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
Harry Dean Stanton and Dean Stockwell - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Harry Dean Stanton and Dean Stockwell in a scene from "Paris, Texas", a 1984 drama film directed by Wim Wenders.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marthe Keller and Marcello Mastroianni - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage color Photo.
The actors Marthe Keller and Marcello Mastroianni.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Actress Angela Molina with Lou Castel - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Lou Castel and Angel Molina on the set of "Gli occhi e la bocca" by Marco Bellocchio (1982).
Vintage b/w Photo.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Arleen Dahl - Original b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Arleen Dahl is an original b/w photograph about Hollywood '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back "Beautiful Arleen Dahl is assisted with her w...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Charlton Heston - Original b/w Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American actor Charlton Heston on the set of "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari.
Vintage Photo.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni in the early 1980s.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni receiving a slap on the set of a movie.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
E.G. Robinson, M. O'Sullivan, H. Courtright - Original b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Jane Russell and Gloria Green is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back " Edward G. Robinson, Maureen O'Sullivan...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Mady Rahl - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Mady Rahl is a b/w photographic portrait of the German actress, with the added value of a blue ink autograph on the lower margin.
Around 1950s.
Postcard in ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
The French Actress Claudine Auger - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The French Actress Claudine Auger in 1970s.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portraitt of Leonard Bernstein while Conducting - Color Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Bernstein conducting, '80's. cm 19.6 x 25.1.
In back a blue ink stamp of the photographer Galliano Passerini.
Good conditions except some discoloration in left margin.
Photo of o...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Leonard Bernstein Conducting - Vintage B/W Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Interesting Stolen Shot of Leonard Bernstein conducting. Vintage B/W Photo of the second biggest conductor of all the times (after Carlos Kleiber and before Von Karajan and Toscanini...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Renato Zero - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph by AGI, Renato Zero, c.a. 1970. 17.6 x 24 cm.
Vintage b/w photo that portrays the singer-songwriter Renato Zero in his early seventies, with his eccentric stage costumes...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gianni Morandi, Gastone Moschin, Philippe Noiret - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi, Gastone Moschin, Philippe Noiret - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in 1960s
Good conditions.
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in Egypt,...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in 1960s
Good conditions.
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in Egypt,...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dizzy Gillespie - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dizzy Gillespie - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Magnani w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Dalida by Ledino Pozzetti - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Dalida by Ledino Pozzetti is a vintage photographic print on single coated paper.
Photograph by Ledino Pozzetti for Fotoreporter Associati ( f.r.a.) Milano.
Agency ink stamp on the...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Ernst Deutsch - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Ernst Deutsch is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Austrian-German film actor, Ernst Deutsch (1890 – 1969).Around the 1960's.
Photo: Jose Buhs, Berlin.
With the additional value of his blue ink autograph on the lower margin at the center, this autographed postcard is in perfect condition and absolutely to collect for the German cinema connaisseurs!
Ernst Deutsch, also known as Ernest Dorian (Prague, 1890 – Berlin, 1969)
The Jewish Austrian actor, Ernst Deutsch was protagonist in 1916 in the world première of Walter Hasenclever's Expressionist play The Son in Dresden was praised.Deutsch also played the antihero Famulus in Paul Wegener...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Gerlinde Locker - Original b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Gerlinde Locker's Memorabilia is a beautiful b/w postcard, reproducing a photographic portrait of Gerlinde Locker (born April 28, 1938 in Linz, Austria) , the Austrian actress, activ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
'The Misfits' Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'The Misfits' Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
A gorgeously candid portrait of the first rebel of Hollywood and greatly respected young son of method acting - before ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Ray Bradbury - Vintage Photograph - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Ray Bradbury Vintage Photo by Mizuno, is a black and white photograph realized in 1996.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Dave Stewart and Spiritual Cowboys - Vintage Photo - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Dave Stewart and Spiritual Cowboys is a vintage photographic print on Agfa RC paper.
Hand-written notes on front lower edge, outside the print.
Excellent conditions.
D...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Painter - b/w Photograph by Plinio Martelli - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Painter is a b/w photographic print realized by Plinio Martelli in the 1990s.
Very good conditions.
Hand signed and titled by the artist on the back of the photograph. Original title: Pittrice.
Plinio Martelli (1945-2016) After scientific studies he graduated from the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin with masters such as Enrico Paolucci and Mario Calandri...
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1990s 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.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Audrey Hepburn on Striped Sofa, Arm Back, Glances Right, 1954
By Mark Shaw
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...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
The Protest - Historical Photographs About the Feminist Movement - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The protest - Historical photographs about the feminist movement is an original vintage photograph realized by anonymous photographer
With the stamp of th...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Gianni Morandi and Marcella Martoli - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Marcella Martoli - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the Mid-20th.
Good conditions.
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in...
Category
Mid-20th Century 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 (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed painting...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
'Poolside Pairs' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Printed Later
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art d...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Federico Fellini, Giulietta Masina and Marcello Mastroianni - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Federico Fellini, Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni. Picture taken at the Leonardo Da Vinci's airport before the actors left Rome to present "8 e 1/2" in New York.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Iva Zanicchi - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The vintage photograph of Iva Zanicchi is an original black and white photograph realized by the Agency of "AND KRONOS, Roma"
With the copyright and the stamp of Agency" and the han...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women Sitting and Relaxing - Vintage b/w Photo - 1934 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photo.
Photo by Gherlone - Torino.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Carl Sagan - Vintage Photograph by Randy O'Rundke - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Carl Sagan by Randy O'Rundke- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hans Bellmer, Modern Black and White Photograph
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist - Hans Bellmer, Medium: Photograph, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm), Description: From the collection of the late Larry Saphire.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Carl Sagan - Vintage Photograph by Randy O'Rundke - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Carl Sagan by Randy O'Rundke- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in 1991.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The End of the Trip of Stoyadinovitch - Vintage Photo - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
The end of the trip of Stoyadinovitch is an original b/w photo realized in December 1937 by Trampus Agency, Paris. The original hallmark "Photoreportage Trampus" on the back. On the back it is glued a piece of paper with the typewritten caption (title, description and date. The artwork is in very good conditions except for a light fold on the upper left corner.
The artwork represents the meeting of Mussolini with the Prime Minister Stoyadinovitch, in the center of the photo and Count Ciano on the left at Venice Palace...
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Duce and the Italian Farmers - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Duce and the Italian farmers is an original photograph realized in 1937 and printed by Agence Trampus. The original hallmark and the original piece of paper with the title, the description and the date on the back is glued. The artwork is in good conditions, a small fold on the lower right is present.
The photo represents the Duce that gives the key of a new house to the farmers of Aprilia after the reclamation of the swamps in the Pontina area.
On the back there is the original hallmark of the Agence Trampus and the description of the photo:
"Le Duce remet à una famille de paysans la clef de la maison d...
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient View of Kobe - Vintage Photo -1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Kobe is an original vintage albumen print on single cardboard realized in the 1890s.
Hand-written ink caption in Italian at the bottom of the print. Good conditions ...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Autograph Portrait of Hannes Messemer - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph by Hannes Messemer is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the German film and television actor, Gerhard Frickhöffer (1913 – 1980): Best-known for the bi...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Portrait of Ornella Muti - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Ornella Muti in a scene from "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", a 1987 Film by Francesco Rosi.
Lightly damaged.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani - Vintage Photo is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Anna Magnan...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Ornella Muti Getting the "Donatello" - Vintage Photograph - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Rome, 05.05.1988
The Italian Actress Ornella Muti at the David di Donatello Award.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gianni Morandi and Dalida - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Dalida - 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
Ornella Muti in "'O Re", a 1989 Italian historical commedia all'italiana film written and directed by Luigi Magni.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
2 Black & White Photos of Arab Children, 1970s, by Ruth Harris
Located in New York, NY
Ruth Harris
Arab Children, c. 1979
Two black and white photographic prints
Mat: 14 x 11 in. (each)
Photograph: 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (each)
Signed Ruth Harris
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Joan Baez - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Joan Baez is an original black and white photo realized by Andrea Muti.
The photo shows Baez interpreting Sting's composition dedicated to the women victims of the Chilean regime.
...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Rose Fitzgerald - Vintage Photo by Ron Galella - 1960s
By Ron Galella
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Rose Fitzgerald is a b/w photograph by Ron Galella taken in the 1960s.
Print on Baryta paper. Stamp of the photographer and stereotype on the back. In perfect conditions.
The photo pictures Rose Elisabeth Kennedy (1890-1995) was the wife of Joseph Patrick Kennedy...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - Early 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani - Vintage Photo is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the Early 1970s.
Good conditions.
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Curzio Malaparate - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Curzio Malaparte - Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
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1960s 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.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
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