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Art Subject: Portrait
George Hurrell, "James Cagney", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original black and white photograph from the original negative by George Hurrell, shot in 1938 and printed in 1979. This image depicts "Old Hollywood" actor, James Cagney...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
I Could Not See To See
By John Dugdale
Located in New York, NY
This is a photogravure by John Dugdale offered by CLAMP in New York City.
1999
Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil, verso
Photogravure (Edition of 50)
15 x 13.5 inches (38.1 x...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Edward Kennedy, unknow date
Located in Cologne, DE
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 19...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon' Slim Aarons Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon' by Slim Aarons
LIMITED EDITION ESTATE STAMPED PRINT
Numbered in ink to 150 only and emboss stamped on front.
Coun...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Girl II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Girl II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2011
128x125cm.
Edition of 5.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certif...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Beatles, Black and White Photography, Studio Shoot of 1976, 20, 2 x 15, 9 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Huston & Brando On Set' (Silver Gelatin Print)
Located in London, GB
'Huston & Brando On Set' 1967
Director John Huston and actor Marlon Brando on the set of 'Reflections In A Golden Eye,' 1967.
The two iconic movie stars on the set of the film in w...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Daddy G Massive Attack - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Daddy G Massive Attack - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Daddy G (Grantley Marshall), DJ and founder of Massive Attack, poses while smoking
Cover...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Blur - Giant Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Damon Albarn, lead singer of Britpop band Blur, London, 1999
Cover shoot for the NME
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and numbered b...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Vania (Sentenced for Sexual Violence against Women): Juvenile Prison for Boys
Located in New York, NY
Total edition of 7
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“Sailboats and Swans” is a series of portraits of prisoners in Russia ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
'Onassis In Office' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Onassis In Office' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis (1906 - 1975) in the office aboard his y...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Penthouse Pool 1961 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Penthouse Pool - Oversize
Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
unframed
printed later
edition size 150 only
certificate of authenticity supplied
numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
summer summery greece travel...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
In this photograph, The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet is with Saverio Vallone and Marina Souma(?)
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida at nightclub
Located in Cologne, DE
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (4 July 1927 – 16 January 2023) was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, artist and politician. She was one of the highest-profile European actresse...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
16 x 20" actor Christopher Walken studio portrait, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actor, screenwriter, and director Christopher Walken, photographed in 1973. It is signed by Jack Mitch...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Himba Siblings by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in their day to day attire.
The C-t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Las Curvas by James Sparshatt - Sensual photo of woman. Platinum Print
Located in Coltishall, GB
Las Curvas by James Sparshatt - Sensual photo of woman. Platinum Print
A girl at one with the rhythm of her guitar in Holguín, Cuba.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Willow Tree
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
19 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
29 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
39 x 30 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
A stylistic precursor of such artists as Pierre et Gilles...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Suzanne Camp Crosby "Enchanted Forest" 1989 Original Photograph
Located in New York, NY
Suzanne Camp Crosby (American, 1948-2020)
Enchanted Forest, 1989
Cibachrome
Sight: 14 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.
Framed: 23 x 22 x 7/8 in.
Signed and inscribed bottom: 2/25, Suzanne Camp Crosb...
Category
1980s Surrealist Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
Linda Ronstadt by Lynn Goldsmith, framed first print of the edition #1/20
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art print country legend, Linda Ronstadt, taken by Lynn Goldsmith in 1978
Framed with a stylish metal frame and non-glare museum glass, signed lim...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Some Eyes Have Seen by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2008
Located in Coltishall, GB
John met this Wodaabe girl who was carrying her young child in a remote market village called Sakabal in the far north of Niger’s Maradi province. Like many Wodaabe women, she had ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Amongst the Camels by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
A Tuareg man 80 kilometres north of Timbuktu in the desert camp of Essakane. He was wearing a beautiful red metallic turban characteristic of the Tuareg from this part of Northern Ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
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
John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1968 - Vintage Photograph
Located in Roma, IT
John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1968 is a vintage photographic press print on single coated paper.
Ink press stamp of “SUN” agency and hand-written notes on bac...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lombardy Ballet - underwater photograph - print on aluminum 24x17"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a ballerina in red tutu skirt dancing underwater in a pool. A very bright photograph with plenty of sun and positivity.
Original digital print on aluminum p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
El Tabaquero by James Sparshatt - Photography, Framed Palladium Platinum Print
Located in Coltishall, GB
A tobacco farmer from the Viñales valley in Cuba.
In 1959 residents of Cuba were faced with a stark choice: stay on their island home and live as a “revolutionary” or leave. Some believed wholeheartedly in the new beginning, some were willing to be carried along and some abandoned everything they had and chose exile.
The Buena Vista social club...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Photography
Materials
Platinum
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani and Massimo Ranier-B/W photo-Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani and Massimo Ranieri (Rai) is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by RAI prints.
Good condition.
Anna Magnan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gary Clark Jr backstage
By Ben Sklar
Located in Austin, TX
Gary Clark Jr taken in his dressing room, backstage at the Fillmore West, San Francisco by Ben Sklar
Available in the following sizes:
16" x 20" - Edition 20 - signed and numbered b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Bather - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18” x 24”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a model in floating petals
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival paper with metallic fin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bedside View (Sunlight streams through window across body of young woman)
Located in New Orleans, LA
a sexy young girl lies in bed bathed in sunlight
Category
2010s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Platinum Palladium print over Gold leaf Limited Edition sensual photo- Nathalie
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Nathalie - Platinum Palladium print over 24 carat Gold leaf on vellum paper, Unframed handmade photographic reproduction on sensitised paper
Edition 1 of 8 plus 2 AP ( Medium Size ) ( Another edition in medium size will be available shortly)
Woman in a wet silk bathrobe...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Gold, Platinum, Gold Leaf
Roli. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist returned from Italy to live back in Colombia in 1987.
Castro wanted to produce from t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
Fiona Apple vintage silver gelatin print by Chris Cuffaro
Located in Austin, TX
Fiona Apple, 8”x10” Hand-printed darkroom print, made at the time of the shoot in 1996, and stored flat in a temperature-controlled environment.
The print...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Such Things" One of a kind Photography on canvas by Doron
Located in Carmel, CA
Doron - "Such Things" Photography on canvas. Diptych, framed.
An original piece. One of a kind.
The painting comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal.
Re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Digital
Kate Bush "Sensual World" - First print of the edition
By Guido Harari
Located in Austin, TX
Kate Bush by Guido Harari, taken during the official photo shoot for her album The Sensual World in 1989.
Guido Harari recalls, "I collaborated with Kate for over ten years, doing her official press photos for “Hounds of Love”, “The Sensual World”, “The Red Shoes” and on set photography for her film “The Line, The Cross & The Curve”. She wanted me to avoid the iconizing of previous shoots, and find a different way of capturing her more naturally. Shooting in the studio for hours allowed for much improvisation as there were to be no props or fancy sets. I used different techniques more to entertain ourselves rather than to experiment! And it worked!"
First print...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Andy Warhol, Photograph of Caroline Kennedy and Peter Beard
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Andy Warhol, Jed Johnson, Monique Van Vooren, Steve Rubell, Michael Goldstein, Susan Blond, Caroline Kennedy, Peter Beard, Grace Jones, Francesco Scavullo, Sean Byrnes, and Margrit Ramme at the premiere party for "Bobby Deerfield" at Tavern on the Green in New York City on September 18, 1977.
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rudolf Nureyev in dance class, January 24, 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev in dance class, January 24, 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Arch...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Grace Jones and Andre Leon Talley at Studio 54
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Grace Jones is a musician and former model. A former star of the Studio 54 disco scene, she is known for her androgynous appearance, bold features, and subversive antics, making her one of the biggest pop stars of the 1980s.
Andre Leon Talley...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Endangered #2
By Blake Little
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Blake Little is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Endangered #2
1993
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 25)
14 x 14 i...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girls with Ice Cream - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Girls with ice cream is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, p...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prof. Pietro Valdoni and Prof. Angelo Biocca - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Prof. Pietro Valdoni and Prof. Angelo Biocca is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the typed notes in Italian " the description" on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bubble Dance- underwater photograph - print on paper 18” x 24”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This striking underwater fine art photograph captures a naked figure partially draped in vivid red fabric, surrounded by a constellation of air bubbles. The predominantly monochromat...
Category
2010s Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The maiden of Tsonga - James Sparshatt - A portrait photograph from Africa
Located in Coltishall, GB
Location: KwaZulu Natal
Year: 2006
The Tsonga region is in the north of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. It was a day of celebration, cattle had been slaughtered and the ladies of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rolling Stones - Keith Richards
By Tony Trezza
Located in Cologne, DE
Keith Richards, 1971
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male model Milton Dean multiple exposure nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Mitchell dry mounted this photograph on archival board for exhibition. 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...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jesus Freaks Outiside St. Peter, Rome - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jesus freaks outiside St. Peter, Rome is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including hist...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Artist Ellsworth Kelly photographed at his Des Artistes apartment studio
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Ellsworth Kelly photographed at his Des Artistes apartment studio on October 3, 1968. Comes d...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
La Celebracíon by James Sparshatt - Photography, Framed Palladium Platinum Print
Located in Coltishall, GB
A moment of pure joy in Holguín, Cuba, during las Romerias de Mayo festival.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Photography
Materials
Platinum
Baroque Back (Polaroid Transfer of Standing Young Nude Man on Rives BFK)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
image size: 8 x 10 inches
Standing Young Nude Man
Polaroid Transfer on 22 x 15 inch Rives BFK paper, unframed
signed SM Beard in pencil on bottom left corner.
ed. 1/6
This is one i...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid
JACKIE AND CAROLINE, HYANNIS PORT, MASSACHUSETTS, SUMMER 1961
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Aventura, FL
Jacques Lowe stamp and various inscriptions on print verso. Sheet size 11 x 13.9 inches. Image size approx 9 x 13 inches. Frame size approx 18.5 x 22.5 inches. Certificate of authen...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
'Talking Heads' musician/singer/songwriter David Byrne, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of musician/singer David Byrne, founding member and principal songwriter of the American New Wave b...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Xie Kitchin as Dane - Vintage b/w Photograph by Lewis Carroll - 1873
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Roma, IT
Xie Kitchin as Dane is an original vintage photograph realized in 1873 by Lewis Carroll (Daresbury, January 27, 1832 - Guildford, January 14, 1898).
Original albumen print on postcard; dimensions: 14 x 10 cm.
N° 2132 "The Dane manuscript" was written by the author in pencil on the back.
Provenance: Jeffrey Stern Bookseller York UK.
Certificate of Athenticity: provided by the Original Gallery.
Framed in a coeval frame.
Mint conditions.
Lewis Carroll (Daresbury, January 27, 1832 - Guildford, January 14, 1898) in 1873. This work depicts the figure of Xie (Alexandra) Kitchin as "Dane", a standing children with an elegant dress and headgear.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. The poems "Jabberwocky" and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer, inventor, and Anglican deacon.
Carroll came from a family of high-church Anglicans, and developed a long relationship with Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for most of his life as a scholar and teacher. Alice Liddell, daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, Henry Liddell, is widely identified as the original for Alice in Wonderland, though Carroll always denied this. Scholars are divided about whether his relationship with children included an erotic component.
In 1982, a memorial stone...
Category
1870s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Bad Luck Gloria 1951
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Bad Luck Gloria
2nd April 1951: American actor Jose Ferrer (1912 – 1992) commiserates with Gloria Swanson after losing out in the contest for the Best Actress oscar, while the winner, Judy Holliday...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
16 x 20" Artist Alex Katz in his Studio, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Alex Katz in his studio, photographed in 1964. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the verso. Comes direc...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Camisole
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Camisole - 2018
Published in Carmen De Vos's new book 'The Eyes of the Fox'.
80x80cm,
Edition of 5,
Digital archival pigment print
based on an original Polaroid
on beautiful PHO...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Sepia Toned Photograph - Portrait of Ruth - Berkeley 1968
Located in Soquel, CA
Photo portrait of a woman by Arnulf Rabl (German-American, 1942-2016). In this soft portrait, the woman has her head turned slightly down, with closed eyes. There is light striking t...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Valérie- Signed limited edition still life print, Black white sexy, Nude, Square
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Valérie - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which is then printed...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
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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