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.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Beige
Figure 32
Located in Sante Fe, NM
f Men: Strength and Vulnerability is an examination of male behavior, in particular, platonic intimacy and how cultural biases set the parameters for physical relationships. Men in A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (C-1007)
By Marco Breuer
Located in New York, NY
Breuer has consistently challenged the conventions of photography by rejecting the use of camera, film and negative in favor of interacting directly with material. Eschewing conventi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Aerial View, June 30, 2009
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Bridge at Hoover Dam series looks at the evolution of the Colorado River Bridge, in the context of the Black Canyon and Hoover Dam, as its construction continues through the end ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sculptural Nude - nude with antique marble Venus Statues, fine art photography
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and high end framing on request.
PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists.
Ar...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Smerinthus saliceti
By Jo Whaley
Located in Sante Fe, NM
THE THEATER OF INSECTS
Insects depicted larger than life, approach a human scale. One can confront them face to face and wonder at their structure and designs. In these images, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Parnassius apollo
By Jo Whaley
Located in Sante Fe, NM
THE THEATER OF INSECTS
Insects depicted larger than life, approach a human scale. One can confront them face to face and wonder at their structure and designs. In these images, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sonia Aquino, Milan - nude portrait, fine art photography, 2003
By Bruno Bisang
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marina Ema & Kazusa Ito, Matsuo Kabuki
Located in Sante Fe, NM
My photographs reflect both genuine interest in my subject as well as a respect for the element of serendipity. I strive for both calculation and discovery in my work, studying my su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Drive-in theater, San Fernando Valley, California
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1971 with a bachelors degree in anthropology, and while teaching photography at the ASUC Studio on the Berkeley camp...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Motel, Highway 66, Holbrook, Arizona
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1971 with a bachelors degree in anthropology, and while teaching photography at the ASUC Studio on the Berkeley camp...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Starlite Motel, Mesa, Arizona, December 28, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1971 with a bachelors degree in anthropology, and while teaching photography at the ASUC Studio on the Berkeley camp...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saccharine Perch
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
I present unspoken stories which illustrate fleeting moments in time and which are intended to evoke a mood in the viewer. These mythical illustrations might address the fragility of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beirut Spiral
Located in New York, NY
available unframed
C-Print photograph, 4/10 (24"x20")
Sean Hemmerle is a New York-based photographer whose work ranges from international conflict zones to contemporary architect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Twenty Four Trees, Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan, 2005
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on the front of the mount. Signed, dated and numbered and titled with artist’s copyright stamp on the back of the mount. We have over 2,000 works available...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Epitaph II - portrait with colorful pearl makeup, fine art photography, 2013
By Rankin
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Lambda
OCGC, Division 1, Western Elevation Oblique
Located in New York, NY
C-Print Photograph, edition of 5 (available unframed)
In this photograph, Sean Hemmerle captures images of an imperiled Brutalist masterwork, The Orange County Government Center in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
'Erotic Nude #3519' - nude in red light, fine art photography, 2010
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled, Liberia
Located in New York, NY
Tim Hetherington photographed the experience of war from the perspective of the individual. During the Liberian Civil War, Hetherington photographed people struggling to survive thei...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
White Nymph II
By Paul Coghlin
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size.
Available in 4 sizes:
9" x 11"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Nymph I
By Paul Coghlin
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size.
Available in 4 sizes:
9" x 11"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Icelandic Poppy III
By Paul Coghlin
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 11 x 11 inch size.
Available in 4 sizes:
9" x 11...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Field Poppy II
By Paul Coghlin
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size.
Available in 4 sizes:
9" x 11"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
English Rose I
By Paul Coghlin
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, dated and numbered on front of print. Titled on back of print. Contact the gallery for availability. This listing is for the 9 x 11 inch size.
Available in 4 sizes:
9" x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Touch your Toes' - Model in stockings bending over, fine art Photography, 1996
By Rankin
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certifi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Lambda
'Hundreds & Thousands' - vulva with sugar sprinkles, fine art photography, 2006
By Rankin
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Lambda
Breaunna at Mirror, The Algiers Hotel, Las Vegas - fine art photography, 2000
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kate Moss - the supermodel kneeling in front of a fridge holding a cucumber
Located in Vienna, AT
High-end framing available on request.
Ellen von Unwerth is one of the most famous and influential photographers in the world. Her artistic achievements have been honored with trul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gisele Buendchen - the supermodel naked smoking with jewelry and a cigarette
By Michel Comte
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and high end framing on request.
PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists.
Fo...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sofia Coppola - the regisseur and actress lying in a bath tube with dress on
By Michel Comte
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certific...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Circle, NYC - nude models lying on a bed with drapes around them
By Iris Brosch
Located in Vienna, AT
Brosch’s unique celebration of female sensuality moves in fresh and fascinating directions in her ability to rework timeless classicism with a thoroughly modern twist.
PREISS FINE A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
'Pink Knickers' - seminude with seethrough underwearm fine art photography, 2003
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request.
All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certificate of authenticity from the gallery.
The award-winning and renowned photographer, Marc Baptiste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled - close up from a blond woman of her face and eyes from the side
By Guy Aroch
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and prices on request.
PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists.
In 1993, Guy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled - model with blond curly hair in front of a window
By Guy Aroch
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and framing on request.
PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists.
In 1993, Gu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Linda 1 - model in black bathing suite lying on the floor
By Guy Aroch
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and high end framing on request.
PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists.
In...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Cindy Crawford, portrait of the supermodel dressed in a golden bustier
By Michel Comte
Located in Vienna, AT
Cindy Crawford, Vanity Fair, dressed with oriental flair.
Preiss Fine Arts is one of the top 5 galleries of the world in fine art photography. We respresent only the most famous pho...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
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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