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Agoura, California, February 1988 - Joel Sternfeld (Colour Photography)
By Joel Sternfeld
Located in London, GB
Agoura, California, February 1988 - Joel Sternfeld (Colour Photography) Signed on reverse C-type
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1980s California Retro Photography

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C Print

Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed with
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Late 20th Century California Retro Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Beverly Hills, California, May 1979 - Joel Sternfeld (Colour Photography)
By Joel Sternfeld
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills, California, May 1979 - Joel Sternfeld (Colour Photography) Signed on reverse C-type
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1970s California Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

USA, Berkeley, California, 1956 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
USA, Berkeley, California, 1956 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed
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Late 20th Century California Retro Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Santa Monica, California, 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Santa Monica, California, 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed
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Late 20th Century California Retro Photography

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Silver Gelatin

USA, Los Angeles, California 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
USA, Los Angeles, California 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed
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Late 20th Century California Retro Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Werner, Montecito, California
By Bruce Weber
Located in New York, NY
Werner, Montecito, California 1989 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso Gelatin
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1980s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Miconia Magnifica, California
By Don Worth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed by artist
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1970s California Retro Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hollywood, California
By Ernst Haas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
significant contributions to the advancement of photography over the course of his career spanning 40 years
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1960s American Modern California Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

California Surfer
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
kidnapping case. Coming to California, Kelley was retained to photograph the stars created by David 0
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1950s Modern California Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Tropical Leaves, Fittonia Agyroneura, California
By Don Worth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed by artist
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1950s California Retro Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Californian Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Belgian Born Actress Audrey Hepburn socializing at a party in San Francisco. Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty I...
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1950s California Retro Photography

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C Print

Alcocasia 'Green Velvet' Mill Valley, California
By Don Worth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed by artist
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1980s California Retro Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Malibu, California, 1963
By Lawrence Schiller
Located in Chicago, IL
Malibu, California, 1963. Chromogenic Digital Print 16 x 20 inches Edition size: 15 *Please
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1960s Contemporary California Retro Photography

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C Print

Cactus: Trichocereus Schickendantzil, San Jose, California
By Don Worth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on recto.
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1970s California Retro Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe, California, 1953
By Andre de Dienes
Located in New York, NY
Stamped by the photographer
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1950s California Retro Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Palm Springs, California, 1963
By Lawrence Schiller
Located in Chicago, IL
Palm Springs, California, 1963. Digital Chromogenic Print 16 x 20 inches Edition size: 35
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1960s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Californian Party, Audrey Hepburn
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Californian Party, 1955 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
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1950s American Modern California Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

The Clash, California, 1979
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Open Edition Hand Signed Print by Bob Gruen Other Sizes Available Please allow extra production time.
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Joyce" Bodie, California 1984
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative photograph of a woman in a barn window by an unknown artist (American 20th Century). Signed "CJB" in the lower right corner. Dated "Oct. '84" in the lower left. Mounted on...
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1980s Contemporary California Retro Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

  • "Joyce" Bodie, California 1984
  • "Joyce" Bodie, California 1984
  • "Joyce" Bodie, California 1984
  • "Joyce" Bodie, California 1984
H 13.25 in. W 15 in. D 0.07 in.
Rain in Southern California
By Bernard Plossu
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Inspired by filmmaking, American counter-culture, and the aesthetics of the New Wave, Plossu started his photographic career in the 1960s, crafting a beautiful aesthetic that conveys...
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1970s California Retro Photography

Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Brandon' (California Blue Screen) Edition of 3, 114x142 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by
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1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

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

Ruby (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ruby (California Blue Screen) Edition of 10, 44x59 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the
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1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

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

Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Brandon' (California Blue Screen) Edition 2/3, 114x142 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the
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1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

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

  • Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
  • Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
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H 44.89 in. W 55.91 in. D 0.04 in.
Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Brandon' (California Blue Screen) Edition 3/5, 44x59 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the
Category

1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Ruby (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ruby (California Blue Screen) Edition of 10, 44x59 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the
Category

1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Brandon' (California Blue Screen) Edition of 3, 114x142 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by
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1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

Materials

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

  • Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
  • Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
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H 44.89 in. W 55.91 in. D 0.04 in.
Tom Kelley 'California Beach Kids'
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Lindbergh kidnapping case. Coming to California, Kelley was retained to photograph the stars created by
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1960s Modern California Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Brandon' (California Blue Screen) Edition 2/3, 114x142 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the
Category

1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

Materials

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

  • Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
  • Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
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H 44.89 in. W 55.91 in. D 0.04 in.
Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Brandon' (California Blue Screen) Edition 3/5, 44x59 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the
Category

1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Felix with Knife (California Bluescreen)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Felix with Knife (California Bluescreen) - 1997 38x48cm, published in 'Stranger than Paradise
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1990s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

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

  • Felix with Knife (California Bluescreen)
  • Felix with Knife (California Bluescreen)
No Reserve
H 14.97 in. W 18.51 in. D 0.04 in.
Paul Newman, Riverside Raceway, California
By Al Satterwhite
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated, print date, and numbered. Paper size: 14 x 11 in. AVAILABLE SIZES: 11 x 14 in., Edition of 25 16 x 20 in., Edition of 25 24 x 36 in., Edition o...
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1970s Contemporary California Retro Photography

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Archival Pigment

VINTAGE PRINT TANNER’S GARDEN, MONTECITO, CALIFORNIA
By Richard Ross
Located in Surfside, FL
Art (Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera), the Ansel Adams Center for Photography (Beyond
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1980s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Tulsa, OK
Ansel Adams Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, 1958, printed 1963 Signed in pencil on
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Mid-20th Century California Retro Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica, California, May 1979 - Joel Sternfeld (Colour)
By Joel Sternfeld
Located in London, GB
Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica, California, May 1979 - Joel Sternfeld (Colour) Signed and inscribed
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1970s California Retro Photography

Materials

Dye Transfer

Galaxy Craze (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Galaxy Craze (California Blue Screen) Edition of 5, 44x59 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by
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1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Stevie Wonder V1, Los Angeles, California
By Al Satterwhite
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist Proof Signed and numbered by Al Satterwhite AVAILABLE SIZES: 11 x 14 in., AP $4,000 16 x 20 in., AP $8,000 24 x 36 in., AP $14,000 36 x 54 in., AP $17,000 48 x 72 in., AP $20...
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1970s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Stevie Wonder V1, Los Angeles, California
By Al Satterwhite
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist Proof Signed and numbered by Al Satterwhite AVAILABLE SIZES: 11 x 14 in., AP $4,000 16 x 20 in., AP $8,000 24 x 36 in., AP $14,000 36 x 54 in., AP $17,000 48 x 72 in., AP $20...
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1970s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Felix with Knife (California Blue Screen)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Felix with Knife' (California Blue Screen), 1997, 44x59cm cm, sold out Edition of 10, Artist
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1990s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Jean Patchett and Hard Hat Diver, Cole of California, 1954
By William Helburn
Located in New York, NY
This photograph is an edition of 50. See below for other editions available. All editions are signed by the photographer. Larger sizes may be available upon request.
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1950s California Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin

Californian Party (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Californian Party, 1955 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
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1950s American Modern California Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Luminous Forest, Yosemite National Park, California
By David H. Gibson
Located in Dallas, TX
, Houston, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gibson’s work has been exhibited at the AIPAD Photography
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Late 20th Century American Modern California Retro Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

After a Flash Flood, Rancho Mirage, California, 1979 - Joel Sternfeld (Colour)
By Joel Sternfeld
Located in London, GB
After a Flash Flood, Rancho Mirage, California, 1979 - Joel Sternfeld (Colour) Initialled and
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1970s California Retro Photography

Materials

Dye Transfer

Cadiz, California
Located in Hudson, NY
Antony Zega (1962-2019). Cadiz, 1987. Photographic print, 10 x 10 inches. Mounted to acid free matting board measuring 16 x 20 inches. Unsigned. Estate stamp on verso.
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1980s California Retro Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Highway 66, Chambliss, California, February, 1986
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series. Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe Laurel Canyon, California, 1953
By Milton Greene
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
American actress, model and singer Marilyn Monroe during an editorial photo-shoot for Look magazine at the Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, CA, 1953.
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1950s California Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tank, California
By Rick Chapman
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated, print date and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Category

1990s California Retro Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

  • Tank, California
  • Tank, California
H 15.25 in. W 15.25 in.
Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - 2021 20x20cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category

1990s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - 2021 20x20cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category

1990s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - 2021 20x20cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category

1990s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Felix with Knife (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Felix with Knife (California Blue Screen) - 1997 Edition 1/3, 114x142cm, analog C-Print, hand
Category

1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - 2021 20x20cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category

1990s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Felix with Knife (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Felix with Knife (California Blue Screen) - 1997 sold out Edition of 5, Artist Proof 1/2, 44x59cm
Category

1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - 2021 20x20cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category

1990s Contemporary California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Kirsten Red Lips (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Kirsten Red Lips' (California Blue Screen) Edition 1/3, 114x142 cm, analog C-Print, hand
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1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

Materials

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

California Garden Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons California Garden Party, 1975 Chromogenic lambda print Estate Edition of 150
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1970s American Modern California Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Californian Cocktail Party (Audrey Hepburn)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Californian Party, 1955 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
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1950s American Modern California Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

1969 "Sacramento Valley, California" Attr. Chauncey Hare Photograph
Located in Arp, TX
Attr. Chauncey Hare (1934-2019) "Sacramento Valley, California" 1969 Gelatin silver print 19.75"x16
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Late 20th Century American Realist California Retro Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Unknown Girl in Venice Beach (California Blue Screen)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Unknown Girl, Venice Beach (California Blue Screen) Edition of 10, 44x59 cm. Archival hand
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1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

Materials

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

Unknown Girl in Venice Beach (California Blue Screen)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Unknown Girl in Venice Beach (California Blue Screen) Edition of 10, 44x59 cm. Archival hand
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1990s Outsider Art California Retro Photography

Materials

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

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Find the exact piece of california retro photography you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. In our selection of items, you can find Contemporary examples as well as a Modern version. You’re likely to find the perfect item from our selection of california retro photography among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right choice in our collection of california retro photography is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes black, gray, brown and blue. Creating an object in our assortment of california retro photography has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Stefanie Schneider, Julius Shulman, Slim Aarons, Elliott Erwitt and John R. Hamilton are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in silver gelatin print, c print and paper — can elevate any room of your home.

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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. 

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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.

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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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