Los Angeles - Portrait Photography

This selection is an intimate grouping of portraits of celebrities and tastemakers in the burgeoning cannabis industry. I’ve paired these with select portraits evoking the feeling of...

An underwater black and white portrait of Justin Jedlica - The Human Ken Doll Original gallery quality print on archival paper signed by the artist. Limited edition of 24 Image size...

Edition of 150. Mick Jagger with his beloved Aston Martin DB6, outside his London apartment in 1966 by Gered Mankowitz. "I shot a series of photographs of each member of the band a...

An underwater black and white portrait of Justin Jedlica - The Human Ken Doll Original gallery quality print on archival paper signed by the artist. Limited edition of 24, print #4 The artwork is furnished with certificate of authenticity, signed by artist with artist's name, edition number, edition limit, and other details. The photograph has been exhibited at: 2023 LA Art Show (Los Angeles, US) 2023 Beverly Hills Art Show (Beverly Hills, US) 2023 Roth & Taylor Gallery (Los Angeles, US) 2022 Spectrum (Miami, US) 2022 Beverly Hills Art Show (Beverly Hills, US) 2022 Art...

This Signed Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Photograph was authorized by the Ben Martin Estate. Ben Martin was TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covering wars, fashion, politics, arts, business, and sports for TIME, Life, Fortune, People, and Sports Illustrated for thirty-three years. He immortalized evocative images that defined the 1960’s. In this series of legendary photoshoots, Martin captured the unedited complexity of each artist's personality, art, and surroundings. This black-and-white photograph of Salvador Dali...

This Limited Edition Photograph was authorized by the Ben Martin Estate. Ben Martin was TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covering wars, fashion, politics, art...

This Limited Edition Photograph was authorized by the Ben Martin Estate. Ben Martin was TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covering wars, fashion, politics, art...

An underwater portrait of the singer Njomza Vitia. Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist. Paper size: 44" x 64" Image size: 43" x 62" Limited editi...

Ben Martin was TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covering wars, fashion, politics, arts, business, and sports for TIME, Life, Fortune, People, and Sports Illus...

This Limited Edition Photograph was authorized by the Ben Martin Estate. Ben Martin was TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covering wars, fashion, politics, art...

This Special Edition Photograph was authorized by the Ben Martin Estate. Ben Martin, TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covered wars, fashion, politics, arts, b...

An underwater black and white portrait of Justin Jedlica - The Human Ken Doll Original gallery quality print on archival paper signed by the artist. Limited edition of 24 The artwor...

20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.7 cm) Archival Semi-Matte 260gsm Edition of 90 The photographer Mick Rock was born in London in 1948 and is known as “The Man who shot the seventies.” As well as David Bowie, he has photographed Lou Reed, Queen, Iggy Pop, Roxy Music...

Edward S. Curtis Chaiwa - Tewa - Profile 1921 Photogravure Print 22 x 18 inches Vintage large format Curtis Portfolio Photogravure, Portfolio 12, Plate #415, The North American Indi...

An underwater black and white portrait of Justin Jedlica - The Human Ken Doll Original gallery quality print on archival paper signed by the artist. Limited edition of 24, print #3 ...

Edward S. Curtis A Hopi Woman 1905 Photogravure Print 22 x 18 inches Vintage large format Curtis Portfolio Photogravure, Portfolio 12, Plate #411, The North American Indian, on Japa...

Biography from the niece of the artist from during his lifetime. Paintings acquired from the artist.s estate. Max Turner 1925 - 2019 Max Lamar Turner Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author. Max Turner was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 28, 1925. His father was Lance Howard Turner and his mother Mary Irene Turner. In 1927, his family moved to Bingham Canyon, Utah where Max's father extracted copper from a creek that he had diverted to pass through his garage. The town was located in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. In 1938, when Max was 13, his family moved to Midvale, Utah. After completing high school, Max went to work laying rail until he was inducted into the U.S. Navy to serve during W.W. II. There he took an aptitude test and was initially assigned to the medical corp., later transferring to the dental unit. Max was stationed at Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California through the end of the war. When he was discharged in 1946, he remained in Southern California, living in the Los Angeles area. He met a man named Larry Torres and they formed a partnership to do silk screen work primarily for the Colby Poster Printing Company. This lasted about 10 years until the Colby building caught fire and burned down. In 1958, Max began working for Slade Novelty company that made doll parts using a product called plastisol. A year later, Max began producing plastic parts through his own business. One day, a couple of kids brought in a shrunken skull they had made and asked Max if he could reproduce it. Max said he could and he looked around for a business to work with for this task. He ultimately decided he could create his own machine shop to make molds. As a result, Max purchased a lathe, drill press, grinder and other tools to create his own machine shop and went into business making molds. He built a clientele and in 1973, he moved his machine shop to Glendale, California. Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author: Max recalls the day when his interest in art took a new direction. He happened to be in a paint store to purchase some supplies when he saw a card posted on a wall that read, "Come paint with Connie Marlo". Max had been interested in art since his youth and he was frequently impressed with paintings displayed by local artists at various community events. Consequently, he decided to go to Connie's Saturday morning art class at a studio on North La Brea Avenue (between Sunset and Hollywood) in Los Angeles. But, as fate would have it, he immediately took a detour from this class when he found a piece of paper on the floor of the studio referencing another art class dealing with compositions, patterns, rhythms and color harmony. The instructor's name was Hal Reed, a former art student of the Russian/American Master, Nicolai Fechin. Hal owned the building (previously the Will Foster Studio) and had founded the Art League of Los Angeles. When Max found Hal, he asked Hal if he could join his class. Hal said "No, the class was full" but he said Max could monitor the class in the back of the classroom. Max took him up on the offer and began observing the weekly class. During the class, Hal told his students that they should practice what they were learning by going to "live model" classes. Max began attending these classes where he learned how to draw figures. After a few months, Hal and Max became good friends. Hal was so impressed with Max's work that he offered Max the opportunity to teach at another location that Hal was opening in the San Fernando Valley. Max accepted the offer and began teaching his own art class. For Max, it was a quick jump from learning to teaching. Max then found that several of his students had to commute to his art class from the west end of the "Valley". To better serve this group of students, Max decided to relocate to another studio in Calabasas. Max continued teaching, and at this time he was producing very impressive portraits, both oil paintings and charcoal drawings from live models (Max never worked from photos). Max demonstrated real talent, and the style of his drawings and paintings were being compared to those of Nicolai Fechin. And, like Fechin, Max also had an interest in sculpting. One day, Max decided to design and cast a bronze owl sculpture to put in his Calabasas Fine Art Gallery. Later, someone approached Max when he was at the foundry and asked him about his success selling the owl sculpture. The individual who asked this question was convinced that there was a broader market for these sculptures and he ordered a dozen of the owl sculptures from Max. This encouraged Max to do more castings. Some of the new castings were antique sculptures he found and reproduced. As this new business grew, he decided to establish his own foundry, employing up to 15 workers. The business continued for many years, up until the late 1990's when Max got tired of the foundry business and sold it. Max, who was now in his 70's, decided to move on to his next venture as an artist, dedicating himself to doing the actual sculpting of original art. He loved the creativity of sculpting and he had his sculptures cast at local foundries, ironically the same ones that used to be his competition. Max was now fully engaged in his new artistic direction and, over time, he produced a large body of work. He created very impressive sculptures, including about 100 full-size sculptures. He sold some of these to high-end clientele, the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas, and to Hollywood studios. Even though Max now seemed to be totally in his element, he somehow also found time to continue to teach painting classes at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village in Los Angeles. At the institute, he specialized in figure work. Max continued to draw, paint and teach, but he says he stopped sculpting when he turned 90. Max produced four books showcasing his drawings and paintings. The first is "Faces, The Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2000, that showcases nearly 100 of his portrait drawings. Within the "Acknowledgements" section, he lists Hal Reed and Joseph Nordmann, two former students of Nicolai Fechin. In 2006, Max produced his second book titled "Figures and Faces", reflecting not only portraits but also figure drawings and paintings. It is a wonderful book of Max's work, but it is currently difficult to find. The third book is titled "Faces 2, The Paintings and Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2009, which includes 75 portrait paintings and drawings. In the "Preface" of this book, Max describes growing up in a small and isolated mining town during the Great Depression. He states that as a kid, he had little exposure of any culture or view of what the rest of the world was like. His neighbor was the trash collector and Max would sometimes go through his truck looking for anything of value. Among other things, he found magazines like Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Red Book, with covers that frequently showed drawings or paintings of faces. Max states that these images were the very first source of inspiration for him. He says that he began looking more carefully at people's faces and if they had character, he would draw them. By drawing them, Max says that he was making them part of his world, his world of "Faces". In 2018, Max published his newest book showcasing his drawings and paintings. It is titled "Max Turner's Figure Sketches". This softbound book includes 76 pages and over 120 drawings and paintings. In the Introduction, Max explains "I have found that when approaching the figure, one should begin with the gesture. After having captured the essence or feeling of the pose, one can then proceed to build on it." The figure sketches in this wonderful book reflect a Master's work that consistently captures the "gesture"-showing the emotion, movement and expression. Two more books are on the horizon for Max, both dealing with his passion for sculpting. His first, "The Sculpture of Max Turner" is a compilation of his commercial and noncommercial pieces throughout his career. The second, "Terra Cotta Sculpture by Max Turner" is a complete collection of figures done at the California Art Institute. These much anticipated books should be out later in 2018. Max now considers himself primarily a sculptor. But others in the art world are more than impressed with his drawings and paintings as well. His portraits are often described as having a Fechin-esque appearance, referring to the style of Nicolai Fechin. When Max observed those first art classes given by Hal Reed, it should be noted that Hal had previously been a student of the Russian/American Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that Fechin taught before he unexpectedly died in 1955. Hal was so strongly influenced by Fechin that he later produced two 30-minute art instruction videos as part his Art Video Productions wherein he specifically described Fechin techniques that he learned in Fechin's class. The Fechin style and techniques were in play when Max later met Hal. Over the years, many of Max's art students, art collectors, gallery owners, as well as the Director of the Monterey Museum of Art have commented on the Fechin-esque qualities of Max's wonderful charcoal drawings and paintings. So, while Max may consider himself primarily a sculptor, his drawings and paintings are also impressive and very much sought after. When Nicolai Fechin died in 1955, three of the nine students in his last art class became life-long friends. Max subsequently became friends with not only Hal Reed, but also with prior Fechin students Joseph Nordmann and Albert Londraville...

Annie’s Big Book Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz weighs in with her own SUMO Art Edition (No. 1–1,000) Archival pigment print Keith Haring (contact sheet), New York City, 1986...

An underwater portrait of the singer Njomza Vitia. Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist. Limited edition of 12, print #2 The artwork is furnished with cert...

Edward S. Curtis Modified Style Of Hair Dressing 1921 Photogravure Print 22 x 18 inches Vintage large format Curtis Portfolio Photogravure, Portfolio 12, Plate #428, The North Ameri...

An underwater portrait of the singer Njomza Vitia. Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist. Paper size: 18" x 24" Image size: 17" x 23.5" Limited editi...

Edward S. Curtis The Piki Maker 1906 Photogravure Print 22 x 18 inches Vintage large format Curtis Portfolio Photogravure, Portfolio 12, Plate #432, The North American Indian, o...

Edward S. Curtis The Potter Mixing Clay 1921 Photogravure Print 18 x 22 inches Vintage large format Curtis Portfolio Photogravure, Portfolio 12, Plate #419, The North American I...

20 x 24 in (88.9 x 60.9 cm) Archival Pigment Print Edition of 50 Price does not include tax. Keith Richards exiting the Stones' plane from the 1972 tour. It does seem an almost pe...

Early dawn, peace and tranquility. This picture is drawn from the archives of award winning photographer, William Chua, (based in Singapore) whose's eye for capturing beautiful arre...

24 x 35 in Archival Pigment Print Edition of 40 (5 left) Price does not include tax.

This selection is an intimate grouping of portraits of celebrities and tastemakers in the burgeoning cannabis industry. I’ve paired these with select portraits evoking the feeling of...

This selection is an intimate grouping of portraits of celebrities and tastemakers in the burgeoning cannabis industry. I’ve paired these with select portraits evoking the feeling of...

This selection is an intimate grouping of portraits of celebrities and tastemakers in the burgeoning cannabis industry. I’ve paired these with select portraits evoking the feeling of...

20 x 23 in (50.8 x 58.4 cm) Silver Gelatin Print Edition 14 and 15 of 30 Price does not include tax.

Early dawn, peace and tranquility. This picture is drawn from the archives of award winning photographer, William Chua, (based in Singapore) whose's eye for capturing beautiful arre...

Muhammad Ali as Saint Sebastian, 1967 48 x 84.5 in. (121 x 214 cm) Chromogenic Print Edition of 3 Exclusive to TASCHEN The photographer Carl Fischer (b. 1924), photographer an...

Andy Warhol in a Soup Can, 1969 18 x 22 in. (45 x 55 cm) Chromogenic Print Edition of 20 The photographer Carl Fischer (b. 1924), photographer and graphic designer, was raised...

30 x 40 in (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Digital C-Type Print Edition of 50 Price does not include tax.

Partners in life and art - Intimate portraits of John and Yoko. Renowned for his sensual, provocative images, Kishin Shinoyama is one of Japan’s most controversial and acclaimed art...

30 x 40" Archival Pigment Print Edition of 35 Price does not include tax. The indomitable Keith Richards, looking remarkably young and healthy, with his palette of refreshments. T...

36 x 24 in (91.4 x 68.6 cm) Digital C-Type Print Edition of 30 Other sizes available.

24 x 20 inches (70 x 50.8 cm) Photograph Edition of 90 + 10 AP Exclusive TASCHEN Edition

20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.9 cm) Archival Pigment Print Edition of 50 Price does not include tax.

20 x 24 in (50.8 x 61 cm) Archival Pigment Print Edition of 50 Price does not include tax.

Partners in life and art - Intimate portraits of John and Yoko. Renowned for his sensual, provocative images, Kishin Shinoyama is one of Japan’s most controversial and acclaimed art...

20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.9 cm) Archival Pigment Print Edition of 50 Price does not include tax.

20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.9 cm) Silver Gelatin Print Edition of 50 Price does not include tax.

Cassius Clay, 5th Street Gym, Miami, 1963 13 x 19 in. (33 x 48 cm) Archival Pigment Print Edition of 10 The photographer Marvin E. Newman (b. 1927) was one of the first recipi...

20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.9 cm) Digital C-Type Print Edition 13 and 14 of 50 Price does not include tax.

Cassius Clay and Marvin Newman, 5th Street Gym, Miami 1963 13 x 19 in (33 x 48 cm) Archival Pigment Print Edition of 10 The photographer Marvin E. Newman (b. 1927) was one of ...

24 x 20 in (60.9 x 50.8) Silver Gelatin Print Edition of 50 Price does not include tax.

Ali with Arms Raised, 1965 40 x 60 in. (101 x 152 cm) Fine Art Archival Pigment Print Edition of 50 The photographer Native New Yorker Neil Leifer began photographing sports e...

23.6 x 15.7 in (60 x 40 cm) Digital C-Type Print Edition of 15 Price does not include tax.

24 x 20 in (60.9 x 50.8 cm) Silver Gelatin Print Edition of 50 Price does not include tax.

31.5 x 31.5 in (80 x 80 cm) Archival Pigment Print Edition of 12 Price does not include tax.

23.6 x 15.7 in (60 x 40 cm) Digital C-Type Print Edition of 15 Price does not include tax.

24 x 36 in (68.6 x 91.4 cm) Digital C-Type Print Edition of 30 Prints are sold unframed.

48.1 x 22.6 in (122 x 57.5 cm) Archival Pigment Print Edition of 12 Price does not include tax.

23.6 x 15.7 in (60 x 40 cm) Digital C-Type Print Edition of 15 Price does not include tax.

17.5 x 23.6 in (40 x 60 cm) Archival Pigment Print Edition of 25 Price does not include tax.

47.2 x 31.5 in (120 x 80 cm) C-Type Print Edition of 10

20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.9 cm) Archival Pigment Print Edition of 50 Price does not include tax.