Photorealist Portrait Photography
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
David Bowie portrait by Kevin Cummins
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition 16x20" silver gelatin print of David Bowie, wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette, by Kevin Cummins, taken in November 1995
Edition number 5/50, signed and numbered by Kevin Cummins.
This David Bowie print...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ronnie Wood and David Bowie by Rolling Stones Bill Wyman, signed framed print
Located in Austin, US
Ready to ship immediately. Free domestic US shipping.
Rolling Stones guitarist, Ronnie Wood and a camera- shy David Bowie at the Kellgren House in Los Angeles, September 3rd 1975 by...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Dolly Parton and Mick Jagger hugging
Located in Austin, US
IN STOCK AND AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPPING
Signed limited edition archival print of Country music star Dolly Parton hugging rock star Mick Jagger of ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nina Linda
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital P...
Jimi Hendrix classic color by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, US
Jimi Hendrix “Classic Color” 1967 by Gered Mankovitz
Available is the following sizes, signed and numbered by Gered Mankowitz.
16x20” - Edition 50
20x24" - Edition 50
30x40” - Edit...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
David Bowie "V-2 Schneider" by Sukita
Located in Austin, US
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "V-2 Schneider" by Masayoshi Sukita. Taken at RCA Studios, New York, 1973
This print is also available as a 30x40" si...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
David Bowie "As I Ask You To Focus On" 1973 by Sukita
Located in Austin, US
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "As I Ask You To Focus On" by Masayoshi Sukita.
This print is also available as a 30x40" signed limited edition prin...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
The Beatles Shea Stadium 1965
Located in Austin, US
The Beatles, approaching the stage at Shea Stadium by Robert Whitaker.
The Beatles walking onto the field at Shea Stadium in New York City. This show ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Jimi Hendrix playing pool by Ed Caraeff
By Ed Caraeff
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Jimi Hendrix, shooting pool at the Bel Air home of John and Michelle Phillips, in Laurel Canyon, LA on July 1st 1967
...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie Tea and Sympathy New York City, framed signed limited edition print
Located in Austin, US
Ready to ship immediately. Free domestic US shipping.
Signed limited edition, framed 20x24" print of David Bowie by Kevin Cummins, taken outside the Tea & Sympathy, the legendary Br...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Rolling Stones Charlie Watts by Bill Wyman
Located in Austin, US
The Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie in the dressing room before a show in San Francisco. July 26th, 1966
Signed limited edition, signed and numbered by Bill Wyman and featuring the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Bianca Jagger
By Eva Sereny
Located in Austin, US
Modern edition, C-Type print estate stamped and authenticated on reverse by a representative of the Eva Sereny archive.
Bianca Jagger is pictured wearing Zandra Rhodes clothes in a fashion shoot for Sunday Times magazine, at her house in Cheyne Walk...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Dolly Parton 1977 portrait
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition archival print of Dolly Parton taken in New York City in 1977 by Allan Tannenbaum
This Dolly Parton print is available in th...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Located in Austin, US
HM The Queen is released as a 20x24 print in a limited edition, Gelatin Silver Print of 25, with 3 artist proofs, signed and numbered photographer on the front.
The print comes with a letter of authenticity signed by the photographer, including a reproduction of the letter Greg Brennan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Beatles on the set of HELP! by Robert Whitaker
Located in Austin, US
The Beatles having fun at Cliveden House whilst taking a break from filming the 1965 comedy, Help! Taken by Robert Whitaker.
All limited edition print...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Joe Strummer of The Clash
Located in Austin, US
16" x 20", signed limited edition prints of Joe Strummer of punk band The Clash by Masayoshi Sukita, limited edition number 3/30, taken during the filming of Mystery Train...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Mick Jagger at home, London 1966 by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, US
Mick Jagger in the hallway of his new apartment at Harley House, London, 1966 by Gered Mankowitz
"I shot a series of photographs of each member of the band at home so that they did...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
El Patriarch
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Showtime diptych IV
Located in MADRID, ES
Photography, printed on Fine Art cotton smooth paper 310 g/m2, glued to Dibond Aluminium. 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm + 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm. Unique piece with these dimensions.
This artwork w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
John Lennon "Adoration" by Robert Whitaker
Located in Austin, US
Iconic photo of John Lennon with a dandelion in his eye, fondly known as 'Adoration' by Robert Whitaker.
Photographed in the garden of his Weybridge h...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
The Beatles live in Tokyo
Located in Austin, US
Museum quality print of The Beatles, taken on stage in Tokyo, Japan, by photographer Robert Whitaker.
The Beatles ascend the steps to the stage at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan for a matin...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
The Beatles 1963
Located in Austin, US
The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr at the President Hotel, Russell Square, London, 12 September 1963 by Norman Pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Rolling Stones Keith Richards by Bill Wyman
Located in Austin, US
The Rolling Stones guitarist, Keith at the microphone at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London England, October, 1966.
Signed limited edition, signed and numbered by Bill Wyman and featur...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
David Bowie "The Same Old Kyoto" by Sukita
Located in Austin, US
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "The Same Old Kyoto" by Masayoshi Sukita.
“Bowie had come to Japan to film a commercial for a...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Steve Martin, “Let’s Get Small Sequence” 1974
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, US
As a renowned graphic designer (with 5 Grammy nominations), Norman Seeff has designed a number of large-scale composites and sequences. Signed limited edition sequence print of comedian Steve Martin...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie & Twiggy Pin-Ups Contact Sheet, 1973 by Justin De Villeneuve
Located in Austin, US
English model Twiggy poses with David Bowie in Paris for the cover of his ‘Pin Ups’ album, 1973, by Justin de Villeneuve
Justin recalls, "Twiggy and I were staying in the Bel Air Hotel in LA when Peter...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Kate Bush Lionheart outtake
Located in Austin, US
Portrait of singer and dancer, Kate Bush by acclaimed photographer, Gered Mankowitz, taken in his London studio in 1978 for the back cover of her album, Lionheart.
Gered recalls, "The cover series of portraits that I shot for Lionheart in August 1978. I art directed the album cover and my assistant at the time, Richard Grey...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Jimi Hendrix "Blue Smoke", London, February, 1967 by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, US
Jimi Hendrix, London 1967 by Gered Mankowitz
A portrait of Jimi looking serious while holding a cigarette in an embroidered jacket. "Shot during my first session with Jimi at my Stu...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Showtime diptych III
Located in MADRID, ES
Photography, printed on Fine Art cotton smooth paper 310 g/m2, glued to Dibond Aluminium. 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm + 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm. Unique piece with these dimensions.
This artwork w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie "Keep Your 'Lectric Eye" by Sukita
Located in Austin, US
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "Keep Your 'Lectric Eye" by Masayoshi Sukita.
This print is also available as a 30x40" signed limited edition print....
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Dolly Parton portrait by Ed Caraeff
By Ed Caraeff
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Dolly Parton, taken in Los Angeles, September 24th
This stunning print is also available in the following sizes with a limited edition of 50.
20" x 24"
30" x 40"
40" x 60"
Ed Caraeff is a photographer and art director. He has worked with, photographed, designed or art directed hundreds of album covers. His photography archive includes Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop and The Stooges...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Rolling Stones "Out Of Our Heads" by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, US
The Rolling Stones, taken in London back in 1965 by Gered Mankowitz. This image was used for the cover of Out Of Our Heads. Featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Mick Jagger, Los Angeles 1972 “Exile?”
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition fine art print of Mick Jagger, taken in LA by Norman Seeff in 1972.
I art directed the EXILE ON MAIN STREET album package. Mick was very hands-on and the final decision maker. One afternoon, we asked him to hand-write the liner notes, which we pasted on to layout. We created the album package design right there in that moment. - Norman Seeff.
This Mick Jagger print...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe . Marilyn Monroe sexy back . The last sitting
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn Monroe sexy back
Mythical photo of the last session (1962)
inkjet printing by bert stern
2011
signed on both sides
certificate signed by the artist during his lif...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marianne Faithfull by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, US
English singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull, photographed at The Salisbury pub in London, 1964.
Available in the following sizes. All prints signed and numbered by Ger...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
"Mick Giving Keith The Boot" signed limited edition print by Bill Wyman
Located in Austin, US
"Mick Giving Keith The Boot", signed limited edition print by Rolling Stones bassist, Bill Wyman.
Mick Jagger helping Keith Richards with his snake-skin boots on the second day of ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Showtime diptych II
Located in MADRID, ES
Photography, printed on Fine Art cotton smooth paper 310 g/m2, glued to Dibond Aluminium. 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm + 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm. Unique piece with these dimensions.
This artwork w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Showtime diptych V
Located in MADRID, ES
Photography, printed on Fine Art cotton smooth paper 310 g/m2, glued to Dibond Aluminium. 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm + 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm. Unique piece with these dimensions.
This artwork w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie "Loves to be Loved" by Sukita
Located in Austin, US
David Bowie, "Loves to be Loved", 1973 by Masayoshi Sukita - Signed limited edition 16" x 20" print .
This print is also available as a 20" x 24" an...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Showtime diptych VI
Located in MADRID, ES
Photography, printed on Fine Art cotton smooth paper 310 g/m2, glued to Dibond Aluminium. 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm + 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm. Unique piece with these dimensions.
This artwork w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rolling Stones Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood by Brian Aris
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition 16.5" x 23" print of Rolling Stones guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Woods, taken in Paris.
Brian Aris limited edition prints, s...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
David Bowie holds a cassette player, 1974 by Terry O’Neill
Located in Austin, US
Never before printed, a rare image from the Terry O’Neill archive, available now for the first time.
An outtake from the iconic Freddie Burretti suit photoshoot in Los Angeles, 1974...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall
Located in Austin, US
American model Jerry Hall with singer Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, photographed for Norman Parkinson’s exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, July 1981.
NORMAN P...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Mick Jagger and his Aston Martin DB6, London 1966 by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, US
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones with his beloved Aston Martin DB6, taken outside his London apartment in 1966 by Gered Mankowitz.
"I shot a series of photographs of each member of...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
The Rolling Stones "Dogs Into Camera"
Located in Austin, US
The Rolling Stones "Dogs Into Camera" - Outtake from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, H...
Category
1960s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Courtney Love
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of Courtney Love by Kevin Cummins, taken in Zurich Switzerland, 1996. Edition 50
This print by Kevin Cummins...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat"
Located in Austin, US
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat" - Outtake from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, ...
Category
1960s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Kate Bush Lionheart album back cover
Located in Austin, US
Portrait of singer and dancer, Kate Bush by acclaimed photographer, Gered Mankowitz, taken in his London studio in 1978 for the back cover of her album, Lionheart.
Gered recalls, "The cover series of portraits that I shot for Lionheart in August 1978. I art directed the album cover and my assistant at the time, Richard Grey...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Marc Bolan T-Rex, The Guru
Located in Austin, US
16" x 20", signed limited edition prints of Marc Bolan of T-Rex by Masayoshi Sukita, limited edition number 3/30, taken at Logan International Airport, Bost...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Morrissey Kill Uncle Tour 1991
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of Morrissey by Kevin Cummins, taken standing in front of a sign reading ‘Penis Mightier Than The Sword’ during the Japanese leg of his ‘K...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Courtney Love 1996
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition 16x20" silver gelatin print of Courtney Love by celebrated British photographer, Kevin Cummins, taken in Zurich Switzerland, 1996....
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John Lee Hooker
By Guido Harari
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of John Lee Hooker by Guido Harari, taken in Redwood City, California, 1991.
Available in the following sizes:
A. 11” x 16” - Edition 50
B. 16” x 20” - Edition 50
C. 20” x 28” - Edition 25
D. 32” x 44” - Edition 10
E. 44” x 59” - Edition 5
Guido Harari has photographed many music legends in his prolific career in Italy.
Lou Reed said about him: "I'm always happy when Guido takes my picture because I know it will be a musical picture...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Robert & Patti, New York 1969 “Vertical II”
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition fine art print of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, taken in New York by celebrated photographer and filmmaker, Norman Seeff in 1969.
This Patty Smith...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Autographed Black & White Photograph Portrait of Juan Perón, For Elizabeth Lewis
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare original autographed black and white photograph of Argentinian president Juan Perón, dedicated to Elizabeth Lewis (Bess Huggins Lewis), by an unkn...
Category
1950s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Bowie Starman by Sukita
Located in Austin, US
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "Starman" by Masayoshi Sukita.
This print is also available as a 30x40" signed limited edition print.
“It’s very ha...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Mick Jagger with camera by Baron Wolman signed 11x14" limited edition print
By Baron Wolman
Located in Austin, US
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones by the legendary late photographer, Baron Wolman, Taken on the set of "Performance" in London, September 1968.
One copy available
Signed limited e...
Category
1960s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bob Marley 1972 portrait
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition, silver print of Bob Marley, taken in the recording studio during the "I Can See Clearly Now" sessions with Johnny Nash, 1972
Alec Byrne...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
Kate Bush Lionheart album cover
Located in Austin, US
Portrait of singer and dancer, Kate Bush by acclaimed photographer, Gered Mankowitz, taken in his London studio in 1978 for the cover of her album, Lionheart.
Gered recalls, "The cover series of portraits that I shot for Lionheart in August 1978. I art directed the album cover and my assistant at the time, Richard Grey...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Photorealist portrait photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist 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, pink, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Lynn Goldsmith, Jake Chessum, Drew Tal, and Kevin Cummins. Frequently made by artists working with C Print, and Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Photorealist portrait photography, so small editions measuring 6.25 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 $210 and tops out at $28,800, while the average work sells for $2,250.
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