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Robert Farber Portrait Photography

American, b. 1944

Over the course of his career, photographer Robert Farber has influenced countless photo artists. Owing to what were initially mistakes he made that yielded a soft-focus look and grainy textures in his images, Farber developed a painterly style of photography that draws on Impressionist and Surrealist art and sees him positioning subjects in warm, naturally lit interiors and amid unlikely landscapes. 

Farber was born in Newark, New Jersey. From an early age, he explored his interest in art, encouraged by his mother who allowed him to turn their basement into an art studio. There he practiced drawing, as well as painting with watercolors and oil paints.

Farber studied marketing and business at the University of Miami, but always wanted to work in the arts. In 1970, he moved to New York City and began his journey into photography.

Farber brought his work to outdoor art festivals all over the city. At one of these festivals, an advertising executive saw one of his works and asked him to photograph for a Cotton Inc. advertisement. This led to more jobs, working for other big-name clients — such as Macy's, 20th Century Fox and Revlon, and major publications like Esquire and Playboy.

Farber has garnered lots of recognition throughout his career, including “Photographer of the Year” from the Photographic Manufacturers Association and an ASP International Award from the American Society of Photographers. 

Farber annually contributes exclusive prints of his "Women as Art" series to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. His “Deterioration Series” continues to be exhibited around the world, including at galleries in Paris, Brussels and Florence.

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Artist: Robert Farber
Deterioration Series 023
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 023 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches edition of 5 This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 147
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 147 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso This image is part of Robert Fa...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sleeping
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Sleeping Archival pigment print 30 x 40 inches Signed and numbered edition of 10
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1970s Modern Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 086
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 086 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches edition of 5 This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 097
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 097 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso This image is part of Robert Fa...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 177
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 177 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso This image is part of Robert Fa...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 164
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 164 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso This image is part of Robert Fa...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 155
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 155 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso This image is part of Robert Fa...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 072
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 072 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches edition of 5 This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 195
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 195 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso This image is part of Robert Fa...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 138
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 138 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso This image is part of Robert Fa...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 130
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 130 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso This image is part of Robert Fa...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 133
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 133 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso This image is part of Robert Fa...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 117
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 117 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso This image is part of Robert Fa...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 126
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 126 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches signed and numbered edition of 5 on the verso This image is part of Robert Fa...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 103
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 103 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches edition of 5 This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Deterioration Series 091
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Robert Farber Deterioration Series 091 1979-2013 (printed later) Archival pigment print 60 x 40 inches edition of 5 This image is part of Robert Farber’s Deterioration Series which...
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2010s Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lady in Pink
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Lady in Pink, 1980 Archival pigment print 40 x 30 inches Edition of 10 Robert Farber’s style has influenced generations of photographers. His painterly, ...
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1970s Modern Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

#048
By Robert Farber
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 10 The deterioration of the transparencies is the result of the film's chemical reaction from decades of sitting in non-archival plastic sleeves. Other than the natural pr...
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1970s Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Metal

#048
Price Upon Request
Dreaming
By Robert Farber
Located in Greenwich, CT
Portrait of a woman printed onto aluminum
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21st Century and Contemporary Robert Farber Portrait Photography

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Dreaming
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