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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
Culture and Lifestyle in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
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 events in ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Marina Malfatti in Teresa Raquin- Photo - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Marina Malfatti in Teresa Raquin is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1983. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Exhibition- Culture in Italy- Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
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 events in ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Exhibition- Culture in Italy- Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
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 events in ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Neil Young's Concert - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Neil Young's Concert 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

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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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Iva Zanicchi at Sanremo Festival 84 - Photo - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Iva Zanicchi a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1984. 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 - 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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1980s 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

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

Vintage Photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli- Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1930s. 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

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

Vintage Photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli- Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1940s. 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

A Scene from Full Metal Jacket - Photo - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A scene from Full Metal Jacket is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Clement Richard Attlee - Photo - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Clement Richard Attlee is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1964. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Antonio Bassolino- Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Antonio Bassolino in is an 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

Edoardo Vianello - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Edoardo Vianello 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

Edoardo Vianello - 1970s
$72 Sale Price
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Prime Minister of Italy - Francesco Cossiga - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Prime minister of Italy - Francesco Cossiga 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

Portrait of Elisabetta Catalano - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Elisabetta Catalano is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1960s. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

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

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Photographic Paper

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

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Photographic Paper

Richard Burton in The Assassination of Trotsky - Photo - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Richard Burton in The Assassination of Trotsky is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1972. 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

Daniela Goggi  - 1976
$72 Sale Price
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Jean-Paul Belmondo as The Clown - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Jean-Paul Belmondo as The Clown 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

Daniela Goggi - 1970s
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

Daniela Goggi  - 1970s
$72 Sale Price
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Gabriel Byrne and Alberto Lattuada on the Set of "Cristoforo Colombo" - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Gabriel Byrne and Alberto Lattuada on the Set of "Cristoforo Colombo" - 1985 Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Soldiers - Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is an original vintage photograph realized in the mid-20th Century. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Soldiers - Photo - 1950s
$72 Sale Price
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Treat Williams in Prince of the City - Photo - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Treat Williams in Prince of the City is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1981. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jean-Paul Belmondo in Fear Over the City - Photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Jean-Paul Belmondo in Fear Over the City is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1975. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Marco Bellocchio - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Marco Bellocchio 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

Jean-Paul Belmondo and in Léon Morin, Priest - Photo - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Jean-Paul Belmondo and in Léon Morin, Priest is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1961. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

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

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Iva Zanicchi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait  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

Jean-Paul Belmondo - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jean-Paul Belmondo 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

Back stage of Fanny and Alexander - Ingmar Bergman - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Back stage of Fanny and Alexander - Ingmar Bergman is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1982. 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

Maurilo Mendes - Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Maurilo Mendes is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Luca Barbareschi and Elena Sofia Ricci - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Luca Barbareschi and Elena Sofia Ricci 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

Marco Bellocchio - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Marco Bellocchio 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

Edoardo Vianello and Wilma Goich - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Edoardo Vianello and Wilma Goich 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

Bettino Craxi with General Jaruzelsky - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Bettino Craxi with General Jaruzelsky 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

Giovanni Spadolini - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Giovanni Spadolini 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

Stefano Marinotti - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Stefano Marinotti 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

A scene of the film Marianne and Juliane - Photo- 1981
Located in Roma, IT
A scene of the film Marianne and Juliane  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1981. Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Alberto Asor Rosa - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Alberto Asor Rosa 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

Alberto Asor Rosa - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Alberto Asor Rosa 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

Photo of 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

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

Photo of Marina Malfatti - Photo - 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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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

Portrait of Barry Bostwick - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of 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

Photo of Vito Laterza - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Vito Laterza 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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On the Stet of "Don Giovanni" by Joseph Losey - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
On the Stet of "Don Giovanni" by Joseph Losey is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1979. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Rocco Mortelliti - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Rocco Mortelliti 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

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