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: 1960s
Period: 1930s
Style: Contemporary
Burt Lancaster on the Set of "The Swimmer"
By Linda McCartney
Located in New York, NY
Linda McCartney, Burt Lancaster on the Set of “The Swimmer”
1968/1984
Signed and dated, l.r.
Gelatin silver print
13.5 x 9 inches, image
Contact gallery for price.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Kirk Bond #3267-2
Located in New York, NY
Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas) black and whiter male physique photograph of Kirk Bond #3267-2 nude in a cowboy hat holding a whip.
Stamped and numbered in black ink, verso
V...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Untitled Forest Scene (Procházka po Mionší), Josef Sudek black and white photo
By Josef Sudek
Located in New York, NY
Untitled Forest Scene (Procházka po Mionší), Josef Sudek black and white photo
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Joey Richards, Yosemite, Bridal Veil Falls, 1960s Queer Photography, California
By Mel Roberts
Located in New York, NY
A shirtless man stands confidently on rocks in front of a waterfall, with mist and a vibrant rainbow in the background, wearing white pants and sneakers.
Photograph by Mel Roberts o...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Terry O'Neill - Judy Garland and Her Daughter, Liza Minnelli, 1964 Printed Later
Located in Greenwich, CT
Taken in London, 1964.
Signed and Numbered Lifetime Edition Gelatin Silver Print from the Terry O’Neill Estate.
16" x 20" - Edition of 50 + 10 AP
Your certificate of authenticity...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Paper, Archival Paper
Here's To You, Marilyn Monroe
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Bert Stern
Here's To You, Marilyn Monroe, 1962, 1978
Photograph
Framed Dimensions: 33.25 x 32.25 inches (84.5 x 81.9 cm) Artwork: 20.5 x 19.25 inches (52.1 x 48.9 cm)
Edition of 250
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Price Upon Request
Aroused - Marilyn Monroe
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Cornell Capa
Marilyn Monroe on the set of 'The Misfits', 1960
Gelatin silver print
Framed Dimensions: 16.5 x 20.25 inches (41.9 x 51.4 cm)
Image Dimensions: 12.25 x 8.25 inches (31...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Price Upon Request
Girl in a Shiny Dress, NYC
By Diane Arbus
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Diane Arbus
Girl in a Shiny Dress, NYC, 1967
Gelatin silver print
Image Dimensions: 14.5 x 14.5 inches (36.8 x 36.8 cm)
Paper Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Crossing the Ohio (from ‘The Bikeriders’), Danny Lyon Motorcycle Photography
By Danny Lyon
Located in New York, NY
This is a black and white photograph of a man on a motorcycle in Ohio driving over a river bridge taken by Danny Lyon in the 1960s.
Signed and dated, verso; Also studio stamp, vers...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Clay vs Jones Post Fight "Knockout"
By Neil Leifer
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Neil Leifer
Clay vs Jones Post Fight "Knockout", 1963
Black and white photograph
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Edition 14/150
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Price Upon Request
Orpheus in Hades
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by George Platt Lynes in offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Orpheus in Hades
c. 1936-7
Studio stamp in ink, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9 x 7 inches (22.9 ...
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Untitled (Two Boys)
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Adama Sylla
Untitled (2 Boys), c.1960s
Archival inkjet print on dibond
24 x 16 inches (61 x 40.6 cm)
Edition 1/3, 1 AP
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Price Upon Request
Untitled (Boys Night Out)
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Adama Sylla
Untitled (Boys Night Out), c.1960s
Archival inkjet print on dibond
24 x 16 inches (61 x 40.6 cm)
Edition 1/3, AP 1
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Price Upon Request
Untitled (Dancing)
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Adama Sylla
Untitled (Dancing), c.1960s
Archival inkjet print on dibond
24 x 16 inches (61 x 40.6 cm)
Edition 1/3, 1 AP
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Price Upon Request
Untitled (Two Girls)
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Adama Sylla
Untitled (2 Girls), c.1960s
Archival inkjet print on dibond
24 x 16 inches (61 x 40.6 cm)
1 AP, Edition 1/3
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Price Upon Request
José Pete Martinez with Straw Hat, Male Nude Photography George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This is a photograph by George Platt Lynes depicting a nude male form with a straw hat.
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pro-Vietnam War Demonstrator at Anti-war Demonstration in New York City.
By Bob Adelman
Located in New York, NY
This black and white photograph of a Vietnam War era protest by Bob Adelman is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stans (from the series "On Duty")
Located in New York, NY
Stans (from the series “On Duty”)
1963/1965
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on label, verso
Dye coupler print (Edition of 15)
19.75 x 19.75 inche...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Price Upon Request
Stansstad (from the series “On Duty”)
Located in New York, NY
Stansstad (from the series “On Duty”)
1965
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on label, verso
Dye coupler print (Edition of 15)
19.75 x 19.75 inches...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Price Upon Request
Untitled
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
1967/printed 1999
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto
Iris print (Edition of 100)
30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm), sheet
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm), image
Contact ga...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital
Price Upon Request
Pole Vaulter, David Tork
Located in New York, NY
Pole Vaulter, David Tork
1964/1967
Signed and numbered, verso
Dye transfer print (Edition of 60)
13.75 x 10.75 inches (34.9 x 27.3 cm), image
Contact ga...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Price Upon Request
Robert Taylor
Located in New York, NY
Robert Taylor
1936/printed later
Signed and numbered, recto
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 190)
24.25 x 20 inches (61.6 x 50.8 cm)
Contact gallery ...
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Migrant Strawberry Picker in Tent Near Hammond, Louisiana April 1939
By Russell Lee
Located in New York, NY
Migrant Strawberry Picker in Tent Near Hammond, Louisiana
April 1939
Inscribed with artist’s name and title in pencil, verso
Also stamped, “Reproduced from the collection of the Li...
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
American Legion Wrestling Match, May 1938
By Russell Lee
Located in New York, NY
American Legion Wrestling Match
May 1938
Inscribed with artist’s name and title in pencil, verso
Also stamped, “Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress” in black ...
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Monroe Wheeler and Margaret French Near Stoneblossom
Located in New York, NY
Monroe Wheeler and Margaret French Near Stoneblossom
Titled in pencil, verso; Also stamped “Collection of Jon Anderson” in green ink, verso
Vintage ge...
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Camp Lakecrest campers as trees, Dutchess County, NY
By Diane Arbus
Located in New York, NY
Camp Lakecrest campers as trees, Dutchess County, NY
1968
Estate stamped and signed by Doon Arbus for the Estate of Diane Arbus, verso
Gelatin silver...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Puerto Rican woman with a beauty mark
By Diane Arbus
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamped and signed by Doon Arbus for the Estate of Diane Arbus, verso
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 75)
20 x 16 inches, sheet
14.875 x 14.375 inches, image
Contact galle...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Paul Newman and Robert Redford, 1968
Located in Chicago, IL
American actors Paul Newman and Robert Redford playing ping-pong during a break in the filming of their movie 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'. Durango, Mexico, 1968.
Silver Gel...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Country Road
By George Tice
Located in Westwood, NJ
Signed, printed later.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
We Must have Justice! NYC
Located in Westwood, NJ
Signed, printed later,before 2007
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Freedom Now, Washington, DC, 8/28/63
Located in Westwood, NJ
Signed, printed later but before 2007.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Katherine Cornell
Located in Westwood, NJ
Printed, signed late 90's by George Tice.
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Beach Boys, Zushi, Japan
Located in New York, NY
Signed in pencil, verso
Gelatin silver print
14 x 17 inches, sheet
10.75 x 16 inches (27.3 x 40.6 cm), image
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Audrey Hepburn in Pool
Located in Westwood, NJ
This photograph was taken on the set of 'Two for the Road'.
Terry O’Neill’s candid photojournalistic portraits of creative and political luminaries have included Brigitte Bardot, Th...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Louis Armstrong, Paris, 1960
Located in Westwood, NJ
This is a beautiful early 2000’s print made by Herman Leonard in his New Orleans darkroom prior to its destruction by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Herman’s formidable skills as a photo...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Car for Sale, Paterson, NJ
By George Tice
Located in Westwood, NJ
Print: 10/25/05
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Marilyn Monroe, 1962
Located in Chicago, IL
When Lawrence Schiller got the assignment from the French magazine Paris Match to photograph Marilyn Monroe on the 20th century Fox set of Something’s Got To Give, he thought nothing of it. It wasn’t to be a private, studio shoot. He wasn’t going to set up lights, create backgrounds, use a tripod. Just another assignment, he figured. Monroe by then was firmly established as a figment in the imagination of most young men. The orphan Norma Jean had recreated herself as the blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe. She’d appeared in twenty-nine films by the time Schiller photographed her in black and white and color in May 1962. The world was unprepared for the moment when Marilyn jumped in the swimming pool in a flesh-colored bikini and came up out of the water au natural. She was all smiles and in her element: the sex goddess...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Malibu, California, 1963
Located in Chicago, IL
Malibu, California, 1963.
Chromogenic Digital Print
16 x 20 inches
Edition size: 15
*Please inquire for additional sizes*
Lawrence Schiller is an American producer, screenwriter...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Palm Springs, California, 1963
Located in Chicago, IL
Palm Springs, California, 1963.
Digital Chromogenic Print
16 x 20 inches
Edition size: 35
*Please inquire for additional sizes*
Lawrence Schiller is an American producer, screen...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
New York City, Widow in Her Bedroom, 55th St, Iconic Photography by Diane Arbus
By Diane Arbus
Located in New york, NY
A Widow in Her Bedroom, 55th St, NYC, 1963 by Diane Arbus is a vintage gelatin silver print, printed by the photographer. The subject, a widow, is dressed in a shiny dress...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Raquel on the Cross, 1966
Located in Chicago, IL
American actress Raquel Welch being crucified in an oddly anachronistic publicity still for the Hammer Films production ‘One Million Years BC’, di...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Catherine Deneuve on the set of "Mayerling", London by Terry O'Neill - 3/50
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Catherine Deneuve dressed in white and surrounded by flowers in a scene from "Mayerling," a historical romance directed by Terence You...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot on the set of ‘Les Petroleuses’, 1971
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of 'Les Petroleuses' a.k.a. 'The Legend of Frenchie King', directed by Christian-Jaque in Spain, 1971.
Paper size: 24 H x 20 W inches
Edit...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Brigitte Bardot filming 'Shalako', Deauville, 1968
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot in Deauville, 1968. It is the first time she meets British actor Sean Connery before the filming of ‘Shalako’, directed by Edward Dmytryk.
Paper size:...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Whitney Museum (now Met Breuer), Marcel Breuer, New York, NY
By Ezra Stoller
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin Silver Paper
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Whitney Museum (now Met Breuer), Marcel Breuer, New York, NY
By Ezra Stoller
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin Silver Print
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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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