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Bar Le Cactus (rue des Archives)
Amadou Gaye
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$455
Rue Cherche Midi 6ème
Amadou Gaye
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$455
Tenue Correcte Exigée
Amadou Gaye
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$455
31-Tour de France femmes 2022 6ème étape Saint-Dié-des-Vosges - Rosheim. La commune de Rosheim en Alsace.
Jérémy Lempin
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$341
28-Tour de France 2022 13ème étape Bourg d'Oisan-Saint-Etienne. La côte de Saint Romain en Gal.
Jérémy Lempin
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
$341
The Believer
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 81.18 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$2,501
Chez les cousins de la Loire.
Didier Bizet
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$341
Electric Cowboy
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$546
100 Marches #13 Eating
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$966
Surf Camp "Boys"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$966
Prince of Wale's Diving #1 "Standing"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$966
DJ Napoléon
Bruce Meritte
Photography - 100 x 70 x 10 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 3.9 inch
$3,410
Paris Eiffel Tower #1 - Shoulder sitting
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,250
Marinella #9 Beach chair
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$966
Marinella #7 Man looking
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$966
Soleil métallique
Hervé Pezzini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$340
Paparazzi
Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$455
Protect and defend
Laurelia Brizard
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$409
Arizona 002. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,433
Arizona 002. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,433
Alabama 002. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,433
South Carolina 001. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,433
Texas 001. The Ameriguns. (1)
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,433
Texas 001. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,092
Painted Work #7
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$7,957
Painted Work #2
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$7,957
Painted Work #1
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$7,957
Yowa et Violette d’après l’École de Fontainebleau
Iconographia
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$398
Mes amours de panda
Florence Le Van
Photography - 27 x 18 x 1 cm Photography - 10.6 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch
$455
Algerie-Les Touaregs_Sahara. Tassili N'Ajjer
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 27 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 10.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$455
Manila Worker - Photography Art installation with 18 frames
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 155 x 220 x 2 cm Photography - 61 x 86.6 x 0.8 inch
$9,651
Pom Klementieff, Los Angeles 2018
Mary Rozzi
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$3,410
L’amie de la famille.
Didier Bizet
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$338
Portrait de groupe, 'Souvenirs rêvés'
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 100 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,705
Fusion 4, 'Souvenirs rêvés'
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 100 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,705
Fusion 2, 'Souvenirs rêvés'
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 100 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,705
L'Adieu, "Souvenirs rêvés"
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 100 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,705
Désir de chasse, autoportrait
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,046
Portrait lyrique Alexandra
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,705
Jade (défilé Lecoanet Hemant, Paris 1998)
Dominique DIEULOT
Photography - 42 x 33 cm Photography - 16.5 x 13 inch
$2,387
Iniciación
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,884
Fiesta de cumpleaños
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,884
Statut : it's complicated
Marine Foissey
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,206
Annachiara Color
Elvira Carrasco
Photography - 135 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 53.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$5,002
Box set edition photographie Gabriele Galimberti.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 21 x 30.5 x 1.5 cm Photography - 8.3 x 12 x 0.6 inch
$205
De Myrha à Babylone - Duo Jeanne 1
Valérie Donzelli
Photography - 35 x 35 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 inch
$455
Juste avant l'église, série Les mariées de Pigalle
Lili Ruby Chomat
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$171
Série Les mariées de Pigalle
Lili Ruby Chomat
Photography - 29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$171
Série Les mariées de Pigalle
Lili Ruby Chomat
Photography - 29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$171
Behind Her Back
Jordana Ozier Lafontaine
Photography - 30 x 20 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$296
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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.