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Geometria y color
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Texturas y geometria
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Paisaje en azules
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 180 x 180 x 1 cm Photography - 70.9 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Alfombra sabia
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 70.53 x 130 x 1 cm Photography - 27.8 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Composición
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 150 x 200 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Herida
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Árbol octubre 1
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 200 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 78.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,700
Rojo y azul celeste
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
Reflejos cromáticos
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 60 x 106 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Paisaje con letras
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 60 x 106 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Vida y luces
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Marina con columnas 1
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Marina con columnas 2
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Febrero 3 c
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Febrero 3 b
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,700
Febrero 3
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 53 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Enero 2 b
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 80 x 106 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,700
Paisaje en rojo y azul con texto
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Enero 2
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 80 x 106 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,700
Paisaje en rojo y azul
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Naturaleza
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 50 x 88 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 34.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Paisaje en verdes
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 50 x 88 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 34.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Paisaje en rojos
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Iluminación intensa
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Paisaje
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 40 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Bleed # 202102
Paul Snell
Photography - 180 x 115 x 0.1 cm Photography - 70.9 x 45.3 x 0 inch
€7,093
Rhythmogramm 183 A
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€1,350
Geometria
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€600
Composición en espirales
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 24 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€600
Gran plano
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€700
Karesansui
Mikiya Takimoto
Photography - 15.8 x 15.8 x 5.8 cm Photography - 6.2 x 6.2 x 2.3 inch
€3,165
Rhythmogramm Klangfläche
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€8,400
Rhythmogramm Verzeichnis Nr: 03782_000_253
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch
€5,800
Rhythmogramm Triennale
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€11,000
Voile d'Or
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Abstraction mauve
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Éolienne I (faisan)
Alzbeta Wolfová
Photography - 95 x 84 x 5 cm Photography - 37.4 x 33.1 x 2 inch
€1,200
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
€1,200
Abstraction #11
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,400
Abstraction #12
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,250
Abstraction #10
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,250
Abstraction #9
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,400
Abstraction #8
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,250
Abstraction #7
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,250
Abstraction #6
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,250
Abstraction #5
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,400
Abstraction #4
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,400
Abstraction #3
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,250
Abstraction #2
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,400
Abstraction #1
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,250
Palacio #14 - Palacio Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
€890
Monasterio Chamber II
Sodoma X
Photography - 55.5 x 74 x 1 cm Photography - 21.9 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch
€5,900
City Rumors #10 - City Rumors Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
€1,390
Bleed # 202321
Paul Snell
Photography - 180 x 115 x 0.1 cm Photography - 70.9 x 45.3 x 0 inch
€7,093
Lumina # 202204
Paul Snell
Photography - 170 x 8.5 x 10 cm Photography - 66.9 x 3.3 x 3.9 inch
€6,789
Lumina # 202104
Paul Snell
Photography - 170 x 8.5 x 10 cm Photography - 66.9 x 3.3 x 3.9 inch
€6,789
Temporal Perception "Golden Moment #1"
Serge Hamad
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€966
Impressionist Ephemerisms N.4
Anna Levesh
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
€790
Fickle Memory 07
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€800
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Blue ocean waves
Nataliia Krykun
Sculpture - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€2,000
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
€1,200
Abstract Energy (Energie Abstraite)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
€1,495
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,159
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.
Find them all on Artsper with our unique selection of abstract photographs.
What is considered abstract photography?
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.
What makes good abstract photography?
There are different factors in what makes a good abstract photograph, including composition, color, tone, lighting and mystery.
What are the different types of abstract photography?
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.