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Art Subject: Portrait
Sauna (San Francisco 1970's Gay Castro photo)

Sauna (San Francisco 1970's Gay Castro photo)

By Fisher Ross

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Fisher Ross Sauna, ca. 1977. Print measures 8 x 10 inches. 2026 digital print from the original in the Fisher Ross Archive. From an edition of 15 on archival paper produced by th...

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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Yesteryear's Wire Walker (Unidentified) – original circus photograph, 1950s

Yesteryear's Wire Walker (Unidentified) – original circus photograph, 1950s

Located in Middletown, NY

Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (190 x 241 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Sieff-Ina a Contrejour Vintage Black and white photography

Sieff-Ina a Contrejour Vintage Black and white photography

By Jeanloup Sieff

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This evocative poster reproduces Ina, en contre-jour, a celebrated photograph by renowned French photographer Jeanloup Sieff, known for his poetic, sensual, and psychologically charg...

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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Offset

Vintage Pres Photograh of Liza Minnelli by Lars Looschen - 1970s
Vintage Pres Photograh of Liza Minnelli by Lars Looschen - 1970s

Vintage Pres Photograh of Liza Minnelli by Lars Looschen - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Gelatin silver print, realized in the early 1970s. A striking vintage press photograph depicting Liza Minnelli in a glamorous close-up portrait, captured during the period when she ...

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1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #9503 Not mounted....

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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #I by Allan Grant

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #I by Allan Grant

By Allan Grant

Located in Austin, TX

Marilyn Monroe in her last formal photo shoot captured by legendary photographer Allan Grant on July 7, 1962. In the summer of 1962, LIFE magazine sent two journalists to spend time...

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1960s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Mujer De Santiago by James Sparshatt. Photographic Print on Brushed Aluminium

Mujer De Santiago by James Sparshatt. Photographic Print on Brushed Aluminium

By James Sparshatt

Located in Coltishall, GB

A woman of Santiago de Cuba. The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have a strength of ch...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Metal

"Brigitte Bardot" by Michael Ochs Archives

"Brigitte Bardot" by Michael Ochs Archives

Located in London, GB

"Brigitte Bardot" by Michael Ochs Archives Brigitte Bardot. Unframed Paper Size: 30" x 40'' (inches) Printed 2022 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print

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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Jackie Curtis in Times Square
Jackie Curtis in Times Square

Jackie Curtis in Times Square

Located in Senoia, GA

Signed by the photographer in ink on the lower right side, “The Late Jackie Curtis in the Late Times Square, 1969” and “Leee Black Childers” top right side border. Leee Black Childer...

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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Fan Mail, 1950 - Marilyn Monroe Silk Lace Gown The Asphalt Jungle Fan Mail
Fan Mail, 1950 - Marilyn Monroe Silk Lace Gown The Asphalt Jungle Fan Mail

Fan Mail, 1950 - Marilyn Monroe Silk Lace Gown The Asphalt Jungle Fan Mail

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Fan Mail, 1950 - Marilyn Monroe Silk Lace Gown The Asphalt Jungle Fan Mail by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Pleas...

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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Sardinian Holiday Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Sardinian Holiday Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

Sardinian Holiday Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Sardinian Holiday Selvaggia Borromeo enjoys a yachting holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, 1967. Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 30 inches / ca 101 x 76 cm's. Estate Stamp...

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1960s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

'Art Deco Greta Garbo' Giant Oversize print
'Art Deco Greta Garbo' Giant Oversize print

'Art Deco Greta Garbo' Giant Oversize print

Located in London, GB

'Art Deco Greta Garbo' Greta Garbo in 'Mata Hari,' 1931. (Photo: Clarence Sinclair Bull) Beautiful mint condition Giant Archival Pigment print measuring a very large 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm's Edge Prints...

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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Ohh Baby !  - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Ohh Baby !  - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss

Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss

Located in London, GB

Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 ...

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2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Fire Hydrant, Harlem, New York 1960s, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 24x20
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, New York 1960s, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 24x20

Fire Hydrant, Harlem, New York 1960s, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 24x20

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Punctuated by documentary photo essays such as Black in White America, Fire Hydrant is one of Leonard Freed's most iconic in the Harlem, New York series. Two children enjoy a blissf...

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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Moments in Time (Sidewinder) - Polaroid

Moments in Time (Sidewinder) - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Moments in Time (Sidewinder) - 2008 40x80cm including white frame, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the 2 original Polaroids. Certificate and Signature label. Artist I...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women

Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 38x37cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inv...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Portrait of Male Model Ingolf, Copenhagen Denmark
Portrait of Male Model Ingolf, Copenhagen Denmark

Portrait of Male Model Ingolf, Copenhagen Denmark

By Victor Arimondi

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait of male model Ingolf wearing Torben Hardernberg, ca. 1975. Period print measures 9 x 11 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi ...

Category

1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Jerry Garcia #2 Photo
Jerry Garcia #2 Photo

Jerry Garcia #2 Photo

By Richard E. Aaron

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Title: Jerry Garcia #2 Photo Artist: Richard E. Aaron Estate Edition: Hand numbered with estate chop mark in the margin, signature stamp on verso, archiva...

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1970s Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

And a good handsome shape it is.

And a good handsome shape it is.

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Color Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Portrait of Bruce Springsteen by Neal Preston - Vintage B/w Photo - 1985
Portrait of Bruce Springsteen by Neal Preston - Vintage B/w Photo - 1985

Portrait of Bruce Springsteen by Neal Preston - Vintage B/w Photo - 1985

By Neal Preston

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait of Bruce Springsteen by Neal Preston is a vintage photographic print on double coated paper. Ink stamp of " London Features International LTD" with mention of photographer and ink stamp of Italian agency Grazia Neri. Slight ink traces on the front that do not create problems to the image. Very good conditions. Dim: cm 20 x 15 A rare and beauty print...

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1980s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ripple
Ripple

Ripple

By Tyler Shields

Located in New York City, NY

Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial imag...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print

Ohh Baby !  - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Ohh Baby !  - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss

Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm...

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2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Father and Son, Yawalapiti, Alto Xingu, Framed Contemporary Print 47x71 inches
Father and Son, Yawalapiti, Alto Xingu, Framed Contemporary Print 47x71 inches

Father and Son, Yawalapiti, Alto Xingu, Framed Contemporary Print 47x71 inches

By Araquém Alcântara

Located in New York City, NY

This photograph by Araquém Alcântara offers a luminous testament to Brazil's untamed beauty, rendered with the masterful clarity and profound sensitivity that define his celebrated b...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

James Dean at the Grave of His Grandfather, Fairmount, Indiana, 1955 - 1970s
James Dean at the Grave of His Grandfather, Fairmount, Indiana, 1955 - 1970s

James Dean at the Grave of His Grandfather, Fairmount, Indiana, 1955 - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Gelatin silver print, printed in 1970. A striking and highly evocative photograph by renowned Magnum photographer Dennis Stock, depicting actor James Dean standing beside the graves...

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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Henry Miller And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge - 1954 Original Photograph
Henry Miller And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge - 1954 Original Photograph

Henry Miller And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge - 1954 Original Photograph

Located in Soquel, CA

"Henry And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge" - 1954 Original Photograph 1954 original black and white silver gelatin photograph of Henry and Eve Miller at their house on Partington Ridge in Big Sur, California by California photographer Jim Healy (American, 20th C.). Eve Miller sits behind a desk while Henry Miller leans against a bookshelf in their home office in Big Sur. Eve holds a cigarette in her hand, with Henry next to her, leaning his elbow against the bookshelf. Titled, stamped and dated on verso. "Henry and Eve Miller on Partington Ridge 1954 photo by Jim Healy" Stamped "Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur California" Presented in a white mat. Mat: 20"H x 16"W Photo: 14"H x 11"W Image: 13 1/8"H x 10 5/8"W Henry Miller was born December 26, 1891 in New York, New York. In 1920 Miller began working for Western Union Telegraph service where his interest in writing began. He soon left for Europe in 1928 where he resided in Paris in 1930. He continued full time with his long and lucrative career as a writer of more than 36 creative and analytical works. Miller's entrance into the writer's circle began with Tropic of Cancer, which still proves to be Miller's most famous work. Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn chronicle Miller's lives and loves as an expatriate in Paris. They were both originally published in France by Jack Kahane at Obelisk Press in the mid-thirties. Soon after the publishing of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, Miller's other works to date were published in the United States. During this time it was said that "Miller became a legendary character, a kind of folk hero, the Paul Bunyan of literature, larger than life as exile, bohemian, and rebel, the great champion of freedom of expression and other lost causes...

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1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Grace Jones for After Dark
Grace Jones for After Dark

Grace Jones for After Dark

By Victor Arimondi

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait of Grace Jones, 1975. Period print measures 8.5 x 11.25 inches; 10 x 13 inches framed. Artist studio stamp on ver...

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1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Original Marilyn Monroe Photograph
Original Marilyn Monroe Photograph

Original Marilyn Monroe Photograph

Located in Soquel, CA

Original Marilyn Monroe Photograph Original photograph of Marilyn Monroe posing in her dressing room on the film of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by photographer Milton Gold (American,...

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1950s Photorealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #92 Skate Set Modern Photography
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #92 Skate Set Modern Photography

Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #92 Skate Set Modern Photography

By Cindy Sherman

Located in Madrid, Madrid

Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #92 Date of creation: 2024 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: Open Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditions and never d...

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2010s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Wood, Maple, Screen

Joe Dallesandro Andy Warhol Trash promo photo
Joe Dallesandro Andy Warhol Trash promo photo

Joe Dallesandro Andy Warhol Trash promo photo

By Jack Mitchell

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Jack Mitchell, American Photographer (1925-2013). Joe Dallesandro, ca. 1973. 11 x 14 inches; 12 x 15 inches framed. Period print from artist's studio. The image was intended for ...

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1970s Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Alberto Giacometti with his wife Anette in his studio in Paris 1963

Alberto Giacometti with his wife Anette in his studio in Paris 1963

Located in Cologne, DE

The photographer Wolfgang Kühn photographed Alberto Giacometti in November 1963 in his studio in Paris in the 14th arrondissement at the address rue Hippolyte-Maindron. The appointment was arranged by the gallery owner Aimé Maeght. 17 photographs were made. In 1990 copies of them were deposited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2010, the Center of International Sculpture of the Wilhelm...

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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White

1930s Photograph of Ansel Adams and Ed Towler
1930s Photograph of Ansel Adams and Ed Towler

1930s Photograph of Ansel Adams and Ed Towler

By Wilson D. Ellis

Located in Soquel, CA

Ansel Adams and Ed Towler by Wilson D. Ellis (American, 20th Century). Titled "Ansel and Ed Towler 1936" on verso and signed "Wilson D Ellis" with date 7/16/35 under mat. Silver Brom...

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1930s American Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Mindscreen 1 - Polaroid

Mindscreen 1 - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Mindscreen 1 - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #240 Not mounted. Stefanie Schneider's ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Johnny Propp

Johnny Propp

Located in New York, NY

Vintage silver print Inscribed, verso Numbered "56-10" in purple ink, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Photograph by Don Whitman...

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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White

Laszlo Willinger, "Pin Up, " original photograph of Marilyn Monroe
Laszlo Willinger, "Pin Up, " original photograph of Marilyn Monroe

Laszlo Willinger, "Pin Up, " original photograph of Marilyn Monroe

By Laszlo Willinger

Located in Chatsworth, CA

This piece is an original silver gelatin print from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1948, and printed at a later date. It depicts a young Marilyn Monroe in a pin ...

Category

1940s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Portrait of Man in Denim
Portrait of Man in Denim

Portrait of Man in Denim

By Victor Arimondi

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 Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

TS 13
TS 13

TS 13

By Tyler Shields

Located in New York City, NY

Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial imag...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print

Mystery in the mouth
Mystery in the mouth

Mystery in the mouth

By Tyler Shields

Located in New York City, NY

Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial imag...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print

Mother and Child, Madras

Mother and Child, Madras

By Edouard Boubat

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Edouard Boubat 1923-1999 Mother and Child, Madras, 1971/Printed later Signed in ink on recto; signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso Gelatin Silver Print Mat 20 x 16 inches; Pap...

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1970s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Palm Beach Society (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons Palm Beach Society (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons Palm Beach Society (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Jim Kimberly and his wife (far left) and friends with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth. A Palm Beach socialite, Kimberly acts as Honorary Consul of Jordan. A...

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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Cindy Crawford - Limited Edition Fine Art Photography

Cindy Crawford - Limited Edition Fine Art Photography

By Antoine Verglas

Located in Vienna, AT

All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certifica...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Black and White Marilyn  - Signed limited edition Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe
Black and White Marilyn  - Signed limited edition Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe

Black and White Marilyn - Signed limited edition Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Black And White Marilyn Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures approximatel...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment, Black and White

Man with Tattooed Forehead
Man with Tattooed Forehead

Man with Tattooed Forehead

By Robert Doisneau

Located in New York, NY

Gelatin silver print, vintage Studio stamp in red ink, verso 12 x 9.5 inches, sheet Robert Doisneau (1912-1994), along with Henri Cartier-Bresson, was a pioneer of photojournalism, ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #VI by Allan Grant

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #VI by Allan Grant

By Allan Grant

Located in Austin, TX

Marilyn Monroe in her last formal photo shoot captured by legendary photographer Allan Grant on July 7, 1962. In the summer of 1962, LIFE magazine sent two journalists to spend time...

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1960s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Last Comes the Raven

Last Comes the Raven

By Beth Moon

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Beth Moon is an American-born photographer. She has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints. This portfolio focuses on totem-like beliefs ...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Platinum

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #XII by Allan Grant

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #XII by Allan Grant

By Allan Grant

Located in Austin, TX

Marilyn Monroe in her last formal photo shoot captured by legendary photographer Allan Grant on July 7, 1962. In the summer of 1962, LIFE magazine sent two journalists to spend time...

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1960s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print

Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print

Located in London, GB

Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) outside her home at Englefield Green. A...

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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs

Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.

Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.

Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.

While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.

Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.

Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.

On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.