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Realist Photography

REALIST STYLE

Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world. 

Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history. 

By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.

Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.

Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.

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Style: Realist
Antique 1920s Danish Realist Oil Painting Fish Market Scene Copenhagen Signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
This antique oil on canvas from the 1920s, attributed to the Danish artist Søren Christian Bjulf (1890 - 1958), captures a spirited fish market at Gammel Strand, Copenhagen. The scen...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Photography

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Antique 1920s Danish Realist Oil Painting Fish Market Scene Copenhagen Signed
Antique 1920s Danish Realist Oil Painting Fish Market Scene Copenhagen Signed

Antique 1920s Danish Realist Oil Painting Fish Market Scene Copenhagen Signed, e.g. 1920-1930

$645
Horses Against Moonlight
By Robert Vavra
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original silver gelatin print by Robert Vavra, nationally acclaimed equine photographer.
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Paper, Silver Gelatin

Horses Against Moonlight
Horses Against Moonlight

Robert Vavra
Horses Against Moonlight, c. 1980

$1,500
Subway 30, Kids, 1980s, NYC, Black & White Photograph, Subway, Limited Ed.
By John Conn
Located in Riverdale, NY
John Conn New York City Subway photographs. These limited edition fine art photographs were originally taken between 1975 and 1982. Each black and white photograph is signed and numbered. Edition of 15. 20x30 image printed on 24x36 archival paper. This is framed. In this series, Conn captured the graffiti and one of the most crime ridden periods in New York. According to one source “In the 1980s, over 250 felonies were committed every week in the system, making the New York subway the most dangerous mass transit system in the world.” One image captures an Irish Catholic Nun on the Subway reading about the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II which took place on May 13 1981. Another captures a knife wielding arm through a subway window. This iconic Subway series shot is part of the permanent collection of The New York Historical Society and Hoboken Historical Museum. About John Conn John Conn got his start as a Marine Combat photographer, and later earned his BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. As a freelance photographer and writer, he has captured a range of subjects photojournalism delving into political and social issues, nature and landscapes, architecture, and underwater images. His work has appeared in: New York Times Sunday Magazine; Time/Life Books; IMAX Films; Village Voice; Human Rights Magazine; Shutterbug Magazine; Hasseleblad Magazine; American Photographer; RangeFinder Magazine; LensWork Magazine; Ocean Realm; Dive Travel Magazine; Picture Magazine...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Subway 30, Kids, 1980s, NYC, Black & White Photograph, Subway, Limited Ed.
Subway 30, Kids, 1980s, NYC, Black & White Photograph, Subway, Limited Ed.

John Conn
Subway 30, Kids, 1980s, NYC, Black & White Photograph, Subway, Limited Ed., 1975-1982

$2,650
Avro Lancaster Bomber VN-N R5689 original press photograph 1942 for Aeroplane
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". Lan...
Category

1940s Realist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber VN-N R5689 original press photograph 1942 for Aeroplane
Avro Lancaster Bomber VN-N R5689 original press photograph 1942 for Aeroplane

Avro Lancaster Bomber VN-N R5689 original press photograph 1942 for Aeroplane, 1940s

$263
Untitled, Senegalese model
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait of Senegalese Model, ca. 1975. Period print measures 8.5 x 11.5 inches; 17 x 20 inches frames. Artist studio stam...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Untitled, Senegalese model
Untitled, Senegalese model

Victor Arimondi
Untitled, Senegalese model, Ca. 1975

$1,200 Sale Price
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Frank Sinatra, 1959 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
By Bob Willoughby
Located in London, GB
Frank Sinatra, 1959 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Archival pigment print Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper From an edition of 25 Also available in alternative sizes Bob Wi...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Frank Sinatra, 1959 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Frank Sinatra, 1959 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)

Bob Willoughby
Frank Sinatra, 1959 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography), 1959

$3,000
Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at Verbier....
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1964

$1,800
Nice Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 - 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Dougl...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Nice Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition Photograph
Nice Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition Photograph

Slim Aarons
Nice Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition Photograph, 1955 - Printed Later

$3,120
Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Ursula Pacelli posing at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. This is an estate stamped and hand n...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1957 - Printed Later

$1,800
Courchevel, French Alps, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970. This is an estate stamped and hand num...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Courchevel, French Alps, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Courchevel, French Alps, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Courchevel, French Alps, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$3,600
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a skiing holiday in Courchevel, France. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$1,800
Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, This is an estate st...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph
Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph

Slim Aarons
Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph, 1976 - Printed Later

$2,070
Portrait of Model with Chain
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 9 x 11 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italia...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Portrait of Model with Chain
Portrait of Model with Chain

Victor Arimondi
Portrait of Model with Chain, ca. 1975

$800
In Vogue
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vogue magazine editor Topsy Taylor, a visitor to Acapulco, circa 1966. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is proud to offer this vibrant...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

C Print

In Vogue
In Vogue

Slim Aarons
In Vogue, 1966

$5,400
Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers (bottom) on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate sta...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1963 - Printed Later

$3,600
Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers (bottom) on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate sta...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1963 - Printed Later

$1,800
Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers (bottom) on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate sta...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1963 - Printed Later

$2,400
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate stamped and hand number...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo

Slim Aarons
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo, 1963 - Printed Later

$3,000
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate stamped and hand number...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo

Slim Aarons
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo, 1963 - Printed Later

$1,800
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate stamped and hand number...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo

Slim Aarons
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo, 1963 - Printed Later

$2,400
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate stamped and hand number...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo

Slim Aarons
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo, 1963 - Printed Later

$3,600
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features artistic denizens gathered in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel on W. 23rd Street, Manhattan,...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$1,800
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features artistic denizens gathered in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel on W. 23rd Street, Manhattan,...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$2,400
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features artistic denizens gathered in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel on W. 23rd Street, Manhattan,...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$3,000
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features artistic denizens gathered in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel on W. 23rd Street, Manhattan,...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Bohemia's Barracks, New York City, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$3,600
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an exclusive gambling table at the casino in Deauville, France, 1970. This is an estate stamped and han...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$1,800
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an exclusive gambling table at the casino in Deauville, France, 1970. This is an estate stamped and han...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$3,900
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an exclusive gambling table at the casino in Deauville, France, 1970. This is an estate stamped and han...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$2,400
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an exclusive gambling table at the casino in Deauville, France, 1970. This is an estate stamped and han...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$3,000
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an exclusive gambling table at the casino in Deauville, France, 1970. This is an estate stamped and han...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$3,600
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) ...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1987 - Printed Later

$1,800
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) ...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1987 - Printed Later

$2,400
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) ...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1987 - Printed Later

$3,000
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) ...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1987 - Printed Later

$3,600
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Gloria Andion posing in front of shooting and hunting trophies at the Zidlochovice castle in Morav...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1983 - Printed Later

$2,400
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of ...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1964 - printed later

$1,800
On the Slopes of Sugarbush, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This midcentury landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a midcentury chalet with a view at the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont i...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

On the Slopes of Sugarbush, Estate Edition
On the Slopes of Sugarbush, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
On the Slopes of Sugarbush, Estate Edition, 1960, printed later

$5,400
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Spanish artist Salvador Dali enjoys a cup of coffee on the terrace of the Ritz Hotel, Madri...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955-printed later

$1,800
Carmen Sevilla, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spanish actress and singer Carmen Sevilla. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Carmen Sevilla Chromogenic Lambda print 1957, Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Com...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Carmen Sevilla, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Carmen Sevilla, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Carmen Sevilla, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1957

$5,400
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a part of Yvette Bluhdorn's house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985. Th...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1985 - Printed Later

$3,600
Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two people horseback riding at the Rawlins Plantation inn, Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Ind...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1984 - Printed Later

$1,800
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of ...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1964 - printed later

$2,400
Skiing in St. Mortiz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace Hotel sleigh on Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1983 Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skiing in St. Mortiz, Estate Edition
Skiing in St. Mortiz, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Skiing in St. Mortiz, Estate Edition, 1983

$2,400
La Barranca, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Bandleader Teddy Stauffer (1909 - 1991) at La Barranca, Warren Avis' villa in Acapulco, January. ...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

La Barranca, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
La Barranca, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
La Barranca, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$2,400
"Mapping the Walk - May to August" Photographic Flower Study in Blue and White
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Mapping the Walk - May to August" by Judith Allen-Efstathiou is an exquisite cyanotype photographic print on mulberry paper in deep blue and white of wildflowers abstracted. Highl...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Mulberry Paper, Photographic Paper

"Mapping the Walk - May to August" Photographic Flower Study in Blue and White

Judith Allen-Efstathiou
"Mapping the Walk - May to August" Photographic Flower Study in Blue and White, 2020

$2,900
Contemporary fine art photography/ photo coastal beach seascape "Blue Embrace"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Blue embrace" is a striking beach seaside photograph by French artist and photographer Natalya Mougenot, captured in July 2025 in the south of France. Known for her poetic approach ...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Contemporary fine art photography/ photo coastal beach seascape "Blue Embrace"
Contemporary fine art photography/ photo coastal beach seascape "Blue Embrace"

Mougenot Natalya
Contemporary fine art photography/ photo coastal beach seascape "Blue Embrace", 2025

$311 Sale Price
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Portrait of Man in Denim
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 9 x 12 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Man in Denim
Portrait of Man in Denim

Victor Arimondi
Portrait of Man in Denim, ca. 1975

$600
Cuba 4, Limited Edition, Color Photograph, Vintage Car, Gold, People, Travel,
By John Conn
Located in Riverdale, NY
John Conn, Cuba 4, limited edition Color Photograph taken in Cuba in 2016. It is a photograph, printed on 13x19 archival paper. Signed and Numbered. This is currently unframed. Edition of 15. This gold toned photograph is filled with a vintage car, people and the Cuban cityscape and buildings. John Conn got his start as a Marine Combat photographer, and later earned his BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. As a freelance photographer and writer, he has captured a range of subjects photojournalism delving into political and social issues, nature and landscapes, architecture, and underwater images. His work has appeared in: New York Times Sunday Magazine; Time/Life Books; IMAX Films; Village Voice; Human Rights Magazine; Shutterbug Magazine; Hasseleblad Magazine; American Photographer; RangeFinder Magazine; LensWork Magazine; Ocean Realm; Dive Travel Magazine; Picture Magazine; Discover Diving Magazine; Picture Magazine; Popular Photography; Nikon World; Black & White Photography; B&W Magazine; Studio Photography, to name a few. Starting in 1970, John travelled to South Africa capturing images of the people and social divide of Aparteid. His iconic Subway series shot between 1970 and 1982 in New York City is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York, The New York Historical Society and Hoboken Historical Museum. In 2010, John Conn spent 45 days in Antarctica and Patagonia, traveling and hiking to capture the land and seascapes. He spent over 20 days journeying over 3,200 nautical miles in Antarctica before heading to Patagonia for the second part of his expedition. In 2014 John began a series of treks across the US photographing Americans, similar to what Robert Frank did in the late 1950’s. In 2015/16, he spent a month in Cuba photographing...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cuba 4, Limited Edition, Color Photograph, Vintage Car, Gold, People, Travel,
Cuba 4, Limited Edition, Color Photograph, Vintage Car, Gold, People, Travel,

John Conn
Cuba 4, Limited Edition, Color Photograph, Vintage Car, Gold, People, Travel,, 2016

$600
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features winemaker Daniel Gainey and his wife out riding at their ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is an...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$2,400
Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, This is an estate st...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph
Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph

Slim Aarons
Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph, 1976 - Printed Later

$4,830
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a part of Yvette Bluhdorn's house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985. Th...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1985 - Printed Later

$1,800
Laudomia Pucci, Florence, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Italian fashion designer and daughter of Emilio Pucci, Laudomia Pucci, Florence, Italy. This is a...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Laudomia Pucci, Florence, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Laudomia Pucci, Florence, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Laudomia Pucci, Florence, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1983 - Printed Later

$1,800
Sea Drive, Nassau, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features producer Kevin McClory taking his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an 'Amphicar' a...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Sea Drive, Nassau, Estate Edition Photograph
Sea Drive, Nassau, Estate Edition Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sea Drive, Nassau, Estate Edition Photograph, 1967 - Printed Later

$2,070
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a skiing holiday in Courchevel, France. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$3,600
Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Ursula Pacelli posing at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. This is an estate stamped and hand n...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1957 - Printed Later

$2,400
Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in the Austrian ski resort of Lech, February 1979. This is an estat...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1979 - Printed Later

$2,400
Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in the Austrian ski resort of Lech, February 1979. This is an estat...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1979 - Printed Later

$3,600
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a skiing holiday in Courchevel, France. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$2,400
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a skiing holiday in Courchevel, France. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
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1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$3,000
Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Ursula Pacelli posing at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. This is an estate stamped and hand n...
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1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1957 - Printed Later

$3,000

Realist photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist 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, red, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Pico Garcez, Kind of Cyan, and Massimo Listri. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Lambda 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 Realist photography, so small editions measuring 3.94 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 $105 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $3,000.

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