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Ribboned Water

Ribboned Water

By Diana Bloomfield

Located in Sante Fe, NM

The repeated layerings and unintended mis-registration of the gum bichromate process, in particular, remove all the hard and clearly defined edges, resulting in softness and ambiguit...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Pigment

Girl in Green Dress, Listening Vessel

Girl in Green Dress, Listening Vessel

By Diana Bloomfield

Located in Sante Fe, NM

The repeated layerings and unintended mis-registration of the gum bichromate process, in particular, remove all the hard and clearly defined edges, resulting in softness and ambiguit...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Pigment

Entrance

Diana BloomfieldEntrance, 2017

$1,200

H 15 in W 11 in

Entrance

By Diana Bloomfield

Located in Sante Fe, NM

The repeated layerings and unintended mis-registration of the gum bichromate process, in particular, remove all the hard and clearly defined edges, resulting in softness and ambiguit...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Pigment

Veiled Woman

Veiled Woman

By Diana Bloomfield

Located in Sante Fe, NM

The repeated layerings and unintended mis-registration of the gum bichromate process, in particular, remove all the hard and clearly defined edges, resulting in softness and ambiguit...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Pigment

Girl in Red

Girl in Red

By Diana Bloomfield

Located in Sante Fe, NM

The repeated layerings and unintended mis-registration of the gum bichromate process, in particular, remove all the hard and clearly defined edges, resulting in softness and ambiguit...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Pigment

Boy on East River Pier

Boy on East River Pier

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Three Italian Tomatoes

Three Italian Tomatoes

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Blue Lotus of The Nile

Blue Lotus of The Nile

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

First Union Drive In Bank, Caldwell, NJ

First Union Drive In Bank, Caldwell, NJ

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ferry Slip, Jersey City

Ferry Slip, Jersey City

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Radicchio Trevisano

Cy DeCosseRadicchio Trevisano

$3,500

H 17 in W 15 in

Radicchio Trevisano

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Wrecked Boat, Cheesequake Creek, Morgan, NJ

Wrecked Boat, Cheesequake Creek, Morgan, NJ

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Wall Street, New York

Wall Street, New York

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Roaring Fork River, Aspen, CO

Roaring Fork River, Aspen, CO

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Whitby Abby Yorkshire

Whitby Abby Yorkshire

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Telephone Booth, 3 A.M. Rahway, NJ

Telephone Booth, 3 A.M. Rahway, NJ

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Amish Boy with Straw Hat, Lancaster, PA

Amish Boy with Straw Hat, Lancaster, PA

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Pear Triptych II

Cy DeCossePear Triptych II

$3,000

H 14 in W 14 in

Pear Triptych II

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

From the Chrysler Building, NY

From the Chrysler Building, NY

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Hudson River Pier, Jersey City

Hudson River Pier, Jersey City

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Woods, Port Clyde, Maine

Woods, Port Clyde, Maine

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Esso Station and Tenement House, Hoboken, NJ,

Esso Station and Tenement House, Hoboken, NJ,

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Landscape at Sunrise, Lancaster, PA

Landscape at Sunrise, Lancaster, PA

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Autumn Quince and Lemon

Autumn Quince and Lemon

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Three Black Radishes and One White One

Three Black Radishes and One White One

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Shaker Interior, Sabbathday Lake, Maine

Shaker Interior, Sabbathday Lake, Maine

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Springtime Artichokes

Cy DeCosseSpringtime Artichokes

$3,000

H 14 in W 14 in

Springtime Artichokes

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Color Photography

Sunflower I

Cy DeCosseSunflower I

$4,000

H 22 in W 19 in

Sunflower I

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Platinum

Sweet Peas

Cy DeCosseSweet Peas

$2,500

H 15 in W 15 in

Sweet Peas

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Oak Tree, Holmdel, NJ

Oak Tree, Holmdel, NJ

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Sunrise, New York

Sunrise, New York

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Buckstones, Scammoden Moor, Yorkshire

Buckstones, Scammoden Moor, Yorkshire

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Industrial Landscape, Kearny, NJ

Industrial Landscape, Kearny, NJ

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Winter Pine Nuts II

Cy DeCosseWinter Pine Nuts II

$4,000

H 20 in W 20 in

Winter Pine Nuts II

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

Contemporary Color Photography

Meadowlands, From Secacus

Meadowlands, From Secacus

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Oak Tree, Holmdel, NJ

Oak Tree, Holmdel, NJ

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

White Castle, Route #1, Rahway

White Castle, Route #1, Rahway

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Evening Fog, Jonesport, Maine

Evening Fog, Jonesport, Maine

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Stairway to Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire

Stairway to Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Joe's Barber Shop, Paterson, New Jersey

Joe's Barber Shop, Paterson, New Jersey

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Devil In The Bush

Cy DeCosseDevil In The Bush

$950

H 14 in W 14 in

Devil In The Bush

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Queen Anne's Lace

Cy DeCosseQueen Anne's Lace

$950

H 19 in W 23 in

Queen Anne's Lace

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Geodesic Dandelion

Cy DeCosseGeodesic Dandelion

$950

H 19 in W 23 in

Geodesic Dandelion

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Hearts and Flowers

Cy DeCosseHearts and Flowers

$950

H 19 in W 23 in

Hearts and Flowers

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photogravure

St. John's Wort

Cy DeCosseSt. John's Wort

$950

H 19 in W 23 in

St. John's Wort

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Milfoil Christmas Tree

Milfoil Christmas Tree

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Swamp Milkweed

Cy DeCosseSwamp Milkweed

$950

H 19 in W 23 in

Swamp Milkweed

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Goldenrod Galls

Cy DeCosseGoldenrod Galls

$950

H 19 in W 23 in

Goldenrod Galls

By Cy DeCosse

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Car For Sale, Paterson, NJ

Car For Sale, Paterson, NJ

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

White Cat Series, Iselin, NJ

White Cat Series, Iselin, NJ

By George Tice

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Dinner - Silver Gelatin print, Signed limited edition, Contemporary Still life
Dinner - Silver Gelatin print, Signed limited edition, Contemporary Still life

Dinner - Silver Gelatin print, Signed limited edition, Contemporary Still life

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Towards the end of his life journey, Ian was reviving with his partner two 19th century printing techniques in their studio, Platinum Palladium and Gum Bichromate ( one-of-a-kind pie...

Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin, Phot...

Couple #1, Deep In A Dream: Sheep Meadow

Couple #1, Deep In A Dream: Sheep Meadow

By Michael Massaia

Located in Westwood, NJ

We place particular emphasis on modern emerging photographers employing traditional processes such as platinum/palladium, cyanotype, and gum bichromate, where the hand of the artist ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Amour - Signed limited edition fine art print, Romantic Black white photo
Amour - Signed limited edition fine art print, Romantic Black white photo

Amour - Signed limited edition fine art print, Romantic Black white photo

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Ian and his widow have worked for many years with alternative printing techniques in their workshop, ISP, creating Platinum Palladium, Silver Gelatin, Lith or Gum Bichromate but also...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...

Je t'aime - Signed limited edition fine art print, Romantic Black white photo
Je t'aime - Signed limited edition fine art print, Romantic Black white photo

Je t'aime - Signed limited edition fine art print, Romantic Black white photo

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Ian and his widow have worked for many years with alternative printing techniques in their workshop, ISP, creating Platinum Palladium, Silver Gelatin, Lith or Gum Bichromate but also...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...

Citroen - Signed limited edition fine art print, Contemporary, Red Car
Citroen - Signed limited edition fine art print, Contemporary, Red Car

Citroen - Signed limited edition fine art print, Contemporary, Red Car

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Ian and his widow have worked for many years with alternative printing techniques in their workshop, ISP, creating Platinum Palladium, Silver Gelatin, Lith or Gum Bichromate but also...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Heather - Limited edition nude art print, Analogue, Sensual Charismatic woman
Heather - Limited edition nude art print, Analogue, Sensual Charismatic woman

Heather - Limited edition nude art print, Analogue, Sensual Charismatic woman

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Ian and his widow have worked for many years with alternative printing techniques in their workshop, ISP, creating Platinum Palladium, Silver Gelatin, Lith or Gum Bichromate but also...

Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Summer 85 - Limited edition nude photo, Graphic, Sensual woman, Contemporary
Summer 85 - Limited edition nude photo, Graphic, Sensual woman, Contemporary

Summer 85 - Limited edition nude photo, Graphic, Sensual woman, Contemporary

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Ian and his widow have worked for many years with alternative printing techniques in their workshop, ISP, creating Platinum Palladium, Silver Gelatin, Lith or Gum Bichromate but also...

Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

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

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Gum Bichromate For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the gum bichromate you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Find Impressionist versions now, or shop for Impressionist creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. Finding the perfect gum bichromate may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 18th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right gum bichromate is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes black, gray, brown and blue. Creating a gum bichromate has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Ian Sanderson, Diana Bloomfield, George Tice, Peter Liepke and Richard Kagan are consistently popular. Frequently made by artists working in paper, archival paper and archival pigment print, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. A large gum bichromate can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller gum bichromate, measuring 6 high and 6 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Gum Bichromate?

A gum bichromate can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $3,000, while the lowest priced sells for $600 and the highest can go for as much as $40,000.

A Close Look at Contemporary Art

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.

Finding the Right Photography for You

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.