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Pan Am Flight 62 Moon Landing
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
$5,000
Hotel Chelsea. New York.
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 67.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.6 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,200
Sans titre
Julien Drogoul
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,011
Sans titre
Julien Drogoul
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,011
Fin de journée
Pierre Moreau
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$2,135
The Sugar Plum Fairies (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
The Sugar Plum Fairies
Tyler Shields
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$15,000
Pan Am Flight 62 Moon Landing (2)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
Pan Am Flight 62 Moon Landing (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 152.4 cm Photography - 45 x 60 inch
$15,000
Fashion shoot for Amica magazine, New York
Martin Parr
Photography - 126 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 49.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$44,947
Madagascar, Analamanga, Mahitsy, fabrique de briques
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$674
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Ambatondrazaka, son père avec ses deux garçons sur une moto chinoise
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$674
Madagascar, Analamanga, Mahitsy, hôpital de district
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$674
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, enfants à la paroisse protestante du village
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$674
Jardin de ville, Paris
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,023
Sans titre
Julien Drogoul
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,011
Sans titre
Julien Drogoul
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,011
Sans titre
Julien Drogoul
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,348
Coversaciones 3
Giana De Dier
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,933
Mauvaise cible
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,146
L'homme seul, New York 2018
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 105 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,146
Bain de soleil à l'abri, Deauville
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,146
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, jeunes filles jouant
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$674
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, école du village
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$674
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, messe à la paroisse protestante du village
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$674
Madagascar, région de Diego Suarez, Antsiranana, la baie de Diégo-Suarez avec le Pain de Sucre (1)
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$674
Madagascar, région de Diego Suarez, Antsiranana, la baie de Diégo-Suarez avec le Pain de Sucre
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$674
Madagascar, région de Diana, Ankifingy vue sur un cours d'eau, jeux d'enfants et lavandière
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$674
La Memoria
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,015
Fantasmas en el tiempo
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,015
La vida es una cantan
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,015
Playing on the lake
Joost Wensveen
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,517
Impressionist Ephemerisms N.4
Anna Levesh
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$888
Pêcheur de crevettes
Pierre Moreau
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$2,135
Fashion shoot, New Jersey
Martin Parr
Photography - 51 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$7,641
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$674
Jaipur. City Palace. Inde007.
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$506
Fresh News #1 - série Reflects & Transparencies
Anna Levesh
Photography - 60 x 45 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
$843
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
Over my dead body!
David Carey
Photography - 41 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$111
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
Vagabondages 9
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,910
Héros de l'ombre #11
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,405
Héros de l'ombre #10
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,573
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Holding your hands
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,798
Mozarts in Vienna
Tinatin Chkhikvishvili
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,573
Citizens in Colour
Julia Whitehead
Painting - 35 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,504
Le plongeon/2
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
Everyday life Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered how to print images onto metal plates. When he died in 1833, Louis Daguerre, followed by Francois Arago, continued to develop his research, resulting in the invention of the daguerreotype which consisted of an image printed onto a silver plate when exposed to the light. Together they had invented photography.
The first ever photographs began to appear. Initially used for research purposes, photography started to spread as daguerreotype studios opened everywhere. Portrait photography immortalized the faces of the upper middle classes and were later used to capture all members of society. Celebrities were also a popular subject choice and many photographers specialized in taking their portraits, as Jean-Loup Sieff did all throughout his career almost a century after the invention of photography.
In the beginning, taking a portrait or even the simplest of family photos required a great deal of preparation and time in the studio. However, key technological developments brought about the invention of more compact cameras including the Leica and later the digital single-lens reflex, which meant shorter exposure times and made it easier to produce a greater number of photographs.
These advances also helped contribute to the development of the genre of everyday life photography, which became more popular at the end of the Second World War and focused at first on photographing wealthy or urban families. Families, couples, communities... artists were interested in everyday moments (marriage, lovers kissing, children's games). The simplest of moments in life were seen as the most important and were immortalized in film as testaments to the beauty of human life.
Some of the great photographers made a name for themselves in the genre. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, David Goldblatt, Martin Parr and Vivian Maier are only a few of the artists associated with everyday life photography.
Vivian Maier is an American photographer who was born in 1926 in New York. A professional nanny in Chicago, she spent her spare time photographing the world around her and produced around 150,000 photos. Having remained anonymous throughout her artistic life, her genius and photographic accomplishments were finally recognized publicly in 2007.
Cofounder of the Magnum Photographic Cooperative in 1947 alongside David Seymour and Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneer of photojournalism but also an excellent photographer in a more artistic sense. He revolutionized photography by working with incredibly lightweight equipment. He didn't use a tripod or a darkroom and treasured a sense of immediacy when taking photographs. He believed that “above all else, the camera is a sketchbook". Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographic technique is unique and unmistakably recognizable. He never photographed with flash and only worked with natural light, something which was highly characteristic of everyday life photography. Often in the same black and white image, the subjects coexist together but are not centred. His framing, focus and depth of field all help us to see the simple beauty of everyday life that he so exquisitely enhances.
Artsper has a range of everyday life photographs for you to discover, including works from Cartier-Bresson as well as many other artists, whose photos reveal the precious moments of the everyday lives of people from around the world.
What does everyday life photography consist of?
Everyday life photography is a type of photography that captures moments from normal, daily life, such as urban street scenes, everyday objects, or children playing.
What are examples of everyday life photography?
Examples of everyday life photography include photojournalistic pictures of a town or city, or snapshots of found or everyday objects.
What is mundane photography?
Mundane photography has the same meaning as everyday life photography, meaning photography that captures images of day-to-day, mundane or banal life.