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Art Subject: Portrait
Gravity (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gravity (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
80x80cm,
Edition 2/5.
Analog C-Print printed on Fuji Archive Paper, hand-printed by the artist,
based on the Polaroid.
Mou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Wood, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Marilyn's Wedding/The bridal Couple, June 19th 1942, 29, 8 x 20 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanage. She got married with only 16 years old and while working for a factory during WW II, she met a photographer from the First Motion Picture Unit and started a succesful modeling career. The rest of her life is history: In the 50s she was one of the most marketable actresses, had held leading roles in various movies and was known for her immense sex appeal. As a highly intelligent woman, she knew how to build a career, while, in her private life she struggled with addiction and mood disorder. At the age of 36 she died from an overdose of barbiturates at her Los Angeles home.
With her breathy voice and hourglass figure, she is until today one of Hollywood's most famous actresses.
Description: Marilyn's Wedding/The bridal Couple, June 19...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
The Letter (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Letter (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Letter (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Letter (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe,
Vermont, USA, 1962.
Additional Information:
Unframed
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Crying (1950)
Located in Buffalo, NY
The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman in 1950.
This work comes in an archival frame presentation. The image alone is approximately 13 x 9. The work was acquired directly from the artist and comes with a COA and lifetime guarantee.
Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue. His more famous subjects included the likes of Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert Einstein. He also had a 37-year collaboration with Salvador Dalí, which resulted in several famous surrealist series including the “Dalí’s Mustache” portraits...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Paul Lukas "Watch On The Rhine" - 1943 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
Paul Lukas "Watch On The Rhine" - 1943 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
A 1943 black and white portrait photograph of actor Paul Lukas (Hungarian, 1894-1971) by Clarence Sincla...
Category
1940s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Debbie Harry photographed in New York City in 1978. (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Morrissey 1994 vintage silver gelatin print by Chris Cuffaro
Located in Austin, TX
Morrissey, 8”x10” Hand-printed darkroom print, made at the time of the shoot in 1994, and stored flat in a temperature-controlled environment.
The print is in perfect new condition ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
James Bond, Castelloland Series. 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Ltailson - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Ltailson, a Samburu man from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
George Hurrell, "Robert Taylor", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original photograph from the original negative shot by George Hurrell in 1936 and printed at a later date. It depicts the late iconic actor, Robert Taylor...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
David Bowie backstage, 1973 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size varies according to print s...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Artist Jasper Johns in his studio with new work, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Artist Jasper Johns photographed in his New York City studio in 1971. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the front and rev...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,350 Sale Price
25% Off
Portrait of Nilde Iotti - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Nilde Iotti is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1991.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tripping (Stranger than Paradise) - analog, hand-print, vintage
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tripping (Stranger than Paradise) -
featuring Marc Forster and Greg Lauren - 1997 - 29 Palms, CA
Edition 3/5,
44x59cm.
Analog C-Print, printed by the artist, based on the Polaroi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Friends in Deed"
Located in Astoria, NY
Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004), "Friends in Deed", Gelatin Silver Print, 1999, signed in ink and dated lower right, wood frame. Image: 9.75" H x 7.75" W; frame: 18" H x 15.5" W...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized Minis - 'Margarita' - signed, loose
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Mini
Margarita (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
featuring Austin Tate
signed in front, not mounted.
Digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid.
Polaroid siz...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized Minis - 'Immaculate Springs' - signed, loose
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Mini
'Sitting Bull' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1996
featuring Udo Kier
signed in front, not mounted.
Digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Tales of Bitter Doom #57
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tales of Bitter Doom #57' by Carmen De Vos,
Edition of 7, 30x30cm, 2018
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid mounted on Dibond - gloss coating,
hand signed & numbered by artist on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe,
Vermont, USA, 1962.
Additional Information:
Unframed
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Divine and Bulldogs, 16x20, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Black and white portrait of famous actor Divine.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph.
Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer, Bette Midler, Grace Jones and Frank Zappa to name a few. A partial list of the films that he has generated graphics and publicity for include “The Hurt Locker”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “King Arthur”, “Tootsie”, “The Big Chill”, “Bull Durham...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Yayoi Kusama by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Yayoi Kusama
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie stars...
Category
2010s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Black and White Photography, 1970s, 23, 7 x 17, 7 cm
By Ernst Haas
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...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Farrah Fawcett Majors
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photographic work taken by Andy Warhol behind-the-scenes at Fawcett’s portrait photo shoot. When she comes to see the finished product, Warhol notes in his diary: “…I didn’t think Farrah liked it, but then she studied them for about half an hour and finally she love it…And she looked pretty, her hair was all washed, and she looked very very nice. She’s sweet.”
Farrah Fawcett...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Depeche Mode - Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Depeche Mode - Signed Limited Edition Print
Depeche Mode (from left: Dave Gahan, Andy Fletcher, Martin Gore)
Photographed for Mojo Magazine
March, 2009...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Siouxsie Sioux - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Siouxsie Sioux - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Portrait of Siouxsie Sioux, New York, 1980 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nadja Auermann, Paris
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10
Portrait of the young Supermodel Nadja Auerman.
Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Jacques Olivar (b. 1941), where the miseen-scene often s...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe,
Vermont, USA, 1962.
Additional Information:
Unframed
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Jefferson Airplane 1968 for the cover of Life Magazine by Art Kane
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
Taken for the cover of Life Magazine, Jefferson Airplane, 1968 by Art Kane
Art Kane pioneered the art of conceptual portraiture. He didn’t photograph artists doing their thing, he p...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Reinhold Messner
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot Smiling with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Brigitte Bardot posed smiling, sitting on a bed with a dog.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an ani...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
3498 - Abstract portrait photography, Limited edition 3 of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'3498'
London, United Kingdom 2022
From limited edition of 20.
The photograph is signed front bottom right corner and comes with a certificate of authenticity, signed date of prin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Coldplay - Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Coldplay - Signed Limited Edition Print
British band Coldplay, Los Angeles, 2002
From left: Chris Martin, Will Campion, Guy Berryman, Jon...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Actress Barbara Bouchet during her program "Body Body".
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Elvis Presley, Portrait. Castelloland Series. 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Carole Lombard Dramatic Portrait in Hat
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white image features Carole Lombard in a dramatically lit portrait, posed profile in a large brimmed hat.
Carole Lombard was an American film actress. She wa...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kate Moss at 16 Side View - Framed Archival Pigment Print
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
"Kate Moss Side" by Jake Chessum
Portrait of a young 16 year old Kate Moss – just before she shot to supermodel stardom and became the icon she is today.
Jake grew up in Croydon, South London. He studied Graphic Design at St. Martins School Of Art, and started working as photographer straight out of college. Assignments for The Face, Arena, and an early ad campaign for “Neutrogena” featuring a 16 year old Kate Moss followed. By 1995 Jake was regularly flying the Atlantic on assignment for JFK Jrs' “George” Magazine and in 1999 he upped sticks and moved permanently to NYC where he still lives with his wife and 2 kids...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized Minis - 'Renée's Dream XI' - signed, loose
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Mini
Renée's Dream XI (Days of Heaven) - 2006
signed in front, not mounted.
Digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid.
Polaroid sized open Editions 1999-20...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Dali in Toreador Costume - Original Silver Gelatin Photography - SIGNED
By Marc Lacroix
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc LACROIX (1927-2007)
Dali in Toreador Costume, 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
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized Minis - 'Immaculate Springs' - signed, loose
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Mini
'Pasolini' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1996
featuring Jacinda Barrett
signed in front, not mounted.
Digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Window Dream
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Window Dream - 2016,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-print, based on Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory LPL2017-115.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Che Guevara
Located in Cologne, DE
Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Franco Battiato - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Franco Battiato is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Within
Located in Boca Raton, FL
The newest work from the artist's DEEP BLUE COLLECTION.
Reinterpreting the self portrait
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
"Picasso with Tam", Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
By Richard Ham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - )
Title: Picasso in Paris Studio - Picasso with Tam (Feb 7th, 1945)
Year: 1945, Printed in 2009
Medium:Gelatin Silver Print on Fiber Paper, sign...
Category
1940s 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
After Bellocq
Located in New York, NY
Selenium-toned gelatin silver print (Edition of 20)
Signed and numbered on label, verso
From the series, "Before the Camera"
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sonia Braga - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sonia Braga is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rounds - underwater black and white photograph - archival pigment print 43x70"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This striking monochromatic underwater fine art portrait captures celebrity Justin Jedlica in a moment of aquatic serenity. The high-contrast black and white treatment emphasizes the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Alphabet Soup (Till Death do us Part) - mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Alphabet Soup (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
128x127cm,
Edition 2/5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist. based on the Polaroid.
Artist Inventory No. 9283.02.
Mounted o...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
The Japanese Director Hiroshi Inagaki - Vintage Photo - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
The Japanese Director Hiroshi Inagaki is a black and white photograph realized in 1957
Vintage Photo depicting Hiroshi Inagaki receiving the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Till Brönner
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition 5
More sizes on request
The photographic work of the internationally well-known Austrian photographer Andreas H. Bitesnich is captivating by its beauty and aesthetic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Erykah Badu - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Erykah Badu - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
American singer-songwriter Erykah Badu, the Queen of Neo-Soul, photographed for the cover of Musik Mag...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Roman Holiday (1951) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
By Elia Kazan
Located in London, GB
Roman Holiday (1952) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo Phillip Harrington / Alamy Archives)
3rd April 1952.
Actress and fashion model Audrey Hepburn preparing for a sc...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Fashionable Virna Lisi - Vintage B/W Photographic Print - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Fashionable Virna Lisi is an amazing vintage b/w photo of the Italian actress herself realized in 1961 by the famous Italian designer and photographer Willy...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ella Fitzgerald - Concert in East-Berlin 1967
Located in Cologne, DE
This evocative black-and-white photograph captures the iconic jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald in a moment of deep emotion during a live performance in East Germany (DDR) in 1967. In this intimate shot, Fitzgerald is seen gently holding a silk handkerchief, which adds a sense of vulnerability and grace to her presence on stage. Her eyes are closed, and her expression conveys a profound connection to the music...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Portrait of Ornella Muti - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Ornella Muti in a scene from "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", a 1987 Film by Francesco Rosi.
Lightly damaged.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$128 Sale Price
40% Off
Portrait of Margherita Boniver - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita Boniver is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
North Shore Yacht Club II (Back in the 80's)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
North Shore Yacht Club II (Back in the 80's) - 1999
48x46cm,
Edition of 10.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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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