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Muse au téléphone monumental 1972 MATHAUSEN
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 100 x 120 x 0.75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.3 inch
$5,570
1972 Muse à la Sculpture de granit monumentale MATHAUSEN
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,297
Moon Shin totem Lia, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$4,433
Grossert 3 - Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$3,297
Elton John au piano, sur la scène du concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$625
Sting sur scène au concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$625
Phil Collins et Sting au concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$625
Artistes sur scène au concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$625
La princesse Diana et le Prince Charles au concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$625
Paul McCartney (au piano) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$625
Paul McCartney (portrait) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$625
Paul Young sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$625
Sade (portrait) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$625
Sade (avec bassiste) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$625
David Bowie (portrait) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$625
Freddie Mercury (portrait) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$625
Freddie Mercury (poing serré) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$625
Whole patches of me windswept, tired
Christa David
Photography - 76.2 x 55.88 x 2 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$3,979
Making room with salt and light
Christa David
Photography - 76.2 x 55.88 x 1 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 0.4 inch
$3,979
It was heavy all so heavy
Christa David
Photography - 76.2 x 55.88 x 3 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 1.2 inch
$3,979
In awe of it all, still
Christa David
Photography - 76.2 x 55.88 x 2 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$3,979
Christina (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.3 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch
$796
Christina (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,478
Untitled (Id. 101) - (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 83.48 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 32.9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,478
Untitled (Id. 101) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.02 x 42 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$796
Ecstasy of St Teresa (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$796
Into the Darkness (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 22.8 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$796
The Waiting Room IV (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 82.25 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,478
The Waiting Room IV (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.15 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 inch
$796
The Fall (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 83.44 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,478
The Dance (Sixth move) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.19 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 inch
$796
The Waiting Room IV (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 83.48 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 32.9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,478
The Waiting Room III (Lockdown) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 41.27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.2 x 0.1 inch
$796
The Waiting Room II (Hannah and I) - (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 82.73 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,478
The Waiting Room II (Hannah and I)- (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.49 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$796
The Splash (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
$796
The Waiting Room (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 83.44 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,478
The Waiting Room (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 59 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$796
The Lovers (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.61 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
$796
The Swimmer (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 59.27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.3 x 0.1 inch
$796
The Model (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
$796
End of the Market II (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,478
The Sunbathers (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
$796
Red Curtain (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 55.78 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$796
The Dance (Second move) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.19 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 inch
$796
Playground II (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 41.17 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.2 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$796
Playground (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 41.17 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.2 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$796
The Believer (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.55 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$796
Self-Portrait (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 56.82 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch
$796
Vietnam, Chau Doc, Batelier
Eric Benard
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$739
Two things one in the same
Christa David
Photography - 35.56 x 27.94 x 0.2 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$3,183
It’s giving or does it explode
Christa David
Photography - 35.56 x 27.94 x 0.2 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$3,183
The elements gathered in the evening
Christa David
Photography - 76.2 x 55.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$4,547
Moda DIOR, Venezia 1951
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 40 x 32 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$568
Joan Miró à Venise, Italie
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$682
Jean Cocteau à Venise, Italie, 1948
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$682
Indonésie-Les Minangkabau_Sumatra Ouest
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 30 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$796
La Naranja Mecánica. JT, Nimes, Francia.
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$13,471
Morante de la Puebla. La Puebla del Rio.
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$13,471
Cambio de Mano. AT.
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$13,471
David Mora. Sevilla.
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,924
Javi Castro, mozo de espadas. Sevilla.
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,924
Alejandro Talavante
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,924
1972 Mauthausen Muse Renaissance
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 27 x 32 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 12.6 x 0.2 inch
$4,490
Liz, anonymous
Guido Segni
Photography - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,478
Early Marseille n°3/30
Anne Eliayan et Christian Pic
Photography - 75 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,478
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,842
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,842
Abba Dolls 1
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$614
Cover Beauty
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 61 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$614
Milli Beauty
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 55 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch
$614
Bloody Lips
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 52 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 20.5 x 0.1 inch
$614
Brothers Art
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$989
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Portrait Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered the process for setting images onto pewter plates. In 1833, upon Nièpce's death, Louis Daguerre and François Arago continued his experiments and invented the daguerreotype, a process which created a printed image on a silver plate that had been exposed to light. Photography was born.
Similarly to how portrait painting had dominated artistic output in previous centuries, portrait photography was to become the pillar of the Second French Empire's photographic industry. Lenses with a shorter focal length, which enabled reduced exposure times, gradually appear on the market. The required equipment was expensive and difficult to handle. Some photographers, called daguerreotypists, decided to open their own photography studios to make a profit from their endeavours. The daguerreotype process was temperamental, and photographers had to take their pictures with great precision and attention to detail. They welcomed many people into their studios and customers choose how they wished to be photographed from catalogue of poses. Originally only accessible to the bourgeoisie, lower prices resulting from the growing number of studios eventually attracted a wider customer base. This phenomenon infuriated the poet Charles Baudelaire who was frustrated by the sense of narcissism sparked by the daguerreotypists.
Despite his protests, the egotistical trend only grew with the emergence of 'carte de visite' portraits (small photographs, the size of today's business cards). These were the brainchild of Adolphe Eugène Disdéri came up with the idea of producing portraits akin to visiting cards in 1859. He printed eight portraits in a variety of poses onto a single plate and once developed they could be cut up into eight distinct “visiting cards". Very popular with the bourgeoisie, they highlighted the sitters' social status. 'Carte de visite' portraits featuring celebrities were also sold to customers, who could subsequently add them to their albums.
The photographer Nadar was one of the first to demonstrate a conscious artistic approach to producing these portraits. He emphasised facial expressions and ensured the sitter was comfortable and at ease before taking the photograph. He photographed the era's greatest thinkers and artists, including Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. He even managed to reconcile Baudelaire with portraiture.
At the end of the 19th century, the art of photography started to enter the mainstream, with the arrival of the Kodak company. The use of the camera, and the taking of portraits, became everyday occurrences. A century later, it was the invention of the digital camera which challenged the status quo. Whereas before alterations could only be made to photographs when they were being taken or developed, with the digital camera editing became easier, quicker and more convenient. Digital photography has given photographers much more freedom when it comes to editing and new methods and techniques are constantly being explored.
Some of the photographers who have left their mark on the last century include: Cindy Sherman, who excelled in self-portraits, Annie Leibovitz, who captured celebrities, the wacky duo, Pierre and Gilles, as well as Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims.
So, do portraits help us to learn more about each other, to remember, to invent, to act, or to reconnect with ourselves? Find out on Artsper, by exploring the works of Formento & Formento, Naomi Vona, Ahmed Bennani, Chou Ching Hui, Samuel Cueto, Brno del Zou, Ren Hang, Markus + Indrani, Jerome Liebling as well as Annina Roescheisen.
A portrait photograph can be a photograph of a person's head and shoulders, but it can also be of an animal or of a different section of the subject's body such as their feet. Portrait photographs in art often tell or hint something about its subject to the viewer, such as an aspect of their personality, but still contain an element of mystery.
The three major types of portrait photography are posed portraits, candid or anonymous portraits, and conceptual portraits. The last type, conceptual or creative portraits, can be experimental and abstract, and may not represent an image close to a traditional portrait.
The six main types of portrait photography are fine art portraits, traditional portraits (for example posed portraits taken at school), lifestyle portraits, group portraits, street portraits and glamour portraits.