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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.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Contemporary
The Juncture (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Juncture (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventor...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

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

Untitled Sequence (Stranger than Paradise) - Polaroid, Landscape Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cowboys and Angels) - 2005 39x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. artist Inventory No...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

"Frozen Apple Trees Panorama" limited landscape photograph by Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Panorama Landscape. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed wit...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Cala Conta Black Dog - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure Cala Conta...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper

Don't Tell Mamma #10, Black and white nude photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This is a series of black and white nude photographs that began with analog photography between 1992 and 2005, followed by a transition period to digital photography. Erkaya is curre...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Once We Were Warriors (Stage of Consciousness) starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Once We Were Warriors (Stage of Consciousness) - part of the 29 Palms, CA project - 2007 - featuring Radha Mitchell 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. digital C-Print, ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Archival Paper

Randal Ford - Mandarin Duck Profile, Photography 2024, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Iridian is a living masterpiece. His extraordinary colors—unique among all ducks—symbolize a centuries-old tale of love and fidelity. Originating in East Asia, mandarin ducks are re...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print

Untitled (Ben and Dakota)
Located in New York, NY
Signed and numbered, verso Gelatin silver print 22 x 28 inches, sheet 20 x 24 inches, image (Edition of 7) $2,500 12.635 x 16 inches, sheet 10.5625 x 14 inches, image (Edition of ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

VW Bus T2, Santa Barbara, USA, limited edition, monohrome landscape, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 1/9. Archival Pigment Ink Print, Printed 2020. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, dark-brown, natural white archival Passepart...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

The Bog Renaturated 010 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, blue
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Renaturated 010 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *75...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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C Print

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

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

Wildlife Tiger Nature Very Large Black White Photograph Vintage India Forest
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh Untitled Photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper 65" x 44" unframed (165cm x 112cm) 2017 Edition 1/15 *Should you wish the photograph to be printed ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a  vintage photo, realized b Helmut Newton in the 1970s. The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s. 
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Yucca Skies - Photography, 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, High Desert
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Yucca Skies' Edition 1/10, 20x30cm, 2017, Archival Pigment Print on Velvet Watercolor Paper, 310gsm, Bright White, Acid Free, Signature label and Certificate. Published in Tao Rusp...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Currents - Mediterranean landscape on cotton canvas, limited edition of 5.
Located in London, GB
“Currents” captures the mesmerizing movement of the Mediterranean sea along the Italian Riviera during the winter of 2022. This large-format black and white photograph reflects the s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Giclée, Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

ICES Vivid Lime Green Bexhill-on-Sea - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Vivid Lime Green, bold pop art street photography from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. Created as an ode to Richard's childhood visits to his grandparents living on the Sussex c...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Sprawl - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sprawl - 2020 37x50cm, 
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-874. Not ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
Located in Austin, TX
This beautifully colored image features a pinup of actress and Hollywood bombshell Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit with her leg uppoolside. Marilyn Monroe was one of the mo...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Donkey Basketball
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Stamped and numbered, verso 20 x 24 inches (Edition of 10) 30 x 40 inches (Edition of 5) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please n...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print

Basquiat 1979 by Nicholas Taylor (set of 9 Basquiat photographs)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat by Nicholas Taylor 1979/2014: The complete set of 9 works, shot in 1979 and recently exhibited at the The Philharmonie de Paris, as part of the heralded 2023 ‘B...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Photogravure

Untitled 08 (Saigon)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled 08 (Saigon) - 2003 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventory #19813. Not ...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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

Rita Hayworth in Burbank 20" x 16" Edition of 125
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid image of Rita Hayworth in Burbank, walking along a beautiful street scene. Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and producer. She achieved fame duri...
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1930s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Constellation - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 63"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater almost monochrome photograph of a naked young women wrapped in fishing net. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, fur...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Olympia" Nude Black & White Photography 39" x 29.5" in Ed. of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Olympia" Nude Black & White Photography 39" x 29.5" in Ed. of 4 by Lukas Dvorak Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper 2023 Ships rolled in a tube Other sizes available ABOUT T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Pigment

Blue Glove ( Michael Jackson ) - large format iconic still life photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
a highly detailed still life photograph of the performer's iconic blue and gold sequin and rhinestone crystal glove Blue Glove ( Michael Jackson ) by T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Lovers in a Doorway
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Larry Fink (American, born 1941). "Lovers in Doorway" - late 20th century, silver gelatin photograph print, signed "Larry Fink" to lower right and numbered ...
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

I Could Not See To See
Located in New York, NY
This is a photogravure by John Dugdale offered by CLAMP in New York City. 1999 Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil, verso Photogravure (Edition of 50) 15 x 13.5 inches (38.1 x...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Photogravure

So Still (Sidewinder) - analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
So Still (Sidewinder) - 2005 Edition 1/5 or 2/5, 150x128cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Pr...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Portrait of Monica Bellucci - Vintage Photo by Marton Schneider - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Monica Bellucci, b/w photo is a photograph realized by Marton Schneider in the 1990s. Very good conditions.
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cups II (Suburbia) Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, Color, Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Cups II (Suburbia) - 2004 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, Signed on verso with Certificate, Artist inventory number: 2912. Not mounted. This pr...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Deep Mirroring Forest 005 by Bernhard Lang - Landscape photography, trees, green
Located in Paris, FR
Deep Mirroring Forest 005 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 6 dimens...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper

"Weed + Grub 2"- Archival Pigment Ink Photography
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This selection is an intimate grouping of portraits of celebrities and tastemakers in the burgeoning cannabis industry. I’ve paired these with select portraits evoking the feeling of...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink

Distorted Salvador Dali
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning artistic and distorted portrait of Salvador Dali. Perfect artistic addition to any style of decor. Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical ...
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1960s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Velvet
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Velvet - 2020, 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-859. Not ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Ephemeral Palace, Antarctica by Paul Nicklen - National Geographic - Iceberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Ephemeral Palace Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, 2012. 24 x 36 in / 61 x 91.4 cm / Edition of 20 31 x 46.5 in / 78.7 x 118.1 cm / Edition of 15 40 × 60 in / 101.6 x 152.4 cm / Edit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Equestrian Portrait, Classic, Black Horse with Bridle, Reins, and Bonnet
Located in US
"Black Diamond" This award-winning image is a fashion-inspired portrait of an elite horse wearing the attire of his discipline. The print series Equus: Light & Form focuses on the...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Fred Astaire Leaning Outdoors
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
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1930s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

'Cheetah Who Shops' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
American silent film actress Phyllis Gordon (1889 - 1964) window-shopping in Earls Court, London with her four-year-old cheetah who was flown to Britain from Kenya. (Photo by B C Par...
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1930s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Hong Kong – Women in Bar - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Hong Kong –Women in Bar is a Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1960s. Good condition with consumed margins. Stamped on the rear.
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1960s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Water Horn, by Mark Jenkins
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Traditional photographic techniques mixed with digital manipulation work to create slightly surreal homoerotic imagery for the prints in Jenkins' Liquid series. Signed, titled and nu...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital

Divine Nude No.13 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.13 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Porto Venere No.3 - Italian coast lanscape photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Porto Venere No.3' Lerici, Italy 2024 Limited edition of 20. Printed on Hahnemühle photo rag Baryta 308 Gsm fine art paper, these limited edition photographs are designed to with...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Black and White, Giclée

The Smile - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment print 43x63"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a naked young woman smiling to the camera from the pool surface. This minimalistic photograph blends well with wide verity of interiors. Or...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

DEJAVU Trailer II, Cambridgeshire - British Landscape Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
DEJAVU Trailer, captured on a sunny winter morning, on one of Richard's many visits, capturing the trailer in the fen landscape as it changes with the seasons, this time when flooded...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Seascape XVII - large format photograph of a mesmerizing ocean surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
from a series of large scale photographs capturing a mesmerizing color palette of classic blue ocean SEASCAPE XVII by Frank Schott 60 x 48 inches / 152cm x 122cm signed edition of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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

Man against wall, One. Motion Series. Male Nude Sepia Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Man against wall one by Ricky Cohete From Motion series Sepia Archival Pigment print Size 36" x 24" Ed of 10 + 1AP Unframed Throughout his exploration of the movement of the body, ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Rembrandt Series
Located in Sante Fe, NM
I cherish a the Dutch Old Masters. As a contemporary artist, I work with the female nude and portraiture, so I was enthusiastic when the Rembrandt House approached me to create a new...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Seascape I (framed) - large format photograph of blue tone horizon and sea
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph capturing the color palette of nature's blue hour with soothing tones of ocean and cloudscape at dusk Seascape I by Frank Schott 48 x 64 inches / 122cm x 162...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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

N°TSSI27, France
Located in München, BY
The production of sea salt is one of the oldest forms of human intervention in natural spaces. Sea salt comes from natural evaporation of seawater out of artificial created ponds. Th...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled X, From the Half Angels Half Demons series. Male Nude Color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The angel is a being that religion has bequeathed us as a sign of purity, innocence, and goodness, from the same source, we have been sold to the devil as the form that represents ev...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

On the Sofa at the Real Dolls Factory, San Diego, 19 February 2015
Located in New York, NY
On the Sofa at the Real Dolls Factory, San Diego, 19 February 2015 Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 44" x 44.5" Archival Pigment Print Edition Nº 1 of 9 Certificate of O...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Silver Souls - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Silver Souls - 2024 - 20x25cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. inventory PL2024-27. Not m...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

The Pond Diptych (2 hand-printed botanical cyanotypes, 24 x 18 inches each)
Located in Oakland, CA
This monotype was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades of fresh-cut native Californian wild grass. The species of tall marsh grass is called Gray Rush or the lat...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Queen Elizabeth II - Vintage Photograph - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth II- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in1968, Garden Party in Marlborough House Good condition.
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1960s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Muhammad Ali
Located in Manchester, GB
Muhammad Ali, 1963 Cassius Clay during a training session at White City, London, before his fight with British Heavyweight Champion Henry Cooper, 29 May 1963 Fine art giclée print....
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Giclée

So Still (Sidewinder) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
So Still (Sidewinder) - 2005 including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024. 20x20cm, Edit...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

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

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Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photograph...

Elephants crossing, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, africa
Located in München, BY
Edition 5 more sizes on request A small elephant family is crossing the dry salt pan in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. The elephants have to walk over an hour through this very dr...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

View from Bombay Beach, Salton Sea, California - Color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'View from Bombay Beach', cool shades of blue are key to this serene waterscape below sea level in the Salton Sea. The suspended cloud creates a dreamy symmetry. The artwork is a li...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Born to be Wild - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary, B&W
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Born to be Wild - 2018, 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-40...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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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