Sold|$2,848
Waiting II (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Nude, 21st Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gronert Not “Twenty-six Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Color
Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photograph, Woman, Schneider,
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palms, CA” Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sold|$1,898
Long Way Home - triptych, expired, Polaroid, Contemporary, Pop-Art, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Sold|$415
Male Nude V from the 29 Palms, CA series - Polaroid, 20th Century, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Male Nude VI (29 Palms, CA) - 20x20cm
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Morning Light (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, 20th Century, Color, Portrait, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here at
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sold|$350
Jimi Hendrix Palm Trees - Contemporary, Landscape, Polaroid, Photograph, Expired
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees X (Californication)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sold|$415
Male Nude V from the 29 Palms, CA series - Polaroid, 20th Century, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Waiting II - Sidewinder
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gronert Not “Twenty-six Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Male Nude VI (29 Palms, CA) - 20x20cm
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Jungle Boy (Back in the 80's)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
29 Day Dreams - 29 Palms, CA, analog hand-print, 58x56cm, 21st Century, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Moments in time - Sidewinder - Diptych
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book
Wood, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Moments in time III - Sidewinder
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gronert Not “Twenty-six Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
White Trash Beautiful II from the 29 Palms, CA series
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
– Stefan Gronert Not “Twenty-six Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sold|$593
Girl Nude at Window - Bathtime III (29 Palms, CA) based on a Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
-six Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Nipple - Bathtime III (29 Palms, CA) based on a Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sold|$356
Radha Leopard Dress II with Radha Mitchell based on a Paloroid Original
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here at hand
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid
Sold|$1,305
Untitled - Oilfields
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid
Radha doing her Nails by the Pool
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the
C Print, Polaroid
Gasstation at Night I - Stranger than Paradise
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
– Stefan Gronert Not “Twenty-six Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid
Village Motel Sunset
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sold|$356
Untitled (Oilfields) Contemporary, 21st Century, Portrait, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here at
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sold|$8,308
Radha Mind Screen, Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, Photograph
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
– Stefan Gronert Not “Twenty-six Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sold|$500
Santa Monica Palm Trees - Stranger than Paradise - Artist Proof 2/3 - last
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here at hand
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid
Untitled (Oilfields) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Desert, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Moments in time - Sidewinder - Diptych
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book
Wood, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Santa Monica Palm Trees II - Stranger than Paradise
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
– Stefan Gronert Not “Twenty-six Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
A vision you can't Capture (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper
Santa Monica Palm Trees II - Stranger than Paradise
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
– Stefan Gronert Not “Twenty-six Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
White Trash Beautiful I (29 Palms, CA) featuring Radha Mitchell - vintage print
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sold|$240
Feathered (Stage of Consciousness) - 20x24cm, starring Radha Mitchell
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
“Twenty-six Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Santa Monica Palm Trees (Californication)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Color
Making Magic - The Girl behind the White Picket Fence
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gasoline Stations” but “29 Palms, CA”! Forty-two years after Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
Dusting - The Girl behind the White Picket Fence
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here at hand
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color, Archival Paper
Sold|$356
To the Wonder - Contemporary, Figurative, Polaroid, Expired, Photograph
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here at hand
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Making Magic (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here at hand
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tears - The Girl behind the White Picket Fence
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here at
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sold|$415
Her last Call III - Women, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ed Ruscha’s legendary book, there is no gasoline station at the beginning of the book that is here at
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid
Book Return
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition of 40 Signed and dated in black ink lower right
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of photography on 1stDibs today.
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.