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Art Subject: Portrait
Lioness (Heavenly Falls) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lioness (Heavenly Falls) - 2016
20x24cm,
Edition 9/10.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist inventory number: 19578.
Not mounted.
Stefa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper
Candid - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Candid - 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 PL2020-969.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Grace Kelly, Prince Rainier, and Their Children in the Snow
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of Prince Rainer, Grace Kelly, and their children playing in the snow in Switzerland, circa 1959.
What's included:
- Limited Edition Archival Print
- ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jon Gould & Andy Warhol
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
Liberace Eating
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
The Tiara (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Tiara (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2005
20x24cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"M21A" Photography 48" x 48" inch Edition 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M21A" Photography 48" x 48" inch Edition 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Metamorphosis series.
Title of artwork M21A
Year: 2011
Medium: Photography
Print size: 48x48 Inches trim bleed
Rarit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'David Bowie Aladdin Sane - Black & White Neg Remaster - Limited Estate Edition
By Brian Duffy
Located in London, GB
ALADDIN SANE REMASTERED BLACK & WHITE NEGATIVE
* 24 x24" inches limited edition of 50 ONLY *
unsigned but numbered and stamped by the Archive
printed later 2020
Taken by Duffy during the second of Five Sessions with David Bowie – Duffy...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Francesco Clemente at Cafe Roma
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991.
This is a unique work.
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 16.125 x 18....
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Diana Vreeland Wearing a Cowboy Hat
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
February 25, 1978 - Dinner for Cecil Beaton at Diana Vreeland's with Peter Beard, Diana Vreeland, Carole Bouquet, Cecil Beaton and others.
As Editor-in-Chief, Diana Vreeland brought...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Last Days of Summer - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Childhood, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Last Days of Summer - 2019 -
40x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Photograph printed on Fuji glossy paper,
based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative
(not mounted...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sparring - Chris Smith, Muhammad Ali, Ali, boxing, black and white, 20x30 in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937)
Sparring
silver gelatin fibre based print
20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in.
signed and numbered
printed later
This work is available in the following si...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Nadja Auermann, Paris
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10
Portrait of the young Supermodel Nadja Auerman.
Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Jacques Olivar (b. 1941), where the miseen-scene often s...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mauricio Bodegón Feb 1. From The series Frutas. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Mauricio Bodegón Feb 1, 2000 by Celso Castro-Daza
From The series Frutas
Color Unique photo collage
Sheet size: 27.5 in. H x 19.5 in. W
Unframed
Signed, titled and dated by the arti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Warhol 'Heat' Superstars Sylvia Miles & Joe Dallesandro, nude for After Dark
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstars Sylvia Miles as Hollywood has-been Sally Todd and Joe Dallesandro as hustler Joey Davis in Andy Warhol's "Heat" - Marc...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Children Gaze out San Francisco Street Car into the Rain, Fine Art Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Cute kids gaze out into the rain. Observed in primary colors, these primary schoolers are framed by the bold yellow and purple of a streetcar window. Mitchell Funk brings the comp...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
TooLess 4692, Nude. Color photograph mounted on Museum Plexiglass
By Koray Erkaya
Located in Miami Beach, FL
TooLess 3D versions of the photographs of the TooLess series create a miss perception of the human brain. The first layer of the photo texture is formed by very small black and white...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
Guy with Radio, East 7th Street
Located in New York, NY
Guy with Radio, East 7th Street
January 01, 1977
Vintage gelatin silver print
14 x 11 inches
Arlene Gottfried was a New York City street photographer celebrated for her intimate a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Steve Martin, “Let’s Get Small Sequence”, framed 24x48" print by Norman Seeff
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 24" x 48" print, edition number 26/50. Custom frames with 8 ply matte and non-glare museum glass
Frame dimensions:
56” wide x 30” high x 1” deep
As a renowne...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
KISS on a Street in London, England
Located in Austin, TX
KISS posed in full costume on a Street in London, England.
Kiss (commonly styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm g...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Strike a Pose - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Strike a Pose' (Bombay Beach) 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Gaelle With Broken Arm - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gaelle With Broken Arm - 2021
60 x 50 cm,
Edition of 10 + 2 Artist Proofs.
Photograph printed in Hanemühle Baryta Photo Rag 340gr,
based on the original reclaimed Fuji Instant F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Raquel Welch, Los Angeles, 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 actress Raquel Welch.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to maga...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Autumn Days - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Autumn Days - 2020
60 x 50 cm,
Edition of 10 + 2 Artist Proofs.
Photograph printed in Hanemühle Baryta Photo Rag 340gr,
based on the original reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negativ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Female Solo Mannequin
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Greg Mac Gregor's artwork incorporates official, declassified photographs from the Los Alamos National Laboratory Photographic Archives produced in the early 1950s at the Nevada Test...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
2 Stefanie Schneider's Minis 'Till Death do us Part' & the Vinyl - signed, loose
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
2 Stefanie Schneider's Minis 'Till Death do us Part' - 2005 -
signed on front,
not mounted.
2 Archival Color Photographs based on 2 Polaroids.
Polaroid sized open Editions 1999...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Max, smoking in Car (29 Palms, CA) - 58x56cm, analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max, smoking in Car (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte su...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Jimi Hendrix
By Baron Wolman
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Jimi Hendrix Platinum Palladium photograph.
20x24 inch printed on Arches paper.
Limited Edition of 4/35
Wolman calls this photo of Jimi Hendrix, at the Fillmore West in 1968, his “money shot.” “I learned a lot about concert photography...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Kneeling, Sandcastles
Located in New York, NY
Kneeling, Sandcastles
(Bobby Kendall and Jay Garvin),
early-1960s
Signed, verso
Vintage C-print
3.5 x 3.5 inches
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1960s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
C Print
Burlesque Series, Catherine D'Lish in Champagne Coupe I, Tease-O-Rama, Hollywood
Located in Cambridge, GB
Catherine D'Lish in Champagne Coupe, Richard Heeps photograph taken at the American Hollywood Burlesque event Tease-O-Rama.
Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque Photogr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Andrés. From the Series Guerreros. Photo Collage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Andrés, 1999 by Celso José Castro Daza
From the Series Guerreros
One-of-a-kind Photo collage
Sheet Size: 27.5 in. H x 19.5 in. W
Unframed
Signed, titled and dated by the artist
The ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
Lone Pine Motel (from Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lone Pine Motel (from Last Picture Show) - 2009
20x20cm,
sold out Edition of 10, Artist Proof 2/2.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Art...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Hugh Hefner, Black and White Photograph of Playboy Magazine Founder and Editor
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
By American photographer Burt Glinn a black-and-white 14" x 11" photograph on fiber paper (gelatin silver print) of Editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner who wrote for the magazine he founded,...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Austen in front of Trailer - including the signed monograph 'Instantdreams'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Austen in front of Trailer (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
Including Stefanie Schneider's signed monograph "Instantdreams".
64 pages, hardcover, published by Avenso, 2014.
ISBN 978-...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Polaroid of Linda Blair
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Linda Blair starred in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, one of the highest-grossing films of all time, when she was fifteen years old, and was nominated ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
A King's time, contemporary, wildlife, black and white photography, Lion
Located in München, BY
Edition of 12
more sizes on request
A Portrait of big majestic male lion lying in the sun.
Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are amo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Motorcycling Lord' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Motorcycling Lord' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1990: Lord Hesketh, Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry, by the lake in the grounds of his family estate Easton...
Category
1990s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Francesca Woodman, Providence, RI
By George Lange
Located in New York, NY
Francesca Woodman in Providence, Rhode Island (1976) photographed by George Lange.
14 x 11" archival pigment print
21 x 17 x 2" frame with UV plexgias
Edition 2 of 10, signed and e...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
David Gilmour 1989
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
David Gilmour
David Gilmore recording for the Armenian Earthquake Appeal, 1989
David Gilmour is the renowned guitarist and vocalist of Pink Floyd, celebrated for...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orange Scarf on Beach at Trouville, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Orange Scarf on Beach at Trouville, 1957 -- A model on the beach at Trouville near Deauville, photographed by Mark Shaw for LIFE for the January 14, 1957 ...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Keith Richards 1982
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Leonard Cohen
London 1974
Leonard Cohen was a renowned Canadian singer-songwriter and poet, celebrated for his deep, haunting voice and profound lyrics that delv...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The way we were - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'The way we were' 2019,
20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL219...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Freddie Mercury - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Freddie Mercury - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Freddie Mercury album session, 1974. (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size varies acco...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Regina Coeli Prison, Rome - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Regina Coeali Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kate With Tassles - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Kate With Tassles - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Kate Moss, New York, 2002 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size varies according to pr...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004
20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 484...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Love Scene against the Wall from Sidewinder, part 4 - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Love Scene against the Wall - part 4 (Sidewinder) - 2005,
40x39cm,
Edition 3/10.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inven...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Joffrey Ballet dancer Christian Holder photographed for After Dark Magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Joffrey Ballet dancer Christian Holder photographed for After Dark magazine. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certi...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Alice Bruno with Siamese Cat, 1950
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Model with Siamese Cat -- Mark Shaw photographed model Alice Bruno for Mademoiselle in 1950 holding a Siamese kitten -- A favorite model of Shaw's, Alice Bruno also appeared on one of his 1951 LIFE covers. The Siamese cat is renowned as extremely vocal, intelligent, and affectionate and is typically very social and exhibits a love of human and feline companionship. The first Siamese cats outside their Asian home of Siam, now Thailand, were sent as gifts in the late 1880's by the British consul-General and the American consul in Bangkok. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A black and white photograph of model...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Period of Italian Cinema - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century.
Fair conditions with oxidation.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Norman Parkinson 'Celia Hammond in Goggles for Queen Magazine, 1964'
Located in New York, NY
Celia Hammond is photographed by Norman Parkinson wearing goggles and a headdress made of silk chiffon for Queen magazine in 1964. Hammond became a favorite model of Parkinson's and ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Montgomery Clift in New York, 1952'
Located in New York, NY
American actor Montgomery Clift photographed in New York for British Vogue, November 1952.
Montgomery Clift in New York, 1952
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and numbered editio...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Duchess of Feria, 1982'
Located in New York, NY
Nati Abascal, the Duchess of Feria, photographed with her black stallion ‘Idle Ruler’ in Barbados for Town & Country magazine, in 1982.
Duchess of Feria, 1982
C print
Estate stamped...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Capricorn, Nude, Fine Art Photography
Located in München, BY
Image size: 100 x 125 cm
7 Limited Editions + 2 Artist Proofs
Archival Pigment Print
White Floating Box
frame size: 125 x 153 cm
Evocative, sensual and voluptuous, Marc Lagrange's ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
MAN RAY (1890-1976), HENRI MATISSE, 1922 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: HENRI MATISSE
Date Of Negative: 1922
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 1934 1st...
Category
1920s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Norman Parkinson 'Deborah Harris in a mermaid's tail, 1990'
Located in New York, NY
Deborah Harris is photographed on location in Malaysia wearing a custom-designed mermaid’s tail by Bob Mackie for Town & Country in February of 1990. This story was photographer Norm...
Category
1990s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Fiona Campbell-Walter for Vogue, July 1951'
Located in New York, NY
Fiona Campbell-Walter (later Baroness Thyssen) on an English beach wearing an Estrava coat with a raffia hat from Eaton. British Vogue, July 1951
Fiona Campbell-Walter for Vogue, Ju...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Divine and Bulldogs, 16x20, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Black and white portrait of famous actor Divine.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph.
Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer, Bette Midler, Grace Jones and Frank Zappa to name a few. A partial list of the films that he has generated graphics and publicity for include “The Hurt Locker”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “King Arthur”, “Tootsie”, “The Big Chill”, “Bull Durham...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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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