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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Pavlo Mazai
Pour Andrey Tarkovsky
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,029
Série "Mar Adentro"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,488
Série "Mar Adentro"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 150 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,488
Série "Mar Adentro"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$4,488
Robert van der Hilst
Chinese Interior #1
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
$2,019 $1,717
Chinese Interior #36
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
$2,019
Chinese Interior #48
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
$2,019
Chinese Interior #20
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 49 x 42 cm Photography - 19.3 x 16.5 inch
$2,019
Chinese Interior #19
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
$2,019
Chinese Interior #16
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
$2,019
Chinese Interior #11
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
$2,019
Chinese Interior #2
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 49 x 42 cm Photography - 19.3 x 16.5 inch
$2,019
Patrick Strajnic
La noire idole
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,066
Intemerata
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,447
Le chant des Glaucus
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,447
Candidat à L'immortalité
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,066
Marie de Magdala
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,066
Sisyphe II
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,447
Marie de Magdala
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,447
Coralie Honnorat
Cascade de Lumière
Coralie Honnorat
Photography - 27 x 18 x 2 cm Photography - 10.6 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch
$168
Sjaak Korsten
Jacques Langevin
003- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,346
008- Série Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,346
007-Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,346
006- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,346
005- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,346
Répression, place Tian'anmen, Pékin, Chine
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$561
001- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,346
La princesse Diana et le Prince Charles au concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$617
Darlene Hammond
Star Trio 1953 Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe
Darlene Hammond
Photography - 76 x 101 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 inch
$998
Jessie Chaney
Aqua Pools
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.25 inch
$1,250
Last Light
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.25 inch
$1,250
Mist.& Water
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.25 inch
$1,250
Spirit in the Sky 100
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 33 x 33 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 2 inch
$700
Spirit in the Sky 103
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 33 x 33 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 2 inch
$700
Spirit in the Sky 104
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 33 x 33 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 2 inch
$700
Carlo D'Orta
Biocities Washington # 7
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 80 x 77 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch
$5,609
Liquidance # 93
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 67 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$5,609
Liquidance # 4
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 65 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$5,609
Vibrations NYC # 36
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 56 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 22 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$4,488
Biocities Washington # 4
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 80 x 54 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
$4,488
Biocities Parigi Defence # 1
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 56 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 22 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$4,488
Vibrations NYC # 11
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 86 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 33.9 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$7,853
Biocities London # 3
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,975
Vincent Gachaga
Steve Mc Queen le Mans
Vincent Gachaga
Sculpture - 85 x 80 x 12 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 31.5 x 4.7 inch
$2,805
Steve Mc Queen
Vincent Gachaga
Sculpture - 50 x 50 x 12 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 19.7 x 4.7 inch
$2,917
Chris Rhodes
Hotel Mermaid Club #5
Chris Rhodes
Photography - 8 x 10 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.1 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$168
Hotel Mermaid Club #1
Chris Rhodes
Photography - 10 x 8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.9 x 3.1 x 0.1 inch
$168
Hotel Mermaid Club #4
Chris Rhodes
Photography - 10 x 8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.9 x 3.1 x 0.1 inch
$168
Dan Holmqvist
The Pianist
Dan Holmqvist
Photography - 101 x 78 x 0.2 cm Photography - 39.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,290
Winter Gentleman
Dan Holmqvist
Photography - 140 x 118 x 0.2 cm Photography - 55.1 x 46.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,729