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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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Style: Contemporary
Color:  Orange
Sun Set Rise
Located in New York, NY
Layered laser cut dye sublimation prints on aluminum (Edition of 3 + 2 APs) Signed and numbered on label, verso From the series "Dream Date" This artwork is offered by ClampArt, loc...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Lollipop I (Beachshoot) starring Radha Mitchell, analog, woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lollipop (Beachshoot) 80x80cm, Edition 4/5, 2005. Analog C-Print, hand-Printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label, a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

"Construction Site, Decatur, GA #8" - Aerial Landscape Photography - Ansel Adams
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Construction Site, Decatur, Georgia #8, 2018" is a drone photograph featuring hues of yellow, blue and orange. Edition of 5. This photograph may be available in additional sizes. Pe...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Out of Service, Wildwood, NJ - American Interior Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Out of Service', cool, stylish and gorgeous colours in this stunning cinematic interiors shot taken in the Doo-Wop Town Wildwood, New Jersey. This artwork is a limited edition of 2...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Self Touches #11. Fashion limited edition color photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Self Touches #11, 2011 by Koray Erkaya From the series of Self Touches Series Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta Paper Image size: 20 in. H x 28 in. W (50 cm H x 70 cm W) Edition of 7 All ab...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print, Archival Pigment

Scientific Sexology, Milan - Italian books, color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan began as a special project for the 2018 Affordable Art Fair Milan. It was well received and the artwork has become popular with art buye...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

colors 053 – Yoshinori Mizutani, Colour, Photography, Structure, Yellow, Water
Located in Zurich, CH
Yoshinori MIZUTANI (*1987, Japan) colors 053, 2014 Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper 27 x 18 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.) Edition of 5 plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 2/5 prin...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Kelly (Beachshoot) - analog, Polaroid, vintage hand-print, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kelly (Beachshoot) - 2005 80x80cm, Edition 3/5, analog C-Print, hand-Printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte finish, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and signatu...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Untitled (Oilfields) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Desert, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (Oilfields) 2004, 60x60cm, Edition of 10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No 119...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

Rosado Dunes IV, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Located in New York City, NY
Araquém Alcântara Dunas do Rosado IV, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 2013 70 x 105 cm 27.5 x 41 inches Edition of 10 100 x 150cm 40 x 60 inches Edition of 10 120 x 180 cm 47 x 71 in...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Color Photograph -- Pathways Series, Slovenia
Located in Troy, NY
This fine art photograph shows an intimate scene from the Vintgar Gorges in the Dinaric Alps in Slovenia. This is from a series consisting of various hidden paths all over the world....
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Color

Irrigation - Garst Road, Salton Sea, California - Landscape, Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps Salton Sea Collection, the image from Garst Road came about from his interest in photographing areas below sea level. A lot of the landscape in which he grew up...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Red or Dead - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Red or Dead Edition of 10 - 20 x 20 cm. Digital C-Print based on a on a 600 Polaroid. Signed on back and certificate. Not mounted. Painted Red (Shot 2020 on 600 film) Directly infl...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Painted Red - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Painted Red Edition of 10 - 20 x 20 cm. Digital C-Print based on a on a 600 Polaroid. Signed on back and certificate. Not mounted. Painted Red (Shot 2020 on 600 film) Directly infl...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Flower (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Flower (29 Palms, CA), 1999, 20x20cm, Edition 1/10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label artist Inventory No. 197639, not mounted THE GREATER TH...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

California Forest Fire
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed and numbered, verso 20 x 40 inches 30 x 60 inches 40 x 77 inches 48 x 92 inches (Total edition of 15) This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. With the series, "Lost" (2003-2004), Nix and Gerber continue their investigation of the constructed landscape, this time examining feelings of isolation and loneliness. Like much of their previous work, this group of photographs...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Red or Dead - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, Figurative, Portrait, Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Red or Dead Edition of 10 - 40 x 40 cm. Digital C-Print based on a on a 600 Polaroid. Signed on back and certificate. Not mounted. Painted Red (Shot 2020 on 600 film) Directly inf...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Painted Red - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Painted Red Edition of 10 - 40 x 40 cm. Digital C-Print based on a on a 600 Polaroid. Signed on back and certificate. Not mounted. Painted Red (Shot 2020 on 600 film) Directly infl...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

"Red Empire" Empire State Building Photograph Art Deco
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Claire Clarkson's "Red Empire" is from a series of photographs exploring the replication of the antiquated photographic and printing process through modern technologies. Her works of...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Plexiglass, Photographic Paper

Tempus Fugit - Contemporary, Conceptual, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tempus Fugit, 2017, Edition 1/10 Digital Print based on an embroidered skull on Polaroid portrait, mounted under Plexi This piece will be exhibited at the Bombay Beach Biennale in ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print, Archival Paper, Color, Polaroid

Tempus Fugit - Contemporary, Conceptual, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tempus Fugit, 2017, Edition 1/10 Digital Print based on an embroidered skull on Polaroid portrait, mounted under Plexi This piece will be exhibited at the Bombay Beach Biennale in ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print, Archival Paper, Color, Polaroid

Untitled #30
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanessa Marsh is an American artist living and working in California. Her series The Sun Beneath the Sky reflects upon the nature of light, atmosphere, geology and time. Layers of pa...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photogram

Look both Ways - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century, Psychiatry
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Look Both Ways (Shot 2019 on 600 Film) Edition of 10 - 20 x 20 cm - Digital C-Print based on a on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. Clare Marie Bailey Works ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Untitled #31
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanessa Marsh is an American artist living and working in California. Her series The Sun Beneath the Sky reflects upon the nature of light, atmosphere, geology and time. Layers of pa...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photogram

Untitled #41
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanessa Marsh is an American artist living and working in California. Her series The Sun Beneath the Sky reflects upon the nature of light, atmosphere, geology and time. Layers of pa...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photogram

VFH Montreal
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through photography, Michel Piquette creates captures of time, animated by a paradoxical quest for an image preceding any technique. By weaving together aspects of geometry and abstr...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital

Big Orange Sun, August 15, 2015
Located in Sante Fe, NM
My photographs comprise a solar diary, portraits of a moment in the life of our local star.
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Golden Beach House East Hampton
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Late golden light caresses the sand fences on East Hampton Beach. Signed, Dated, number Lower left 2/15 recto, unframed, other sizes available. Mitch...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Inkjet

Like Ice in the Sunshine II (L.A.) No. 23
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print (image size 14 x 14 inches), edition 8. Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided. Framing also available at an additional cost. In ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Look both Ways - Contemporary, Polaroid, Woman, 21st Century, Psychiatry
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Look Both Ways (Shot 2019 on 600 Film) Edition of 10 - 40 x 40 cm - Digital C-Print based on a on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. Clare Marie Bailey Works ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Orange-Headed Lady Gouldian Finch (Ray of Wisdom)
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print, painted frame (Edition of 3 + 2 APs) Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on label, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Nightley Disease - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Nightly Disease - Shot 2019 on 600 film Shot for the theme of fragile for the 12:12 group, this considers the waking mind and the hours between midnight and sunrise. The Nightl...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

"The Complements 1", abstract, polychromatic, stripes, blue, orange, print
Located in Natick, MA
Patty deGrandpre’s “The Complements 1” is a unique abstract 1.75 x 10 inch polychromatic inkjet print on 11 x 14 inch rag paper with a band of varied stripes in saturated complementa...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital, Rag Paper, Color

Untitled (Oilfields) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Desert, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Oilfields) 2004, 60x60cm, Edition 2/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signed on back with Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 1211.02. Unm...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Tempus Fugit - Contemporary, Conceptual, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tempus Fugit, 2017, Edition 1/10 Digital Print based on an embroidered skull on Polaroid portrait, mounted under Plexi This piece will be exhibited at the Bombay Beach Biennale in ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print, Archival Paper, Color, Polaroid

Untitled
By Sarah Charlesworth
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. About the artist: A key member of the Pictures Generation, Sarah Charlesworth (1947-2013) explore...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

50x50in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - BT 013
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of land art depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's beauty taken in remote lands...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Like Ice in the Sunshine II (L.A.) No. 16
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print (image size 14 x 14 inches), edition 8. Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided. Framing also available at an additional cost. In ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Like Ice in the Sunshine II (L.A.) No. 26
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print (image size 14 x 14 inches), edition 8. Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided. Framing also available at an additional cost. In ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Like Ice in the Sunshine II (L.A.) No. 53
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print (image size 14 x 14 inches), edition 8. Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided. Framing also available at an additional cost. In ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frenzy (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color. Church
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Copper Penny Sunday School (Sidewinder) 2005, Edition of 4/5, 125x154cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signed on back. artist Inventory No. 3056.0...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Apples in Fall
Located in Chicago, IL
Digital phone art collage Available in two sizes: 24 x 36 in 36 x 48 in Robert Fleischman is a recording artist/singer songwriter/producer who played...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Mixed Media

Hyper No. 04
Located in New York, NY
French photographer Denis Darzacq chose HYPER supermarkets in Paris and Rouen as the setting for this series. There, brightly packaged and presented consumer goods provided a vivid a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

The Nightley Disease - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Nightly Disease-Shot 2019 on 600 film The Nightley Disease, 2019, Edition 1/10 / 40x40cm Digital C-Print based on a on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on back and certificate. ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Secretary on the Run - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Secretary on the Run, 2018, Edition of 1/10 - 30 x 30 cm. Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, mounted on Dibond with matte UV-Protection. Signed on back and certificate. Clare's ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

30x30in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - BT 011
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of land art depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's beauty taken in remote lands...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Strapless
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed and numbered on label, verso 13 x 19 inches, image (Edition of 10 + 2 APs) 20 x 30 inches, image (Edition of 10 + 2 APs) 27 x 40 inches, image (Editi...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Indian Summer IV - The Last Picture Show, analog, 128x126cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Indian Summer (The Last Picture Show) 128x125cm, 2005, Edition 2/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid, Artist Inventory...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Oilfields, diptych - 21 Century, Polaroid, Contemporary, Portrait, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (Oilfields) 2004, 20x20cm each, installed with gaps 20x43cm, Edition 9/10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, signature label and certificate, artist Inventory No. 121...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Polaroid, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Untitled (Figure #7)
Located in New York, NY
Pinhole camera Chromogenic print (Unique) Signed and dated, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Robert Calafiore employs a hand-built pinhole camer...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Transformation, Fire
Located in New York City, NY
Plexiglas mounted
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Tempus Fugit - Contemporary, Conceptual, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tempus Fugit, 2017, Edition 1/10 Digital Print based on an embroidered skull on Polaroid portrait, mounted under Plexi This piece will be exhibited at the Bombay Beach Biennale in ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print, Archival Paper, Color, Polaroid

Edible Flower I
Located in New York, NY
Photogram on Polaroid Type 809 (Unique) Signed, titled, and dated in black ink, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Brian Buckley’s work has alway...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Polaroid

Traces (Frozen) - analog, hand-print, Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Traces (Frozen) Edition 2/3, 126x125cm, 2005. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper not mounted, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Untitled (Renaissance #1005)
Located in New York, NY
Type-C print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso 36 x 30 inches (Edition of 5) 48 x 40 inches (Edition of 5) This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Sugar Rush
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 5 + 2 APs) Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on label, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Frances F. Denny'...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled (Film Noir #1436)
Located in New York, NY
Type-C print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso 24 x 20 inches (Edition of 10) 36 x 30 inches (Edition of 5) 48 x 40 inches (Edition of 5) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Film Noir...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Horizon #5
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through photography, Michel Piquette creates captures of time, animated by a paradoxical quest for an image preceding any technique. By weaving together aspects of geometry and abstr...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital

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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