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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
Marilyn Monroe on the Set of "How to Marry a Millionare"
Located in Austin, TX
This lovely image features Marilyn Monroe on the set of "How to Marry a Millionaire". How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed by Jean Negulesco ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower # 156, Photography 2002, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower # 156 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower # 86, Photography 2005, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower # 86 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" x...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Peppa Pig by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Ghana, animal
Located in Munich, DE
Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist Peppa was the bishop's pig in Ghana. The sun shines into the stable and makes her ears light up. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the w...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blow my Mind (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blow my Mind (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 50x49cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label. Artist Invent...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

Shut up by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Kenya, Shark
Located in Munich, DE
Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist A shark bite is chained to the pier in Lamu. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists. In his series ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor Up Close in "Giant"
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome capture of starlet Elizabeth Taylor up close behind the scenes while filming 'Giant', 1955. Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, about sprawling epic coverin...
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1950s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Stairway to heaven by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Zanzibar
Located in Munich, DE
Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist A worker sits on a staircase that leads to nowhere. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists. In his...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Desert Cruiser - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Desert Cruiser (Bombay Beach) - 2024 40x48cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. inventory P...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

James Dean As Jett Rink in "Giant"
Located in Austin, TX
James Dean posed leaning with his hand on a fence post while filming a scene for "Giant", 1955. Giant was the last of James Dean's three films as a leading actor, and earned him h...
Category

1950s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Adam + Eve by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Coco de Mer, Seychelles
Located in Munich, DE
This Diptych consists of 2 images, each 37,5 x 50 cm. Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist The Seychelles palm, also known as the Seychelles nut, is an endemic palm spec...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Stairway to heaven by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Zanzibar
Located in Munich, DE
Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist A worker sits on a staircase that leads to nowhere. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists. In his...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Shut up by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Kenya, Shark
Located in Munich, DE
Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist A shark bite is chained to the pier in Lamu. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists. In his series ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Shut up by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Kenya, Shark
Located in Munich, DE
Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist A shark bite is chained to the pier in Lamu. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists. In his series ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Stairway to heaven by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Zanzibar
Located in Munich, DE
Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist A worker sits on a staircase that leads to nowhere. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists. In his...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bullfrog #1 - Signed limited edition wildlife fine art, Contemporary Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bullfrog #1 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10 Animal photography is about being ready for the split-second moment when it happens. This takes a cert...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...

Skyway (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Skyway (The Last Picture Show) - 2005, 50x49cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist I...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 1024
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 1024, 2011 Photographs from the photography book entitled Hotel Chelsea (publisher pointed leaf press 2013). C-print archival Size: 20 H x 30 W in. Edition 1/15 + 2AP Unframed *Extra Large size available in Edition of 3 (by special order) These extraordinary photographs are part of the the Hotel Chelsea series. The Hotel Chelsea closed its doors for the first time in its iconic history of over one hundred years. American photographer Victoria Cohen...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print

Alfred-grey green contemporary figurative photo transfer on paper and thread
Located in New York, NY
Michele Landel creates intensely textured and airy collages using burned, quilted, and embroidered fabric, photographs and paper to explore the themes of exposure, absence, and memor...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Vertigo- digital manipulated photograph of a whimsical flying swimming pool
Located in New York, NY
Laurent Chéhere, a French photographer born in 1972 in Paris, makes images of flying houses and other dwellings that are informed by his wanderings in the hidden neighborhoods of Par...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital

Avant que #7 - Floral landscape colorful blue dominant contemporary photograph
Located in New York, NY
This floral photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century. Belgian photog...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Avant que #3 - Floral landscape colorful blue dominant contemporary photograph
Located in New York, NY
This floral photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century. Belgian photog...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

3 samourais - whimsical manipulated color photograph of a flying Parisian house
Located in New York, NY
Laurent Chéhere, a French photographer born in 1972 in Paris, makes images of flying houses and other dwellings that are informed by his wanderings in the hidden neighborhoods of Par...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital

Stefanie Schneider Minis - In the Range of Light - based on the Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis In the Range of Light (Wastelands), 2003 Signed and signature brand on verso. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid. Sandwiched in betwee...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Stefanie Schneider Minis - GASOLINE III - based on the Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Gasoline III (Stranger than Paradise), 1999 Signed and signature brand on verso. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid. Sandwiched in bet...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Stefanie Schneider Minis - Long Way Home - based on the Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Long Way Home (Stranger than Paradise), 1999 Signed and signature brand on verso. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid. Sandwiched in be...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Stefanie Schneider Minis - Lila running down the Stairs (Stay) - Naomi Watts
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Lila running down the Stairs (Stay) - featuring Naomi Watts, 2006 signed and signature brand on verso Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroi...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Polaroid, Lambda, Color, Archival Paper, Plexiglass

Stefanie Schneider Minis - Untitled No 2 - Beachshoot - featuring Radha Mitchel
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis 'Untitled #2' (Beachshoot) featuring Radha Mitchell, 2005 signed and signature brand on verso Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid Polar...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Untitled (Presidio Drag Racing)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, Edition of 5 20 x 20 in, Edition of 7 15 x 15 in, Edition of 9 Please note that prices incr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Interior III", contemporary, window, abandoned, doors, white, color photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Interior III” is a 12 x 18 inch color photograph taken from inside an abandoned farmhouse in North Dakota. The viewer gets a glimpse of the beautiful landscape thr...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Metal

Untitled (Nr. 0951) Photography 36" x 44" Edition 1/12 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 0951) Photography 36" x 44" Edition 1/12 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid Off the Grid is the culminat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Three Figures in Black - Morocco by Paul Greenberg, 1994, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Three Figures in Black - Morocco by Paul Greenberg depicts four people walking on a sidewalk. A small child walks with two figures cloaked in black, and carries a white toy attached ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (Presidio Drag Racing)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, Edition of 5 20 x 20 in, Edition of 7 15 x 15 in, Edition of 9 Please note that prices incr...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Untitled (Nr. 2473) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 2473) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid Off the Grid is the culmina...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

David Yarrow Photograph / The Rolling Stones / Horses
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 20, signed by artist This is a special image for me; in part because it is such a low percentage capture and in part because its dynamism extols the wild nature of mustan...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

SP Urban Patterns 5
Located in New York City, NY
32x32in ed.7 Unframed Photograph Leslie Spak was born in Lima, Peru in 1976. Her visual repertoire is characterized by the construction of images through research, selection and rep...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Tape, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

SP Urban Patterns 4
Located in New York City, NY
32x32in ed.7 Unframed Photograph Leslie Spak was born in Lima, Peru in 1976. Her visual repertoire is characterized by the construction of images through research, selection and rep...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Tape, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

SP Urban Patterns 3
Located in New York City, NY
32x32in ed.7 Unframed Photograph Leslie Spak was born in Lima, Peru in 1976. Her visual repertoire is characterized by the construction of images through research, selection and rep...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Tape, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

SP Urban Patterns 2
Located in New York City, NY
32x32in ed.7 Unframed Photograph Leslie Spak was born in Lima, Peru in 1976. Her visual repertoire is characterized by the construction of images through research, selection and rep...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Tape, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

SP Urban Patterns 1
Located in New York City, NY
32x32in ed.7 Unframed Photograph Leslie Spak was born in Lima, Peru in 1976. Her visual repertoire is characterized by the construction of images through research, selection and rep...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Tape, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

SP Urban Patterns 6
Located in New York City, NY
32x32in ed.7 Unframed Leslie Spak was born in Lima, Peru in 1976. Her visual repertoire is characterized by the construction of images through research, selection and repetition of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Tape, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Stefanie Schneider Minis - GASOLINE I - based on the Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Gasoline I (Stranger than Paradise), 1999 Signed and signature brand on verso. Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid. Sandwiched in betwe...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Recall, from the Exit Art/The First World Portfolio
Located in New York, NY
LORNA SIMPSON Recall, from the Exit Art/The First World Portfolio, 1998 Silkscreen on Felt 30 × 22 inches Hand signed and numbered 17/50 on the front Unframed This impressive silkscr...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Felt, Screen

Stefanie Schneider Minis - Lila running down the Stairs (Stay) - Naomi Watts
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis Lila running down the Stairs (Stay) - featuring Naomi Watts, 2006 signed and signature brand on verso Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroi...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Untitled (Presidio Drag Racing)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, Edition of 5 20 x 20 in, Edition of 7 15 x 15 in, Edition of 9 Please note that prices incr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Untitled (Presidio Drag Racing)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, Edition of 5 20 x 20 in, Edition of 7 15 x 15 in, Edition of 9 Please note that prices incr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Untitled (Presidio Drag Racing)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, Edition of 5 20 x 20 in, Edition of 7 15 x 15 in, Edition of 9 Please note that prices incr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Untitled (Presidio Drag Racing)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, Edition of 5 20 x 20 in, Edition of 7 15 x 15 in, Edition of 9 Please note that prices incr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Tyler Shields - Gator Birkin Monochrome, Photography 2014, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Indulgence Silver Gelatin All available sizes and editions: 18" x 18" 30" x 30" 45" x 45" 60" x 60" 70" x 70" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs Tyler Shields is a photographer...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Sil...

Untitled (Presidio Drag Racing)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, Edition of 5 20 x 20 in, Edition of 7 15 x 15 in, Edition of 9 Please note that prices incr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Untitled (Presidio Drag Racing)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, Edition of 5 20 x 20 in, Edition of 7 15 x 15 in, Edition of 9 Please note that prices incr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Untitled (Presidio Drag Racing)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, Edition of 5 20 x 20 in, Edition of 7 15 x 15 in, Edition of 9 Please note that prices incr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Ahmadi Oil Fields by Steve McCurry, 1991, Digital C-Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Ahmadi Oil Fields by Steve McCurry depicts two figures standing in a fiery landscape. They are both dressed in white hazmat suits with gas masks. Both figures are fixated by the fire...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Digital

Stefanie Schneider Minis - The Girl (The Girl behind the White Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Minis - The Girl (The Girl behind the White Fence) - 2013 signed and signature brand on verso Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid Polaroid siz...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Sedition (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sedition (The Last Picture Show) - 1999, 50x49cm, 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

Materials

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

"Virtual Summer" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 3/7 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Virtual Summer" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 3/7 by Brendan North Not Framed Ships rolled in a tube ABOUT: Brendan North is a fine art photographer based in Los Angeles. Hav...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Digital, Archival Paper

Rogue - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Rogue - 2024 - 40x48cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. inventory PL2024-49. Not mounted....
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Strata XI by Luca Marziale - Contemporary fine art photography, landscape, vivid
Located in Paris, FR
Strata XI is a limited-edition diptych photograph by contemporary artist Luca Marziale. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *76.2 cm ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print

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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