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
Woman, Street Photography, Black and White, Italy, 1950s, 17.9 x 12.7 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the 1960s
Good conditions.
Anna Magn...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Doors, NYC
By Joel Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition
Estate Stamped
Other sizes available. Next available edition printed upon purchase. Please allow 3 weeks for production.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Boy; Books; Street Photography; Black and White; Paris, 1950s, 17, 5 x 12, 7 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Depeche Mode by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode, London, 1990
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and elect...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man, Market, Street Photography, Black and White, Italy 1950s, 17, 8 x 13 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Pearl Jam by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam on Stage
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Protest - Historical Photograph About the Feminist Movement - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
The protest - Historical photograph about the feminist movement is an original black and white photograph realized in Rome in 1980 against the h...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Mrs. George (Daphne) Cameron
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Mrs. George (Daphne) Cameron
1959
C print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
1959, Mrs. George (Daph...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Rocky Horror - Estate limited edition print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Rocky Horror - signed limited edition print
Little Nell, Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1974. (photo Mick Rock)
paper siz...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Red Hot Chili Peppers by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Anthony Kiedis, Red Hot Chili Peppers on stage, Vancouver, 1992
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is ...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Moulin Rouge; Dancing; Black and White; Paris, 1950s, 17, 6 x 12, 7 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
November (These boots are made for walking)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A black and white photograph of a young woman in boots.
Brinley Ribando is a painter, printmaker, and photographer based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Madonna - limited edition Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Madonna - signed limited edition print
Early photograph of Madonna, 1980. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm
Stamped and numbered by the Estate.
Archival ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century.
Fair conditions with oxidation.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons - Family Snapper 1959 - Official Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Family Snapper 1959, Slim Aarons
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their cottage, Round Hill...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Bryan Ferry by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Bryan Ferry
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Rome, Women, Street Photography, Black and White, Italy 1950s, 12.9 x 17.2 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Woman, Market, Street Photography, Black and White, Italy 1950s, 17, 7 x 12, 9 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Boy (Film by Nagisa Oshima)- Vintage Photo - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo in black and white of 1969
Tetsuo Abe in a scene of the film " Boy" directed by the Japanese Nagisa Oshima and presented at the 1969 Ve...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Robert Plant by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Robert Plant
Robert Plant, New York, 1993
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-cl...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
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
Rick Rubin by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Rick Rubin, 2013
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-cl...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch 1966 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oberon's Lunch
Film star Merle Oberon and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right facing the camera. Circa 1966.
Slim Aarons Chromogen...
Category
1960s 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 - Checkered Flag 1963 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Checkered Flag
The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Winter Suntans 1960 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Winter Suntans
Young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the only origi...
Category
1960s 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
Rome, Shop, Street Photography, Black and White, Italy, 1950s, 17, 7 x 13, 1 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch 1966 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oberon's Lunch
Film star Merle Oberon and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right facing the camera. Circa 1966.
Slim Aarons Chromogen...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Cary Grant and Farrah Fawcett - Vintage Photo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photo.
Lightly blurry.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Pop And Society 1968 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Pop And Society - Oversize
From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (o...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Fair conditions with oxidation.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Bowie - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
David Bowie - signed limited edition print
David Bowie in pink hat, 1972. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm
Stamped and numbered by the Estate.
Archival p...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bowie Close Up - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Bowie Close Up - signed limited edition print
Close up portrait of David Bowie, c.1973. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm
Stamped and numbered by the Estat...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bowie In Suit - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Bowie In Suit - signed limited edition print
David Bowie in a mint green suit, 1973. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm
Stamped and numbered by the Estate....
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Portrait on Set of Sabrina, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c19_27 -- Audrey Hepburn, ready in make-up and costume to play the title role in Paramount's Sabrina Fair. This shot is an out take from the photo essay in the December 7, 1953 issue of LIFE. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Jarvis Cocker by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker, Olympia, Paris.
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie - limited Mick Rock Estate edition print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
David Bowie (photo Mick Rock) - signed limited edition print
David Bowie backstage, 1973. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm
Stamped and numbered by the Est...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
David Bowie - signed limited edition print
David Bowie, 1976. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm
Stamped and numbered by the Estate.
Archival pigment print...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bowie And Cyrinda Foxe - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Bowie And Cyrinda Foxe - signed limited edition print
David Bowie with Cyrinda Foxe, San Francisco, 1972. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 20x24 inches / 61 x 51 cm
Stamped and num...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kate With Tassels - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Kate With Tassles - signed limited edition print
Kate Moss, New York, 2002. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm
Stamped and numbered by the Estate.
Archival...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Give Me Five, 1963 - Muhammad Ali, Boxing, Sports, Black and White Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
A gorgeous black and white fibre print, available in other sizes.
Taken from...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Bowie on Stage by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Bowie on Stage
David Bowie on stage, 1990s.
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eddie Vedder by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrif...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sting by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Sting
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie star...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pool At Las Brisas
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool At Las Brisas
Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
S...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Audrey Hepburn in Pool 1966 (Framed)
Located in London, GB
Audrey Hepburn on the set of ‘Two for the Road’, 1966.
Audrey Hepburn Swims 1966
by Terry O’Neill
Hand SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 27/50
PAPER: C TYPE
FULLY FRAMED: 26.5 x 21.1 INCH
P...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper
Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
By Irving Penn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Irving Penn
Title: Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
Medium: Glossy, fibre based paper
Date: New York, circa 1949
Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches
Stamped ...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Reed Bowie Jagger Hug - limited edition Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Reed Bowie Jagger Hug - signed limited edition print
Lou Reed, Mick Jagger and David Bowie share a hug, Café Royal, London, 1973. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gianni Morandi, Catherine Stark and Milly Carlucci - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi, Catherine Stark and Milly Carlucci - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bowie On The Phone - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Bowie On The Phone - signed limited edition print
David Bowie talking on the phone, 1973. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 20x24 inches / 61 x 51 cm
Stamped and numbered by the Est...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Freddie Mercury On Stage - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Freddie Mercury On Stage - signed limited edition print
Freddie Mercury on stage with Queen, the Bohemian Rhapsody years, 1973-1975. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Palm Bay Club - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Bay Club
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965.
Photo by Slim Aarons
Silver gelatin print
Paper size 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm
printed 2...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Squaw Valley Snow - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Squaw Valley Snow
Snow covers the deserted cafe in Squaw Valley, California, January 1961.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced util...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Coldplay by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Coldplay
Coldplay, Los Angeles, 2005.
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Blur by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blur
Damon Albarn, London, 1999.
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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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