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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Period: 1970s
Style: Contemporary
Lucien Clergue, "Nu, " photograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Artist: Lucien Clergue, French (1934 - 2014)
Title: Nu
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Photograph, signed and numbered in marker
Edition: 50
Size: 9.5 in. x 14.25 in
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Telephone Booth, 3 a.m., Rahway, NJ
By George Tice
Located in Westwood, NJ
Print: 12/6/05
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mott the Hoople Group Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Mott the Hoople, the English rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid-1970s. They are probably best known for ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
John Waters Baltimore 1985 (John Waters photograph)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Fernando Natalici: John Waters, Baltimore 1985:
John Waters was born in 1946 in Baltimore, where he continues to live and work. Exhibitions include the Wexner Center for the Arts, Co...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
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Inkjet
'Tiger Lady' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images 20x20
Located in San Rafael, CA
March 16, 1971: Air Stewardess Cynthia Robertson models the new uniform for National Airlines. A synthetic tiger skin number, the new uniform will be worn by over 1000 stewardesses....
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Raquel Welch on Shore
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white capture of Raquel Welch on the shore, wearing a fur coat she is clothing around her.
Through her portrayal of strong female characters, helping her break th...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Mick Jagger 'The Back'" photograph by Lynn Goldsmith from the Hard Rock Hotel
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Mick Jagger 'The Back'" framed black and white photograph by Lynn Goldsmith. Image size: 16 x 11 inches. This photograph was previously displayed in a guest room of the original Har...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Inch, Co. Kerry, Ireland (Landscape ocean and cliffs)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. His works depict nature eroded and broken down by civilization, but h...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Tiger Lady' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images 16 X 16
Located in San Rafael, CA
March 16, 1971: Air Stewardess Cynthia Robertson models the new uniform for National Airlines. A synthetic tiger skin number, the new uniform will be worn by over 1000 stewardesses....
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Prisoners' Rights - Vintage Press Print - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Prisoners' Rights is a is a black and white vintage press print, realized in 1970s.
The photo depicts the prisoners during a meeting with the Commission.
Good conditions and aged.
...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Tenuta Il Borro" - San Giustino Valdarno - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Tenuta Il Borro" - San Giustino Valdarno, Arezzo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Casa Lozzelli" - Serravalle Pistoiese - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Casa Lozzelli" - Serravalle Pistoiese, Pistoia is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album in...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
First Photovoltaic Panels - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photovoltaic Panels is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, p...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Poggio al Vento" - Limestre - Toscana - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Poggio al Vento" - Limestre - Toscana is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
The photo depicts n. 52 SMI-SOL copper tubes on the roofs, for heating the house locate...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
First Solar Panels: "Ditta Termosanitar Eporidiese" - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
First Solar Panels "Ditta Termosanitar Eporidiese" - Ivrea - Piemonte is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s..
The photo depicts n. 76 SMI-SOL copper tubes on the roo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Autogrill Pavesi"-Montefeltro- Emilia Romagna - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Autogrill Pavesi" - Montefeltro - Emilia Romagna is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s..
The photo depicts n. 20 SMI-SOL copper tubes on the roofs, for the product...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Truman Capote Candid
Located in Austin, TX
Truman Capote was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kihti, Finland (Dark tide)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jasper & Elaine, Infinity, New York, NY, 1976
By Robin Rice
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition 1 of 20
After 30 years on West 11th Street, The Robin Rice Gallery celebrates its first ever exhibition for Robin...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Metal
Volpone by Ben Johnson at Teatro Elis - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Comedy by Ben johnson directed by Gabriele Lavia with Valentina Sperli and Tino Carraro.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Domino by Marcel Achad - Vintage Photo by Tommaso La Pera - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Momix at Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Copyright by De Furia.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Terrible Relatives by J. Cocteau - Vintage Photo by Tommaso La Pera - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Luca Biagini, Rita Di Lernia, Cristina Noci.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Raina Kabaivanska - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ruggero Raimondi in "the Damnation of Faust" - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
A Scene from Atti by Lully - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Copyright Marchiori Fotografia
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mirella Freni and Chris Merritt (Bohème) - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Copyright Marchiori Fotografia
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Aldo Fabrizi and Nino Manfredi - Vintage Photo by Guglielmo Coluzzi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Aldo Fabrizi, Nino Manfredi and ... - Vintage Photo by Guglielmo Coluzzi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Aldo Fabrizi and Nino Manfredi at...- Vintage Photo by Guglielmo Coluzzi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Aldo Fabrizi and Nino Manfredi at...- Vintage Photo by Guglielmo Coluzzi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Massimo Ranieri at Theatre - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photograph realized in 1970s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Robert Redford Blowing a Bubble
Located in Austin, TX
This comedic and striking portrait features Robert Reford chewing gum, blowing a large bubble.
Robert Redford is an American actor, director, producer, and businessman. He is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival. Redford made his film debut in War Hunt (1962). His role in Inside Daisy Clover won him a Golden Globe for best new star. He starred in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which was a huge success and made him a major star. In 1972, he had a critical and box office hit with Jeremiah...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Elaine's Kitchen - Andy Warhol and Elaine, New York, 1976
Located in New York, NY
Elaine's Kitchen - Andy Warhol and Elaine, New York, 1976
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
14" x 14.5" Platinum & Palladium Print
Edition Nº 1 of 3
Certificate of Origin
Signed and Titled by the Photographer in Edition and Emboss-stamped in the Margin/Recto
Printing & Edition Notes along with Copyright Stamp and Applicable Providence on Verso
Printed by hand at the photographer's studio in the traditional Platinum & Palladium process on 100% cotton rag paper. Platinum & Palladium prints are known for their unrivaled longevity and unparalleled subtlety.
Print cost includes wrapping/packing/crating for shipment in double-tubing.
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Jonathan Becker
(Steven Kasher Gallery bio by Mark Rozzo)
Literate flair, acute visual intuition, love of mischief and spontaneity, and global wanderlust: These are among the hallmarks of the work of Jonathan Becker, whose photography spans four decades and includes iconic portraits (often for Vanity Fair) of a multiplicity of subjects, including Robert Mapplethorpe, Martha Graham, Madonna, Elia Kazan, Prince Charles, Eudora Welty, André Leon Talley, Ai Weiwei, Diana Vreeland and Jack Kevorkian.
Becker - whose work was first published in Andy Warhol’s Interview in 1973 - was born in 1954 and raised in New York City. In the mid-1970s, he moved for a year to Paris, where he was mentored by his hero, Brassaï. Upon return to New York, Becker drove a cab, toting his camera and parking to complete magazine assignments. A 1981 exhibition of Becker’s work at New York’s Rentschler Gallery included a series of arresting images of patrons taken inside the kitchen at Elaine’s, the storied hangout on New York’s Upper East Side. This exhibition, curated by art director Bea Feitler brought Becker to the attention of Frank Zachary, editor-in-chief of Town & Country. Zachary invited Becker to work for the magazine, where the young photographer further developed his passion for journalistic portraiture alongside Slim Aarons, who, after Brassaï, became Becker’s guiding light.
Becker was then enlisted by Bea Feitler to contribute portraits to the prototype of Vanity Fair’s 1983 re-launch. His participation led to a highly prolific association with the magazine as Contributing Photographer, continuing to this day. Becker has also contributed portraits and reportage to The New Yorker, Vogue, W, The Paris Review, amongst truly most major publications. In complement to his editorial work, Becker has accepted a limited number of private and family portrait commissions each year, some accompanied by privately published books, and in the course of his three-years-long project for the Rockefeller Foundation, Becker documented its vast array of philanthropic grant recipients on four continents abroad.
Six trade books comprised entirely of Becker’s photographs have been published including Bright Young Things...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Platinum
AC/DC in Concert
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome color capture of AC/DC concert in 1979, Angus Young rocking out in the foreground.
AC/DC is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Y...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Alice Cooper in Concert
By Mike Gray
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features singer and musician Alice Cooper performing on stage.
Alice Cooper is an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over fi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
George Foreman: Legendary Fighter
Located in Austin, TX
A spectacular 1970s action shot featuring heavyweight champion George Foreman in his prime.
George Foreman is an American former professional boxer, entrepreneur, minister and auth...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Swamp Landascape - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The swamp landascape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, p...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
May 6, 1976 -Friuli Earthquake - Gemona - Vintage Photograph - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
May 6, 1976 -Friuli earthquake- Gemona is a black and white vintage photo, realized in May 13, 1976.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album includ...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
May 6, 1976 -Friuli Earthquake - Gemona - Vintage Photograph - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
May 6, 1976 -Friuli earthquake- Gemona is a black and white vintage photo, realized in May 12, 1976.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album includ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Gigi Proietti - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Luigi Proietti is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
The photo depicts the italian actor and showman, Luigi Proietti.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a hi...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Eduardo De Filippo - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Eduardo De Filippo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, pla...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Eduardo De Filippo - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Eduardo De Filippo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, pla...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gigi Proietti - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gigi Proietti is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
The photo depicts the italian actor and showman, Gigi Proietti.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a hist...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Gigi Proietti and Mariangela Melato - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gigi Proietti and Mariangela Melato is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
The photo depicts the actors Luigi Proietti and Mariange...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Gigi Proietti - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gigi Proietti is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
The photo depicts the italian actor and showman, Luigi Proietti.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a his...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Sal Vizzini - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sal Vizzini is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
The photo depicts the secret agent, Sal Vizzini.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostal...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Sal Vizzini - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sal Vizzini is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
The photo depicts the secret agent, Sal Vizzini.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostal...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari in a vintage dress.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
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