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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.

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Style: Contemporary
Color:  Orange
Lenny Kravitz, Bahamas
Located in New York, NY
12x16” Limited Edition of 20 Signed by the photographer Please allow extra production time. Other sizes available.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Fusion
Located in New York, NY
Limited edition photograph #1 of 5, 30"x45" C-print photograph, signed and editioned by the artist. In this striking photograph, massive twisted mountains of metal shimmer through ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Run - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21 Century, Expired, Photography, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Run - 2018, Edition 1/10 plus 2 Artist Proof, 50x50cm. Digital Print based on a Polaroid on Hahnemühle photo rag paper, not mounted. Signed on back with certificate. Ariel Shelleg ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Sasha
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Stamped and numbered, verso 24 x 20 inches (Edition of 10) 40 x 30 inches (Edition of 5) 60 x 50 inches (Edition of 3) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. Luke Smalley was an American artist known for his photographic work, which pairs a coolly minimalist aesthetic with a retro nostalgia. Images from his early in his career were inspired by fitness manuals and yearbooks c. 1910. This is not surprising since Smalley graduated with a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and worked for a number of years as a model and personal trainer. Smalley shot the bulk of his photographs in his home state of Pennsylvania, using real high school athletes as models. “Exercise at Home” is Luke Smalley’s second major body of work. Shot in and around the tiny Pennsylvania town the artist called home, Smalley revisits themes of adolescent growing pains acted out under the guise of earnest athleticism. Teenagers engage in simple yet strange competitions meant to establish their standings amongst one another. Two youths practice boating safety...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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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

Mandala #4003
Located in New York, NY
Type-C print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso 20 x 20 inches (Edition of 10) 30 x 30 inches (Edition of 5) 40 x 40 inches (Edition of 5) This artwork is offered by Clam...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Miami, Florida by David Graham, 2013, Archival Pigment Print, Color Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Miami, Florida by David Graham is a 16 x 20 inch archival pigment print, available in an edition of 25. This photograph features an orange and yellow wall with electrical equipment a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Horizon #7
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

Horizon #10
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

The Fallen 6 (Photograph, Print, Autumn Leaves, Black, Orange, Red)
Located in Brighton, GB
Edition of 10. All items are shipped as a print only and come unframed. Judith Lyons is a photographic artist living and working in London. A graduate of Central Saint Martin’s and...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Like Ice in the Sunshine II (L.A.) No. 67
Located in New York, NY
15.5 x 15.5 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. ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Like Ice in the Sunshine No. 12
Located in New York, NY
33.5 x 33.5 archival pigment print (framed to 34.5 x 34.5 inches), edition 8 Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided (see sample). Framing also available at an additional cost. In the latest series by Simone Rosenbauer, entitled Like Ice in the Sunshine...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Bunny" Type C Metallic Print
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jen's love of photography began as a child, when her grandfather, a photographer, gave her a camera. However, it wasn't until she graduated from UC Berkeley that photography became a driving force in her life. She loves to photograph America's worn-out, offbeat, and forgotten corners. Working with color Jen takes ordinary scenes just a bit beyond our everyday view. Many of her photographs depict California highway establishments and signage, revealing an appreciation for their dated aesthetic and patina of rust and neglect. "Bunny" Edition of 50 Type C...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

You Should Have Seen What I’ve Seen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My work emerges from research on memory and the remembrance of landscape, where vaporous atmospheres of evanescent recollections are illustrated. My work thus, contains ghostly and e...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Plexiglass, Photographic Paper

Like Ice in the Sunshine No. 10
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print (image size 14 x 14 inches), edition 8 (almost sold out). Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided. Framing also available at an additional cost. In the latest series by Simone Rosenbauer, entitled Like Ice in the Sunshine...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Sky Cab #1" Type C Metallic Print
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jen's love of photography began as a child, when her grandfather, a photographer, gave her a camera. However, it wasn't until she graduated from UC Berkeley that photography became a...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Wallpapered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Demise The subject is the conflation of woman and home. The woman is camouflaged among her domestic objects, activities, and obsessions. The still-life narratives co...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

RELIC # 17 IV - Wedding Gown 2
Located in New York, NY
c-print mounted on board. unframed. Still image from a video of a burning wedding gown. 2 framing options available. Edition of 4.
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Maa Laxmi
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Signed and numbered on label, verso 10 x 8 inches (Edition of 200) This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please note that prices increase a...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Oilfields, diptych - Contemporary, Polaroid, 20th Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (Oilfields) 2004, 60x60cm each, installed with gaps 60x130cm, Edition 2/10, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on an expired Polaroid, signed on verso, arti...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Orange Flower Petal Detail, Color Nature Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Close-up
Located in New York, NY
Orange Flower Petals, Color Nature Photography by Geoffrey Baris Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper Edition of 7 Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and number...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Wild West 89-PC-C-33, AP
Located in Park City, UT
David Levinthal is a central figure in American postmodern photography. Since 1972, he has photographed dolls and toys in settings that force us to question their apparent innocence....
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Polaroid

Like Ice in the Sunshine No. 01
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 (see sample). Framing also available at an addition...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Nymphalid
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, the...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pillbox Profile, 1998
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for FRAMED print. Edition 1 of 15. CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through September 4th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after September 4th. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production. Shipping time depends on method of shipping. Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph. ABOUT: Since the early ‘90s, gallerist Robin Rice and designer Antony Todd...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Orange Flower Detail, Color Nature Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Close-up
Located in New York, NY
Orange Flower Petals Detail, Color Nature Photography by Geoffrey Baris Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper Edition of 7 Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Pretty As Me
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Animal Visions All my life I have held a fascination with the animal kingdom, which began in my childhood growing up on a farm and extended into my adult years. On some inexplicab...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Novice Monk in Luang Prabang, Laos, December 14, 2008
Located in Storrs, CT
Novice Monk in Luang Prabang, Laos. Color photograph printed on Hahnemuhle paper. 10 x 13 3/8 (sheet 12 x 18). Signed in pencil. Not matted; housed in an archival folder. Deirdr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Cheese Balls
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The hovering installations featured in this ongoing series of photographs are inspired by self-organizing, "emergent" systems in nature such as termite mounds, swarming locusts, scho...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

RELIC # 17 V - Wedding Gown 2
Located in New York, NY
c-print mounted on board. unframed. still image from a video of a wedding gown burning. Edition of 4. 2 framing options available. series of 6 photographs available individually ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print

Seventy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The subject is the conflation of woman and home. In the previous “Anonymous Women: Draped” photographic series, a lone woman is hidden in a vignette within the drapery, where she per...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cozy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The subject is the conflation of woman and home. In the previous “Anonymous Women: Draped” photographic series, a lone woman is hidden in a vignette within the drapery, where she per...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ring of Fire
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dreaming in Reverse Twenty-five years ago I traveled freely throughout the Mexican countryside where I relished a warm, welcoming, and slow-paced style of living. I was heartened...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Autumn Grass, Camp Road, Whitman County
Located in New York, NY
C-print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso (Edition of 10) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. About the artist: Christopher Harris’s devastati...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

John Ford, Cheyenne Autumn
Located in New York, NY
Notes from John R. Hamilton: “There was a funny incident with John Ford. We were working on the film, “Cheyenne Autumn,” and I wanted to get a photograph of John Ford with the magnif...
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20th Century Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tropical Plant Leaf Detail, Color Nature Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Close-up
Located in New York, NY
Tropical Plant Leaf Detail, Color Nature Photography by Geoffrey Baris Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper Edition of 7 Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Skydive (Vegas)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Skydive (Vegas) 43x59cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist ...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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

"Time", abstract, yellow peeling paint, metal print, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Time” was photographed in an abandoned home in rural Pennsylvania. The 18 x 12 inch abstract color photo of yellow peeling paint has a satin finish is infused dire...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Bryce Canyon, dye sublimated print on aluminum
Located in New York, NY
16"x24" photograph, edition of 5 (dye sublimated print on aluminum) signed on reverse The beauty of Zoe Wetherall's work is in the structured geometry of natural and man-made forms...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

for intérieur – braise 1
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Patrick Beaulieu’s multi-disciplined practice creates finely tuned and subtle gestures that aim to re-focus our attention on the physical world that we see and experience. In convers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Thoughts of Oro"
Located in New York, NY
Nicole Furman is a multimedia artist, body painter and photographer from Bogotá, Colombia. Having studied a range of art practices from body painting and performance to art history a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

"Sunflower #11", botanical, bee, yellow, orange, flower, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Sunflower #11” is part of her "Simplicity" series of photographs taking an up close look at flowers and other botanical subjects. The 12 x 18 inch color photo is o...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

"White", abstract, rose, metal print, botanical, beige, warm, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “White” is part of her "Simplicity" series taking an up close look at flowers and other botanical subjects. The soft focus alters the image of a white rose into a b...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Metamorphosis Banner, Pennsylvania; From World of Wonders
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15 Signed, titled, and numbered. Series: World of Wonders Jimmy Katz, born in New York City in 1957, received his B.A. in political science and studied photography with J...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Personal struggle
Located in New York, NY
Nicole Furman is a multimedia artist, body painter and photographer from Bogotá, Colombia. Having studied a range of art practices from body painting and performance to art history a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Honey Doo
Located in New York, NY
The Sweet Blasts! Portfolio represents my own apprehension with our intersections of technology with natural systems. The series is not meant to be anti- or pro- anything. In my mind, it encompasses everything from genetic manipulations to cyber connectivity. Our impact on processes and evolutions that have been tested and processed over millennia are now being altered at a violent pace. And, our solutions to the problems that we are solving immediately will ultimately have an impact that will be felt far into the future. Yet, violent change is not new and is a part of the galactic system...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Aluminum

"Marsh Flight" Contemporary Figurative Photograph on Aluminum with Frame
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Marsh Flight" is a framed photograph on aluminum by Tom Chambers, depicting a child's legs playfully leaping over plants and birds. The crisp finish of the printed photograph is bal...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

AFTER SO MANY LIVES by Guido Argentini EROS series (DIASEC Photograph)
Located in New York City, NY
Series:: EROS All available sizes and editions: 30" x 60" editions of 9 40" x 80" editions of 6 50" x 100" editions of 1 Archival Pigment Print on Fine Art Baryta paper Price for U...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

CAN YOU STILL MOVE FORWARD by Guido Argentini
Located in New York City, NY
Series: SHADES OF A WOMAN All available sizes and editions: 30" x 40" editions of 18 40" x 60" editions of 7 48" x 72" editions of 3 Archival Pigment Print on Fine Art Baryta paper...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Emily Ratajkowski for GQ Turkey II' - closeup nude, fine art photography, 2023
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...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Emily Ratajkowski for GQ Turkey IV' - closeup portrait, photography, 2023
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...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Wander
Located in New Orleans, LA
Archival pigment print, mounted, UV laminated, frame upholstered by the artist Edition of 5 + 2 AP Alia Ali is a Yemeni-Bosnian-US multi-media artist. Her work explores cultural bi...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Fabric, Archival Pigment

Not titled yet, 2021 – Erik Madigan Heck, Fashion Photography, Woman, Blurry
Located in Zurich, CH
Erik MADIGAN HECK (*1983, United States) The Sunset Made Me Do It, 2021 Chomogenic print Sheet 152.4 x 101.6 cm (60 x 40 in.) Edition of 9 plus 2 artist's proofs (#1/9) Print only ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Not titled yet, 2022 – Erik Madigan Heck, Fashion Photography, Woman, Blurry
Located in Zurich, CH
Erik MADIGAN HECK (*1983, United States) Not Titled Yet, 2022 Chomogenic print Sheet 152.4 x 101.6 cm (60 x 40 in.) Edition of 9 plus 2 artist's proo...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

Vanity
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cécile Plaisance Vanity Fair Lenticular print framed with museum glass65 x 49 inches, Edition of 8 Signed and numbered by artist Framed Currently on display at Art Angels Los Angeles
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Lenticular

Folly Beach - beautiful sunset with water and trees in orange and red colours
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful piece of Nigel Parry's new landscape series. Other sizes and high-end framing on request. PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photograp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Ines, New York, " New Signed Lt'd Edition Photograph, Markus Klinko
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunning signed, limited-edition silkscreen of Ines Rivero shot by international celebrity photographer Markus Klinko (bio below) in 1997. We offer this strictly limited-edition signed C-print in a range of sizes and prices. The editions are quite small, so you'll own a remarkably rare and collectible work of photographic art. Shipping is FREE. Proudly presented by Guy Lyman Fine Art, New Orleans, with our firm guarantee. Ask about our other superb photographs by Markus Klinko, of stars including Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Kate Winslet, Naomi Campbell, Jennifer Lopez, and many others (see below). Markus Klinko is an award-winning, international fashion/celebrity photographer and director, who has worked with many of today's most iconic stars of film, music, and fashion. Klinko has photographed the likes of Beyonce, Lady Gaga, David Bowie, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kim Kardashian, Naomi Campbell, and Iman. His editorial clients include Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and Interview magazine. Brands such as Lancôme, L'Oréal Paris, Nike, Hugo Boss, Anna Sui, Pepsi, Skyy Vodka, and Remy Martin have hired Klinko to create advertising campaigns. His campaign for Keep A Child Alive raised over one million dollars for children with AIDS in just 3 days. Born in Switzerland of French, Italian, Jewish, and Hungarian descent, Klinko spent his early years training to become a classical harp soloist. He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris. Later, Klinko signed an exclusive recording contract with EMI Classics, as well as a management contract with Columbia Artists Management. He received the Grand Prix de Disque for his recording of French harp music...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film

Arianhold (Gold series by Guido Argentini)
Located in New York City, NY
GUIDO ARGENTINI GOLD series 40x40in ed.18 Archival Pigment Print Mounted and Framed Also available in 48x48in and 60x60in. Limited edition signed print by Guido Argentini. Guido ...
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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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