Photorealist Photography
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
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By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digita...
$26,000
Beaver Island Ferry plus 3 other photographs
Located in Wilton, CT
4 photographs from up and coming Michigan based photographer, Joseph Glaub. Depicting the Beaver Island Ferry, the commercial buildings of Birmingham an...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Mick Jagger Performs
Located in White Plains, NY
'Mick Jagger Performs', 1975 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print, 2017. 15 x 10 inch photo on 20 x 16 inch on the finest satin photo paper, AP 3/...
Category
1970s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
RL 0301
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigm...
$6,500
“Gulf Fritillary” Photography 12” x 16” in Edition of 20 Butterfly Nature 2024
Located in Houston, TX
“Gulf Fritillary” is a limited edition of 20. Printed on fine art paper, these limited-edition photographs are designed to preserve the beauty of the original scenes. Each piece is h...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
“Water Lilly” Photography 16” x 12” in Edition of 20 Floral Nature 2024
Located in Houston, TX
“Water Lilly” is a limited edition of 20. Printed on fine art photo paper, these limited-edition photographs are designed to preserve the beauty of the original scenes. Each piece i...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Italian Contemporary Photography by Luca Battaglia - Folding Cities #11
Located in Paris, IDF
Photographic Fine Art Paper 325 g, ed. 3/7. Artwork can be shipped in a tube or in a crate if frame is requested
Luca Battaglia is an Italian architect and photographer born in 1970...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$640 Sale Price
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Italian Contemporary Photography by Luca Battaglia - Folding Cities #72
Located in Paris, IDF
Photographic Fine Art Paper 325 g, ed. 2/7. Artwork can be shipped in a tube or in a crate if frame is requested
Luca Battaglia is an Italian architect and photographer born in 1970...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Going Home-Photograph
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Turtle crawling to the shores of Anchor Bay, Michigan. He did not succeed, unfortunately.
Measures 8 x 10 inches and is Unframed. Also available: 5 x 7 inches.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$80 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled (0901-5A), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012
By Koyo Tamaki
Located in Boston, MA
Untitled (0901-5A), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012
Black & white photograph. The composition frames the sunlight reflecting onto the water between two high contrast black ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
El Puerto
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
After Hours
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"After Hours" is a photograph by Marilyn Minter and is a chromogenic print. The framed photograph measures 87 1/2 x 57 3/4 x 2 in. The piece is edition 1 of 3. The work is part of her "Dirty" series.
Marilyn Minter was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1948 and raised in Florida. As a student at the University of Florida...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Sea & Sky III
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
30 x 45 inches ($5200) and 40 x 60 inches ($7200) limited editions of 10, printed on Archival Watercolor Fine Art Paper, 335 gram weight, signed by the artist.
Cheryl Maeder was b...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pantheon
Located in Milano, MI
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works between Milan and Barcelona. He bega...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
“Yellow Hibiscus” Photography 12” x 16” in Edition of 20 Floral Nature
Located in Houston, TX
Yellow Hibiscus is a limited edition of 20 by American photographer Jack Hart . Printed on archival Fine Art paper, these limited-edition photographs are designed to preserve the bea...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
"Tin Roof in Winter (White Thatch), " Sepia Photograph signed by James Auer
By James Auer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tin Roof in Winter (White Thatch)" is an original fine art photography print by James Auer. The artist signed and titled the piece on the mat below the photograph. This photograph d...
Category
1970s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Lio, black and white photograph of New York
Located in Miami, FL
Luc Dratwa is a Belgian photographer, born in 1958 and currently living in Brussels.
Uncompromisingly self-taught, his rigorousness and perfectionism ally themselves with a graphic o...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Ninos de la Calle 1
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital P...
"Cut Food - Cereal" Modern Photography Food Still-Life with Pop Sensibility
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
"I am a professional food and still life photographer with over 30 years experience based in New York City. My attention to detail and strong sense of composition has allowed me to ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bob Marley Portrait, 1979
Located in White Plains, NY
'Bob Marley Portrait,' 1979 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print, 10 x 15 inch photo on 17 x 22 inch on the fin...
Category
1970s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
"Tablescape - Lillet and Chicharron" Modern Still-Life Photography Food
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
I am a professional food and still life photographer with over 30 years experience based in New York City. My attention to detail and strong sense of composition has allowed me to ac...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chinese Chess (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$3,433 Sale Price
20% Off
MG_0017
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digita...
$14,300
"Still Life - Cheese and Crackers" Modern Still-Life Food Photography
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
"I am a professional food and still life photographer with over 30 years experience based in New York City. My attention to detail and strong sense of composition has allowed me to ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Uncle Mao 1 (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,289 Sale Price
20% Off
El Patriarch
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Ninos de la Calle 4
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this skill over time, meticulously p...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment...
Lovers Under a Tree (Hungary)
Located in MADRID, ES
Hungary - Manipulated photography.
As the country where Wei Xiang has lived for more than 30 years, Hungary has become a continuous source of inspiration for the artist. Evocative la...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$3,433 Sale Price
20% Off
Color Composite Digital Landscape Print, "To Catch A Falling Star" 2023
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original digital composite landscape print by southern California artist, Denise Strahm. Its size is 12" x 12" x 1". It is already framed. A certificate of au...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Color
Color Composite Digital Landscape Print, "Flourish" 2023
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original digital composite landscape print by southern California artist, Denise Strahm. Its size is 11.75" x 11.75" x 1". It is already framed. A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery.
Artist Statement: This tree/image is in every sense of the word is trying to your capture attention. Flourish is vibrant, textural, flowing and made up of five layers of digital photographs: the main image, two layers of textured wall colors...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Digital
Abstract Color Conceptual Photographic Print, "Floating" 2014
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Color
Close Up Abstract Nature Color Photographic Print, "Salp" 2015
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Color
Close Up Color Nature Photographic Print, "Flower" 2015
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Color
Close Up Nature Color Photographic Print, "Closing" 2015
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Color
Close Up Figurative Color Photographic Print, "Running Away" 2017
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up figurative color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Color
Close Up Nature Color Photographic Print, "White Hair" 2014
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Color
Close Up Nature Color Photographic Print, "White Strings" 2015
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is an abstract color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Color
Close Up Nature Color Photographic Print, "Daisy" 2015
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up nature color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Color
The Landscape around the Marcel Mine, Radlin - Industrial - Rare Vintage Print
Located in London, GB
THE LANDSCAPE AROUND THE MARCEL MINE, RADLIN, 1978
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
47.5 x 32.5 cm
Series: Silesia
Signed, titled and dated on verso; Artist's stamp
Using a basic 35mm Exa 500 camera, Cała managed to produce images of lyrical beauty, emphasised by a dark graphic printing style that gave the landscape an apocalyptic, otherworldly look.
More print information: A little tape marks in the back corners of the print. Nr 61 noted in the middle on the back of the print. The front of the photograph in a very good condition. Hand printed by the photographer on gloss paper. A rare vintage gelatin silver print from the Silesia series.
Michal Cala was born in Toruń, Poland in 1948 and studied aircraft construction in Warsaw at the University of Technology in the early 1970's. From 1974 to 1983 he worked as an engineer in various companies in Silesia, and began photographing in the area. In 1977, he moved to Tychy in Upper Silesia, where he co-founded the photographers' association KRON and become a member of the ZPAF - the Union of Polish Art Photographers.
Publications on his work include The Anthology of Polish Photography 1839 - 1989, The Masters of Polish Landscape...
Category
1970s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,445 Sale Price
25% Off
The lake in winter (Hungary)
Located in MADRID, ES
Hungary - Manipulated photography.
As the country where Wei Xiang has lived for more than 30 years, Hungary has become a continuous source of inspiration for the artist. Evocative la...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$3,433 Sale Price
20% Off
Spring (Hungary)
Located in MADRID, ES
Hungary - Manipulated photography.
As the country where Wei Xiang has lived for more than 30 years, Hungary has become a continuous source of inspiration for the artist. Evocative la...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$3,433 Sale Price
20% Off
Lama 2 (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,289 Sale Price
20% Off
Comunal Meal (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,289 Sale Price
20% Off
The horses (Hungary)
Located in MADRID, ES
Hungary - Manipulated photography.
As the country where Wei Xiang has lived for more than 30 years, Hungary has become a continuous source of inspiration for the artist. Evocative la...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
$3,433 Sale Price
20% Off
'Food Bouquet #2' Playful elegant still life food photograph in green and white
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Food Bouquet #2" Archival Pigment Print Photograph, Edition 10, 16 1/2 x 23 1/4 Inches Sheet Size.
Humorous and elegant, this fanciful composition of green vegetables in glass...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sunset on the Lake (Hungary)
Located in MADRID, ES
Hungary - Manipulated photography.
As the country where Wei Xiang has lived for more than 30 years, Hungary has become a continuous source of inspiration for the artist. Evocative la...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$3,433 Sale Price
20% Off
Lama 1 (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,289 Sale Price
20% Off
Going Home (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,289 Sale Price
20% Off
Bridges. Memphis I
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Bridges. Memphis I" is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white States. The photo was taken during a t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Natural Color Photograph, "Giant Kelp"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original color cyanotype color photograph by San Diego artist, Oriana Poindexter. Its dimensions are 56"x44"x2". It comes fra...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Color
"Tablescape - Lillet and Chicharron" Modern Photography Still-Life Food
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
I am a professional food and still life photographer with over 30 years experience based in New York City. My attention to detail and strong sense of composition has allowed me to ac...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Pancakes and Syrup" Modern Photography Still-Life Food Pop Sensibility
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
These are available individually as well for $1,200 each, unframed.
"I am a professional food and still life photographer with over 30 years experience based in New York City. My a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
FLORA ROYAL 3
Located in Deddington, GB
Allan Forsyth
FLORA ROYAL 3
Limited Edition Archival Chromagenic Photographic Print
Edition 12
Size: H 100cm x W 100cm x D 2cm
Diasec Framed
Size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photogram, Archival Pigment
Patti Smith and John Belushi backstage at Saturday Night Live, 1976
Located in White Plains, NY
'Patti Smith and John Belushi backstage at Saturday Night Live,' 1976 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print, 10 x 15 in...
Category
1970s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
San Pietro
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken at San Pietro - Rome
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works be...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Battistero - Firenze
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the Battistero - Firenze (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works between Mil...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
San Gottardo
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Gottardo church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works betw...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Alexandre Ponomarev, Maya, i'ile perdue, Silkscreen, Print, Art, Limited Edition
By Alexander Ponomarev
Located in Zug, CH
Alexandre Ponomarev
Maya-L'île Perdue, 2007
Silkscreen Print
Edition of 200
56,5 x 75,6 cm (22.2 x 29.7 in), unframed
In mint condition
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
Accompanied...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Photography
Materials
Screen
GENTLE SPIRIT N°10
Located in Deddington, GB
limited_edition
PHOTOGRAM Archival Chromagenic Photographic Print
Edition number 12
Image size: H:100 cm x W:77 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:77 cm x D:2.5cm
Frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Photography
Materials
Metal
1960's Hollywood Photography by Lawrence Schiller 'Barbara Streisand'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Barbara Streisand, 1969' by American photographer, Lawrence Schiller. Digital pigment, Ed. 9/35. Image: 13 x 19 in. / Paper: 16 x 20 in. This black ...
Category
1960s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Photorealist photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist 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, red, pink, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alex Sher, Allan Tannenbaum, Lynn Goldsmith, and Jake Chessum. 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 Photorealist photography, so small editions measuring 5.5 inches across are also available. Prices for photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $11 and tops out at $200,247, while the average work sells for $1,930.