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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
Palm Tree, lonley Beach, Florida, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tree in golden Grass, USA, limited edition photograph, monochrome landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Single tree in Golden Field, California, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by ar...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Western Screech Owl #1, Espanola, NM
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the start, there was something immensely challenging and inspiring about working with animals. Up to that point, I had spent my career photographing subjects I largely controlle...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Large Landscape Tree Nature Wildlife Photograph India Orange Green Yellow Forest
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh, Untitled, Infrared photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper, 64" x 42.7" *please note this artwork can be printed at any size so long as the ratio r...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Tree in the Courtyard, Paris, black and white photography, pigment print, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 2/9. Archival Pigment Ink Print, Printed 2020. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, dark-brown,...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Notre Dame, Paris, France, black and white minimalism landscape art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art minimalist cityscape - landscape photography. Notre Dame Cathedral the soul and the heart of Paris. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled,...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Nu Provencal, Iconic French Black and White Nude Photography
Located in New york, NY
Nu Provencal, Gordes, 1949 by French photographer Willy Ronis is an Iconic contemporary black and white nude photograph. A gelatin silver print, measuring 12" x 9" (image and sheet ...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Hot Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x59"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in bubbles. This is a bright high resolution photograph with rich green and golden tones migrating onto blue and orange. Ori...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Cliffs of Etretat, Sea Arch, black and white photograph, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of auth...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Row of Trees in Rapeseed Field
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Curved Line, Sylt, black and white photograph, landscape, limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 20. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to ord...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink

Waterfall, Ireland, black and white photograph, limited edition print, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Gates Project, Photo #25, Central Park, New York Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This rare photograph #25, taken during The Central Park Gates Project in 2005 by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, was never released to the public as the couple were not satisfied with the image. Every initial photograph, numbered #25 to #30, had to be retaken by their primary photographer, Wolfgang Volz. This copy is from the unpublished edition, making it a unique and highly collectible piece. The project, which consisted of 7,503 gates along 23 miles of pathways, transformed the park into a vibrant, immersive art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Offset

Beach Huts Panorama, black and white photograph, landscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama - landscape photography. Beach Huts, Panorama, Pier, Runner, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

San Marco, Venice, Street Art, monochrome photograph, limited edition cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ancient Laurisilva Forest, old tree, Portugal, fine art landscape photography
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 prin...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tranquility - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tranquility - 2019, 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist in...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

San Francisco - Vintage Offset Poster after Franco Fontana - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
San Francisco is a vintage offset poster realized after a photograph by Franco Fontana in 1979. The print is by Galleria d'arte contemporanea Rondanini, at Rome. Good condition. F...
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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Offset

Two World-Class Racing Yachts On the Open Seas, Black and White, Horizontal
Located in US
"In Pursuit of Northern Light" In this best-selling image, the iconic 12-Meter yachts race on the open seas. With a strong history of competition in the Olympics and Americas' Cup r...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sunday relaxing, Santa Barbara, USA, Limited Photograph by Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 20. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jazz Legends: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Located in Austin, TX
This awesome capture features jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong posed smiling for the camera, circa 1956. Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalis...
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1950s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gathering Clouds, Casoli, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Abandoned Cars, junkyard, California, USA, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Classic US car in a junkyard in California, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artis...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ribeira da Janela Rocks, Shoreline, black and white photography, seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Volcanic rocks in the sea at a beautiful bay on the island of madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, tit...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, USA, black and white art landscape, wood frame
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 1/9. Archival Pigment Ink Print, Printed 2022. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, black, natural white archival Passepartout, ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archiv...

Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized Minis - The Girl IV (The Girl) - signed, loose
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Mini The Girl IV (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2016 signed in front, not mounted. Digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroids. Polaroid sized...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Pavillon de Flore, Tree Avenue, Louvre, monochrome photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Way through the tree avenue to the Pavillon de Flore at the Louvre in Paris, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed,...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Snow covered Central Park Lake Bridge New York USA
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Snow covered Central Park 1, New York City, USA - no. 11869 // Limited Edition Fine Art Print of 9 Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghamme...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

163.08.12 by Klaus Kampert - Colour nude photography, woman's body, water, legs
Located in Paris, FR
163.08.12 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Water Creatures". In this series, Klaus Kampert submerges his model in water...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cocktail? 2023
Located in München, BY
Edition 15, framed Chromaluxe A bartender is waiting for you. A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really like inside. Nick’s work with radiograph...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Rocks on the Shore Panorama, Large Monochrome Photograph, Limited Edition Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine art seascape - landscape long exposure photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Fremont East District, Las Vegas, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited ed...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Brutalist Symphony II, London - Conceptual, architectural, color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Brutalist Symphony', photograph by Richard Heeps from the London's Barbican Estate. There is a subtle beauty in the light and colour of this conceptual architectural photograph of t...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Pont Neuf, Paris, France, black and white photography, landscape, fine art print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Five Trees in snowy Field, Austria, black and white fine photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape - minimalist photography art print. Detached avenue of trees in the snow, Waldviertel, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, t...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vertigo- digital manipulated photograph of a whimsical flying swimming pool
Located in New York, NY
Laurent Chéhere, a French photographer born in 1972 in Paris, makes images of flying houses and other dwellings that are informed by his wanderings in the hidden neighborhoods of Par...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Digital

John Lennon Fairground
Located in Norwich, GB
Astrid Kirchherr ( 20 May 1938 – 12 May 2020) was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann...
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20th Century Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old wrought Iron Bridge, Venice, monochrome photograph, limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Golling Falls, Waterfall, Landscape, Limited Edition, monochrome fine art print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Frank Sinatra at Sands Hotel
Located in Austin, TX
An artistically composed and colored photograph of Frank Sinatra in front of the Sands Motel with his Tbird. Sinatra at the Sands is a live album by Frank Sinatra accompanied by Coun...
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1950s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Esplanade, Beach, France, black and white photograph, limited edition landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Stars 3, 2014 - Stars and Trees in Ancient English Woodland and Forest Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
Stars 3, 2014 - Stars and Trees in Ancient English Woodland and Forest Landscape by Ellie Davies Stars 3 by Ellie Davies is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte pape...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print

Madeira Peaks, Sunrise, Shadow Mountains, black and white photography, landscape
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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Synchronicity - Original Polaroid - Unique Piece
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Synchronicity - 2020 Original Polaroid - Unique Piece 1/1, signed and titled on back. 7.8 x 7,7cm (image area) 10.7 x 8.7 cm ( including white Polaroid frame) Artist inventory P...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Polaroid

Marion- Woman, limited edition nude print, Black white, Sensual, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Marion - Signed limited edition archival pigment print , France, 2003 - Edition of 5 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Phot...

Golden Gate, CA, USA, black and white gelatin silver art photography, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white analog fine art cityscape - landscape photography, Gerald Berghammer. Limited Edition 1/9. Silver Gelatin Print, Selenium Toned, Printed 2017. Signed, numbered, dated...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Digital Pigment

Hot Air Balloon, Championship, minimalist black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

David Burdeny - Reggia di Caserta Theatre, Caserta, Italy, 2016, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pigment Print All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph: 21” x 26" Edition of 7 32” x 40" Edition of 7 44” x 55” Edition of 10 59” x 73.5” Edition of 5 While ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Olive tree - Signed limited edition fine art print, Warm photo, Plant, Nature
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Olive tree - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 8 Photography : 2012 Bichromate print : 2012 Pigment print : 2020 Sunny photograph of an olive tree with ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pi...

Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms,CA) - 2008 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #293 Not mounted. Stefanie S...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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

Sea Breakers, minimalist monochrome photograph, limited edition art print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography. Sea breakers on the stormy coast of France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated a...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Black Line, Groyne, Sylte, Germany, black and white, art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deer in fairy Forest, mystical Tree, Madeira, landscape, photography, fine art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Mystical tree in the form of a deer in the fairy forest on the island of Madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Rock Formation, Beach, long exposure, seascape, limited edition fineart print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Haiti. From the Mani- Cartes Postales series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Haiti From the Mani series H 27.5 in. x 35.5 in. W Edition 6 Unframed This series of photographs were taken for a European calendar. The idea was to create postcards with several co...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Illusion - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Illusion - 2021 - 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1030. Not moun...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Mapplethorpe, Gun Blast, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Photogravure on papier gravure Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main moulé-pressé paper, as issued. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbe...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Photogravure

Lakeside wooden Jetty, black and white long exposure art landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Jetty with benches on a rainy day at the beautiful Wallersee in Salzburg, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, t...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary black white - Sandrine
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 ‘ Sandrine ‘ who was captured on film in...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Black Stone Beach, Madeira, Portugal, monochrome seascape photograph, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Big black stones on the shore in madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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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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