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
Moonrise (over Tivoli)
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/3 on verso.
Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Jetsam
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso.
Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently pr...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Family
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print.
Artist Andrew George is based in Los ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Ellsworth
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 3/3 on verso.
Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Across 2
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso.
Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Turkish House
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Semimatte, 2003. Signed, dated, and numbered 1/2 on verso.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns his lens towards chance coll...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Sisters 3
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print.
Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Blues
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed and numbered 2/2 on verso.
Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiered his late...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Green Lake
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed and numbered 2/2 on verso.
Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiered his latest ser...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Sisters 2
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns his lens ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Okay
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered 8/12 on verso.
Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premier...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Home
Located in New York, NY
From the series "Light Leaks" (2008) Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2008. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso.
Artist Andrew George is based in L...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Eric's Window
Located in New York, NY
From the series "Light Leaks" (2008) Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2008. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso.
Artist Andrew George is based in L...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Cupola
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2004. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns his lens ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
3AM
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda
Vacation
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda
Pooltrees
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 5/6 on verso.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda
Orange Skies
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda
LA Story
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda
Japanese 1
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 5/6 on verso.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda
Greenhills
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda
Avuncular
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda
76
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda
Abstract fauna in black and white of Akule Hawaiian Fish Fine Art Print
Located in London, GB
"The play of water and light has fascinated me for years. From childhood I have found sunlight underwater mesmerising - be it a Cornish rock pool or The Red Sea, the movement and diffraction of light excites me. Add to that the thrill of schools of fish - specifically Akule, which are found in seas off Hawaii. I spent some time wanting to make a series of prints that captured the play of light on these fast moving fish - creating flowing abstract forms and textures." - Mike G Jackson
The goal isn't to replicate the real world - it is to show where the real world and the process meet - sometimes pushing towards the real world, sometimes pushing towards the process - but never completely at either extreme. - Michael G Jackson
Michael Jackson (b.1966) is an experimental photographer based in North Dorset, England. He studied art at West Dean College in Sussex, then apprenticed under landscape painter Christopher W Baker and later discovered his passion for photography. He moved away from working with traditional camera techniques in 2015 and is currently progressing the Luminogram process into new directions in which he has become regarded as a leading practitioner.
His work has been exhibited internationally and is part of various private and museum collections including The National Art Gallery in Washington, USA.
Selected Press:
“Mike Jackson...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver
Urban Landscapes - Serie Bouquet N° I
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1959, Geneva, Switzerland
Vanna Karamaounas aka Iseult Labote – Lives and works in Geneva and Berlin.
Born in Geneva of mixed Greek and Swiss heritage, Labote studied art his...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital
Urban Landscapes - Serie Voile N° VI
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1959, Geneva, Switzerland
Vanna Karamaounas aka Iseult Labote – Lives and works in Geneva and Berlin.
Born in Geneva of mixed Greek and Swiss heritage, Labote studied art his...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital
Manhattan Art Deco Chrysler Building in Blue and White
Located in Miami, FL
The majestic Art Deco Chrysler Building soars in between Manhattan's skyscrapers. The cropping is radical and exudes a sense of urban exactitude, seamlessly woven into the light-fi...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Untitled
By Shirine Gill
Located in New Orleans, LA
From the artist, "My abstract work intrigues me the most. I like the experimental aspect of playing with a variety of materials (light, fabric, paper and glass) to create compos...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled
By Shirine Gill
Located in New Orleans, LA
From the artist, "My abstract work intrigues me the most. I like the experimental aspect of playing with a variety of materials (light, fabric, paper and glass) to create compos...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled
By Shirine Gill
Located in New Orleans, LA
From the artist, "My abstract work intrigues me the most. I like the experimental aspect of playing with a variety of materials (light, fabric, paper and glass) to create compos...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Helipad, Contemporary Abstract Color Photograph, limited edition
Located in New York, NY
28x30" limited edition of 5, signed on reverse by the artist. The graphic markings on a helipad are composed by the photographer, Zoe Wetherall, to give a sense of pattern and rhyth...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Divided" Contemporary Abstract Landscape Photograph
Located in New York, NY
40"x60" limited edition of 5, signed and editioned by the artist. This photograph by Zoe Wetherall is an impressively composed to capture a view of composed geometry in nature. Hori...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Cattle Trough" Large Scale Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Photograph
Located in New York, NY
This minimalist landscape photograph is meticulously composed with a central form of a black circle, surrounded by white and a halo of verdant green. Light lines seem as if they are ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Trimmings
Located in New York, NY
40"x 60" unframed photograph, edition of 5 (signature and edition on reverse)
This is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" which captures the abstract beauty withi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Nothing Has Changed (framed)
Located in New York, NY
40"x 60" framed photograph, edition of 5
This photograph is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" and depicts bails of recycled metal. It is presented framed and m...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Aluminum Siding Bale
Located in New York, NY
60"x40" framed photograph
This photograph is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" and depicts bailed Aluminum Siding.
The recycling industry in America and its va...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
After Leonardo Da Vinci: Mona Lisa 1 1503, 2017
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --In 2013, I first saw Carol Inez Charney’s striking semi-abstract photographs depicting details of modernist architecture partially ob...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
CB4
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Charney writes of her process: “For many years, I'd been trying to combine painting and photography with very contrived results...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Aluminum
Abstracted Nature Photograph by Susan Wides, 'May 4, 2015'
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
'May 4, 2015' 2015 by photographer Susan Wides. Chromogenic print, Ed. of 7. 36 x 30 in. C-print of Park Avenue from the 'Deep Woods' series. Colors in pink, browns, and whites.
N...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Abstract photograph, Susan Wides The Bubble (Rockefeller Center, March 10, 2014)
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
Abstract photograph of Rockefeller Center in New York City by contemporary photographer Susan Wides, in silver, gold, black, and blue.
NY photographer, Susan Wides, is best known fo...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Abstract photograph, Susan Wides, The Bubble (Rockefeller #3)
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
C-print of an abstracted Rockefeller Center at night in New York City by contemporary photographer Susan Wides, in yellow, black and green.
NY photographer, Susan Wides, is best kno...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Abstract photograph, Susan Wides, The Bubble (Madison Avenue)
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
Digital c-print of an abstracted Madison Avenue, in New York City, in red, blue, black by Susan Wides. Signed verso.
NY photographer, Susan Wides, is ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Abstracted NYC Photograph, Susan Wides, 'The Bubble (Park Ave 2)'
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
'The Bubble (Park Ave 2)' 2000 by Susan Wides. Chromogenic print, 50 x 40 in. C-print of Park Avenue from the Bubble Series by photographer Susan Wides. Colors in black, white, gray ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
5447 - Edition 1/8 - can be horizontal or B/W - Diasec - Mounted on plexiglass
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Water photography - abstract - can be horizontal or vertical.
About the Artist:
Known for his large format prints of equestrian portraits and stu...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
5447-Ed 1/8 - can be vertical - mounted on plexiglass
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Water photography - abstract feel - hues of blue.
About the Artist:
Known for his large format prints of equestrian portraits and stunning seas...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
9170 - Ed 1/8 - Mounted on Plexiglass - Could be vertical as well
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Water photography - abstract feel - close up of blue hues.
About the Artist:
Known for his large format prints of equestrian portraits and stun...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New York City Street Photography - Ephemeral Car Reflections
Located in Miami, FL
On a busy Manhattan street, unnatural light reflects off of windshields and forms a mind-bending abstraction of colors and shapes. In the background, four male mannequins stare at th...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Deck Chair Casual Abstraction with Raking Light and Shadows
Located in Miami, FL
Deck chairs randomly positioned on an Upper East Side balcony are captured by Photographer Mitchell Funk. Raking light produces abstract long shadows giving the overall arrangement of elements a casual abstract look. In the center of the composition is a yellow and green chair with colors...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bikini Window Abstraction Times Square - Urban Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Extreme late light darts down a street in Times Square. It illuminates a colorful and semi-abstract window display. A single female figure at the extreme right of the compostion sh...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Street Fashionista in Pink Ensemble on New York City Rainy Day
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography meets Fashion Photography in this boldly graphic image of a stylish woman with an umbrella crossing the street. The composition is minimal as its color scheme is b...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Señalamientos 9
Located in New York, NY
Viviana Zargón constructs a pictorial universe of industrial imagination in the exploration of abandoned and empty spaces. Using photography and painti...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Señalamientos
Located in New York, NY
Viviana Zargón constructs a pictorial universe of industrial imagination in the exploration of abandoned and empty spaces. Using photography and painting as starting points, she fol...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Señalamientos
Located in New York, NY
Viviana Zargón constructs a pictorial universe of industrial imagination in the exploration of abandoned and empty spaces. Using photography and painti...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Señalamientos
Located in New York, NY
Viviana Zargón constructs a pictorial universe of industrial imagination in the exploration of abandoned and empty spaces. Using photography and painting as starting points, she fol...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Señalamientos
Located in New York, NY
Viviana Zargón constructs a pictorial universe of industrial imagination in the exploration of abandoned and empty spaces. Using photography and painting as starting points, she fol...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Señalamientos
Located in New York, NY
Viviana Zargón constructs a pictorial universe of industrial imagination in the exploration of abandoned and empty spaces. Using photography and painti...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Señalamientos
Located in New York, NY
Viviana Zargón constructs a pictorial universe of industrial imagination in the exploration of abandoned and empty spaces. Using photography and painting as starting points, she fol...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Señalamientos
Located in New York, NY
Viviana Zargón constructs a pictorial universe of industrial imagination in the exploration of abandoned and empty spaces. Using photography and painting as starting points, she fol...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
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