Contemporary Still-life Photography
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Style: Contemporary
Logica
Located in Sante Fe, NM
SUSANNAH HAYS approaches her photographic practice as a philosopher experiences poetic material renderings of our phenomenological world. Investigating tangible objects, each of her ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Calice Sacro
Located in Sante Fe, NM
SUSANNAH HAYS approaches her photographic practice as a philosopher experiences poetic material renderings of our phenomenological world. Investigating tangible objects, each of her ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
No. 69 (Framed Still Life Photograph of a Bright Orange Poppy Flower on White)
Located in Hudson, NY
Framed still life photograph of a bright orange Poppy flower on a crisp white background
“Untitled 69” by Chad Kleitsch, this image is part of the artist’s “Botanical Mind” series be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"Sunflower #11", Botanical, Bee, Yellow, Orange, Flower, Color Photograph, 2013
Located in Franklin, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Sunflower #11” is part of her "Simplicity" series of photographs taking an up close look at flowers and other botanical subjects. The 12 x 18 inch color photo is o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Metal
First, the fish must be caught
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor creates evocative single-scene narratives in her whimsical and often elaborate photomontages. Working intuitively, Taylor combines 19th Century photographs, found objec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hula Hoops no. 2, Montara, California
Located in Sante Fe, NM
“The hovering installations featured in this ongoing series of photographs are inspired by self-organizing, "emergent" systems in nature such as termite mounds, swarming locusts, sch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
No. 13 (Framed Still Life Photograph of a White Peony Flower on Black)
Located in Hudson, NY
Framed still life photograph of a white peony flower on a solid black background
“Untitled 13” by Chad Kleitsch, this image is part of the artist’s “Botanical Mind” series began in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Flame Peony
By David Bishop
Located in New York, NY
Dye sublimation on aluminum (Edition of 8)
Signed and numbered on label, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
David Bishop’s photography is strongly influenced by both baroque and contemporary art. His studies of 17th century Dutch still life...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Salton Sea Fish #1, Santa Fe, NM, 2010
By Brad Wilson
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Brad Wilson is a fine art photographer working in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Most known for his Affinity series, a collection of strikingly detailed animal studio portraits, Salton Sea Fi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ephemeral Moments (06 7052)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Born in 1939 in Louisville Kentucky, David Gibson is primarily a self-taught photographer. Years of developing and refining his photographic technique have afforded him much recognit...
Category
Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Camelback Mountain, Scottsdale in Jell-O
By Liz Hickok
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"I create glowing, jellied scale models of urban sites, transforming ordinary physical surroundings into something unexpected and ephemeral. Lit from below, the molded shapes of the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
C Print
In the Event That
By Ion Zupcu
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
8 x 10.5 inches, image
(Edition of 15 + 2 APs)
15 x 19.7 inches, image
(Edition of 15 + 2 APs)
26 x 34 inches, image
(Edition of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Canopy (Lake Lotus): Abstracted Still Life Photograph of Green Leaves on White
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract still life photograph of green leaves against a white sky background
Photograph printed on Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on three panels
Edition 1/12, 36 x 34 i...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Archival Paper, Mulberry Paper
Darkly
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The subject is the conflation of woman and home. In the previous “Anonymous Women: Draped” photographic series, a lone woman is hidden in a vignette within the drapery, where she per...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Summer Dress, 1997
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Redly
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The subject is the conflation of woman and home. In the previous “Anonymous Women: Draped” photographic series, a lone woman is hidden in a vignette within the drapery, where she per...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,500
City Hall
By Liz Hickok
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"I create glowing, jellied scale models of urban sites, transforming ordinary physical surroundings into something unexpected and ephemeral. Lit from below, the molded shapes of the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
C Print
Tentation 11-abstract 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
ALJ #1 - 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Toasty
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The subject is the conflation of woman and home. In the previous “Anonymous Women: Draped” photographic series, a lone woman is hidden in a vignette within the drapery, where she per...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Goldly
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The subject is the conflation of woman and home. In the previous “Anonymous Women: Draped” photographic series, a lone woman is hidden in a vignette within the drapery, where she per...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Homely
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The subject is the conflation of woman and home. In the previous “Anonymous Women: Draped” photographic series, a lone woman is hidden in a vignette within the drapery, where she per...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Petites Natures #19 - yellow flower dots of water abstract contemporary photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
C Print
Frame Work
Located in New York, NY
image size: 8 7/8 x 8 inches
This listing is for William Wegman's photograph, "Frame Work", 2010. This is a limited edition photograph with an edition size of 12.
This piece is num...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Pigment
Cooper's Hawk VI & II - sharp, detailed, figurative, bird, pigment photograph
By Deborah Samuel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The stunning beauty of the Cooper Hawk is celebrated in this double image of the bird taken by photographer Deborah Samuel. Part of her series titled, ‘Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pomegranates & Walnuts: Color Still Life Photograph of Fruits & Olive Branches
Located in Hudson, NY
Color still life photograph of pomegranates and walnuts on a tabletop with figurative olive branches against a beige and white background
'Pomegranates and Walnuts' by David Halliday...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kavir's World 1/10 - still-life, interior, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Known for her photographic portraits of interior spaces, Shani Mootoo reveals the curious and often emotive personal narratives of her subjects.
This framed and matted giclee print ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Powder Bowl 3/8 - detailed, still-life, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This elegant silver edged crystal bowl once sat on her mother’s dresser. One of a series of photographs taken by Shani Mootoo—the ‘History Revisited Series’ captures images of object...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Sharon 1/8 - detailed, documentary, interior, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Known for her photographic portraits of interior spaces, Shani Mootoo reveals the curious and often emotive personal narratives of her subjects.
This giclee print by Shani Mootoo i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Milkweed Prairie Still Life (Modern Digital Flower Still Life Photograph)
Located in Hudson, NY
Still life photograph of flowers against a black background
Archival digital scanograph
18 x 13 inches unframed, edition of 225
Additional sizes available
This contemporary, archiva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Digital
Christine's World 1/10 - detailed, interior, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At once intimate and engaging, Shani Mootoo’s photographs are portraits of a life. This image of a kitchen—the worn white cabinets, the fridge covered in notes and photos, the toaste...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Beau Simmons - Showtime, Photography 2023, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: The Equestrian Collection
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed Sizes:
40" x 32" - $6,250.00
60" x 48" - $9,500.00
75" x 60" - $12,250.00
Framed Sizes:
47" x 39" - $7,750.00
67" ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Christine's Arrangement 1/10 - still-life, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A dark wood dresser, a collection of objects—family photos, porcelain turtle statues, a china plate, a bottle of perfume—meaningful objects that tell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Goods for Sale (Sepia Toned Portrait of a Man in a Market in Tonga)
Located in Hudson, NY
Sepia Toned Landscape of Net in Water and Reflection from Tonga
17 x 17, edition of 25
Silver Gelatin Print, unframed
David Halliday's series consists of sepia-toned still lives of...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
A Marriage of Elegance
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Fine Art Print, limited editions.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
$1,146 Sale Price
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Avant que #7 - Floral landscape colorful blue dominant 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Zu Global Girl
By Jeanne Faust
Located in Kansas City, MO
Year: 2003, signed by hand
Publisher: Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg
Size: 9.3 × 11.7 on 10.9 × 13.9 inches
COA Provided
*Black Frame has minor scratches. Piece can also be sold (...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Number 149 White (Still Life Photograph of Tulip Flower on White)
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary still life photograph of white tulip flower on white background
"Untitled - Number 149 (White)", by Chad Kleitsch, 2010
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle photo rag ma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Untitled S25
Located in New York, NY
Cyanotype (Unique)
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
These cyanotype prints of botanical...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Color
Ceremony Canes (Sepia Toned Still Life of 6 Canes from Tonga)
Located in Hudson, NY
Sepia Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph of Six Ceremonial Canes from Ancient Tonga
17 x 17 inches, edition of 8/25
signature on face
Tonga was once at the center of a vast trading empire stretching...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Silver Gelatin
No. 36 (Framed Still Life Photograph of an Indigo Blue Flower on Black)
Located in Hudson, NY
Framed still life photograph of an indigo blue Morning Glory flower on a solid black background
“Untitled 36” by Chad Kleitsch, this image is part of the artist’s “Botanical Mind” s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Silk and Stories
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This stunning photograph by Fredericksburg-based photographer Tom Sauerwein captures a moment of stillness and beauty tucked inside one of the city’s antique havens. At the center st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Skunks
Located in New York, NY
Skunks
2010
Signed and numbered, verso
Platinum palladium print
8 x 10 inches, sheet
(Edition of 15)
$750.00
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Across (Strange Love) - analog, based on am original Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Across (Strange Love), 2006 -
126x125cm
Edition of 5.
Analog C-Print printed on Fuji Archive Paper, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and certif...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Room No. 503 - Strange Love, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Room No. 503' (Strange Love) - 2010
128x125cm,
Edition of 5,
analog C-Print printed on Fuji Archive Paper, hand-printed by the artist
based on the Polaroid,
signature label and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Canna No. 6 (Abstracted Still Life Photograph of a Magenta Lily Flower on White)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract still life photograph of a magenta cana lily flower on a white sky background
Photograph printed on Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic
Edition 1/12, 36 x 22.5 inche...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Archival Paper, Mulberry Paper
Hip Waders ( Circular Still Life of Black Boots in Nantucket Fish Shanty)
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary color still life photograph of long black fishing boots on a white background
archival pigment print, edition of 10
20 x 20 inch paper size with 16 inch diameter image s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shoe Form (Sepia Toned Still Life of an Antique Shoemaker's Tool from Tonga)
Located in Hudson, NY
Sepia Toned Still Life of an Antique Shoemaker's Tool from Tonga
17 x 17, edition 9 of 25
Silver Gelatin Print, unframed
David Halliday's series consists of sepia-toned still lives of antique objects from Tonga, a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited. He took these still lives during his trip there in 1997.
Tonga was once at the center of a vast trading empire stretching...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Silver Gelatin
Dancer: Gama #3, photography, still-life, contemporary, dance
By Cody Choi
Located in Deddington, GB
Cody Choi. Dancer: Gama #3 Shot at Kaohsiung, Taiwan while Cody was teaching and choreographing for Tsoying High School. “Gama was 15 years old and I felt there were potentials in he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital
Tropical Plant Leaf Detail, Color Nature Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Botany
Located in New York, NY
Tropical Plant Leaf Detail, Color Nature Photography by Geoffrey Baris
Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper
Edition of 7
Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered by artist.
Custom sized print available upon request.
Framing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Bailers (Sepia Toned Still Life of Hand Carved Bailers from Ancient Tonga)
Located in Hudson, NY
Sepia Toned Photograph of Eight Wooden Bailers
17 x 17, edition of 25
Tonga was once at the center of a vast trading empire stretching 500,000 square ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Silver Gelatin
Untitled- Flower 147 (White): Still Life Photograph of Dandelion Trio
Located in Hudson, NY
Untitled- Flower 147 (White) by Chad Kleitsch
Contemporary still life photograph of dandelion parachutes
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle photo rag matte paper
18 x 18 inch image...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Brick, Chestnut, Shotgun Shells: Framed Figurative Color Still Life Photograph
Located in Hudson, NY
Color still life photograph of a figurative olive branch, brick, chestnuts, and shotgun shells
"Brick, Chestnut, Shotgun Shells"
photographed in Greece by David Halliday in 2017
21 x...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
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Archival Pigment
Cucumbers & Kohlrabi (Framed Still Life Photograph, Purple & Green Vegetables)
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary color still life photograph of purple and green vegetables
archival pigment print in artist-made white painted wood frame
30 x 37.5 inches unframed, 33 7/8 x 41 5/8 inch...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Walking Grapes: Figurative Still Life Photograph of Grapes & Branches
Located in Hudson, NY
Color still life photograph of purple grapes with green vines on figurative olive branches against a white and beige background
'Walking Grapes', by David Halliday, 2017
archival pig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cloth Making Tool (Sepia Toned Still Life of Tools from Tonga)
Located in Hudson, NY
Sepia Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph of Clothing Making Tools from Ancient Tonga
17 x 17 inches, edition of 25
signature on face
Tonga was once at the center of a vast trading empire stretching...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
May 29, 2019
By Ion Zupcu
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered on label, verso
14 x 18 inches, image size, mounted to 20 x 24-inch museum board
(Edition of 10 + 3 APs)
26 x 34 inches, image size
(Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Whatever As If
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on label, verso
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Frances F. Denny'...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
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Archival Pigment
T-Rex
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
8 x 10 inches, sheet
(Edition of 15)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please note that prices increa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tentation #10- Floral landscape soft pastel silver 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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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