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John Lennon photograph Detroit, 1971 (photo of John Lennon)

John Lennon photograph Detroit, 1971 (photo of John Lennon)

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Detroit, 1971 photographed by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist of 2016 (See The Guardian UK Photo Section, Ja...

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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

John Lennon photograph Detroit, 1971 (photo of John Lennon)

John Lennon photograph Detroit, 1971 (photo of John Lennon)

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Detroit, 1971 photographed by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist of 2016 (See The Guardian UK Photo Section, Jan...

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1960s Pop Art Photography

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Inkjet

John Lennon photograph Detroit 1970s (John & Yoko)
John Lennon photograph Detroit 1970s (John & Yoko)

John Lennon photograph Detroit 1970s (John & Yoko)

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Leni Sinclair John Lennon & Yoko Ono photograph Detroit, 1972 Photographed by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, 2016's Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist of the year (Se...

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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

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The Ferry Inn, Large Traditional English Oil, Signed
The Ferry Inn, Large Traditional English Oil, Signed

The Ferry Inn, Large Traditional English Oil, Signed

By John Sinclair-Black

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The painting is signed by its artist, John Sinclair-Black to the lower corner and is a superb example of this sought after artists work.

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21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Worcester Bridge & Cathedral, Fine Oil Painting on Canvas
Worcester Bridge & Cathedral, Fine Oil Painting on Canvas

Worcester Bridge & Cathedral, Fine Oil Painting on Canvas

By John Sinclair-Black

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Worcester Bridge & Cathedral by John Sinclair-Black (British born 1942) oil painting on canvas, framed signed lower left, various provenance details included canvas: 20 x 24 inches ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

John Lennon photograph Detroit, 1971 (photo of John Lennon)

John Lennon photograph Detroit, 1971 (photo of John Lennon)

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

John & Yoko, Detroit, 1971 Photographed by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, this year's Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist of 2016 (See The Guardian UK Photo Section, Ja...

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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

John Coltrane, Detroit, 1966
John Coltrane, Detroit, 1966

John Coltrane, Detroit, 1966

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

John Coltrane emerging from the shadows: Detroit, 1966. A superb silhouette like image shot by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, this year's Kresge Foundation's Eminent A...

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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

John Lennon, Detroit, 1971

John Lennon, Detroit, 1971

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

John & Yoko, Detroit, 1971 Photographed by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, this year's Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist of 2016 (See The Guardian UK Photo Section, J...

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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

John Coltrane photograph 1960s Detroit (Jazz photography)
John Coltrane photograph 1960s Detroit (Jazz photography)

John Coltrane photograph 1960s Detroit (Jazz photography)

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jazz great John Coltrane emerging from the shadows: Detroit, Michigan 1966. A superb silhouette like image shot by storied Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, 2016's Kresge Foundatio...

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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

John Coltrane photograph 1960s Detroit (Jazz photography)
John Coltrane photograph 1960s Detroit (Jazz photography)

John Coltrane photograph 1960s Detroit (Jazz photography)

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jazz great John Coltrane emerging from the shadows: Detroit, Michigan 1966. A superb silhouette like image shot by storied Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, 2016's Kresge Foundatio...

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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

John Coltrane photograph 1960s Detroit (Jazz photography)
John Coltrane photograph 1960s Detroit (Jazz photography)

John Coltrane photograph 1960s Detroit (Jazz photography)

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jazz great John Coltrane emerging from the shadows: Detroit, Michigan 1966. A superb silhouette like image shot by storied Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, 2016's Kresge Foundatio...

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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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John Coltrane photograph Detroit 1966 (Coltrane Jazz photograph)
John Coltrane photograph Detroit 1966 (Coltrane Jazz photograph)

John Coltrane photograph Detroit 1966 (Coltrane Jazz photograph)

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Leni Sinclair John Coltrane photograph 1966: Jazz great John Coltrane emerging from the shadows: Detroit, Michigan 1966. A superb silhouette like image shot by storied Detroit photo...

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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

John Coltrane photograph Detroit 1966 (Coltrane Jazz photograph)
John Coltrane photograph Detroit 1966 (Coltrane Jazz photograph)

John Coltrane photograph Detroit 1966 (Coltrane Jazz photograph)

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Leni Sinclair John Coltrane photograph 1966: Jazz great John Coltrane emerging from the shadows: Detroit, Michigan 1966. A superb silhouette like image shot by storied Detroit photo...

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John Lennon Yoko Ono photograph Detroit, 1971

John Lennon Yoko Ono photograph Detroit, 1971

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

John & Yoko, Detroit, 1971 by legendary Detroit underground photographer Leni Sinclair, 2016's Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist of 2016 (see Guardian UK Photo Section, Jan. 28, 201...

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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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John Coltrane photograph 1960s Detroit (Jazz photography)

John Coltrane photograph 1960s Detroit (Jazz photography)

By Leni Sinclair

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jazz great John Coltrane emerging from the shadows: Detroit, Michigan 1966. A superb silhouette like image shot by storied Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, 2016's Kresge Foundatio...

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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Moon Dial Grasshopper Clock Brass Skeleton Clock, John Harrison Sinclair Harding
Moon Dial Grasshopper Clock Brass Skeleton Clock, John Harrison Sinclair Harding

Moon Dial Grasshopper Clock Brass Skeleton Clock, John Harrison Sinclair Harding

By Sinclair Harding, John Harrison

Located in Hamburg, HH

Attributed or Replica Moon dial grasshopper clock following John Harrison A grasshopper clock following John Harrison, brass skeleton clock, 2 dials in white enamel, 2 counter-dire...

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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

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Leni Sinclair for sale on 1stDibs

Leni Sinclair, born Magdalene Arndt, is an American photographer and radical political activist who lives in Detroit. She has photographed rock and jazz musicians since the early 1960s. She was the co-founder of the White Panther Party along with John Sinclair and Pun Plamondon. Sinclair is a recognized leader of the 1960s–70s counter-cultural movement in Detroit, which she amply documented through vivid and dramatic photography. But she may be best known for capturing the raucous rock n’ roll scene of that era, including photographs of such rock legends as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin and jazz icons such as Miles Davis and Sun Ra.

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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.