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
Terry O'Neill 'Faye Dunaway Oscar'
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway Oscar Outtake (Stare) Los Angeles
1977, Printed Later
Silver Gelatin Print
30 x 30 inches
Edition of 50
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certific...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Mustique Hammock - Relaxing on Sandy Beach under Palm Trees on Mustique Island
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Mustique Hammock - Relaxing on Sandy Beach under Palm Trees on Mustique Island
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Mustiique Hammo...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
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...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
El Venero - Moorish Architecture Spanish Villa Mountain Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
El Venero - Moorish Architecture Spanish Villa Mountain Landscape by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
El Venero i...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Tennis in The Bahamas, 1957 - Tennis Players Socialise after Tennis Match in Sun
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Tennis in The Bahamas, 1957 - Tennis Players Socialise after Tennis Match in Sun by Slim Aarons
16 x 16" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Portrait of Silvana Mangano - Historical Photos - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Silvana Mangano is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
007 Catches Ursula, 1962 - Monochrome Print of Sean Connery with Ursula Andress
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
A female dancer frozen mid-performance
Located in Cologne, DE
This evocative black-and-white photograph from 1952, taken by German photographer Klaus Redenbacher, captures a moment of poised intensity and expressive motion in a studio setting. ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Make up Mirrors - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Royal Pavilion
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper
Hong Kong, View, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 23, 7 x 23, 7 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, and the USSR in the 1960s.In the invitation to an exhibition of her works in 2003, one reads:
"Hanna Seidel, observing the world through her camera lens, could capture everyday situtations in a unique manner."A touring exhibition containing 100 selected photographs entitled "From Rio Grande to Cape Horn" was organised by the Commerzbank and Lufthansa in 1965 and had its opening in the Cologne branch of the bank, Unter Sachsenhausen. At the time, the press described the works as being of "enchanting beauty and dignity."The exhibition of 1965 was curated by Hanna Seidel. Vintageprints offered for collectors come from this selection, each work is unique and exists only once, created as a unique print for the exhibition.
Title: Hong Kong...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn Swims - signed limited edition C print 22 of 50
Located in London, GB
Artist: Terry O'Neill (1938-)
Title of artwork: Audrey Hepburn, 'Audrey Swims', 1966
Technique: C-Print
Edition size 22/ 50 only
Signature: Certificate O...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Couple at Party - Black and White Monochrome Print, Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Milton Greene, "Portrait of Marilyn", original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph from the original negative taken by Milton Greene in 1954. This image depicts Hollywood Icon, Marilyn Monroe, and bears the Milton H. Gre...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Norman Parkinson 'Legroux Soeurs’ Hat, 1952'
Located in New York, NY
Apollonia van Ravenstein at the Crane Beach Hotel in Barbados wearing a Jane Cattlin swimsuit with a Charles Batten hat, chiffon scarf from Liberty and Saint Laurent Rive Gauche sand...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Actors Amedeo Nazzari and Irene Genna - Vintage b/w Photograph - Late 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari and his wife Irene Genna.
Vintage Photo.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Norman Parkinson 'Paris Drama, Jean Patchett in Paris, Vogue 1950'
Located in New York, NY
American model Jean Patchett photographed in Paris wearing a Jean Dessès evening gown. American Vogue magazine April 1, 1950.
Paris Drama, 1950
C print
Estate stamped and numbered e...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Henry Fonda - American Actor Henry Fonda Ocean Portrait Blue Sky Horizon
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Henry Fonda - American Actor Henry Fonda Ocean Portrait Blue Sky Horizon by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Henry ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Kate Moss At 16 - signed limited edition print
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
An Unknown Kate Moss At 16
by Jake Chessum 1990
limited edition
edition size 20 only this size
printed 2024
Archival pigment print
numbered and signed by the artist
unframed
ships securely from London England
Framing options available
Jake Chessum
British-born, New York-based photographer Jake Chessum’s portfolio includes Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams, David Bowie, Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, Coldplay, The Beastie Boys, Beck and beyond.
Jake grew...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Architecture and Art Photo - Church of Frari - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - Church of Frari is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captured....
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Beaton, High Society, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
All Mine, 1968 - Jim Kimberly in Palm Beach Posing with Wife by Harbour
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
All Mine, 1968 - Jim Kimberly in Palm Beach Posing with Wife by Harbour
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"All Mine" is a beautif...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Terry O'Neill 'Raquel Welch and Ringo Starr'
Located in New York, NY
Raquel Welch and Ringo Starr, 1969
silver gelatin print
40 x 30 inches
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 50
American actress Raquel Welch wearing a leather sui...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943 Color Portrait
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
Elizabeth Taylor On The Set Of Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955
by Frank Worth
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Joan Crawford (1933) Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
Joan Crawford (1933) Archival Pigment Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1933
Joan Crawford (1905-1977) US film actress.
Additional Information:
Unfr...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
New York
Located in Denton, TX
Signed by Elliott Erwitt.
Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 in.
Born to Russian parents in Paris in 1928, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, Italy, b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$10,500
Beach at St. Tropez - Topless Sunbathing South of France French Riviera Beaches
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Beach at St. Tropez - Topless Sunbathing South of France French Riviera Beaches by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Poolside Style, 1970 - Swimming Pool Party at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Style, 1970 - Swimming Pool Party at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Po...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Elizabeth Taylor On The Set Of Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955
by Frank Worth
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gasthof Post Pool, 1979 - Austrian Wintersports and Apres Ski by Swimming Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Gasthof Post Pool, 1979 - Austrian Wintersports and Apres Ski by Swimming Pool by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Ella FITZERALD " Mercédès " 1988
Located in CANNES, FR
Annie Leibovitz ( 1949- )
photo : 24 x19 cm .
Ella Fitzgerald devant un cabriolet Mercedes . 1988
Original Vintage work .
Framed : 42 X 42 cm
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$1,719 Sale Price
20% Off
Iggy Raw Power - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Iggy Raw Power - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Iggy Pop, Raw Power album cover photograph, 1973 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are nu...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Il Canille, 1980 - Capri Landscape Photography Faraglioni Rocks Blue Horizon
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Il Canille, 1980 - Capri Landscape Photography Faraglioni Rocks Blue Horizon by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Il...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955
by Frank Worth
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie With Lou Reed And Iggy Pop - Limited Edition Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
David Bowie With Lou Reed And Iggy Pop - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
David Bowie, Lou Reed & Iggy Pop during a press conference at the Dorchester Hotel...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, 1954 - Black and White Print from Getty Images Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
'Shaken Not Stirred' 1968 Baryta Print
By Peter Ruck
Located in London, GB
'Shaken Not Stirred' by Peter Ruck 1968
English actor Roger Moore, downs a Martini, 17th July 1968.
Moore has recently been awarded his second Bravo Otto award for most popular te...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Spectator Tennis (1938) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Spectator Tennis (1938) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
1st December 1938.
Spectators watching a tennis match at a country club.
Addi...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Swimming Pool Party at Kaufmann House Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Swimming Pool Party at Kaufmann House Palm Springs by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital, C Print, Color, Photographic Paper
Elizabeth Taylor On The Set Of Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955
by Frank Worth
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mrs George Cameron - Society Portrait of Socialite with Red Lips on Tiger Rug
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Mrs George Cameron - Society Portrait of Socialite with Red Lips on Tiger Rug by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edit...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Photograph of Nude Marilyn Monroe Pose 2
By Tom Kelly
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white photograph of a nude Marilyn Monroe taken by Tom Kelly in 1949. The work was distributed as calender art and one was featured in an issue of Playboy magazine in 1953. The photograph is not framed.
Artist Biography: Kelley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He learned photography as an apprentice in a New York photo studio, and then worked for the Associated Press and Town & Country magazine. After coming to California in 1935, Kelley established a photography studio in Hollywood and produced promotional photographs of motion picture stars. David O. Selznick and Samuel Goldwyn retained Kelley to take promotional photos of their stars and starlets for magazine covers and advertising. Later, Kelley's business shifted to commercial and advertising photography.
Some of Kelley's most famous photo subjects have included Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, James Cagney, Clark Gable, Winston Churchill, Bob Hope, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Jack Benny, David Bowie, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Yma Sumac and, of course, Marilyn Monroe, with and without clothes. Tom Kelley had a way of making his subjects feel comfortable behind the camera. He would bring his wife with him to his shoots to create a more soothing and relaxed atmosphere.
Kelley served on the panel of judges at the Miss Universe...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
James Deann At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised)
by Frank Worth
paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm
edition of 6 only in this size
Archival pigment print
unframed
Note other si...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jumping A Hurdle (1886) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Jumping A Hurdle (1886) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Eadweard J. Muybridge/George Eastman Museum/Getty Images).
Jumping a hurdle; saddle; bay horse, Daisy, between 1884 a...
Category
1880s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Paul Newman - Portraits of Hollywood Actors from the Getty Images Archive
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
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Photographic Paper, Black and White
Monocled Miss, 1964 - Breakfast in Bed New York Hotel Renata Boeck German Model
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Monocled Miss, 1964 - Breakfast in Bed New York Hotel Renata Boeck German Model by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Premium Collection Estate Stamped ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Winter Suntans - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Winter Suntans
Young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Edward, My Son (with Deborah Kerr) (20% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Spencer Tracy & Deborah Kerr
Edward, My Son
Black & White Photograph on Photographic Paper
Year: 1949
Size: 6.5 x 8 inches (16.51 x 20.32 cm)
Stamped verso
Publisher: Metro-Goldwyn-...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$88 Sale Price
20% Off
Monaco Grand Prix, 1973 - Monaco Grand Prix Formula One Racer Francois Cevert
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Monaco Grand Prix, 1973 - Monaco Grand Prix Formula One Racer Francois Cevert by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Mo...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Guatemala, Landscape, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 24, 4 x 24 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Fan Mail, 1950 - Marilyn Monroe Silk Lace Gown The Asphalt Jungle Fan Mail
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Fan Mail, 1950 - Marilyn Monroe Silk Lace Gown The Asphalt Jungle Fan Mail by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Pleas...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Palm Beach Pastels (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
The Who - Pete Townshend 1979 - Limited Edition Estate print
Located in London, GB
Pete Townshend of the Who Madison Square Garden New York 1979
Large limited Estate edition (ed size 50 only this size)
silver gelatin print.
numbered and signed by the Estate on reverse
stamped with blond embossed Archive stamp on front
paper size 20x16" inches / 51 x 31 cm
Certificate of authenticity supplied.
unframed
Framing available on request
Ships securely from London England
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE pls enquire
About Michael Putland the photographer :
Born in 1947, Michael grew up in Harrow where he took his first pictures at the age of nine before leaving school at sixteen to work as an assistant to various photographers including Time-Life photographer, Walter Curtain and the legendary motor racing photographer, Louis Klemantaski. In 1969 he set up his own studio and by 1971, he was the official photographer for the British music magazine Disc & Music Echo. His first assignment for them that year was to photograph Mick Jagger in London.
From the editorial work for Disc and Music Echo, Sounds and later Smash Hits & Q magazine amongst others, to the 1973 tour with The Rolling Stones that led to a long-standing relationship working with the band, Michael has shot prodigiously including for major record labels including CBS, Warner, Elektra, Polydor, Columbia Records and EMI. Relocating to New York in 1977, it was here that Michael founded the photo agency, Retna.
It has been said that Michael photographed everyone from Abba to Zappa … when looking at his archive this is actually true.
Now living in East Sussex, recent 2016 exhibitions include “Off The Record” at The Lucy Bell Gallery in Hastings showing images both on and off stage including previously unseen contact sheets; whilst Ono Arte in Bologna, Italy is hosting a David Bowie show. Autumn 2014 saw Michael’s 50 year retrospective at the Getty Gallery...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lana Turner - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Lana Turner - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo Cineclassico/Alamy Archives)
American actress-
Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Tennis Legends' 1980 Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
'John McEnroe' 1981 Silver Gelatin Print by Watfiord / Mirror Group Archives.
Wimbledon 3rd Day: John McEnroe. June 1981
The famous tennis star icon won at the All England Club championships that year, finally beating his long term rival Bjorn Borg...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kurt Cobain - Signed Limited Edition Print (1992)
Located in London, GB
Kurt Cobain - Signed Limited Edition Print
Melody Maker Magazine
August 30 1992
Reading
(photos by Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist.
Unf...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Lounging gracefully on the wing, 1972
Located in Cologne, DE
This photograph from 1972 captures a stylish, vibrant scene featuring two people on a small airplane. A young woman, wearing a pink floral dress and sunglasses, lounges gracefully on...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
Saint Tropez Beach - Topless Sunbathing Nude Portrait French Riviera Beaches
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Saint Tropez Beach - Topless Sunbathing Nude Portrait French Riviera Beaches by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
E...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Caine Punching, 1967 - Monochrome Print, Getty Archive Portrait of Michael Caine
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper
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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