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Silence and soul
Richard Kelley
Photography - 75 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
Mr Camille distance
Cahuate Milk
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€920
Alice distance 2
Cahuate Milk
Photography - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€920
Camille distance
Cahuate Milk
Photography - 90 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€920
Aline distance 2
Cahuate Milk
Photography - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€850
Pepome distance
Cahuate Milk
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€920
Unnatural Causes XXIV
Jeff Robb
Photography - 75 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
€9,000
Kappil Beach. Kerala
Marie Burel
Photography - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€600
Flowers for the winners 2
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€190
L'Année du Cochon Corse
Marie Burel
Photography - 44 x 34 x 3 cm Photography - 17.3 x 13.4 x 1.2 inch
€600
L'Année du Lapin Chasseur
Marie Burel
Photography - 52 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 20.5 x 15 x 1.2 inch
€600
L'Année du Charmeur de Serpent
Marie Burel
Photography - 47.5 x 37.5 x 3 cm Photography - 18.7 x 14.8 x 1.2 inch
€700
Tristan et Luna, Cirque Bidon
Marie Burel
Photography - 61 x 48 x 3 cm Photography - 24 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
Notre Dame tu nous gardes
Marie Burel
Photography - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,200
La Diva de Forcalquier
Marie Burel
Photography - 74 x 60 x 3.5 cm Photography - 29.1 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
€1,400
Nude Carla Bruni a genoux, Harper Bazar
Philippe Robert
Photography - 110 x 82 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
€11,000
Untitled story III
Camille Brasselet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€1,350
Untitled Story IV
Camille Brasselet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€1,350
Le départ
Camille Brasselet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€1,350
La Densité du regard. Ayrton Senna
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Self Portrait
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 75.6 x 55.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.75 x 21.75 x 0.1 inch
€2,386
Back lighting, Green and Yellow. Diptych
Dora Franco
Photography - 50.8 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€3,341
Back lighting, Red and Yellow. Diptych
Dora Franco
Photography - 50.8 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€3,341
Back lighting, Red and Green. Diptych
Dora Franco
Photography - 50.8 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€3,341
Back lighting, Blue and Green. Diptych
Dora Franco
Photography - 76.2 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€4,773
Back lighting, Blue and Yellow. Diptych
Dora Franco
Photography - 76.2 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€4,773
Back lighting, Blue and Red. Diptych
Dora Franco
Photography - 76.2 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€4,773
Back lighting, Black and Red. Diptych
Dora Franco
Photography - 76.2 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€4,773
Back lighting, Black and Blue. Diptych
Dora Franco
Photography - 76.2 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€4,773
Back lighting window
Dora Franco
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,386
Back lighting. Red
Dora Franco
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€2,386
Back lighting. Purple
Dora Franco
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€2,386
Back lighting. Yellow
Dora Franco
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€2,386
Reine de Malaisie
Fanta Diarra
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,400
Esculape et Medicis
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 55 x 55 x 0.1 cm Photography - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0 inch
€800
Jahângir
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€800
Femme Karo et son enfant. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Arara III - Guacamaya. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€6,800
Arara II - Guacamaya. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 144 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 56.7 x 0 inch
€6,800
Arara - Guacamaya. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 144 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 56.7 x 0 inch
€6,800
Bepkororot - Dueño de las tormentas Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 112 x 160 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 63 x 0 inch
€6,800
Makunaima - Aprendiz de chamán. Cultura Pemón, Venezuela
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 70 x 200 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 78.7 x 0 inch
€6,800
Jikuri - Dios Peyote. Cultura Huichol, Mexico
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
€6,800
Tatevari - Dios fuego. Cultura Huichol, Mexico
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 66 x 200 x 0.1 cm Photography - 26 x 78.7 x 0 inch
€6,800
Tatei Nivétzica - Niña-diosa del maíz. Cultura Huichol, Mexico
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
€6,800
Wirikuta - Dios del desierto sagrado. Cultura Huichol, Mexico
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 66 x 200 x 0.1 cm Photography - 26 x 78.7 x 0 inch
€6,800
Tatei Urianaka - Madre Tierra. Cultura Huichol, Mexico
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 171 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 67.3 x 0 inch
€6,800
Kalakshé - Dueño de los bosques. Cultura Kogui, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 85 x 170 x 0.1 cm Photography - 33.5 x 66.9 x 0 inch
€6,800
Hiyuxa - Dueño de los peces. Cultura Kogui, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 135 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 53.1 x 0 inch
€6,800
Kualekn - Dueña del algodón. Cultura Kogui, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 97 x 180 x 0.1 cm Photography - 38.2 x 70.9 x 0 inch
€6,800
Kalavia - Dueña de los bosques. Cultura Kogui, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 87 x 180 x 0.1 cm Photography - 34.3 x 70.9 x 0 inch
€6,800
Kualayuma - Dueña de las plantas cultivadas. Cultura Kogui, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 79 x 170 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.1 x 66.9 x 0 inch
€6,800
Awishama - Dueña de la coca. Cultura Wiwa, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 181 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 71.3 x 0 inch
€6,800
Mamacocha - Madre de las aguas. Cultura Quero, Perú
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€6,800
Famille Barberini, Rome, 1986
Patrick Faigenbaum
Photography - 60.8 x 50.2 cm Photography - 23.9 x 19.8 inch
€1,500
Ayrton Senna concentrer. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€800
Ayrton Senna, Préparatif. Brésil F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
€800
Le chant des Glaucus
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,290
Candidat à L'immortalité
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€950
Ayrton Senna MacLaren .Italie. Monza
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Dietrich File #2
Léa Bon
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.53 x 19.68 x 0.1 inch
€2,386
Of Crimson Joy
Brian Ziff
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.5 inch
€2,386
Gina Lollobrigida
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€250
Jacques Villeret
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€250
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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.