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St Louis Ladies
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch
€875
Crépuscule à Paris
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€160
Vue sur rue, Alcúdia
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 105 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,900
Bric II - Centro Sao Paulo
Marcus LYON
Photography - 77 x 115 x 1 cm Photography - 30.3 x 45.3 x 0.4 inch
€3,000
NYC - in neon lights
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 50 x 103 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 40.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,950
Bitter Campari, Milan
Richard Heeps
Photography - 80 x 63.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25 x 0 inch
€853
Rain Chinatown
Leandro Frutos
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€533
New York dans l’ombre de la liberté (encadrée)
Miguel Guía
Photography - 40 x 72 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch
€579
Tornando con le spese, Novembre 1955 - New York
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
€1,650
Untitled II
Sébastien Castillo
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€540
Financial District New York
Claude Guillaumin
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Berlin, Potsdamer Platz 2 (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€620
Brooklyn Dinner at Night
Martin Kallay
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€1,200
Old Dutch opus II, Photograph, C-Type
Geert Lemmers
Photography - 99.1 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 39 x 32 x 1 inch
€1,129
Paris 1975, ile de la cité
Francisco Hidalgo
Photography - 12 x 16 cm Photography - 4.7 x 6.3 inch
€950
Tug of War, Bank of England, London
Slinkachu
Photography - 53 x 80 cm Photography - 20.9 x 31.5 inch
€4,800
Bruxelles & le musée de la musique
Jean Pierre De Neef
Photography - 120 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,520
Tchernobyl
Guillaume Herbaut
Photography - 60 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€2,950
Retrato de un Vuelo
Alberto Sánchez
Photography - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€2,450
New York City, Tribute in light II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€750
Corvée d'eau, Tchétchénie
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
€1,500
Rio de la Madoneta, Venice
Pep Ventosa
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€1,151
Brooklyn Arche
Sylvie Benoit
Photography - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,600
Lettre à le Corbusier
Lubanzadyo Mpemba
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Borough Station 1
Michael Wallner
Photography - 38 x 48 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
€603
Paris 13 ème "Olympiades Vibes N°2" (XL)
Papa Mesk
Photography - 160 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 63 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Marrakech - Ancient Walls
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
€850
Singapore, from the Gardens to the Bay 1
Bruno Paget
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2.7 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch
€3,500
Collection "Ville Autrement" / Paris Autrement / Windstorm
Franck Doat
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€550
Guess - NYC - 2012
Cédric Bouteiller
Photography - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€11,800
View of a suburban crosswalk
Jason DeBose
Photography - 63 x 58 x 2 cm Photography - 24.8 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Lagos la dingue
Thomas Hoeffgen
Photography - 40 x 103 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 40.6 x 0 inch
€2,000
Untitled, Tbilisi
Luca Battaglia
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,000
Bari 2003
Massimo Vitali
Photography - 90 x 109.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 43.1 x 0 inch
€12,000
Last London Bus
Bert Hardy
Photography - 31 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 12.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€1,100
Mario Schifano
Mario Schifano
Photography - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€850
La tour Eiffel voit rouge
Jean-Léonard Polo
Photography - 178 x 126 cm Photography - 70.1 x 49.6 inch
€800
Centre de Pyongyang
Didier Bizet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,200
Hope and happiness
John Mastrogiacomo
Photography - 40.6 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 24 x 2 inch
€1,060
"Istanbul 2" from series: Synthetical Landscapes
Nikolaus von Wolff
Photography - 100 x 182 cm Photography - 39.4 x 71.7 inch
€3,800
This is so Illegal
Yann Merran
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€700
Blurry minds #2
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€4,355
Bir Hakeim
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
€8,600
Paris - Passage de la Voûte
Vladimir Bazan
Photography - 49 x 38 x 1 cm Photography - 19.3 x 15 x 0.4 inch
€560
Vue de la Tour Eiffel by Stéphane Compoint
Stéphane Compoint
Photography - 50 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€900
La pénombre de l'avenue Montaigne
FAG
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€950
Brooklyn Bridge
Samuel Anderson
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€2,500
Loveless
Delphine Chianucci
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,600
Berlin Nights #1
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€549
La Traversée
Mathieu Fournier
Photography - 60 x 75 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
€650
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Urban Photography for Sale
In order to define urban photography, it is first important to understand street photography. Street photography typically refers to documentary-like portrait photos of passers-by taken in an urban setting on the spur of the moment. The genre is often associated with the Golden Age of photography which lasted from 1890 to 1970. The great masters of this period include Cartier-Bresson (whose treasured Leica has become an iconic street photography camera), Weegee (known for his images of crime scenes), Robert Doisneau (and his famous 'The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville), William Klein (one of the genre's pioneers known for his focus on children), Vivian Maier, Eugene Atget and many other key names.
As street photography has become a genre of its own, there seems to be a key difference between 'new' and 'traditional' street photography. The subject in street photography has gradually shifted from the street itself to the men and women who occupy the urban space. This photographic technique has allowed some of the great photographers to capture the depth and intensity of certain facial expressions and give their images a strong sense of emotion. Nonetheless, this perspective overlooks certain aspects of the original school of urban photography. Faces and staging have eclipsed urban buildings and their architecture.
Street photography has come to reflect post-modern capitalist society and mass-consumerism where entertainment and immediacy are highly sought after. Although this is not necessarily a negative thing, this cannot be denied and this is what distinguishes it from urban photography.
In a similar way to traditional street photography, urban photography not only tries to freeze people in time but also places. Urban photography captures and enhances buildings and their architecture by playing around with lighting and framing in a way that only professional photographers know how. When we consider that 50% of the world's population now live in cities we can see how each image is instilled with the artist's own opinion of the urban world.
In short, urban photography cannot simply be reduced to street photography; it immortalises urban life with a much broader perspective. It captures everything urban-related; the skyscrapers of Manhattan's skyline are just one example. Passers-by are not necessarily the photograph's main focus; objects are the genre's favourite subject. Much more than just a mere spectator, urban photography is also critical of its society.
Artsper has an exclusive selection of works from artists with a shrewd outlook on contemporary society and who want to share their new perspectives on the world around them. Discover the splendid analogue photos of Paris in the 1930s by Roger Schall or Manhattan photography as well as London photographies and get lost in the depth of Gwenaël Bollinger's incredible shots!