Photographers
A photographer is a person who creates an image of the world using a camera. Given that nowadays, everyone takes photographs with their smartphones, it is necessary to distinguish this mass flow of images from the work of fine art photographers who have an artistic intention and aim to create original artworks.
Thus we consider an fine art photograph to be a work that is created with artistic intention and includes a reflection on ideas and technique. Art photography must be an original work by an artist who recognises their role in the creation by signing their name. The concept of an original work is also linked to the limited edition. Generally, the fewer copies are made, the higher the price of each photograph.
All the photographic processes are based on two fundamental requirements, first of all the ability to capture an image and then capacity to fix image onto a support, rendering it visible. It took a lot of experimentation in order achieve this. The very first photograph dates from 1826 and was taken by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce. This photograph shows an image of his house and it took ten hours of exposure time to capture it. It was over ten years until the first photograph representing a human being was taken in 1838. It is an image of the Pont Neuf in Paris on which we can distinguish two passerbys. This photograph is the work of a former student of Nicéphore Niépce: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre. Daguerre gave his name to a new technique which consists of fixing a negative image onto a silver plate: the daguerreotype.
The next major breakthroughs were the replacement of the glass plate with dry gel on paper or film which allowed for a wider diffusion of photography and the appearance of colour photography at the beginning of the 20th century. All these techniques can be grouped together under the term analog photography. In the mid 20th century the invention of digital photography revolutionised the medium. It was a technical and artistic revolution, photographers could now see on a screen the image they had just captured and could adjust their shots accordingly and they could also take advantage of the infinite possibilities offered by computer retouching.
Photography is often broken down and classified into different groups including: fashion photography, nude photography, conceptual photography, colour photography, black and white photography, street art photography, and so on.
Some of the greatest photographers in history include: Robert Mapplethorpe, Li Wei, Bert Stern, Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier Bresson, Vivian Maier, Philippe Ramette, Bernard Pras, Steve McCurry, Richard Avedon, David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton and Martin Parr.
Discover the styles & movements
Keith Haring
Untitled (Plate 13 Photostat from the Blueprint Drawings)
Keith Haring
Photography - 125.09 x 126.37 x 2 cm Photography - 49.2 x 49.8 x 0.8 inch
$45,500
Charlotte Abramow
Find your clitoris II
Charlotte Abramow
Photography - 60 x 47 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 18.5 x 0.2 inch
$3,483
Camille Léage
Bus 60, Chateau Rouge
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$167
Bus 60, Pont Riquet
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$201
Bus 60, Parc de Belleville
Camille Léage
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$201
New York (Silk Roads)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$224
Bus 60, Château Rouge (Bus 60)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$201
Pierre Schwartz
Vallée des roses Maroc
Pierre Schwartz
Photography - 78 x 120 cm Photography - 30.7 x 47.2 inch
$1,067
Panthère de l'Amour 01
Pierre Schwartz
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$1,112
L'oeil et la petite fumée
Pierre Schwartz
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$787
Sumit Mehndiratta
Drawing No. 453
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,348
Composition No. 413
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 100 x 71 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28 x 1.2 inch
$1,798
Chromatic waves
Sumit Mehndiratta
Sculpture - 40 x 102 x 5 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 40.2 x 2 inch
$1,348
Heavenly Plants No.8
Sumit Mehndiratta
Photography - 114.3 x 83.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 45 x 33 x 2 inch
$1,236
Vibrant Hypnosis
Sumit Mehndiratta
Sculpture - 68 x 91 x 6 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 35.8 x 2.4 inch
$1,573
Composition No. 447
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 183 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 72 x 0 inch
$1,124
Drawing 454
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,011
Gerry Cranham
Still Cassius Clay V
Gerry Cranham
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,112
Arnold Palmer
Gerry Cranham
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,686
Le cinquième Beatles
Gerry Cranham
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,461
Samuel Cueto
Charles Pétillon
Igloo Mobile
Charles Pétillon
Photography - 60 x 78 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 30.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,495
Disruption
Charles Pétillon
Photography - 60 x 84 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 33.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,495
Aurélie Trabaud
Monotype Cloudy sky
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.6 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,348
Abstract landscape N°4
Aurélie Trabaud
Fine Art Drawings - 15.8 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$258
Contact color relief
Aurélie Trabaud
Sculpture - 54 x 54 x 4.2 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 21.3 x 1.7 inch
$3,596
Mythologie grecque
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 65 x 54 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,247
A babord - Ecume N°2
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14.6 x 14.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,416
Edmund Sumner
Leaning Man
Edmund Sumner
Photography - 59.8 x 47.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.5 x 18.7 x 0 inch
$2,746
Arthur Hent
Kundalini B 24.01
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$292
Intussusception 24.03
Arthur Hent
Painting - 42 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$449
Self-Portrait 20.62
Arthur Hent
Photography - 40 x 30 x 2.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1 inch
$1,686
Self-Portrait 21.29
Arthur Hent
Sculpture - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$4,045
Kundalini B 24.02
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$292
Self-Portrait 24.94
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$315
Self-Portrait 24.95
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$315
Stefanie Schneider
Every single incident weighs tons (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$618
Traces (Frozen) - Proof before printing
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 128 x 125 x 0.1 cm Photography - 50.4 x 49.2 x 0 inch
$787
White Trash Beautiful I (29 Palms, CA)
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 38 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$674
Thunderbird Motel (The Last Picture Show)
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 57 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22.4 x 22 x 0 inch
$2,247
Horizon (Zuma Beach)
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 48 x 47 x 0.1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 18.5 x 0 inch
$899
White trash beautiful I (29 Palms, CA)
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 60 x 59 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.2 x 0 inch
$2,247
Vegas (Stranger than Paradise)
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 38 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$787
Zoë (Paris)
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,247