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Art Subject: Portrait
El Negro 1/1 Escultura Griega. From the Series Guerreros. Photomontage
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 Photomontage on archival paper Sheet Size: 27.5 in. H x 19.5 in. W Unframed Sig...
Category

1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Sean Connery at Mayfair Hotel 1980s b/w silver print
Located in Norwich, GB
Sean Connery in his Hotel room posing for Frank Herrmann circa 1982 Frank Herrmann is widely regarded as one of the outstanding photojournalists of the latter part of the twentieth ...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Between Words - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Between Words (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024....
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Delirio. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The series Buscando Mamá One of a kind Photomontage on archival paper Signed, titled and dated by the artist Unframed The root of these unique photographic works by the artist ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color

East of Eden - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
East of Eden 2019, 24x20 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 -...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Epiphany - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Epiphany 2016, 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 PL2016 - 78...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry, 1984, Digital C-Print, Portrait Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry is a 24 x 20 inch digital C-print on Fujiflex Crystal Archive Supergloss paper. One of Steve McCurry's most iconic images, this photograph features a you...
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital

Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Black Dahlia N°2, Balearic Island, 21st century, contemporary, photography
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10 Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Jacques Olivar (b. 1941), where the miseen-scene often subtly references literature and film. Olivar orig...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Warhol Superstars Joe Dallesandro & Sylvia Miles in 'Heat' nude for 'After Dark'
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstars Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles nude in Andy Warhol’s ‘Heat’, 1971, for After Dark magazine. This is an 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph that was publishe...
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Whisky and Water (Sidewinder) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Whisky and Water (Sidewinder) - 2005 20x24cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist Inventory 3292....
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

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

Powerful Portrait of a Young African Woman in Tribal Jewelry, Best-seller, Kenya
Located in US
"The Gaze" An iconic, fashion-inspired portrait of a young Rendille woman highlighting the bold and beautiful traditions of her remote tribal culture. The print series Desert Song:...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Area Nightclub poster 1984 (Area nightclub New York)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Area Nightclub 1984: A RARE original 1984 street poster for the seminal & much legendary 1980s New York nightclub Area, uniquely featuring an alien-like Ronald Reagan; a poster that ...
Category

1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

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

Matter of Time - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Matter of Time (Bombay Beach) - 2024 48x40cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. inventory P...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

It's gonna be ok - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
It's gonna be ok (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 202...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Dancer Keith McDaniel, nude, signed by 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 session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine: “After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications. I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark. Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...
Category

1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hisako, Study 2, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ten years ago, after a particularly tumultuous period in his life, Michael Kenna quietly made a decision to expand his photographic practice to include the human form. Kenna is well known for his minimalistic landscapes, and has been vocal in the past about the absence of the human figure in his photographs stating, "I feel they gave away the scale and became the main focus of the viewer’s attention." But, believing "fixed dogma is not a creative tool...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lady Bunny, Wigstock, NYC, Girlfriend Series. Black and White Portrait Photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Men, Women, and Drag, draws inspiration from his diverse roles as a photographer, poet, and activist. His work often intersects with themes of identity, social justice, and cultural ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Tales of Bitter Doom #57
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tales of Bitter Doom #57' by Carmen De Vos, Edition of 7, 30x30cm, 2018 digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid mounted on Dibond - gloss coating, hand signed & numbered by artist on ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Prince Light leak
Located in Norwich, GB
Paper size 35 x 24”, Image size 25 x 20" Limited Edition of 10 Working on a freelance basis for The Sun, Koppel was despatched to Regent Street's Tower Records in 1987 to photograph...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Digital

Capucine Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Capucine 1957: French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 - 1990) fanning herself at a New Year's Eve party held at Romanoffs in Beverly Hills. 20x24" paper size Estate S...
Category

1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Body Paint
By Byron Newman
Located in London, GB
Bodypaint - 1991 by Byron Newman 40x30" in / 101 x 76 cm paper size C print limited edition to 15 only this size From a Calendar shoot from RMC in 1991. About the artist : Byron Newman (born in London, England, United Kingdom) is a British photographer. He has been a photographer for over 25 years. Most of the years in partnership with French actress Brigitte Ariel, his producer, stylist, muse and also his wife. Newman started out studying graphic design and photography at the London College of Printing. Afterwards, he interviewed and photographed musicians for Cream magazine in the 1960s and 1970s. He started his own fashion magazine Deluxe in 1977. From that experience he was offered a job in Paris as the art director with Mode International. Once there he also started working for LUI magazine where he was a staff photographer. Whilst there he met Brigitte Ariel. Playboy In 1982, whilst Newman and Ariel were in Hollywood on promoting her latest film, Hugh Hefner got in touch and met them at the Playboy Mansion. Byron has photographed for Playboy magazine, assisted by Brigitte, in the United States since 1984. His photographs appear in Playboy magazine and also are for the Playboy Special Editions. He has also photographed for Playboy's other foreign editions including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Mexico, South Africa, Croatia etc. During the time Byron has worked for them, he has photographed some of Britain's top glamour models including Samantha Fox, Katie Price aka Jordan, Jessica-Jane Clement, Marina Baker (whom he had discovered and photographed for her Miss March 1987 pictorial), and 2006 Playboy Special Edition model of the year Louise Glover. His pictorial in Playboy USA (Sept 07) entitled "Rubber Rules" explores the sensuality of latex clothing...
Category

1990s Nude Photography

Materials

C Print, Color

Saint-Tropez 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Two young women, one wearing a kaftan, stepping onto a yacht on the waterfront at Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971. 30 x 20" inches ...
Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ayako, Study 2, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ten years ago, after a particularly tumultuous period in his life, Michael Kenna quietly made a decision to expand his photographic practice to include the human form. Kenna is well known for his minimalistic landscapes, and has been vocal in the past about the absence of the human figure in his photographs stating, "I feel they gave away the scale and became the main focus of the viewer’s attention." But, believing "fixed dogma is not a creative tool...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
Category

1890s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a vintage photo, realized by Helmut Newton in the 1970s. The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s .
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Embedded Worth" - contemporary digitally manipulated portraiture, Kehinde Wiley
Located in Atlanta, GA
This listing is for an unframed print. Tokie Rome-Taylor is inspired by the works of Harmonia Rosales, Kehinde Wiley, Tawny Chatmon, Ayana V. Jackson, Omar Victor Diop, Deborah Roberts...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Pigment

29 Dreams (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
29 Dreams (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist inventory ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

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

" Sa Marguerite ". Don de BRIGITTE BARDOT
By Ghislain Dussart
Located in CANNES, FR
Ghislain Dussart ( 1924 - 1996 ) BB " Sa Marguerite ". Don de BRIGITTE BARDOT photo originale : 31 x 21 cm encadrement : 49 x 39 cm . Ghislain Dussart a travaillé comme photog...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Two cigarettes Photography Mexico Signed Karol Kállay
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography done for publication Mexico/Volk und Welt, signed by the author on the back.
Category

1960s Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Italian Actress Valeria Golino - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actress Valeria Golino in a scene from the movie "Love Story".
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Disco Queen (Oxana's 30th Birthday)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Disco Queen (Oxana's 30th Birthday) - 2007 50x49cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist I...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Bardot Thunder-Cloud Blue with Diamond Dust - Framed
Located in New York, NY
Bardot Thunder-Cloud Blue Acrylic, oil based ink screen print and diamond dust on linen - floats in black frame as shown in video. 1/1. About the artist: Born in 1959 in Northe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Four stitched gelatin silver prints of Nude Male by Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a "stitched" work of a nude male model created by Andy Warhol in the last year of his tragically short life. "Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred wor...
Category

1980s Pop Art Nude Photography

Materials

Thread, Silver Gelatin

Sparks - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sparks - 2024 - 20x25cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. inventory PL2024-27. Not mounted...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White 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

Cortina. From the Viva series. Male Limited Edition Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Exploring color in the darkness, inspired by the Italian and Dutch renaissance. He brings hints of the fauna of his native South American vibrant and passionate colors. Bringing them...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Prairie Rose - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Prairie Rose, 2019 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 - PL2019...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Ava (1950) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Ava (1950) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives) 1950, Portrait of the actress Ava Gardner circa. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 1...
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

The Betrayal (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Betrayal - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist Inventory #723. ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Blondie Blue by BATIK signed limited edition Oversize POP ART
Located in London, GB
Blondie Blue by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART print Paper Size OVERSIZE 24 x 20" inches / 51 x 41 cm Signed & numbered by artist on front Archival Pigment print Limited to ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Trickle (Stage of Consciousness) - featuring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Trickle (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 50x49cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist In...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

A Wish (Circle of Magic) from the 29 Palms, CA project - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A Wish (Circle of Magic) from the 29 Palms, CA project - 2009 57x70cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. digital C-Print based on a Polaroid Certificate and signature label. Art...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Sweet Champagne - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 24" x 36"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young woman with her face covered with air bubbles. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival p...
Category

2010s Photorealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

''Nude in Blue'' Dutch Contemporary Portrait of Nude Female on Blue
Located in Utrecht, NL
Passionate, sensitive and an eye for detail, light and color, this is the working method of Dutch photographer Ursula van de Bunte (1969). She is a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Plexiglass

A King's time, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, Lion
Located in München, BY
Edition of 12 more sizes on request A big male lion lying proud in the savannah. Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are among the mos...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hotel Bondi #5. Nude Black and White Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Through Jay’s photography, context evaporates, and we as the viewer are left to engage the subjects, trade places, and for a moment, live behind their eyes. David Jay's work gives a unique and intimate perspective on how we define beauty. A confrontation between the perception of beauty and the transitory nature of existence, Jay’s subjects, muses, and warriors, reside within the unseen domain of the human narrative. Hotel Bondi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Joan Crawford - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Joan Crawford - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives) Joan Crawford (1905-1977) US film actress. Additional Information: Unframed Pa...
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Carly Simon 1972
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland Carly Simon Carly Simon, London 1972she kissed my cheek, I did not wash for a week! Carly Simon is an acclaimed American singer-songwriter known for her introspe...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hilltop, limited edition, archival pigment ink photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Hilltop, limited edition, archival pigment ink photograph, signed and numbered When looking at Julie Blackmon’s “Hilltop,” notice the elements that are in motion: the grass on the h...
Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

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

Portriat of Tom Petchlsig
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait of Tom Petchlsig, ca. 1975. Period print measures 8 x 10 inches; 16 x 20 inches frames. Artist studio stamp on ve...
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1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Rembrandt Series
Located in Sante Fe, NM
I cherish a the Dutch Old Masters. As a contemporary artist, I work with the female nude and portraiture, so I was enthusiastic when the Rembrandt House approached me to create a new series inspired by Rembrandt’s nudes. His incredible drawings and etchings show not only amazing technique and individuality, but also a sublime mastery of light, shadow and composition. His strong light-dark contrasts and his bold compositions, engaging costumes and draperies, resulted in powerful visual images. His models, portrayed from life, with their own personalities and bodies, not adjusted to fashion and ideals, were striking in their day, and have remained so into the present. Rembrandt’s nudes inspired me to create new works in which I have been able to capture magical moments in new works of art. The explosion of creativity has resulted in a large body of work which I call The Rembrandt Series...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Crowning Glory" by Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Crowning Glory" by Bert Hardy Premium Rates Apply. An elegant Parisian spends the morning in a Champs Elysees cafe. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5343 - Sunday Morning In Th...
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Rembrandt Series
Located in Sante Fe, NM
I cherish a the Dutch Old Masters. As a contemporary artist, I work with the female nude and portraiture, so I was enthusiastic when the Rembrandt House approached me to create a new...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Rudolf Nureyev at Copenhagen Royal Theater - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Rudolf Nureyev - Copenhagen Royal Theater, Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Andrés, Verdugo: Septiembre 12. From the Series Guerreros. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Andrés, Verdugo: Septiembre 12, 1994 by Celso José Castro Daza From the Series Guerreros. One-of-a-kind Photomontage on archival paper Sheet Size: 19.5 in. H x 27.5 in. W Signed, tit...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper

Rendille mother and child by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" photo with Acrylic Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Like the Maasai, Rendille women and their children keep their hair very short. This mother, however, leaves a tuft of hair remaining on the front of her child which has been bleached...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

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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