James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
British, b. 1966
James Sparshatt began his photographic career in the 1990s in Bolivia, working as a photojournalist and editor of the Bolivian Times. James has had solo exhibitions in the US, Ireland, Spain, Cuba, France and across the UK. His work has also been shown at prestigious contemporary art fairs including Pulse - Miami, Art Chicago, Art Hamptons, Slick Paris, Art Market (San Francisco) among others.
James’s photographs have been used for many advertising campaigns and have featured in magazines such as Dazed and Confused, Tatler, Red, Wanderlust as well as all of the UK’s major broadsheets. He has also written for the New Statesman.
“My love of photography developed while I was working as a photojournalist in Latin America in the 1990s. Both there, and later in Cuba, I was captivated by the energy and exuberance of the festivals and dance so inherent in Latino life. Many of my images celebrate the rich and vibrant musical heritage of Havana, Buenos Aires and Seville.
When I look at them I recall the rhythmic beat of the music and almost feel a trickle of sweat running down my back.”
His exhibition at the Royal National Theatre, London was described in the Sunday Telegraph as “a dazzling collection of black and white images”.
James has been a finalist in the Sony World Photographic awards, the Centre for Fine Art Photography and The Worldwide Photography Gala awards. He has also won the Center for Fine Art Photography’s International award. James frequently gives talks about his work at photographic festivals and exhibitions.to
8
5
4
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
17
6
1
16
1
14
7
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
9
6
2
1
287
2,846
1,758
539
315
12
5
17
Artist: James Sparshatt
Tsemo Maitreya by James Sparshatt. Buddhist monastery in Ladakh. Platinum Print.
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Tsemo Maitreya by James Sparshatt. Buddhist monastery in Ladakh. Platinum Print.
Ladakh is part of the Tibetan plateau. It has an arid landscape surrounded by awesome peaks. Tsemo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
La Linea by James Sparshatt. Romantic photo of tango. Palladium Platinum Print.
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
La Linea by James Sparshatt. Romantic photo of tango. Palladium Platinum Print.
A line to be crossed… a man leads with strength and tenderness on the tango ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Les Vacances II by James Sparshatt. C-type Print mounted to Aluminium. Framed
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Les Vacances II
The west coast of France is a place to eat delectable oysters, drink fine wines and walk along endless beaches in the glare of the summer sun. The Atlantic swell and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Les Vacances II by James Sparshatt. C-type Print mounted to Aluminium. Framed
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Les Vacances II
The west coast of France is a place to eat delectable oysters, drink fine wines and walk along endless beaches in the glare of the summer sun. The Atlantic swell and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
La Tristeza by James Sparshatt Black&white photograph of flamenco dance. Framed
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The early hours in Jerez de la Frontera, the flamenco dancer’s tacones beat a rhythm as she drew the spirit of the duende from the earth into the souls of her audience.
Andalusian f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Las Curvas by James Sparshatt - Sensual photo of woman. Platinum Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Las Curvas by James Sparshatt - Sensual photo of woman. Platinum Print
A girl at one with the rhythm of her guitar in Holguín, Cuba.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
La Linea by James Sparshatt. Romantic photo of tango. Palladium Platinum Print.
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
La Linea by James Sparshatt. Romantic photo of tango. Palladium Platinum Print.
A line to be crossed… a man leads with strength and tenderness on the tango ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Bajo El Sol by James Sparshatt. Unframed Palladium Platinum Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Music in Havana is an almost ever present backdrop to life… wandering the streets it is almost as though there is a soundtrack playing to the movie of your life. These school kids we...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Reflecciones by James Sparshatt. Photo of dancer in mirror. Platinum Print.
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
La Linea by James Sparshatt. Romantic photo of tango. Palladium Platinum Print.
A line to be crossed… a man leads with strength and tenderness on the tango ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Tsemo Maitreya by James Sparshatt. Buddhist monastery in Ladakh. Platinum Print.
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Tsemo Maitreya by James Sparshatt. Buddhist monastery in Ladakh. Platinum Print.
Ladakh is part of the Tibetan plateau. It has an arid landscape surrounded by awesome peaks. Tsemo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
The Skelligs by Moonlightby James Sparshatt. Platinum Print with float frame.
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Skellig Islands are off the coast of Kerry in Ireland. Once the home of reclusive monks they have gained notoriety recently as a retreat for Luke Skywalker… Lit by moon light reflected off the Atlantic Ocean swell they portray a calm at odds with the often stormy seas that batter them..
James Sparshatt’s black and white landscapes have an ethereal beauty. They are moments when the natural form of topography is given magic by the transient touch of the elements.
The work is also available as a smaller archival giclee print and as a collectors edition Palladium Platinum print.
Palladium platinum print
Edition of 12
Print floated in a box frame with UV clarity glass
Signed by artist al verso
Stamped by 31 Studio – platinum print masters
Certificate of Authenticity from gallery
Country: County Kerry...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Los Sueños by James Sparshatt. Framed Palladium Platinum Photograph
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dreams of a moment…
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm of the moment.
The work is available as silver g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Les Vacances III by James Sparshatt. C-type Print mounted to Aluminium. Framed
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Les Vacances III
The west coast of France is a place to eat delectable oysters, drink fine wines and walk along endless beaches in the glare of the summer sun. The Atlantic swell an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Dark Materials IX by James Sparshatt. C-type print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
There is a something about being a child on the beach where the sheer exuberance of running into the waves transcends the normal social barriers, and the shared exhilarance allows fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
La Confianza by James Sparshatt - Framed Palladium Platinum Photograph
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Close your eyes, lean in, rest forehead to cheek and trust in your partner to take you on a journey…
This image was taken in a tango club in Buenos Aires.
James Sparshatt’s black a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Corazon y Alma by James Sparshatt. Romantic black and white photo of tango
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Corazon y Alma - Heart and soul – lost in each others arms on a tango floor in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
A romantic black and white photograph of a couple dancing. The man with his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dark Materials IX - James Sparshatt - An impressionist photograph of joy
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
There is a something about being a child on the beach where the sheer exuberance of running into the waves transcends the normal social barriers, and the shared exhilarance allows fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Les Vacances I by James Sparshatt. C-type print mounted to aluminium. Framed
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Les Vacances I
The west coast of France is a place to eat delectable oysters, drink fine wines and walk along endless beaches in the glare of the summer sun. The Atlantic swell and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Corazon Y Alma by James Sparshatt - Photography, Framed Palladium Platinum Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Corazon y Alma - Heart and soul – lost in each others arms on a tango floor in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
A romantic black and white photograph of a couple dancing. The man with his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Dark Materials IX - James Sparshatt - A photograph of joy on the beach
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
There is a something about being a child on the beach where the sheer exuberance of running into the waves transcends the normal social barriers, and the shared exhilarance allows fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Related Items
Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli – Nick Brandt, Elephants, Photography
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli
2008
Platinum print
Image 58.42 x 106.68 cm (23 x 42 in.)
Sheet 76 x 111.2 cm (29 7/8 x 43 3/4 in.)
Edition of ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Tree Frog
By David Johndrow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso by David Johndrow
Platinum palladium print
Paper size: 15 x 12 in., Image size: 10 x 10 in.
While integr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
FELA KUTI photograph collection
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Fela Kuti: A rare vintage collection of:
2 darkroom publicity photos circa ealry/mid 1980s. Each measuring 5x7 inches.
15+ 35mm transparencies of Fela performing live circa early/...
Category
1980s Pop Art James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of a Man, Mid-Century Black & White Photograph by Edward Weston
By Edward Weston
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare black and white photograph, a portrait of a handsome man by Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958). Signed "EW 1949" lo...
Category
1940s Post-Modern James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Juan Manuel Fangio, Grand Prix of Monaco
By Jesse Alexander
Located in Denton, TX
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 1/4 x 12 in.
Signed in ink on print by Jesse Alexander
Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photog...
Category
20th Century Modern James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Platinum Palladium print over Gold, Limited Edition, Figurative - Elsa Poppin
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Elsa Poppin - Platinum Palladium print over 24 carat Gold leaf on vellum paper
Edition 1/8 or 2/8, plus 2 AP ( Medium size )
Unframed handmade photographic reproduction on sensit...
Category
1990s Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Gold, Platinum, Gold Leaf
H 11.42 in W 13.12 in D 0.08 in
Snail
By David Johndrow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed and numbered
Series: Terrestrials
Platinum Palladium Print
While integrating photography and his passion for gardening, David Johndrow discovered within his own...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Juan Manuel Fangio, Maserati 250F, Reims, France
By Jesse Alexander
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition
Signed in ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 11 x 14 in. Image size: 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.
"Fangio is exiting a slow corner and looks ov...
Category
20th Century Modern James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beetle on Rain Lily
By David Johndrow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, titled, numbered, and print type by David Johndrow
Printed 2010
Series: Terrestrials
Platinum Palladium print, 10 x 10 in.
While integrating photography and hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Fate, Rockwall County
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bennett, Colorado - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Landscape, Minimal, Snow
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Bennett, Colorado is a limited edition color photograph of a minimal landscape covered in snow.
20 x 24 in.
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered in black in ink on print margin.
Publis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
H 20 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
Last Comes the Raven
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Beth Moon is an American-born photographer. She has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints.
This portfolio focuses on totem-like beliefs ...
Category
2010s Contemporary James Sparshatt Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
James Sparshatt figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic James Sparshatt figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of figurative photography to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of orange and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by James Sparshatt in c print, platinum print, metal and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large James Sparshatt figurative photography, so small editions measuring 21 inches across are available. James Sparshatt figurative photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $737 and tops out at $3,407, while the average work can sell for $2,150.