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Harlem rain
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$998
Coney Island baby - Collection We luv NYC
Rodrigo
Photography - 19.9 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,122 $1,010
Brooklyn Bridge - We luv NYC
Rodrigo
Photography - 35.6 x 23.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14 x 9.3 x 0 inch
$2,243
Paris confinement
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Dans les rues de La Havane. Cuba
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,122 $1,010
Paris confinement Musée d'Orsay
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 17 x 31 x 1 cm Photography - 6.7 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
$954
Paris confinement Pont des Arts
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Paris confinement 21
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Paris confinement 20
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Paris tour tour Eiffel 1
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 24 x 18 x 1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch
$898
Lucky For Some Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$3,983
NY Lights 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$3,983
Tram Turntable - 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$3,983
Palm Beach Street - 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
$3,377
Klosters - 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$3,983
Beverly Hills Hotel, Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$3,550
Lx014. Lisbonne Portugal
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$505
Lx009. Lisbonne Portugal
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$505
Lx006. Lisbonne Portugal
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$505
Lx005. Lisbonne Portugal
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$505
Lx003. Lisbonne Portugal
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$505
Lx002. Lisbonne Portugal
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$505
Lx001. Lisbonne Portugal
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$505
NAMAL TEL AVIV
David Djian
Photography - 53.33 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 21 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$673
Seabank Sunbathers - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$740
Savannah Store - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$668
Containers, Aerial photograph
Jill Peters
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Natural resemblance XIV
Jakub Pasierkiewicz
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,308
Road signs IV
Jakub Pasierkiewicz
Photography - 98 x 73 x 0.3 cm Photography - 38.6 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,308
Road signs II
Jakub Pasierkiewicz
Photography - 98 x 73 x 0.3 cm Photography - 38.6 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,308
Lariat Motel II, Fallon, Nevada
Richard Heeps
Photography - 61 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 24 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,122
Sid Vicious, Memphis, 1978
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,500
Bob Gruen, NYC, 1980
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,500
Harlem bridge overpass dark
Logan Hicks
Photography - 66 x 96 cm Photography - 26 x 37.8 inch
$2,019
Vegas (Stranger than Paradise)
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 38 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$785
Survol d'Eiffel
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$841
Untitled.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$561
56th floor
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 109 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 42.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,507
Notre Dame jour
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 110 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$7,797
Koban Police station
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 105 x 125 x 2 cm Photography - 41.3 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$7,797
Waiting To Cross
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$886
Waiting To Cross
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$1,234
Honduras Life
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$937
Wrangler Store
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$937
Streets Of San Francisco
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$740
Street Stall
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$740
Street Below
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$740
Harlem Rain
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$1,285
Savannah Skateboard
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$1,285
Savannah Food Store
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$1,285
Ramshackle Bar
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$937
Porch Peas
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$937
Police Patrol
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$639
Piccadilly Lights
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$639
Lisbon Fisherwomen - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 121 x 182 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.6 x 71.7 x 0 inch
$1,616
Liquor Store - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$1,285
Isletas Street - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$740
Harlem Buildings
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$937
Eel Pie And Mash
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$1,290
Bikers Bar - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$746
All Lit Up - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$639
Downtown Las Vegas - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$746
Reno - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 24 x 0 inch
$746
Cheyenne Cowboy
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$1,290
Harlem Umbrellas - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$942
Post Tsunami Reconstruction, Minamisanriku
Edmund Sumner
Photography - 42 x 59.4 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.4 x 0 inch
$654
Bus 60, Pont Riquet
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$201
Paris confinement Sacré Cœur
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Paris confinement Conciergerie
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Paris confinement Pont Neuf
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
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Calme et le silence bronze
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 40 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
$1,503
Les espaces de Penseur de Rodin
Jesus Campos
Sculpture - 30 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
$1,099
Yard by the sea
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,000 $1,600
Morning Venice and the Gondolier
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,346
St Louis Ladies
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$982
Statue of Liberty, from the New York, New York portfolio
Robert Rauschenberg
Print - 90.2 x 59.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 35.5 x 23.5 x 0 inch
$5,049
Citizens in Colour
Julia Whitehead
Painting - 35 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,505
Urban Photography for Sale
In order to define urban photography, it is first important to understand street photography. Street photography typically refers to documentary-like portrait photos of passers-by taken in an urban setting on the spur of the moment. The genre is often associated with the Golden Age of photography which lasted from 1890 to 1970. The great masters of this period include Cartier-Bresson (whose treasured Leica has become an iconic street photography camera), Weegee (known for his images of crime scenes), Robert Doisneau (and his famous 'The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville), William Klein (one of the genre's pioneers known for his focus on children), Vivian Maier, Eugene Atget and many other key names.
As street photography has become a genre of its own, there seems to be a key difference between 'new' and 'traditional' street photography. The subject in street photography has gradually shifted from the street itself to the men and women who occupy the urban space. This photographic technique has allowed some of the great photographers to capture the depth and intensity of certain facial expressions and give their images a strong sense of emotion. Nonetheless, this perspective overlooks certain aspects of the original school of urban photography. Faces and staging have eclipsed urban buildings and their architecture.
Street photography has come to reflect post-modern capitalist society and mass-consumerism where entertainment and immediacy are highly sought after. Although this is not necessarily a negative thing, this cannot be denied and this is what distinguishes it from urban photography.
In a similar way to traditional street photography, urban photography not only tries to freeze people in time but also places. Urban photography captures and enhances buildings and their architecture by playing around with lighting and framing in a way that only professional photographers know how. When we consider that 50% of the world's population now live in cities we can see how each image is instilled with the artist's own opinion of the urban world.
In short, urban photography cannot simply be reduced to street photography; it immortalises urban life with a much broader perspective. It captures everything urban-related; the skyscrapers of Manhattan's skyline are just one example. Passers-by are not necessarily the photograph's main focus; objects are the genre's favourite subject. Much more than just a mere spectator, urban photography is also critical of its society.
Artsper has an exclusive selection of works from artists with a shrewd outlook on contemporary society and who want to share their new perspectives on the world around them. Discover the splendid analogue photos of Paris in the 1930s by Roger Schall or Manhattan photography as well as London photographies and get lost in the depth of Gwenaël Bollinger's incredible shots!
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