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![Photography, Portrait de l'homme au pull-over, Christer Hamp](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1240059_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait de l'homme au pull-over
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$1,006
![Photography, La Rose, Luz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/403627_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Beyond Birth, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139080_1_grid.jpg)
Beyond Birth
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$7,826
![Photography, A Cycle of Joy, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133997_1_grid.jpg)
A Cycle of Joy
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$11,180
![Photography, Dohaya, Luz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2115966_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Homeric, Luz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2048343_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mama Master Chef, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1979133_1_grid.jpg)
Mama Master Chef
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$10,062
![Photography, Camo 45, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1540587_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Intemerata, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1474125_1_grid.jpg)
Intemerata
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,442
![Photography, Carnaval Colour Sensation, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225833_1_grid.jpg)
Carnaval Colour Sensation
Anthony Horth
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$740
![Photography, Bestiaire 3, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/968889_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Man with Black Sand, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857127_1_grid.jpg)
Man with Black Sand
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
![Photography, Sandface, One, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856257_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Men & Serpent, One, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856230_1_grid.jpg)
Men & Serpent, One
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
![Photography, Man with Crown One, Black and White archival pigment print, Large, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/829347_1_grid.jpg)
Man with Crown One, Black and White archival pigment print, Large
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Métamorphose II (Le Chat), Joss Uñac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162505_1_grid.jpg)
Métamorphose II (Le Chat)
Joss Uñac
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,431
![Photography, 1979 South Korean Figures Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul, Boong Hyun Choi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144755_1_grid.jpg)
1979 South Korean Figures Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul
Boong Hyun Choi
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,453
![Photography, Hombre en mascara, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038479_1_grid.jpg)
Hombre en mascara
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
![Photography, Grandma divers XVII, Alain Schroeder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911441_1_grid.jpg)
Grandma divers XVII
Alain Schroeder
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,795
![Photography, Caballeros de Oro, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1798635_1_grid.jpg)
Caballeros de Oro
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Miguel y la Rosa Two, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1235613_1_grid.jpg)
Miguel y la Rosa Two
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Rosas, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1232361_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Miguel, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1232337_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marguerite Duras, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166254_1_grid.jpg)
Marguerite Duras
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, Bernard Loiseau, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166245_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sophie Marceau, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159074_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Prized Possessions, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139133_1_grid.jpg)
Prized Possessions
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,460
![Photography, Prized Possessions, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139131_1_grid.jpg)
Prized Possessions
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,460
![Photography, Prized Possessions, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139128_1_grid.jpg)
Prized Possessions
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,460
![Photography, Prized Possessions, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139124_1_grid.jpg)
Prized Possessions
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,460
![Photography, Fougère amazone, Aurélie Trabaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047332_1_grid.jpg)
Fougère amazone
Aurélie Trabaud
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,699
![Photography, Toni Garrn, Portrait Intervened by the artists., Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006211_1_grid.jpg)
Toni Garrn, Portrait Intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 187.9 x 132 x 3 cm Photography - 74 x 52 x 1.2 inch
$7,500
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![Photography, Cénote 1, Franck Seguin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887631_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Épreuve M, Zakari Babel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/536650_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Épreuve E, Zakari Babel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/536641_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les brodeuses, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165531_1_grid.jpg)
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Le voile de la mariée
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, Femmes en exil, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165475_1_grid.jpg)
Femmes en exil
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 45 x 65 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, La Glaneuse, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165449_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The drowning of consumption, shoes sauce, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972875_1_grid.jpg)
The drowning of consumption, shoes sauce
Idan Wizen
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
$10,621
![Photography, Regard Blanc - Digital art digigraphie, Claire Giraudeau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1681161_1_grid.jpg)
Regard Blanc - Digital art digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$280
![Photography, Chanel Autrement / Soup., Franck Doat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660494_1_grid.jpg)
Chanel Autrement / Soup.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$615
![Photography, Chanel Autrement / Promenade dans Paris., Franck Doat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660491_1_grid.jpg)
Chanel Autrement / Promenade dans Paris.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$615
![Photography, Chanel Autrement / Nous deux., Franck Doat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660479_1_grid.jpg)
Chanel Autrement / Nous deux.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$615
![Photography, Chanel Autrement / Audrey Kahlo., Franck Doat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660473_1_grid.jpg)
Chanel Autrement / Audrey Kahlo.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$615
![Photography, Chanel Autrement / Hippique / à Magritte., Franck Doat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660425_1_grid.jpg)
Chanel Autrement / Hippique / à Magritte.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$615
![Photography, Chanel Autrement / Mister Pablo, Franck Doat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660410_1_grid.jpg)
Chanel Autrement / Mister Pablo
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$615
![Photography, Chanel Autrement / Miss Chanel, Franck Doat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660407_1_grid.jpg)
Chanel Autrement / Miss Chanel
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$615
![Photography, Jean Cocteau à Venise, Italie, 1948, Vittorio Pavan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1377708_1_grid.jpg)
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
$671
![Photography, Lonely meditation, Alain Le Chapelier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1297692_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The boxer, Alain Le Chapelier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1297677_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Window on courtyard, Alain Le Chapelier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1297632_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Regard Blanc - Photographie digigraphie, Claire Giraudeau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226097_1_grid.jpg)
Regard Blanc - Photographie digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$280
![Photography, Alejandro Talavante, Andrés Calamaro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1118238_1_grid.jpg)
Alejandro Talavante
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$13,248
![Photography, La México. CDMX., Andrés Calamaro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1118229_1_grid.jpg)
La México. CDMX.
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,776
![Photography, Conversation improbable, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149071_1_grid.jpg)
Conversation improbable
Irène Jonas
Photography - 19 x 13 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$559
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Femmes Huni Kuin
Géraldine Rué
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$391
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Kalaallit Nunaat 10-10
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Construction Site in Manhattan, Michael K. Yamaoka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/974871_1_grid.jpg)
Construction Site in Manhattan
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.04 inch
$2,500
![Photography, Kate Moss Venice Beach I, Christoph Martin Schmid](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/434256_1_grid.jpg)
Kate Moss Venice Beach I
Christoph Martin Schmid
Photography - 44 x 33 cm Photography - 17.3 x 13 inch
$894
![Photography, Série des Pin Up N°2, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/424191_1_grid.jpg)
Série des Pin Up N°2
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,795
![Photography, VNGH, Sebastian Riemer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179107_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Inside the web, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006562_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, I am free to imprison myself - II, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006559_1_grid.jpg)
I am free to imprison myself - II
Idan Wizen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$503
![Photography, Let’s backbite together, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006553_1_grid.jpg)
Let’s backbite together
Idan Wizen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$503
![Photography, Les photographes, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972584_1_grid.jpg)
Les photographes
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 16 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.3 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$335
![Photography, Peter Max in His Studio, Michael K. Yamaoka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1745625_1_grid.jpg)
Peter Max in His Studio
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$5,031
![Photography, Oromo Lady of Bati, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931098_1_grid.jpg)
Oromo Lady of Bati
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,304
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![Photography, Beauty in the Sahel, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/847236_1_grid.jpg)
Beauty in the Sahel
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,577
![Photography, Inchoy and child, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/731007_1_grid.jpg)
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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.