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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
Marcello Mastroianni in 8 1/2 by Federico Fellini - Photo - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Marcello Mastroianni in 8 1/2 Federico Fellini  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1963. It is taken on the set of Fellini's masterpiece, with Marcello Mastroianni ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Reg Lancaster 'Yves Saint Laurent' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
April 7, 1965: Yves Saint-Laurent, ex-wonder boy of Dior, working at his own fashion house in Paris. (Photo by Reg Lancaster/Express/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gall...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Artist in Exhibition - Life in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Artist in Exhibition - Life in Italy in 1960s  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Iva Zanicchi - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Iva Zanicchi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Iva Zanicchi - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Iva Zanicchi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1980s. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Meeting between Bettino Craxi and Felipe Gonzalez- Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Meeting between Bettino Craxi and Felipe Gonzalez is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Iva Zanicchi - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Iva Zanicchi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Architecture and Art Photo - S. Zachary Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Zachary Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously capture...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Venezia, Gondole - Photo by Cindi Emond - 2017
Located in Roma, IT
Photographic paper, matt pearl finish. Excellent condition.
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2010s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Alberto Asor Rosa - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alberto Asor Rosa is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jane Fonda Jeff Bridges in Film The Morning After - Photo - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
 Jane Fonda Jeff Bridges in Film The Morning After is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1986. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Daniela Goggi - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Daniela Goggi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1976. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jean-Paul Belmondo in Breathless - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jean-Paul Belmondo in Breathless is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1960. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Miranda Martino - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Iva Zanicchi - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Iva Zanicchi a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Devil in the Flesh - Film of Marco Bellocchio - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Devil in the Flesh - Film of Marco Bellocchio is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1986. Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Photo of Marina Malfatti - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Marina Malfatti  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Philippe Noiret- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Philippe Noiret 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

Franco Reviglio, Belkacem Nabi and Clelio Darida - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Franco Reviglio, Belkacem Nabi and Clelio Darida is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1986. Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Solar Energy System in the 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Solar Energy System 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

Stefanie Powers and Barry Bostwick - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Stefanie Powers and Barry Bostwick 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

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

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

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. 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

Gianni Morandi and Elisabetta Virgili - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Elisabetta Virgili - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Ornella Muti - Vintage Photograph - Early 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actress Ornella Muti with her husband.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch - Oversize
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. 40 x 60" inches / 101...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in 1950s. Good conditions. A historical moment of the past through the art of photography ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bjork by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Bjork Bjork, New York, 1998. by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musician...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Kurt Cobain by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Kurt Cobain by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movi...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Autographed Portrait of Carlos Thompson - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Carlos Thompson is a b/w photographic portrait of the handsome Argentine actor, with the additional value of a blue ink autograph on the lower margin at the center. Around the 1960s. This is a Autographed photo, in perfect condition, and absolutely to collect! Juan Carlos Mundin-Schaffter, known as Carlos Thompson (Santa Fe, 1923 – Buenos Aires, 1990) The Argentine actor of German and Swiss descent, Carlos Thompson, played leading roles on stage and in films in Argentina. He went to Hollywood in the 1950s and was typically cast as a European womanizer. He moved to Europe and appeared in a large number of German films. He was chiefly known to English speakers for his appearance as Carlos Varela in the 1963 ITC Entertainment series The Sentimental Agent. In the late 1960s, Thompson left acting to become a writer and TV producer. Thompson married German-born actress Lilli Palmer...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

The Italian Actress Eleonora Giorgi and Ivo Garrani - Vintage b/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actress Eleonora Giorgi and Ivo Garrani in "La Traversata". Lightly damaged.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Islanders go back to Tristan - Avanti Vintage Photograph - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Islanders go back to Tristan is an original black and white photograph realized by the photography Agency of " Dufoto" on 18 Mars 1963. With the stamp of copyright and the typed not...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Italian Actress Agostina Belli - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Actress Agostina Belli during "Vanità", a TV show by Giorgio Capitani.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Audrey Hepburn on Striped Sofa, Arm Back, Glances Right, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r23_9 -- Audrey Hepburn looked incredible no matter what she was doing. This image is an out take from the photo shoot for the cover of the April 19, 1954 internation...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Giclée

Autographed Portrait of Willy Hagara - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Willy Hagara's Memorabilia is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Austrian singer around the 1960s. With the additional value of his red ink autographs on th...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Bob, Mick and Pete, 1978 - Oversize Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Bob, Mick and Pete, by Michael Putland, 1978 Limited Estate Edition Bob Marley, Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh backstage after the Rolling Stones concert...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Lola Albright's Penthouse
Located in New York, NY
Lola Albrights Penthouse, 1960 C print 20 x 16 inches Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 American singer and actress Lola Albright (1924 - 2017) at Richard La...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

The Italian Singer Luciano Ligabue - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the Italian Singer Luciano Ligabue.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

A Scene from the Movie "Crimes of the Heart" - Vintage b/w Photo - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Sissi Spacek, Diane Keaton and Jessica Lange in a scene from the Movie "Crimes of the Heart".
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Man Ray in Paris'
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...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

'Pool At El Venero' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Pool At El Venerol' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Guests by the pool at 'El Venerol', the villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala, Marbella, Spain, August 1967....
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Color, Digital

Autographed Portrait of Elma Karlowa - Original b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Elma Karlowa is a superb b/w photographic portrait of the Yugoslav, naturalized German, film and television actress, Elma Karlowa (Zagreb, Croatia,1932–Munich...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1976 Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles 1976 by Dvid Steen Born in London in 1945, rock musician Rod Stewart always dreamt of being a professional football player, until he began touring with various R&B, folk and blues bands. Consequently, he played with such artists as Mick Fleetwood and Jeff Beck until he joined The Faces, with good friend guitarist Ronnie Wood. They released three albums, with A Nod’s as Good as a Wink… To a Blind Horse reaching UK Number Two and US Number Six, and Ooh La La UK Number One and US Number Twenty-One. However, at the same time, Stewart was enjoying even greater success as a solo artist with hits like ‘Lady Day’ and ‘Maggie May’ and the group finally split. Rod Stewart remains one of the world’s biggest stars, although he’s equally famous for his succession of beautiful blonde girlfriends as he is for his music Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold Paper size - 44 x 31 " / 111 x 78 cm Limited to 20 only this size All prints are bespoke and printed to order stamped and numbered by the Estate Copyright: © David Steen / The David Steen Archive David Steen’s introduction to photography was as a 15-year-old school leaver joining Picture Post where he had the good luck to be taken under the wing of the legendary Bert Hardy as an assistant. It was the ultimate training ground in photojournalism, and the launch pad for his career. David’s reunion with Picture Post after doing his National Service (as special photographer based in Eygpt, covering the major trouble zones) was short-lived. The magazine was losing ground and closed. He moved to Fleet Street, first to a bright new Mirror title, Woman’s Sunday Mirror, where incidentally he picked up First Prize in Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Best Pictures of the Year Award for his sequence of ‘Birth of a Baby’, the progress of a young woman delivering her own baby under hypnosis. He was 21, the youngest ever to be awarded this prize. There followed time as a staff photographer with The Daily Mail; Fleet Street was the hub of the world. Then on to freelancing…Queen magazine, Nova, the Sunday Times Magazine, international magazines around the world, over the years covering projects as diverse as riots in Harlem to a film set in Acapulco, a battered wives’ refuge to the Queen and family at Sandringham: the hopeless, the homeless, the glitterati. Trained on the maxim ‘every picture tells a story’ he has focused on film stars, actors, criminals, politicians, prime ministers and countless men, women and children going about their everyday lives. David Steen believes himself to be lucky. He thinks lucky; luck is being in the right place at the right time, having the luck to have a loving family and enduring friends and winning a three-year battle against cancer. Asked by aspiring photographers for his best advice, his stock reply is: ‘Get up early.’ David Steen † 1936 – 2015 Tags: rod stewart, beverley hills, los angeles, america, 1976, 70s, the seventies, roderick david stewart, british, rock, singer, songwriter, english, scottish, best-selling, music, artist, songs, I don’t want to talk about it, Maggie, have you ver seen the rain, have I told you lately, da ya think I’m sexy, what a wonderful world...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

The French Actress Claudine Auger - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The French Actress Claudine Auger on the set of the movie "Escalation". Goo condition.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine in a scene from the 1943 movie "Jane Eyre". Good condition.
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Laszlo Willinger, "Crochet Top", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph, from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1949. It depicts a young Marilyn Monroe wearing a crochet top. Hand signed by ...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Vintage Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Benito Mussolini is  a black and white vintage photo, realized  in August 1st 1934. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including h...
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl" - Vintage Photo - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. A scene from "Working girl" with Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet with Enrico Montesano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet in a scene from the movie "Amore vuol dir gelosia", by Mauro Severino. Lightly damaged.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Virna Lisi - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Virna Lisi - Golden Age of Italian Cinema is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1990s. Good conditions. Virna Lisi Born on November 8, 1936, she began her film ca...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Irish actor Gabriel Byrne - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo with stamp. The Irish actor Gabriel Byrne.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cary Grant with Barbara Harris - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Cary Grant with his last wife Barbara Harris.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren on the set of "La Moglie del Prete" directed in 1971 by Dino Risi.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Smiling Catherine The Duchess of Cambridge - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge to meet young entrepreneurs during a reception at the Heart, Spire Building on day 1 of their official visit to Poland on July 17, 2017 in Warsaw. by Official Getty Images Royal Photographer Chris Jackson...
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2010s Modern Portrait Photography

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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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