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Contemporary 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.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

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Size: Miniature
Style: Contemporary
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #9506...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

NASA Gemini 4 Color Photograph (Large Format) of Astronaut Ed White Spacewalk
By Nasa
Located in New york, NY
In orbit above the Gulf of Mexico in June 1965, NASA Gemini 4 American Astronaut Ed White is the first to spacewalk (tethered by a 25 foot cord) outside...
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1960s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Krimmler Ache Study 1
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Misty Morning on the Lake, monochrome photograph, limited edition waterscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Before breakfast
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...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hassid & Jewish Bodybuilder, Coney Island, NY
Located in New York, NY
Hassid & Jewish Bodybuilder, Coney Island, NY 1980 Vintage gelatin silver print 14 x 11 inches Arlene Gottfried was a New York City street photographer celebrated for her intimate...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Female Nude, New York City, Black and White Photograph in Studio, Alabaster Nude
Located in New york, NY
Shot on film a 14" x 11" a black-and-white contemporary gelatin silver print of a female nude with symmetrical proportions that suggest Greek sculptures. A feminine and statuesque su...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Untitled 1997 - Erotic Nude Photo with Figure in Jean Paul Gauthier Tattoo Shirt
Located in Chicago, IL
In this seductive black and white photograph the model poses with his back to the camera wearing John Paul Gautier's sheer Tattoo shirt. The artist uses t...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Journey I - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Journey I - 2019 Influenced by 1950s and 1980s cinema, The Journey sees a young woman heading off into the unknown where fate and chance all come into play. Edition of 10 - 40 ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Great Grey Owl, limited edition photograph, signed, Platinum/Palladium Print
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Great Grey Owl, limited edition photograph, signed, Platinum/Palladium Print My fascination with birds of prey began eight years ago. There have been nesting owls on my family’s lan...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Platinum

Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a  vintage photo, realized by Helmut Newton in the 1970s. The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s. 
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Altstadt Rêveries - Diptych
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Altstadt Rêveries - (Diptych) - edition of 7, 2011 21 x 38,50cm, digital print mounted on Dibond - gloss coating Hand signed & numbered by artist Carmen De Vos The Belgian photogra...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

IRIS V - unique abstraction of colors in circular glass frame (45" diameter)
Located in San Francisco, CA
a mesmerizing sea of abstract grey blue and aqua water color tones, from an ongoing photography project since the late 1990s, capturing the details of the human iris and a pupil's un...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographi...

Bonjour, Robert - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bonjour Robert - 2016, 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-17...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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Lithograph

Weekending - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Weekending - 2020 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-933. Not...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

THE WAVE - Arctic
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 6 More sizes on request Sebastian Copeland is considered a photographer "who has created works of outstanding artistic quality and conveys messages of urgent glob...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Platinum

Bath Time Story II
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Bath Time Story II' 2016, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs Based on a Polaroid, digital C-Print, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Arti...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Julian Assange
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Julian Assange 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. Not mounted.
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

127.11.04 by Klaus Kampert - Black & white photograph, female nude, dancing
Located in Paris, FR
127.11.04 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *45 cm × 4...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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 Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a  vintage photo, realized by Helmut Newton in the 1970s. The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s. 
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1970s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Italian Photography Trio - Set of Three Square Framed Color Photographs of Milan
Located in Cambridge, GB
Set of three Framed Square Ready to Hang Photographs of Milan by Richard Heeps. Featuring - 'Foyer II', Big Window and Tram. Each individual frame measures 16" x 16". The artworks a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a  vintage photo, realized by Helmut Newton in the 1970s. The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s. 
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1970s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

After midnight - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
After midnight - 2020 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-932. No...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Fred Astaire Planning Dance Moves
By Fred Hendrickson
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category

1930s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Nastassia Kinski for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy is a mixed colored photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1981. Photograph on positive trasparency films.
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1980s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Silkscreen - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Silkscreen - 2021 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1070. Not m...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

FRAME # 94: Original Animation Frame from Gold Rush
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Many of the depicted scenes were inspired by moments where Fahnestock was astonished by something that was equal parts mesmerizing and distressing. “Seeing my first wildfire in person, or the images of San Francisco covered in an orange haze, all the while recognizing that these things were in fact terrible. They signified disasters and ecological shifts. The increase in wildfire events is due in part to the encroachment of larger, developed communities onto lands that were previously maintained for fire season by natural means or by the Forest Service...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Glitter, Black and White

Marc (Rear with Cigarette)
Located in New York, NY
This unique hand-painted photograph by Mark Beard is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1990s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Paint, Silver Gelatin

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Bill Costa is offered by CLAMP in New York City. Untitled 1993 Signed, dated, and numbered in ink, recto; Also titled and dated in pencil, verso Gelatin silver ...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

NASA Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin's Boot - Foot Print, Vintage Color Photo Kodak paper
By Nasa
Located in New york, NY
NASA Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin's Boot - Foot Print, 1969 is a vintage color photo on Kodak paper. This is an 8" x 8" vintage C-print with the "A Kodak Paper" watermark on verso (photo b...
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1960s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Irish megalithic Tomb, Ireland, black and white photograph landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Male Nude VI (29 Palms, CA) - 20x20cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude VI (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist inventory number...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

Three Wait on Dock, Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY
Located in New York, NY
Three Wait on Dock, Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY 1978 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso Gelatin silver print (Edition of 5 + 2 APs) 20 x 16 inches (Edition of 5 + 2 APs)...
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Backlighted Aspen, Telluride, Colorado
Located in Dallas, TX
"I like to go back to a place. Seasons change. Light, which is theater, changes. Nature is tumultuous, and our contact with it makes life happen.” - David H. Gibson David H. Gibso...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Penny Farthing, Llandudno Wales
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition 1 of 25. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hot Air Balloon Championship, monochrome photograph, limited editin landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Blue Notes, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blue Notes - 2018 Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-print, based on the Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-431. ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

Peony No.7 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Peony No.7’ 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 Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Alter Ego
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Alter Ego, 2017, Edition 2/7 Based on an original Impossible film Digital C-print, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print, Polaroid

Untitled (Paradise) - Contemporary, Nude, Men, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Paradise) - 1999, 20x20cm. Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 18420. No...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signatur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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

Seated Female Nude
Located in Astoria, NY
Anne Sager (American, 1930-2024), Seated Female Nude, Color Photograph, Chromogenic Print, from the "Women Over 50" series, woman draped in fur stole, stamped “Anne Sager 19” to vers...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Alaverdi, Georgia (Groom carrying Bride, spotted dog watching)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
This print is currently featured in our exhibition, Warm Regards, and will be available to ship after the show closes June 24th, 2017. Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in co...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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 Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Two Men Kissing, Vintage Gelatin Silver, Hand-Tinted Portrait by Jan Saudek
Located in New york, NY


"Two Men Kissing" is a celebration of gay love. Unlike Saudek’s hallmark surreal and dreamlike photographs, for this work the artist documents shared...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Kansas and Parker Bowling - 21st Century, Figurative Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Kansas and Parker Bowling' Edition 1/10, 20x30cm, 2018, printed on Velvet Watercolor, 310gsm, Bright White, Acid Free, Signature label and Certificate....
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Nocturnal Nature: Painted Cyanotype Still Life of Hibiscus and Rose on Indigo
Located in Hudson, NY
Hand-painted cyanotype still life of pink flowers on indigo with custom frame Nocturnal Nature (Double Hibiscus, Rose) — painted cyanotype by Julia Whitney Barnes 2024 watercolor, go...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

I Am the Spirit That Hovers Above the Shapeless Mass of Dreams
Located in New York, NY
I Am the Spirit That Hovers Above the Shapeless Mass of Dreams 1991 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in ink, recto Gelatin silver print (Edition of 5) 12.5 x 8.5 inches (31.8 x...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Stefanie Schneider Minis - The Party's over -based on a Polaroid, Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Party's over (Oxana's 30th Birthday), 2008 featuring Radha Mitchell Signed and signature brand on verso. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on a Polar...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Night Snake
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey is internationally known for her large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs including her acclaimed series of luminous portraits of birds, flowers and animals in a series called Small Deaths published in 2001 by University of Texas...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Tell Me A Story I, Paris, Mixed Media Art & Photography, Books, Pink Color Wave
Located in New york, NY
The contemporary work on paper is both art and photography, highlighting color fields. Tell Me A Story I, 2025 by Roberta Fineberg (RF) is 16 x 16in on Hahnemuhle paper, an origina...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment, Oil Pastel, M...

X - Factor, long exposure, monochrome photograph, long exposure, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 20. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to ord...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Babil, Iraq
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Wanaka Lake Tree, Study 2, Otafo, New Zealand, black and white photograph
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Wanaka Lake Tree, Study 2, Otafo, New Zealand is a black and white photograph by Michael Kenna. The (silver gelatin) print is signed and numbered. Michael Kenna is master of cont...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Still Life, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Still Life - 2018 Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-427. K...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Marilyn Monroe Pinup Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white full body vintage original photograph features Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit and heels. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebri...
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1950s Contemporary Photography

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Black and White

#10282-a Lake Erie, Buffalo, New York, USA
Located in New York, NY
#10282-a Lake Erie, Buffalo, New York, USA 2011/2023 Signed in black ink, verso Archival pigment print 6 x 6 inches, sheet 5.25 x 2.25 inches, image This work is offered by CLAMP...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

161.03.11 by Klaus Kampert - Fine art nude photography, woman's body, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
161.03.11 is a work by contemporary photographer Klaus Kampert, from the 'On Body Forms' series. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Contemporary photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Tyler Shields, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and Richard Heeps. 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 photography, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available.

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