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
Dominique Leroy
De sable et d'eau
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,573
Rouille Eau Huile 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,236
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
$1,124
Michael Schumacher. Le baron rouge. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,124
Mon beau miroir. Femme Mursi. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,573
Pow wow. Amérique du nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,573
Fin de journée sur le monde de la F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,348
Taj Mahal. India
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,236
Mathilde Oscar
La vierge aux abeilles
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,686
Tibetan dance
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$506 $455
Beauté factice
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$843
Introspection
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,247
Rosea Salvator Mundi
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$674
Salvatora mundi
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$674
The new milkmaid
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,348 $1,281
Cédric Bouteiller
Guess - NYC - 2012
Cédric Bouteiller
Photography - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,259
Waiting here 1010
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,495
C'est si bon
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 130 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$21,912
Abstract garden
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 36 x 63 x 1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch
$4,495
Abstract winter III
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,809
Géraldine Rué
L'indien à la feuille
Géraldine Rué
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$918
Bernhard Lang
AV_Miami_III_010
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,247
AV_Adria_021
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,461
AV_Adria_023
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 95.4 x 135 x 0.6 cm Photography - 37.6 x 53.1 x 0.2 inch
$3,933
Miami_III_007
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 112.5 x 150 x 0.2 cm Photography - 44.3 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$3,259
Bavaria_Forest_023
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 150 x 112.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 44.3 x 0 inch
$4,158
Bavaria_Forest_014
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$3,034
Bavaria_Forest_001
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$3,034
Gum
Rodrigo
Flowers of ghetto
Rodrigo
Photography - 35.3 x 53.3 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13.9 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$2,246
Freedom - Collection Best Life
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.7 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.5 x 14 x 0 inch
$1,684
Good Morning America - Collection Best Life
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.7 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.5 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$2,246
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
$1,124
Imsouane - Collection Morocco
Rodrigo
Photography - 25.4 x 19.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10 x 7.5 x 0 inch
$1,405
Paul Snell
Bleed # 202402
Paul Snell
Photography - 180 x 115 x 0.1 cm Photography - 70.9 x 45.3 x 0 inch
$7,651
Bleed # 202102
Paul Snell
Photography - 180 x 115 x 0.1 cm Photography - 70.9 x 45.3 x 0 inch
$7,651
Julie Peiffer
Recconais qu'il y a toujours une inconnue
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 62 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 24.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,348
Les fleurs respirent la nuit
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 80 x 100 x 0.04 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,697
Amandine André
Fill my life
Amandine André
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 5.7 x 0.4 inch
$79
Grues Couleurs
Amandine André
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$539
Éclatante
Amandine André
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,067
David Djian
Albena Vatcheva
Les chevaux de mes rêves galopent ... (métal)
Albena Vatcheva
Design - 76 x 76 x 0.16 cm Design - 29.9 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$5,618
Souviens-toi les lucioles...1
Albena Vatcheva
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch
$562
Jeune femme
Albena Vatcheva
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$466
L'océan - et nous
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,010
Voyages voyages...
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 30 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
$506 $481