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De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$1,009
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,009
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,345
De Chlore et de Rosé (2)
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,345
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,345
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,345
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,345
Perspective
Rika Maja Duevel
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,357
Complimentary Turmoil
Rika Maja Duevel
Photography - 47 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 18.5 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,536
Colors Of The Past: Tschernobyl Floor
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,289
Colors Of The Past: Tschernobyl Trabant
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,289
Colors Of The Past: DDR 1981
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,289
Colors Of The Past: DDR 1979
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,289
Colors Of The Past: OPEL Auto
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,289
Colors Of The Past: NSU Auto Union
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,289
Colors Of The Past: Audi Auto
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,289
Colors Of Africa : Bryanston 1968
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,289
Textures, White Sands
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$617
Defining Shadows III
Maureen J Haldeman
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.25 inch
$1,600
Photographie et matière abstraite
Patrick Kerstein
Photography - 66 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 26 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$645
Photographie et matière abstraite
Patrick Kerstein
Photography - 60 x 46 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$645
Photographie et matière abstraite
Patrick Kerstein
Photography - 69 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 27.2 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$645
Photographie et matière abstraite
Patrick Kerstein
Photography - 72 x 54 x 1 cm Photography - 28.3 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
$673
Algas 45-XIX
Paola Dávila
Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
28° 50' 27.1314" N, 111° 58' 3.4674" W-9
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-14
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
28° 14' 34.127’’N, 114° 6' 44.679’’W-12
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-9
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.97 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-5
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.75 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
28° 14' 20.922'' N, 114° 6' 9.395'' W-8
Paola Dávila
Photography - 35.6 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Untitled, New York - Roosevelt Island Subway Station.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$538
Holly Mountain II (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 50.03 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,457
Moonrise (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 49.91 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,457
Holly Mountain III (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 50.07 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,457
Portraits Of “Áo Dài”
Chiron Duong
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,009
Untitled 2212
Jill Peters
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Luxembourg
Georges Rousse
Photography - 92 x 112 x 3 cm Photography - 36.2 x 44.1 x 1.2 inch
$4,372 $3,935
Reflets de Ville
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 150 x 100 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 inch
$4,215
Hommage à Brassai - Portrait craché
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$2,758
Mete-o-Rage - Hommage à Zao Wou Ki
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$2,646
Crate_Stacks_010
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 160 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 63 x 1.2 inch
$3,240
Sans Titre I, série Deco
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,345
Fossile poisson. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Chaîne et tracteur. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Aigle Royal. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Craquelure Tracteur. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Sourire. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Absorbés par le temps - 5
Clara Cena
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$650
Gravity Liquid 02 (Medium)
Seb Janiak
Photography - 110 x 86 cm Photography - 43.3 x 33.9 inch
$4,640
Blanc Marais
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$639
III. Deceit of language
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
$18,029
II. Marvellous unconsciousness
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
$18,029
I. Anthropological Purity
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
$18,029
X: Pleasant Dementia
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
$18,029
Tirages sur papier : concave
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$16,817
Photo 080401.2247
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 110 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$10,090
Tirages sur papier : double croix - IX 1996
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$16,817
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Abstract Photography for Sale
Abstract photography, also sometimes known as experimental photography, is the art of creating a visual effect with an image that has no immediate attachment to reality, by using processes like focusing, framing, or retouching and editing the photograph in post-processing. For example, an abstract picture can sometimes isolate a fragment of an ordinary image to remove it from its original context and give it a surrealist edge. It can also involve playing with blurring, shadows or lighting, textures or unexpected forms. The image is often created with traditional photographic material (analog or digital cameras, dark room, computer). However, artists can also manipulate and alter the film in order to achieve the desired effect.
The first images known as “abstract photographs" appeared shortly after the invention of photography in the 1830s. In 1842, John William Draper created a new type of images with a spectroscope. This machine dispersed light beams and produced a phenomenon that was previously invisible to the eye. The negatives he produced had nothing in common with the works of other photographers, and they opened the way for innovative photographic works. Draper perceived these images as a scientific discovery, not as artworks, but today his method is widely acclaimed by critics for its inherent originality.
In England, Anna Atkins was also a pioneer of abstract photography; she was the first one to place dry algae on cyanotype paper. This scientific experiment improved photographic techniques by creating unique blue and white images. Moreover, the discovery of X-ray and radioactivity in 1896 provoked a fascination for the invisible and many photographers were immediately drawn to these phenomena. French photographer Louis Darget attempted to capture mental processes by pressing unexposed plates to the foreheads of his and trying to get them to project images from their minds onto the plates. He carried out thousands of similar experiments.
It was only during the 20th century that abstract photography truly became recognised as an artistic practice. Surrealism and cubism started replacing impressionism, especially after the Salon d'Automne in 1903 in Paris. This event highlighted new talents like Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp… Ten years later, in New York, Wassily Kandinsky, Mondrian, Braque and Delaunay shocked audiences. The freedom coming from abstract art inspired some of the greatest photographers to break the rules.
Erwin Quedenfeldt exhibited the first abstract photographs in Cologne in 1914. From 1920 to 1930, Europe became the epicenters of conceptual photography with artists such as Jaroslav Rossler, Josef Sudeck, and Rössler exploring abstraction.
Post-processing became more central to photographic works in the 60s and the 70s, with artists like Josef Newman. Eventually, the growing popularity of computers in the 90s and the 2000s opened up infinite possibilities for creating original work. Some contemporary photographers like Peter Klasen, Dominic Harris, or Nicolas Dubreuille combine photography with other mediums.
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Abstract photography refers to images created using photography equipment that do not directly represent the real visual world as we see it. Abstract photographers use different techniques to manipulate the image captured by the camera.
There are different factors in what makes a good abstract photograph, including composition, color, tone, lighting and mystery.
There are many different ways to produce an abstract photograph. Techniques can include moving the camera during exposure, playing with light and reflections, using different angles, and experimenting with production techniques.