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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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Hoop Girl
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros Hoop Girl Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free Year: 2000s Size: 11x11.2in Edition: 1...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Ghoria Gigantea, Nature Insect Photograph of Light Brown, Orange Moth on White
Located in Kent, CT
In this hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a light brown moth with yellow orange details on the top of its wings is dramatic against a solid white background....
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Large Format Polaroid Photograph Still Life Color Photo Dye Print Betty Hahn Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Betty Hahn Title: Belladonna Date: 1980 Original Polaroid Large Format Print (Photo-Internal dye diffusion transfer) Location: Cambridge Massachusetts United States Dimensions: Image: 27 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (69.9 x 52.1 cm), Paper: 29 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (74.3 x 54.6 cm) This depicts a still life of a flower with an old botanical drawing print plate. From "Five Still Lifes" New York: Paradox Editions, Ltd., 1980. 5 original Polaroid color prints. Each hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 37/40 in ink in the margin. Each approximately 24 x 20in (image size). Each is on original as there are no negatives in this process. The photographers included: Robert Cumming, Robert Fichter, Betty Hahn, Victor Schrager and William Wegman. The photos were produced in the Polaroid Corporation’s 20×24 studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is an internal Dye Diffusion print (large format) Polaroid print. These are exceedingly rare now. This format was used by many of the leading photographers of the second half of the 20th century, among them Peter Beard, Chuck Close, David Levinthal, Robert Frank, David Hockney, Lucas Samaras, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe and, perhaps most significantly, Ansel Adams More recently Ellen Carey has created large abstract masterpieces using this format. Betty Hahn (born 1940) is an American photographer known for working in alternative and early photographic processes. She completed both her BFA (1963) and MFA (1966) at Indiana University. Initially, Hahn worked in other two-dimensional art mediums before focusing on photography in graduate school. She is well-recognized due to her experimentation with experimental photographic methods which incorporate different forms of media. By transcending traditional concepts of photography, Hahn challenges the viewer not only to assess the content of the image, but also to contemplate the photographic object itself. Betty Hahn was born on October 11, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois where she also grew up. At the age of ten, Hahn was given her first camera by an aunt. Hahn later on went to graduate from Scecina Memorial Catholic High School. Soon after, she enrolled at Indiana University with a full scholarship where she furthered her studies in Fine Arts, receiving both her BFA (1963) and her MFA (1966). Throughout her undergraduate years, she concentrated in drawing and painting; however, as she entered graduate study, she worked in photography. During this important developmental period, Hahn studied under one of the most well-known photography teachers of the time, Henry Holmes Smith, who encouraged Hahn's work in alternative processes. Once she graduated, Hahn moved to Rochester where she taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology until 1975. Hahn then relocated to Albuquerque where she was professor at University of New Mexico until her retirement in 1997. Hahn is best known for her explorations of alternative processes in photography, using both older methods of darkroom developing such as gum-bichromate and cyanotypes, with other art mediums, including hand-painting and even embroidery. She is noted as one of the first photographers to successfully integrate such a variety of art mediums. Hahn encourages the viewer to think more deeply through not only the use of different physical processes in her artwork, but also through the multiplicity of meanings in her photographs. In most of her work, Hahn integrates humor and irony as she explores the meanings generated by formal combinations. Some of her prints include the sprocket holes of the 35mm negative, which allude to its 35mm film origins: but by hand coloring with bright paints, she draws attention to the mixture of craft with industrial mediums. Once she started experimenting with the gum-bichromate process, Hahn started stitching into her photographs. Printing onto canvas and other fabrics allowed her to use thread to highlight certain aspects of the photograph. In combining her photographs with conventional practices, Hahn successfully intertwines formal and conceptual aspects. Not only does she speak to the mundane tasks of everyday life, but also about routine and normativity. In highlighting the ordinary in her work, Hahn elevates and revives that which has been lost in the practice of daily life. Embroidery references femininity, as Hahn underlines the feminist issue of the anonymity of women's handicraft. Her embroidery often emphasized flowers with its three-dimensionality, furthering the idea of femininity; she later on pursued this as a symbol and incorporated it in several of her other series. In her work, Hahn delivers a powerful feminist message in regards to women and embroidery. It is quite evident through time that women's labor is needlework, and that their labor is frequently undervalued as craft both when dissimilar and alike to men's work. In a time period where men overshadowed women in the traditional art, such as painting and sculpture, women oftentimes reverted to other mediums like textiles. It has been suggested that women's work, especially in embroidery, is of little value in the art field since it is considered a craft. Since "arts and crafts" are more often than not paired together, it is obvious they are in the same category; however, there is a clear distinction. For 300 years, women have been taught needlework through practice and tradition, and in inadvertently, promoted obedience and household effeminate behavior. As a result, instead of regarding stitching as an art, many viewed it as a thoughtless skill, lacking originality. On the contrary, however, it is far more than evident that the hand of woman is more than a mindless and conforming thing, it is one of sensitivity, thought, patience, perseverance, and strength. By incorporating embroidery and stitching, Betty Hahn pushes the audience to acknowledge the work of women not as craft or tradition, but as meticulous, creative and unique. Exhibitions The Division of Photographic History at the Smithsonian Institution exhibited Hahn's work in a group exhibit in the 1960s as a part of a developing series of displaying the works of women photographers. Afterwards her work was featured in multiple thematic exhibitions at the Smithsonian. Hahn's first solo show exhibiting her work was in 1973 at the Witkin Gallery in New York City. Thereafter, she received several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1974, 1978, and 1983 to continue her work in explorative photography. Hahn's art has been exhibited throughout the country and worldwide featured in museums highlighting historical processes in Baltimore, Maryland (1972) and nature photography exhibitions in Osaka, Japan (1990). Her work has been displayed at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and Art History (2017), Phoenix Art Museum (2015), and the George Eastman House (2012, 2016). Hahn's work is held in private collectors, galleries, and in permanent museum collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Center for Creative Photography and the Museum of Modern Art. Exhibitions 1996 – George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and film, Rochester, New York 1997 – A History of Women Photographers, Akron Art Museum 1997 – Eye of the Beholder, Photographs of the Avon Collection, International Center of Photography, Midtown, New York City 1998 – Passing Shots: A Travel Series, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1998 – The City Series, Taos, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA 1999 – Photography Or Maybe Not, a Betty Hahn traveling retrospective, Mikhailovsky Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia 2000 – 20/20 Twentieth Century Photographic Acquisitions by 20 leading patrons, Museum of New Mexico, Museum of Fine Arts 2000 – Photography Or Maybe Not, a Betty Hahn traveling retrospective, Santa Fe de Granada, Spain 2001 – In the Eyes of the Beholder: Ten Photographers View Albuquerque, The University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM 2002 – Sun Works Contemporary Alternative Photography, The Art Institute of Boston 2002 – Flowers from the Permanent Collection, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico 2004 – 30th Anniversary Permanent Collection Exhibition, New Mexico State, University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico 2005 – New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico 2005 – Ace in the Hole, the legacy of Peter Walch, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2006 – The collectible moment, Norton Simon museum, Pasadena, California 2006 – The Social Lens, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia 2007 – Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography, A Traveling 2007 – Exhibition, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York 2008 – Flower Power: a Subversive Botanical, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM 2008 – Bernalillo County Arts Board Gallery, One Civic Plaza NW, Albuquerque, NM 2008 – Giving Shelter 516 Arts Albuquerque, NM (A Sister Exhibition to the Cradle Project) 2008 – Betty Hahn, Joyce Neimanas, and Judith Golden, Harwood Art Center Albuquerque, NM 2009 – Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe, Palace of the Governors, The New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, 2009 – Altered Land: Photography in the 1970s, Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 2010 – Sole Mates Cowboy Boots & Art, New Mexico Museum of Art 2010 – Rock Scissors Paper, Anderson Contemporary Arts, Albuquerque, NM 2010 – Recollection 2010, Works from the Colorado Photographic Arts Center, The Central Library, Vida Ellison Gallery, 2012 – 60 From the 60's (an exhibit of influential photos from the 1960s) George Eastman House, Rochester, New York 2012 – Albuquerque Now-Fall and Albuquerque Now-Winter, The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, 2013 – It's About Time: 14,000 Years of Art in New Mexico, The New Mexico Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM 2014 – Alternative Lineage – Honoring Betty Hahn; 5 Decades of Mentoring 2014 – Alternative Photographic Processes, Center for Photographic Art Carmel, California 2014 – Alternative Lineage, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 2014 – Transformational Imagemaking, Handmade Photography Since 1960 2014 – An Exhibition Curated by Robert Hirsch, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2014 – Museum Project, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, California 2014 – American Heritage Center and Art Museum, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 2014 – Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso, New Mexico 2015 - One-Of-A-Kind, unique photographic objects from the Center of Creative Photography, University of Arizona, 2015 – Unconfined – Empowering Women Through Art, African American Performing Arts Center, New Mexico Expo, 2015 – Visualizing Albuquerque: Art of Central New Mexico, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM 2015 – Healing ... For the Time Being, A mixed media exhibition in conjunction with On the Map: Albuquerque Art and Design, Jonathan Abrams MD 2015 – The AIPAD Photography Show, Represented by Joseph Bellows Gallery, New York, New York 2016 – Transformational Imagemaking, traveling exhibition March-16- April 16; Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa. 2016 – Fall-Rochester Institute of Technology, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY 2016 – 60 from the 60's: Selections from the George Eastman Museum, At the Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York (The featured artists included were Harry Callahan, Benedict J. Fernandez, Hollis Frampton...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Color, Polaroid

"Pola Girls 7" Original Polaroid / Unique piece by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pola Girls 7" Original Polaroid / Unique piece by Larsen Sotelo 4.2" x 3.5" inch - including white Polaroid frame 3.1" x 3,1" inch - image area Comes wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Polaroid

Mayenne - Signed limited edition landscape fine art print, Contemporary, France
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mayenne - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1992 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then p...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pi...

Love - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Love (The Princess and her Lover) part of the 29 Palms, CA project, 2007, Edition of 1/10, 20x24cm. Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Not mounted. Signature label and Certifica...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Untitled (Visiting Brownsville) [Mike Tyson visits Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1987]
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Visiting Brownsville) Mike Tyson visits his old neighborhood, Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1987 Signed and numbered, verso Archival pigment print 11 x 17 inches (Edition of 15...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Burned II (Self Portrait) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Burned II (Self Portrait), 1999 Edition of 1/10, 40x40cm Print on Velvet Watercolor, 310gsm, No OBAs, Bright White, Acid Free based on an original Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Not mounted. Artist Inventory No 311.01. A German view of the American West The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting paintings. So how exactly did this German photographer become one of the most important artists of the American narrative of the 20th and 21st century? Born in Germany in 1968, photographer Schneider divides her time between Berlin and Los Angeles. Her process begins in the American West, in locations such as the planes and deserts of Southern California, where she photographs her subjects. In Berlin, Schneider develops and enlarges her works by hand. What is initially most striking about Schneider's images is the color of her Polaroid film but her role in preserving the use of Polaroid film is one aspect of her work that has gained great respect from her contemporaries and the critics, as her work came about during a time when the Polaroid, a symbol of American photography, was on the road to extinction. This theme of preservation and deterioration is a core part of Schneider's oeuvre. In an interview in October 2014 with Artnet, the artist explained how her own experiences of pain and loss inspire her. ''My work resembles my life: Love, lost and unrequited, leaves its mark in our lives as a senseless pain that has no place in the present.'' ''The ex-lover experiences the residues of love as an amputee experiences the sensation of a ghost limb.'' - Stefanie Schneider Schneider's subjects are often featured in apocalyptic settings: desert planes, trailer parks, oilfields, run-down motels and empty beaches, alone, or if not, not connected with one another. ''It is the tangible experience of ''absence'' that has inspired my work'', explained Schneider. Barnebys, May 3rd, 2017 Stefanie Schneider is a contemporary German photographer and film artist. Her work is characterized by its uniform formal aesthetic and its faded imagery, which she produces through the chemical deterioration of expired film. Schneider’s focus is on the exclusive depiction of young women living in California, clothed in retro dress and evoking nostalgic home photography or vintage film stills...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Untitled (Football no. 6)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Football no. 6), 2002 For several years, artist Brian Finke, traveled across the country photographing high school and college-level cheerleaders and football players. Mix...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 9257. Not mounted...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Oscar - Signed limited edition nature fine art print, Color photo, Large scale
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oscar - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-free and lignin-free paper, Museum quality paper for highest age resistance and a popular alternative to analogue baryta paper). The inks used are also known for their longevity. Named Oscar the time to photograph it, this lobster returned to live in the sea... No animals were mistreated during the photoshoot. Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity, unframed Please note. There are three sizes of this archival pigment print ; each is an edition of five (5) making the total that can be printed as fifteen (15). This will include any custom sizes requested Available sizes ( Image size , the white margin is not counted): 39 x 35 cm / 15,35" x 13,77" - Edition of 5 60 x 67 cm / 23,62" x 26,38" - Edition of 5 ( 4 available ) 102 x 91 cm / 40,15" x 35,82" - Edition of 5 Ian Sanderson (born 1951 Scotland, died 2020 Spain) was a Scottish photographer. Ian produced images over a 35 year career. For most he worked as both a Commercial and Fine Art photographer; during his last years concentrated on his personal archive. Ian and his partner have worked for many years with alternative printing techniques, Platinum Palladium, Silver Gelatin, Lith or Gum Bichromate. This culminated in a large retrospective exhibition in Barcelona which was sponsored by the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation. Platinum Palladium printing is a traditional photographic technique which precedes silver gelatin prints technique. Many photographers have worked with it in the past as Irvin Penn, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sebastiao Salgado o Ormond Gigli with its Platinum with gold leaf print 'Girls in the Windows'. For this type of print, the original Platinum Palladium technique is more advanced by adding another precious metal that only a handful of artists in the world have the expertise to practice it today. Ian Sanderson Studio works with silver or gold leafs depending on the desired rendering. These precious metals bring longevity and rarity to the print but also a tonal range and depth unmatched by digital printers which are valued by collectors. Ian Sanderson studio continues to create rare and personalised pieces thanks to the work of Ian's life partner. Styles: Colour photography, 21st century, Archival print, Long room, kitchen decorative...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...

Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - 90x89cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Shooting II (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 90x89cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist I...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

David Burdeny - Blue Quadrilateral, Great Salt Lake, Utah
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny Blue Quadrilateral, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2017 Archival Pigment Print Signature Label Price for Print only. Ask us for framing options. SALT pushes the preferred min...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

A Vision you can't Capture no 02 (29 Palms, CA) - 125x172cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A Vision you can't Capture, no 03 (29 Palms, CA) - 2007 125x172cm, Edition 1/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Mounted on Aluminum with matte...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Untitled (Bike Life no. 1)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Bike Life no. 1), 2021 Bike Life — Leave your issues at home, get on the road, and ride it out ... It’s the other side of the bike world. More than crazy in chaos and runn...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

"OUT ON THE RACETRACK" (parvus) Framed Collage, Screenprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "OUT ON THE RACETRACK" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather featuring a papercut slogan over found papers, collage, and screen printing This piece measures 16.5"...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Ink, Archival Paper, Screen

Campbell Kitchen (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Campbell Kitchen (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 Edition of 10, 58x56cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper (matte), based on the Polaroid. ...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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

Salton Sea Destruction II (California Badlands), Edition 7/10
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Salton Sea Destruction II' (California Badlands) - 2016, 24x20cm, Edition 7/10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 19393.1...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

NASA Apollo 7, Photograph from Spacecraft of Hurricane Gladys in Gulf of Mexico
By Nasa
Located in New york, NY
In October 1968 as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 91st revolution of the earth from an altitude of 99 nautical miles, photographed is Hurricane Gladys in the Gulf of Mexico...
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1960s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film

Fox Boy Fox
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Molly’s current photographic work explores themes of memory, the passage of time, a sense of place, and the natural world, using both painting and photography. Her unique silver gela...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled (Nr. 1751) Photography 18" x 24" Edition of 20 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 1751) Photography 18" x 24" Edition of 20 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid Off the Grid is the culmina...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Natsuki Tukamoto, Matsuo Kabuki
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eileen, Las Vegas, Nevada - Man's Ruin Series - Fashion Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Eileen, taken in Las Vegas in 2001 it is part of Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' series and features in his book of that title. This glamorous classic poolside artwork has a sense of soph...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Man against wall, One. Motion Series. Male Nude Sepia Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Man against wall one by Ricky Cohete From Motion series Sepia Archival Pigment print Medium 36"x24" Ed of 10 + 1AP Throughout his exploration of the movement of the body, with mode...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

The Girl II
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Girl II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence), 2013, 20x20cm, sold out Edition of 10, Artist Proof 2/2. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Cert...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

'Sun is rising' Photography 64" x 44" framed by Karim
Located in Carmel, CA
Edition of 3 1/3 The photograph comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal. Karim - 'Sun is rising' Photography on paper. framed. Karim is a very unique, a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label, art...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Eileen, Las Vegas, Nevada - Man's Ruin Series - Fashion Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Eileen, taken in Las Vegas in 2001 it is part of Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' series and features in his book of that title. This classic image brings sophistication and dreamy summer ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Debbie Harry Blondie 1977
Located in Austin, US
Debbie Harry of Blondie - London 1977 limited edition print by Brian Duffy. Debbie Harry of “Blondie” wearing a Patti Smith Group T-shirt shot...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

20CM_004
Located in New York, NY
20CM_004 2022 Signed and numbered, verso Collage 10 x 7.5 inches This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Paper, Magazine Paper, Photographic Paper

Taking Turns (Till Death Do Us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Taking Turns (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2006 20x24cm,. Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Fleur du Mal - 21st Century Contemporary Photographic Print Color Polaroid
Located in Salzburg, AT
A bloomy view - Polaroid Photographic Print Framed by Pia Clodi The blue tones within her work should not be interpreted as coldness, as her works are full of fleeting moments withi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Carbon Pigment, Polaroid

"Dream", interior, abandoned, bed, mattresses, peeling paint, peach, photography
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Dream” is a 18 x 12 inch color photograph of a stack of old mattresses stacked on top of each other in the interior of an abandoned building. Peeling paint in peac...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Jungle Boy (Back in the 80's)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Jungle Boy (Back in the 80's) - 1999 48x46cm, Edition of 10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Agneta III signed and numbered
Located in London, GB
Agneta III by Blank Barbie pop art work of the iconic Agneta Fältskog of Swedish music super band ABBA. Japan 1978 paper size 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm unframed - framing availab...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Swimmer
Located in New York, NY
Swimmer 2020 Signed and numbered, verso Cyanotype print toned with ammonia and tannic acid (Edition of 5) 10 x 7 inches (25.4 x 17.8 cm), image $1,500 + $250 matting/framing Thi...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Burlesque Series, Delilah Right Red Hand I, The Whoopee Club, London
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque Photography after he spent 2003 capturing performances in Britain & America. He spent a lot on time with his subjects on a number of...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Decoration 1 - Original Photograph by Emile Deschler - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decoration 1 is an Original Photograph realized by Emile Deschler (1910-1991). The b/w photo is in very good condition included a cardboard passpartout (37x26 cm). No signature. E...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Abstract Seascape, Large-scale water photograph in coral, rose, violet, blue
Located in New York, NY
A coral orange horizontally striped sky is mirrored in a deep blue seascape; both composed to create an abstract composition in this large-scale photograph by Danny Weiss...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Painting Session
Located in New York, NY
Painting Session 1960s/2022 Estate stamped and numbered on label, verso Digital C-print 15 x 15 inches, image (Edition of 25) $2,000 This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1960s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

In it together (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In it together (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 9371. Not mount...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Untitled (Ferrari no. 2)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Ferrari no. 2), 2021 Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, edition of 4 20 x 20 in, edition of 9 15 x 15 in, edition of 20...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Museo del Risorgimento, Forli, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
MASSIMO LISTRI Museo del Risorgimento, Forli, Italy, 2014 48 x 60 inches Edition of 5 Chromogenic Print Unframed Also available in: 48 x 60 inches ed.5 71 x 88.5 inches ed.5 Ask...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print

Painted Faces, Tribal Women Ethiopia, Africa, Photography on Japanese Paper
Located in New york, NY
Painted Faces, 1996 by Jean-Michel Voge, is a contemporary color photograph 13" x 19" of two women with painted faces from the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. Th...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Wandering II (Wastelands) - analog hand-print, vintage. 58x56cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hidden Valley (Wastelands), 57x56cm, Edition of 5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid, Artist inventory Number 1192....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Untitled (Sex Machine no. 7), photograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Sex Machine no. 7), 2015 Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, edition of 4 20 x 20 in, edition of 9 15 x 15 in, edition o...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment, C Print

The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label, a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Rare Vintage Color C Print Photograph African Maasai Warrior Chromogenic Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Carol Beckwith, (American, b. 1945), Maasai Portrait Chromogenic print on paper, from Beckwith's book "Maasai" (1980), Hand signed in pencil, dated and titled with name of sitter in margins, 19" x 16" Sheet. Carol Beckwith (1945-) is an American photographer, author, and artist known for her photojournalism documenting the indigenous tribal cultures of Africa, most notably in partnership with the Australian photographer Angela Fisher. Between them, Beckwith and Fisher have published 14 books, and have had their photos appear in National Geographic, Natural History, African Arts, The Observer Magazine, Time, Life, Vogue, Marie Claire and Elle. They continue to exhibit and lecture at galleries and museums worldwide, including The American Museum of Natural History and The Explorers Club in New York City, The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, and the Royal Geographical Society in London. They have also collaborated on four films about African traditions. Together they have received numerous accolades, including the United Nations Award for Excellence, the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal, two Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, The Explorers Club Lowell Thomas Award, and the WINGS WorldQuest Lifetime Achievement Award. Carol Beckwith was born in Boston, Massachusetts, where she went on to attend both the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Goucher College in Maryland. After obtaining her degree in Painting and Photography she won a traveling fellowship from the Boston Museum, which let her travel to other countries for the first time. She spent seven months in Japan, living in a Zen temple and studying calligraphy painting. She continued to travel through Southeast Asia and New Guinea, where she witnessed a "sing-sing", a gathering of 90,000 Highland warriors, in Mount Hagen, and paddled up Chambri Lakes in a canoe, an experience she called "one of the most wonderful, and in a way formative, experiences in my life." Her first trip to Africa was in 1973, when she was invited to spend Christmas with a friend in Kenya. Beckwith bought a 45-day roundtrip ticket and ended up staying eight months. There she encountered the Maasai people who invited her to witness a female circumcision ceremony. Astonished by the ritual, she then determined to spend more time with the Maasai. Beckwith studied photography in college but had initially intended to become a painter. It was during her travels through New Guinea that she realized the advantages of photography, saying that "there was such a vast amount of exciting material that I began to photograph instead, approaching photography with the eye of a painter in terms of light, color, composition. I wanted the images to be multi layered experiences in a way that a painting is. . . [Photography] seemed to be a more suitable medium for the pace of travel." Beckwith's first major collaboration was with Tepilit Ole Saitoti, an anthropologist and former Maasai warrior...
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Uncontained Consumption: Seafood - composite photo, beachscape, landscape
Located in Atlanta, GA
This textured composite landscape, beachscape, seascape features hues of blue and white. This listing is for an unframed print. Jennifer McKinnon Ri...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Untitled Signed, l.r. Collage 18.5 x 15.5 inches (47 x 39.4 cm), framed 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm), image This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Photography

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Magazine Paper

Santa Monica Pier (Stranger than Paradise) - Analog, hand-print, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Santa Monica Pier (Stranger than Paradise) - 1997 Edition 4/5, 44x56cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Artist inventory Number 104.04. Signatu...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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

Cups - Suburbia - Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, Color, Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Cups (Suburbia) - 2004 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, Signed on verso with Certificate, Artist inventory number: 1686. Not mounted. This proje...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

NO.8
Located in New York, NY
A fan of photography since her early childhood, Mizrakli graduated from Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Interior Decoration Department, and continued her higher education in London, where she started out her work as a photographer. Later on, she moved to New York to further develop her career as a photographer and enrolled in classes at the Photography Department of the New York Film Academy. She received a Master’s Degree in photography in Los Angeles, where she is currently based. Mizrakli has conducted many shooting sessions for Mica Studios and Bullet Magazine in New York and had two solo exhibitions in Los Angeles. She has recently participated in the Contemporary Istanbul Exhibition (November 2013). In some of her black and white works she uses the human body only as a pictorial sign in order to create almost abstract works. First made anonymous, the female model is then cloned and circularly multiplied. The result is a kind of wheel in which the repeated human body gives birth to a new, seemingly vegetal or mineral structure. Thus, the human element seems to be transformed into different other natural...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Photographic Film...

Floating Monastery by Barry Cawston 120 x 100cm photograph w/Acrylic Face Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Nga Phe Chaung Monastery emerging from the mists of Lake Inle – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding for a dream project and he chose to travel the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper

Hide-out (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hide-out (American Depression) - 2017 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 20113...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Agneta IV signed and numbered
Located in London, GB
Agneta IV by Blank Barbie pop art work of the iconic Agneta Fältskog of Swedish music super band ABBA. Japan 1978 paper size 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Shira and Sarah
Located in New York, NY
Shira and Sarah 2020 Signed and numbered, verso Archival pigment print 24 x 18 inches (Edition of 10 + 3 APs) $4,600 40 x 30 inches (Edition of 5 + 2 APs) Contact gallery for pri...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marina Sign I, Salton Sea Beach, California - Roadside sign color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Marina Sign, photograph by Richard Heeps taken in the Salton Sea, California. This authentic classic American Sign has been beautifully weathered. The bold graphic style makes it hav...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Contemporary photography for sale on 1stDibs.

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