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Cabaret #4, 2006 - Miles Aldridge (Colour Photography)
Located in London, GB
Cabaret #4, 2006 - Miles Aldridge (Colour Photography) Signed in ink on artist’s label Chromogenic print 14 x 21 inches Edition of 10 Also available in the following sizes: 26 ½ × ...
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2010s Color Photography

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C Print

Bold Gold #1, 2006 - Miles Aldridge (Colour Photography)
Located in London, GB
Bold Gold #1, 2006 - Miles Aldridge (Colour Photography) Signed in ink on artist’s label Chromogenic print 15 ¼ × 21 inches Edition of 10 Also available in the following sizes: 29 ...
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2010s Color Photography

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C Print

Photorealist painter Tom Blackwell in his Manhattan studio with new work
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of photorealist painter Tom Blackwell in his Manhattan studio with new work, 1971. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a ce...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Let them Dance, Photography, Story teller, Hollywood
Located in München, BY
Edition of 3 More sizes on request. 6 ladies dancing in baroque costumes. Tyler Shields is an American Photographer, screenwriter, director and former professional inline skater who has been labeled by some as “Hollywood’s favorite photographer”. He is best known for his unparalleled, controversial, shock evoking photographs of Hollywood Celebrities. Shield’s images often incorporate violence and eroticism, such as his 2011 photograph of Lindsay Lohan in which she appears seductive while being covered in blood and holding a knife. Continuing to push the boundaries, in preparation for his Life Is Not A Fairytale (2011) exhibit in 2011, Shields collected blood from twenty celebrities to paint with, onto a canvas. Shields also appeared to stage the “shooting” of a party-goer with a gun the same year at a release party for his book “Collisions” as an appropriated piece of performance art en homage to the cans of Fluxus artist, Piero Manzoni. Shields is not shy to controversy, in 2012 he also released a photograph of Francesca Eastwood, burning, sawing and biting a $100,000 Hermès Birkin Bag for a photoshoot. Moreover, his series “Suspense” (2013) portrays and depicts stars such as Emma Roberts, Francesca Eastwood and Lydia Hearst frozen in mid-air falling and voluntarily jumping off buildings and bridges creating a sense of movement, adrenaline, and excitement. “Suspense is not about death; it’s about life” explains Shields. Rather than focusing on the person in the frame, these images are more concerned with the action, environment, and landscape. In 2015. Shields created the series “Historical Fiction” which focuses on historical events such as the deaths of James Dean, John F Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King among many more historical events. This series put the American Civil Rights Era at the forefront of his work, as these images explore dark moments in history with many of them honing in on moments that confront the country’s racist past. Furthermore, in 2015 Shields created his hit series “Chromatics” which surrounds the theme of “beauty in chaos” captured through freeze frames of surreal, technicolor violence with colored powder. In order to create this violence, he lined up 20 people up against each other and made them fight with powder. Shields’ talent goes beyond shock. His unique, sinister and daring lens through which he composes and creates his work enables him to push boundaries and experiment with tweaking the Hollywood mystique. The mystery behind his relationships and habits captivate the media, not unlike the art world’s best-known friend of the famous, Andy Warhol. _Photography, nude, woman, naked, story teller...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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C Print

3-D, 2010 - Miles Aldridge (Colour Photography)
Located in London, GB
3-D, 2010 - Miles Aldridge (Colour Photography) Signed and numbered on reverse C-type print 32 x 32 inches Edition of 10 + 2 AP Miles Aldridge’s singular aesthetic is characterised ...
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2010s Color Photography

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C Print

Kanariepiet (Odd Stories) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kanariepiet (Odd Stories) 2/25, 2014 digital print mounted on mdf (15x11cm - 0,8 mm), matt coating hand signed by the artist on the back. -- Part of Carmen De Vos' solo show Odd St...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Color, Digital, Polaroid, Wood, Archival Paper

Slow Days (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Slow Days (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Miss Shifty, Las Vegas - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps photographed the Rockabilly scene in England, Europe and America over seven years culminating in his book, 'Man's Ruin'. 'Miss Shifty' captures the chic vintage fashion...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Washington Square Park, 1985 - Hipshot Series
Located in Toronto, ON
“Photographed in 1985, these people are Nomads. Interesting in part for the behavior of their dogs. For the black dog, the woman’s legs represent home. The light dog belongs to the m...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Italy-Iran Politicians Meeting - Vintage B/W photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Italy-Iran Politicians Meetingis an original Balck and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer. With the stamp of "Associated Press" on the rear. Good conditions. The photo is capture while Mohammad Reza shah...
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1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jesus 2 From Ibiza Series, Medium Size
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“People from Ibiza” Kenta first came to visit the magic island of Ibiza as a young man at the age of 18 and fell in love with the diversity of personalities and expressions of freedo...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment, Black and White

Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones - Rogers Centre
Located in Toronto, ON
Open and Limited Edition C-Prints Hand Signed by Richard Beland 8" x 10" Unframed Open Edition 11" x 14" Unframed Limited Edition of 150 16" x 20" Unframed Limited Edition of 150 ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Color

Evelyn Brent Posed in Fur
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour shot of silent film actress Evelyn Brent posed in a fur coat. Brent made more than two dozen silent films, including three for director Josef von Sternberg. ...
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1920s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Charlie Parker (40% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Connie Kendall Charlie Parker Year: 2024 Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Framed Size: 13 x 13 x 0.25 inches COA provided *Ready to hang; matted and framed in a mini...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Realness (The Face Competition)
Located in New York, NY
Realness (The Face Competition) 1984 Signed and numbered, verso Archival pigment print (Edition of 12) 15.25 x 23 inches, image $2,600.00 This work is offered by ClampArt in New...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blondie Blue by BATIK- Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blondie Blue By BATIK Archival pigment pop art print of pop culture icon Debbie Harry of punk rock glam band Blondie Edition of 15 BATIK is a London based fine artist and image ma...
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1970s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Jarvis Cocker Of Pulp In London' (Oversize Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Jarvis Cocker Of Pulp In London' (silver gelatin print Limited Edition) Originally shot for Mojo Magazine under Watyerloo Bridge in London, 2001. A b...
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Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Between Words - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Between Words (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Jasper Johns and Leo Castelli, legendary Pop artist and his dealer, FRAMED
Located in New York, NY
Hans Namuth Jasper Johns and Leo Castelli, ca. 1985 Color Photograph Frame included Provenance: from the Marjorie and Anselm Talalay collection, Cleveland, OH. Rare original color p...
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1980s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Radiohead - signed Limited Edition Oversize print (2001)
Located in London, GB
Radiohead - Signed Limited Edition Oversize print Mojo Magazine Cover Shoot April 11, 2001 Oxford (photo Kevin Westenberg) Unframed Signed and numbered by the artist. Limited to an edition of 3 Printed 2020 This Size 60x40''/ 152x101 cm About the Image: Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke, brothers Jonny Greenwood and Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway. They have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Underworld Love, Limited edition fashion color photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dreams and fantasies from the past and present are portrayed by Léa Bon’s subjects, which she uses as her own personal dolls. Léa Bon work is a profound exploration of dreams and fa...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Bowie Space Oddity - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Bowie Space Oddity - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Bowie, Space Oddity re-release over, 1972 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size varies...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled (Soldiers No. 2)
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print Signed and numbered, verso (Edition of 10) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. About the artist: Born in 1970 in a suburb of Tel-Aviv...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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C Print

Audrey Hepburn Packing in Her Apartment
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1960s image featuring Audrey Hepburn opening up her luggage in an apartment. One of the most admired movie stars in history of cinema, Hepburn personified timeless elegance. Th...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

'Yayoi Kusama' - signed Limited Edition Oversize print (2013)
Located in London, GB
'Yayoi Kusama' June 12 2013 Tokyo Personal Work (photo Kevin Westenberg) unframed signed and numbered by the artist. limited to an edition of 3 Printed 2020 This Size 60x40''...
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2010s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Q Xll, New York
Located in Hudson, NY
Edition # 1/4 This is the framed, varnished giclee print on Museo wax price listed. The photograph is only available for purchase framed. Quiescence - 2009 A mixture of portraits ...
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2010s Modern Portrait Photography

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Varnish, Giclée

Tomorrow (The Last Picture Show) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tomorrow (The Last Picture Show) - 2000 50x49cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist inventory number: 2750. Signature l...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Rolling Stones "Out Of Our Heads" by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
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...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography

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C Print

Jacquelina by James Sparshatt - Framed palladium platinum photograph of tango
Located in Coltishall, GB
Jacquelina was photographed in the early hours in a milonga tango club in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  A romantic black and white photograph of a couple dancing. James Sparshatt's phot...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Platinum

Jean-Michel Basquiat VI: A Portrait, 1984
Located in New York, NY
Richard Corman Jean-Michel Basquiat VI: A Portrait, 1984, 2018 Gelatin silver print Signed, titled, dated and numbered 4/30 by Richard Corman in marker on the reverse 20 × 16 inches...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Black and White Photography

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Felt Pen, Silver Gelatin

Eva Herzigova and her Java python, South of France
Located in München, BY
Edition of 5 Portrait of the young Supermodel Eva Herzigova with her Java Phython. Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Jacque...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Cat
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Staging Pictures: Early Polaroids focuses on Stivers' working Polaroid prints, shot with a Hasselblad Polaroid back for instant proofing of lighting and composition of his subjects. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

The way we were - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'The way we were' 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL219...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Trade-off veil
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7 Portrait of a girl. Surma ethnic group, Ethiopia. Living next to nature does not mean avoiding glamour. Every expensive fabric or another material used in high fashion...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Karl Lagerfeld
Located in New York, NY
Framing Included in Listing Price, Free Shipping for the US, 14-Day Return Policy. One 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print of Karl Lagerfeld by Antonio Lopez. Prints are on ...
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1970s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfant - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Making Out in Car (Till Death...) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Making Out in Car (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005 Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 20...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

John F. Kennedy Election campaign 1960
Located in Cologne, DE
Born in Cologne in 1922, died in Hamburg in 2004. Apprenticeship as a machinist from 1937, then studied engineering (not completed due to the war). Served in the war and imprisoned....
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

George Harrison, Black and White Photography, ca. 1970s, 20, 4 x 25, 7 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Elvis Presley in Colors
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white portrait of star actor, musician, and army man Elvis Presley. Awesome black and white portrait of star actor, musician, and army man Elvis Presley. On March...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Vincent Cassel - Signed Limited Edition Print (2000)
Located in London, GB
Vincent Cassel - Signed Limited Edition Print Vincent Cassel Leading Men Paris Magazine Cover Shoot November 1 2000 (photo Kevin Westenberg) NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist. Unframed Signed and numbered by the artist. Edition limited to 25 only this size Printed 2020 This size image: 20 x 24" / 51 x 61 cm About the image: Vincent Cassel is a French actor. He first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled French Jewish youth, in Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film La Haine...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Nambuele by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2012
Located in Coltishall, GB
Nambuele illustrates the hair craft of the Mumuhuila of southern Angola, whose women take an obsessive pride in their hairstyle. Although it may change as a girl enters different st...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Anthony Quinn
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition 10 More sizes on request The photographic work of the internationally well-known Austrian photographer Andreas H. Bitesnich is captivating by its beauty and aestheti...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Portrait of Zeudi Araya - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Zeudi Araya a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chaim Weizmann
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lotte Jacobi Chaim Weizmann Photograph Year: 1948 Size: 8.75x7.25in Annotated by hand on verso in pencil Ref.: 924802-1353 Lotte Jacobi (August 17, 1896 – May 6, 1990) was a leading American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century. Jacobi's photographic style stressed informality, and sought to delve deeper into the traits of her subjects than traditional portraiture. She made a point of photographing subjects in their own environments, and talking to them while she worked. She explained the reasoning behind her approach this way: "I just try and get people to talk, to relax, to be themselves. I don't like a passive, bored subject. I do portraits because I like people, and I want to bring out their personalities. Many photographers today, I think, are bringing out the worst part of people. I try and bring out the best." Jacobi is perhaps best known for her "portrait of Albert Einstein (Princeton, 1938), whom she photographed candidly, seated at his desk, dishevelled and dressed in a leather jacket, a work that was refused by Life magazine for its simplicity." Other personality-driven portraits include "Eleanor Roosevelt sitting back, gesturing, and obviously speaking in midsentence; Marc Chagall depicted as a jovial family man; Thomas Mann appearing as thoughtful as his work; and more candid, gentle portraits of Einstein." Other celebrated subjects included poets W. H. Auden, Robert Frost...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chaim Weizmann
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Elvis Presley, The Sea. Portrait. Digital Collage Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castelloland works with objects whose uniqueness is fundamental to the narrative of each story, as each image reacts and develops through the interaction between the word and the obj...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

George Harrison, Black and White Photography, ca. 1970s, 20, 3 x 25, 9 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Salvador Dali with Cane
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of painter Salvador Dali standing with a cane in hand in front of one of his paintings. Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his techn...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Beachshoot Mini #09 - mounted - featuring Rdaha Mitchell, based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis - The size of a Polaroid. Untitled #9 (Beachshoot), 2005. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid. Signed and signature brand on verso. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Plexiglass, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Mukuru by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
The small settlement of Otjitando in Namibia’s Kaokoland doesn’t seem far off the main gravel road on the map. In reality it is a hellish journey that requires regular running in fro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Nakini by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2019
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young Turkana girl John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

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C Print

I am changing - Contemporary, Photograph, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I am changing (2007)
 50 x 75 cm, Edition 1/5 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Photography printed on Canson Barita 310gr. Signed on back with Certificate. Not mounted. About myself I was b...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Jerry Hall
Located in New York, NY
Framing Included in Listing Price, Free Shipping for the US, 14-Day Return Policy. Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints of Jerry Hall by Antonio...
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1970s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Choreographer/Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, 1995. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certif...
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1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled I. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Color Nude Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This work is the result of an artistic residence outside his "study”.The artist worked on a different ecosystem, a house of vernacular architecture built in 1913 in the department of...
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2010s Conceptual Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Hans' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hans (Immaculate Springs) - 1998 Edition of 5, 58x57cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

REGGIE KRAY & GRANDFATHER – LONDON 1967 signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
REGGIE KRAY & GRANDFATHER JIMMY ‘CANNONBALL’ LEE – LONDON 1967 signed limited edition silver gelatin print Reggie Kray of the London gangster duo the Krays twins - shot by Duffy sparring with his Grandad – The infamous bare-knuckle boxer Jimmy ‘Cannonball’ Lee in London’s East End 1967. AT DUFFY’S MEMORIAL SERVICE LORD DAVID PUTTNAM ADDRESSED THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF DUFFY AND SAID ‘THE WORLD NEEDS MORE DUFFY’S.’ HE THEN WENT ON TO CALL HIM A MAVERICK, SOMEBODY WHO WAS PREPARED TO TAKE RISKS WITH HIS ART FORM AND DESCRIBED DUFFY AS A ‘SUPREMELY TALENTED AND ESOTERIC MAN.’ ‘A man who thrived on risks and challenges, who lived to create.’ In 2013 Duffy was voted as one of the top most 100 influential photographer’s of all time and he richly deserves that title. When Duffy felt he had pushed the boundaries as far as he could and was no longer satisfied with stills photography he abruptly shut his studio, attempted to burn all of his negatives and moved into commercials. Despite repeated requests to return to still photography, give interviews or discuss his career, he became reclusive and his remaining negatives would have stayed in boxes under the stairs had it not been for the persistence of his eldest son, Chris. Chris realised that Duffy’s name was slowly slipping into obscurity and regularly tried to persuade him to do something with his remaining archive. It wasn’t until 2006 when Duffy was diagnosed with the degenerative lung disease Pulmonary Fibrosis that he finally gave Chris the green light to start putting the archive together. The process was a labour of love for the first few years. Organising, scanning and databasing his negatives took many hours whilst Chris was running his own photographic studio. In 2009 the opportunity to exhibit at Chris Beetles Gallery in Mayfair London (now Beetles & Huxley) gave Duffy the platform for his first ever exhibition which was hailed with great critical acclaim. The exhibition ignited an incredible interest in his work and there were regular queues to see the show. During the process of putting the exhibition together, the BBC commissioned a documentary on Duffy’s life and work which aired in 2010. Chris then started on the first monograph but sadly Duffy was never to see this and passed away on 31st May 2010. Since 2010 Duffy’s work has been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries around the world. In 2012 the Victoria and Albert Museum requested use of the original Aladdin Sane record cover ‘dye transfer’ print for their British Design 1948-2012 cultural exhibition. In 2013 the V&A approached the archive for use of the newly released ‘Eyes Open’ version as the lead image for the ‘David Bowie is’ exhibition. This exhibition has achieved record breaking numbers in several venues and has been seen by over 1.5 million visitors. Duffy’s name has now become recognised by an international audience and is now firmly back on the map. In 2014 Duffy’s second book was released – Duffy Bowie: Five Sessions which covers his work with David Bowie. Written by Chris Duffy and Kevin Cann the book explores the chemistry and creation of these five iconic sets of images illustrated with interviews from people who were directly involved. The book is also available in French and Italian. The archive is made up of negatives and contact sheets that have been retrieved from numerous UK and international publications; Vogue, French Elle, Glamour, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph to name but a few in addition to work held by independent archives. The process of exhibiting Duffy’s work continues and the future holds several more book projects illuminating Duffy’s eclectic and influential work. ARCHIVE TIMELINE 2008 The Duffy Archive was established by Chris Duffy. 2009 BBC Documentary “The Man Who Shot The Sixties” One hour documentary on Duffy’s life and work. First exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery Mayfair, London (now Beetles & Huxley)* See Exhibits page for full list of exhibition since 2009
 2010 Duffy passed away 31st May 2010 2011 Publication of first monograph “Duffy Photographer” Published by ACC Editions features over 160 iconic images from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and in 2011 the V&A Museum London requested Duffy prints for their permanent collection.
 2012 Solo Exhibitions and contributions in Italy, Paris, Amsterdam, Spain, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, London and Australia. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2013 David Bowie Is launched at the V&A Museum with Aladdin Sane as the lead image. Also named as one of one hundred ‘most influential photographers of all time’ by the British Journal of Photography. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2014 Publication of Duffy / Bowie – “Five Sessions” Published by ACC Editions. Publication of French Elle – “In The Eyes of Brian Duffy” – Published in French by Glenat. David Bowie Is V&A Exhibition goes on tour to: Sao Paulo, Berlin and Chicago. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2015 David Bowie 'Is' continues to tour Paris, Australia and the Netherlands.
 See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2016 David Bowie 'Is' continues to tour Italy and Japan. See Exhibitions section for more exhibits. 2017 David Bowie 'Is' reaches Barcelona. The Archive also contributed to Holden Luntz Gallery...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Mick Jagger in bed with Anita Pallenberg and Michèle Breton, Performance
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 16x20" print of Mick Jagger with Anita Pallenberg and Michèle Breton by Alec Byrne, taken at the film set of Nicolas Roeg’s “Pe...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer - Vintage Press Print - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer is  a black and white vintage photo, realized in July 21th. 1981. The photo depicts an official picture by  Lord Snowden shows Prince Charles a...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Nirvana 1991 contact sheet print, artist proof by Chris Cuffaro
Located in Austin, TX
Nirvana contact sheet print by Chris Cuffaro taken in Seattle in March 1991 Signed by Chris Cuffaro, and marked AP (Artist Proof)
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Late 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Giclée

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