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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.

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Style: Contemporary
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Clara, Paris 1997
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15 signed and numbered Also available in: 90 x 120 cm / 35.4 x 47.2 in 120 x 160 cm / 47.2 x 63 in A black naked model from the front. Thierry Le Gouès...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Black and White

Turbulent Times, Single Tree, Storm, Long Exposure, black and white photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 20. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Brigitte Nielsen, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Portrait of nude actress Brigitte Nielsen in front of a wall. From personality p...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Wooden Boat House Panorama, Austria, black and white art waterscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Wooden Boat House Panorama, Austria - no. 21013 // Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

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

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

Set of 4 Color Photographs. From The Bodegones series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The bodegones are a pictorial interpretation based on a research project of the famous chef Juan Carlos Franco, on old food recipes of different periods in history. The photographer ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Six Flying Birds, Bath, Avon, England,
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Romance in Venice, Gondoliere, monochrome landscape photograph limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Romance in Venice Study 1, Venice, Italy - no. 18190 Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Ge...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

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. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Foggy Morning, mystic Tree, Austria, black and white art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Foggy Morning Study 1, Austria - no. 11359 // Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer pri...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Oui Mon Cul #20 (40x31cm) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Nude, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Oui Mon Cul' #20 (The Eyes Of The Fox), 2015, Edition 2/7, 40x31cm. Art print based on a Polaroid photograph on beautiful PHOTO RAG ULTRA SMOOTH, 305gsm, 100% cotton by HAHNEMÜHLE...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Color, Polaroid

Comfortably Dark - black and white fine art botanical photography, edition 5
Located in London, GB
A single bloom, stripped of sentiment, stands quiet in a field of darkness. Splatters break the surface, suggesting memory, erosion, or quiet rupture. This is not a floral study, it ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Giclée

Frank Sinatra at Sands Hotel
Located in Austin, TX
Artistic colorized photograph of Frank Sinatra in front of the Sands Motel in Las Vegas with his Ford Thunderbird. Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Cha...
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1950s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Alek Wek, New York 1996
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15 signed and numbered with label Also available in: 50 x 40 cm / 20 x 16 in 200 x 150 cm / 78.5 x 59 in Portrait of naked Supermodel Alek Wek...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Black and White

Ancient Laurisilva Forest, bent Tree, Madeira, black and white landscape photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Ancient Laurisilva Forest Study 9, Portugal - no. 21033 )) Black and white fine art landscape photography. Crooked tree in fairy forest in foggy mood, Fanal, Portugal. Archival pigm...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Jane Frost's 'Traces', Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire - landscape nature photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Jane's Frost's 'Traces', nature photograph by Richard Heeps taken when documenting Wicken Fen. Richard has a love for the unique Fenland landscape around his Cambridgeshire home capt...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Brassica Napus, Tree Avenue, Rapeseed Field
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Row of trees in the rapeseed field, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Ce...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Milkshakes, Parys, the Free State - Pop art color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
The seductive blue sky and the seductive milkshakes make you feel as if you are sitting in the car at this "Americana style" Roadhouse in Welkom, South Africa. It is typical of Richa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

After the Sunset Tree Island monochrome limited signed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Island with trees on a small mountain lake in the highlands of Scotland at sunset. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, t...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

House and Home
Located in New York, NY
William Wegman is a renowned photographer famous for his unique and artistic photographs of Weimaraner puppies. His approach to is far from conventional, avoiding the typical "cuddly...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Pigment

Marilyn Monroe Biting Her Finger
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour portrait of star actress Marilyn Monroe biting her finger. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" chara...
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1960s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Disco Atlas (Disco Ball, Black & White, Atlas, Male Figure, Shiny, Gym, Workout)
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Pugh Disco Atlas Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton Fibre, 315 gsm, Acid and Lignin free, ISO 9706 conform / museum quality for highest age resi...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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

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Lithograph

160.07.11 by Klaus Kampert (Tribute to Modigliani series) - nude photography
Located in Paris, FR
160.07.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Tribute to Modigliani. In this series, Klaus Kampert pays tribut...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

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Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film

Steps - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 29"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A light and very becoming underwater photograph of a girl walking down the steps in pool toward you. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neither any places where you would ex...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Close Up - large format photograph of conceptual billboard sign in landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of billboard sign with conceptual message in iconic landscape of the American West. A series of images capturing the unique infi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

Ancient Laurel Cloud Forest, bent Tree, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Old wrought Iron Bridge, Venice, Italy, black and white photography, cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Old wrought Iron Bridge, Venice - no. 18200 Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. A...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

As Catedrais Beach, black and white photograph, limited edition, seascape print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Two Palms Beach Florida USA black and white panorama photography landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Two Palms Study 1, Florida, USA - no. 11768 Palm trees on the beautiful beach in Florida, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist....
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

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

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Digital Pigment

Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, monochrome landscape, limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Fort Lauderdale Beach with lifeguard tower and palm trees, Florida, USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

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Archival Pigment

Award Winning Beach minimalist monochrome photograph limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Award Winning Beach Study 4, Scotland - no. 11297 Black and white long exposure landscape photography. Pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. Prints are made to order...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Cypress Tree Avenue, Tuscany, black and white photography, landscape, fine art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Winding path through the cypresses trees avenue in the beautiful Tuscany, Italy. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signe...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Skogafoss, Waterfall, Iceland, Landscape, Limited Edition, Monochrome Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
25x60 Skogafoss 2, Iceland - no. 11132 Black and White fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Skogafoss gigantic waterfall, Iceland. Archival pigment ink print, e...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Empire State Building New York City
Located in Vienna, Vienna
"Empire State Building 2, New York City, USA" Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Row of Trees, rapeseed Field, fantastic sky, monochrome photograph, limited art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. Row of trees on the rapeseed field with great cloud mood, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Free Space, Basilica, Gondola, Venice, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authe...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Peony No.7 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Peony No.7’ photographed in London, United Kingdom 2023. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. Giclée print on Hahnemühle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Body, Sepia. Nude. Sepia Limited Edition Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Channeling the energy of “water-signs” in astrology, he captures these mysterious men thru a romantic lens. The embrace of the shadows and the light mixed with the gaze of their bodi...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Fort Lauderdale Beach, Palm Tree, Florida, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Lifeguard tower with palm trees on Fort Lauderdale's sandy Beach, Florida, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

John Lennon Fairground
Located in Norwich, GB
Astrid Kirchherr ( 20 May 1938 – 12 May 2020) was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann...
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20th Century Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Golden Gate, Architecture Detail, San Francisco, monochrome photograph, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Winter Moon Rising - large scale photograph of abstract nocturnal California sky
Located in San Francisco, CA
Winter Moon Rising by Frank Schott 60 x 48 inches / 152cm x 122cm signed edition of 7 40 x 32 inches / 102cm x 81cm signed edition of 25 archival quality fine art pigment print li...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Cherry Trees in Snow Field, Panorama, Limited landscape photography print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Torqueo Over Plains, Wagon Mound, NM, limited edition photograph, signed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Torqueo Over Plains, Wagon Mound, NM, limited edition photograph, signed In his epic landscape photography, Mitch Dobrowner is drawn towards nature at its most sublime. Influenced d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Two Iconic, Large Elephants Walking Across Amboseli National Park, Wildlife
Located in US
"Titans of Time" The world’s two largest tusked elephants, Tim & Craig, can go months without crossing paths so seeing the two together is one of the most extraordinary sights in th...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

No title (No 70) Ballet Photography 36 x 29 in Ed. of 28 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
No title (No 70) Ballet Photography 36 x 29 in Ed. of 28 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko No title (No 70) by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Year photo was taken: 2019 Limited Edition of 28 Picture s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Pigment

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Cherry Tree Avenue, Winter, snowy Field, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Cherry tree avenue on the edge of the snowy field in Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 8. Signed, titled, dated an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled 2. From Searching a Father Series. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color

Space for Giants
Located in London, GB
David Yarrow Space for Giants, 2020 Digital Dye Coupler Print on Fujicolor Archival Paper 61.8 × 76.2 cm 80 x 95 - framed Edition of 599 David Yarrow is a renowned British photogra...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

#00135 Hypericum mutillum, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
#00135 Hypericum mutillum, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed This image is a unique photogram and is printed using Rives BFK, gouache, gum arabic, kitakata and ink. Pricing...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photogram

Musing - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Musing - 2019 48x46cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL219-659. Not mounted. ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid

Music Hall, Route 66, USA, Photography by Gerald Berghammer, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Abandoned music hall on famous route 66 in the Arizona desert, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated an...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Fifth Ave East 39th St, New York City, black and white, cityscape, photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape photography. Fifth Ave, East 39th St, New York City with a view of the Empire State Building. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, tit...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

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C Print, Color, Polaroid

Koltur Island Faroe Islands Monochrome Seascape Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Koltur Island Study 1, Faroe Islands - no. 21305 Prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the back and signed and number...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital 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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