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.
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Sonia Almaguer
Sombra, Serie Pasaporte Santiago
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
Reyes, Serie Pasaporte Santiago
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
Caracol, Serie Pasaporte Santiago
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
Dama. Serie Pasaporte Santiago
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
Pregonera, Serie Pasaporte Santiago
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
La Catalina. De la serie Como antes
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 36 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
David Pinegar
Don't make a pin cushion out of this big balloon
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 0.2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,910
Assault and battery of the human anatomy
David Pinegar
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$9,720
Runun' To A Dream
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 0.2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,910
Fire escape to freedom
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 0.1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$1,910
Just take one look before bedtime
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 0.1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$1,910
Twenty First Century Meladrama
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 0.1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$1,910
I don't know why it's seems so funny
David Pinegar
Photography - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$19,440
Philippe Boutefeu
LeavesCourges
Philippe Boutefeu
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,348
MirooooDes
Philippe Boutefeu
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,348
Paola Dávila
28° 14' 20.922'' N, 114° 6' 9.395'' W-8
Paola Dávila
Photography - 35.6 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-14
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-5
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.75 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-9
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.97 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
28° 14' 34.127’’N, 114° 6' 44.679’’W-12
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Algas 75, 83 Y 26
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
David Carey
Portrait of a marijuana plant
David Carey
Photography - 51 x 38 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 15 x 0 inch
$111
The hot dog vendor
David Carey
Photography - 46 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 18.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$111
Pipeline protesters and monks
David Carey
Photography - 41 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$111
Potato Eaters in my basement
David Carey
Photography - 38 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$111
Lets play hockey!
David Carey
Photography - 46 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 18.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$111
Over my dead body!
David Carey
Photography - 41 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$111
Larry Snider
Lamayuru Monastery
Larry Snider
Photography - 51 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$449
Still Life (Birds)
Larry Snider
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$337
Still life (objects)
Larry Snider
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$337
Still Life (Artichoke)
Larry Snider
Photography - 56 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,686
Young Monk in Tree
Larry Snider
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$400
Philippe Gras
Ray Charles
Philippe Gras
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,067
Dizzy Gillespie
Philippe Gras
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,067
Miles Davis le célèbre trompettiste en concert, Paris Jazz Festival, 3 novembre 1969. - série Jazz
Philippe Gras
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,067
Cédric Klapisch
Repérage Casse tête chinois Paris, Étagère de livres appartement Xavier, rue St Maur Paris
Cédric Klapisch
Photography - 33.68 x 60 cm Photography - 13.3 x 23.6 inch
$1,124
Un homme attend le bus devant le Louvre, Paris
Cédric Klapisch
Photography - 40 x 53 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.9 inch
$1,124
Repérage Casse tête chinois New York vers Wall Street, Water street
Cédric Klapisch
Photography - 40 x 53 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.9 inch
$1,124
Repérage Casse tête chinois New York, Hotel Midtown
Cédric Klapisch
Photography - 33.68 x 60 cm Photography - 13.3 x 23.6 inch
$1,124
Delphine Diallo
Highness – Hybrid 1
Delphine Diallo
Photography - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,180
Highness – Rebirth 2
Delphine Diallo
Photography - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,618
Claude Billès
The man inside the robot
Claude Billès
Painting - 39 x 28 x 1 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$337
Mademoiselle Colombe
Claude Billès
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,348
A drop of milk
Claude Billès
Photography - 60 x 110 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.2 inch
$2,135
Vava Venezia
Taste of Blood
Vava Venezia
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,348
Sorry, we cant take your call right now
Vava Venezia
Print - 45 x 65 x 1 cm Print - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,247
My world is all Pink
Vava Venezia
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,348
Life is a Beach
Vava Venezia
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,348
End of the Ride
Vava Venezia
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,348
The door is still open
Vava Venezia
Photography - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,686
Guilhem Ribart
Désert baloon
Guilhem Ribart
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,124