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Art Subject: Portrait
Female Nude, Black and White Portrait Photography, Kate #4 by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #4, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is in the photographer's series "Kate." This is an 11" x 14" gelatin silver photograph signed verso (back of photo) by the Freed ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
The Juncture (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Juncture (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventor...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled - The Princess and her Lover
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Princess and her Lover, 2007
Edition of 10, 20x24cm,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist I...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
$285 Sale Price
20% Off
Un’isola nell’aria
By Urs Lüthi
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, numbered and dated. Edition of 75 copies.
Original photograph from the portfolio “Un’isola nell’aria”, Vol. IV
Includes passepartout. Image Dimensions : 34 x 46 cm
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marko Hands
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Slava Mogutin
Marko Hands, Berlin
2007
Signed, titled, and numbered, verso
Chromogenic print (Edition...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
I always was your girl
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I was always your Girl - 2018,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-print, based on an original Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL201...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Black and White
$666 Sale Price
20% Off
New England Skiing, New Hampshire, 1955 - Winter Fashion in Snowy Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
New England Skiing, New Hampshire, 1955 - Winter Fashion in Snowy Landscape by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" image on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Photographic Paper, Digital
"French Economy" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"French Economy" by Bert Hardy
14th June 1952: A young French girl holding a large loaf of bread while reading a sign about a possible decrease in bakery prices in the home town of ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
1980s Grace Jones photograph (vintage Grace Jones darkroom photo)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage 1980s Grace Jones photograph:
Grace Jones photographed on the scene of New York's Palladium nightclub circa 1989 by noted New York underground photographer, Fernando Natalici...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bruce Bellas Vintage 1950 Photo Set Male Physique Robert Kendall & Jerry Debry
Located in Glenford, NY
Bruce of LA - Set of 2 Authentic Vintage 1950s Silver Gelatin Male Physique Photographs by famed 20th Century photographer Bruce Bellas also known as Bruce of Los Angeles of models R...
Category
1950s Post-War Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Melt your mind - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Melt your mind - 2021 -
20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2021-1068.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
she
Located in Cologne, DE
Beautiful vintage nude photo created by the East German Photographer Sigurd Rosenhain, who lived and worked in Leipzig.
Category
1970s Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Artist/Sculptor Olaf Gravesen with his work, Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist Olaf Gravesen photographed with one of his nail head sculptures, 1974. Signed on the verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$980 Sale Price
34% Off
Horse Packing - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse Packing - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series of American life in the 20th Century.
W...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nude male model multiple exposure with plant leaves
Located in Senoia, GA
Unidentified male model, multiple exposure with plant leaves, 1971. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
30% Off
Ella FITZERALD " Mercédès " 1988
Located in CANNES, FR
Annie Leibovitz ( 1949- )
photo : 24 x19 cm .
Ella Fitzgerald devant un cabriolet Mercedes . 1988
Original Vintage work .
Framed : 42 X 42 cm
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$1,713 Sale Price
20% Off
Jack Mitchell Nude of dancer Zane Wilson, 1972
Located in Glenford, NY
Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century beautiful nude of ballet dancer Zane Wilson in 1972. Zane Wilson was a spectacular principal dancer with the legendar...
Category
1970s Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$960 Sale Price
40% Off
New York City, USA, Limited Edition Signed Iconic Street Photography 1950s
Located in New york, NY
New York City, USA, 1954 is a 13" x 9" archival pigment print (baryta) in a limited edition of 5. Signed verso (back of photo) by Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer), with Leon...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigmen...
Sunbeams - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 65x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young naked woman wrapped in air bubbles and sunbeams.
There were five grand-pianos at her house, a pool on the third floor, and a sad man...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Red Hot Chili Peppers by Ebet Roberts
By Ebet Roberts
Located in Austin, TX
A classic, stunning shot of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1985 by celebrated photographer, Ebet Roberts.
Signed limited edition, hand printed sil...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jerry Schatzberg - Baby Jane Holzer, Kenneth Lane Jewels, 1965, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
Available Sizes:
11" x 14" $6,000.00 Edition of 25 + 5 AP
16" x 20" $8,000.00 Edition of 25 + 5 AP
20" x 24" $10,000.00 Edition of 20 + 4 AP
30" x 40" $16,000.00 Edition of 2...
Category
2010s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frontwards - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Frontwards - 2020
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-903.
Not mo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Michael Jordan on His 40th Birthday, 2003 - B&W Photograph, Matted and Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
As the personal photographer for this much loved Chicago icon, Richard Shay captured MJ on his 40th birthday celebration. This Artist Proof is matted and framed in a simple black frame measuring 16.25h x 20.25w x 1d inches.
Richard Shay
Michael Jordan on His 40th Birthday, 2003
archival pigment print
12h x 16w in
30.48h x 40.64w cm
A.P.
RSY006
Richard Shay grew up in Deerfield, Illinois where his father, the famed photojournalist, Art Shay and his wife Florence had moved to raise their family. Surrounded by the influence of his larger-than-life dad, Richard would go on to follow in his father's path. After traveling the world in his early 20's, Richard returned to Chicago and began photographing at The Oprah Winfrey Show. He became the family photographer for basketball player and Chicago treasure, Michael Jordan. He would go on to tour the US and Russia with The Smashing Pumpkins...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Signed John Baldessari print 1991 (Baldessari Love and Work)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
John Baldessari Love and Work 1991:
Baldessari’s Love & Work 1991, photogravure and color aquatint, features clasped hands clutching surrealistically amidst a black background. Classic, timeless Baldessari imagery that is sure to work well in any setting.
Medium: Color photogravure and aquatint on wove paper. 1991.
Dimensions: 26 x 11.5 inches.
Well-preserved and in very good overall condition. Framed in acrylic plexiglass.
One of the 15 numbered artist's proofs, aside from the general edition of 60.
Signed, inscribed "A.P." and numbered 12/15 in pencil, lower margin.
Published by Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York.
Collections:
MoMa New York
John Baldessari:
It is hard to characterize John Baldessari's varied practice—which includes photomontage, artist’s books, prints, paintings, film, performance, and installation—except through his approach of good-humored irreverence. Baldessari is commonly associated with Conceptual or Minimalist art, though he has called this characterization “a little bit boring.” His two-dimensional works often incorporate found images, composed in layers or presented as distinct pieces with an element of surprise, like a brightly colored geometric shape in the place of a face or a starkly printed sardonic caption. Baldessari has demonstrated a lasting interest in language and semantics, articulating these concerns through the use of puns or the juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated images and words, as in his 1978 work Blasted Allegories. His self-referencing photomontages and use of text have been sources of inspiration for countless artists, including Cindy Sherman, David Salle, and Barbara Kruger. Baldessari identifies his own artistic lineage, saying, "I would prefer to go to the source with Duchamp rather than credit Warhol as an influence."
Related Categories:
Surrealist. Ed Ruscha. Los Angeles. Conceptual art. Photography. Minimalist. John Baldessari prints.
Category
1990s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Aquatint, Photogravure, Lithograph, Screen
A Hamar woman wearing traditional ornamentation against a light backdrop
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"""Untitled 52""
A Hamar woman wearing traditional ornamentation against a light backdrop
A Hamar woman boldly stares down the camera while draped in layers of beaded necklaces
Th...
Category
2010s Minimalist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Muschi Guerilla #03 Contemporary, Figurative, Female, Polaroid, photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Muschi Guerilla #03, 2008/2018
[From the series Goldenbogen & Zouzou]
20x20cm,
Edition of 7.
Iced image - archival art print based on a Carmen De Vo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
The weight of the world.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Color Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Mafia Boss Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo in Front of Big Lion, Chicago 1959
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“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 20...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Jackie K' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Jackie K'
Premium Rates Apply. Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie Onassis) (1929 - 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy at an 'April in Paris' ball.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1940s Photograph of "Beefcake" model BOB GIBE
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare 1940s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of model BOB GIBE. Photograph is an excellent example of Juleff's masterful ...
Category
1940s Post-War Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Black White Photography for Sale "Female nude" by Roye Horace
Located in Winterswijk, NL
This stunning black-and-white photograph by renowned British photographer Horace Roye (1906 – 2002) captures the timeless elegance of the female nude with artistic eroticism. The ret...
Category
20th Century Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Kate Moss 1993, Paradise Island Bahamas, Original Print Custom Framed
By Herb Ritts
Located in London, GB
For the 1994 Pirelli Calendar shot on the Paradise Island in the Bahamas, photographer Herb Ritts set out to capture in a series of nudes what he called “the gentle innocence” of Kat...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Wood, Glass
Carlos. From Searching a Mother Series. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Gardener is the Loveliest Rose in his Garden
By Bill Costa
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Bill Costa is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Muhammed Ali
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
From a private collector, also an artist, who worked with Yousuf Karsh in the 1970's through inheritance to Weston Gallery.
Muhammad Ali
1970
“I photographed (Ali) in 1970, as par...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bruce Bellas Vintage 1950s Photo Set of 2 Male Physique model Robert Kendall
Located in Glenford, NY
Bruce of LA - Set of 2 Authentic Vintage 1950s Silver Gelatin Male Physique Photographs by famed 20th Century photographer Bruce Bellas also known as Bruce of Los Angeles of model Ro...
Category
1950s Post-War Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
16 x 20" Colleen Dunn and Peter Allen in 'Legs Diamond' signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Colleen Dunn and Peter Allen in 'Legs Diamond' on Broadway in 1988.. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the re...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
'The Misfits' Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'The Misfits' Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
A gorgeously candid portrait of the first rebel of Hollywood and greatly respected young son of method acting - before ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eskimo Girl, Nude, Fine Art Photography
Located in München, BY
Images size 55 x 70 cm
Limited Edition of 12
Platinum Print
Framed with Wengé and Passepartout
Framed Size 92 x 112 cm
Evocative, sensual and voluptuous, Marc Lagrange's work celebr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Platinum
Dragqueen. From the Series Guerreros. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dragqueen, 1997 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
Signed, titled and dat...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
Tomás. From Searching a Mother Series. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color
Katia - Platinum Palladium print, Limited Edition, Contemporary Nude Woman
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Katia , Platinum Palladium print on Arches Platine paper from Ian Sanderson, unframed.
Edition of 12 plus 2 AP ( small Size )
Portrait of a naked woman in a fur coat lying u...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
BRUCE BELLAS Vintage 1950s Photo of Male Physique Model Sam Stall
Located in Glenford, NY
BRUCE OF L.A. - classic 1950s gelatin silver photograph of physique model SAM STALL by celebrated 20th Century photographer BRUCE BELLAS also known as Bruce of Los Angeles. This is an original photograph, circa 1954, from the beefcake "posing strap" era when nude photography was illegal. 'Bruce Los Angeles...
Category
1950s Post-War Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Robert Plant with The Runaways, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin at a Runaways show in LA 1978. Plant pictured here with Cherie Currie and Joan Jett of The Runa...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Bette (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Bette (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(photo by Glasshouse Archive / Alamy Archives)
Actress Bette Davis,
Portrait by Jack Freilich,
1931.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 10x12...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe for Eve Arnold - Photograph by Eve Arnold - 1960
By Eve Arnold
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Eve Arnold in 1960.
Copyright: Magnum Photos and Agenzia Contrasto.
Excellent condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$3,213 Sale Price
25% Off
Warriors. From Searching a Mother Series. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color
In The Box
Located in Carmel, CA
Printed 1993
Platinum-palladium print
1962, printed 1993
DIMENSIONS
image: 12 x 21.5 cm. (4 3/4 x 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 27.4 x 35 cm. (10 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Deseo Insular VI. 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 al...
Category
2010s Conceptual Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
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
On the set of the film Paris Texas - Wim Wenders - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
On the set of the film Paris Texas - Wim Wenders is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1984.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel - Black and White Portrait, Celebrity, Woman
Located in Denton, TX
Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo sitting in a chair under her self portrait hanging on the wall.
Im...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled IX. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photomontage
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
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color
Bettie Page Two-Piece Leopard Print Suit, Key Biscayne, FL, 1954
By Bunny Yeager
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bettie Page Two-Piece Leopard Print Suit, Key Biscayne, FL, 1954 by Bunny Yeager
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
Image size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W
Frame ...
Category
1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
The English Actress Claire Bloom - Photography - Early 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The English Actress Claire Bloom in an elegant pose.
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Warrior - El Mono. From The series Buscando Papá. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
Beastie Boys and Run DMC by Ebet Roberts
By Ebet Roberts
Located in Austin, TX
The Beastie Boys and Run DMC on the roof of B. Smith's restaurant at 47th St. and 8th Avenue in New York City on May 11, 1987, taken by Ebet Roberts.
Signed limited edition, hand pr...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait 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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