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Art Subject: Portrait
Sea Crown. Portrait. Limited Edition Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sea Crown, by Ricky Cohete Color Archival Pigment print Medium size: 36 in H x 24 in W. Edition of 10 + 1AP Unframed 2020 The artist uses a vivid contrast of color to add an extra...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Pigment

Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Archive London) Evacuee Barrie Peacop enjoys an ice cream as he sits on a mine ...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Havana Café by James Sparshat, Framed Palladium Platinum Photograph
Located in Coltishall, GB
Havana Café. El Escabeche is a bar about halfway along called Obispo in old Havana. It was late afternoon when the band began to play. Their new lead singer was performing for the fi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Photography

Materials

Platinum

How can you do this to me? (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
How can you do this to me? (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #88...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Ruth- Signed limited edition nude print, Black white Contemporary, Romantic
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Ruth - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1995 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then print...
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Gi...

Sculptor Herbert George in his Manhattan studio with new work
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of sculptor Herbert George in his Manhattan studio with new work, 1971. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate o...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Shape of Water III
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...
Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Pursuit of Happiness - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Pursuit of Happiness (29 Palms, CA) - 2009 including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Shreya, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating bac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Lonely Longing (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lonely Longing (29 palms, CA) - 2013 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 16639. Not mounted. In Stefanie Schneider's evocative piece "Her Last Call," she presents a poignant scene featuring the talented actor Heather Megan Christie. The composition centers around a captivating image of Christie holding a red rotary phone...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Unfold - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Unfold 2019, 20x20 cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2019-729. K...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Black and White

Bling Bling #05 [From the series Odd Stories]
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bling Bling #05 [From the series Odd Stories], 87x66cm digital print based on an original Polaroid mounted on Dibond - matt coating Hand signed & numbered by artist edition 2012, 1 o...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Breathe - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Breathe, 2018, 19x25 cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, based on an original Polaroid, Digital C-print, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist Inventory Numb...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Black and White

Managua, Nicaragua, 1957 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Managua, Nicaragua, 1957 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label Silver gelatin print, printed later Ava...
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20th Century Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dolly Parton
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print by Ed Caraeff of Dolly Parton taken during the cover session for her album ‘Here You Come Again’ in Los Angeles, CA, US, July ...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Autumn Breeze (Wastelands) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Autumn Breeze (Wastelands) - 2008 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #1183 Not mounted. Stefan...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Angela Lansbury as 'Mame' on Broadway
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actress Angela Lansbury in costume for 'Mama' on Broadway, 1966. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...
Category

1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

One Day I'll Fly (Stage of Consciousness) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
One Day I'll Fly (Stage of Consciousness) - 2008 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #6481 Not mo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Super Jimmy by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Super Jimmy Super – Jimmy Connors, Wimbledon Tennis Championships, 1975 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced onc...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lavinia Co-op, NYC. Girlfriend Series. Black and White Portrait Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Men, Women, and Drag, draws inspiration from his diverse roles as a photographer, poet, and activist. His work often intersects with themes of identity, social justice, and cultural ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Desert Center - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Desert Center (Stranger than Paradise) - 2000 Edition of 10, 20x20cm. Archival Print, based on a Polaroid. Mounted on dibond with matte UV-Protection. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 1986. Published in Stranger than Paradise, Hatje Cantz (monograph) Stefanie Schneider: A Discovery on Polaroid. An essay by Eugen Blume How is it that the photographic works of Stefanie Schneider do not allow anything other than one single association, namely that of America? Because they were taken in America itself? That fact alone would not yet be a compelling argument. Many photographs of America possess a reckless ambivalence which allows even the different country of their own particular creator to seem so similar as to be confused with America itself. Does this ambiguity have something to do with the ongoing, accelerating Americanization of the entire world? Or is it simply connected with our personal clichés which we attribute to a country the size of North America as valid expressions of its very essence, thereupon negligently allowing it not only to dwindle down into any size whatever, but also to expand to a great extent, from Germany by way of Luxembourg right through to Japan? Now it is certainly true that the figures of Thelma and Louise in the desert do not represent an American reality, not even after their resurrection as Radha and Max in the series 29 Palms from 1999. Strangely enough, it is nature which allows this utterly artificial scene to grow into an American verity. The harsh sunlight in the barren landscape establishes the fundamental tone out of which the women emerge in excessive hysteria from beneath their colored wigs. It is inherently absurd to celebrate the feminine aspect in the middle of a mercilessly inhospitable environment. The image of the two women is a monument of resistance, the meaningful assertion of a lifestyle which stands in contradiction to each and every convention. The pictorial structure and the captured movement along the edge of the format are a means of blending the glaring luminosity with the plot in a manner which perhaps functions successfully only in the “simple” instant technique of the Polaroid. Stefanie Schneider’s pictorial narratives are striking in their formal elegance. She utilizes the chemical faults of the Polaroids, their tendency towards overexposure and double-images as a sovereignly controlled means of artistic design. The defects become, as it were, metaphorical levels which plumb depths lying far beneath the surface. The overly bright colors and schlieren seek out the uncanny; they provide a counterweight to a narration that is deliberately kept superficial. They tell of an invisible strand. They illuminate, in the truest sense of the word, underground processes. Although we are familiar with a series featuring American flags which could not indicate the site of its narrations any more clearly, nevertheless there remains a fundamental doubt as to whether the initially described association with America is identical with that which we deem to be America in a geographical sense. Although I have in the meantime been in America several times, in both South and North America, deep down I remain uncertain as to whether the New World actually exists. Columbus’ error of continuing to believe, even when having arrived on land, that he was encountering the India which was the actual goal of his journey has burrowed down deep into the European unconscious as a cultural convention. Peter Bichsel’s amusing story “Amerika gibt es nicht” (There is no America) still remains today an undeniable truth: America’s northern half is a film, not a continent. Everything which signifies the U.S.A. – from the Indians, whose most noble savages were invented in Europe, all the way to September 11th and the subsequent war in Iraq, the aliens and the revival of the dinosaurs, the terminators as governors and presidents as actors and vice versa, the electric chairs, the godfather Marlon...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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

Marilyn Monroe Sitting at Table
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe sitting at a dining table, smiling with a fork in her hand. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for...
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

It's over! (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
It's over! (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Rowing Machine
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Stamped and numbered, verso 14 x 11 inches, sheet (Edition of 15) 20 x 16 inches, sheet (Edition of 10) 24 x 20 inches, sheet (Edition of 10) From the series...
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Light (Sidewinder) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Light (Sidewinder) - 2008 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #3079 Not mounted. Stefanie S...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Frozen I (Stranger than Paradise)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Frozen I (Stranger than Paradise) - 2001 50x49cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Debbie Harry photographed in New York City in 1978. (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size ...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Fluid Bella Hadid Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Series titled "Nothing Stays Still", where they keep questioning the fashion photography industry by creating a new visual identity of their images moving them away from their origin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment

The Hunter (Odd Stories)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'The Hunter' by Carmen De Vos (Odd Stories) - 2/25, 2013 digtal print mounted on black mdf, matte coating, dimensions 15x11,3cm (the second image shows a sample piece mounted) hand s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Wood Panel, Color, Digital, Polaroid

Elvis Presley, portrait
Located in Cologne, DE
Elvis Presley portrait, press material
Category

Late 20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color

Penny Lane and Nastasia at Sunset (Chicks and Chicks) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Penny Lane and Nastasia at Sunset (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) - 2008 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Life Under (Blue, Cool, Portrait, Medusa)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Angie Jennings Life Under Archival Pigment Print Year: 2020 Visible Size: 16 x 13 inches Sheet Size: 20 x 16 inches Framed Size: 20 x 16 inches Signature Details: Lower left, archiv...
Category

2010s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Farthest East by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young Fulani girl in Ethiopia. The Fulani have a nomadic lifestyle that sees them moving across the Sahel from Mali in the West to Ethiopia in the East. John Kenny’s work is all...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Untitled (Oilfields) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Analog, Enlargement
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Oilfields) - 2004 60x60cm, Edition 2/10, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 1220.0...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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

Henry featuring Ryan Gosling (Stay) - featuring Ryan Gosling - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Henry (Stay) - 2006 featuring Ryan Gosling 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 5248 Not mounted...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Liza Minelli with Gene Kelly
Located in Cologne, DE
Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli i...
Category

1980s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

20th & Broadway
Located in Kansas City, MO
Paul McMillian 20th & Broadway Year: 2024 Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Framed Size: 13 x 13 x 0.25 inches COA provided *Ready to hang; matted and framed in a min...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print David Bowie, 1976 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size varies according to print size. Unfr...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

3498 - Abstract portrait photography, Limited edition 3 of 20
Located in London, GB
'3498' London, United Kingdom 2022 From limited edition of 20. The photograph is signed front bottom right corner and comes with a certificate of authenticity, signed date of prin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Photography

Materials

Film, Photographic Film, Giclée

TooLess 7225, 3D Nude Color Photograph. Framed Lightbox
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, Wood, Lights

Waiting for the drums by James Sparshatt. Framed Silver Gelatin Photograph Print
Located in Coltishall, GB
Waiting for the drums The anticipation of the next beat, the next dance, when everything comes alive. The Carnaval of Olinda, on the north east coast of Brazil...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

I don't like it (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I don't like it (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. A...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper

Natalie Wood in Coat for "The Great Race"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white portrait features Natalie Wood smiling in a heavy coat for her role in "The Great Race". Natalie Wood was an American-Russian actress. She began her ca...
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Miss Moneypenny (Heavenly Falls) - Jane Bond, Polaroid, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Miss Moneypenny (Heavenly Falls) - 2016 48x47cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist inventory ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Madonna (29 Palms, CA) - analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Madonna (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist inventory Nu...
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Archive London) Evacuee Barrie Peacop enjoys an ice cream as he sits on a mine ...
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Sardinian Holiday Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Sardinian Holiday Selvaggia Borromeo enjoys a yachting holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, 1967. Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 30 inches / ca 101 x 76 cm's. Estate Stamp...
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Three Times a Lady (Till Death Do Us Part) - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Three Times a Lady (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005, 38x37cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Sleepy Head (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sleepy Head (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, Signature label and Certificate. Artist inventory Numbe...
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (29 Palms, CA) - analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist inventory N...
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Norman Parkinson 'Audrey Hepburn wearing Givenchy in Italy, 1955'
Located in New York, NY
Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn is photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from his Spring/Summer 1955 collection at 'Villa Rolli', a farmhouse in the Al...
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

I don't believe what you say to me anymore (Till Death do Us Part) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I don't believe what you say to me anymore (Till Death do Us Part) - 2008 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certifi...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (Beachshoot) - analog, Polaroid, hand-print, vintage
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Beachshoot) - 2005 127x126cm, Edition 3/5, analog C-Print, hand-Printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte finish, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventory # 1418.03. Not mounted. Beachshoot These photographic phantasies are determined by carefully chosen constraints and the use of symbolic attributes. Telegraph poles, airplanes, vast wastelands, a train bridge or a 50s American car tell in the same manner different stories, as do lurid wigs, kids toys, a headscarf or an old super 8 camera...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

New York City, Color Street Photography, Portrait of Subway Star
Located in New york, NY
A portrait of an African-American street musician In star-shaped sunglasses, with his sax in hand on the #6 Train in New York City. Subway Star, NYC, 2010 by Roberta Fineberg is 17" ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Who's That (Beachshoot) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Who's That (Beachshoot) - 2005 featuring Radha Mitchell 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. A...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955
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

Ponder (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ponder (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 40x40cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inv...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dean Rounds Up Taylor (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dean Rounds Up Taylor (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo Cineclassico/Alamy Archives) GIANT Elizabeth Taylor Rock Hudson James Dean 1956. Directed by George Stevens...
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, 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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