Photographers
A photographer is a person who creates an image of the world using a camera. Given that nowadays, everyone takes photographs with their smartphones, it is necessary to distinguish this mass flow of images from the work of fine art photographers who have an artistic intention and aim to create original artworks.
Thus we consider an fine art photograph to be a work that is created with artistic intention and includes a reflection on ideas and technique. Art photography must be an original work by an artist who recognises their role in the creation by signing their name. The concept of an original work is also linked to the limited edition. Generally, the fewer copies are made, the higher the price of each photograph.
All the photographic processes are based on two fundamental requirements, first of all the ability to capture an image and then capacity to fix image onto a support, rendering it visible. It took a lot of experimentation in order achieve this. The very first photograph dates from 1826 and was taken by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce. This photograph shows an image of his house and it took ten hours of exposure time to capture it. It was over ten years until the first photograph representing a human being was taken in 1838. It is an image of the Pont Neuf in Paris on which we can distinguish two passerbys. This photograph is the work of a former student of Nicéphore Niépce: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre. Daguerre gave his name to a new technique which consists of fixing a negative image onto a silver plate: the daguerreotype.
The next major breakthroughs were the replacement of the glass plate with dry gel on paper or film which allowed for a wider diffusion of photography and the appearance of colour photography at the beginning of the 20th century. All these techniques can be grouped together under the term analog photography. In the mid 20th century the invention of digital photography revolutionised the medium. It was a technical and artistic revolution, photographers could now see on a screen the image they had just captured and could adjust their shots accordingly and they could also take advantage of the infinite possibilities offered by computer retouching.
Photography is often broken down and classified into different groups including: fashion photography, nude photography, conceptual photography, colour photography, black and white photography, street art photography, and so on.
Some of the greatest photographers in history include: Robert Mapplethorpe, Li Wei, Bert Stern, Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier Bresson, Vivian Maier, Philippe Ramette, Bernard Pras, Steve McCurry, Richard Avedon, David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton and Martin Parr.
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Irina Angles
Roads Whispering
Irina Angles
Photography - 42 x 59.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,124
Inna Modja
L'Aube Amoureux
Inna Modja
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,809
Angelika Kollin
Flight of a Dove
Angelika Kollin
Photography - 47 x 72 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.5 x 28.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,135
Jordi Valls Capell
Fiesta de cumpleaños
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,782
Iniciación
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,782
La colada
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,782
Tras la lluvia
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,782
Plaza Jamaa el Fna
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,782
Paso con barrera
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,782
My Saint Michel
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,782
Metro callao
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,782
Alex Silver
Christopher Barraja
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,348
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,348
De Chlore et de Rosé (2)
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,348
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,348
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,348
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,348
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,011
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$1,011
Sebastiaan Knot
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Réverbération Mandarine
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 69 x 65 x 68 cm Sculpture - 27.2 x 25.6 x 26.8 inch
$9,349
Vol de Nuit
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Photography - 50 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$4,178
Nocturnal Passages
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Painting - 216 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 85 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,178
Éclairage Violet
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 50 x 40 x 40 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$6,763
Reveiller White
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 82 x 74 x 79 cm Sculpture - 32.3 x 29.1 x 31.1 inch
$12,066
Eclairage Smoke
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 52 x 43 x 48 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 16.9 x 18.9 inch
$6,763
Eclairage Rouge II
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 55 x 38 x 46 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 15 x 18.1 inch
$6,763
Chrysalis
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 40 x 42 x 40 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 16.5 x 15.7 inch
$17,968
Charly Desoubry
Truthful#2
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,067
Truthful#1
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,067
From Outer Space
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 50 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$674
Christophe Jacrot
Chapelle perdue
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$3,034
Pink Morning
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$3,034
Hôtel Belvédère
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$3,371
La mini maison
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
$3,596
Le Mouton
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$3,034
Trees and church (Bavaria)
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
$3,596
West Broadway
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
$3,596
Bruno Palisson
In our Intimate Moments - 02
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,461
The Way of the Salt Worker - 07
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,011
The Way of the Salt Worker - 10
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,011
In our Intimate Moments - 01
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,461
Eugène Druet
1910 Arbres Trees
Eugène Druet
Photography - 59 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.2 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,405
1915 Nuages et tempête Tempest and clouds
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$2,191
1915 BRIGITTE au foulard
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$1,629
1915 Femme brune Brunette
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,629
1915 Madame Bernheim au canapé
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,629
1915 Femme au chignon
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,629
1915 Lecture Reading
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,629
1915 Le fichu brodé ALICE Embroidered scarf
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$2,191