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Woman Shock At The Death Of The President
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
€4,853
Woman Reacts to the Death of MLK
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
€4,853
The Man in the Phone Booth (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
€4,853
The Man in the Phone Booth
Tyler Shields
Photography - 38.1 x 50.8 cm Photography - 15 x 20 inch
€2,426
The Girl with The Red Glove (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
€4,853
The Girl with The Red Glove
Tyler Shields
Photography - 38.1 x 50.8 cm Photography - 15 x 20 inch
€2,426
The Girl in The Red Car (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
€4,853
The Girl in The Red Car
Tyler Shields
Photography - 38.1 x 50.8 cm Photography - 15 x 20 inch
€2,426
The Girl in the Phone Booth (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€4,853
The Girl in the Phone Booth
Tyler Shields
Photography - 45.7 x 45.7 cm Photography - 18 x 18 inch
€2,426
The Couple Out The Window (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
€4,853
The Couple Out The Window
Tyler Shields
Photography - 38.1 x 50.8 cm Photography - 15 x 20 inch
€2,426
Girl with a Pearl Earring (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€4,853
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Tyler Shields
Photography - 45.7 x 45.7 cm Photography - 18 x 18 inch
€2,426
Malcolm X during his visit to enterprises owned by Black Muslims.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 VI
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
USA. Marilyn Monroe (USA). Actress & singer
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
USA. Los Angeles. Joan CRAWFORD (USA), Actress.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
USA. Illinois. Bement. US actress Marilyn Monroe during a public appearance.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
Marilyn Monroe, USA
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
USA. Nevada. Reno. Marilyn Monroe on the set of The Misfits by John HUSTON
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
Spain. Mallorca. Anthony QUINN and Anna KARINA on the set of Guy Green's The Magus.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
GB. Shepperton. Film Set Becket, Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
John and Angelica Huston (USA). 1968
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
USA. Nevada. US actress Marilyn Monroe on the set of The Misfits by John HUSTON.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
USA. NYC. Black is Beautiful.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,281
UAE. Dubai. Behind the Veil. II
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
UAE. Dubai. Behind the Veil.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
USA. New York. American actress Marlene Dietrich.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
James Brown; singer, being interviewed after a concert in the Apollo in Harlem where the slogan Black is Beautiful was introduced.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
Isabella Rosellini during the filming of White Nights - Finland
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
Marilyn MONROE on the set of The Misfits - USA, Nevada, Reno
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
Sophia Loren with Charles Chaplin - GB. England . Film: Countess from Hong Kong.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
Charlotte Stribling. USA. New York City USA.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 II
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
USA. Arizona. James Stewart on the set of The flight of the phoenix.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
China. Retired woman.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
€2,281
Une tresse en or
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Tiékoraba Féré
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Monsieur le français
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Le vieux sage
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
L’astronaute
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Fura Seri Baba
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
A quoi m’attendre
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Gaucho, Nomadic Horsemen
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 58.4 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23 x 18 x 0.2 inch
€1,747
Gaucho, Nomadic Horsemen VII
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 55.9 x 44.7 x 0.5 cm Photography - 22 x 17.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,553
Gaucho, Nomadic Horsemen VI
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 58.4 x 47 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23 x 18.5 x 0.2 inch
€1,747
It’s Time to get A Face Mask!
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€190
Hangar backstage
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€250
Camo 2.04322
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€8,000
Madam President
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€17,000
Lab Closed. Creation in Progress
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€17,000
Treasures of Delight
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€13,000
Chimpanzee #16
Brad Wilson
Photography - 76 x 110 x 0.2 cm Photography - 29.9 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
€4,200
Underwater Kiss II (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
€48,527
Underwater Kiss II (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
€24,264
Underwater Kiss II (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
€14,558
Submerged Mouths (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 152.4 cm Photography - 45 x 60 inch
€14,558
Submerged Mouths (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
€48,527
Submerged Mouths (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
€48,527
Submerged Mouths (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
€24,264
Submerged Mouths (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
€14,558
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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.