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La solitude /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,103
Wonderland : Faith I & Change
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$443
Masked Queens II
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$625
Masked Queens I
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$625
Soledad : Frida's Reflections II / Digital Collage
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$625
Street Art/Photo Collage V
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$625
Neighborhood
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 127 x 0.5 cm Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.2 inch
$22,735
Truthful#2
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,080
Truthful#1
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,080
T2
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$363
T6
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$190
Alex resting
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
$367
Dancer's stretch
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 48.3 x 61 x 1.3 cm Photography - 19 x 24 x 0.5 inch
$400
After Rossetti
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
$527
Magic Mandela
Marie Serruya
Photography - 42 x 59 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$296
Baba Yaga and Baby Yoda
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 43 x 62.29 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.9 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch
$637
Mystique's Cosmos Prisoner
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 55 x 55.84 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.7 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$625
Dark Land of Fireflies
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 83.83 x 47 x 0.3 cm Photography - 33 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
$904
T7
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$178
Untucked
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 71.1 x 50.5 x 0.5 cm Photography - 28 x 19.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,200
Behind the Veil
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 83.8 x 65 x 0.5 cm Photography - 33 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,700
Heatwave
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 114.3 x 76.2 x 0.5 cm Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.2 inch
$3,000
Flamenco, Maria V
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 1 inch
$334
Count your Blessings
Kamal Obat
Photography - 58.4 x 38.9 x 2.5 cm Photography - 23 x 15.3 x 1 inch
$450
Winnie Harlow
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,735
Michael B Jordan
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,735
Yara Shahidi
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,735
Nicole Kidman
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,735
Marc Jacobs
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,735
Thuso Mbedu
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,735
Selah Marley
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,735
Shaun Ross
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,735
Edward Enninful
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,368
Shaun Ross
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,368
Thuso Mbedu
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,368
Winnie Harlow
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,368
Martha Stewart
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,368
Marc Jacobs
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76 x 55 x 5.08 cm Photography - 29.9 x 21.7 x 2 inch
$11,368
Nicole Kidman
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 87 x 61 x 5.08 cm Photography - 34.3 x 24 x 2 inch
$11,368
Yara Shahidi
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76 x 55 x 5.08 cm Photography - 29.9 x 21.7 x 2 inch
$11,368
Albert Burla
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,735
Albert Burla
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,368
Ben Stiller
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,368
Ben Stiller
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,735
Ralph Lauren
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,735
Nicole Kidman
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,735
Matrha Stewart
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,735
Edward Enninful
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 2 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.8 inch
$22,735
Last ride before the storm
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 90 x 160 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$2,842
Dans la Bible
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$307
Chapeau l'Artiste
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$307
L'Homme au chapeau
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$307
Faceless figure - The paradox of identity
Robert Jaso
Photography - 55 x 42 cm Photography - 21.7 x 16.5 inch
$3,751
Faceless figure - Blind insight
Robert Jaso
Photography - 55 x 42 cm Photography - 21.7 x 16.5 inch
$3,751
Look at me
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$261
Gbedu Enter Body (Groove)
Kamal Obat
Photography - 58.4 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Photography - 23 x 18 x 1 inch
$300
T1
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$190
Welcome to heartbreak
Kamal Obat
Photography - 59.4 x 42.4 x 2.5 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.7 x 1 inch
$295
Ceasar, Capturing the Essence of a Human Face
Robert Jaso
Photography - 118 x 80 cm Photography - 46.5 x 31.5 inch
$6,252
Wonderland : Faith II & Return
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$443
Wonderland : Portrait - Return
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$443
Masked Queens - Prayer&Repentance
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$364
Masked Queens - Grounding
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$364
Masked Queens - Higher
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$364
Spiritual Freedom - Deliverance
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$546
Spiritual Freedom - Prayer
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$546
Virtuous Woman
Kamal Obat
Photography - 59.4 x 41.9 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$450
Portrait of a Silverback
Drew Doggett
Photography - 91.4 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Perplexité /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$261
Elle et les fleurs /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$307
96 Printemps /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$261
ELLE et les Agapanthes
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$261
Elle Lascive /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$261
ELLE 1996 Coquine /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$261
Un ange passe
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$261
In the morning after a night of love
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$261
ELLE ma beauté
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$261
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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.