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![Photography, Roger, Corinne Dubreuil](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1606248_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, An insipid notion #177, Javier Rey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/963813_1_grid.jpg)
An insipid notion #177
Javier Rey
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,350
![Photography, HRH Princess Elizabeth, Cecil Beaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898443_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, De côté, Arnaud Ele](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/623157_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mère et enfant, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165422_1_grid.jpg)
Mère et enfant
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,354
![Photography, facieS, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149908_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, ContemplatlO, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120766_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rêveries, de la série - Un été sans fin, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327956_1_grid.jpg)
Rêveries, de la série - Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Atelier de moule, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/7453_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Disruption II. Wall sculpture intervened by the artists., Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/615738_1_grid.jpg)
Disruption II. Wall sculpture intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 36 x 28 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.2 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Heart - Alexander Skarsgard Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists., Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/504560_1_grid.jpg)
Heart - Alexander Skarsgard Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 63.5 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 25 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
![Photography, John Boorman, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165359_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Spike Lee, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157077_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Jenny Bel'Air, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972548_1_grid.jpg)
Jenny Bel'Air
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,062
![Photography, Miroir d'Elle, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1801995_1_grid.jpg)
Miroir d'Elle
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$201
![Photography, Soliloquy. Photograph intervened by the artists, Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1726332_1_grid.jpg)
Soliloquy. Photograph intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 30.5 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Photography, I am not a female asian artist, John Yuyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1661835_1_grid.jpg)
I am not a female asian artist
John Yuyi
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$6,149
![Photography, Emirates Palace Royal Entrance Gates, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537716_1_grid.jpg)
Emirates Palace Royal Entrance Gates
Anthony Horth
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.2 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$1,150
![Photography, Soul - Kate Hudson, Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists., Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405986_1_grid.jpg)
Soul - Kate Hudson, Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 45.7 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
![Photography, Now - Bruno Mars, Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists., Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405200_1_grid.jpg)
Now - Bruno Mars, Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 50.8 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
![Photography, Pride - Jennifer Lopez. Portrait Photograph intervened by the artists., Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405194_1_grid.jpg)
Pride - Jennifer Lopez. Portrait Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 50.8 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
![Photography, Nawoi, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1190118_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Waiting for the rain in Wamba, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/9621_1_grid.jpg)
Waiting for the rain in Wamba
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,048
![Photography, Litiriyan, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/9620_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, At the heart of Huile, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931170_1_grid.jpg)
At the heart of Huile
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
![Photography, Tuareg Warrior, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931137_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Young Hamer Woman, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931131_1_grid.jpg)
Young Hamer Woman
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
![Photography, Glimpses, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931047_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Lion of the Kalahari, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/930813_1_grid.jpg)
Lion of the Kalahari
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
![Photography, Fula Nomad at Golondi, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/925413_1_grid.jpg)
Fula Nomad at Golondi
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
![Photography, Fulani Bapteme Ceremony, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/925407_1_grid.jpg)
Fulani Bapteme Ceremony
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
![Photography, Konbaki, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/925377_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Overseeing Merille, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/925365_1_grid.jpg)
Overseeing Merille
John Kenny
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,108
![Photography, Kedeyne, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/925359_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Rendille Mother and Child, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924855_1_grid.jpg)
Rendille Mother and Child
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
![Photography, Learnesi, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924846_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Beads of the Omo Valley, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/922155_1_grid.jpg)
Beads of the Omo Valley
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
![Photography, Lady of the Arbore, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/921867_1_grid.jpg)
Lady of the Arbore
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
![Photography, The pure Wodaabe, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/847332_1_grid.jpg)
The pure Wodaabe
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
![Photography, Papillon Mon Amour, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748914_1_grid.jpg)
Papillon Mon Amour
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,677
![Photography, Les Hespérides L'Insouciance, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748884_1_grid.jpg)
Les Hespérides L'Insouciance
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,677
![Photography, Le Souffle de la Légèreté, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748860_1_grid.jpg)
Le Souffle de la Légèreté
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,677
![Photography, Korohan, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/665859_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Otjitando, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/57512_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lakuru, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/565104_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, At the edge of the Jade Sea, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/28581_1_grid.jpg)
At the edge of the Jade Sea
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
![Photography, Nambuele, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/28574_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Afar woman of Assaita, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/21099_1_grid.jpg)
Afar woman of Assaita
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,817
![Photography, Plexi'Art "Panther #1" (11), JM Collell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093331_1_grid.jpg)
Plexi'Art "Panther #1" (11)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Renaissance woman 6, Léo Caillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1984191_1_grid.jpg)
Renaissance woman 6
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,248
![Photography, Renaissance woman 3, Léo Caillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1982931_1_grid.jpg)
Renaissance woman 3
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,248
![Photography, Renaissance woman 2, Léo Caillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1982874_1_grid.jpg)
Renaissance woman 2
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,248
![Photography, 1%, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790292_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, On the moon 13 - série portraits de femmes, Stéphane Vereecken](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610985_1_grid.jpg)
On the moon 13 - série portraits de femmes
Stéphane Vereecken
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,286
![Photography, Paradis perdu 08 - série portraits de femmes, Stéphane Vereecken](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610979_1_grid.jpg)
Paradis perdu 08 - série portraits de femmes
Stéphane Vereecken
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,174
![Photography, Paradis perdu 02 - série portraits de femmes, Stéphane Vereecken](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610976_1_grid.jpg)
Paradis perdu 02 - série portraits de femmes
Stéphane Vereecken
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,286
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Behind the Great Mosque in Djenne
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
![Photography, Cowboy of Wamba, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1072086_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Samburu adornment, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1072077_1_grid.jpg)
Samburu adornment
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
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Hipster in Stone XXXVII, Discobolus
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$4,025
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Hipster 20s VII, Aristeus
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$4,025
![Photography, Il peso degli anni, 1962 (Le poids de l’âge), Fabrizio La Torre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/775290_1_grid.jpg)
Il peso degli anni, 1962 (Le poids de l’âge)
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,845
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Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey
David Steen
Photography - 61 x 46 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$1,543
![Photography, BB King Kodalith Performance - Orange Jacket, LA Forum, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154759_1_grid.jpg)
BB King Kodalith Performance - Orange Jacket, LA Forum
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, The Beatles Posing Together, "Our World" Satellite Broadcast Press Event, EMI Studios, London, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154749_1_grid.jpg)
The Beatles Posing Together, "Our World" Satellite Broadcast Press Event, EMI Studios, London
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,750
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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.