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.
to
623
864
320
25
26
11
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
3
22
7,576
36,560
1
3
15
89
111
510
1,157
1,011
1,292
1,961
3
4,242
1,246
367
101
21
18
8
8
5
3
2
1
1
1
616
588
42
1,009
648
411
396
291
283
199
179
170
164
86
84
79
76
69
69
65
60
59
51
1,046
807
268
268
235
30
22
21
14
13
44
961
638
478
Period: 1960s
Period: 1930s
Style: Contemporary
Queen Elizabeth II in Rome - Vintage Photograph - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
The Queen Elizabeth II in Rome is a is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1962.
The photo depicts a official moment of the English Crown. Queen Elizabeth II visiting in Ro...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$159 Sale Price
25% Off
Audrey Hepburn Sitting with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of actress Audrey Hpeburn posed sitting with a Yorkie.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and was rec...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
NASA, Gemini 4, First US Spacewalk: Ed White Over the Pacific Ocean, C-Print
By Nasa
Located in New york, NY
In orbit above the Pacific Ocean in June 1965, NASA Gemini 4 Astronaut Ed White is the first to spacewalk (tethered by a 25 foot cord) outside the craft.
This is an 8" x 10" vintage...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Sealab - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Sealab is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s.
A driver prepares to enter the underwater capsule that will transfer him to the Sealab 600 ft. below.
Good conditions ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$124 Sale Price
25% Off
King Bhumibol And Queen Sirikit Of Thailand - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
King Bhumibol And Queen Sirikit Of Thailand Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, representing a photo of Official Travel In France, realized in...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jayne Mansfield on a Swing
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Jayne Mansfield smiling while hanging from a swing.
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 196...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Reaching, Sandcastles
Located in New York, NY
Reaching, Sandcastles
(Bobby Kendall and Jay Garvin),
early 1960s [050]
Signed, verso
Vintage C-print
3.5 x 3.5 inches
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Dog and ducklings - Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Dog and ducklings is a Vintage Photograph was realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Stamped on the rear.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$124 Sale Price
25% Off
Johnny Cash Smoking and Playing at Folsom Prison
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of singer Johnny Cash smoking while visiting Folsom Prison circa 1968.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- Limited Edi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jacqueline Kennedy - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jacqueline Kennedy is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s.
The photo depicts the American First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of John Fitzgerlad Kennedy, 35° Presi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$319 Sale Price
25% Off
First Steps, Gelatin Silver Photography by Czech Photographer Prague 1960s
By Jan Saudek
Located in New york, NY
First Steps, 1963 is a 7" x 9" gelatin silver photograph printed in the 1980s. Signed in ink on verso (back of photograph) by contemporary Czech artist Jan Saudek. Provenance: privat...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Elizabeth Taylor in Fur Coat for "Butterfield 8"
Located in Austin, TX
The black and white portrait of Elizabeth Taylor features the star actress in a long fur coat for her role in "Butterfield 8", circa 1960.
Butterfield 8 is a 1960 American drama fil...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Arabian Nights
Located in New York, NY
Arabian Nights
1960s/2022
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
Digital C-print
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
$4,500
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Etudiants Romaines à Rome - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Etudiants Romaines à Rome is an original artwork realized in 1938 in Rome and published by Agence Trampus, Paris. The title, the original description with the date and the hallmark o...
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$284 Sale Price
25% Off
The Road - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Road- Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$106 Sale Price
25% Off
The British Actor Stewart Granger - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Photo showing the actor leaving for Morocco where Verrano completed filming of the movie. In the company of his wife and director Robert Aldrich .
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$142 Sale Price
25% Off
Muhammad Ali in the Ring, Black and White Photo by Howard Bingham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Howard Bingham, American (b. 1939)
Title: Muhammad Ali in the Ring
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Photograph, signed by Bingham and autographed by Ali in marker
Year: 1963 (...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Chemistry Set
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1960s photograph featuring an abstract shot of scientific apparatus in a chemistry lab.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
Wh...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Steve McQueen at the Time of "The Reivers"
Located in Austin, TX
Steve McQueen at the time of "The Reivers", pictured smiling and looking left, hand in mouth.
Steve McQueen was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting (Biting Lip), Photograph by Bert Stern
By Bert Stern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bert Stern, American (1929 - 2013)
Title: Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting
Year: 1962
Medium: Chromogenic C-Print Photograph, signed and numbered in marker
Edition: 209/250
...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Anna Wong Sitting with Dragon Shadow
Located in Austin, TX
This awesome black and white capture features Anna Wong sitting, posed against a large shadow of a dragon.
Anna Wong was an American actress, considered to be the first Toisonese (T...
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Germany, Dortmund, Black and White Photography 1960s, Diver by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Diver, Dortmund, Germany, 1965 by Leonard Freed is a 16” x 20” gelatin silver print, signed and stamped (on back of photo) by the widow Brigitte Freed. This contemporary photograph i...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Salvatore Quasimodo With Gina Lollobrigida - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Salvatore Quasimodo With Gina Lollobrigida in Catania- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in the 1960s.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Firefighters - Historical Vintage Photo
Located in Roma, IT
Firefighters - Historical Vintage Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical event...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
David Bowie Performing in Bruxelles
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie Performing in Bruxelles
David Bowie was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Janis Joplin Drinking Backstage
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of musician and singer Janis Joplin smiling and holding up a glass backstage.
Janis Joplin was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Raquel Welch Reclining on Sailboat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of Raquel Welch posed reclining on a sailboat in a white bikini.
Raquel Welch was an American actress. Welch first gained attention for her role in Fanta...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Steve McQueen Aiming Revolver
Located in Austin, TX
Great black and white capture of star actor Steve McQueen posed shirtless at home while pointing a revolver at the camera.
Terrence Stephen McQueen, was an American actor and his antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw during the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand Pebbles. His other popular films include The Cincinnati Kid, Love With the Proper Stranger...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Historical Photo - The Forbidden City Beijing - Vintage photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - The Forbidden City Beijing is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal famili...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$57 Sale Price
25% Off
The German Actress Katia Mann, Wife of Thomas Mann - Vintage photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows Katia Mann with two of her children.
Blurry
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
Portrait of Abbe Lane - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American Actress and Singer Abbe Lane.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$53 Sale Price
25% Off
Brigitte Bardot Sledding
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of star actress Brigitte Bardot having fun while sledding.
Brigitte Bardot often referred to by her initials B.B., is a French former actress, singer, an...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
NASA, Apollo 9, Astronaut David Scott Signed Chromogenic Large Format Photograph
By Nasa
Located in New york, NY
Seen from the docked Lunar Module Spider, astronaut David Scott stands in an open hatch of the command module Gumdrop in space. The third mission in NASA’s...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print
Natalia Ginzburg - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Natalia Ginzburg- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in the 1960s.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Audrey Hepburn Packing in Her Apartment
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1960s image featuring Audrey Hepburn opening up her luggage in an apartment. One of the most admired movie stars in history of cinema, Hepburn personified timeless elegance. Th...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Princess Margaret - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Princess Margaret is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political events, meti...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$159 Sale Price
25% Off
Groucho Marx - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Groucho Marx- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in the 1960s.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blood Transfusion Lab - Vintage Photograph by Roger Dyckmans - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Blood Transfusion Lab- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized by Roger Dyckmans in the 1960s.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Deauville, France, Black and White Photography of the Parisian Riviera 1960s
Located in New york, NY
Deauville, France, 1964 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a black and white contemporary photograph that captures chic style and loving embrace of a couple at the seaside tow...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Sophia Loren in Car
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Sophia Loren in a fur coat and hat, circa 1965.
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress, active in her native country and the United States. Wit...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bette Davis in "Dark Victory"
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Bette Davis in a fur coat for her role in "Dark Victory", circa 1939.
What's included:
- Limited Edition Archival Print
- Numbered Certificate of ...
Category
1930s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ron Brouillette, Mulholland Drive
By Mel Roberts
Located in New York, NY
Ron Brouillette, Mulholland Drive
1966/2001
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, recto
Cibachrome print (Edition of 50)
24 x 20 inches, sheet
18 x ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Grace Kelly Sledding in Switzerland
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of Grace Kelly sledding with her children in Switzerland, circa 1962.
Grace Kelly, also known as Grace of Monaco, was an American actress and Princess of...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Italian Actress Lauretta Masiero - Vintage photo - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$53 Sale Price
25% Off
Elizabeth Taylor in Window Light
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features actress Elizabeth Taylor in full costume, posed elegantly in window light.
Elizabeth Taylor was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Duke and Duchess of Windsor - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Duke and Duchess of Windsor is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political ev...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$177 Sale Price
25% Off
King Olav of Norway with Queen Elisabeth and Prince Philip - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - King Olav of Norway with Queen Elisabeth and Prince Philip is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including phot...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$213 Sale Price
25% Off
Bikes in Amsterdam - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Bikes in Amsterdam - Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$106 Sale Price
25% Off
Brigitte Bardot Bathing
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely capture of Brigitte Bardot posing while taking a bath.
Brigitte Bardot is a French animal rights activist and former actress and singer. Famous for portraying sexually emanci...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Old days Photo - Way to the Castle - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Castle Way is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including historical...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$57 Sale Price
25% Off
Light and Shadow, Gina Lollobrigida
By Armando Pietrangeli
Located in Austin, TX
The beautiful Gina Lollobrigida is captured here dramatically in this striking 1960's photograph by noted Italian fashion photographer, Armando Pietrangeli.
Gina Lollobrigida is an...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot on Motorcycle - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~
Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jayne Mansfield in Animal Print - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~
Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hugh Hefner, Vintage 1960s Black and White Photography of Playboy Magazine
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A black-and-white 12" x 8" vintage photograph of Editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner checking proofs for Playboy magazine, 1966 by Burt Glinn. A historical photo...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe in Something's Got to Give
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lawrence Schiller, American (1936 - )
Title:Marilyn Monroe in Something's Got to Give - 7
Year: 1962 (printed 2007)
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, Signed in ink
Edition: AP 3/...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John Wayne on the set of "The Alamo" - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American Actor John Wayne in a scene from the 1960 Film "The Alamo".
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$266 Sale Price
25% Off
Florida Hurricane - Devastation in Pahokee - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Florida Hurricane is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and poli...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
Elizabeth II and Ayub Kahn - Vintage Photograph - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Elizabeth II and Ayub Kahn is a black and white vintage press, realized in in February 2nd. 1961.
The photo depicts an official moment of the English Crown. Elizabeth II and Ayub...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$106 Sale Price
25% Off
Wedding of John Barrymore Jr and Gabriella Palazzoli - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Wedding of John Barrymore Jr and Gabriella Palazzoli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$124 Sale Price
25% Off
Raquel Welch: Tipped Over
By Don Ornitz
Located in Austin, TX
This quirky color image features American actress and singer, Raquel Welch. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th ...
Category
1960s 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.
Read More
11 of Annie Leibovitz’s Most Talked-About Photographs
See why the famed photographer's celebrity portraits have graced magazine covers and become headline grabbers in their own right for five decades and counting.
Photographer to Know: David Bailey
British portraitist David Bailey gets up close to his celebrity subjects.
Photographer to Know: Berenice Abbott
One of the 20th century's most important female photographers is finally being recognized as a daring and seminal artist.
Proving It’s More Than Mansions, Palms and Beaches, a Storied Florida Playground Is Getting Serious about Art
The newly redesigned Norton Museum and other impressive exhibition spaces around Palm Beach are drawing art aficionados to the tony enclave year-round.
Irby Pace Explodes Colorful Smoke Bombs across Texas
The artist, known for his surreal smoke-cloud photography, discusses the process and future direction of his creative pursuit.