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Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed with
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Late 20th Century California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bakersfield, California, 1983 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Bakersfield, California, 1983 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed with
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20th Century California Vintage Photography

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Silver Gelatin

USA, Berkeley, California, 1956 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
USA, Berkeley, California, 1956 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed
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Late 20th Century California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Santa Monica, California, 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Santa Monica, California, 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed
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Late 20th Century California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

USA, Los Angeles, California 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
USA, Los Angeles, California 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed
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Late 20th Century California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Werner, Montecito, California
By Bruce Weber
Located in New York, NY
Werner, Montecito, California 1989 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso Gelatin
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1980s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Miconia Magnifica, California
By Don Worth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed by artist
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1970s California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hollywood, California
By Ernst Haas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
significant contributions to the advancement of photography over the course of his career spanning 40 years
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1960s American Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

California Surfer
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
kidnapping case. Coming to California, Kelley was retained to photograph the stars created by David 0
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1950s Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

C Print

California Surfer
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
kidnapping case. Coming to California, Kelley was retained to photograph the stars created by David 0
Category

1950s Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

C Print

California Surfer
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
kidnapping case. Coming to California, Kelley was retained to photograph the stars created by David 0
Category

1950s Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

C Print

Californian Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Belgian Born Actress Audrey Hepburn socializing at a party in San Francisco. Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty I...
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1950s California Vintage Photography

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C Print

Tropical Leaves, Fittonia Agyroneura, California
By Don Worth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed by artist
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1950s California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Alcocasia 'Green Velvet' Mill Valley, California
By Don Worth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed by artist
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1980s California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Malibu, California, 1963
By Lawrence Schiller
Located in Chicago, IL
Malibu, California, 1963. Chromogenic Digital Print 16 x 20 inches Edition size: 15 *Please
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1960s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

C Print

California Desert, 1948
By Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer One of less than 20 prints made in this size and signed
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1940s California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cactus: Trichocereus Schickendantzil, San Jose, California
By Don Worth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on recto.
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1970s California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Stormy Bay In California
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Stormy Bay in California 1992. Artist signed lower left. Belinda Vidor Holliday (American, 1930
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1990s Impressionist California Vintage Photography

Materials

Oil, Board

Steve McQueen, Baja California
By Milton H. Greene
Located in New York, NY
photographers working in the early days of color photography. Aside from his outstanding Marilyn Monroe images
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1960s California Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Palm Springs, California, 1963
By Lawrence Schiller
Located in Chicago, IL
Palm Springs, California, 1963. Digital Chromogenic Print 16 x 20 inches Edition size: 35
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1960s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

C Print

Californian Party, Audrey Hepburn
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Californian Party, 1955 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
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1950s American Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marilyn Monroe, California, 1953
By Andre de Dienes
Located in New York, NY
Stamped by the photographer
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1950s California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Clash, California, 1979
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Open Edition Hand Signed Print by Bob Gruen Other Sizes Available Please allow extra production time.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Joyce" Bodie, California 1984
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative photograph of a woman in a barn window by an unknown artist (American 20th Century). Signed "CJB" in the lower right corner. Dated "Oct. '84" in the lower left. Mounted on...
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1980s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

"Joyce" Bodie, California 1984
"Joyce" Bodie, California 1984
H 13.25 in W 15 in D 0.07 in
Rain in Southern California
By Bernard Plossu
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Inspired by filmmaking, American counter-culture, and the aesthetics of the New Wave, Plossu started his photographic career in the 1960s, crafting a beautiful aesthetic that conveys...
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1970s California Vintage Photography

On the Road (California Badlands)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
On the Road (California Badlands) - 1999 44x59cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival
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1990s Outsider Art California Vintage Photography

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

Ruby (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ruby (California Blue Screen) - 1999 Edition of 3/10, 44x59 cm Analog C-Print, hand-printed by
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1990s Outsider Art California Vintage Photography

Materials

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

Tom Kelley 'California Beach Kids'
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Lindbergh kidnapping case. Coming to California, Kelley was retained to photograph the stars created by
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1960s Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tom Kelley 'California Beach Kids'
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Lindbergh kidnapping case. Coming to California, Kelley was retained to photograph the stars created by
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1960s Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Brandon' (California Blue Screen) Edition of 3, 114x142 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by
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1990s Outsider Art California Vintage Photography

Materials

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

Brandon (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Brandon' (California Blue Screen) Edition 3/5, 44x59 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the
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1990s Outsider Art California Vintage Photography

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

Felix with Knife (California Bluescreen)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Felix with Knife (California Bluescreen) - 1997 38x48cm, published in 'Stranger than Paradise
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1990s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

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

Tom Kelley 'California Beach Kids'
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Lindbergh kidnapping case. Coming to California, Kelley was retained to photograph the stars created by
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1960s Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

California Fashion by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "California Fashion" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate
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20th Century American Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Lambda, C Print

Northern California Coast, Pacific Ocean
By Chip Hooper
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Optium acrylic with frame). This is from the artist last, and final, body of work from the California
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20th Century California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Martin Wong Eureka California 1978 (1970s Martin Wong mixed media)
By Martin Wong
Located in NEW YORK, NY
as an important testament to Wong’s much overlooked Eureka, California years. Ink on found printed
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1970s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Plastic, Paper, Ink

Paul Newman, Riverside Raceway, California
By Al Satterwhite
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated, print date, and numbered. Paper size: 14 x 11 in. AVAILABLE SIZES: 11 x 14 in., Edition of 25 16 x 20 in., Edition of 25 24 x 36 in., Edition o...
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1970s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

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Archival Pigment

Still Life #1, San Francisco, California
By Catherine Opie
Located in New York, NY
, California' is an intimate still life featuring everyday objects and ingredients common to kitchens across
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1990s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

C Print

Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
outlook on photography in its finest and purest light, where only the elements he wished to highlight are
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20th Century California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Californian Party Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Californian Party 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Belgian born actress
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1950s Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Galaxy Craze (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Galaxy Craze (California Blue Screen) Edition of 5, 44x59 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by
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1990s Outsider Art California Vintage Photography

Materials

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

Locomotive Drive, California
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and dated on front of the mount.. Stamped on back of the mount Portfolio Print No. 1 with number in pencil, from Abstractions Portfolio #2. Printed in 1980.
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20th Century California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

VINTAGE PRINT TANNER’S GARDEN, MONTECITO, CALIFORNIA
By Richard Ross
Located in Surfside, FL
Art (Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera), the Ansel Adams Center for Photography (Beyond
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1980s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

C Print

Californian Party (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Californian Party, 1955 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
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1950s American Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Lambda

Lake Tahoe Couple, Slim Aarons - Portrait Photography, Nude Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
able to see the words, "Nevada" and "California" spelled out in tiles on the swimming pool floor. The
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20th Century Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Jean Patchett and Hard Hat Diver, Cole of California, 1954
By William Helburn
Located in New York, NY
This photograph is an edition of 50. See below for other editions available. All editions are signed by the photographer. Larger sizes may be available upon request.
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1950s California Vintage Photography

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Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin

Californian Party (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Californian Party, 1955 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
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1950s American Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Lambda

Luminous Forest, Yosemite National Park, California
By David H. Gibson
Located in Dallas, TX
, Houston, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gibson’s work has been exhibited at the AIPAD Photography
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Late 20th Century American Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Stevie Wonder V1, Los Angeles, California
By Al Satterwhite
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist Proof Signed and numbered by Al Satterwhite AVAILABLE SIZES: 11 x 14 in., AP $4,000 16 x 20 in., AP $8,000 24 x 36 in., AP $14,000 36 x 54 in., AP $17,000 48 x 72 in., AP $20...
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1970s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Stevie Wonder V1, Los Angeles, California
By Al Satterwhite
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist Proof Signed and numbered by Al Satterwhite AVAILABLE SIZES: 11 x 14 in., AP $4,000 16 x 20 in., AP $8,000 24 x 36 in., AP $14,000 36 x 54 in., AP $17,000 48 x 72 in., AP $20...
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1970s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Highway 66, Chambliss, California, February, 1986
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series. Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cadiz, California
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Antony Zega (1962-2019). Cadiz, 1987. Photographic print, 10 x 10 inches. Mounted to acid free matting board measuring 16 x 20 inches. Unsigned. Estate stamp on verso.
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1980s California Vintage Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

California Desert
By Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1940s California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tank, California
By Rick Chapman
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated, print date and numbered in pencil on print verso.
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1990s California Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

California Fashion Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
California Fashion 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A woman posing by an
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1950s Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Felix with Knife (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Felix with Knife (California Blue Screen) - 1997 Edition 1/3, 114x142cm, analog C-Print, hand
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1990s Outsider Art California Vintage Photography

Materials

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

Felix with Knife (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Felix with Knife (California Blue Screen) - 1997 sold out Edition of 5, Artist Proof 1/2, 44x59cm
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1990s Outsider Art California Vintage Photography

Materials

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

Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Springs Palm Trees (California Dreaming) - 2021 20x20cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
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1990s Contemporary California Vintage Photography

Materials

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

Kirsten Red Lips (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Kirsten Red Lips' (California Blue Screen) Edition 1/3, 114x142 cm, analog C-Print, hand
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1990s Outsider Art California Vintage Photography

Materials

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

California Garden Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons California Garden Party, 1975 Chromogenic lambda print Estate Edition of 150
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1970s American Modern California Vintage Photography

Materials

Lambda

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California Vintage Photography For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate piece of california vintage photography for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many Contemporary, Modern and Photorealist versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for an item from our selection of california vintage photography from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a choice in our collection of california vintage photography to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of black, gray, brown, blue and more. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of california vintage photography examples over the years, but those made by Stefanie Schneider, Julius Shulman, Slim Aarons, Ansel Adams and Elliott Erwitt are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in silver gelatin print, c print and paper can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a California Vintage Photography?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a piece of california vintage photography in our inventory may begin at $62 and can go as high as $100,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,059.

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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. 

Questions About California Vintage Photography
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
    Vintage photography are the earliest prints that photographers could make from negatives. Yet even later copies from the same negative are considered original vintage prints. Find a collection of photography today on 1stDibs.