Abstract Photography
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Red Window (artist framed) - large scale abstract monochromatic photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale monochromatic abstract observation of geometric architectural elements, from Raymond Meier's series Renderings
Red Window (Renderings 05) by Ra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Night Sky
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gary Goldberg
Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Night Sky, 2018
Archival pigmented print
19 x 13 in
Edition of 10
Gary Goldberg has been photographing the unique qualities of Oaxaca C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vanilla Sky - large scale photograph of iconic American national park landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vanilla Sky by Frank Schott
a series of images capturing the epique infinety of White Sands
48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183cm
edition of 7
signed
27 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
Cows on the foggy Pasture, Madeira, black and white photography, landscape, art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Fairy forest of madeira in the fog with cows and crooked trees, Fanal, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited editi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Wind stretched daydream - linen pigment canvas print, limited edition 5.
Located in London, GB
'Wind stretched daydream' 2022
Photographed in Richmond, London using a 4x5 large format camera.
100×130 cm printed on organic linen canvas, limited edition of 5 + 1AP.
Photograph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Linen, Organic Material, Archival Pigment, Pigment
Poppy on ink - floral film photography in composition with ink abstraction
Located in London, GB
'Poppy on Ink' 2023
Black and white floral film photography combination with ink painting. Made using a large format 4x5 film camera, developed in the studio by the artist.
Print...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Window - Polaroid colour photography of window in London, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Window'
Detail of Christ Church by architect John Peter Darvall.
2023
Printed on 30 x 30cm Hahnemühle Photo Rag fine art paper.
Photograph is signed front and back and comes wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Polaroid, Giclée, Photographic Film, Film
Dahlia on Ink - floral film photography on cotton canvas, Limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Dahlia on Ink' 2024
Cotton canvas print from limited edition of 5.
(Does not come with streatch bars, only canvas print)
Black and white floral film photography combination with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Cotton Canvas,...
10000 blue days
Located in London, GB
'10000 blue days'
Mesr Desert, Iran 2016.
Limited edition of 20.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
Untitled 14, From The Series Of While You Are Surfing
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' abstract expressionism photography edition 4 of 20
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.3' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Gateway 03, From the series Portal. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Look Up 03, From the series Return to Source. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Dahlia on Ink - floral film photography in composition with ink abstraction
Located in London, GB
'Dahlia on Ink' 2023
Black and white floral film photography combination with ink painting. Made using a large format 4x5 film camera, developed in the studio by the artist.
Prin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
3497
Located in London, GB
'3497'
London, United Kingdom 2022
It is a black and white film photograph.
Giclée print on Hahnemühle photo rag Baryta 308 Gsm fine art paper, limited edition of 20.
Photograph...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
To the moon and back - abstract sky photography, limited edition 14 of 20
Located in London, GB
'To the moon and back' is a photograph of one of the summer evening sunsets. As you gaze at the horizon, you see a plane flying at the perfect horizontal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Giclée, Color
28° 14' 20.922'' N, 114° 6' 9.395'' W-8. Cyanotype photograph of the ocean waves
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
28° 14' 20.922'' N, 114° 6' 9.395'' W-8, 2022
From the Mareas series.
Cyanotype on 300 gr cotton paper
Frame size: 72.3 H x 81.2 W x 5 D cm.
Image size: 38 H x 56 W cm.
White wood f...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Pigment
Eden. 2004, photography, 44x29 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Eden. 2004, photography, ice/sun/water, 44x29 cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$422 Sale Price
20% Off
Burst II - large scale abstract photograph of caleidoscopic color explosions
Located in San Francisco, CA
From Christian Stoll's body of works BURST (2015), an abstract exploration of high speed photographs capturing mesmerizing explosions of caleidoscopic color
27 x 40 inches (68 x 102...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
"Leaves" series #0160: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ orange, earth tones
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Radial / ONE
Located in Bristol, GB
Radial / ONE is a metallic Lambda photographic print, optionally mounted to Plexiglass, laser cut to shape, and fitted with a hidden subframe, ready to install.
Work can be supplied...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Flowing 1 - Signed limited edition abstract pigment print, Large contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Flowing 1 - Large scale photograph by Michael Banks -Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
Bay boys
Located in London, GB
'Bay boys'
Dubrovnik, Croatia 2014
Limited edition of 20.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
GREEN
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print, limited edition of 15. Signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
$196 Sale Price
84% Off
Summer Time Photography Limited Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
I like the mood of a summer day and the expression, taken on a lake limited to 5, framed in a black frame, will be signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$271 Sale Price
20% Off
Absolut/Photography/Limited/Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Absolut is an abstract photography, limited to 10 and signed. I like the momentum mood which the photography is evoking - for me F. Kupka. The picture was taken during a work process...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$281 Sale Price
20% Off
'Lilly in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Lilly in Charcoal' 2023
Abstract expressionism black and white photography of Charcoal abstract drawing and Lilly.
Photograph shot using mid-century large format film camera Linhof...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Nineteen Trees, Austria, panorama, art black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included....
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
He Said 03 and 02, Diptych. Abstract color photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
He Said 01 and She Said 02, Diptych. Abstract color photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Farmland Panorama, single tree, field, black and white, landscape, photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure landscape photography. Single tree in the field in stormy weather with an impressive cloudy atmosphere, Austria. Archival pigment ink print as ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
28° 14' 34.127’’N, 114° 6' 44.679’’W-12. Cyanotype photograph of the ocean waves
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
28° 14' 34.127’’N, 114° 6' 44.679’’W-12
From the Mareas series.
Cyanotype on 300 gr cotton paper
Frame size: 72.3 H x 81.2 W x 5 D cm.
Image size: 38 H x 56 W cm.
White wood frame
U...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Pigment
Blender 01 and I Got Your Back 01, Diptych. Abstract color photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Look Up 03 and Maze Me 01, Diptych. Abstract color photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cuts
Located in London, GB
'Cuts'
London, United Kingdom 2022
Limited edition of 20.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Paper
Lous and Kakoma Diptych. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This project is with Louis Vuitton and the stylist Carine Roitfeld and Madame Figaro, starring the Belgian singer Lous and the Yakuza. All the looks Lous is wearing are designed by N...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
UFO in the Morning
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The photo was taken one early morning. UFO is a an oil on canvas painting and the special reflection on the painting got me. Fine Art Print, signed by the author. Limited edition of 5.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,406 Sale Price
20% Off
Eroded Rock, Point Lobos
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Eroded Rock, Point Lobos
Gelatin silver print, 1929
Unsigned
Signed with the estate stamp verso (see photo)
A lifetime printing by Brett Weston, supervised by his father Edward
Editi...
Category
1920s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A I and A II Diptych Intervened by the artists.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists explore even further the infinite possibilities of transformation by turning something as temporary as a fashion editorial, into something completely different and origin...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Alice - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 25 x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Alice” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series Reflections - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpiec...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Scream - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 16 x 23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An abstract composition capturing the dramatic interplay between vibrant crimson and stark white elements. The photograph presents a swirling vortex of deep red textures that dominat...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Ramunes - floral film photography on cotton canvas, Limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Ramunes' 2024
Cotton canvas print from limited edition of 5.
(Does not come with streatch bars, only canvas print)
Black and white floral film photography. Made using a large fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper,...
Desert Plant, Badlands, South Dakota
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount. Likely printed in the 1980s.
Category
1950s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled 18, From The Series Of While You Are Surfing
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Algas 45-V. From the series Mareas. Cyanotype photograhs Framed
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Algas 45-V, 2022 by Paola Davila
From the series Mareas
Cyanotype on 300 gr cotton paper
Image size: 45 cm Dm
Frame size: 78.7 H x 78.7 W x 5 D cm.
Unique
The title of each piec...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Manifest 01, From the series Power. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poppy on ink - floral film photography in composition with ink abstraction
Located in London, GB
'Poppy on Ink' 2023
Black and white floral film photography combination with ink painting. Made using a large format 4x5 film camera, developed in the studio by the artist.
Print...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Wave I - large format abstract liquidscape in azur and lapis blue color palette
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing large scale photographic capture of strikingly abstract water surface shimmering in soothing tones of cobalt, admiral, azur and lapis blue
Wave I (Abstract) by Christian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
'Lily in Charcoal no.2' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.2' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.2' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Blender 02, From the series Making Sense. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Baltic freeze' - black and white analogue landscape photography 100 x 67 cm
Located in London, GB
'Baltic freeze' 2022
A photograph captured with a 35mm camera showcases the winter landscape of Lithuania in black and white.
Printed on the finest archival paper, these limited ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
EM2020-104
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
Pigment on watercolor paper - Unframed.
Edition of 10.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Ea...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Pigment
27° 44' 30.192" N 114° 14' 36.340" W-10. Cyanotype photograph of the ocean waves
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
27° 44' 30.192" N, 114° 14' 36.340" W-10
From the SHORE series.
Cyanotype on 300 gr cotton paper
Size: 38 H x 56 W cm.
Unique
The title of each piece corresponds to the geographica...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Pigment
Poppy on ink #2 - floral film photography in composition with ink abstraction
Located in London, GB
'Poppy on Ink #2' 2023
Black and white floral film photography combination with ink painting. Made using a large format 4x5 film camera, developed in the studio by the artist.
Pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
A New Life 01, From the series The Journey. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Lily in Charcoal no.2' abstract expressionism photography edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.2' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.2' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Dahlia on Ink No.3 - floral film photography in composition with ink abstraction
Located in London, GB
'Dahlia on Ink #3' 2023
Black and white floral film photography combination with ink painting. Made using a large format 4x5 film camera, developed in the studio by the artist.
P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Miami Stripes, Black and White Architectural Landscape Photography
By Luca Artioli
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The 'Miami Skin Series' it’s not a traditional collection of photos about the architecture of Miami and Miami Beach. It’s rather a quick journey between its own skin from the Art Dec...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Rothko?/ NO - Photography Limited Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Picture done occasionally, reminded me to Mark Rothko, limited to 5, signed. I can imagine it on a white wall with a wonderful frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
$281 Sale Price
73% Off
Abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract 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 photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Paul Snell, Michael Banks, and Seb Janiak. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and 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 Abstract photography, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $50 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $3,359.