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Art Subject: Face
Jack Nicholson, LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of American actor and fi...
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1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Laundry
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Stamped and numbered, verso 20 x 24 inches (Edition of 10) 30 x 40 inches (Edition of 5) 50 x 60 inches (Edition of 3) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, loc...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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C Print

Monica Bellucci, N°2, South of France
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10 Portrait of the young Monica Bellucci. Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Jacques Olivar (b. 1941), where th...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Follow the white rabbit - Contemporary Photography, Vintage, Alice in wonderland
Located in Warsaw, PL
She finished her studies at the Art Institute of the Pedagogical University in Cracow, obtaining a diploma at a drawing atelier of professor Piotr Jargusz; she currently is a lecture...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Paper, Color

MAN RAY (1890-1976), FEMALE NUDE, 1930 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: FEMALE NUDE Date Of Negative: 1930 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 1934 1st E...
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1920s Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

Marianne Faithfull Portrait
Located in London, GB
Marianne Faithfull poses for a portrait backstage at Aston Studios during the filming of Thank Your Lucky Stars TV show in May 1965 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Image is part of David Redfern...
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1960s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"David Bowie: Smoking, 2002" 60 x 48 in Edition 4/12 by Markus Klinko
Located in Culver City, CA
"David Bowie: Smoking, 2002" 60 x 48 in Edition 4/12 by Markus Klinko David Bowie staring at the horizon is from Klinko's photo session for the cover of Heathen, released in 2002. T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper

Brigitte Bardot PLATINUM PRINT
Located in Norwich, GB
Only 50 printed throughout the world, unlike O'Neill's silver gelatine editions available in many different sizes. Uncrossed unlike the silver gelatine version. Notice the collar on ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Platinum

Debbie Reynolds Talking on Telephone
Located in Austin, TX
This black candid black and white portrait features Debbie Reynolds sitting at home in her kitchen, smiling as she talks on the telephone. Debbie Reynolds was an American actress, s...
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Al Pacino smoking LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Scarface, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Al Pacino is smoking a cigar, a s...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Portrait of Nude Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 11 x 14 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
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1970s Realist Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ian McKellen, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of the famous English ac...
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Caine Punching, 1967 - Monochrome Print, Getty Archive Portrait of Michael Caine
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category

20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Photographic Paper

Muhammad Ali Training
Located in Austin, TX
Color capture of Muhammad Ali training in a boxing ring. Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most si...
Category

1960s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffany's Feather Hat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Audrey Hepburn posed in a feather hat for her role in "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed b...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Meryl Streep, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10 Black and white portrait of famous actress Meryl Streep. From personality portrait...
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Warhol Superstar Twins Jay and Jed Johnson photographed for After Dark Magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of twin brothers Jay and Jed Johnson photographed for 'After Dark' magazine on June 8, 1970. Comes dire...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Anthony Bourdain Eating a Hot Dog by Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
Anthony Bourdain was famous for traveling the globe and exploring the local cuisine in No Reservations and Parts Unknown. As soon as he returned home t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Elvis Presley in Shadow
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of the King, Elvis Presley, gazing to the camera in a true action shot of the Rock N Roll star. Elvis Presley known mononymously as Elvis, was an Amer...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Couli 1 and 2. Lullaby Series. Portraits. Limited Edition Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Couli #1 and 2- Diptych From Lullaby Series Overall size: 50 in H x 70 in. W Individual image sieze: 50 in. x 35 in. W Limited edition of 3 + 1AP Production time is 2 to 3 weeks. Un...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Madonna: Young Pop Star in Prayer Pose
Located in Austin, TX
A young Madonna striking a prayer pose for the camera. This image was captured in October 1983 at the Danceteria benefit for Michael Stewart, a graffit...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Crystal Ball - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Crystal Ball - 2020 - 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-1001. Not...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Rita Hayworth Feeding a Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Unique black and white candid capture of actress Rita Hayworth posed in a bikini, doing a handstand, all while feeding a dog Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and pin-u...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Portrait of Victor Hugo - b/w Postcard - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Victor Hugo is a photografic albumen print in CDV size. The print was made around 1870 by J.M. Lopez in Paris, for the publisher Hautecoeur. Photographer's logo on fron...
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1870s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Guitar, 1993
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 1 of 20 If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is prod...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Blomme #08 [From the series Vintage Diva's] - Polaroid, Nude, Women, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blomme #08, 2012 [From the series Vintage Diva's] 31x40cm Digital archival pigment print based on an original Polaroid on beautiful PHOTO RAG ® ULTRA SMOOTH paper 305gsm, 100% cott...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Cure 1980 by Jill Furmanovsky
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of The Cure on the road in Holland and Belgium during their 1980 'Seventeen Seconds' tour. Signed and numbered by Jill Furmanovsky in pencil an...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Zsa Zsa Gabor Applying Makeup
By Peter Martin
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white portrait features Zsa Zsa Gabor in her dressing room applying makeup. Zsa Zsa Gabor as a Hungarian-American actress and socialite. Gabor began her stage...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Patti Smith
Located in London, GB
David Bailey Patti Smith, 1978 Archival Inkjet on paper Edition of 15 Signed by the artist, on verso Image: 36.83 x 47.76 cm Sheet: 42 x 59.4 cm
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1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Michael Jackson, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Black and white portrait of famous singer and songwriter Michael Jackson. From personality portraits and adverti...
Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open, limited edition by Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print of an alternative shot from the cover shoot for Aladdin Sane by David Bowie from the official Duffy Archive. This official Duffy Archive print is avail...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Al Pacino Smoking, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10 Black and white portrait of famous actor Al Pacino smoking. From personality portraits and advertising campaig...
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Grace Jones with Cowboy hat, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10 Black and white portrait of the singer and actress Grace Jones wearing a cowboy hat. From personality portrait...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lucky, Color Photograph, Archival Pigment Ink Print, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Lucky, 2023 is a recent archival pigment ink print by Maggie Taylor. All prints are signed and numbered by Maggie Taylor. Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterima...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Himba Child l by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
In the far north of Namibia as you head towards the border with Angola at Epupa Falls, barely visible tracks radiate off the main dirt road into bush and disappear across sandy, dry ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Marilyn Monroe in Shadows and Fur Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Visually gripping black and white vintage original photograph of Marilyn Monroe, posed in dramatic shadow surrounded by a fur stole. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print f...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

James Franco, LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of the American actor. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe Smiling in a Fedora Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe smiling close up, wearing a fedora. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a pie...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Distorted Salvador Dali
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning artistic and distorted portrait of Salvador Dali. Perfect artistic addition to any style of decor. Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical ...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Embedded Worth" - contemporary digitally manipulated portraiture, Kehinde Wiley
Located in Atlanta, GA
This listing is for an unframed print. Tokie Rome-Taylor is inspired by the works of Harmonia Rosales, Kehinde Wiley, Tawny Chatmon, Ayana V. Jackson, Omar Victor Diop, Deborah Roberts...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Pigment

Brando On The Waterfornt (1954) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Brando On The Waterfront (1954) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (photo by Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives) 1954, Marlon Brando on-set of the Film, On the Waterfront. ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

BEYONCE, DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print of Beyonce by photographer Markus Klinko. Shot in 2003 for the cover of the album, Dangerously In Love This print is available in the following sizes,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Jeff Bridges, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of American actor, singe...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

New York City, Harlem, Muscle Boy, Black and White Photography of Children
Located in New york, NY
Muscle Boy, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a signed and numbered archival Iris print. The edition 25/100 was in a planned edition of 100 and halted at 25 prints (as annotated on ve...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital...

Leonardo Di Caprio, LA, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Black and white portrait of actor Leonardo di Caprio in young age. From personality portraits and advertising ca...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sophia Loren Smiling in Fishnets
Located in Austin, TX
This colored image features portrait of smiling Sophia Loren standing near table.Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone, known professionally as Sophia Loren, is an Italian actress...
Category

1960s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Divine Nude No.20 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.20 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Bette Davis - George Hurrell Hollywood Photograph Vintage 1940
Located in Glenford, NY
Bette Davis iconic portrait by famed Hollywood art photographer George Hurrell from 1940. It is stamped on the verso with authentic Hurrell identification. This is a original mint ...
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1940s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons, Lily Safra (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Lily Safra, 1991 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 July 1991: Lily Safra, wife of Lebanese born banker Edmond Safra, at home in La Leopolda, S...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Powerful Portrait of a Young African Woman in Tribal Jewelry, Best-seller, Kenya
Located in US
"The Gaze" An iconic, fashion-inspired portrait of a young Rendille woman highlighting the bold and beautiful traditions of her remote tribal culture. The print series Desert Song:...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Iman Contact sheet, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Black and white portrait of Supermodel Iman, wife of David Bowie. From personality portraits and advertising cam...
Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Paul Newman - Portraits of Hollywood Actors from the Getty Images Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. A gorgeous black and white fibre print, available in other sizes. Taken from...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White

Ida
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition 25 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

Materials

Archival Pigment

Brigitte Bardot in "Une Parisienne"
Located in Cologne, DE
This black and white photograph features Brigitte Bardot from the 1957 film Une Parisienne. She is sitting on a bed, wearing a light-colored, sleeveless dress with delicate straps an...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Film still of Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of actress Elizabeth Taylor in headdress for her role in Cleopatra, circa 1963. Cleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gena Rowlands, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of American actress Gena Rowlands...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Grace Jones Close-up
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Portrait of actress and singer Grace Jones wearing a fur cap. From personality portraits and advertising campaig...
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1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Paris, France, Fanny Ardant, French Actress, Contemporary Portrait Photography
Located in New york, NY
Fanny Ardant, Paris, France, 1990 by Jean-Michel Voge is a contemporary color portrait of the internationally-known and stunning actress Fanny Ardant (b. ...
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Archival Pig...

Brigitte Bardot, 1967 - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Film Stars
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 11 x 14 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
Category

1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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Lori Grinker’s Artful Photographs of a Young Mike Tyson Are a Knockout!

The New York photographer tells us how an encounter with the then-13-year-old boxer led to a decade-long project that saw them both go pro.

John Dolan’s Photographs Capture the Art and Soul of a Wedding Day

In a new book compiling 30 years' worth of images, the photographer reveals that it's the in-between moments that make a wedding special.

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