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African American Portrait, Portrait Photography, Portrait Prints-Tangerine
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
African American Portrait, Portrait Photography, Portrait Prints-Tangerine
ABOUT THIS PIECE
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Color
African American Portrait Photography, Portrait Prints, Portrait Art-Double Curl
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
African American Portrait Photography, Portrait Prints, Portrait Art-Double Curl
ABOUT THIS PIECE
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Color
African American Man on Street - 20th Century, America, Street photography
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
.
The body of work, States of America, is the photographic legacy of one of the UK’s leading
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
LION PRINT PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPH AFRICA EXHIBITION POSTER
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exhibition Poster from the Shane Russeck Pop up gallery in Los Angeles.
Printed on acid-free archival paper
Dimensions: 24" x 36" sheet.
Photograph © Shane Russeck
Excelle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Woman Protestor, March on Washington, African-American Civil Rights Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
, capturing the daily life of African-Americans. Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the East
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Black & White Photograph by Frank Stewart 'Africa, Clock of the Earth'
Located in White Plains, NY
African American photography collective Kamoinge. His photographs have been featured in thirty solo
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment, Digital Pigment
Woman on Bus, Washington Protest, African-American Civil Rights Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, Portrait Photography of African American Children 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pi...
Beauty Contest, Harlem, Black and White Photography of African American Fashion
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
in White America, page 106.
Predating Fashion Week the photograph punctuates African Americans
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
African American Youth With Water Reflections
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers
Category
1970s Conceptual Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Muscle Boy, Harlem, Black and White Photography 1960s African American Children
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital Pigment, Photographic Film, Arc...
Berlin, Germany, African-American Soldier in Europe And Civil Rights Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
an African-American soldier in Berlin is from Freed's seminal book Black in White America (p. 6). For
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Southern State, Black and White Civil Rights Photography African Americans 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
of photography.
It was when she photographed Jimi Hendrix at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 1969
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Mother of Two, Africa Photography - Limited Editions of 15
By Dorte Verner
Located in New York, NY
. This image was shot by Dorte Verner in Djibouti, East Africa, one of the warmest and driest cities in
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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H 20 in W 24 in
Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
of photography.
It was when she photographed Jimi Hendrix at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 1969
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
of photography.
It was when she photographed Jimi Hendrix at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 1969
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
of photography.
It was when she photographed Jimi Hendrix at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 1969
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
of photography.
It was when she photographed Jimi Hendrix at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 1969
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
C Print Color Photo Mississippi Juke Joint Photograph African American Americana
By Birney Imes
Located in Surfside, FL
Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, the Center for Creative Photography
Category
1980s American Realist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
"Roar" - 40x60 Black and White Lion Photography Africa African Lion Photograph
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion.
40x60 Edition of 10. Signed by Shane
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"SITTING KING" 24x36 Black and White Lion Photography Africa African Lion
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion.
Printed on Archival Paper Using Archival ink
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset, Animal Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Inkjet
"SITTING KING" 40x50 Black and White Lion Photography Africa African Lion Art
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion.
Printed on Archival Paper Using Archival ink
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"SITTING KING" 40x50 Black and White Lion Photography Africa African Lion Art
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion.
Printed on Archival Paper Using Archival ink
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
All the While: cinematic photograph, interior w/ Black African American woman
By Nadine Rovner
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Nadine Rovner orchestrates lush cinematic scenes, exploring a visual world of heightened tension, anticipation, anxiety, longing and desire. These carefully staged, richly textured e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
"African Feather Head Dress" Photography 40"x27" inch Edition 2/7 by Safaa Kagan
By Safaa Kagan
Located in Culver City, CA
"African Feather Head Dress" Photography 40"x27" inch Edition 2/7 by Safaa Kagan
Omo Valley
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
African American Large Vintage Color Photograph Dandy C Print Photo Ike Ude
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art.
Iké
Category
1990s Conceptual Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
African American Large Vintage Color Photograph Dandy C Print Photo Ike Ude
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art.
Iké
Category
1990s Conceptual Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
African American Large Vintage Color Photograph Dandy C Print Photo Ike Ude
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art.
Iké
Category
1990s Conceptual Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
African American Large Vintage Color Photograph Dandy C Print Photo Ike Ude
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
, artist/spectator, African/post-nationalist, mainstream/marginal, individual/everyman and fashion/art.
Iké
Category
1990s Conceptual Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color
Two African American Women Shine in Pink and Orange on Easter Day Parade
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jazz Photograph of Miles Davis by Frank Stewart, 'Miles in the Green Room'
Located in White Plains, NY
.
Stewart is a member of the New York-based African American photography collective Kamoinge. His
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment, Digital Pigment
Lion Portrait - 36x48 Black & White Photography, Photograph Fine Art Africa
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion.
36x48
Unsigned Print
Archival Pigment print
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Roar" - 40x60 Black & White Lion Photography , Africa, Lion Photograph Unsinged
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a black and white photograph of an African Lion.
40x60
Unsigned Test Print
Printed on
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Face Off" "30x40" - Black & White Photography, Lion Photograph African Art
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of an African Lion by Shane Russeck.
30x40
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
H 30 in W 40 in D 0.5 in
"Roar" - 40x60 Black & White Lion Photography , Africa, Lion Photograph Unsinged
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a black and white photograph of an African Lion.
40x60
Unsigned Test Print
Printed on
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Roar" - 36x48 Black and White Lion Photography , Africa, Lion Photograph
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion.
36x48 Edition of 12. Signed by Shane
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fashion Show, Brooklyn, New York, African American Life 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"America's Best"
By Charles Robert Searles
Located in Lambertville, NJ
travel to Africa. His travels in Africa marked his life and work forever -- the life, the rhythms, the
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
African American Composer Olly Wilson, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of African American Composer Olly Wilson in 2003. Signed
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 14 in W 11 in D 0.03 in
African American Choreographer Talley Beatty, signed by Jack Mitchell.
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Beatty, considered one of the greatest African American choreographers, 1971. Signed by Jack Mitchell on
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 11 in W 14 in D 0.03 in
Panthera Leo - 30x50 Black and White Photography, Lion Photograph Print Africa
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a black and white photograph of an African Lion by Shane Russeck.
Printed on Archival
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Panthera Leo" - 40x60 Black and White Lion Photography, Africa, Photograph, Art
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion.
Printed on archival paper using archival
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Face Off" 36x48 - Black & White Fine Art Photography, Lion Photograph Africa
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of an African Lion by Shane Russeck.
36x48
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
H 38 in W 48 in D 0.5 in
"Face Off" 24x36 - Black & White Photography, Lion Photograph Africa Fine Art
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of an African Lion by Shane Russeck.
24x36
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
H 24 in W 36 in D 0.5 in
African American jazz composer, conductor, and musician David Baker, signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of African American jazz composer, conductor, and
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 14 in W 11 in D 0.03 in
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, Black and White Photograph African American Children 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Mr. Harlem, Photograph of African American Life New York City 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The image capturing African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s, Mr. Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Photograph of Baptism in the Street by Frank Stewart 'God's Trombones'
Located in White Plains, NY
African American photography collective Kamoinge. His photographs have been featured in thirty solo
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment, Digital Pigment
Black & White Photograph by Frank Stewart 'Easter Sunday'
Located in White Plains, NY
.
Stewart is a member of the New York-based African American photography collective Kamoinge. His
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment, Digital Pigment
Black & White Photograph by Frank Stewart 'Smoke and the Lovers, Hawkins Grill'
Located in White Plains, NY
-based African American photography collective Kamoinge. His photographs have been featured in thirty
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment, Digital Pigment
Portrait Photograph by Frank Stewart 'Goree Island Painter aka Slave Castle Back
Located in White Plains, NY
African American photography collective Kamoinge. His photographs have been featured in thirty solo
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment, Digital Pigment
Sammy Davis Junior, New York City, Portrait of African American Star
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
portrait of Sammy Davis Jr., a legendary African American celebrity, singer, dancer, actor, and comedian
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Digital
African savanna, Giraffes at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography
Category
1980s Futurist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Colors of Africa Abstracted Zebras
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted limited edition photograph of zebras with vivid colors by Ken Dorr (American, 20th
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Photography
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper
African American Dancer/Founder Donald McKayle leading his company in class
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of African American Dancer/ Company Founder Donald
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 11 in W 14 in D 0.03 in
Fashion Show, Harlem NY, Black and White Photograph African American Life 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
fashion back in the day when African Americans in Harlem enjoyed long necklaces, glamorous gowns, and
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Harlem, Photograph of African American Everyday Life in New York City 1950s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
, Washington, D.C., and throughout the South, capturing the daily life of African-Americans. Documenting the
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Mr. Harlem, Photograph of African-American Body Builder, New York City 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The image of a body builder from the 1960s captures African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film
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The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later.
Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide.
What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?
Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.
Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.
Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.
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- What is African American quilting?2 Answers1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022African American quilting has roots in history during slavery and was a way for African American women to bond. The quilts themselves tell stories of history, teach lessons and are beacons of hope. Shop a collection of African American quilts from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The history of African-American quilting stretches back almost as far as the beginning of the United States itself. The craft began with slave women quilting on plantations and after emancipation, the tradition of quilting continued. Today, there are many African American quilters who are inspired by a number of different quilting traditions. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of African-American quilts from some of the world’s top sellers.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023Some famous African-American artists include Horace Pippin, Augusta Savage, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Aaron Douglas, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kerry James Marshall, Theaster Gates, Sam Gillam, Kara Walker and Kehinde Wiley. Shop a variety of African-American art from some of the world’s top galleries on 1stDibs.
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