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
Didier Engels
The blue one
Didier Engels
Photography - 120 x 85 x 9 cm Photography - 47.2 x 33.5 x 3.5 inch
$6,107
The Pink One
Didier Engels
Photography - 140 x 100 x 9 cm Photography - 55.1 x 39.4 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Container Maniac Three
Didier Engels
Photography - 120 x 120 x 9 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Framed
Didier Engels
Photography - 120 x 95 x 9 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.4 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Its my blue
Didier Engels
Photography - 140 x 130 x 9 cm Photography - 55.1 x 51.2 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Its my green
Didier Engels
Photography - 140 x 130 x 9 cm Photography - 55.1 x 51.2 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Its my red
Didier Engels
Photography - 140 x 130 x 9 cm Photography - 55.1 x 51.2 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Mikaël Lafontan
Islande Jokulsarlon 09
Mikaël Lafontan
Photography - 100 x 120 cm Photography - 39.4 x 47.2 inch
$4,410
Laurent Chabot
Champ de meules de paille 05
Laurent Chabot
Photography - 26 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.2 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$565
Champ de meules de paille 06
Laurent Chabot
Photography - 26 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.2 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$565
Champ de meules de paille 07
Laurent Chabot
Photography - 26 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.2 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$565
Désert d'Atacama 6
Laurent Chabot
Painting - 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$7,577
Joss Uñac
Métamorphose II (Le Chat)
Joss Uñac
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,448
Gianfranco Pezzot
VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
$18,001
Psychiatric Observation
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 180 x 240 cm Photography - 70.9 x 94.5 inch
$18,001
VII: Istinto Primordiale
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
$18,001
VI: Utter Blindness
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
$18,001
III. Deceit of language
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
$18,001
I. Anthropological Purity
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
$18,001
Jeff Robb
Unnatural Causes XXIV
Jeff Robb
Photography - 75 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$10,178
Militans Virentia
Jeff Robb
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$16,963
Crucem portare
Jeff Robb
Photography - 115 x 115 x 2 cm Photography - 45.3 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$21,487
Unnatural causes tricolore
Jeff Robb
Photography - 98 x 98 x 2 cm Photography - 38.6 x 38.6 x 0.8 inch
$15,832
Sinden Collier
Sugar Cane Alley
Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,809
Silence de Lumière
Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,809
Thoughts Beyond
Sinden Collier
Photography - 41 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,809
Quand je ferme les yeux
Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,809
Under The Moon's Pale Light
Sinden Collier
Photography - 41 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,809
Milen Radev
FLORE Photographer
Still life #13, Maroc
FLORE Photographer
Photography - 11 x 9 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 inch
$2,601
Un jardin pour Eugène D. #04
FLORE Photographer
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,619
Still life #11, Maroc
FLORE Photographer
Photography - 11 x 9 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 inch
$2,601
Still life #10, Maroc
FLORE Photographer
Photography - 11 x 9 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 inch
$2,601
Still life #14, Maroc
FLORE Photographer
Photography - 11 x 9 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 inch
$2,601
Still life #15, Maroc
FLORE Photographer
Photography - 11 x 9 x 1 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,601
Un jardin pour Eugène D. #02
FLORE Photographer
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,071
Un jardin pour Eugène D. #09
FLORE Photographer
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,071
Kat Zhivetin
Photo documentation Perfect combination
Kat Zhivetin
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$89
Maze of Pain
Kat Zhivetin
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$200
Flamingo in Love
Kat Zhivetin
Painting - 140 x 100 x 0.2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,137
Amrita Bilimoria
Portrait 05, The Sugar Project
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 64.8 x 48.3 x 0.5 cm Photography - 25.5 x 19 x 0.2 inch
$1,850
Portrait 01, The Sugar Project
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 30.5 x 39.4 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 15.5 x 2 inch
$1,200
Portrait 02, The Sugar Project
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 30.5 x 39.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 12 x 15.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,200
Corset, Portrait of an Equestrienne
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 45.7 x 34.8 x 0.5 cm Photography - 18 x 13.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,600
Portrait 06, The Sugar Project
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 inch
$5,000
Leaf Knot, The Sugar Project
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 inch
$5,000
Glen Craig
BB King Kodalith Performance - Orange Jacket, LA Forum
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$1,500
Miles Davis, NYC, 1970 IV
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
Iggy Pop - Ungano's Club, first NYC gig 1970
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
The Beatles with Signs, "Our World" Satellite Broadcast Press Event, EMI Studios, London
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,750
Iggy Pop - Ungano's Club, first NYC gig 1970
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
Iggy Pop, Stooge Hall, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$1,500
Miles Davis, NYC, 1970
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
Miles Davis Works Out with a Speed Bag at Gleason's Gym, NYC, 1970 (I)
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500