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Contemporary Still-life Photography

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Peony No.8 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Peony No.8’ photographed in London, United Kingdom 2023. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. Giclée print on Hahnemühle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

I Could Not See To See
Located in New York, NY
This is a photogravure by John Dugdale offered by CLAMP in New York City. 1999 Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil, verso Photogravure (Edition of 50) 15 x 13.5 inches (38.1 x...
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photogravure

Moonlight Magnolia III (24 x 18 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a hand-printed photograph using the 170-year-old cyanotype process. This is a negative (reversal of the dark and light tones) of the original photograph of a branch of a magn...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

New Rome #1- Floral landscape soft pastel color contemporary photograph
Located in New York, NY
This floral photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century. Belgian photog...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper

Peony no.3 - analogue black and white floral photography
Located in London, GB
'Peony’ photographed in London, United Kingdom 2023. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Orange Flowered Couch at Sunset (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Orange Flowered Couch at Sunset (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 Edition 1/10, 20x20cm, Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid Artist inventory Number 19762 Not mounted. Stefanie Schneider:...
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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

Christos J. Palios - Flaming Parrot Broken Tulips, 2017, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
This photograph belongs to the series, "Absolute Powers / ex nihilo." These photographs dive deeper into the taboo and controversial topic of money by showcasing an array of intrigui...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Mapplethorpe, Cross IV, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Photogravure on papier gravure Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main moulé-pressé paper, as issued. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbe...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photogravure

Water No.2 - water light flare photography, Limited edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Water No.2' 2022 From a limited edition of 10. Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag fine art paper. The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Giclée, Photographic Paper

Rose glow - still life analogue photography, limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Rose glow' Printed on Hahnemühle photo rag Baryta 308 Gsm fine art paper, these limited edition photographs are designed to withstand the test of time, preserving the beauty and em...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Giclée

Peony no.5 - analogue black and white floral photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Peony No.5’ photographed in London, United Kingdom 2024. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. Limited edition of 20. Pr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower # 26, Photography 2002, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower # 26 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" x...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Peonies afloat - blooms, black and white photography, Limited edition 2 of 5
Located in London, GB
Peonies Afloat Limited edition of 5 Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag fine art paper 126x100cm + 4 cm white border around the photograph Signed in the bottom right corne...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White

Misty Evening Poppies (20 x 14 inch cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
These are the silhouettes of the native Californian Matilija Poppy also known as giant tree poppies and Coulter's Poppy. They grow over 4 feet tall and appear each year in summer. ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Rice Bowl, Hong Kong
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps’ seductive, highly saturated colours and sophisticated pictorial structures demonstrate a true love and empathy for his subject matter – be it cool, descriptive interio...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Peony No.6 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Peony No.6’ photographed in London, United Kingdom 2023. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. Giclée print on Hahnemühle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Very RED Photography Print Limited Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The photo was created during a hot summer day, evoking good mood under a RED umbrella. Signed by the author, limited 5.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

ALJ #10 - abstract floral still life contemporary landscape photography
Located in New York, NY
This floral photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century. With multiplied ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Digital Pigment

Poppy Bunch - Black and White floral photography, Limited edition 2 of 20
Located in London, GB
'Poppy Bunch’ London, United Kingdom 2024. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. The photograph is signed front and back...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Film, Giclée

"Cyanotype Fern" - Original Blue Cyanotype Print of Ferns
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
"Cyanotype Fern" is an original photogram print of a tree fern by Northern Californian artist Ellie Honl. The artwork documents one central white frond and ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photogram

Primary Colors - Contemporary, Icons, Polaroid, Photograph, expired
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Primary Colors' (Stranger than Paradise) - 2001 each 20x20cm plus 5 cm in between each print together, 70x70cm, sold out Edition of 10, Artist Proof 2/2, Archival C-Print print,...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

High II. Limited edition color photograph of a assembled guitars body sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Photography helps Kevin Krag to freeze in time his one-of-a-kind sculptures capturing the spiritual dimension, vulnerability, and mortality of his ephemeral...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Silver Vines II (24 x 18 inch cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Although this looks like a screen print or woodcut, it is actually a form of 19th-century photography, a cyanotype. This pale blue-gray is a very difficult color to achieve with the ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Too Big
Located in New York, NY
image size: 8 1/2 x 8 inches William Wegman is a renowned photographer famous for his unique and artistic photographs of Weimaraner puppies. His approach to is far from conventiona...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Pigment

Poolside Blues
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Archival ink jet
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Ink

Poolside Blues
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ALJ #7- abstract floral still life contemporary landscape color photography
Located in New York, NY
This floral photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century. With multiplied ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Digital Pigment

Christos J. Palios - Clarity, Coffee, & Cake, Photography 2020, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Medium: Archival Pigment Canson Platine Print Series: Isolation Games Available Sizes: 21" x 30” Edition Size: 10, Artist Proof 2 30" x 45” Edition Size: 8, Artist Proof 2 40" x 58”...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Autumn Magnolia (Delicate Photograph on Rice Paper of Plum Colored Blossoms)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Autumn Magnolia No. 1" Abstract still life photograph of deep plum Magnolia petals and green leaves against a white sky background Photograph printed on Japanese Kozo paper infused ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Wax, Encaustic, Archival Paper, Mulberry Paper

Abstract Carrot
Located in New York, NY
image size: 12 x 9 inches William Wegman is a renowned photographer famous for his unique and artistic photographs of Weimaraner puppies. His approach to is far from conventional, ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Pigment

Cerezas. From The Bodegones still life color photography series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The bodegones are a pictorial interpretation based on a research project of the famous chef Juan Carlos Franco, on old food recipes of different periods in history. The photographer ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Pink Butterfly Art, Small Works Contemporary Photography, Hottie by RF
Located in New york, NY
From the transformative to the ephemeral, the birth and death of a butterfly is reimagined in a photo series by Roberta Fineberg inspired by a poem by the 13th Century Persian poet Rumi who wrote: ‘Whatever you know, or don’t - only love is real...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Chanel Packing Heat
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Framed Chromaluxe A classic handbag from Chanel. Inside is a gun, a mobile phone, a lipstick and powder. A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palais Lichtenau Festsaal, Diptych. From the Grand Interiors series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist inspiration is deeply rooted in the notion of discovery through visual reflections and a strong passion for symmetry and linear structure. Her architectural works of Refle...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Flora 05 - Limited Edition Contemporary Female Nude Photography C-Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 05 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in an Edition of 15 in this size by contemporary photographer duo Tortora & Travezan. Photography duo Tortora & Travezan create vibrant po...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital

With all her might
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor creates evocative single-scene narratives in her whimsical and elaborate photomontages. Working intuitively, Taylor combines 19th Century photographs, found objects, an...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Aqui Las Escudos Descansan and Leyendas Andaluzas. Diptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist inspiration is deeply rooted in the notion of discovery through visual reflections and a strong passion for symmetry and linear structure. Her architectural works of Refle...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Orange Poppies No.4 - Analogue floral photography, Limited edition 3 of 20
Located in London, GB
'Orange Poppies No.4' Analogue colour floral photography. London, United Kingdom 2024. Limited edition of 20. Printed on the finest archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, these lim...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Film, Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Yang. Color Photographs of a Assembled Violins Body Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For this body of works, Krag incorporates live and dry flowers, vines, moss, air plants and ocean driftwood creating botanical instruments that seem to touch on contrasting themes of vitality and decay. He creates breathing and dying objects deeply connected to the passing of time, stilled lives contemplating mortality and the brevity of beauty and life. Photography helps Kevin Krag...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Ouvroir by Gina Soden - Interior photography, abandoned workroom, urbex
Located in Paris, FR
Ouvroir is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Gina Soden. It is part of the “How Long Is Now?” series. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is avail...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Giclée

White Horse in Moonlight
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

"Amalfi Coast - Atrani", photography by Didier Fournet (39x39in), 2022
Located in Paris, France
Photography "Amalfi Coast Atrani" by Didier Fournet. Didier Fournet is a contemporary "painter" thanks to photography: he chose pixels instead of brushes and reveals the beauty of t...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Summer boys - black and white boys on water photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Summer boys' Tellaro, Italy 2024 Limited edition of 20. Printed on Hahnemühle photo rag Baryta 308 Gsm fine art paper, these limited edition photographs are designed to withstand...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Black and White, Giclée

Starry Night - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
Starry Night draws a poetic parallel between the natural world and the celestial, capturing a dense cluster of leaves punctuated by tiny, glowing white blooms. The composition evokes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Rose glow - still life analogue photography , limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Rose glow' Printed on Hahnemühle photo rag Baryta 308 Gsm fine art paper, these limited edition photographs are designed to withstand the test of time, pre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Film, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Giclée

Something got me started. Color photograph of a assembled guitars body Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For this body of works, Krag incorporates live and dry flowers,vines, moss, air plants and ocean driftwood creating botanical instruments that seem to touch on contrasting themes of vitality and decay. He creates breathing and dying objects deeply connected to the passing of time, stilled lives contemplating mortality and the brevity of beauty and life. Photography helps Kevin Krag...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Pandemic #102
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Covid Vanitas: The Pandemic Still Lifes On the first day of quarantine I began photographing the people-less quiet of a home and studio in isolation. The still lifes are a visual j...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Snake's Head - Floral Botanical Nature Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Snake's Head, botanical pressed flower photograph by Martin Parker. Martin's innovative photographs are created from plants grown by himself in his garden and greenhouse in Cambridg...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Green Willow I (24 x 18 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though this unique monotype looks like a woodcut or linocut, it is not. This is a cyanotype, a kind of lensless photography dating back to the 1800s, but the artist altered the ratio...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Ikebana - black and white flower arrangement, limited edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Ikebana' Step into a world of serene beauty captured through the lens of a 4x5 analogue film camera. This black and white fine art photograph presents an ikebana-style floral compo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Misty Poppies (20 x 14 inch cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
These are the silhouettes of the native Californian Matilija Poppy also known as giant tree poppies and Coulter's Poppy. They grow over 4 feet tall and appear each year in summer. Al...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Flora 08 - Limited Edition Contemporary Nude C-Print Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 08 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in an Edition of 15 in this size by contemporary photographer duo Tortora & Travezan. Photography duo Tortora & Travezan create vibrant po...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital

Bay Laurel Diptych (Hand-printed cyanotype, 40 x 52 inches combined)
Located in Oakland, CA
These are two separate 40 x 26 inch cyanotypes (unique monotypes) made using the same tree branches flipped over facing the opposite direction, the result being a symmetrical mirror ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Monotype, Photogram, Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper

Cloud
Located in New York, NY
William Wegman is a renowned photographer famous for his unique and artistic photographs of Weimaraner puppies. His approach to is far from conventional, avoiding the typical "cuddly...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Pigment

La Dame En Bleu. From the Château D’eau Enfilades series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist inspiration is deeply rooted in the notion of discovery through visual reflections and a strong passion for symmetry and linear structure. Her architectural works of Refle...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Count Three
Located in New York, NY
image size: 8 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches William Wegman is a renowned photographer famous for his unique and artistic photographs of Weimaraner puppies. His approach to is far from convent...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Pigment

Tulip - analogue black and white floral photography
Located in London, GB
'Tulip’ London, United Kingdom 2024. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Carefully placed in a secure cardboard package and shipped with an insured express delivery service. Please feel free to contact if you have any questions. About the artist: Ugne Pouwell is a fine art photographer originally from Lithuania. Today she makes most of her creative work in London, United Kingdom. Her main focus is black-and-white landscape and floral photography...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée

Starry Night - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Starry Night draws a poetic parallel between the natural world and the celestial, capturing a dense cluster of leaves punctuated by tiny, glowing white blooms. The composition evokes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Rock B&W I
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Printed large enough to pass as an actual library, these images point to the gradual loss of paper books, specially those that inhabited homes and fostered learning, dreaming, escap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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C Print

Orange Poppies No.2 - Analogue floral photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Orange Poppies No.2' Analogue colour floral photography. London, United Kingdom 2024. Limited edition of 20. Printed on the finest archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, these lim...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Film, Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Tulip - analogue black and white floral photography
Located in London, GB
'Tulip’ London, United Kingdom 2024. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Carefully placed in a secure cardboard package and shipped with an insured express delivery service. Please feel free to contact if you have any questions. About the artist: Ugne Pouwell is a fine art photographer originally from Lithuania. Today she makes most of her creative work in London, United Kingdom. Her main focus is black-and-white landscape and floral photography...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée

Contemporary still-life photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary still-life photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add still-life photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of red, purple, blue, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Chad Kleitsch, Tyler Shields, Isabelle Menin, and Patty Carroll. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary still-life photography, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for still-life photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $150 and tops out at $61,000, while the average work sells for $2,500.

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