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Apesanteur - Walk in central park
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$9,732
Sixtine Avenue
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$7,129
Sci sull'acqua Venezia
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$736
Milan, the tramway
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$566
Michael Jackson II
David Nutter
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,550
Marilyn Monroe on the Subway
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 41 x 51 x 0.001 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$447
Sleeping Beauty - Fallen princess
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 72 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 28.3 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$4,527
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
$622
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
$622
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
$622
Atlántico - Collection Morocco
Rodrigo
Photography - 29.3 x 39 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.5 x 15.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
Christina (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.3 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch
$792
Christina (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
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
$1,471
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
$792
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
$1,471
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
$1,471
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
$792
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
$1,471
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
$792
The Splash (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
$792
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
$1,471
The Waiting Room (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 59 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$792
The Lovers (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.61 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
$792
The Swimmer (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 59.27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.3 x 0.1 inch
$792
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
$1,471
The Sunbathers (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
$792
Red Curtain (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 55.78 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$792
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
$792
Playground (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 41.17 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.2 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$792
Self-Portrait (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 56.82 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch
$792
Vietnam, Chau Doc, Batelier
Eric Benard
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$736
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
$3,169
Love in the tropics
Rodrigo
Photography - 35.6 x 23.8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$2,262
Indonésie-Les Minangkabau_Sumatra Ouest
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 30 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$792
Marilyn Getting Ready To Go Out (1955)
Ed Feingersh
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 cm Photography - 16 x 12 inch
$447
Ballet Practice
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 45.7 x 30.5 x 0 cm Photography - 18 x 12 x 0.01 inch
$565
Connected Gondolier
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 45.7 x 30.5 x 0 cm Photography - 18 x 12 x 0.01 inch
$659
Interconnected Gondoliers
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0 cm Photography - 12 x 18 x 0.01 inch
$659
Man standing in front of house
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Woman holding out hand
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Children in boat
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Surreal cemetary
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Kids with cows
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Dancing - Hipshot Series
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Basketball - Hipshot Series
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
By the Beach - Hipshot Series
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Superman Parade - Hipshot Series
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Washington Square Park, 1985 - Hipshot Series
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Dancers - Hipshot Series
Ken Heyman
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 1.3 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Boys Playing - Hipshot Series
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Woman Holding Child on Beach - Hipshot Series
Ken Heyman
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 1.3 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Dog Wash - Hipshot Series
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Group Shot - New York, 1964
Ken Heyman
Photography - 29.2 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11.5 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,800
Roy Lichtenstein, 1964
Ken Heyman
Photography - 29.2 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11.5 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,800
Amanda Lear - Couturière HQ
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 54 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,358
The beauty we love
O'kiins Howara
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$962
Behind myself (1)
O'kiins Howara
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$962
Musicians in Lummus Park, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,867
North Beach, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,867
Buenos Aires Tango 4
Pascal Therme
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,075
Mont Saint Michel With Meadows And Audience
Thorsten Ritzmann
Photography - 75 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,924
Conversation improbable
Irène Jonas
Photography - 19 x 13 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$566
Froufrous
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,282 $2,954
Couple amoureux
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,621
La piste
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,282 $2,954
Ballons Over Paris - Diamond Dust
David Drebin
Photography - 63 x 152 x 1 cm Photography - 24.8 x 59.8 x 0.4 inch
$16,974
Risky Landing Diamond Dust
David Drebin
Photography - 76 x 96 x 1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 37.8 x 0.4 inch
$11,316
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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.