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Art Subject: Portrait
Woman collecting sea shells
Located in Middletown, NY
Circa 1890 Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (266 x 203 mm), small handwritten number '285' in negative, lower left. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear mounting corners. [Nagasaki University Library, Catalog Number : 1889] A woman wearing a towel over her head Anesama kaburi style picks up shells. The background is the sea. There are boats with sails on the beach. It is probably a dramatized photo. Ogawa Katsumasa (1860 – 1936) was a pivotal figure in early Japanese photography. He adapted cutting-edge Western technology in photo-printing processes to produce numerous half-tone and collotype publications which transformed the market which had previously concentrated on the more expensive souvenir albums. Ogawa's publications were also instrumental in introducing Japanese art and culture to a mass international audience. He built one of the most successful photographic businesses in late-Meiji Japan. He opened his first portrait studio in Tomioka, Gumma Prefecture, in 1877. [Bennett, Terry. Old Japanese Photographs...
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Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Brando (1950) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Brando (1950) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives) Marlon Brando, 1950 in costume for his infamous role as Stanley in Elia Kazan’s classic A Str...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe, 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 without flash in available light. The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted with a burlesque corset for her ride on a pink elephant at a charity event at Madison Square Garden. (from Wikipedia) This is a unique silver gelatine print, made in 1988 from the original negative.
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Faiber Oct 10. From The series Guerreros. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The series Guerreros. Photomontage on archival paper intervened by the artist with bland ink mounted on archival paper. Unframed Signed, titled and dated by the artist The root...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Untitled II. 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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

Sade (Nude) – Albert Watson, Black & White, Celebrity, Fashion, Sade, Nude, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Sade (Nude), 1992 Archival pigment print 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.) Edition of 10, plus 2 AP Print only Drake purchased a series of Albert's ...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Shannon - 21st Century, Figurative Photography, Contemporary, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
"Shannon", Edition 1/10, 20x30cm, 2017, digital Print, printed on Velvet Watercolor, 310gsm, Bright White, Acid Free, Signature label and Certificate. Published in Tao Ruspoli's Mon...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Tilda Swinton (Limited Edition of 25), 30x40 In - Celebrity Photography
Located in New York, NY
This 1986 black and white photograph was shot by British celebrity and fashion photographer, John Stoddart, captures Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton,...
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1980s Young British Artists (YBA) Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fan Mail, 1950 - Marilyn Monroe Silk Lace Gown The Asphalt Jungle Fan Mail
Located in Brighton, GB
Fan Mail, 1950 - Marilyn Monroe Silk Lace Gown The Asphalt Jungle Fan Mail by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Pleas...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Seductor. 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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

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...
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1950s Post-War Nude Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Georgianna
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15 signed and numbered Also available in: 90 x 120 cm / 35.4 x 47.2 in 120 x 160 cm / 47.2 x 63 in Figurative photography of a Supermodel in the style of sculptor C...
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1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Black and White

Muhammed Ali
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...
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1970s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

El Negro 1/1 Escultura Griega. From the Series Guerreros. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
El Negro 1/1 Escultura Griega, 1991 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 Sig...
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Amelia
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 5. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production. Shipping time depends on method of shipping. Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph. ABOUT: For the last two years Mark and Kristen have collaborated using one of the earliest photographic methods, collodion wet plate to create ambrotypes on glass and tintypes on aluminum. They use a 1860 style view camera to create one-of-a-kind images, which become windows into an intimate, romantic, and beautiful world of faces, still lives, nudes, and landscapes. In this demanding process, the collodion coated tin or glass plates are immersed in a silver nitrate solution, and then they must be exposed in the camera and developed while still wet. Serendipitous flaws and beautiful imperfections are an inevitable part of this imprecise hands-on process. This show includes a combination of 24 tintypes and ambrotypes, which are 8x10 and smaller in size. Their intimate sizes ask the viewers to look closer and spend more time with these photographs to fully appreciate their power. — A welcome antidote to today's nonstop, ¬instantaneous imagery. Paradoxically, this intersection of past and present gives these pieces an unmistakably contemporary feel. The two collaborators deliberately play up the ambiguity of time. The nudes (some recalling E.J. Bellocq's alluring portraits of New Orleans prostitutes in 1912) are suffused with freshness and sensuality, even eroticism at times, with nearly all of them coming off as refined rather than crass. Fredrick Scott...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Egg and Couli 1, Diptych. Color Photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Immaculate closes the body of work started with Paranoia. This series is made of a single image (‘Egg’) that represents the bubble the artist lives in, isolated from the external wor...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

Sunset (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunset (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x24cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #958...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Madonna - limited edition Estate print
Located in London, GB
Madonna - signed limited edition print Early photograph of Madonna, 1980. (photo Mick Rock) paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm Stamped and numbered by the Estate. Archival ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blondie Blue by BATIK signed limited edition Oversize POP ART
Located in London, GB
Blondie Blue by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART print Paper Size OVERSIZE 24 x 20" inches / 51 x 41 cm Signed & numbered by artist on front Archival Pigment print Limited to ...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

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Color, Archival Pigment

Poro. 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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

A Samburu woman is the subject of this classic fashion-inspired, black and white
Located in US
"Nonguta and the Vine" A Samburu woman is the subject of this classic fashion-inspired, black and white portrait In this fashion-inspired portrait, an elegant and beautiful Samburu...
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2010s Minimalist Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ladies' Hat Fashion 1954 – Original Vintage – Black & White
Located in Cologne, DE
Ladies' Hat Fashion 1954 – Original Vintage – Black & White Photographer: Klaus Redenbacher Model Gina poses with striking elegance in this 1954 studio portrait taken in Munich. Wear...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Happy Marilyn, 1956 - Marilyn Monroe Portrait Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Happy Marilyn, 1956 - Marilyn Monroe Portrait Silver Gelatin Print Photograph American actress Marilyn Monroe is caught in this unposed, unscr...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, 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...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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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...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Aventure d'une libertine XV. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the series was born, with a more erotic style than the others. The diversity of German photographer Uwe Ommer, who frequently works with aesthetic nudes, makes his art a perfect gift for all nude devotees. In Ommer's series you can find adventure, vintage erotica, acrobats, models interacting with Icelandic landscapes and many other fascinating shots. From The secret Album...
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1960s Modern Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Warhol Superstar Joe Dallesandro, iconic 'rough trade' pose for After Dark
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro photographed nude for After Dark magazine, 1970, shortly after starring in Andy Warhol's 'Trash'. Vintage 11 x 14 inch silver gelatin exhibition phot...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Deseo Insular VI. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Nude Color Photograph
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...
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2010s Conceptual Nude Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Jimi Hendrix by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
Jimi Hendrix, London 1967 by Gered Mankowitz A portrait of Jimi looking serious while in an embroidered jacket. "Shot during my first session with Jimi at my Studio in early 1967." ...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lisa - Silver Gelatin print, Contemporary signed limited edition nude photo
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
‘ Lisa ' By Ian Sanderson, Silver Gelatin print, Fiber based Photography : 1989 A beautiful silver gelatin fibre based print produced in the darkroom directly from the negative. The ...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver

The Source - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 24” x 36”
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of two naked women wrapped in red tulle. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on...
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2010s Photorealist Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Merayun - B&W photograph by John Kenny of traditional African woman. Acrylic
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Merayun, a Rendille woman from northern Kenya in 2019. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography

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C Print

Roli. 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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

Paul Dillon by Richard Fegley - Vintage Photograph - 1989
By Richard Fegley
Located in Roma, IT
Paul Dillon by Richard Fegley is a collection of two photographic prints on leyered baryta paper. Photographs realized in 1989 by famous Playboy's offi...
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1980s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

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...
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Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Donald J. Trump - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Donald J. Trump- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized by Randy Drouke in the 1960s. Good condition.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

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...
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1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

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

Martini Girl
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 2/5, includes signed signature label. Additional sizes available upon request. With his passion for formal technique and composition, internationally renowned photographer Nath...
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2010s Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

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...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled. 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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Milton Greene, "Portrait of Marilyn", original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph from the original negative taken by Milton Greene in 1954. This image depicts Hollywood Icon, Marilyn Monroe, and bears the Milton H. Gre...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic 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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

Red Pretzel - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 21.3х17.5"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a topless dancer diving in red tutu skirt on black background. Original gallery quality digital archival pigment print on archi...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
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1890s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Cocteau Rings, #2271. Homage to Horst P. Horst limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Natasha Zupan's body of work, 'Homage to Horst P. Horst', explores the manipulation of surface texture, light, and the interweaving of time. She has incorporated found images in book...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

RICHARD AVEDON - CENTER FOR CREATIVE IMAGING
Located in Portland, ME
Avedon, Richard. RICHARD AVEDON - CENTER FOR CREATIVE IMAGING. Poster, 1991. Signed in ink by Avedon. Captioned " Gordon Stevenson, drifter Interstate 90 Butte Montana...
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1990s Portrait Photography

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Offset

Aquarius, Nude. Limited Edition Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
He uses the vivid contrast of color to add an extra dimension in the movement and shadows of each piece. Almost giving a glimpse, outside of the nostalgia, of his -black & whites- an...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment

Make up Mirrors - Black and White Royal Pavilion Brighton Thurston Hopkins
Located in Brighton, GB
Make up Mirrors - Black and White Royal Pavilion Photograph Judy Dunlop, a participant in the Holiday Girl Beauty competition, is captured completely un-posed by Thurston Hopkins a...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Ladies' hat fashion in 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Photograph by Klaus Redenbacher, Munich, 1954 In this striking 1954 portrait, German model Gisela poses in an improvised photo studio in Munich, showcasing a piece of postwar fashion...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

After the storm.
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

Endless Options
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "As a self-portrait artist, I use the observation of my surroundings, personal experiences, and my own personal growth to create conceptual images. I am a highly positive person and this positivity often reflects in my work delivering images with a strong message on personal growth, self-love, and empowerment. I want my images to give hope and teach people to appreciate themselves, to love, dream, and believe that everything is possible if we believe it is. My images often feature simple backgrounds, saturated colors, and characteristic props like flowers, plants, origami, or balloons. creating dreamlike images both rich aesthetically and in meaning." - Fares Micue...
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2010s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dancer Daryl Gray nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine: “After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications. I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark. Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Touching (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Touching (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 48x58cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label artist...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 11 x 14 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
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1970s Realist Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

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Bride - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 22x18"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal monochromatic underwater nude photograph captures a young woman wrapped in flowing translucent fabric. The sepia-toned composition emphasizes texture and movement, wher...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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...
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

The Drugs Don't Work I - Oversize signed limited edition - Pop Art - Twiggy
Located in London, GB
The Drugs Don't Work I - Oversize limited edition - Pop Art - Twiggy by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

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Color, Archival Pigment

Bikinis In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Bikinis In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Marni Morrell and Denise Schluscer with a third woman, all wearing bikinis, pose beside a statue on a bridge in Haiti, in January ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cary Grant And Grace Kelly In To Catch A theift(1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Cary Grant And Grace Kelly In To Catch A thief (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images Archive London England). Cary Grant and Grace Kelly publicity por...
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography

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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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