Contemporary Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Period: 1970s
Style: Contemporary
Reportage from Vietnam - Vietnam Landscape - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vietnam Landscape is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City, Handcuffed, Street Photography 1970s, Limited Edition
Located in New york, NY
Handcuffed (or Arrested), New York City, 1978 by Leonard Freed is 19" x 13" in a limited edition of 10 signed by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of t...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Muhammad Ali Preparing for the "Thrilla in Manila"
By George Fischer
Located in Austin, TX
World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali preparing for the fight that would come to be known as the "Thrilla in Manila", the final fight in the Ali-Frazier trilogy and one that lived ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Johnny Cash at Levenworth Prison
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage 1970 image capturing country superstar Johnny Cash at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas.
The prison has held some notorious fig...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Lucille Ball at the podium for The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. Pictured: Nipsey Russell, Totie Fields, Don Rickles, Dean Martin AND Lucille Ball.
Lucille...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Diane Arbus
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Exhibition of Man Ray's Photographs in Rome - Vintage Photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition of Man Ray's Photo in Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1975.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Brigitte Bardot Skiing in Switzerland
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of star actress Brigitte Bardot skiing in Switzerland, circa 1971.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal ri...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Point-Aven - Vintage Offset Print by Michel Tersiquel - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Point-Aven is a vintage poster realized by Michel Tersiquel in 1972.
Black and white colored offset print.
The artwork represented a phothograph po...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Offset
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reportage from Albania - Tirana is a vintage photograph realized in the Late 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Hotel Las Vegas" - Cervia - Ravenna - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Hotel Las Vegas" - Cervia - Ravenna is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
The photo depicts n. 32 SMI-SOL copper tubes on the roofs, for heating the hotel.
Good c...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Guy with Radio, East 7th Street
Located in New York, NY
Guy with Radio, East 7th Street
January 01, 1977
Vintage gelatin silver print
14 x 11 inches
Arlene Gottfried was a New York City street photographer celebrated for her intimate a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
JJ Holding Head as Hair Flies While Dancing with JudiJupiter, Studio 54, NY, NY
Located in New York, NY
JJ Holding Head as Hair Flies While Dancing with JudiJupiter
Studio 54, NY, NY
1977
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches
(Edition of 5 + ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
KISS on a Street in London, England
Located in Austin, TX
KISS posed in full costume on a Street in London, England.
Kiss (commonly styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm g...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Alain and Arianne Blum- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Alain and Arianne Blum is a color photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Zeudi Araya - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Zeudi Araya a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
1970s Fashion - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
1970's Fashion is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places,...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled (Alan)
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Alan)
1975
Signed, dated, and numbered (1/1) in pencil, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
11 x 14 inches, sheet
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Signed limited edition Landscape photo , Contemporary, Countryside - Woodingdean
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 ‘ Woodingdean 1 ‘
Signed by Ian Sanders...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
May 6, 1976 -Friuli Earthquake - Vintage Photograph - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
May 6, 1976 -Friuli earthquake is a black and white vintage photo, realized in May 8, 1976.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including histo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reportage from Albania - Tirana is a vintage photograph realized in the Late 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Brigitte Bardot Smiling with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Brigitte Bardot posed smiling, sitting on a bed with a dog.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an ani...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Portrait of Nadine Gordimer - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Nadine Gordimer is a black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage Photograph - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Rome, 13.3.86, The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet presents his TV program"Body body".
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features Muhammad Ali in the ring holding a 5R Channel, Tokyo sign for his match with Antonio Inoki.
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer, a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Portrait of Allen Watts - Vintage Photograph by Bill Ansenutt - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Allen Watts - Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph by Bill Ansenutt realized in1973
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alfred Hitchcock LA, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Printed later
Combined Edition 25
Also available in 40 x 50 cm/ 16 x 20 inch
and as combined Edition 10 in
76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch
101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch
Portrait of the famous Director and Author Alfred Hitchcock...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Richard Bach - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Richard Bach- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Five Fashionable Rejects (With JudiJupiter) Studio 54, NY, NY October 1978
Located in New York, NY
Five Fashionable Rejects (With JudiJupiter)
Studio 54, NY, NY
October 1978
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
$2...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Richard Bach - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Richard Bach by Elliot Marks from the movie Jonathan Livingstone - Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ferry Overtuned by Typhoon at Hong Kong - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ferry Overtuned by Typhoon at Hong Kong is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blue Collar Fantasy, N.Y.
By Arthur Tress
Located in New York, NY
Blue Collar Fantasy, N.Y.
1979
Signed, titled, and dated in ink, recto
Vintage gelatin silver print
15 x 15 inches (38.1 x 38.1 cm), image
20 x 16 inche...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sylva Koscina - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sylva Koscina - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Sylva Koscina is considered one of the be...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Under the Boardwalk
Located in New York, NY
Under the Boardwalk
c. 1976
Vintage gelatin silver print
11 x 14 inches
Arlene Gottfried was a New York City street photographer celebrated for her intimate and vibrant portrayals...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
RINGO STARR, SPAIN, JULY, 1971 - Portrait, Black & White Photo
By David Steen
Located in Brighton, GB
Edition of 50.
David Steen recalls: “Ringo was becoming known for character spots in feature films, in Blindman as a vicious kidnapper – he had tired of pl...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Sean Connery in The Man Who Would Be King
Located in Austin, TX
The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 adventure film adapted from Rudyard Kipling's 1888 novella. It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Sa...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Historical Photo - Chinese Soldier in front of a Portrait of Mao - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Chinese Soldier in front of a Portrait of Mao is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical mo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ayatollah Khomeini - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ayatollah Khomeini is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mom Reading “A Scholarly View Of the Jewish Mother” North Massapequa, NY
Located in New York, NY
Mom Reading “A Scholarly View Of the Jewish Mother”
North Massapequa, NY
Thanksgiving 1978
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches
(Edition ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Joseph Beuys - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Joseph Beuys is an original b/w photograph representing a profile of the renowned German contemporary artist, Joseph Beuys with his typical felt hat . This photo was very likely realized after 1972, surely by Buby Durini.
In excellent conditions.
On the back, the title " Prof. Joseph Beuys" (typewritten and in Italian), and two black stamps " Foto Buby Durini" and " Lucrezia De Domizio" with all the contact details...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cliff and Robert
By Mel Roberts
Located in New York, NY
Cliff and Robert
1979/2001
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, recto
Cibachrome print (Edition of 50)
24 x 20 inches, sheet
18 x 18 inches, image
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Historical Photo - Students' Protest China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Students' Protest China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen Elizabeth with Commonwealth Leaders - Vintage Press Print - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth with Commonwealth Leaders is a black and white vintage press print, realized in June 8th. 1977.
The photo depicts an official moment of the English Crown. The Quee...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Bodybuilding Ballerina
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome color capture of Arnold Schwarzenegger practicing his ballet movements in the studio, circa 1976.
Arnold Schwarzenegger born is an Austrian-American actor, producer, busines...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Photograph is a color photograph realized in the Late 1970s.
Good conditions.
the landscape of Albania through the art of photography is captured ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Photograph is a color photograph realized in the Late 1970s.
Good conditions.
The landscape of Albania through the art of photography is captured ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip is a is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album inclu...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Robert Redford in Western
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white film still of Robert Redford in a Western role.
Robert Redford is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades such as an Academy Award, a BAF...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kihti, Finland (Dark tide)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mom Getting her Hair Teased at Besame Beauty Salon
Located in New York, NY
Mom Getting her Hair Teased at Besame Beauty Salon
North Massapequa, NY
June 1979
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches
(Edition of 5 + 2 ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The German Novelist Thomas Mann - Vintage photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Famous German Writer Thomas Mann with his daughter Erika.
Blurry.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sayville Train Tracks, 1970s Black and White Documentary Photography NYC
Located in New York, NY
A black and white photograph of gay men hanging out by the train tracks by Meryl Meisler taken on Long Island in the 1970s.
Sayville Train Tracks
Sayvill...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
S. Nicolao - Vintage Photo by Glauco Cortini - 1960s
By Glauco Cortini
Located in Roma, IT
S. Nicolao is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s, by Glauco Cortini.
The photo depicts the men working in the fortress.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a h...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo- Israeli Community, Fernando Piperno - Vintage Photo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Israeli Community, Fernando Piperno is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1977.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal fami...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Muhammad Ali fighting Joe Frazier
Located in Austin, TX
March 8, 1971 NY, NY Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- Limited Edition Archival Print
- Numbered Certificate of ...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Reflection, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Queen Elizabeth II - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth II is a is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments...
Category
1970s 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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