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Art Subject: Portrait
Paris Opera Ballet dancer Patrick DuPond nude for 'After Dark', signed
Located in Senoia, GA
Nude portrait study of Paris Opera Ballet dancer Patrick DuPond for 'After Dark' magazine, 1983. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
30% Off
Santa Monica, California, 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Santa Monica, California, 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed late...
Category
Late 20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Distorted Salvador Dali
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning artistic and distorted portrait of Salvador Dali. Perfect artistic addition to any style of decor.
Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Tell me what I am to do (Till Death du us Part) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tell me what I am to do (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition 2/10.
Digital C-Print print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 932...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Learning to fly - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Learning to fly', 2020
20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory - P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Madonna - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Madonna - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Early photograph of Madonna, 1980 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition si...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The High Life Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The High Life
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends Ruth Luthi and Mike Belami, during a sta...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paris - Nude in front of Montparnasse tower
By Ghnassia
Located in Cologne, DE
Paris - Nude in front of Montparnasse tower
Category
1970s Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$589 Sale Price
30% Off
The Prince (The Princess and her Lover) - Polaroid, Portrait, Dream
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Prince (The Princess and her Lover), 2007,
part of the 29 Palms, CA project,
Edition of of 10, 20x20cm, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Signature label and Certificate, a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
MAN RAY (1890-1976), VISAGES OF WOMAN, UNDATED, 1920 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: VISAGES OF WOMAN, UNDATED
Date Of Negative: 1920
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Pri...
Category
1920s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
El Negro 1/1 Escultura Griega. From the Series Guerreros. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
El Negro 1/1 Escultura Griega, 1991 by Celso José Castro Daza
From the Series Guerreros
One-of-a-kind Photo collage
Sheet Size: 27.5 in. H x 19.5 in. W
Unframed
Signed, titled and d...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Untitled (Ben)
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Ben)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2017-2020
Signed and numbered, verso
40 x 30 inches, sheet
38 x 28 inches, image
(Edition of 3)
$4,500
28 x 22 inches, sheet
24 x 20 inches,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elvis Presley "Last Train to Memphis" 1960
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art print of Elvis Presley "Last Train to Memphis" from the collection of acclaimed photographer. Lynn Goldsmith, taken in 1960
These prints are 16x20" open edition and come wi...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Soft Dance II - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival print 23х17"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a naked young woman diving in a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24
Paper size: 24x18"...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot in "Une Parisienne"
Located in Cologne, DE
This black and white photograph features Brigitte Bardot from the 1957 film Une Parisienne. She is sitting on a bed, wearing a light-colored, sleeveless dress with delicate straps an...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marianne Faithfull Portrait
Located in London, GB
Marianne Faithfull
poses for a portrait backstage at Aston Studios during the filming of Thank Your Lucky Stars TV show in May 1965 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Image is part of David Redfern...
Category
1960s Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Kneeling by Driftwood)
By Nick Turner
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
11 x 16.5 inches
(Edition of 15)
24 x 36 inches
(Edition of 10)
40 x 60 inches
(Edition of 7)
This photograph is offered by Clamp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rita Hayworth in Swimming Suit
Located in Austin, TX
Rita Hayworth in bathing suit, posed pin-up style on boat wheel.
Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl. She achieved fame in the 1940s as one of the top sta...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Applying Makeup Glamour Shot
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey Hepburn applying make-up during the filming of the made for TV movie "Mayerling".
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Farrah Fawcett
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity issued by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (pictured).
The work is stamped on the verso by the Es...
Category
1970s Pop Art Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Elizabeth Taylor On Set Of Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955
by Frank Worth
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beauty and the Beast Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beauty and the Beast
1959
by Slim Aarons
printed 2023
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at social...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
RALPH KELLY 1950s Vintage 11 Gelatin Silver Photographs of model BOB CUTLASS
Located in Glenford, NY
Original Vintage Rare early 1950s set of 11 gelatin silver photographs by Physique Photographer RALPH KELLY of model BOB CUTLASS. Photographs are original 1950s prints on heavy photo...
Category
1950s Post-War Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lee Radziwill
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A set of four photographs by Andy Warhol. "Lee Radziwill" is four Polaroids, Polacolor by pop artist Andy Warhol. It is signed FA04.10715, FA04.10719, FA...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Bette Davis in front of the Queen Mary
Located in Austin, TX
Actress Bette Davis posed in front of the Queen Mary, circa 1967.
Bette Davis was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
On a Dust Kissed Drive
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In Home By Nightfall, Angela Bacon-Kidwell photographs a lone road surrounded by stretches of a seemingly infinite smokey landscape bathed in gausy light. Ultimately speaking of tran...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
More than This - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
More of This (Bombay Beach) - 2024
48x40cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
inventory PL2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #5 of dancer Francisco Moncion
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes Photograph #5 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is Photograph #5 (similar to #4 but the head is tilted to the subject's right) from this rare collection of 12 different poses in the series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949. The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion personal photographic collection.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...
Category
1950s Post-War Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wading Pool Girl - Greenwich Village, New York City
Located in Saint Louis, MO
S. Vincent Dillard
Wading Pool Girl - Greenwich Village, New York City, 1968
Gelatin Silver Print
11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sophia Loren Cooking an Omelette
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome candid capture of actress Sophia Loren candid in the kitchen, cooking an omelette.
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress, active in her native country and the United States. Wi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
V on Swing (Nude Woman on a Swing)
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed silver gelatin photograph by the artist.
Edition 1/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$280 Sale Price
30% Off
Female Nude, Black and White Portrait Photography, Kate #3 by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #3, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is in the photographer's series "Kate." This is an 11" x 14" gelatin silver photograph signed verso (back of photo) by the Freed ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
The Eagles Vintage 8x10" Print by Norman Seeff
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, TX
Original vintage 8x10” work print from Norman Seeff of The Eagles. Hand-printed at the time of the photoshoot and stamped with the official Norman Seeff studio stamp.
In excellent condition having been stored flat in a climate controlled room
These Norman Seeff vintage...
Category
Late 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein standing against mirror with new work in background
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Roy Lichtenstein posing in his studio with new work in the background, extremely unusual image standing next to a mirror. This is ...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Weekending - Polaroid - Unique piece
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Weekending - Polaroid - Unique piece - 2020
Original Polaroid - Unique Piece,
signed and titled on back.
7.8 x 7,7cm (image area)
10.7 x 8.7 cm ( including white Polaroid frame)...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Norman Parkinson 'Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964'
Located in New York, NY
Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964
Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certi...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Wavering - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment 35x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a beautiful naked model on her knees at the bottom of the pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist.
Lim...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In The Box
Located in Carmel, CA
Printed 1993
Platinum-palladium print
1962, printed 1993
DIMENSIONS
image: 12 x 21.5 cm. (4 3/4 x 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 27.4 x 35 cm. (10 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Helmut Berger
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1970s Pop Art Nude Photography
Materials
Polaroid
The way we were - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The way we were
2019, 20x20 cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL201...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Who I am - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Who I am
2019, 20x20 cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019 - 749...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Drugs Don't Work I - Oversize signed limited edition - Pop Art - Twiggy
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
The Drugs Don't Work I - Oversize limited edition - Pop Art - Twiggy
by the London based contemporary pop art
image creator and artist, BATIK.
Measures 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts issued by Christie’s.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy W...
Category
1970s Pop Art Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Salvador Dali in Venice
Located in Austin, TX
Photo of Salvador Dali in Venice holding cane and looking up.
Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Summer Picnic - Afternoon Outdoors in Nature by Natural Pond with Waterlilies
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Summer Picnic - Afternoon Outdoors in Nature by Natural Pond with Waterlilies shows a summer picnic afternoon outdoors on a grassy plain by a natural pond with waterlilies
16 x 20" ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
USA. Illinois. Bement. US actress Marilyn MONROE 1955
By Eve Arnold
Located in Toronto, ON
Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag Paper
Including COA
Printed by Eve Arnold's own bespoke printer Danny Pope
USA. Illinois. Bement. US actress Marilyn MONROE during a public appe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Liu Ye in his studio with muse, Beijing, 16 May 2007
Located in New York, NY
Liu Ye in his studio with muse, Beijing, 16 May 2007
X
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
44" x 44.5" Archival Pigment Print
Edition Nº 1 of 9
Cert...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Radha Mind Screen (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Mind Screen (29 Palms, CA) - 2016
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Chorus Mysticus by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Nude, woman, muse
Located in München, BY
Chorus Mysticus
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
In this nude photograph, the artist refers to Chorus Mysticus from Goethe's Faust.
CHORUS MYSTICUS (Goethe's Faust)
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Musician/Composer Philip Glass iconic studio portrait, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Musician/Composer Philip Glass iconic studio portrait, 1984. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the prin...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Olympic Gold Medal winning British figure skater John Curry, signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of British figure skater, Olympic and World Champion John Curry, 1976, signed by Jack Mitchell on the print ve...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elvis Presley in Shadow
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of the King, Elvis Presley, gazing to the camera in a true action shot of the Rock N Roll star.
Elvis Presley known mononymously as Elvis, was an Amer...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Backgammon By The Pool Essentials Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Backgammon By The Pool
1959
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a swimming po...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Colm Wilkenson, Terrance Mann in "Les Miserables" on Broadway signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Colm Wilkenson, Terrance Mann in "Les Miserables" on Broadway, 1987. This is the famous photograph published in the New York Times just ...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer and choreographer John Clifford, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
31% Off
Fun Loving Criminals III by B A T I K signed limited edition POP ART
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Fun Loving Criminals III by B A T I K signed limited edition POP ART print
Paper Size Oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm
Signed & numbered by artist on front
Archival Pigment print
Limited to 15 only
Featuring police arrest mugshot photos of Tupac, Eminem , Vanilla Ice, Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Stay On Target - Hand Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Stay On Target - Hand Signed Limited Edition
Archival Pigment Print
This piece is a modern reworking of the infamous scene in North By North West by ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Striped Woman at Studio 54
Located in New York, NY
Arlene Gottfried
Striped Woman at Studio 54
January 1, 1979
Vintage gelatin silver print
14 x 11 inches
Arlene Gottfried was a New York City street photographer celebrated for h...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Janet Jackson with Black Panther, Los Angeles, 2006
Located in Austin, TX
Janet Jackson with Black Panther, Los Angeles, 2006 by Markus Klinko
This print is available in the following sizes, signed and numbered by Markus Klink...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
$3,520 Sale Price
20% Off
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.
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