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
Ode to Wyeth's Christina's World
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 2 of 3, 2APs
Large Size: 24 x 36 inches
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stefanie Schneider Minis - The Party's over -based on a Polaroid, Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
Party's over (Oxana's 30th Birthday), 2008
featuring Radha Mitchell
Signed and signature brand on verso.
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on a Polar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Rome, Italy, Europe, Contemporary Color Photography of Antiquities
Located in New york, NY
A contemporary color photograph by Roberta Fineberg of a classical Greco-Roman statue in Ostia Antica, the old port of Ancient Rome. The neon landscape captures the spirit of the ant...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...
Square one - Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Square one - 2020
20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-950.
Not mounte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Citylights Paris, Photography, Limited Edition, Cityscape, Street
Located in München, BY
Citylights Paris
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
The view from the Montparnasse Tower to the Eiffel Tower in Paris at sunset.
JJK is ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
June, Mixed Media, Contemporary Photographic Resin Art, Clouds & Blue Skies, 2/5
Located in New york, NY
June, 2025 by Isabelle Schneider is a contemporary photographic mixed-media work, focusing on a serene day in June. The reflections of white clouds and bright green tree leaves agai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Archival Pigment
Soundsuit #6 (Performance Art, Artistic Expression, Contemporary Art)
By Nick Cave
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Cave
Soundsuit #6
Year: 2010
Archival Pigment Print on Premium Rag
Size: 17 x 12 in.
Edition: 200
Signed by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-2069
Tags: #NickCave #Missou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dream
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Caitlin aka Jane Bond (Heavenly Falls) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Caitlin aka Jane Bond (Heavenly Falls) - 2008
20x20cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Star Wars ( C-3PO ) 40 x 32"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Star Wars (C-3PO) by Tom Schierlitz
still life photograph of the original iconic golden Star Wars humanoid robot
40 x 32 inches (102 x 81cm)
edition of 25
signed
60 x 48 inches (152 x 122cm)
edition of 7
signed
archival fine art pigment print
signed + numbered by artist on separate label
Photographer Tom Schierlitz has a discerning eye for details, managing to find striking visuals in the most ordinary objects, creating captivating images of cult accessories and other objects of desire.
Tom grew up in Germany and lives and works in New York City.
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Edition EKTAlux offers an evolving curated selection of collectable large-scale photography in strictly limited editions, while working closely with each artist to guarantee state-of-the-art museum level print and framing quality.
Custom / larger print sizes available on request
Images can be printed with white border [ 2 inch L prints / 4 inch XL prints ]
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Batman and Batgirl Classical Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Classic black and white promotional still of Adam West for his role as Batman, and Yvonne Joyce Craig for her role as Batgirl, circa 1967.
Batman is an American live-action televisi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Seascape IV (Homage to Mark Rothko) - framed large format abstract photograph
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
From a series of large scale abstract photographs of muted color monochromatic water surfaces
SEASCAPE IV by Frank Schott
available in two edition sizes
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Giclée
Patti Smith photograph New York 1977 (Patti Smith the Palladium)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Patti Smith New York City, 1976 by Fernando Natalici:
This classic rock image was captured at the historic, New York Palladium show headlined by Patti Smith, John Cale, and Television.
Digital C print on Kodak lustre.
16 x 20 inches
Hand signed, dated and numbered on the reverse from an edition of 20.
Excellent overall condition.
Acquired directly from Natalici
New York based photographer Fernando Natalici is best known for his iconographic documentation of the downtown Manhattan art scene of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. Natalici’s portfolio includes sought after images of a young Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Keith Haring, The Ramones and more. As an Art Director, Fernando has played a key role in creating memorable visuals for historic NY venues such as CBGB's, The Mudd Club, Area and Danceteria.
Fernando’s photo archive and art design were recently featured in two highly regarded New York shows: “Area” at The Hole Gallery NYC (2014) & “Downtown New York Film” at The Museum of The Moving Image (2015).
Recent Publications & Exhibits
Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words & Noise (2015)
Another Magazine (London, 2014)
Black Book (2014)
Curbed NY (2014)
The Museum of The Moving Image (New York, 2015)
The Hole Gallery NYC (New York, 2014)
The Chelsea Hotel (New York 2013)
New York University Tisch School of The Arts (2013)
A perfect compliment to your Robert Mapplethorpe, Roberta Bayley...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital
Mulberry Harbour, Normandie, France, monochrome photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of auth...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Signed limited edition Landscape, Contemporary, Paris France - Pont d' Arcole
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Pont d' Arcole ‘, a bridge of Paris, Fr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Brainpower II, III and I. Triptych. From The Horses Series
By Juan Lamarca
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Brainpower I, Untitled I, and Untitled II (Triptych) 2018 by Juan Lamarca
From the Horse Series
Fine Art Cotton Paper
Overall size:
Image size: 16.5 in H x 36 in W
Frame size: 17.7 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Untitled IX by Matthieu Venot - Abstract photography, architecture, building
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled IX, Firework series, is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Matthieu Venot.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimension...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Wild Horse with Mane Blowing in the Wind, Fashion, Minimal, Best-Seller
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Breathless"
The wind sweeping the beautifully unkempt mane of this wild horse on Sable Island is a reminder of nature's perfection.
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sab...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New moon rising - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
New moon rising- 2021 -
20x24cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1021.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Weight of the World - Mankind, Nature, Women, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Weight of the World - 2017
30x24cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate
Artist inventory PL2017-...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Marilyn Monroe Singing in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Marilyn Monroe singing in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", circa 1953.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives....
Category
1950s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Black and White
BAOBAB IX, Andombiry Forest
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
*22x30" editions and 24x36" editions are platinum prints. Editions with a width of 60" or greater are archival pigment prints*
Baobabs are one of Africa’s natural wonders: they can ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Platinum
Debbie Reynolds Talking on Telephone
Located in Austin, TX
This black candid black and white portrait features Debbie Reynolds sitting at home in her kitchen, smiling as she talks on the telephone.
Debbie Reynolds was an American actress, s...
Category
1950s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Shadow Lines, Wildwood, New Jersey - American Black and White Square Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Shadow Lines' from Richard Heeps Jersey Shore Series.
Street photography captured during low season at the seaside town of Wildwood New Jersey.
Primarily known as a color photograp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin
Melissa - 21st Century, Figurative Photography, Contemporary, Color
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Melissa - 2018
Edition of 10,
20x30cm.
Archival C-Print.
Signature label and Certificate.
Tao Ruspoli (born 7 November 1975) is an Italian-American filmmaker, photographer, and musician.
He is the second son of occasional actor and aristocrat Prince Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri and Austrian-American actress Debra Berger. Tao was born in Bangkok, Thailand and raised in Rome and Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.
Movie maker magazine singled out Ruspoli as one of the 10 Young Filmmakers To Watch in its spring 2008 issue. His feature narrative debut, Fix, was one of 10 feature films to screen in competition at the 2008 Slamdance Film Festival and soon afterward at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival where Ruspoli was awarded the Heineken Red Star Award for "most innovative and progressive filmmaker." Fix also won the Festival Award for Best Film at the 2008 Brooklyn Film Festival, Vail Film Festival and the 2008 Twin Rivers Media Festival, as well as other prizes at several international festivals. His most well-known documentary is Just Say Know, a personal discussion of his family's drug addiction. His other films include Flamenco: A Personal Journey, a feature length documentary about the flamenco way of life as it is lived by Gypsies in the south of Spain. He has directed a number of other short documentaries, including El Cable (also about Flamenco), and This Film Needs No Title: A Portrait of Raymond Smullyan (a portrait of the renowned logician, mathematician and concert pianist Raymond Smullyan). Tao founded LAFCO in 2000. The Los Angeles Filmmakers Cooperative, is a bohemian collective of filmmakers and musicians who work out of a converted school bus. Through LAFCO, Tao has produced several films and helped dozens of filmmakers to make their first films and discover the wonders of digital media. His producing credits include the feature film Camjackers, which he also acted in and co-edited. Camjackers won the best editing award at the 44th Ann Arbor Film Festival. Tao is an accomplished flamenco guitar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
Divine Nude No.1 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.1 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in only one dimens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Leslie - 21st Century, Photography, Contemporary, Color, Portrait
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Leslie' 2011
digital C-Print, Edition 1/10, 20x30cm,
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
About
Tao Ruspoli (born 7 November 1975) is an Italian-American filmmaker, photo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
New York City, Staten Island Ferry, Black-and-White Photography, Wave Goodbye
Located in New york, NY
A black-and-white image shot on film, Roberta Fineberg captures on a carefree summer day a child's hand waving goodbye, prophetically perhaps at the Worl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Spiegelbild (Stage of Consciosness), analog, 125x154cm - featuring Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Spiegelbild (Stage of Consciousness), 2008
125x154cm, Edition 4/5,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte surface,
based on a Polaroid. Cer...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Metal
Lonely Tree, Foggy Morning, monochrome landscape photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Rome (Campidoglio) - large scale photograph of urban textures and color palette
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rome (Campidoglio), a large format photograph of Michelangelo's famous Roman square, from a series of works capturing Rome's urban surfaces and wallscape color palettes
40 x 27 inch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Praying Mermaid - underwater b&w photograph - archival pigment print 48x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a young topless woman in a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the author.
Limited edition of 24
Paper si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fear (Stage of Consciousness) - 20x24cm, starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fear (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007
20x24cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 7...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Ann Miller as a Witch
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of actress Ann Miller posed in a witch costume, circa 1946.
Ann Miller was an American actress and dancer. She is best remembered for her work in the classi...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Paul I Can Hear Myself" Photography 21" x 18" in Ed. of 25 by Howard Grafton
Located in Culver City, CA
"Paul I Can Hear Myself" Photography 21" x 18" in Ed. of 25 by Howard Grafton
Signed and numbered on the back by the publisher
The Beatles on the Ed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Metal
Sun Kissed Wendy, Las Vegas - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Sun Kissed Wendy', from Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series. This contemporary portrait is part of a sequence of artworks photographing Wendy at the Rockabilly Weekender, Viva Las Veg...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Exercise at Home
By Luke Smalley
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 + 1 AP)
50 x 60 inches
(Edition of 3)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please note that prices increase as editions sell.
Luke Smalley was an American artist known for his photographic work, which pairs a coolly minimalist aesthetic with a retro nostalgia. Images from his early in his career were inspired by fitness manuals and yearbooks c. 1910. This is not surprising since Smalley graduated with a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and worked for a number of years as a model and personal trainer. Smalley shot the bulk of his photographs in his home state of Pennsylvania, using real high school athletes as models.
“Exercise at Home” is Luke Smalley’s second major body of work. Shot in and around the tiny Pennsylvania town the artist called home, Smalley revisits themes of adolescent growing pains acted out under the guise of earnest athleticism. Teenagers engage in simple yet strange competitions meant to establish their standings amongst one another. Two youths practice boating safety...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
White Horse in Moonlight
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Pool Time (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pool Time (Suburbia) - 2004
40x50cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Signed on verso with Certificate,
Artist inventory number: 1722.
Not mounted.
This pro...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Body Two. Nude. Sepia Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sepia Color Archival Pigment print
36 x 24 in. Ed of 10
Unframed
Channeling the energy of “water-signs” in astrology, he captures these mysterious men through a romantic lens. The b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Large Landscape Black White Big Cat Photograph Cheetah Africa Nature Wildlife
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh, Untitled, photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper
44 x66" unframed (84cm x 56cm) 2022
Edition 1/10
*Should you wish the photograph to be printed at a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Elizabeth Taylor Behind the Scenes
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the film "Giant" for her role as character Leslie Bene...
Category
1950s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital
#00135 Hypericum mutillum, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
#00135 Hypericum mutillum, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed
This image is a unique photogram and is printed using Rives BFK, gouache, gum arabic, kitakata and ink. Pricing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photogram
'Sunday's Tulips (I)' Large Scale Photograph bold flower pastel red orange white
Located in Penzance, GB
'Sunday's Tulips (I)' 40 x 60" edition
Limited edition archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed
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Gauzy afternoon light, the tulips are stretching soft...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Drangarnir, Sea Arch Panorama, Faroe Islands, large photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine art long landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 5. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment
Forte dei Marmi (framed) - iconic Italian beach resort on Mediterranean Sea
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of a sea of green sun umbrellas and yellow-green striped sun chairs, a Mediterranean pre-summer season study of Italian beach clubs in the iconic coastal reso...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Clam Shells (Still Life Photograph of Purple & White Shells with Drift Wood)
Located in Hudson, NY
Still life photograph of purple and white clam shells on pale grey and beige background
archival pigment print, made in 2007 by David Halliday
10 X 15 inches unframed
Edition of 25
In this series, Halliday captures the beauty of 'the ordinary' in still lifes of various objects and vegetation arranged against simple backgrounds. This nautical themed still life of deep purple and white clam shells beside a piece of drift wood is set on a light grey table top against a cream colored wood wall. The subtle color palette extenuates the various textures and gentle shadows cast on the objects.
About the artist:
American, b. 1958, Glen Cove, NY, United States, based in Schodack Landing, NY, United States
Elegant still lifes bathed in natural light, so masterfully composed one could forget that it is, in fact, a photograph – this is how we’ve come to recognize David Halliday’s work. The artist first gained recognition for his sepia toned silver gelatin prints of common place objects and food staples, emphasized by sublime balances of form, texture, and shadow one could liken to classical painting. In more recent years the artist began embracing his subject matter with modern pops of color in surreal arrangements; vegetables and fruits eccentrically coupled with fish nets and cutlery balanced on undefined tabletops, seeming to float in midair. Now the photographer is retracting his lens to encompass the studio itself as his subject. In a self-portrait of sorts, Halliday skillfully combines elements of his craft in a modest interior view. Halliday was one of the first artists Carrie Haddad began representing when she opened the gallery 27 years ago. Since then he has exhibited nationally and in Europe. He now lives and works in Schodack Landing by way of New Orleans and Nantucket.
Resume
Born 1958, Glen Cove, New York
Lives in Upstate New York
EDUCATION
1998 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
1988 The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine
1976-79 Syracuse University, New York
1974-76 Wooster School Community Art Center, Danbury, Connecticut
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Still Life Like, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2018 Group Photography Exhibit, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2013 Threadbare/New Photographs, Arthur Roger Galley, New Orleans, LA
McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 The Past Still Present, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2010 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Wessel+O’Connor Fine Art, Lambertville, NJ
Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2009 Culinary Delights, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Two Decades: David Halliday, Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY
2008 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Still-Life, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
Watermark Gallery, Houston TX
Strange Fruit: David Halliday and Greg Kuharic...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
No one to run with - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
No one to run with - 2020
50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-914.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Flora Italiana ( Papavero Arancio Piene ) - large botanical still life photo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's botany study series "Flora Italiana", an intensely beautiful body of works exploring t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Constellation - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24x35"
By Alex Sher
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Through the Woods
By Peter Doig
Located in Toronto, Ontario
In 2007, Peter Doig (b. 1959) became a household name when his painting “White Canoe” sold for $11.3 million at auction, setting the record at the time for the highest auction price by a living European artist. And if that number sounds surprising, his paintings continue to surpass that record; most recently in November 2021, when "Swamped" sold for $39.8 million at auction.
Sales records aside, by the age of 50, Doig had major retrospectives at the Tate Britain, the Paris Museum of Modern Art, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Art. Needless to say, he is an artist with major international acclaim.
Doig’s imagery has attracted fans from all corners of the world. Not surprisingly, the artist has been influenced by his own international experiences, having lived in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Trinidad.
"Through the Woods...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Spin - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17.5" x 17.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young model in the pool with red background.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist.
Limited edition ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Morning Light in the Mountains, Large Format Mono Photograph, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Best Seats - large format photograph of iconic yellow soccer goals
Located in San Francisco, CA
an homage to the photo realism + pop art color palette of artist David Hockney
Best Seats by Erik Pawassar
48 x 72 inches (122 x 183cm)
signed edition of 7
27 x 40 inches (69 x 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Moonlight - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 26x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman on her back on the bottom of the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with rea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Capricho - underwater photograph - series "Reflections" - archival print 35x52"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
From the dark, she rises. An eerie turquoise glow intermingles with the colors from the nude body of a woman, at least a part of a woman. Her breasts and arms breach the reflection’s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
John F Kennedy Smiling in Sunglasses
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of President John F. Kennedy smiling in sunglasses.
John F. Kennedy was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States f...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bette Davis: Captivating Eyes
By Elmer Fryer
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white head and shoudlers portrait of actress Bette Davis looking upward with captivating eyes.
Bette Davis was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regard...
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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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