Portrait Photography for Sale
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
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
$1,798
Quand je ferme les yeux
Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,798
Thoughts Beyond
Sinden Collier
Photography - 41 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,798
Silence de Lumière
Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,798
Fleeing The Ruins
Kiritin Beyer
Photography - 102 x 102 x 0.1 cm Photography - 40.2 x 40.2 x 0 inch
$1,686
Pocahontas - Fallen princess - Size M
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 72 x 102 x 1 cm Photography - 28.3 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch
$5,618
Conversaciones #1
Giana De Dier
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,933
Les ballons jaunes (Russie), série 1991-2018
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,348
Kara et ses oreilles
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$3,371
Da Sokolan
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$3,371
No title
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 170 x 140 x 0.5 cm Photography - 66.9 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch
$15,731
Hat and Gloves Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
$5,000
Yseult - Paris - L'Olympia - Concert d'IBEYI - série photo noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$674
Nadege - Paris - Bibliothèque François Mitterand - série photo noir et blanc danse et architecture
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$649
Liliboy - La pause - Nord-sur-Erdre - Festival La Nuit de l'Erdre - Groupe Deluxe 2019 - série photo noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$649
Leron Thomas trompettiste - Nantes - Stéréolux - Concert de GUTS - série photo noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$649
Kévin - L'ascension - Nantes - Pont Éric Tabarly - série photo noir et blanc danse et architecture
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$649 $585
Kévin & Jessie - Nanytes - Île de Nantes - série photo couleur danse et architecture
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$649
KADJ - Le réverbère - Nantes - île de Nantes - série photo couleur danse et architecture
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.1 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0 inch
$649
Jimmy Jay - Saint-Herblain - La Carrière - Festival Hip Opsession 2013 - série photo concert noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$649
Jessie - Pont Éric Tabarly - série photo couleur danse et architecture
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$649
IBEYI - Deux minutes avant la scène - Paris - L'Olympia - série photo concert noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$674
IBEYI & JR - Paris - L'Olympia - série photo concert noir et blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$674
Coste Hôtel Dieu - Nantes - série photo noir et blanc danse et architecture
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$649
Néké Donnin
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$3,371
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Der Jahrhundertschritt
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - „Es Gibt Nur Eine Wahrheit.“
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Goldmedaille für die DDR: 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 klasse
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Handgranaten- Zielweitwurf I
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Zu Besuch Im Veb Elektrokohle
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Für Unseren Anton
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
LoveLoveLove (Triptych) (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 342.9 cm Photography - 60 x 135 inch
$36,000
LoveLoveLove (Triptych) (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 342.9 cm Photography - 60 x 135 inch
$14,500
Love Traveller (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$36,000
Lips in Bubbles (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$36,000
Lips And Hips (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$36,000
Lips And Fingers (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 167.6 cm Photography - 48 x 66 inch
$36,000
Lips And Fingers (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 104.8 cm Photography - 30 x 41.25 inch
$8,000
Leaving For Now (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 177 cm Photography - 48 x 69.7 inch
$36,000
How's It Going To End (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 121.9 cm Photography - 60 x 48 inch
$36,000
How's It Going To End (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 121.9 cm Photography - 60 x 48 inch
$14,500
How's It Going To End (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 81.3 cm Photography - 40 x 32 inch
$8,000
Higher Love (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 121.9 cm Photography - 60 x 48 inch
$36,000
Golden Eye (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$36,000
Gina And The Rivals (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 152.4 cm Photography - 48 x 60 inch
$36,000
Gina And The Rivals (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 152.4 cm Photography - 48 x 60 inch
$14,500
Gina And The Rivals (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 95.3 cm Photography - 30 x 37.5 inch
$8,000
Facing The City (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
$36,000
Keeper of the Forest
Héléna Palazzi
Photography - 89 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35 x 28 x 0 inch
$1,011
Shield Maiden, II
Héléna Palazzi
Photography - 89 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35 x 28 x 0 inch
$1,011
Shield Maiden, III
Héléna Palazzi
Photography - 89 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35 x 28 x 0 inch
$1,011
Charles X - La coopérative de Mai - Clermont-Ferrand 2016 - Les Nuits Zébrées de Nova
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$640
Borrowed Time
Brooke Shaden
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,697
Vagabondages 12
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,910
Discover the styles & movements
Discover the selection of our experts
Diamant Noir
Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,798
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Passeur de brise
Pascal Billard
Sculpture - 78 x 45 x 30 cm Sculpture - 30.7 x 17.7 x 11.8 inch
$1,663
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$1,797 $1,618
Enchanting Elegance
Samson Adetunji
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,250
Portrait Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered the process for setting images onto pewter plates. In 1833, upon Nièpce's death, Louis Daguerre and François Arago continued his experiments and invented the daguerreotype, a process which created a printed image on a silver plate that had been exposed to light. Photography was born.
Similarly to how portrait painting had dominated artistic output in previous centuries, portrait photography was to become the pillar of the Second French Empire's photographic industry. Lenses with a shorter focal length, which enabled reduced exposure times, gradually appear on the market. The required equipment was expensive and difficult to handle. Some photographers, called daguerreotypists, decided to open their own photography studios to make a profit from their endeavours. The daguerreotype process was temperamental, and photographers had to take their pictures with great precision and attention to detail. They welcomed many people into their studios and customers choose how they wished to be photographed from catalogue of poses. Originally only accessible to the bourgeoisie, lower prices resulting from the growing number of studios eventually attracted a wider customer base. This phenomenon infuriated the poet Charles Baudelaire who was frustrated by the sense of narcissism sparked by the daguerreotypists.
Despite his protests, the egotistical trend only grew with the emergence of 'carte de visite' portraits (small photographs, the size of today's business cards). These were the brainchild of Adolphe Eugène Disdéri came up with the idea of producing portraits akin to visiting cards in 1859. He printed eight portraits in a variety of poses onto a single plate and once developed they could be cut up into eight distinct “visiting cards". Very popular with the bourgeoisie, they highlighted the sitters' social status. 'Carte de visite' portraits featuring celebrities were also sold to customers, who could subsequently add them to their albums.
The photographer Nadar was one of the first to demonstrate a conscious artistic approach to producing these portraits. He emphasised facial expressions and ensured the sitter was comfortable and at ease before taking the photograph. He photographed the era's greatest thinkers and artists, including Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. He even managed to reconcile Baudelaire with portraiture.
At the end of the 19th century, the art of photography started to enter the mainstream, with the arrival of the Kodak company. The use of the camera, and the taking of portraits, became everyday occurrences. A century later, it was the invention of the digital camera which challenged the status quo. Whereas before alterations could only be made to photographs when they were being taken or developed, with the digital camera editing became easier, quicker and more convenient. Digital photography has given photographers much more freedom when it comes to editing and new methods and techniques are constantly being explored.
Some of the photographers who have left their mark on the last century include: Cindy Sherman, who excelled in self-portraits, Annie Leibovitz, who captured celebrities, the wacky duo, Pierre and Gilles, as well as Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims.
So, do portraits help us to learn more about each other, to remember, to invent, to act, or to reconnect with ourselves? Find out on Artsper, by exploring the works of Formento & Formento, Naomi Vona, Ahmed Bennani, Chou Ching Hui, Samuel Cueto, Brno del Zou, Ren Hang, Markus + Indrani, Jerome Liebling as well as Annina Roescheisen.
What makes a portrait photograph?
A portrait photograph can be a photograph of a person's head and shoulders, but it can also be of an animal or of a different section of the subject's body such as their feet. Portrait photographs in art often tell or hint something about its subject to the viewer, such as an aspect of their personality, but still contain an element of mystery.
What are the three major types of portrait photography?
The three major types of portrait photography are posed portraits, candid or anonymous portraits, and conceptual portraits. The last type, conceptual or creative portraits, can be experimental and abstract, and may not represent an image close to a traditional portrait.
What are the six styles of portrait photography?
The six main types of portrait photography are fine art portraits, traditional portraits (for example posed portraits taken at school), lifestyle portraits, group portraits, street portraits and glamour portraits.