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Art Subject: Portrait
African Victorian by Tamary Kudita - Portrait photography, African women, flower
Located in Paris, FR
African Victorian is a limited-edition photograph (Digital Print on Baryta Fine Art paper) by contemporary artist Tamary Kudita. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *84 x 62 cm (33.1 × 24.5 in), edition of 20 copies *119 x 89 cm (46.9 × 35.1 in), edition of 20 copies All prints are signed and numbered. Framing options available. This photograph is the first in the African Victorian series. It references Rembrandt’s 1634 painting Saskia as Flora, which portrays the artist’s wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital

Le Petit Parisien, Paris, France, Iconic Contemporary French Photography
Located in New york, NY
A much sought after photograph Le Petit Parisien, 1952 by French photographer Willy Ronis is a black and white image, a gelatin silver print, measuring 30 x 23,5 cm 12 x 9in. The w...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Michael Caine and Geraldine Moffat filming Get Carter, 1971 b/w photograph
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers, with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars, he ...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Bob Dylan 1966 by Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
Bob Dylan, taken in 1966 by Art Kane Art Kane, a huge Bob Dylan fan, cornered an uncooperative Dylan on the rooftop of the CBS records building in Los Angeles to get his shot for Mc...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Michael Caine filming Get Carter LIFETIME black and white photographic print
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers, with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars, he ...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Beaton, Audrey Hepburn, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category

1980s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Lithograph

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

Materials

Photogravure

Grace Jones for After Dark
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait of Grace Jones, 1975. Period print measures 8 x 11.75 inches; 10.25 x 13 inches framed. Artist studio stamp on ve...
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1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Beaton, Greta Garbo, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category

1980s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Lithograph

Brigitte Bardot Holding Puppies
Located in Austin, TX
Candid black and white capture of actress Brigitte Bardot holding two puppies. Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist. Fa...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Beatles, Black and White Photography, 1967, 20, 2 x 25, 3 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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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

'David Bowie Aladdin Sane - Eyes Open - Limited Edition Signed by David Bowie
Located in London, GB
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open 40 x 40 inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size limited edition of 25 Archival Pigment Print Hand signed by David Bowie Edition 23/25 Taken by Duffy...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Slim Aarons Hand Signed Limited Edition Print - Capucine 1957
Located in London, GB
1957: French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 - 1990) fanning herself at a New Year's Eve party held at Romanoffs in Beverly Hills. DESCRIPTION Slim Aarons - Signed Life...
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1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali
Located in Austin, TX
Candid capture of Boxing legend Muhammad Ali smiling with Malcolm X at an event. In 1962, Ali met Malcolm X, who soon became his spiritual and political mentor. Ali first met Malcol...
Category

1960s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis photographed May 21, 1970. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes dire...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Elvis Presley Petting Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of Elvis Presley sitting in a living room, petting a dog. Elvis Presley, known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the "...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City, Brooklyn, Cities, Black-and-White Photography, Coney Island Girl
Located in New york, NY
An image of a young woman on an amusement park ride shot on film by Roberta Fineberg, the portrait was made in New York in the late 1980s a time of innocence and edginess, tenderness...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Robert Plant with The Runaways, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin at a Runaways show in LA 1978. Plant pictured here with Cherie Currie and Joan Jett of The Runa...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Lobster Girl, Fright Nights, West Palm Beach - Dye Sublimation Print, 2017
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days. All prints include VAT and are sold as print only. This print may be available in another size, please contact the gallery for more information. "Lobster Girl. Fright Nights, West Palm Beach...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Dye, Color

Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein standing against mirror with new work in background
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Roy Lichtenstein posing in his studio with new work in the background, extremely unusual image standing next to a mirror. This is ...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Frank Sinatra at Sands Hotel
Located in Austin, TX
Artistic colorized photograph of Frank Sinatra in front of the Sands Motel in Las Vegas with his Ford Thunderbird. Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Cha...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Elvis Presley "Love Me Tender" 1956
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art print of Elvis Presley "Love Me Tender" from the collection of acclaimed photographer. Lynn Goldsmith, taken in 1956 These prints are 16x20" open edition and come with full...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Joni Mitchell 1983 vintage 8x10" Print by Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, TX
Original vintage 8x10” work print from Norman Seeff of Joni Mitchell. Hand printed in 1983 at the time of the photoshoot, signed on the back by Norman Seeff and also featuring his studio stamp. In excellent condition having been stored flat in a climate controlled room These Norman Seeff vintage...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

John Lennon Fairground
Located in Norwich, GB
Astrid Kirchherr ( 20 May 1938 – 12 May 2020) was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann...
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20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Tussle -The Princess and her Lover - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tussle (The Princess and her Lover) - 2009 including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024. ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Brigitte Bardot b/w silver gelatin photograph.
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill is one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and collected photographers, whose work hangs in national galleries and private collections around the globe. Since ...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Lambda

Tales of Bitter Doom - complete series, 25 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tales of Bitter Doom' complete series, 25 pieces Edition of 7, 30x30cm each, complete 150x150cm plus spaces, 2018 digital C-Prints, based on a Polaroids mounted on Dibond - gloss ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper

Untitled - The Princess and her Lover
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Princess and her Lover, 2007 Edition of 10, 20x24cm, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist I...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Sophia Loren Holding a Flower
Located in Austin, TX
Sophia Loren holding a flower in Karlsruhe, Germany circa 1961. This listing is for a limited edition archival print. What's included: - Limited Edition Archival Print - Numbered C...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali
Located in Austin, TX
Candid capture of Boxing legend Muhammad Ali smiling with Malcolm X at an event. In 1962, Ali met Malcolm X, who soon became his spiritual and political mentor. Ali first met Malcol...
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

First Kiss (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
First Kiss (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

On the Run (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
On the Run (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 24x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventor...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Debbie Harry of Blondie
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Debbie Harry by Barry Schultz. Taken backstage at a Blondie show at the Starwood Club, Los Angeles in 1978. Available in three sizes: 16” x 20” - Sig...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Marilyn Monroe on Dock with Fishnet Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Marilyn Monroe posed against a fishnet on a dock. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of history ...
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Self Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed, titled, dated, and numbered (4/6) in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 22 x 15 inches, sheet 10 x 8 inches, image This artwork is o...
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1990s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Elizabeth Taylor On The Set Of Giant - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955 by Frank Worth This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Kate Moss 1993, Paradise Island Bahamas, Original Print Custom Framed
Located in London, GB
For the 1994 Pirelli Calendar shot on the Paradise Island in the Bahamas, photographer Herb Ritts set out to capture in a series of nudes what he called “the gentle innocence” of Kat...
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Glass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print

Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print by Gered Mankowitz Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones is photographed next to his beloved Aston Martin DB...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Red Hot Chili Peppers by Ebet Roberts
Located in Austin, TX
A classic, stunning shot of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1985 by celebrated photographer, Ebet Roberts. Signed limited edition, hand printed sil...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe Posed on Car
Located in Austin, TX
Circa 1945 in Los Angeles, California: Before she was the famous Marilyn Monroe, was known as Norma Jeane Dougherty, seen here siting on a sports car in Hollywood. Marilyn Monroe wa...
Category

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Double Self Portrait in White Mist
Located in New York, NY
Double Self Portrait in White Mist c. 1970s Signed in black ink, l.r. Vintage gelatin silver print 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm) This work is...
Category

1970s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lampshade, New York
Located in Hudson, NY
Edition # 1/10 This is the framed price listed. The photograph is also available unframed in the two additional sizes listed. Heal disguises her contemporary characters in a fict...
Category

1990s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Andy Warhol Keith Haring photograph by Ricky Powell
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Signed Ricky Powell Photo of Keith Haring and Andy Warhol: Medium: C print. 1986. Dimensions: 8x10 inches. Good overall vintage condition. Minor signs of handling. Small corner loss...
Category

1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Helen Frankenthaler, Painter New York City, Photograph of Woman Artist in 1950s
Located in New york, NY
A documentary portrait of Helen Frankenthaler (1925-2011) in her studio in New York in the 1950s. Frankenthaler has remained a major American woman artist and female force of nature ...
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

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

Beastie Boys and Run DMC by Ebet Roberts
Located in Austin, TX
The Beastie Boys and Run DMC on the roof of B. Smith's restaurant at 47th St. and 8th Avenue in New York City on May 11, 1987, taken by Ebet Roberts. Signed limited edition, hand pr...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Terry O'Neill Bruce Springsteen on the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, 1975
Located in Chicago, IL
This photo captures a 25-year-old Bruce Springsteen just after his visit to Tower Records. Springsteen was in LA promoting his new album, Born to Run, 1975. The album was Springsteen...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Strokes
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of The Strokes by acclaimed British photographer, Andrew Cotterill. “This was one of my early shoots for Dazed and Confused m...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Portrait of Man in Denim
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 9 x 12 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

Amelia Earhart Flight over Washington D.C.
Located in Austin, TX
After appearing before a Senate Committee on air safety, Amelia took off in the Department of Commerce's new safety plane for a flight over Washington D.C.. 1936. Amelia Earhart was...
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1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, 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

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Archival Pigment

Cover of "In Character: Actors Acting"
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print

Ahmedabad 151209-566 (India, Street Photography, Portrait, B&W, 30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy Ahmedabad 151209-566 Pigment Print Year: 2015 Visible Size: 9.25 x 9.25 inches Framed: 10.6 x 10.6 inches Signed: On Label Edition: 8 COA provided *White frame with...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hassid & Jewish Bodybuilder, Coney Island, NY
Located in New York, NY
Hassid & Jewish Bodybuilder, Coney Island, NY 1980 Vintage gelatin silver print 14 x 11 inches Arlene Gottfried was a New York City street photographer celebrated for her intimate...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Two Georges 25 x 17 signed limited edition b/w archival pigment print
Located in Norwich, GB
Iconic and rare limited edition print direct from the negative, signed lower right hand margin and stamped with photographers own blind stamp. This is Number 3/25. Paper size 25 x 17...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Giclée, Archival Pigment

Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photography This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of women r...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Beaton, High Society, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lithograph

Mrs George Cameron - Society Portrait of Socialite with Red Lips on Tiger Rug
Located in Brighton, GB
Mrs George Cameron - Society Portrait of Socialite with Red Lips on Tiger Rug by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edit...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in New York, NY
Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 22 x 15 inches, sheet 10 x 8 inches, image This artwork is offered by CLAMP, located in New York City. Mark Beard writes: “I asked Robert Mapplethorpe to take me to the ‘Mine Shaft,’ a famous S&M club. He agreed but told me it was finished and boring. We made Christmas trees together for New York Magazine. He asked to make nude...
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1990s Other Art Style Color Photography

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Photogravure

Speedy I, Los Angeles, 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 a nude male model in front of a wall. From personality portraits and advertising c...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Authentic Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs

Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.

Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.

Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.

While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.

Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.

Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.

On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.

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