962, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Louis Armstrong At the University of Chicago Theater in the Round, IL
Available sizes:
16”x20" Edition of 25
20”x24" Edition of 25
30”x40" Edi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams-Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter and Johnny Griffin 1960, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter and Johnny Griffin
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Left to Right: Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter and Johnny Grif...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gered Mankowitz - Buddy Miles London, Photography 1969, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver, signed and numbered
American rock drummer, vocalist, composer, and producer Buddy Miles photographed in London, 1969.
Available Sizes:
16" x 20” Edition of 50
20" x...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gered Mankowitz-Elizabeth Taylor in Mirror on Set of Boom!, 1968, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Elizabeth Taylor (in the Mirror) on Set of 'Boom!'
C-type print signed and numbered by Gered Mankowitz
Elizabeth Taylor photographed on set of Joseph Losey’s romantic drama ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
Gered Mankowitz - Cat Stevens London, Photography 1966, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver, signed and numbered
British singer and songwriter Cat Stevens photographed at his home in London, 1966.
Available Sizes:
16" x 20” Edition of 50
20" x 24” Edition o...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gered Mankowitz - The Yardbirds, Photography 1965, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver, signed and numbered
British band The Yardbirds photographed at Ormond Yard, London, 1965.
Available Sizes:
16" x 20” Edition of 50
20" x 24” Edition of 50
30" x 40”...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gered Mankowitz - Elizabeth Taylor on set of ‘Boom!’, 1968, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
C-type print signed and numbered by Gered Mankowitz
Elizabeth Taylor photographed on set of Joseph Losey’s romantic drama film ‘Boom!’ in Sardinia, 1968.
Available Sizes:
16" x 20”...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
Gered Mankowitz - Eric Clapton London, Photography 1969, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver, signed and numbered
Eric Clapton, photographed in London, 1969.
Available Sizes:
16" x 20” Edition of 50
20" x 24” Edition of 50
30" x 40” Edition of 25
50” x 53” E...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gered Mankowitz - Mick Jagger Next to a Aston Martin DB6, 1966, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver, signed and numbered
Mick Jagger of British rock band The Rolling Stones photographed next to an Aston Martin DB6 car in London, 1966.
Available Sizes:
16" x 20” Edi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gered Mankowitz - The Rolling Stones Primrose Hill, 1966, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
C-type print signed and numbered by Gered Mankowitz
British rock band The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Brian Jones) photographed on Pri...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
Gered Mankowitz - The Rolling Stones London, Photography 1965, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver, signed and numbered
British rock band The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Brian Jones) photographed in London, 1965.
Avai...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gered Mankowitz - Jimi Hendrix London (Colorized), 1967, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
C-type print signed and numbered by Gered Mankowitz
American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jimi Hendrix, photographed in London, 1967.
Available Sizes:
16" x 20” Edition o...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
Gered Mankowitz - Marianne Faithfull Salisbury pub in London 1964, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver, signed and numbered
English singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull, photographed at The Salisbury pub in London, 1964.
Available Sizes:
16" x 20” Edition...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gered Mankowitz - Jimi Hendrix London, Photography 1967, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver, signed and numbered
Edition size 24
American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jimi Hendrix, photographed in London, 1967.
This photograph will be printed onc...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gered Mankowitz - Jimi Hendrix Cigarette, Photography 1967, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver, signed and numbered
American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jimi Hendrix, photographed in London, 1967.
Edition size 24
This photograph will be printed onc...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Raquel Welch On The Cross, Los Angeles, 1966
Located in Tallinn, EE
Terry O'Neill
1938 - 2019
Raquel Welch On The Cross, Los Angeles, 1966
Signed and numbered 11/50 in silver ink in the lower margin. Mounted and framed.
Chromogenic print, printed lat...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Stans (from the series "On Duty")
Located in New York, NY
Stans (from the series “On Duty”)
1963/1965
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on label, verso
Dye coupler print (Edition of 15)
19.75 x 19.75 inche...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Stansstad (from the series “On Duty”)
Located in New York, NY
Stansstad (from the series “On Duty”)
1965
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on label, verso
Dye coupler print (Edition of 15)
19.75 x 19.75 inches...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Camp Lakecrest campers as trees, Dutchess County, NY
By Diane Arbus
Located in New York, NY
Camp Lakecrest campers as trees, Dutchess County, NY
1968
Estate stamped and signed by Doon Arbus for the Estate of Diane Arbus, verso
Gelatin silver...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Puerto Rican woman with a beauty mark
By Diane Arbus
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamped and signed by Doon Arbus for the Estate of Diane Arbus, verso
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 75)
20 x 16 inches, sheet
14.875 x 14.375 inches, image
Contact galle...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A Widow in Her Bedroom, 55th St, NY, Iconic Portrait Photography
By Diane Arbus
Located in New york, NY
A Widow in Her Bedroom, 55th St, NYC, 1963 by Diane Arbus is a vintage gelatin silver print, printed by the photographer. The subject, a widow, is dressed in a shiny dress...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Raquel on the Cross, 1966
Located in Chicago, IL
American actress Raquel Welch being crucified in an oddly anachronistic publicity still for the Hammer Films production ‘One Million Years BC’, di...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Catherine Deneuve
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Catherine Deneuve dressed in white and surrounded by flowers in a scene from "Mayerling," a historical romance directed by Terence You...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot on the set of ‘Les Petroleuses’, 1971
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of 'Les Petroleuses' a.k.a. 'The Legend of Frenchie King', directed by Christian-Jaque in Spain, 1971.
Paper size: 24 H x 20 W inches
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Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot filming 'Shalako', Deauville, 1968
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot in Deauville, 1968. It is the first time she meets British actor Sean Connery before the filming of ‘Shalako’, directed by Edward Dmytryk.
Paper size:...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot Deauville
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
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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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