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Art Subject: Portrait
Silhouette VII
By Deana Nastic
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10
More sizes available on request.
Silhouette of a woman in black and white.
Artist Statement:
Art is the air that I breathe. I grew up in an artistic family, surround...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hotel Bondi #2. Nude Photograph
By David Jay
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Lot For Sale
Located in Kansas City, MO
archival pigment print
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Oranzo Pavane and Giovagneli - Vintage Photo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Oranzo Pavane and Giovagneli - Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1977.
Coming out of Police Station.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Steve McCurry 'Girl with Green Shawl'
Located in New York, NY
Girl with Green Shawl
2002
C-Prints printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Super Gloss Paper
24 x 20 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 44 of 60
with cert...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Portrait of Tommy Hawkins with Python
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Kenn Duncan (1928-1986). Portrait of Tommy Hawkins with Python, 1973. Photographic period print measuring 11 x 14 inches. Titled and dated on verso by the ...
Category
1970s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
NASA Sun Visor by Neil Armstrong, Vintage Apollo 11 Photo of Buzz Aldrin 1960s
By Buzz Aldrin
Located in New york, NY
An 11 x 14 black and white print of Buzz Aldrin from the original negative before Nasa added “more” space on the top of the image, which is a more common version of Visor. The 11 x 1...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Joan and Quintana Roo (Frame 27a.)
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes free shipping for unframed prints and a 14 day return policy.
Joan Didion by Julian Wasser
20 x 16 inch gelatin silver print
Edition 3 of 15
Signed on verso by Julian Wasser
*Please inquire for international shipments. Quotes will be provided at cost via FedEx.
Description -
Julian Wasser started his career in photography in the Washington DC bureau of the Associated Press where he met and accompanied the famous news photographer Weegee – who would become a lasting influence on him. In the mid-60s Wasser moved to Los Angeles as a contract photographer for TIME, LIFE, and FORTUNE magazines and becoming internationally known as the go to guy for getting candid but memorably composed photographs. (His iconic images of Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz; and a young Jodie Foster are already classics.)
In 1968 TIME Magazine assigned Wasser to go to the home of the young writer Joan Didion whose book Slouching Towards Bethlehem was becoming a literary sensation. “I’d read her fiction,” said Wasser. “and she didn’t miss a thing. She was such a heavyweight person.”
Wasser shot Didion at her rented house on Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, where she lived with her husband, the writer John Gregory Dunne, and their daughter, Quintana Roo. “It was a nice, cozy house,” Wasser remembers. “And she was a very easy person to talk to...
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
DITA VON TEESE, THE WHIP by Markus Klinko
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print of Dita Von Teese by photographer Markus Klinko in 2013 in Los Angeles.
This print is available in the following sizes, signed and numbered by Markus K...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
C Print
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray is a portrait of Frida Kahlo with her pet deer, Granizo. She places her hand lovingly on the deer while looking towards the viewer, with a cigare...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Greta Garbo "Mata Hari" Film Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo "Mata Hari" Film Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
A black and white photograph, matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of the star titled 'Mata Hari,' printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp, verso further with two "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western...
Category
1930s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
New York City, Two American Artists Helen Frankenthaler and David Smith
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Painter Helen Frankenthaler and sculptor David Smith in Frankenthaler's studio in New York City, 1957 is a gelatin silver print, 20” x 16”, signed and stamped by the Glinn estate. Th...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Stranger than Paradise II - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary, Analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stranger than Paradise II, 2005, 57x56 cm, Edition 1/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
based on a Polaroid,
signed on Verso with Certific...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan), signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) photographed in 1972 for the cover of 'After Dark' magazine....
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Playgirl (Heavenly Falls)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Playgirl (Heavenly Falls) 2016,
50x50cm, Edition of 10.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist inventory number: 19598.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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
Ginger Rogers in Fur Coat
By Bud Fraker
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of Ginger Rogers in a fur coat, circa 1953.
Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an A...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Beaton, Marlene Dietrich, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
"Sade Adu" by Express Newspapers
Located in London, GB
"Sade Ade" by Express Newspapers
Nigerian-born British singer and songwriter Sade (Helen Folasade).
Unframed
Paper Size: 24"x 20'' (inches)
Printed 2022
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Martin Luther King - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Martin Luther King- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1967.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Palm Bay Club (1965) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Bay Club (1965) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, US...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
You turn from Me (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
You turn from Me (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
20x20cm, Edition 1/10,
digital C-Print print, based on a Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 9555.01....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Male model 'Brahm' photographed for After Dark, 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
Embrace - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Embrace - 2020
78x76cm,
Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-968.
Not mount...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Brigitte Bardot Petting a Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Brigitte Bardot smiling while hugging a large dog.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal righ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
James Dean (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Roy Schatt
Located in London, GB
James Dean (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(photo via A.F. Archive/Alamy Archives)
1955
James Dean (1931 - 1955)
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 16x20''
Printed...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Deseo Insular I. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Nude Color Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist was enchanted by some images he had a relationship with since childhood, working them into iconographies, such as the image of the fisherman carrying on his back a cod alm...
Category
2010s Conceptual Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
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
Revolution - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Revolution
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 - 7...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Victor Hugo bending with torn underwear
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lovers in a Doorway
By Larry Fink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Larry Fink (American, born 1941). "Lovers in Doorway" - late 20th century, silver gelatin photograph print, signed "Larry Fink" to lower right and numbered ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sleeping Beauties II (Till Death) - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sleeping Beauties II (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Amy Winehouse
Located in Austin, TX
Lifetime prints are the last remaining prints available, signed by Terry O’Neill and obtained from the Terry O’Neill Archive in London.
Signed limited edition, silver gelatin print by Terry O'Neill.
Amy Winehouse...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fairytale in Black and White
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fairytale in Black and White, 2017,
Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proof.
Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Divine Nude No.22 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.22 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
DON WHITMAN Vintage 1948 SERIES #6 Complete 12 Photos WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHY GUILD
Located in Glenford, NY
COLD WINTER SPECIAL...Don Whitman of Western Photography Guild original vintage 1948 set of 12 photographs - the complete Series #6, stamped and numbered on verso. There are 12 different photographs of 12 spectacular models in studio and iconic outdoor natural settings. The original Western Photography Guild order sheet is included - see accompanying images. The order sheet lists the names of the models, their age, height and weight, occupation, ex-military service, and sports.
The Guild address appears as Denver 1, Colorado which places the order before postal zip codes were introduced in 1963. However, in researching the models and their ages, Pat Burnham...
Category
1940s Post-War Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol Polaroid Photograph, Halston (FA05.01960 AWL140)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent; 1974
Materials: Polaroid Polacolor mounted to foam core
Dimensions (H, W, ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Foam Board, Polaroid
Stranger - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stranger - 2016
50x50 cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016 - ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
'Skiing Holiday' Slim Aarons 20th century color photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing Holiday' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print
by Slim Aarons
American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break from skiing ne...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
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
Steven Jan Hoff Nude 1972
Located in Glenford, NY
Jack Mitchell vintage mid-20th Century nude photograph of Dutch dancer Steven Jan Hoff. Copyright Stamped 1972. Photo taken for the iconic 1970's entertainment publication After Dark...
Category
1970s Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Naomi Campbell
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15
signed and numbered
Also available in:
100 x 100 cm / 39.4 x 39.4 in
Black and white portrait of Supermodel Naomi Campbell in Paris...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Untitled Portrait
By Seydou Keïta
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV Plexi ($900 value), free shipping, and a 14-day return policy.
Seydou Keïta
Untitled Portrait, 1952 - 1955 (02158)
23...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Paris, Jazz Music, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Daughter China Moses, 1980s
Located in New york, NY
In 1986 African-American musician Dee Dee Bridgewater left the United States and moved to Paris, France where she lived for the next fifteen years with her family, two daughters and ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Arc...
Catch Me - underwater black & white photograph - archival print 14.4"x23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a topless woman caught in fishing net.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print.
Limited edition of 12
Paper size: 18"x24"
Image si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jay and a Ray of Sun (the sun slants across young man's body from eye to nipple)
Located in New Orleans, LA
The photograph, Jay in a Ray of Light, in this size is in an edition of only 5. This impression is #1
Born in Moscow in 1986, Alex Avgud is a Russian born p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Audrey Hepburn Holding Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Audrey Hepburn posed in the sutdio, holding a Yorkie in her arms.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Shrink - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Shrink - 2020
20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-959.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Wild Blood - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 62x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
There are no rules for luck. I was sure the new girl would need practice and practice - and I was wrong. She was just perfect from the first second. Next month she got married and m...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Italo Calvino - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Italo Calvino-Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Africa, Painted Faces, Tribal Women Ethiopia, Photography on Japanese Paper
Located in New york, NY
Painted Faces, 1996 by Jean-Michel Voge, is a contemporary color photograph 13" x 19" of two women with painted faces from the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa.
Th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...
Saudade - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Saudade - 2021 -
20x24cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1017.
Not mount...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Silver
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Silver - 2020
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proof
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-841.
Not mounted.
Kirsten...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Al Pacino Smoking, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of famous actor Al Pacino smoking.
From personality portraits and advertising campaig...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kicker - 21 Century, Women, Contemporary, Polaroid, Figurative, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kickers (Walk like you understand Fashion) - 2015
78x76cm,
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital archival pigment Print on beautiful PHOTO RAG ® ULTRA SMOOTH paper 305gsm, 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
'When I Was A Virgin' 21st century Female Nude Fine Art Photography
Located in London, GB
'When I Was A Virgin' Limited Edition Hahnemühle Rag Baryta print
Edition size 10 only.
by Sergey Melnitchenko
Project works 2013-2018
About Sergey Melnitchenko :
SERGEY MELNITCHENKO
Born in 1991 in Mykolayiv, Ukraine. Member of UPHA – Ukrainian Photographic Alternative. Started photography in 2009 and for less than 10 years participated in more than 70 solo and group exhibitions around the world. Winner of Ukrainian and International competitions, including the “Photographer of the year” 2012, 2013 and 2016 (Kiev, Ukraine), “Golden Camera 2012” (Kyiv, Ukraine), one of 10 finalists of the Showoff section within the month of photography in Krakow 2013, shortlist of “Pinchuk Art Center Prize 2015”.
“Leica Oskar Barnack...
Category
2010s Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet and friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet, with friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran, 1971, nude, photographed in 1971 in New York City. Comes d...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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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