Modern Portrait Photography
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Color: Blue
Gay San Francisco , Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH
Located in Miami, FL
Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed at the same time? Mitchell Funk says yes. He brings finely honed photography skills such as composition, intense lightin...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Sea Drive by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Lambda, C Print
Dolores Del Rio (1952) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Del Rio (1952) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Mexican film star Dolores Del Rio (1905 – 1983) swimming in Acapulco,
Mexi...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Joan Jett - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Joan Jett - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Joan Jett, I Love Rock’n’Roll album cover photograph, 1981. (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Debbie Harry photographed in New York City in 1978. (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
Photo by Slim Aarons
Paper size 20 x 30 inches / 51 x 76 cm
Slim Aarons...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Street People Bowery - New York City's "Skid Row - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
For decades the Bowery as the home of a huge vagrant population in New York City. This 1970 portrait captures a derelict with piercing blue eyes that echos his blue state of mind a...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Vagabond Vagrant - Life on the Fringe in the Bowery - The Streets of New York
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago in 1969, it was qu...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Joan Jett - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Joan Jett - signed limited edition print
Joan Jett, I Love Rock'n'Roll album cover photograph, 1981. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frida with Idol
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition 22/30
Carbon pigment print
Paper size: 17 1/2 x 22 in., Image size: 11 x 15 3/4 in.
Titled, dated, numbered, and signed by Nickolas Muray's Estate
Nickolas Muray Photo Archives
"Muray and Kahlo were at the height of their on-again, off-again, ten-year relationship when these pictures were taken. Their affair had started in 1931, after Muray was divorced from his second wife, and shortly after Kahlo’s marriage to Mexican muralist...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer 1981
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Rod Stewart by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart, Essex, 2000
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class m...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Emma Shapplin by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Emma Shapplin
Soprano Emma Shapplin wrapped in blue.
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images ...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Sunbather on Rock by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Lambda, C Print
Keep Your Cool by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Lambda, C Print
Neo-Classical Pool by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports - Oversize
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size 30 x 20"...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Nice Pool by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography, Landscape Photography, Color)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
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.
As the edition reaches 150, the print price will increase to reflect rarity.
This is a contemporary print from the Getty Archive using Slim Aarons negatives.
Please contact the gallery for information about other print sizes.
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 Premium Collection...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Lambda, C Print
Henry Fonda by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
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.
Please contact the gallery for information about other smaller print sizes.
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.
"Henry Fonda...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Lambda, C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped - O'Brians Catch 1961
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
O'Brians Catch 1961 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American actor Hugh O’Brian returns to the beach with a fish after a snorkelling expedition, Antigua in the West Indies, 1961.
Prod...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - Nassau Beach Hotel 1959 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nassau Beach Hotel 1959 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to built by Howard Johnson...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - Mara Lane 1954 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane 1954 Slim Aarons
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a red and white striped bathing cos...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
Nassau Beach Hotel (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nassau Beach Hotel (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959.
The hotel was the firs...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports - Oversize
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size 30 x 20"...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports - Oversize
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size 30 x 20"...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports - Oversize
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size 30 x 20"...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Emma Shapplin - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Emma Shapplin - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
French soprano Emma Shapplin, covered in gauze, photographed for her second studio album, Etterna (2002). Etterna was produced ...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Beach at St. Tropez by Slim Aarons (Nude Photography, Portrait Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer 1981
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
pape...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Rhode Island Surfer by Slim Aarons
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 Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
The Chemical Brothers - signed Limited Edition Oversize print (2001)
Located in London, GB
The Chemical Brothers - signed Limited Edition Oversize print
Band Press Shoot
October 23 2001
London
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
unframed
signed and numbered by the artist.
limited to an edition of 3
Printed 2020
This Size 60x40''/ 152x101 cm
About the Image:
The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo composed of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, originating in Manchester in 1989. Along with the Prodigy...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Underwater Drink 1972 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Underwater Drink - Oversize
A woman drinking from a coconut underwater in the pool at Las Brisas Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
(Photo by Slim...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Rod Stewart - signed Limited Edition Oversize print (2000)
Located in London, GB
Rod Stewart - Signed Limited Edition Oversize print
Album Press Shoot
August 17 2000
Essex
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
Unframed
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Limited to an e...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
"Brigitte" (Tiffany Blue) Brigitte Bardot Pop Art Fashion Portrait Photograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Brigitte" (Tiffany Blue) by artist Sarah Hanhart is from her series of Hollywood movie stars, where she explores female ideas of beauty by eliminating all other relevant information...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Lido Life (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lido Life, 1957
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A waiter serves fruit to bathers, including socialite, Louisa del Musso (kneeling), at the Lido in Venice, Italy, 1957...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
"Raquel" (Tiffany Blue) Raquel Welch Pop Art Fashion Portrait Photograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Raquel" (Tiffany Blue) by artist Sarah Hanhart is from her series of Hollywood movie stars, where she explores female ideas of beauty by eliminating all other relevant information e...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
"Raquel" (Robin Egg Blue) Raquel Welch Pop Art Fashion Portrait Photograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Raquel" (Robin Egg Blue) by artist Sarah Hanhart is from her series of Hollywood movie stars, where she explores female ideas of beauty by eliminating all other relevant information...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
"Liz" (Tiffany Blue) Elizabeth Taylor Pop Art Fashion Portrait Photograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Liz" (Tiffany Green) by artist Sarah Hanhart is from her series of Hollywood movie stars, where she explores female ideas of beauty by eliminating all other relevant information exc...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons - Mara Lane - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Mara Lane - Estate Stamped
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
"Brigitte" (Robin Egg Blue) Brigitte Bardot Pop Art Fashion Portrait Photograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Brigitte" (Robin Egg Blue) by artist Sarah Hanhart is from her series of Hollywood movie stars, where she explores female ideas of beauty by eliminating all other relevant informati...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
"Liz" (Robin Egg Blue) Elizabeth Taylor Pop Art Fashion Portrait Photograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Liz" (Robin Egg Blue) by artist Sarah Hanhart is from her series of Hollywood movie stars, where she explores female ideas of beauty by eliminating all other relevant information ex...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons - O'Brians Catch - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - O'Brians Catch - Estate Stamped
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). American actor Hugh O’Brian returns to the beach with a fish after a snorke...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for the November 2, 1959 issue of Life. Jackie Gleason was starring as "Uncle Sid" in Eugene O'N...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for the November 2, 1959 issue of Life. Jackie Gleason was starring as "Uncle Sid" in Eugene O'N...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons - Nassau Beach Hotel - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Nassau Beach Hotel - Estate Stamped
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel,
Nassau, Bahamas, 195...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for the November 2, 1959 issue of Life. Jackie Gleason was starring as "Uncle Sid" in Eugene O'N...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for the November 2, 1959 issue of Life. Jackie Gleason was starring as "Uncle Sid" in Eugene O'N...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for the November 2, 1959 issue of Life. Jackie Gleason was starring as "Uncle Sid" in Eugene O'N...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Underwater Drink (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Underwater Drink, 1972
Chromogenic lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A woman drinking from a...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Esther Williams Poolside (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams, in a Florida swimming pool, 1955
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fro...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Esther Williams Poolside (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams, in a Florida swimming pool, 1955
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fro...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
David and Amanda, New York
Located in New York, NY
Amanda Lepore’s birth name was Armand Lepore. In the early 1980’s, three decades before transgender rights became a social issue, she began her devotion to the plastic surgery that would transform her in to a downtown New York icon and frequent muse to photographer David LaChapelle.
Filmmaker Joel Schumacher has called Lepore a “moving sculpture...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Fish Stick: Devon Aoki in Agent Provocateur, London
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 7 + 3 Artist’s Proofs
Signed by the photographer
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
'Blue Smoke' SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION
Located in London, GB
'Jimi Classic II' SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION
1967 by Gered Mankowitz
C print - signed and numbered and stamped on the face of the print in the border below the image.
HUGE 40 x 40" ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Modern portrait photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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, red, purple, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mark Shaw, Slim Aarons, Terry O'Neill, and Kevin Westenberg. 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 Modern portrait photography, so small editions measuring 0.63 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $152,896, while the average work sells for $1,806.
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