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
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Livio Zuglian Marco Rugen - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Livio Zuglian Marco Rugen is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Treviso - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Treviso is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Badu 'e Carros - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Badu 'e Carros is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Pussyfooting, Dee Hartford (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Actress Dee Hartford, wife of film producer Howard Hawks, sips a Pussyfoot - a mixture of Jamaican fruit juices, 1958.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certifica...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography
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Lambda
B.B. KIng - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
B.B. King is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Margherita Boniver - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita Boniver is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Margherita Boniver - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita Boniver is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Harry Belafonte- Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Harry Belafonte is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Margarethe von Trotta - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Margarethe von Trotta s a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Margherita Boniver - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita Boniver is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Margherita Boniver - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita Boniver is a vintage photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Margherita Boniver - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita Boniver is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Marco Bellocchio - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Marco Bellocchio is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Pierlluigi Giorgio, Ninetta La Scala and Massimo Coen - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Pierlluigi Giorgio, Ninetta La Scala and Massimo Coen is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Margherita Boniver - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita Boniver is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Margherita Boniver and Carlo Tognoli - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita Boniver is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Salvatore Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Salvatore Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captu...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church - Venice- 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulou...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - Anger in Desert - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - Anger in Desert is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captured....
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - San Zaccaria Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - San Zaccaria Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captu...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Sugarbush Ice Bar
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sugarbush Ice Bar
1969
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
An outdoor bar at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, March 1969.
Estate stamped and hand numbered editio...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Giovanni e Paolo Church - Vintage Photo - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Giovanni e Paolo Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulousl...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Apostoli, Santa Lucia Church- 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Apostoli, Santa Lucia Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticu...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Pietro Martire Church - Vintage Photo - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Pietro Martire Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously ...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Giovanni e Paolo Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Giovanni e Paolo Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulousl...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Pietro Martire Church - - Vintage Photo - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Pietro Martire Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously ...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Giovanni in Bragora Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Giovanni in Bragora Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulo...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria de Friar Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria de Friar Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously ...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - Triumph of Saint George - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - Triumph of Saint George is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously ...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulo...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulou...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulou...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - Saint George Fights the Dragon - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - Saint George fights the dragon is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticu...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Zaccaria Church in Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Zaccaria Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captur...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria de Frari Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria de Frari Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously ...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
B.B. KIng - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
B.B. King is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
B.B. KIng - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
B.B. King is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
A Scene of the Film Au Revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Colette (Victorian Punk)
Located in New York, NY
Colette (Victorian Punk)
Archival pigment print
14 x 14 inches
Signed and numbered
edition of 10
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, known princip...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Man Ray in Paris'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Man Ray in Paris
1956
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
American surrealist artist and photographer Man Ray (1890 - 1976) with some examples of his work at his Left Ban...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
William Carroll, "Norma Jeane #26, " original photograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph from the original negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945 and printed at a later date. It depicts a young Marilyn Monroe (then known as Norma Jea...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Sun Worship (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sun Worship
1958
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Bianca Volpato sunning herself...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Untitled, from Women are Beautiful Portfolio (Woman/Car)
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 80
Signed, numbered and misc. notations by Garry Winogrand
From the Women are Beautiful Portfolio
Garry Winogrand was an American photographer from New York. He is known for his extensive documentation of American life.. Winogrand was the recipient of the various Guggenheim Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His work is included in the George Eastman Museum, Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Center for Creative Photography...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Laszlo Willinger, "Hedy Lamarr", original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original vintage photograph, shot by Laszlo Willinger in the 1940's. It depicts Austrian-born American film actress, Hedy Lamarr. Lamarr was known for...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Laszlo Willinger, "Mary Martin", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph printed from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger c. 1940's. It depicts the late movie and Broadway star, Mary Martin...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Terry O'Neill 'Sean Connery on the Moon'
Located in New York, NY
Sean Connery on the Moon, 1971
Silver Gelatin Print
Signed and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Re-creating astronaut Alan Shepard’s famed golfing on the moon picture, Connery as James Bond plays golf on a deserted film set in Pinewood Studios...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Milton Greene, "Cover Shot" from The Black Sitting, original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original photograph printed from the original negative, shot by Milton Greene in 1956, and printed at a later date. It was created for Greene's series entitled "The Black Sitting...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Sun Worship (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'New York Debs'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
New York Debs
1958
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Leading New York debutante...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Ted Allan, "Frank Sinatra" on set of "Von Ryan's Express, " original photograph
By Ted Allan
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This photo was shot on set of Von Ryan's, Express, in 1964 (movie released in 1965). Sinatra played Colonel Joseph Ryan, an America pilot shot down and imprisoned in Italy during WWI...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Mary McFadden'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A couple at a swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California.
Estate stamped and hand numbere...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Style 'Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Model Gr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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.