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Art Subject: Portrait
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
$1,170 Sale Price
53% Off
Peter Lorre, Actor in The Maltese Falcon & Casablanca. Smoking Portrait
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Carmel, CA
After a successful acting career in Europe, Peter Lorre came to the United States and starred in such classic films as “The Maltese Falcon”, “Arsenic and Old Lace”, and “Casablanca”....
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Photo of Marina Malfatti - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Marina Malfatti is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Salvador Dali's Party, Estate Edition Photograph [Surrealist Dinner, Green+Red]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman in a green dress at a vintage ball in New York. The artist is captured with his characteristic walking st...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
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The Film The Eyes, the Mouth - Vintage Photo - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
The Film The Eyes, the Mouth is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1982.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Suzanne in Chair
Located in New York, NY
AP, printed on aluminum. Includes flush mounted frame
"Suzanne in Chair" is among Joyce Tenneson's most famous works from her "Transformations" series. Tenneson's style has been des...
Category
1980s Color Photography
Materials
Metal
Japan, Girl Winter Costume
Located in Middletown, NY
Stillfried, Raimund von
Japan, Girl Winter Costume
Yokohama, Japan: c 1880. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (260x 200 mm), numbered B 1080 and titled in the lower r...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
"Picasso Sitting", Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
By Richard Ham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - )
Title: Picasso in Paris Studio - Picasso Sitting
Year: 1945, Printed in 2009
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered in ink
Edition...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Burt Lancaster - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Burt Lancaster is a vintage photo, realized in the 1960s .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Metropolitan Opera conductor Sarah Caldwell, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Metropolitan Opera conductor Sarah Caldwell, 1975. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes direc...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Body Rocks B&W"- Fine Art Nude Photo in Nature
By John Mazlish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shot in the rain in a nature preserve, Long Island, N.Y.
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
$3,520 Sale Price
20% Off
16 x 20" Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams, photographed in 1966, numbered 5/12. It is signed by Jack Mitchell in pencil on th...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
16 x 20" Composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, photographed in 1977. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the verso. Comes...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$2,275 Sale Price
33% Off
Penthouse Pool, Athens (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Penthouse Pool, 1961
Archival pigment print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Young women by the Canellopoulos pentho...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Sculptor Louise Bourgeois, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of sculptor Louise Bourgeois, 1982. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a cert...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,500 Sale Price
50% Off
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Francine Brandt (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Francine Brandt by a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961.
Slim Aarons
Francine Brandt
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping t...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
USA. Nevada and California."The Misfits", a film by John HUSTON. 1960
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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Amish Boy with Straw Hat, Lancaster, PA
By George Tice
Located in Westwood, NJ
George Tice was born in 1938 in Newark, NJ, the state in which his ancestors had lived for generations earlier. He joined a camera club when he was fourteen, and is largely a self ta...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mrs. Claus
Located in New York, NY
Created by Cindy Sherman in 1990, Mrs. Claus is an original chromogenic print that is hand-signed and dated on the verso from an edition of 125, measuring 14 x 11 in. (36 x 28 cm), u...
Category
20th Century Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Frank Sinatra - Me and My Shadow
Located in Chicago, IL
Portrait of Frank Sinatra circa 1939. Taken at their apartment on Garden St, Hoboken, NJ. Photo by Nancy Sinatra Senior. This striking photo is one of the family’s favorites. This is...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Palm Hats (Colombia circa 1945), Silver Gelatin Photograph by Leo Matiz
By Leo Matiz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leo Matiz, Colombian (1917 - 1998)
Title: Palm Hats
Year: circa 1945 (printed 1991)
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, Signed in Pencil, verso
Paper Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 c...
Category
1940s Folk Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Architecture and Art Photo - Church of Frari - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - Church of Frari is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captured....
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bravo
By Jan Rattia
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
22.5 x 30 inches
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
45 x 60 inches
(Edition of 3 + 2 APs)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, loc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
$3,000
Untitled (Kate #15)
By Chuck Close
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close
Title: Untitled (Kates #15)
Year: 2005
Medium: Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Satin paper
Edition: 25 + Proofs; signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Sheet: 2...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Marylin Monroe . nude on the bed . the last sitting.
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn Monroe
the last setting
nude on the bed
2009
double hand signed and dated
COA hand signed
perfect condition
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Haiti Holiday (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Haiti Holiday, 1981
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A woman wearing a translucent white blouse and holding a cocktail stands in a swimmi...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Playgirl' - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Playgirl (Heavenly Falls)' - 2016 -
signed in front, not mounted.
1 Archival Color Photograph based on the original Polaroid.
P...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Lombardi Huddle, Green Bay Packer Coach Vince Lombardi 1966 by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Famed Green Bay Packer coach Vince Lombardi photographed at Lambeau Field in 1966 by Art Shay. The angle of this shot is particularly interesting. Art was definitely up close and personal with the coach and players that day! This photograph is not framed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Art Shay
Lombardi Huddle, 1966
silver gelatin print, printed later
20h x 16w in
50.80h x 40.64w cm
ASY15080
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20th century.”
Ellen & Richard Sandor, Renowned photo collectors
“I’ve admired Art Shay’s work for almost forty years, and he keeps getting better. He can do anything with a camera, but what he mostly does is capture real moments and transform them into visual poetry. His work continues to be an inspiration to me.”
William Friedkin, Director of French Connection
“Art Shay is one of our finest photographers. His work over the past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.”
Hugh Hefner
“Algren, Terkel, Royko, they gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.”
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist
“Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson.”
Thomas Dyja, author of The Third Coast
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye, a clear head, and a warm heart. What is it about Chicago that keeps giving us men like this?”
Russell Banks, Novelist
“The best images of Simone de Beauvoir and her times have been passed down to us by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gisele Freund, Robert Doisneau, Georges Brassai, and in America, the Chicago-based Art Shay, all world-class photographers.”
Christophe Loviny, Art Editor, Paris
“Art Shay is the best photo-journalist Chicago ever produced.”
Arthur Siegel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
BRUCE BELLAS Vintage 1950s Photo of Male Physique Model JOHN HACKETT
Located in Glenford, NY
BRUCE OF L.A. - classic 1950s gelatin silver photograph of physique model JOHN HACKETT by celebrated 20th Century photographer BRUCE BELLAS also known as Bruce of Los Angeles. This is an original photograph, circa 1950s, from the beefcake "posing strap" era when nude photography was illegal. 'Bruce Los Angeles...
Category
1950s Post-War Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Esther Williams Poolside, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams, in a Florida swimming pool, 1955
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary deal...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Clark Gable
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a photolithograph from the original negative by Laszlo Willinger, original shot in 1938 and printed at a later date. It depicts American film actor and military officer, Clark Gable, who was often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He is most well-known for his roles in the films "Mutiny on the Bounty...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Keith Haring photograph 1984 (1980s Keith Haring darkroom photo)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1980s Keith Haring photograph:
Rare vintage original Keith Haring darkroom photograph by New York underground photographer Lawrence Horn. Signed & d...
Category
1980s Pop Art Color Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Basquiat photograph 1979 (Basquiat Gray)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare 1979 Photograph of Jean Michel Basquiat:
This rare Basquiat photograph was taken from Nicholas Taylor’s well-documented portfolio exploring hi...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Aventure d'une libertine III. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aventure d'une libertine III, Paris, 2015
From The Secret Album Series
Edition 6/6 ex. 5 AP.
Unframed
The Secret Album Series
This series is born from a personal experience. The mo...
Category
1960s Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
"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
$3,500 Sale Price
50% Off
Marilyn Bombshell - Love Blue
Located in New York, NY
Homage to the late, great Marilyn Monroe. Hand pulled silk screen. Diamond Dust. On linen. Custom paint created by artist. Would ship rolled.
About the Artist:
Russell You...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Madonna: Young Pop Star in Prayer Pose
Located in Austin, TX
A young Madonna striking a prayer pose for the camera. This image was captured in October 1983 at the Danceteria benefit for Michael Stewart, a graffit...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Frank Sinatra - Relaxing on Tour - Estate Stamped
Located in Chicago, IL
Relaxing on Tour – Frank Sinatra circa April 1962 at a stop on his 30 stop World Tour for Children. They stopped in Honolulu, HI on the way to the first concerts in Japan. This was f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Portrait of Connie Francis - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Connie Francis is a vintage photoraphic print on single-coated paper.
Ink stamp of Mondial News Press on the back.
Perfect conditions.
Di...
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ode to Rembrandt's Jewish Bride
Located in New Orleans, LA
31.5 x 36 inches - Edition 1 of 3 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $525.
Shot in Amsterdam in 2013
Inspired by Rembrandt’s Jewish Bride, ca 1665
Photography and acting are kind...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Exposure, Margareth & Priska, Paris
By Bruno Bisang
Located in New York City, NY
Exposure, Margareth & Priska, Paris
Category
20th Century Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Steve McCurry 'Afghan Nomad Girl'
Located in New York, NY
Afghan Nomad Girl
1990
C-Prints printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Super Gloss Paper
60 x 40 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 10
with certificate of authenticity
Steve McCurry...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Tony award-winning playwright Terrence McNally photographed nude for After Dark
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Tony award-winning playwright Terrence McNally photographed nude in Mitchell's studio for 'After Dark' m...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
African American jazz composer, conductor, and musician David Baker, signed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of African American jazz composer, conductor, and musician David Baker, photographed in 1995. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. C...
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Frank Sinatra - Looking out - New Jersey - Estate Stamped
Located in Chicago, IL
Frank Sinatra in his early years. Circa 1940. Hoboken, NJ. Taken by a family member.
Giclee 300gsm smooth archival rag paper and archival ink
Each fine print is numbered and emboss...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Beaton, John Weissmuller, 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
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Capote At Home, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the author Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) relaxing with a book and a cigarette in his clutter...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Ophelia by Hans Withoos
By Hans Withoos
Located in New York City, NY
Fine art inkjet print on special paper rag
Ask us for framing options
Hans Withoos career spans more than twenty years worldwide. After graduating from the Art Academy. He specializ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Surrealist Composition with Dolls
By Bruno
Located in Surfside, FL
From the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Collection
The Ruttenbergs are longtime art lovers who have collected abstract expressionist paintings, African art, sculpture, graphics, old watches and photographs-lots and lots of photographs.
They started collecting them in the 1960s when the medium was still the stepchild of the arts. They kept collecting until they had more than 3,000 prints, 99 of which are in the Art Institute exhibit, ``The Intuitive Eye:
Photographs from the Collection of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg.``
The show encompasses the entire history of photography with black-and-white and color prints from every genre, It includes street photography by Walker Evans and Garry Winogrand, glamour shots by Edward Steichen and Richard Avedon, nudes by Robert Mapplethorpe and Nicholas Muray...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Frank Sinatra - Reading the funnies
Located in Chicago, IL
Frank Sinatra at home in Hoboken New Jersey. Circa 1939. Relaxing in bed reading the cartoons from the newspaper. Photo taken by Nancy Sinatra Senior.
G...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Afterglow - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Afterglow - 2022
20x25cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2022-2038.
Not ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Prophet, 3rd Ward, Houston
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on print verso by Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches.
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers living today, has extensively documented the African American neighborhoods in Houston, Texas.
After serving as a Marine in Vietnam, he enrolled at Texas Southern University, where he studied art under the direction of John Biggers, who became a great friend and mentor. During his time at TSU, he was hired to be a photographer for the Model Cities Program, part of Lyndon Johnson...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chelsea Hotel
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning museum quality fine art print of Chrissy Teigen by photographer Markus Klinko from a collection of contemporary nudes by the celebrated photographer, featuring amongst other...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
C Print
Falcon by Rosie Emerson, Hand-embellished screen print of glamor female figure
Located in Dallas, TX
Very last of the "Falcon" edition available! Emerson has pioneered a technique of printing with delicate charcoal powders, which give the image a softne...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Charcoal, Screen
Ahmedabad 151209-566 (India, Street Photography, Portrait, B&W, 30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy
Ahmedabad 151209-566
Pigment Print
Year: 2015
Visible Size: 9.25 x 9.25 inches
Framed: 10.6 x 10.6 inches
Signed: On Label
Edition: 8
COA provided
*White frame with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, "Ballerina"
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 18/20, estate-stamped. Unframed print.
Milton H. Greene, famous for his fashion photography and celebrity portraits from the golden age of Hollywood, met Marilyn Monroe on a pho...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Victor Hugo
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 Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
$24,000
Jane Fonda
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
1980s Pop Art Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
$30,000
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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