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1950's French Signed Oil Portrait of a Nude Lady Soft Lighting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed lower corner Title: Portrait
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Oil

Portrait Of Keith Richards
By Kevin Westenberg
Located in London, GB
Portrait Of Keith Richard of The Rolling Stones 1998 Berlin Archival Fine Art pigment print
Category

1990s Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Portrait Of Thom Yorke
By Kevin Westenberg
Located in London, GB
Portrait iof Radiohead's Thom Yorke 2006 by Kevin Westenberg Archival Fine Art pigment print
Category

1990s Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Portrait Of Marilyn Manson
By Kevin Westenberg
Located in London, GB
Portrait Of Marilyn Manson 1998 Los Angeles Archival Fine Art pigment print edition of 10 30 x
Category

1990s Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Audrey Hepburn, 1956 - Yousuf Karsh (Portrait Photography)
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in London, GB
. His portraits are easily recognisable for their bold use of studio lighting and closely cropped
Category

Mid-20th Century Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Pablo Picasso, 1954 - Yousuf Karsh (Portrait Photography)
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in London, GB
Pablo Picasso, 1954 - Yousuf Karsh (Portrait Photography) Signed on mount Silver gelatin print
Category

Mid-20th Century Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Martha Graham, 1948 - Yousuf Karsh (Portrait Photography)
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in London, GB
John F. Kennedy, 1960 - Yousuf Karsh (Portrait Photography) Signed on mount Silver gelatin print
Category

Mid-20th Century Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956 - Yousuf Karsh (Portrait Photography)
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in London, GB
Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956 - Yousuf Karsh (Portrait Photography) Signed on mount Silver gelatin print
Category

Mid-20th Century Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper

John F. Kennedy, 1960 - Yousuf Karsh (Portrait Photography)
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in London, GB
John F. Kennedy, 1960 - Yousuf Karsh (Portrait Photography) Signed on mount Silver gelatin print
Category

Mid-20th Century Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Martin Luther King, 1960 - Yousuf Karsh (Portrait Photography)
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in London, GB
Martin Luther King, 1960 - Yousuf Karsh (Portrait Photography) Signed on mount Silver gelatin print
Category

Mid-20th Century Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Poolside Interruption by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography, Figurative)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
, and other elite jet-setters. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Chalet Costi, Zermatt by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Portrait Of Thom Yorke - limited edition signed print
By Kevin Westenberg
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Radiohead's Thom Yorke 2006 by Kevin Westenberg Archival Fine Art pigment print
Category

1990s Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Sugarbush Skiing, Slim Aarons - Portrait Photography, Landscape Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Portrait of Bjork - signed Limited Edition Oversize print
By Kevin Westenberg
Located in London, GB
of world-class musicians, artists and movie stars for over 25 years. His technique of lighting
Category

1990s Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Day Worker (American Depression) -Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
celebrity portraits and his innovative use of color, Stefanie Schneider's work takes the medium even further
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Metal

Jill - based on a Polaroid, Portrait, Contemporary, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
characterized by a strangely transcendent mood in the lighting, film-still-like pictorial clusters come together
Category

1990s Outsider Art Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

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

All Mine by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography, Landscape Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Ice Hockey by Slim Aarons (Landscape Photography, Portrait Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Skiing Holiday by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography, Landscape Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
jet-setters. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Digital

Princess Bianca by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography, Figurative Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Kelly, and other elite jet-setters. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Digital

Anna Maria Alberghetti by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography, Landscape)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Kelly, and other elite jet-setters. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Digital

Bermuda Beach by Slim Aarons - Portrait Photography, Beach Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Digital

Day Worker (American Depression) -Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
his experimentation with Polaroids, particularly through his exploration of celebrity portraits and
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Metal

Radha Pink - LAST EDITION - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
portraits and his innovative use of color, Stefanie Schneider's work takes the medium even further in terms
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

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

Lake Tahoe Couple, Slim Aarons - Portrait Photography, Nude Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
jet-setters. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Mrs George Cameron, Slim Aarons - Portrait Photography, Figurative Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Slim Aarons - Portrait Photography, Figurative Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Desert House Party, Slim Aarons - Portrait Photography, Figurative Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital, Color, C Print

Palm Springs Party, Slim Aarons - Portrait Photography, Figurative Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital, Color, C Print

Laura Hawk at Paestum by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography, Landscape)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Fan Mail by Slim Aarons - Marilyn Monroe, Portrait Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Lambda, C Print

Vintage Oil on canvas painting, Portrait of a Fisherman, Framed, Unsigned
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is an interesting original vintage oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Oil

Palm Beach Idyll by Slim Aarons (Nude Photography, Portrait Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Lounging in Bermuda by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography, Nude Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Digital

African American Artist Charles Bohannah (1910- 1985) oil painting, portrait
Located in Framingham, MA
This is a beautiful original oil painting on canvas, depicting the Portrait of a woman in a profile
Category

1960s Impressionist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Oil

Funk in Tuscany, Slim Aarons - Portrait Photography, Still-life Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Skid Row Bowery Street Portrait - The Streets of New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
yes. He brings finely honed photography skills such as composition, intense lighting and design to
Category

1970s Expressionist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Portrait of a Woman Pointillist Gouache by Albert Radoczy #3
By Albert Radoczy
Located in Pasadena, CA
, lighting, and architectural elements such as fabrics, wallpaper, and accessories. They worked directly with
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Fabric, Gouache, Lights, Paper, Wood

Nelda and Friends, Palm Springs by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
, Grace Kelly, and other elite jet-setters. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print

MEYER KUPFERMAN (1926-2003) ABSTRACT PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS 1975
Located in Framingham, MA
portrait of a young boy. Good condition. Unframed. Measures 30" x 40". Signed and dated 1974 in the
Category

20th Century Impressionist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Nikita Khrushchev in Profile, Mid Century Black & White Photograph
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Soquel, CA
artificial light that became the hallmark of his mature portrait style by studying theatrical lighting at the
Category

1960s Photorealist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Dining al fresco on Capri, Slim Aarons - Portrait Photography, Landscape Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Portrait of Richard Ashcroft The Verve - signed Limited Edition Oversize print
By Kevin Westenberg
Located in London, GB
of world-class musicians, artists and movie stars for over 25 years. His technique of lighting
Category

1990s Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Beauty and the Beast by Slim Aarons - Portrait Photography, Color Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
jet-setters. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print

Original Vintage Oil Painting in canvas, Portrait of a Boy. Signed Dated, Framed
Located in Framingham, MA
quality of the camera, the lighting, and the background used We sell vintage and antique items. All of
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Oil

Elderly Husband and Wife Group Street Portrait Against a Manhattan Red Wall
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
yes. He brings finely honed photography skills such as composition, intense lighting and design to
Category

1970s Post-War Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Early 20th Century Oil - Edwardian Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful, restrained portrait of a young Edwardian woman in a deep red velvet dress with lace
Category

20th Century Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Oil

Greta Garbo - Black and White Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1930
By Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
portrait photograph of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) by Clarence Sinclair Bull
Category

1930s Photorealist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Greta Garbo "Mata Hari" Film Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
By Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent
Category

1930s Photorealist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

East Village Bums, Tramps Smoking and Drinking at Blue Green Wall
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
photography skills such as composition, intense lighting and design to found subject matter. Mitchell Funk
Category

1960s Impressionist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Greta Garbo "Her Rise And Fall #2" - 1931 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
By Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a
Category

1930s Photorealist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Greta Garbo in Susan Lenox (Her Fall And Rise) - Photograph by Clarence Sinclair
By Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a
Category

1930s Photorealist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Greta Garbo - Somber Head Shot by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
By Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September
Category

1930s Photorealist Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Sitting Bull (Immaculate Springs) featuring Udo Kier
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
exploration of celebrity portraits and his innovative use of color, Stefanie Schneider's work takes the medium
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

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

Untitled 02 (Immaculate Springs -feature film) with Udo Kier and Jacinda Barrett
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
experimentation with Polaroid photography, particularly through his exploration of celebrity portraits and his
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

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

'Penelope' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Jacinda Barrett
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
experimentation with Polaroid photography, particularly through his exploration of celebrity portraits and his
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

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

Il Pellicano Pool by Silm Aarons (Landscape Photography, Figurative, Nude)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
, and other elite jet-setters. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to
Category

20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

C Print, Lambda

African American Youth With Water Reflections
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970's Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer of color photography. In this stunning portrait
Category

1970s Conceptual Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Leisure and Fashion, Colony Hotel by Slim Aarons (Nude Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Lighting

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

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Vintage Portrait Lighting For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact piece of vintage portrait lighting you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. Find contemporary versions now, or shop for contemporary creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. Finding the perfect item from our selection of vintage portrait lighting may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right choice in our collection of vintage portrait lighting is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes black, gray, beige and blue. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of vintage portrait lighting examples over the years, but those made by Jack Mitchell, Stefanie Schneider, Kevin Westenberg, Slim Aarons and Horst P. Horst are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these — often created in silver gelatin print, paper and c print — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Vintage Portrait Lighting?

The average selling price for a piece of vintage portrait lighting we offer is $1,275, while they’re typically $35 on the low end and $72,884 for the highest priced.

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.