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Warhol III
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 89.9 x 120.1 x 2.8 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.3 x 1.1 inch
$3,990
Andie MacDowell
Anthony Horth
Photography - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,050
Mata Hari
Paloma Castello
Photography - 69.9 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,250
Prized Possessions
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,490
Prized Possessions
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,490
Prized Possessions
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,490
Elvis Presley, The Sea
Paloma Castello
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Elvis Presley Stars
Paloma Castello
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Elvis Presley, Tatacoa Desert
Paloma Castello
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Crypto god save the queen
David Law
Photography - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,018
An Island in the air
Urs Lüthi
Photography - 20 x 47 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
$566
An Island in the Air
Urs Lüthi
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$566
Urbain brutalisme - Photographie digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$170
Eternal Recurrence #70, Photo collage with intervention by the artist.
Natasha Zupan
Photography - 151.1 x 123.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59.5 x 48.5 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Cocteau Aqua Atla #2235
Natasha Zupan
Photography - 152.4 x 135.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 53.5 x 0.1 inch
$8,900
1972 Fish Eye Autoportrait
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,150
Serie 'Tenis 08' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,471
Serie 'Tenis 06' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,471
Serie 'Tenis 05' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,471
Serie 'Tenis 04' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,471
Serie 'Tenis 03' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,471
Serie 'Tenis 02' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,471
On the moon 13 - série portraits de femmes (1)
Stéphane Vereecken
Photography - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$781
Chaos. Réfugiés de la bataille de Mossoul 2017, Mossoul
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,263
Love Is Blind
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$215
Any Surprise For Your Val?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$215
Unrestricted
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$215
Kiev, Ukraine, février 2014
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,075
1972 Vienna Muse 5
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,207
1972 Vienna Muse 4
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,207
1972 Vienna Muse 1
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,207
Untitled 24 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 80 x 112 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 44.1 x 0 inch
$4,000
Untitled 4 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Shoot again (197)
Yves Cham
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.01 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,358
Shoot again (91)
Yves Cham
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.01 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,358
Ecstasy of St Teresa (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.7 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
Into the darkness (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 32.29 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 12.7 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
The Dance (Sixth move) - (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 82.3 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
The Model (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 83.16 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
The Sunbathers (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 83.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
Red curtain (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 78.9 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 31.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
The Dance (Second move) - (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 82.3 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
Playground II (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 58.3 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
Playground (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 58.3 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
The Believer (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.42 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
Please, Do not Splash II (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.11 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.3 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
Self-Portrait (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 80.37 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 31.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
Jean-Paul Belmondo à Venise, Italie
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$905
Appareil photo création Christer HAMP Hidalgo 1995
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$1,007
1995 Homme à la moustache
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$1,120
Kenya - Les Samburu & Turkana_Mont Kenya
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,697
Kenya - Les Samburu & Turkana_Mont Kenya
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,263
Kenya - Les Samburu & Turkana_Mont Kenya
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$905
Algérie -Les Touaregs_Sahara. Tassil N'Ajjer
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
Algérie-Les Touaregs_Sahara. Tassili N'Ajjer
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II In Blue
Chris Jackson
Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,245
The Storm Above The Clouds
Brooke Shaden
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,716
Poétique Française, 25 éléments.
Pascal Therme
Photography - 80 x 65 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,754
Making a mark
Brooke Shaden
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,716
Pierot le fou
Pascal Therme
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,188
La Gravure selon Frédéric Ravel
Pascal Therme
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,301
Jenny Bel'Air
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,075
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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.