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Art Subject: Portrait
Neff
By Ormond Gigli
Located in Lenox, MA
Ormond Gigli
Neff, 1954
Gelatin Silver Print
13.5" x 10.5"
Unique: $6500
Provenance: Printed by the artist, from the artist's studio
Signature: Signed en verso
ORMOND GIGLI
Born Ne...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Love you David! (20% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Phyllis Diller
Love you David!
Black & White Photograph on Archival Kodak Paper
Year: 1993
Image Size: 8.75 x 6 inches (22.4 x 15.4 cm)
Sheet Size: 10 x 8 inches (24.4 x 20.32 cm)
Signed and dated in marker
COA provided
Phyllis Diller (1917–2012) was an American comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist, known for her eccentric stage persona, wild hair, self-deprecating humor, and iconic cackling laugh. One of the first female comics to achieve national fame, she influenced Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, and Ellen DeGeneres and had a strong gay following.
Diller openly promoted plastic surgery, earning recognition from the cosmetic surgery industry. She appeared in 40+ films and numerous TV shows, including The Muppet Show, CHiPs, The Love Boat, Cybill, and Boston Legal, plus 11 seasons on The Bold and the Beautiful. Her voice roles included A Bug’s Life...
Category
1990s American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tiger Lady - Black and White Monochrome Print, Getty Archive
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
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Director Mike Nichols on the set of "Streamers", signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Director Mike Nichols on the Off-Broadway set of "Streamers" in 1976. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. Signed on the fr...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frankie Avalon Candid with Vintage Car
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Frankie Avalon, the first and most successful of the teen idols from Philadelphia during the 1950s and 1960s. Unlike many of the others, Avalon could really sing. A fine photo of the...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
'Tom Petty, New York, 1995' Gelatin Silver Print Celebrity Photograph
By Mark Seliger
Located in Toronto, ON
Taken is 1995 this monochromatic photograph of Tom Petty presents the musician in a contemplative pose. Seliger photographed Petty for a Rolling Stone cover then continued to work wi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tales of Bitter Moon #35
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tales of Bitter Moon #35 -2018
Published in Carmen De Vos's new book 'The Eyes of the Fox'.
80x80cm, edition of 5,
Digital archival pigment print
based on an original Polaroid
on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Gord Downie, The Tragically Hip - Ottawa, 2016
Located in Toronto, ON
Open and Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Prints
Hand Signed by Richard Beland
8" x 10" Unframed
Open Edition
11" x 14" Unframed
Open Edition
16" x 20" Unframed
Open Edition
20" x 24" Unframed
Limited Edition of 150
30" x 40" Unframed
Limited Edition of 75
About the Artist
Richard Beland is a music photographer based in Toronto, Canada. His extensive body of work, which dates back to 1986 and includes live performance photographs as well as studio portraits, celebrates popular music’s depth and eclectic breadth.
From photographs of Coldplay to those of The Tragically Hip...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Blondie Debbie Harry 1978 by Martyn Goddard
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Blondie, Debbie Harry by photographer, Martyn Goddard. From a photo shoot for Telegraph Sunday Magazine, taken in New York in 1978.
Available in the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man Ray -- Femmes #10, 1930S
By Man Ray
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Man Ray
Femmes # 10, 1930S
Gelatin silver print, printed in 1981 by Paolo Vandrasch with the supervision of Juliette Man Ray
Photo size 30 x 22 cm
Frame size 51.3 x 41.2 x 2.5 cm
Edition 17 of 35
Caption label signed in black ink by Paolo Vandrasch and Juliette Man Ray on the verso
Framed
This beautiful female portraits by Man Ray have an interesting story to tell. The printing technique - the so-called pseudosolarisation – is obtained by illuminating the paper for a fraction of time during the development phase, which gives the faces a mysterious and intriguing quality. This image was made in 1981 under the direction of his wife Juliet from the original negatives in an operation involving three other important Milanese figures: the photographer Mario Carrieri...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
20x20cm, Edition of 10,
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 9257.
Not mounted...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Children in Mexico Village
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman Limited Edition of ? ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Carolina Herrera
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation num...
Category
1970s Pop Art Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
The Jam "In The City" album cover outtake by Martyn Goddard
Located in Austin, TX
Signed, limited edition print of The Jam. This shot is an outtake from the debut album cover for 'In The City' with photographer Martyn Goddard in May 1977.
Available in the follow...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Self Portrait
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self Portrait" is a gelatin silver print by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered AWL116.
Andy Warhol — who famously said that, “In t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wading Pool Girl - Greenwich Village, New York City
Located in Saint Louis, MO
S. Vincent Dillard
Wading Pool Girl - Greenwich Village, New York City, 1968
Gelatin Silver Print
11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Grace Kelly at the London Airport
Located in Austin, TX
Candid capture of Grace Kelly posed waving and smiling out the window of a car, circa 1965.
Grace Kelly also known as Grace of Monaco, was an American actress and Princess of Monaco...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Frida in Pink and Green Blouse
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 30
Titled, dated, numbered and signed by Nickolas Muray's Estate
Nickolas Muray Photo Archives.
Paper size: 22 x 18 in., Image size: 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
"Muray and Kahlo w...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Bianca Jagger
By Eva Sereny
Located in Austin, TX
Modern edition, C-Type print estate stamped and authenticated on reverse by a representative of the Eva Sereny archive.
Bianca Jagger is pictured wearing Zandra Rhodes clothes in a fashion shoot for Sunday Times magazine, at her house in Cheyne Walk...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Lone Pine Motel II, triptych (The Last Picture Show), analog, 3 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lone Pine Motel II (The last Picture Show) 2005, Edition 1/5, 40x40cm each, installed with gaps 40x125cm, Edition of 1/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal A...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Christy Turlington, New York City, 1987 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Christy Turlington, New York City, 1987
1987
Archival pigment print
Image 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only
A...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives )
Joan Crawford, on-set of the Film “Possessed”,
1931.
Additional Informati...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Elizabeth Taylor and her Shih Tzu dog, 1972'
Located in New York, NY
British-American actress Elizabeth Taylor wearing a wig designed by Michael Rasser to match her Shih Tzu dog, Mariposa. Cover story for ‘Woman’ magazine on December 9, 1972.
Elizabe...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Robert Taylor
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 46/250
Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Michael Stipe - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print (1996)
Located in London, GB
Michael Stipe - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print
NME Cover Shoot
July 23 1996
Los Angeles
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed ...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Bert stern Marilyn laughing in the famous Dior dress
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional photo of Marilyn in her Dior black dress during her last session for Vogue magazine.
Photographed by Bert Stern.
Very limited edition of 72 copies.
Signed on the front an...
Category
2010s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Divine Nude No.42 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.42 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:
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Bert stern Marilyn back in the Dior dress
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn back in the Dior dress
The last sitting (1962)
superb and large photo of Marilyn Monroe in Christian Dior's mythical black dress for Vogue magazine
photographic pa...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Most of the Time (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Can't take my Eyes off you (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
48x47cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signatu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Self-Portrait
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self-Portait" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by pop artist Andy Warhol. It is numbered AWL028.
Andy Warhol — who famously said that, “In the future, everybody...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Thom Yorke - signed Limited Edition Oversize print (2006)
Located in London, GB
Thom Yorke - signed Limited Edition Oversize print
Thom Yorke (Radiohead) red
May 11 2006
Amsterdam Mojo Cover Shoot
(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:
Thomas Edward Yorke is an English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays guitar and keyboards, and is known for his falsetto. Yorke was born in Northamptonshire.
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...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Forgiveness Then (Sidewinder) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Forgiveness Then (Sidewinder) - 2005
24x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist Inventory 3364....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Bert stern Marilyn laughing in the famous Dior dress
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn laughing in the famous Dior dress
The last sitting (1962)
superb and large photo of Marilyn Monroe in Christian Dior's mythical black dress for Vogue magazine
phot...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Potassa De La Fayette
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Period of Italian Cinema - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century.
Fair conditions with oxidation.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bob Marley 1972 portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition, silver print of Bob Marley, taken in the recording studio during the "I Can See Clearly Now" sessions with Johnny Nash, 1972
Alec Byrne...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
Untitled Portrait II (Black and White, Photography, Portrait, Model, New York)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joe Kelly
Untitled Portrait II
Black and White Photograph
Year: circa late 70s
Image Size: 7x5.5in
Sheet Size: 10x8in
Unsigned
Ref.: 924802-1711
* Slight soiling top left. Image int...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Polaroid Photograph of Ron Reagan, Jr.
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The son of former actor and 40th U.S. president, Ronald Reagan, and Nancy Reagan, Ron Reagan, Jr. is a political analyst and a former ballet dancer in the Joffrey Ballet.
Polaroid ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Platinum Palladium print, Limited Edition, Homoerotic, Athletic man - Mathew
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Mathew , Platinum Palladium print on Arches Platine paper from Ian Sanderson, unframed.
Edition 1 of 12 plus 2 AP ( small Size )
Portrait of a charismatic man, shirtless, pr...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Marisa Berenson
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Jed Johnson in Black Lacoste Shirt
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jed Johnson was one of Warhol’s longest-lasting boyfriends and lived with Warhol for multiple years. He first met Warhol in 1967, just two weeks after moving the Manhattan, when he delivered a telegram to the Decker building, the soon-to-be home of Warhol’s Factory. Johnson accepted a job offer on the spot to sweep the floors. Eventually, Johnson directed Andy Warhol...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Smiling Girls
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, and dated.
Vintage gelatin silver print.
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers living today, has extensively documented the A...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chris Cornell by Chris Cuffaro
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, from acclaimed music photographer, Chris Cuffaro. Taken in September 1991 in Indio, CA
Signed limited edition 17x22" print, edition number 25/50
Chris Cuffaro has shot the best of the best in the music world including ground-breaking bands like Jane’s Addiction...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'Audrey Hepburn wearing Givenchy in Italy, 1955'
Located in New York, NY
Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn is photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from his Spring/Summer 1955 collection at 'Villa Rolli', a farmhouse in the Al...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Blind Beggar - Broadway & 34th St., New York City
Located in Saint Louis, MO
S. Vincent Dillard
Blind Beggar - Broadway & 34th St., New York City, 1992
Gelatin silver print
11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Grace Jones and Maria Shriver
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Photograph of Grace Jones with Maria Shriver at her wedding to Arnold Schwarzenegger in Hyannis Port, Maine in April 1986, taken by Andy Warhol.
Maria ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol recording Dan Scheffey
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by Andy Warhol Authentication Board. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the Andy Warhol Au...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964'
Located in New York, NY
Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964
Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certi...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Burlesque Trio - Set of Three Framed Color Portrait Photographs
Located in Cambridge, GB
Three framed artworks from Richard Heeps Burlesque series.
Boudoir, Tease-O-Rama, Hollywood, 2003
Delilah Right Red Hand I, The Whoopee Club, London, 2004
Dirty Martini Fan Dance XX...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Jack Nicklaus Candid and Smiling
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of golf legend Jack Nicklaus candid and smiling.
Jack Nicklaus , nicknamed "the Golden Bear", is an American retired professional golfer and golf cour...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Actor Cary Grant - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Actor Cary Grant.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Potter Mixing Clay, 1921
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward S. Curtis
The Potter Mixing Clay
1921
Photogravure Print
18 x 22 inches
Vintage large format Curtis Portfolio Photogravure, Portfolio 12, Plate #419, The North American I...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
C. Z. Guest Riding Horse
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Dated 'Jun 04 1982' (on the reverse).
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts inventory number written on verso and initialed Tim Hunt...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dali, Power of Imagination - Original Silver Print Photograph, Signed & numbered
By Marc Lacroix
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc LACROIX (1927-2007)
Dali, Power of Imagination, 1971
Original silver print photograph
Signed in ink
Numbered on 99 copies
On silver print paper 57 x 47 cm (c. 22.4 x 18.5 inch)...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude with Poppy
By Lissa Rivera
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
30 x 22.5 inches, image
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
45 x 33.75 inches, image
(Edition of 3 + 1 AP)
This photograph is offered by Clamp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Peter Lorre, Actor in The Maltese Falcon & Casablanca. Smoking Portrait
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Carmel, CA
After a successful acting career in Europe, Peter Lorre came to the United States and starred in such classic films as “The Maltese Falcon”, “Arsenic and Old Lace”, and “Casablanca”....
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Moscow, Russia, Black and White Photography, Russian Ballerina Maya Plisetskaya
Located in New york, NY
Drawn to street photography, Roberta Fineberg visited Moscow for extended periods in 1989-1990, witnessing Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev's politics of "Glasnost/Perestroika" ("Openness").
The celebrated Soviet dancer Maya Plisetskaya...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film
Frida with her Godson New York City, NY
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition
Signed in black ink on print margin.
Artist label on mat verso.
Paper size: 11 x 14 in. Image size: 6 1/4 x 9 in.
“In a well lighted room was Diego reading the paper. I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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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