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Romantic Photography

ROMANTIC STYLE

In emphasizing emotion and imagination, romantic art shifted away from the restraint of classicism and neoclassicism that had dominated art in Europe since the Renaissance. Romanticism achieved its greatest popularity in art, literature, music and philosophy between 1780 and 1830, although its expression of individual experiences ranging from awe to passion informed culture in the decades after.

Landscape painting was especially popular during the romantic period, as were nature studies of wild animals and fantasies of exotic lands. Romanticism varied across Europe as it reacted to the rise of industrialization, a more personal relationship with faith that was distanced from the church and the rationalist thinking of the Enlightenment.

British painters such as John Constable and J.M.W. Turner responded dramatically to the light and atmosphere of the natural world, while William Blake conveyed humanity’s connection to the divine in his visionary art. In Germany, the late-18th-century Sturm und Drang, or Storm and Drive, movement, with its probing of the unconscious, inspired a sense of mystery in work by romantic artists such as Caspar David Friedrich and Philipp Otto Runge. In France, where the French Revolution had turned tradition upside down, Théodore Géricault and Eugène Delacroix used lush brushwork to paint monumental canvases with tumultuous scenes of nature and history.

The romantic movement and its subject matter were a significant influence on the Pre-Raphaelites, Symbolists and the American painters of the Hudson River School, as well as on other cultural movements in the 19th and 20th centuries that saw artists build on this perspective in which art was guided by emotion rather than reason.

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Style: Romantic
Untitled 9216B
Untitled 9216B

Untitled 9216B

By Todd Hido

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Signed image from Hido's series A Road Divided Todd Hido is a San Francisco Bay Area-based artist whose work has been featured in Artforum, The New York Times Magazine, Eyemazing, W...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Whitworth - A little horse in the distance - Black + White Landscape Small Print
Whitworth - A little horse in the distance - Black + White Landscape Small Print

Whitworth - A little horse in the distance - Black + White Landscape Small Print

Located in London, GB

"Although looking like the mid-west, this horse is grazing in front of an industrial spoil tip." - David George A solitary horse stands against a vast, barren backdrop, embodying loneliness and introspection... This minimalistic scene capturing the endless spoil tip horizon with a lone horse grazing quietly... Print info:Photogravure; Charbonnel Ink on Archival Somerset Satin Paper Photogravure; 14.85 x 21 cm (image size) on 28.5 x 37.5 cm / 11.22 x 14.76 inches paper From Edition of 5 only Signed and numbered "When all the words are put to one side I hope the project will instigate a new curiosity for the people who live and work around the River Tees and rekindle a pride in this remarkable asset that has served them so well over hundreds, even thousands, of years." - David George David George's interest in British landscape began under the tutelage of John Blakemore at Derby University and continues to be a major part of his practice, now mainly concerned with ideas of classical and romantic visual semantics in the contemporary British landscape. His work looks at the decline of traditional industries, incorporating his interest in 19th century European landscape painting. David George (b.1957, Cheltenham and brought up in County Durham) lives and works in east London and in 2009 he co- founded the Uncertain States project which championed contemporary thinking and practice in UK photography...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Black and White, Photogravure

Travelers Boat at Ibrim
Travelers Boat at Ibrim

Travelers Boat at Ibrim

By Francis Frith

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Travelers Boat at Ibrim Original gold toned albumin photograph, c. 1862 From: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia, c. 1862, Vol 3, (36 plates) Published by William Mackenzie, London, Glasgow & ...

Category

1860s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Granite Pylon, Karnac
Granite Pylon, Karnac

Granite Pylon, Karnac

By Francis Frith

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Granite Pylon, Karnac Original gold toned albumin photograph, c. 1862 Unsigned as is usual From: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia, c. 1862, Vol 1, (36 plates) Published by William Mackenzie,...

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1860s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Doorway in the Temple of Kalabshe, Nubia
Doorway in the Temple of Kalabshe, Nubia

Doorway in the Temple of Kalabshe, Nubia

By Francis Frith

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Doorway in the Temple of Kalabshe, Nubia Original gold toned albumin photograph, c. 1862 Unsigned as is usual From: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia, c. 1862, Vol 1, (36 plates) Published by...

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1860s Romantic Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ebb & Flow 6, 2025 - Coastal Water Full Moon Romantic Landscape Honeymoon Sea

Ebb & Flow 6, 2025 - Coastal Water Full Moon Romantic Landscape Honeymoon Sea

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 6 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 6 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 1, 2025 - Natural Landscape Storm Horizon Blue Seas Ocean Breeze

Ebb & Flow 1, 2025 - Natural Landscape Storm Horizon Blue Seas Ocean Breeze

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 1 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 1 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...

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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 8, 2025 - Wakeboarding Bodyboarding Dorset Cornish Coastal Landscape

Ebb & Flow 8, 2025 - Wakeboarding Bodyboarding Dorset Cornish Coastal Landscape

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 8 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 8 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 Artist Pr...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Anemones

Anemones

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; combining her poe...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Past Bloom II - Contemporary Black & White Original Polaroid Photograph Framed
Past Bloom II - Contemporary Black & White Original Polaroid Photograph Framed

Past Bloom II - Contemporary Black & White Original Polaroid Photograph Framed

By Pia Clodi

Located in Zürich, CH

Past Bloom I - Contemporary Black & White Polaroid Original Photograph. Pia Clodi’s works encompass moments and experiences from her travels, throughout her time as a photographer. ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Polaroid, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Ebb & Flow 11, 2025 - Cornish Coastal Sand Dorset Landscape Coastal Seascape

Ebb & Flow 11, 2025 - Cornish Coastal Sand Dorset Landscape Coastal Seascape

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 11 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 11 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Otherworldly lovers, immobilised in marble, Dancing in blooming Garden
Otherworldly lovers, immobilised in marble, Dancing in blooming Garden

Otherworldly lovers, immobilised in marble, Dancing in blooming Garden

Located in London, GB

Handcoloured portrait of otherworldly lovers, immobilised in marble, dancing in blooming meadows. A whimsical tale of adoration, Ursa and her spiritual partner take visual cues from Titania and Bottom in Dieterle and Reinhartd’s 1936 interpretation of A Midsummer Nights Dream. Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls). Original title: URSA LOVES YOU, 2017 Hand-coloured Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photorag 40.5 x 30.5 cm Unique Series: The Sialia Marbles Signed and dated on verso "I’m not a sculptor, but I wanted to construct my own stories. Photographers have often used sculpture in order to challenge our idea of a “sculptural” body or object, by casting them in a two-dimensional light. I love playing with perception. A lot of my work is influenced by the nineteenth century—the pictorialist movement for instance. When photography was a new experiment, people would play around with perception tricks—Victorian paper theaters...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Ebb & Flow 10, 2025 - Twilight Landscape Cornish Coastline Dorset Harbour Coast

Ebb & Flow 10, 2025 - Twilight Landscape Cornish Coastline Dorset Harbour Coast

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 10 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 10 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 9, 2025 - Cornish Landscape Photography Dorset Landscape Photography

Ebb & Flow 9, 2025 - Cornish Landscape Photography Dorset Landscape Photography

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 9 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 9 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 7, 2025 - Coastal Breeze Dorset Cornish Landscape Coastline Blue Sea

Ebb & Flow 7, 2025 - Coastal Breeze Dorset Cornish Landscape Coastline Blue Sea

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 7 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 7 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 4, 2025 - Cornwall Heather Natural Grasses Blue Sea Coastal Water

Ebb & Flow 4, 2025 - Cornwall Heather Natural Grasses Blue Sea Coastal Water

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 4 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 4 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 3, 2025 - Dorset Coastal Path Sea Horizon Blue Sky Springtime

Ebb & Flow 3, 2025 - Dorset Coastal Path Sea Horizon Blue Sky Springtime

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 3 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 3 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 2, 2025 - Ancient Natural Woodland Landscape Blue Skies Fir Trees

Ebb & Flow 2, 2025 - Ancient Natural Woodland Landscape Blue Skies Fir Trees

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 2 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 2 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Lady Macbeth as Regal monarch immobilised in Marble, in Blooms, Hand-coloured

Lady Macbeth as Regal monarch immobilised in Marble, in Blooms, Hand-coloured

Located in London, GB

Katie Eleanor, ‘Your Hand, Your Tongue III’, 2017 Hand-coloured portrait of a regal monarch, immobilised in marble, her reigning celebrated the blooms she becomes entwined in. The characterisation is inspired by visual depictions of Lady Macbeth, in particular, John Singer Sargent’s 1889 portrait of actress Ellen Terry. Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls). Original title: 'Your Hand, Your Tongue’, 2017 Hand-coloured Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photorag 40.5 x 30.5 cm Unique Series: The Sialia Marbles Signed and dated on verso "I’m not a sculptor, but I wanted to construct my own stories. Photographers have often used sculpture in order to challenge our idea of a “sculptural” body or object, by casting them in a two-dimensional light. I love playing with perception. A lot of my work is influenced by the nineteenth century—the pictorialist movement for instance. When photography was a new experiment, people would play around with perception tricks—Victorian paper theaters...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Ebb & Flow 14, 2025 - Full Moon Glow Romantic Landscape Cornish Dorset Coast

Ebb & Flow 14, 2025 - Full Moon Glow Romantic Landscape Cornish Dorset Coast

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 14 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 14 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 13, 2025 - Coastal Water Cornwall Dorset Blue Water Sunset Glow

Ebb & Flow 13, 2025 - Coastal Water Cornwall Dorset Blue Water Sunset Glow

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 13 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 13 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 12, 2025 - Early Morning Sunrise English Coastal Landscape Photograph

Ebb & Flow 12, 2025 - Early Morning Sunrise English Coastal Landscape Photograph

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 12 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 12 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 5, 2025 - Cornish Coastline Coastal Waters Ancient Rock Formation

Ebb & Flow 5, 2025 - Cornish Coastline Coastal Waters Ancient Rock Formation

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 5 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 5 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Parc Monceau, Paris

Parc Monceau, Paris

By Sarah Hadley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Archival pigment print Hand printed by Sarah Hadley on Canson Baryta Photo paper From the series In Between Days Sarah Hadley is a Los Angeles based artist whose narrative work foc...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Winter in Palos (Three)

Winter in Palos (Three)

Located in Phoenix, AZ

sepia toned silver gelatin print Framed dimensions 21.5 x 17.5 inches Paul Kozal has been photographing for over 25 years. His award-winning photographs have been exhibited in numer...

Category

1990s Romantic Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

On the Lagoon
On the Lagoon

On the Lagoon

By Sarah Hadley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Edition of 7 Printed on archival pigment paper by the artist Signed on Verso Lost Venice highlights the Renaissance past of a city that Hadley visited often as a child and where sh...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Title Page-An Encampment in Ethiopia
Title Page-An Encampment in Ethiopia

Title Page-An Encampment in Ethiopia

By Francis Frith

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Title Page-An Encampment in Ethiopia Original gold toned albumin photograph, c. 1862 Unsigned as is usual From: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia, c. 1862, Vol 3, (36 plates) Published by Wil...

Category

1860s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Road to Heaste, Scotland, Black & White Large Landscape Photograph, Framed
The Road to Heaste, Scotland, Black & White Large Landscape Photograph, Framed

The Road to Heaste, Scotland, Black & White Large Landscape Photograph, Framed

By ALEX BOYD

Located in London, GB

A serene black and white landscape capturing the essence of mountains at dusk... This is the road to Heaste on the Isle of Skye with a view of Beinn na Caillich and Blaven beyond in Scotland. The Road to Heaste, Isle of Skye", 2012-2013 Fine Art Photographic Giclee Print (Archival Pigment Print from Wet plate collodion), in the original vintage frame saved from the Scottish castle saved by the Artist... The frame includes the mount-board and antireflective glass. The Print is signed by the Artist at the front, right hand side corner at the bottom. (Please view third image for your reference). Image: 58 x 81 cm Frame: 85 x 110cm / 33.5 x 43.3 inches The series 'No Innocent Land' (The Hebrides) is a journey across the islands of Scotland using an antique process to document the dramatic landscapes of Scotland. Using a 100 year old camera, images have been made and developed by hand on mountain tops, in valleys, by the sides of lochs, and in some of Scotland's most beautiful landscapes. ALEX BOYD Alex Boyd's images represent a major addition to the tradition of modern landscape photography" - Robert Macfarlane, Author Alex Boyd is a landscape and documentary photographer, printmaker and writer. His work is primarily concerned with the Scottish landscape. As a photographer his work examines the role of early Scottish landscape photographers, often using antique processes such as the Victorian wet-plate collodion process using antique cameras in mountain environments. In 2019 he was awarded a Daiwa Foundation Scholarship to work and photograph the mountains of the Japan Alps centred on Mount Yari as well as shortlisted for the Hariban Award. He was the Mountain Photographer of the Year at the Kendal Mountain Festival in 2013, the UK's largest mountain festival. His work on the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye as the Royal Scottish Academy's artist in Residence is in several National Collections. His work has been widely exhibited internationally with solo exhibitions at the Scottish Parliament, as well as group exhibitions at the Royal Academy, Royal Ulster Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy. His work is held in the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, The Royal Photographic Society, the Royal Scottish Academy, the V&A in London and the Yale Centre for British Arts in the USA. His first book St Kilda - The Silent Islands was recently shortlisted for a Saltire Award. His second book The Isle of Rust, a collaboration with writer Jonathan Meades was, like his first book, named as a photography book of the year by The Scotsman. He is a Fellow of the National Library of Scotland, The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, and the Royal Society of Art. He is currently working on a PhD on Scottish Photography...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Plate Glass, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, A...

The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt
The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt

The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt

By Francis Frith

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt Original gold toned albumin photograph, c. 1862 Unsigned as is usual From: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia, c. 1862, Vol 1, (36 plates) Published by Wi...

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1860s Romantic Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Colonnade, Island of Philae
The Colonnade, Island of Philae

The Colonnade, Island of Philae

By Francis Frith

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The Colonnade, Island of Philae Original gold toned albumin photograph, c. 1862 Unsigned as is usual From: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia, c. 1862, Vol 1, (36 plates) Published by William ...

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1860s Romantic Photography

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Photographic Paper

Italia 2 - Signed limited edition pigment print, Sculpture, Greek god, Mythology
Italia 2 - Signed limited edition pigment print, Sculpture, Greek god, Mythology

Italia 2 - Signed limited edition pigment print, Sculpture, Greek god, Mythology

By Michael Banks

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Italia 2 - Large scale photograph by Michael Banks Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ) Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by...

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2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...

Nava Creek Bottom, Nacogdoches, Texas

Nava Creek Bottom, Nacogdoches, Texas

By David H. Gibson

Located in Dallas, TX

"I like to go back to a place. Seasons change. Light, which is theater, changes. Nature is tumultuous, and our contact with it makes life happen.” - David H. Gibson David H. Gibson is a lifelong photographer whose first contact with the medium was in his father's darkroom before he could read. Gibson received a B.A. from Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, and an M.A. at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. His early work in theater lighting...

Category

1990s Romantic Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Liquid Passion
Liquid Passion

Liquid Passion

By Aldara Ortega

Located in New York, NY

LIQUID PASSION Photographic print Wood boxed float mounted frame, non reflective glass. Size 43” x 57.3”, $ 8000, Edition 4 of 10 in total (All sizes) Others Sizes in the edition: 33...

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2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Pigment, Digital Pigment

The Isle of Harris, Hebrides, Scotland - Large Landscape Print in Vintage Frame
The Isle of Harris, Hebrides, Scotland - Large Landscape Print in Vintage Frame

The Isle of Harris, Hebrides, Scotland - Large Landscape Print in Vintage Frame

By ALEX BOYD

Located in London, GB

Toe Head, The Isle of Harris, The Hebrides, Scotland by Alex Boyd Series: No Innocent Land This image, made on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides shows the hill of Ceapabhal on the Toe Head peninsula. Print details: © Alex Boyd, Courtesy MMX Gallery Archival Pigment Print from the Wet Plate Collodion, Artist Proof, Hand Signed by the Artist on recto Image: 82 x 58 cm Frame: 116 x 91 cm Frame; Original Frame, slightly distressed from being vintage out of the Scottish castle; the print accompanied with the mount board and finished with antireflective UV protective AR art glass. About the Artist: ALEX BOYD Alex Boyd's images represent a major addition to the tradition of modern landscape photography" – Robert Macfarlane, Author Alex Boyd is a landscape and documentary photographer, printmaker and writer. His work is primarily concerned with the Scottish landscape. As a photographer his work examines the role of early Scottish landscape photographers, often using antique processes such as the Victorian wet-plate collodion process using antique cameras in mountain environments. He is best known for his conceptual and figurative landscape photography which explores concepts of Scottish identity through historical and contemporary romanticism, neo-romanticism, Romantic nationalism and Spirit of Place. His work is largely concerned with depictions of the Celtic landscape, conservation and remote places, and is often characterised by its stark, poetic and introspective qualities. In 2019 he was awarded a Daiwa Foundation Scholarship to work and photograph the mountains of the Japan Alps centred on Mount Yari as well as shortlisted for the Hariban Award. He was the Mountain Photographer of the Year at the Kendal Mountain Festival in 2013, the UK’s largest mountain festival. His work on the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye as the Royal Scottish Academy’s artist in Residence is in several National Collections. His work has been widely exhibited internationally with solo exhibitions at the Scottish Parliament, as well as group exhibitions at the Royal Academy, Royal Ulster Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy. His work is held in the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, The Royal Photographic Society, the Royal Scottish Academy, the V&A in London and the Yale Centre for British Arts in the USA. His first book St Kilda – The Silent Islands was recently shortlisted for a Saltire Award. His second book The Isle of Rust, a collaboration with writer Jonathan Meades was, like his first book, named as a photography book of the year by The Scotsman. He is a Fellow of the National Library of Scotland, The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, and the Royal Society of Art. He is currently working on a PhD on Scottish Photography at Northumbria University, a selection of new books on The Faroe Islands, The Outer Hebrides. A collection of his Scottish and Irish collodion work is due out in 2021 as well as a solo exhibition ‘Hesperus’ at Stills, Scotland’s Centre of Photography, in June 2020. A contributing Arts Editor for The Island Review, Boyd has also written for Art North, The Modernist, Earthlines and many other publications. WORK REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS: The National Galleries of Scotland, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Royal Photographic Society, The National Media Museum, The University of Glasgow, St Andrews University, North Ayrshire Council, Dumfries & Galloway Council, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, The University of the Highlands & Islands, Highland Print Studio, Cape Farewell, The Scottish Maritime Museum, NHS Greater Glasgow & New South Glasgow Hospitals, BC Partners, Cigna, The Yale Center for British Art, The V&A *** NO INNOCENT LAND The series 'No Innocent Land' is a journey across the islands of Scotland using an antique process to document the dramatic landscapes of Scotland. Using a 100 year old camera...

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2010s Romantic Photography

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Glass, Wood, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Archival Paper, Giclée, ...

Fragility

Fragility

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Edition of 10 Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; co...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Blue grey watercolour Print of Male as Daphne with Flowers as Marble Sculpture
Blue grey watercolour Print of Male as Daphne with Flowers as Marble Sculpture

Blue grey watercolour Print of Male as Daphne with Flowers as Marble Sculpture

Located in London, GB

Hand-coloured portrait of nymph Daphne, immobilised in marble, as she is transformed into a laurel tree. Birthed in Greek Mythology, Daphne is associated with bodies of freshwater and is an unwilling object of the god Apollo...

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2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Archival Pigment

Watercolour Photo Print of Male as Daphne with Flowers as Marble Sculpture
Watercolour Photo Print of Male as Daphne with Flowers as Marble Sculpture

Watercolour Photo Print of Male as Daphne with Flowers as Marble Sculpture

Located in London, GB

Handcoloured portrait of nymph Daphne, immobilised in marble, as she is transformed into a laurel tree. Birthed in Greek Mythology, Daphne is associated with bodies of freshwater and is an unwilling object of the god Apollo’s desire. Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls). Original title: Daphne II...

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2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Spray Paint, Watercolor, Archival Pigment

Mannequin
Mannequin

Mannequin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

These images are available as hand-pulled polymer photogravures, made with bone black and warm sepia inks on Hahnemühle Copperplate paper. Edition of 109 7 x 9 photopolymer gravure Signed numbered and dated by the artist Framing options available The photographs and poem that evolved into this series of photographs and the accompanying book “Yesterday” were made during the summer of 2020. Although much of the country was in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, on this remote island off the coast of Maine, we still felt free from much of the toll that Covid was taking. Able to spend time outside, in nature, we had the illusion of safety, of normalcy almost, whilst at the same time being painfully aware of how the virus was increasingly touching everyone's lives. By then we all knew of people who had died, or become ill and we were managing the stress of futures shifting and plans that had been derailed, fearing what would come with the change of the seasons. That summer represented a pause in time, a moment where life could feel normal, when we were still holding on to a world of yesterdays. Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; combining her poetry with alternative processes of photography and object-making. Taylor Kydd’s fine art photographs have been exhibited throughout the country and internationally, including Barcelona, San Miguel De Allende, Portland, Boston and Los Angeles; and she has been featured in numerous publications, including Shots Magazine, Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Lenscratch, Diffusion Annual and The Hand magazine. She has self-published a number of books combining her poetry with her photographs. Her books are in private and museum collections throughout the country including The Getty Museum, Bowdoin College, The Peabody Essex Museum and the Maine Women Writer’s Collection at the University of New England. Taylor Kydd’s latest book “Yesterday”, produced by Datz Press, is a limited edition book of poems and photographs that explores our sense of loss around the pandemic of 2020. Taylor Kydd is also a veteran workshop leader and educator and has led workshops and conducted portfolio reviews throughout the country and internationally with Maine Media, Santa Fe Workshops, Palm Beach Photography...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Braided

Braided

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Archival pigment print Signed and dated by the artist 16 x 20 - edition of 10 20 x 30 - edition of 5 Flickering in the Midday Silver Beyond the pane a glimmer, barely perceived...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Italia 2 - Signed limited edition pigment print, Sculpture, Greek god, Mythology
Italia 2 - Signed limited edition pigment print, Sculpture, Greek god, Mythology

Italia 2 - Signed limited edition pigment print, Sculpture, Greek god, Mythology

By Michael Banks

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Italia 2- Large scale photograph by Michael Banks Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ) Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by ...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Photo...

Palm Trees in Mist, Los Angeles

Palm Trees in Mist, Los Angeles

By Sarah Hadley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Archival pigment print Hand printed by Sarah Hadley on Canson Baryta Photo paper Hadley's photographs have been exhibited at the Milan Photo Fair (Italy)...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

A Flickering

A Flickering

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A Flickering Archival pigment print Signed and dated by the artist 16 x 20 - edition of 10 20 x 30 - edition of 5 Flickering in the Midday Silver Beyond the pane a glimmer, ba...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Grace

Grace

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Archival pigment print Signed and dated by the artist 16 x 20 - edition of 10 20 x 30 - edition of 5 Flickering in the Midday Silver Beyond the pane a glimmer, barely perceived...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Homage

Homage

Located in Los Angeles, CA

These images are available as hand-pulled polymer photogravures, made with bone black and warm sepia inks on Hahnemühle Copperplate paper. Edition of 109 7 x 9 photopolymer gravure Signed numbered and dated by the artist. The photographs and poem that evolved into this series of photographs and the accompanying book “Yesterday” were made during the summer of 2020. Although much of the country was in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, on this remote island off the coast of Maine, we still felt free from much of the toll that Covid was taking. Able to spend time outside, in nature, we had the illusion of safety, of normalcy almost, whilst at the same time being painfully aware of how the virus was increasingly touching everyone's lives. By then we all knew of people who had died, or become ill and we were managing the stress of futures shifting and plans that had been derailed, fearing what would come with the change of the seasons. That summer represented a pause in time, a moment where life could feel normal, when we were still holding on to a world of yesterdays. Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; combining her poetry with alternative processes of photography and object-making. Taylor Kydd’s fine art photographs have been exhibited throughout the country and internationally, including Barcelona, San Miguel De Allende, Portland, Boston and Los Angeles; and she has been featured in numerous publications, including Shots Magazine, Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Lenscratch, Diffusion Annual and The Hand magazine. She has self-published a number of books combining her poetry with her photographs. Her books are in private and museum collections throughout the country including The Getty Museum, Bowdoin College, The Peabody Essex Museum and the Maine Women Writer’s Collection at the University of New England. Taylor Kydd’s latest book “Yesterday”, produced by Datz Press, is a limited edition book of poems and photographs that explores our sense of loss around the pandemic of 2020. Taylor Kydd is also a veteran workshop leader and educator and has led workshops and conducted portfolio reviews throughout the country and internationally with Maine Media, Santa Fe Workshops, Palm Beach Photography...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Through Leaves
Through Leaves

Through Leaves

Located in Los Angeles, CA

These images are available as hand-pulled polymer photogravures, made with bone black and warm sepia inks on Hahnemühle Copperplate paper. Edition of 109 7 x 9 photopolymer gravure Signed numbered and dated by the artist Framing options available The photographs and poem that evolved into this series of photographs and the accompanying book “Yesterday” were made during the summer of 2020. Although much of the country was in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, on this remote island off the coast of Maine, we still felt free from much of the toll that Covid was taking. Able to spend time outside, in nature, we had the illusion of safety, of normalcy almost, whilst at the same time being painfully aware of how the virus was increasingly touching everyone's lives. By then we all knew of people who had died, or become ill and we were managing the stress of futures shifting and plans that had been derailed, fearing what would come with the change of the seasons. That summer represented a pause in time, a moment where life could feel normal, when we were still holding on to a world of yesterdays. Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; combining her poetry with alternative processes of photography and object-making. Taylor Kydd’s fine art photographs have been exhibited throughout the country and internationally, including Barcelona, San Miguel De Allende, Portland, Boston and Los Angeles; and she has been featured in numerous publications, including Shots Magazine, Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Lenscratch, Diffusion Annual and The Hand magazine. She has self-published a number of books combining her poetry with her photographs. Her books are in private and museum collections throughout the country including The Getty Museum, Bowdoin College, The Peabody Essex Museum and the Maine Women Writer’s Collection at the University of New England. Taylor Kydd’s latest book “Yesterday”, produced by Datz Press, is a limited edition book of poems and photographs that explores our sense of loss around the pandemic of 2020. Taylor Kydd is also a veteran workshop leader and educator and has led workshops and conducted portfolio reviews throughout the country and internationally with Maine Media, Santa Fe Workshops, Palm Beach Photography...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Daydreams

Daydreams

By Sarah Hadley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Archival pigment print Hand printed by Sarah Hadley on Canson Baryta Photo paper From the series In Between Days Sarah Hadley is a Los Angeles based artist whose narrative work focuses on issues of female identity and memory. Hadley's photographs have been exhibited at the Milan Photo...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Madam Bijoux
Madam Bijoux

Madam Bijoux

By Brassaï

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Brassaï (1899–1984) was a Hungarian-French photographer celebrated for his images illuminating both Parisian nightlife and high society. He is remembered as one of the most influenti...

Category

1930s Romantic Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Billionaires Row  - New York Skyline from Central Park
Billionaires Row  - New York Skyline from Central Park

Billionaires Row - New York Skyline from Central Park

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

A familiar scene to all New Yorkers and millions of tourists is pictured in a way that none see with their own eyes in person. This luminous image of the Billionaires Row skyline is ...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hope

Hope

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Edition of 10 Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; co...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Leaves Dancing

Leaves Dancing

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Edition of 10 Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; co...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Entwined

Entwined

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Edition of 10 Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; co...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Droplet

Droplet

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Edition of 10 Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; co...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Paris, Angle de la Rue De Varenne et du Boulevard Des Invalides
Paris, Angle de la Rue De Varenne et du Boulevard Des Invalides

Paris, Angle de la Rue De Varenne et du Boulevard Des Invalides

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Delightful Paris scene circa 1950 artist's stamp, signed and titled in pencil on reverse Framed to 18 x 24 in with archival matt Rene-Jacques was born in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) in 19...

Category

1950s Romantic Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Siren immobilised in marble locked in embrace - Hand-coloured Print

Siren immobilised in marble locked in embrace - Hand-coloured Print

Located in London, GB

Hand-coloured unique portrait of a conjoined siren, immobilised in marble, locked in a sisterly embrace. Inspired by 19th-century cabinet cards, medical illustration, sweet singing Scottish Selkies, Lyra and her sister defend each other's isolation. Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls). Original title: 'Lyra’s Lips are as White as Mine’, 2019 Hand-coloured Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photorag Fine Art Paper (100% cotton) 40.5 x 30.5 cm Unique Series: The Sialia Marbles Signed and dated on verso "I’m not a sculptor, but I wanted to construct my own stories. Photographers have often used sculpture in order to challenge our idea of a “sculptural” body or object, by casting them in a two-dimensional light. I love playing with perception. A lot of my work is influenced by the nineteenth century—the pictorialist movement for instance. When photography was a new experiment, people would play around with perception tricks—Victorian paper theaters...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Regal monarch immobilised in marble, in the blooms - hand-coloured Print

Regal monarch immobilised in marble, in the blooms - hand-coloured Print

Located in London, GB

Katie Eleanor, ‘Your Hand, Your Tongue’, 2017 Hand-coloured portrait of a regal monarch, immobilised in marble, her reigning celebrated the blooms she becomes entwined in. The characterisation is inspired by visual depictions of Lady Macbeth, in particular, John Singer Sargent’s 1889 portrait of actress Ellen Terry. Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls). Original title: 'Your Hand, Your Tongue’, 2017 Hand-coloured Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photorag 40.5 x 30.5 cm Unique Series: The Sialia Marbles Signed and dated on verso "I’m not a sculptor, but I wanted to construct my own stories. Photographers have often used sculpture in order to challenge our idea of a “sculptural” body or object, by casting them in a two-dimensional light. I love playing with perception. A lot of my work is influenced by the nineteenth century—the pictorialist movement for instance. When photography was a new experiment, people would play around with perception tricks—Victorian paper theaters...

Category

2010s Romantic Photography

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Color

Past Bloom I - Contemporary Black & White Original Polaroid Photograph Framed
Past Bloom I - Contemporary Black & White Original Polaroid Photograph Framed

Past Bloom I - Contemporary Black & White Original Polaroid Photograph Framed

By Pia Clodi

Located in Zürich, CH

Past Bloom I - Contemporary Black & White Polaroid Original Photograph. Pia Clodi’s works encompass moments and experiences from her travels, throughout her time as a photographer. ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Photography

Materials

Polaroid, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Old New York Moody 59th Street Bridge
Old New York Moody 59th Street Bridge

Old New York Moody 59th Street Bridge

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Moody Manhattan. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photogr...

Category

Early 2000s Romantic Photography

Materials

Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Romantic photography for sale on 1stDibs.

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