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
Blanket6, Abstract Photograph, 2015
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Your purchase through TurningArt can be displayed as either a high quality print, or it's true original form as a woven blanket. Please contact TurningArt for more...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Fabric
Faces3 - Part Of Un·I·Den·Ti·Fi·A·Ble Series, Abstract Photograph, 2015
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
part of un·i·den·ti·fi·a·ble series – inspiration was to work with a portrait and distort the image until the face became invisible.
"removing identities until the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Caribbean Blues
Located in Fairfield, CT
Also available 50 x 70 in. $9,500, edition of 10.
Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas. Her LIGHT a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Echo
Located in Fairfield, CT
Also available 50 x 70 in. $9,500, edition of 10.
Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas. Her LIGHT a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
$10,000
Sagaponack Liquid Gold
Located in Fairfield, CT
Also available 50 x 70 in. $9,500, edition of 10.
Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas. Her LIGHT an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Climbing the Columns
By Harold Davis
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This composite photograph originated with rays of sunlight through a glass bottle.
Words that describe this piece: color, light, bright, sunlight, red, light bea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Piet 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 premiered his latest series of photographic murals entitled Analogies & Metaphors in New York City. Andrew’s work has been in 20 international exhibitions, most recently in Japan and Korea (where accompanying books of his work were published) and Germany.
Andrew’s internationally acclaimed photography and interview project, Right, before I die, traveled abroad 7 times and attracted more than half a million visitors at its various venues.
Andrew has won numerous awards for his photography and has appeared in The Huffington Post, Vanity Fair, CBS News...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Northeaster 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
Barnett (green)
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 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
Barnett
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/8 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
Shingles (green)
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 3/3 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
Reynaud
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
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
Tivoli
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
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
Popsicle
Located in New York, NY
From the Secondhand Nature series #22. Archival Pigment Print on Canson Baryta Photographique IISigned, dated, and numbered 2/2 on verso.
Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angel...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment
New Leaf
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Fujiflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed and numbered 1/4 on verso.
Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiered his latest series of ...
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...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
$2,200
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
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
Three Rivers
Located in New York, NY
"Three Rivers" from the "Light Leaks" series. Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique...
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
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
Urban Landscapes - Serie Reglisse 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
Cosmica #67, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #115, 4 Elements,
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Archival Pigment Print
...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cosmica #74, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #115, 4 Elements,
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Archival Pigment Print
...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cosmica #9, 4 Elements, Earth
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #9, 4 Elements, Earth, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed
30 x 30 inches
Edition of 10
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Quebec City with Vintage Car on Crisp Autumn Day
Located in Miami, FL
Photographer Mitchell Funk selects a perfect day with intense direct lighting to create a photograph that is as much abstraction as it is representation. Funk lies on his stomach to ...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Spire Zoom Color, Abstract Photography Pastel Color
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building Spire is zoomed by Photographer Mitchell Funk. The concept is to take one of the most photographed icons in the world and present it visually different but stil...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fishermen, Amarapura, Burma, 2011
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Fishermen, Amarapura, Burma, 2011
44 x 44 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 50 x...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Channel Entrance, China, Traverse, 2012
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Channel Entrance, China, Traverse, 2012
44 x 44 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available i...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
VELD 22, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The-Netherlands
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
VELD 22, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The-Netherlands, 2016
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 50 x 50 in...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Estuary, Shark Bay, Western Australia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Estuary, Shark Bay, Western Australia
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available i...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Apogee, Huangshan, China
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Apogee, Huangshan, China, 2017
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cosmica #30, 4 Elements, Earth
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #30, 4 Elements, Earth, 2016
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum, Framed
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cosmica #40, 4 Elements, Water
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #40, 4 Elements, Earth, 2016
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum, Framed
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cosmica #17, 4 Elements, Water
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #17, 4 Elements, Earth, 2014
Mounted on Plexiglas (matt or glossy)
Floating on the wall
30 x 30 inches
Edition of 10
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cosmica #36, 4 Elements, Water
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #36, 4 Elements, Earth, 2016
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum, Framed
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cosmica #8, 4 Elements, Earth
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #8, 4 Elements, Earth, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cosmica #6 4 Elements Water
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #6, 4 Elements, Water, 2013
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum, Framed
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cieux, Sky 1
Located in New York City, NY
27.5 x 27.5 in
70 x 70 cm
Edition of 9
USD 6.000
40 x 40 in
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 9
USD 8.000
51 x 51 in
130 x 130 cm
Edition of 9
EUR 11.500
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Cieux, Sky 5
Located in New York City, NY
27.5 x 27.5 in
70 x 70 cm
Edition of 9
USD 6.000
40 x 40 in
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 9
USD 8.000
51 x 51 in
130 x 130 cm
Edition of 9
EUR 11.500
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Stearman Tail, Boeing Stearman model 75, Chino, USA
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 44 in
Edition of 9
EUR 3.500
35 x 57 in
Edition of 9
EUR 5.500
48 x 71 in
Edition of 9
EUR 7.100
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77 in
Edition of 9
EUR 9.100
Dye Sublimation...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Red MiG, Mikoyan Gourevitch MiG-17-PF, Chino, USA
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 44 in
Edition of 9
EUR 3.500
35 x 57 in
Edition of 9
EUR 5.500
48 x 71 in
Edition of 9
EUR 7.100
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77 in
Edition of 9
EUR 9.100
Dye Sublimation...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Mariner, Martin PBM Mariner, Tucson, Arizona
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 44 in
Edition of 9
EUR 3.200
35 x 57 in
Edition of 9
EUR 5.200
48 x 71 in
Edition of 9
EUR 6.800
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77 in
Edition of 9
EUR 8.800
Dye Sublimation...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Concorde Hangar, Aerospatiale Concorde
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 44 in
Edition of 9
EUR 3.500
35 x 57 in
Edition of 9
EUR 5.500
48 x 71 in
Edition of 9
EUR 7.100
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77 in
Edition of 9
EUR 9.100
Dye Sublimation...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Anemorphose Cabo Verde #7
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 44 in
Edition of 9
EUR 3.500
35 x 57 in
Edition of 9
EUR 5.500
48 x 71 in
Edition of 9
EUR 7.100
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77 in
Edition of 9
EUR 9.100
Dye Sublimation...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
"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
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Aluminum Siding
Located in New York, NY
40"x 60" unframed photograph, edition of 5
This photograph is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" and depicts a painterly composition of bailed ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Trimmings
Located in New York, NY
C Print Photograph, signed on reverse
available as 30"x45" edition of 5
This is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" which captures the abstract beauty within d...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
$4,200
Guggenheim Museum Design Inspires Clouds in New York City
Located in Miami, FL
The surrounding clouds' graphic formation pays tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum's simplified design of repetitive shapes. In this stunningly original image, Photogr...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
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