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Series: The skin of Mars - Skin 9
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 45 x 60 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 inch
€2,500
Series: The skin of Mars - Skin 17
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
€3,500
According to Francis Bacon
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Papillon nocturne
Katia Chausheva
Photography - 48 x 33 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 x 0.1 inch
€800
End of the Market III (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
Collection Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon - HB1255
Idan Wizen
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€750
Black Beauty
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 52 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 20.5 x 0.1 inch
€540
Meditation
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€540
Patrick Dupond
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 57 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
Ophélie Winter on Top
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 62 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 24.4 x 0.1 inch
€890
Daphnée Etoilée
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 53 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 20.9 x 0.1 inch
€540
Abba Dolls 2
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€540
H0427 – The crusher
Idan Wizen
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€500
F0488 – The surprising
Idan Wizen
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€750
F0564 – The dauntless
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,800 €1,260
F0500 – The dancer
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,800 €1,260
H0430 – The last one
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,800
F0479 - The fantasized
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,800 €1,260
F0547 - The scared
Idan Wizen
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,200 €900
F0555 - The duchess
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,200 €840
Behind myself
O'kiins Howara
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€850
Lost and found
Cécile Plaisance
Photography - 70 x 57 x 4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 22.4 x 1.6 inch
€7,500
Good night and good luck
Nathalie Roux
Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
€60
Kouros Triptych 01
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 61 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€11,588
Girls just wants to have fun
Sacha Haillote
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
In Spite of dreams (Diptychs), Portfolio of 6 photographs
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€14,485
Scent of Texas 04052021
Ziesook You
Photography - 60.96 x 60.96 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 24 x 0 inch
€638
Série Adam et Eve - 2/1
Line Taarnberg
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€400
Divadlo na Prádle
Lukas Dvorak
Photography - 61 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 32 x 0.1 inch
€1,738
Ombre
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€500
Prisme 2
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€500
No Lust Here
Philippe Shangti
Photography - 120 x 114 x 5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 44.9 x 2 inch
€16,440
ConCoscienza, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€495
La piscine
Camille Brasselet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€1,350
Lorenzo Triptych
Celso Castro
Photography - 68.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€2,897
Bus 60, Canal de l'Ourcq, 2019
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€149
Arara IV - Guacamaya. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€6,800
Tono - Hombre de bosque. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€6,800
Human Being 1564 - Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon
Idan Wizen
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,500
Singularity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon
Idan Wizen
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€750
There are no coincidences II
Mary Rozzi
Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
€1,200
There are no coincidences I
Mary Rozzi
Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
€1,200
Marie de Magdala
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,290
Gárgara detail III
Léa Bon
Photography - 9.9 x 15 x 0.3 cm Photography - 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
€2,897
That flies in the night
Brian Ziff
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 inch
€2,414
0205
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 89.9 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,124
Silhouette Yas IV
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
€5,300
Fauna #5
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
€2,897
Fauna #6
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
€2,897
Fauna #4
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
€2,897
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Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€864
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
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
€1,599
Mickey Mouse Soldier
Belart Collective
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,990
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.