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Sans titre 4, de la série Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
$204
Bus 60, La Chapelle, Paris
Camille Léage
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$169
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Hésitation.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 22 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13 x 0 inch
$226
Mechi light
Pamela Tulizo
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$7,921
Lutambi
Pamela Tulizo
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$7,921
Watchtower mlt I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 160 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch
$5,545
Tokyo crossing V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,384
L'été sans fin III
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$317
L'été sans fin II
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$317
Les lumières de l'été I
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$317
Promenade dans le Jura, Cuba
Cristina García Rodero
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$17,540
Glasgow Tolbooth Bar
Harry Benson
Photography - 76.2 x 111.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 30 x 44 x 2 inch
$12,000
Impression #4
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$283
Impression #5
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$283
Impression #6
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$283
Sergei Sviatchenko - Capacity For Conjuring Illusion 7
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 42 cm Photography - 8.3 x 16.5 inch
$3,395
A people’s history (Night, Pine Island)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 53.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
A people's history (Col. Williams)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 53.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
Le penseur et l'appliqué
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$283
Autoportrait en Allégorie de la Peinture d’après Artemisia Gentileschi
Iconographia
Photography - 30 x 24 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 inch
$396
Sans titre 10, de la série Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
$283
Sans titre 9, de la série Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
$283
Sans titre 3, de la série Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
$204
World Trade Center NY, Used to make me dream
Benoit Ruff
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$4,023
Miami_II_003
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 118 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 46.5 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,270
Paris, couple de femmes au Jardin des Tuileries
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$509
Paris, Les jumelles du quai de l’horloge
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$509
New York, Union Square, Metro Gala
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$509
Paris, une femme chic dans le 10°
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$509
Paris, Jeune couple sur le Pont Neuf
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$509
Paris, Couple de japonais aux Palais Royal
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$509
Paris, Amoureux du 10e arrondissement
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$509
New York, Rockaway beach
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$509
Bar Le Cactus (rue des Archives)
Amadou Gaye
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$453
Untitled (bird and beak) (2)
Mikael Siirilä
Photography - 22 x 15 cm Photography - 8.7 x 5.9 inch
$362
100 Marches #13 Eating
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$962
Surf Camp "Boys"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$962
Painted Work #3
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 53 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$4,527
Running track
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 45.7 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$526
Shoreline Walk
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$452
Paris Eiffel Tower #1 - Shoulder sitting
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,245
Marinella #9 Beach chair
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$962
Marinella #7 Man looking
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$962
The right of passage
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 45.7 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$526
Tibetan Monastery
Larry Snider
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$453
Chez les cousins de la Loire.
Didier Bizet
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$339
In a different light
Patrick Lajoie
Photography - 124 x 165 x 3 cm Photography - 48.8 x 65 x 1.2 inch
$10,185
Eastcost Martyrdom
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
The Martyrdom of St. Anne
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
Martyrdom at the Ski Hill
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
A people's history (Terre sauvage)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 53.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
A people’s history (Quintland)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 101.6 x 127 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 inch
$5,092
A people’s history (Quintland)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
A people's history - Starlight tour for Neil Stonechild
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 94 x 124.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 37 x 49 x 0.1 inch
$5,092
A people's history - Starlight tour for Neil Stonechild
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
A people's history (Japanese internment camp)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 53.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
A people's history (Girl bride, Bountiful, BC)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 53.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
A people's history (Father Sylvester)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 53.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
A people’s history (Coach)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 73.7 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
People's history (Indian Home)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 53.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
A People's History (Africville)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 53.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
Group of Seven Awkward Moments (March Storm)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 48.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
Group of Seven Awkward Moments (Nickle Bolt Trailer Park)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 50.8 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
Group of seven awkward moments (Winter on the Don)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 55.9 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
Group of seven awkward moments (Jack Pine)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$4,413
Group of seven awkward moments (Early snow with Bob and Doug)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 73.7 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$3,961
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Everyday life Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered how to print images onto metal plates. When he died in 1833, Louis Daguerre, followed by Francois Arago, continued to develop his research, resulting in the invention of the daguerreotype which consisted of an image printed onto a silver plate when exposed to the light. Together they had invented photography.
The first ever photographs began to appear. Initially used for research purposes, photography started to spread as daguerreotype studios opened everywhere. Portrait photography immortalized the faces of the upper middle classes and were later used to capture all members of society. Celebrities were also a popular subject choice and many photographers specialized in taking their portraits, as Jean-Loup Sieff did all throughout his career almost a century after the invention of photography.
In the beginning, taking a portrait or even the simplest of family photos required a great deal of preparation and time in the studio. However, key technological developments brought about the invention of more compact cameras including the Leica and later the digital single-lens reflex, which meant shorter exposure times and made it easier to produce a greater number of photographs.
These advances also helped contribute to the development of the genre of everyday life photography, which became more popular at the end of the Second World War and focused at first on photographing wealthy or urban families. Families, couples, communities... artists were interested in everyday moments (marriage, lovers kissing, children's games). The simplest of moments in life were seen as the most important and were immortalized in film as testaments to the beauty of human life.
Some of the great photographers made a name for themselves in the genre. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, David Goldblatt, Martin Parr and Vivian Maier are only a few of the artists associated with everyday life photography.
Vivian Maier is an American photographer who was born in 1926 in New York. A professional nanny in Chicago, she spent her spare time photographing the world around her and produced around 150,000 photos. Having remained anonymous throughout her artistic life, her genius and photographic accomplishments were finally recognized publicly in 2007.
Cofounder of the Magnum Photographic Cooperative in 1947 alongside David Seymour and Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneer of photojournalism but also an excellent photographer in a more artistic sense. He revolutionized photography by working with incredibly lightweight equipment. He didn't use a tripod or a darkroom and treasured a sense of immediacy when taking photographs. He believed that “above all else, the camera is a sketchbook". Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographic technique is unique and unmistakably recognizable. He never photographed with flash and only worked with natural light, something which was highly characteristic of everyday life photography. Often in the same black and white image, the subjects coexist together but are not centred. His framing, focus and depth of field all help us to see the simple beauty of everyday life that he so exquisitely enhances.
Artsper has a range of everyday life photographs for you to discover, including works from Cartier-Bresson as well as many other artists, whose photos reveal the precious moments of the everyday lives of people from around the world.
Everyday life photography is a type of photography that captures moments from normal, daily life, such as urban street scenes, everyday objects, or children playing.
Examples of everyday life photography include photojournalistic pictures of a town or city, or snapshots of found or everyday objects.
Mundane photography has the same meaning as everyday life photography, meaning photography that captures images of day-to-day, mundane or banal life.