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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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Antelope Canyon USA
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Antelope Canyon Study 3, AZ, USA - no. 11874 Limited edition of 9. Prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta. Stamped on the back and signed and nu...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Fugitives (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fugitives (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 40x48cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Photogravure on papier gravure Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main moulé-pressé paper, as issued. Inscription: unsigned and unnumb...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Photogravure

Missing, 50x50cm, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Missing -2018 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival Print, based on an original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-458. No...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Robert Longo, Janet (from Men in the Cities) - Signed Photograph
Located in Hamburg, DE
Robert Longo (American, born 1953) Janet (from Men in the Cities), 1981/2016 Medium: Archival pigment print in colours, on Canson Platine fiber paper Dimensions: 47.7 x 35.5 cm Editi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

All that Glitters ain't Gold
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
All that Glitters ain't Gold - 2017, 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inven...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Goldfinch by Mark Harvey 20" x 20" C-type Photographic Print Only
Located in Coltishall, GB
Goldfinch is part of the In Flight collection, a series of portraits of the wild birds taken in the gardens of Mark Harvey's home in Norfolk, England. What could be more eye catchin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Four Palms, monochrome photograph, limited edtion, california beach landscaspe
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Palm trees on beautiful Venice beach in California, Usa. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

168.01.12 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
168.01.12 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Wrapped". This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is availabl...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

The receiving End - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Receiving End - 2018, 20x24cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Self Touches #10. Black and White Male Nude Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
All about narcissism. The series, which he started during the exhibition of the Don't Tell Mama photography series at the European Nu Photo Festival (Europeen de la Photo de NU) held...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

A Step Beyond
Located in Storrs, CT
"A Step Beyond" is part of Christopher Kennedy's "Trees Revered" series that uses his abstract PhotoLuminism technique combined with trees from the real world to create an otherworld...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Irish Coast, Shoreline, monochrome photograph, seascape, limited edition 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 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Roman Statue Study 5. Nude Roman Statue Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Touching the skin of the past is an extraordinary collection of Roman Statues captured with the ICM technique in order to make the marble skin like a truly human body. 'Touching the ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Western Screech Owl #1, Espanola, NM
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the start, there was something immensely challenging and inspiring about working with animals. Up to that point, I had spent my career photographing subjects I largely controlle...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Rocky Coast of Porto Venere, Cinque Terre, monochromo photogrph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Rocky Coast of Porto Venere, Cinque Terre, Italy. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition o...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Five Trees in snowy Field Austria black and white fine photography landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape - minimalist photography art print. Detached avenue of trees in the snow, Waldviertel, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed,...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

The San Remo Central Park New York monochrome limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
The San Remo Study 2, New York City, USA - no. 18078 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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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Lakeside Winter Panorama Snow, Mountains, Limited Edition Monochrome Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Lakeside, Winter Panorama Study 1, Austria - no. 21052 // Black and white fine art panorama long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Winter panorama with mountains, lake an...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Golden Gate Bridge, Marshalls Beach, black and white landscape art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Marshall's Beach view of Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 8. Signed, titled,...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lavender Field lonely Tree stranger cloud black and white landscape limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Lavender Field with lonely Tree Study 1, France - no. 21149 Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and number...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms,CA) - 2008 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #293 Not mounted. Stefanie S...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Pier on misty Lake, long exposure, monochrome minimalist photo, 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

Bath House, Salton Sea, California, black white landscape fine art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Bath House Study 1, CA, USA - no. 11619 // Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. Abandoned bath house in the desert landscape of the Salton sea, California, USA. Archival ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Casablanca Iconic Scene
Located in Austin, TX
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her and her husband (Henreid), a Czech resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Germans. The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Fairy Floss, Mono Lake, California USA 2015 Landscape, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7 Series "Grey matters" A rock formation in a Mono Lake in California USA. In 2014 Tom started a four-years-project, photographing all ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poppy Bunch - Black and White floral photography, Limited edition 2 of 20
Located in London, GB
'Poppy Bunch’ London, United Kingdom 2024. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. The photograph is signed front and back...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Giclée

Raquel Welch Sailing
Located in Austin, TX
This captivating black and white portrait features Raquel Welch sitting in the doorway of a boat, making for an artistically beautiful image. Raquel Welch is an American actress and...
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1960s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Morning Sun, Single Tree, Dolomites, limited edition, landscape photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Single tree in the cornfield at sunrise, Seiser Alm, Italy. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and number...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Horatio Street, NYC" Contemporary Photograph on Aluminum Framed
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Horatio Street, NYC" is a framed photograph on aluminum by Xan Padron, depicting a compilation of walking figures set against a brown/grey architectural background in NYC. Padron's ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Wine Press House, wheat field, heavy cloud, black & white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Wine Press House Study 1, Austria - no. 21009 // Black and white fine art landscape photography. Wine press house in wheat field, heavy clouds, storm, Austria. Archival pigment ink p...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Panorama, Venice, black and white photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure panorama waterscape - landscape photography. Gondolas in front of the Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy. Archival pigment ink p...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Early Morning at the Harbor large format limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Early Morning at the Harbor, Portugal - no. 21322 Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lucille Ball: A Portrait of Elegance
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant black-and-white image features actress Lucille Ball in a full-length gown, looking upward and leaning on a side table. Lucille Ball was an American actress, comedienn...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Bad Eddies, Sunken Boat, Beach, Ireland, monochrome photograph, 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

Foggy Slave Cliff, North Atlantic Ocean, Faroe Islands, landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Ancient Laurisilva Forest monochrome Tree Landscape
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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Digital Pigment

Trees in snowy Field minimal photograph winter landscape limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Three Trees in snowy Field Study 2, Austria - no. 18142 Pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hah...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ancient Laurisilva Forest, foggy tree, Madeira, fine art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sunday Morning, Horse Riding, Beach, Nature, Ireland
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Horse riders on deserted sandy beach in north Ireland. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Bergha...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Gathering Clouds, Casoli, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sea Stack, Scottish rocky coast, black and white analog photography, wood frame
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art photography Gerald Berghammer. Gelatin Silver Print on Baryta, Printed 2018. Limited Edition 1/9. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, blac...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment, Silver Gelatin

Alabaster Coast Cliffs Ocean black and white photograph limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art sesacape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited edi...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Wake-up call (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Black and White
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Wake-up call' (Bombay Beach) - 2019 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid, Not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Art...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Ancient Laurel Cloud Forest, Bent Tree, Landscape 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 7. 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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Archival Pigment

Wild Texas Longhorns Colored Photography Longhorn Fine Art Prints
Located in Delaware , OH
Wild Texas Longhorns Colored Photography Longhorn Fine Art Prints ABOUT THIS PIECE: This series was captured on a local Texas ranch, where the land stretches wide and the longhorns...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Rag Paper, Color

Nu Provencal, Iconic French Black and White Nude Photography
Located in New york, NY
Nu Provencal, Gordes, 1949 by French photographer Willy Ronis is an Iconic contemporary black and white nude photograph. A gelatin silver print, measuring 12" x 9" (image and sheet ...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Beach Huts, silent Morning, minimalist black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Beach Huts Study 2, France - no. 11962 // Black and white fine art landscape photography. Romantic beach huts with a bench on the stony beach of France. Archival pigment ink print,...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Abandoned Hut, desert, California, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Abandoned Study 2, CA, USA - no. 11625 Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certifi...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Blue Morpho Butterfly
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars. It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –sta...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Gold Leaf

Telephone VII, Ballantines Movie Colony, Palm Springs - Interior Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Telephone VII' part of Richard Heeps 'Dream in Colour' Series. This cool Palm Springs interior photography featuring a vintage telephone on a nightstand combines gorgeous pastel c...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Tulle no.34_v1, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Looking back now, I see 2020 as a year not just of isolation and loss, but also of adaptation. As painful as the COVID lockdowns were, they created a powerful incentive to simplify a...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

ONE WAY, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, monochromo 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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Archival Pigment

Christos J. Palios - Technique, Photography 2024, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
All available unframed sizes and editions: 23" x 30” Edition Size: 10, Artist Proofs 2 - $2,200 30" x 40” Edition Size: 8, Artist Proofs 2 - $3,250 40" x 53” Edition Size: 5, Art...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Canary Islands Dragon Tree Madeira
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Dragen trees on the beautiful island of Madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbere...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Italian Stone Pines, Tuscany, Italy, black and white art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Italian Stone Pines on a hillside with a big cloud and shadows over the field, Tuscany. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Sign...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Harness Racing, Horses on the Beach, monochrome photograph, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Harness racers on the lonely beach of normandy, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included....
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lavender Field Provence black and white photograph landscape, 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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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Sylva Koscina - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sylva Koscina - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century. Good conditions. Sylva Koscina is considered one of the best actresses of her ti...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lotus by Tamary Kudita - Portrait photography, African women, aesthetic, flower
Located in Paris, FR
Lotus is a limited-edition photograph (Digital Print on Baryta Fine Art paper) by contemporary artist Tamary Kudita. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *58 × 84 cm (22.8 × 33.1 in), edition of 20 copies *81 × 120 cm (31.9 × 47.2 in), edition of 15 copies All prints are signed and numbered. Contact us regarding framing options. This photograph features Rosebud Tsikira, a Zimbabwean model and make-up artist, captured by Tamary Kudita in an amusement park in Harare. Rosebud Tsikira stands proudly on a boat surrounded by lotuses, wearing a dress whose pattern echoes the flowers. Tamary Kudita explains the symbolism: the lotus, blooming in murky waters, mirrors resilience and hope amid challenges. Rosebud Tsikira’s commanding presence, holding an African staff...
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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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