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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
The Old Days - Carnival - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Carnival is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and poli...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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The Old Days - Portrait by A. Sorcato - 1895
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Portrait by A. Sorcato is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1895.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and poli...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of David Taylor - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of David Taylor - Historical Photo  is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical ev...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Frederick Sleigh Roberts Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Frederick Sleigh Roberts Photo, realized in the early 20th century. Applied on a Passpartout, glued on cardboard. Good conditions and aged.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Raoul Salan - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Raoul Salan is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and political issues worldwi...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days - Dutch Costume - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Dutch costume is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days - Ducks - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Ducks is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and politic...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days - Interior Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days - Historical Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days - Historical Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1912.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political even...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days - Historical Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Places Photo- Winsor Castle and Exeter Cathedral - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Winsor Castle and Exeter Cathedral is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpie...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days Photo - Herd - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days  Photo - Herds is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Places Photo- Falmouth Hotel - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Falmouth Hotel is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historical pl...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Louis Armstrong - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Louis Armstrong is a photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days - Historical Photo - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1922. With hand written notes in the right side. It belongs to historical album including historical ...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography

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Leonard Bernstein and François Mitterand - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein and François Mitterand is an original photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days Photo - Huntsmen with Dogs - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days  Photo - Huntsmen with Dogs is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal f...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days  Photo - Herd is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and p...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dizzy Gillespie - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Dizzy Gillespie is a photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Herd - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days  Photo - Herd is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and p...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days Photo - Herd - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days  Photo - Herd is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and p...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days - Historical Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Manifestation  -Women's Rights  Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belong to albumen of women rights, protests, manifestation for their...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working -Women's Rights  Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for thei...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working -Women's Rights  Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working -Women's Rights  Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Photo of Painting by Jean Léon Jerome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting by Jean Léon Jeromeis a vintage silver salt  photograph realized in the early 20th Century.  Some foxing and missing ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

8 March Street -Women's Rights Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
8 March Street -Women's Rights  Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belong to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working -Women's Rights  Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working -Women's Rights  Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Working at Italtel -New Technologies in the 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working Italtel -New Technologies in the 1970s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s in Italy Good conditions an aged.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Photo - Queen Elisabeth - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Queen Elisabeth is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.  Good conditions and aged.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working -Women's Rights  Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working -Women's Rights  Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Woman In Meadow - Life in Italy - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman In Meadow - Life in Italy 1960 is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the1960s in Italy. Good conditions an aged.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working -Women's Rights  Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the1960s in Italy, it belongs to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their ri...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Students - Women's Rights Photos - President Amintore Fanfani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Students  -Women's Rights Photos - President Amintore Fanfani is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy. Good conditions an aged.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Vintage Photo - Mose Bianchi - 1904
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Vintage Photo- Mose Bianchi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1904.  Some diffused foxing, otherwise good condition.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Riding - Life in Italy - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Riding - Life in Italy 1960  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the1960s in Italy. Good conditions an aged.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Places Photo- Paris Champs Elisées and Tour Eiffel-Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Paris is a black and white vintage photo reproducing Champs Elisées and Tour Eiffel, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album inclu...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Places Photo- Paris, Louvre - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Paris is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historical places incl...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belong to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for th...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s in Italy, it belong to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their right ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belong to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for th...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belong to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for th...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belong to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for th...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Work - Historical Photos -1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Work - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their rig...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ciriaco De Mita - Historical Photos - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ciriaco De Mita is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and political issues wo...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belong to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for th...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

General Raoul Salan - Historical Photos -1950s
Located in Roma, IT
General Raoul Salan is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1950s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and political issues...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Look - Historical Photos -1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Work - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their rig...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women at work - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women at work - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their ri...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Queen Elizabeth - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Queen Elizabeth  - 1960s
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Alitalia - Historical Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Alitalia - Historical Photos - Tokyo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos - Tokyo is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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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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