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Des verres et des cendres
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,732
[Confiance], de la série La baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 19 x 28 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 11 x 0 inch
$1,018
Le sage de Clédat
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$192
Tripoli
Philippe De Poulpiquet
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,244
From Glass to Reflections - 7
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,018
Last Supper, East Vancouver
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 78 x 142 x 1 cm Photography - 30.7 x 55.9 x 0.4 inch
$10,743
Lockdown on the beach, Rabat Morocco
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.3 cm Photography - 5.9 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$181
Untilted, Marseille France.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$509
John Doe, Tokyo Japan.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$509
La mariée qui pleure
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Les deux frères
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$565
Femmes Q’eqchi’
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 39 x 49 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$905
La mariée qui pleure
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 45 x 59 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.2 x 0 inch
$1,244
Les danseuses de Baba Usundi
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 45 x 65 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$1,357
L’échappée belle
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 38 x 58 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15 x 22.8 x 0 inch
$1,583
Act 1 | Chilled champagne and mountains awaits, off we go...
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$283
Danza de las Naranjas
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Cuatro. From The series danza de las naranjas
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
The second flight
Jessica Houston
Photography - 25.4 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 10 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,583
Rainy days in Tokyo V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,250
Rainy days in Tokyo VI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,250
Toutes les fashion addicts se posent LA question : mais que porter cet été
Marine Foissey
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,006
High Rollers
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$215
Good friends don't let you do stupid things... alone!
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 40 x 53 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.9 inch
$215
U2 - SkyDome, Toronto
Richard Beland
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,550
The Police - Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Richard Beland
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,550
Man Holding Woman Head - Hipshot Series
Ken Heyman
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 1.3 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Andy Warhol, New York, 1964
Ken Heyman
Photography - 35.6 x 29.2 x 1.3 cm Photography - 14 x 11.5 x 0.5 inch
$4,800
I swing to see the world upside down
Cristina Fontsare
Photography - 40 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 13 x 0 inch
$679
The seller of old newspapers
Alain Le Chapelier
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$792
A Hombros. JT, Nimes, Francia.
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,878
Paseíllo al mediodía, Nimes, Francia.
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,878
Alberto López Simón. Las Ventas, Madrid.
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,878
Walk Along the Canal
Alain Le Chapelier
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$882
The Woman with the Gulls
Alain Le Chapelier
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$882
Irmãos
Geraldo Pestalozzi
Photography - 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$565
Desvelando Gaudí 07
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 53 x 40 cm Photography - 20.9 x 15.7 inch
$679
Desvelando Gaudí 09
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 53 x 40 cm Photography - 20.9 x 15.7 inch
$679
Hobie Red Cat
Bonnie Lammar
Photography - 30.5 x 30.5 x 0.5 cm Photography - 12 x 12 x 0.2 inch
$625
Gruyaert, Le Touquet, France
Jean-Christophe Béchet
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$780
Madrid, Espagne
Jean-Christophe Béchet
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$780
The Middle Finger
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$1,583
Dolce Vita 20
Aimee Hillman
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$2,382
Dolce Vita 11
Aimee Hillman
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$2,382
Les porteuses d’eau, N'Djamena, Tchad
José Nicolas
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$396
Sentimental Journey, Bavaria
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 61 x 94 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 37 x 0.04 inch
$5,089
Barman danseur
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,280 $2,788
Baiser masqué
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,280
Helmut & June Newton
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$4,071
Seven Samurai - Traditional Desert Horsemen
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$5,089
La Palette de Sao, Brazil
Carol Aplogan
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$792
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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.