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
Royal Family - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Royal Family is a vintage black and white photograph.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Halka - Stanislaw Moniuszko - Vintage Offset Print - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Halka - Stanislaw Moniuszko is a vintage poster realized by Unknown Artist, in 1970s.
Mixed colored offset print.
The artwork represented a Teather Wielki poster.
Good conditions...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Offset
Modena - Vintage Offset after Luigi Ghirri - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Modena is an original offset print by Luigi Ghirri.
The artwork is the offset poster of the exhibition held by the artist at Rondanini Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea in 1980.
The...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Paper, Offset
Trubadur Giuseppe Verdi Teatr Wielki - Vintage Offset Print - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Trubadur Giuseppe Verdi Teatr Wielki is a vintage poster realized by Unknown Artist, in 1970s.
Mixed colored offset print.
The artwork represented a ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Offset
Protests in Chile - Vintage Black and White Photo - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Protests in Chile is a vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the stamp of "L'agenzia Ansa copyright" and script on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1970s
By ANSA
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintgae B7w photo realized by Agenzia ANSA in 1970s.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in 1950 to the Academy of Dram...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italy in the Drawer - Vintage Poster - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Italy in the Drawer-Poster is an original offset poster print in 1978.
The artwork was realized on the occasion of representing old Italian photos in M...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Paper, Offset
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1970s
By ANSA
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photograph realized by Agenzia ANSA in 1970s.
Good condition.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitt...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tehran, a Meeting of the Shah - Vintage b/w Photo - Early 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Tehran, Shah di Iran meeting is a vintage b/w photograph realized in Teheran in the early 1970s.
Hand-written notes on the rear.
Good conditions with slight cutting on the left mar...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Manifestation of CNEN 1971 - Original Photograph - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Manifestation of CNEN 1971 is an original photograph realized in Italy 1971 by an Anonymous photographer.
With the description script in Italian, dated, with the stamp of copyright ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Pino Zac - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Pino Zac - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous artist in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Adriana Maliponte - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Adriana Maliponte (italian soprano)is an original black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hunter S. Thompson - Black and White Portrait, Photography, Cigarette, Beach
Located in Denton, TX
Hunter S. Thompson by Al Satterwhite presents a portrait of Hunter S. Thompson sitting on a beach with a cigarette in his hand and a drink off to his side.
14 x 11 in.
Edition of 2...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paul Newman at United Nations - Vintage Photo - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jean-Paul Goude & Toukie Smith in NYC Subway, 1976
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Paul Goude & Toukie Smith in NYC Subway, 1976
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
14" x 14.5" Platinum/Palladium Print
Edition Nº 1 of 6
Ce...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Platinum
Portrait of John Wayne - Vintage Photo - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American Actor John Wayne shortly before his Death.
A little blurry.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Abbe Lane - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American Actress and Singer Abbe Lane in Rome, at the edges of the Trevi Fountain.
Photo by Associated Press Photo.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Philippe Noiret - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Philippe Noiret - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Giulietta Masina - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Giulietta Masina - Golden Period of Italian Cinema is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Giulietta Masina is considered one of the best It...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kessler Twins - Vintage Photo -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The twins Kessler during the rehearsals for a theater show
photo by ADN Kronos
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kessler Twins - Vintage Photo -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The picture shows Kessler Twins during the rehearsals of a show
Photo by Italian news agency S.P.A.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Wall - Wrapped Roman Wall
Located in Roma, IT
Photolithograph.
Hand signed.
One of the most important and famous works of Land Art by Christo.
Lightly damaged.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photogram
The Italian Actress Paola Borboni - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Paola Borboni.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kessler Twins - Vintage Photo -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Kessler twins on a tv backstage. By Italian News Agency S.P.A.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane leaving the plane.
By Associated Press Photo.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dwa Teatry (Two Theatres) - Vintage Offset Print - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Dwa Teatry (Two Theatres), is a vintage poster realized by Unknown Artist, in 1974.
Mixed colored offset print.
The artwork represented a poster for Polish play "Dwa Teatry" (Two ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Offset
Mikolaj Kopernik 1473-1973 - Vintage Offset Print - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Mikolaj Kopernik 1473-1973 is a vintage poster realized by Unknown Artist, in 1973s.
Mixed colored offset print.
Good conditions, except for some tears in the margins. Signed on p...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Offset
The American Actor John Wayne - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American Actor John Wayne in the early 1970s.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Paul Newman on the set of "The Towering Inferno" - Vintage Photo - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The American Actor Paul Newman on the set of "The Towering Inferno", an American action drama disaster film directed by John Guillermin...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The American Actor Paul Newman - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American Actor Paul Newman on the set of a movie.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Giulietta Masina - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Giulietta Masina - Golden Age of Italian Cinema is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Giulietta Masina is ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The American Actor John Wayne - Vintage Photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American Actor John Wayne in 1975 ca.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Permette? Rocco Papaleo (Film) - Marcello Mastroianni Vintage Photo - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Marcello Mastroianni in "Permette? Rocco Papaleo", a film by Ettore Scola.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Claudio Abbado - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Abbado - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous artist in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage Black and White Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photograph taken in the late 1970s.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in 1950 to the Academy of Dramat...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women's Military Exercises in China - Vintage B/W photo - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Military Exercises in China is an original photograph realized on 16th March 1973 by an Anonymous photographer. and produced by "United Press International"
With the descript...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintag b/w photograph realized by Agenzia ANSA in the 1970s. Good condition.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in 1950 to the ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Meeting in CNEN - Vintage Black and White Photo - 1970's
Located in Roma, IT
Meeting in CNEN is an original photograph realized to document a historical moment with a special film-frame and exceptional toning process by an Anonymous photographer in the 1970s....
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
CNEN Nuclear Research Center of the Trisaia - Vintage B/W photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
CNEN nuclear research center of the Trisaia is a vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the description on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage B/w photo realized by Agenzia ANSA in 1970s.
Signs of humidity on top left, otherwise good condition.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Farah’s son with a French nurse -Vintage Black and White Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Farah’s son with a French nurse is an original black and white photograph realized in Tehran in the 1970s by an Anonymous photographer.
With the typed notes on the rear.
Stamp of "C...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Grace Jones in Hallway with JudiJupiter and Others on Opening Night Le Farfalle
Located in New York, NY
Grace Jones in Hallway with JudiJupiter and Others on Opening Night
Le Farfalle, NY, NY
June 17, 1978
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Joséphine Baker - Vintage Photography by ANSA - Early 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
B&W photo of the black Venus in the early 1970s.
Photo stamp "ANSA"
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Beuys Portrait - 1970s - Original Vintage b/w Photo
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Roma, IT
Beuys Portrait is an original black and white photograph representing a profile of the renowned German contemporary artist Joseph Beuys with his typical felt hat. This photo was very likely realized in 1972 by Buby Durini.
In excellent conditions.
On the back, there are two black stamps "Foto Buby Durini" and "Lucrezia De Domizio" with all the contact details...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
A policewoman plays with local kids in Harlem, New York City, USA, 1978
Located in New York, NY
A policewoman plays with local kids in Harlem, New York City, USA, 1978
1978/2023
Estate stamp in black ink, verso
Archival pigment print
6 x 6 inches, sheet
3.75 x 5.5 inches, im...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Un’isola nell’aria
By Urs Lüthi
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, numbered and dated. Edition of 75 copies.
Original photograph from the portfolio “Un’isola nell’aria”, Vol. IV
Includes passepartout. Image Dimensions ： 19.5 x 46.5 cm
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Un’isola nell’aria - Photograph by Urs Luthi - 1975
By Urs Lüthi
Located in Roma, IT
cm. 19,5x46,5/ cm. 50x60
Hand signed, numbered and dated. Edition of 75 copies.
Original photograph from the portfolio “Un’isola nell’aria”, Vol. IV
Includes passepartout. Image Dim...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Andy Warhol Smiling with Eyes Closed, Studio 54
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Smiling with Eyes Closed (Between his Friend and JudiJupiter)
Studio 54, NY, NY
July 1977
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inch...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self Portrait in Sailor Cap and Briefs
By Peter Berlin
Located in New York, NY
Self Portrait in Sailor Cap and Briefs
c. 1970s
Signed, l.r.
Vintage gelatin silver print on matte paper
14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm), sheet
13 x 9 in...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self Portrait in Helmet by Broken Window
By Peter Berlin
Located in New York, NY
Self Portrait in Helmet by Broken Window
c. 1970s
Signed, l.r.
Vintage hand-painted gelatin silver print
7.75 x 9.5 inches (19.7 x 24.1 cm)
This work is offered by ClampArt in Ne...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Paint, Silver Gelatin
T. Coraghessan Boyle by Ron Mesaros - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
T. Coraghessan Boyle by Ron Mesaros - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Led Zeppelin "Plane"
By Bob Gruen
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Led Zeppelin standing in front of their tour plane "Starship" in 1973. Photograph taken at JFK airport before heading to Pittsburgh, PA.
Signed by photographer.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of V. S. Pritchett - Vintage Photograph by Alan Clifton - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
V. S. Pritchett - Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized by Alan Clifton - Playbill in 1973.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Robert Sheckley - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Robert Sheckley- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Joyce Carol Oates - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Joyce Carol Oates- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
Two Teenagers in a Housing Project Park
By Arthur Tress
Located in New York, NY
Two Teenagers in a Housing Project Park
New York, NY
1971
Studio stamp in black ink, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9 x 7.5 inches, image
14 x 12.5 inches, framed
This work i...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot with Skis
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of star actress Brigitte Bardot with skis in Switzerland, circa 1971.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal ...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Marvin Gaye at the Recording Session for 'Let's Get it On'" photo by Jim Britt
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Marvin Gaye at the Recording Session for 'Let's Get It On'" black and white framed photograph hand signed by Jim Britt. This image is in the collection of the Smithsonian Portrait G...
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1970s Contemporary Photography
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Photographic Paper
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