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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Style: Contemporary
Period: 1970s
Futuro - iconic midcentury futuristic architectural design in icy wilderness
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Iconic futuristic architectural design of midcentury prefab "Futuro" in Great Tetons Yellowstone landscape, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Two Leopards Spotted, Chicago 1974, Brookfield Zoo, Signed and Framed.
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Street photography was a passion of Art's and it shows in this delightful shot taken at Brookfield Zoo in 1974. The photograph is signed on the bottom right hand corner. It is matted with a heavy white mat and framed in a simple black metal frame.
Art Shay
Two Leopards...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot with cigar - Spain, 1971 - estate print
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of "The Ballad of Frenchie King" in Almeria, Spain, 1971
Posthumuous c type estate print with digital signature
72 x 108 inches
Edition ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Brigitte Bardot with cigar - Spain, 1971 - co signed by Terry O'Neill and Bardot
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of "The Ballad of Frenchie King" in Almeria, Spain, 1971
Co signed by Brigitte Bardot and Terry O'Neill
40 x 60 inches
Edition Size: 50 +...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Bodybuilding Ballerina
By Michael Norcia
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1970s photograph depicting a young Arnold Schwarzenegger, the champion bodybuilder who was Mr. Olympia a staggering seven times showing the elegant side of himself as he takes ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Elsa Martinelli - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Elsa Martinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alice Cooper in Concert
By Mike Gray
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features singer and musician Alice Cooper performing on stage.
Alice Cooper is an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over fi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
David Bowie Singing
By Pressens Bild
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white image of David Bowie singing with one arm raised.
David Bowie was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Reggie Jackson Looking Back
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1960's portrait of Reggie Jackson in his Angels uniform, candid and looking back over his shoulder while on the field.
Reggie Jackson is an American former professional baseb...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
George Foreman: Legendary Fighter
Located in Austin, TX
A spectacular 1970s action shot featuring heavyweight champion George Foreman in his prime.
George Foreman is an American former professional boxer, entrepreneur, minister and auth...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
George Foreman: Legendary Fighter II
Located in Austin, TX
A spectacular 1970s action shot featuring heavyweight champion George Foreman in his prime.
George Foreman is an American former professional boxer, entrepreneur, minister and auth...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Muhammad Ali Training in Florida
By Jeff Joffe
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning color image of Muhammad Ali training in Florida, 1970.
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. Nicknamed 'the Greatest', he is widel...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Bianca Jagger's Birthday Party at Studio 54
By Eric Kroll
Located in Austin, TX
Circa 1970's in New York: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Bianca Jagger, and Mick Jagger at Studio 54 for Bianca's birthday party.
Bianca Jagger is a former Nicaraguan actress who was married...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Ballet Bodybuilder
By Michael Norcia
Located in Austin, TX
Actor and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger Practicing ballet with a trainer, circa 1976.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American actor, producer, businessman, retired bodyb...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Mick and Bianca in Paris
By Michael Norcia
Located in Austin, TX
Mick Jagger and Bianca Perez posed candid in doorway during a visit to Paris, September 1971.
Mick Jagger is an English singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer who has achiev...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Harvey Edwards, Ballet Slippers, Hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Harvey Edwards
Ballet Slippers
1979
Hand signed by the artist
Silver dye bleach print (Cibachrome)
Numbered 105/299
*unframed*
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Harvey Edwards, Leg Warmers, hand signed print
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Harvey Edwards
Leg Warmers
Oversized dye bleach print (Cibachrome print)
1978, printed in 1981
Hand signed in ink by the artist
Numbered 103/299 from the edition of 299
Sheet: 39.5 x...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Interior of the Museum Giovanni Fattori in Livorno - vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of the Museum Giovanni Fattori in Livorno is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic alb...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Redha Malek - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Malek is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - La Paz - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - La Paz is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a hist...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Joseph Ortiz Algiers Mayor Mohamed Bouharaoua - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Joseph Ortiz Algiers Mayor Mohamed Bouharaoua is a black and white vintage photo.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Speech - Vintage Photo - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Speech is a black and white vintage photo.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical album including historical m...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Algeria is a black and white vintage photo.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical album including historical ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Alain Seriguy - Vintage Photo - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Alain Seriguy is a black and white vintage photo.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical album including histo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Argentina, "Che" Time - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Argentina, "Che" Time is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
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.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
HELMUT NEWTON 'PERE LACHAISE TOMB OF TALMA 1977' HAND SIGNED
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Helmut Newton 'Pere Lachaise Tomb of Talma 1977', Hand Signed
Original Hand Signed (pencil) by Helmut Newton lower right corner
Photo from the special collection series, almost 50 ye...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Lithograph, Photogravure
Brigitte Bardot Holster Hip, Photography 1971, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is one of the most iconic French actresses and models in the world. She is one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s and was widely referred...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin, Archival Paper
Old Days-Claudio Carabba leaving San Gimignano Prison... - Vintage Photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Carabba leaving San Gimignano prison where he had been taken hostage is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1975.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nancy
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and ph...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Electra
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and ph...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Mirabelle
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and ph...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Miss Denim
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and ph...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Self-Portrait
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and ph...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photo realized in 1970s by Agenzia ANSA. Good condition.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Old Days-Sesto San Giovanni-Istituto scientifico tecnico Ernesto Breda- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Sesto San Giovanni - Istituto scientifico tecnico Ernesto Breda is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Women in Rebibbia - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Women in Rebibbia is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Mondadori Bookshop - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days -Mondadori Bookshop in 1970s is a vintage black and white photograph.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Leone in Anniverasy of Finance Guard - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Former Italian President Leone in Anniverasy of Finance Guard is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album includi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Manifestation - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ayatollah Khomeini - Vintage Photo - 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
Historical Photo - Fiumicino Airport - Chilean Immigrants - vintage photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Fiumicino Airport- Chilean Immigrants is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1975
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Family at the Airport - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Family at the Airport is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Modelling
By Nan Goldin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Nan Goldin (b. 1953) is one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century.
Beginning in the 1970s, Goldin took candid shots of her friends and lovers, characters often l...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Historical Photo - China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political eve...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jost Burgi's Astronomical Globe - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Jost Burgi's Astronomical Globe is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events, met...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bea at the Other Side
By Nan Goldin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Nan Goldin (b. 1953) is one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century.
Beginning in the 1970s, Goldin took candid shots of her friends and lovers, characters often ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Polaroid
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
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events, met...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Former President Giovanni Leone is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo- Chinese Players - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Chinese Players is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and poli...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ayatollah Khomeini - Vintage Photo - 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
Historical Photo - On the Lake in China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - On the Lake in China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Beijing Forbidden City - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Beijing Forbidden City 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
Portrait of Haile Selassie - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Haile Selassie is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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