Photographers
A photographer is a person who creates an image of the world using a camera. Given that nowadays, everyone takes photographs with their smartphones, it is necessary to distinguish this mass flow of images from the work of fine art photographers who have an artistic intention and aim to create original artworks.
Thus we consider an fine art photograph to be a work that is created with artistic intention and includes a reflection on ideas and technique. Art photography must be an original work by an artist who recognises their role in the creation by signing their name. The concept of an original work is also linked to the limited edition. Generally, the fewer copies are made, the higher the price of each photograph.
All the photographic processes are based on two fundamental requirements, first of all the ability to capture an image and then capacity to fix image onto a support, rendering it visible. It took a lot of experimentation in order achieve this. The very first photograph dates from 1826 and was taken by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce. This photograph shows an image of his house and it took ten hours of exposure time to capture it. It was over ten years until the first photograph representing a human being was taken in 1838. It is an image of the Pont Neuf in Paris on which we can distinguish two passerbys. This photograph is the work of a former student of Nicéphore Niépce: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre. Daguerre gave his name to a new technique which consists of fixing a negative image onto a silver plate: the daguerreotype.
The next major breakthroughs were the replacement of the glass plate with dry gel on paper or film which allowed for a wider diffusion of photography and the appearance of colour photography at the beginning of the 20th century. All these techniques can be grouped together under the term analog photography. In the mid 20th century the invention of digital photography revolutionised the medium. It was a technical and artistic revolution, photographers could now see on a screen the image they had just captured and could adjust their shots accordingly and they could also take advantage of the infinite possibilities offered by computer retouching.
Photography is often broken down and classified into different groups including: fashion photography, nude photography, conceptual photography, colour photography, black and white photography, street art photography, and so on.
Some of the greatest photographers in history include: Robert Mapplethorpe, Li Wei, Bert Stern, Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier Bresson, Vivian Maier, Philippe Ramette, Bernard Pras, Steve McCurry, Richard Avedon, David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton and Martin Parr.
Discover the styles & movements
Sébastien Chauchot
Céréales 3
Sébastien Chauchot
Photography - 40 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$393
Rivière automnale
Sébastien Chauchot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$607
Muguet-racine
Sébastien Chauchot
Photography - 40 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$449
Pivoines 2
Sébastien Chauchot
Photography - 40 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$449
Architecture
Sébastien Chauchot
Photography - 35 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$393
Vosges-sous-bois 1
Sébastien Chauchot
Photography - 35 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$393
Kurt Hurton
Larsen Sotelo
Untitled 3 (Mustang)
Larsen Sotelo
Photography - 61 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Faith (Mustang)
Larsen Sotelo
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,750
Thierry Le Gouès
Naomi Campbell
Thierry Le Gouès
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$6,686
Georgianna
Thierry Le Gouès
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$4,719
Maurice Renoma
Série Académique 02
Maurice Renoma
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,304
Paula Golemo
The Art of Distortion 7
Paula Golemo
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$202
The Art of Distortion 8
Paula Golemo
Photography - 40 x 32 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$202
Giana De Dier
Conversaciones 4
Giana De Dier
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,495
Conversaciones #1
Giana De Dier
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,933
What we remembered, what we prayed 6
Giana De Dier
Photography - 25 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,348
Lived-in (Cocoon)
Giana De Dier
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,304
Coversaciones 3
Giana De Dier
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,933
Lived-in nº2
Giana De Dier
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,304
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
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
$697
Tour Espace 2000 - 2 (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$697
Sébastien Morasso
Entre Ciel et Terre
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$270
Bateaux en Pastels
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$270
Le marchand de Sel
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$270
Paysage abstrait
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$270
Quitter la Terre
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$270
Vers l'abstrait
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$270
Entre les Pins
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$270
Pascal Therme
Hommage à David Hockney, Piscine & Jacuzzi, 60 éléments, Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA
Pascal Therme
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,629
SCOPIQUE, JAUNE ILLUSION
Pascal Therme
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$202
Poétique Française, 100 Éléments.
Pascal Therme
Photography - 90 x 74 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,292
Poétique Française, 25 éléments.
Pascal Therme
Photography - 80 x 65 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,742
Julia on The Hill, Fusion 40 Éléments, Connemara, Ireland
Pascal Therme
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,629
Pierot le fou
Pascal Therme
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,180
La Gravure selon Frédéric Ravel
Pascal Therme
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,292
Poétique Française, 25 éléments.
Pascal Therme
Photography - 80 x 65 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,180
Raynald Najosky
Femme au temple
Raynald Najosky
Photography - 56 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 22 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,236
Mikael Siirilä
Untitled (wall and mirror)
Mikael Siirilä
Photography - 22 x 15 cm Photography - 8.7 x 5.9 inch
$360