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.
Discover the styles & movements
Samuel Ryde
Hackney Picturehouse.
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$450
Honore Club, NYC.
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$450
Eat by Chloe, London.
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$450
Temkin's bar, NYC.
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$450
Alice Maier
Hommage à Poseidon n°13
Alice Maier
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$499
A l'ombre des Palmiers
Alice Maier
Photography - 148 x 148 x 0.3 cm Photography - 58.3 x 58.3 x 0.1 inch
$6,105
Hommage à Poseidon n°18
Alice Maier
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$499
Hommage à Poseidon n°17
Alice Maier
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$499
Hommage à Poseidon n°14
Alice Maier
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$499
Jules Gorce
Invasion - Photographie argentique - Paris
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$555
Patriote - Photographie argentique - Paris
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$555
Bout Du Monde - Photographie argentique - La Rochelle
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$666
Souplesse - Photographie numérique - Dublin
Jules Gorce
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$555
Garde - Photographie argentique - Paris
Jules Gorce
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$555
Hypnose - Photographie argentique - Nantes
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$555
Archer - Photographie argentique - Nantes
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$666
Imbriqués - Photographie argentique - Ferteventura
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$555
Nir Hadar
F.C. Gundlach
Mirella Petteni, Oslo
F.C. Gundlach
Photography - 59.7 x 50.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.5 x 19.75 x 0.1 inch
$6,900
The little black dress, Berlin
F.C. Gundlach
Photography - 60.2 x 50.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.7 x 19.8 x 0.1 inch
$4,800
Jet Age, Hamburg
F.C. Gundlach
Photography - 60.5 x 50.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.8 x 19.9 x 0.1 inch
$4,300
Nadja Tiller for Heinzelmann en Vogue, Stuttgart
F.C. Gundlach
Photography - 59.7 x 50.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.5 x 19.9 x 0.1 inch
$4,300
Après-Ski on the Avus, Berlin
F.C. Gundlach
Photography - 50.2 x 60.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.75 x 23.75 x 0.1 inch
$6,400
The Cheops Pyramids, Gizeh
F.C. Gundlach
Photography - 50.5 x 60.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.9 x 23.8 x 0.1 inch
$5,300
OP Art Bathing Suit by Sinz, Vouliagmeni, Greece
F.C. Gundlach
Photography - 59.9 x 60.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.8 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Sven Svensøn
Lazy man with dog
Sven Svensøn
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$433
Stanislavas Bartnikas
Filled Life
Stanislavas Bartnikas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$7,770
Frozen Kingdome
Stanislavas Bartnikas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$7,770
Mirror Earth
Stanislavas Bartnikas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$7,770
Stone blanket
Stanislavas Bartnikas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$7,770
Mother of oil
Stanislavas Bartnikas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$7,770
Newborn
Stanislavas Bartnikas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$7,770
Milky river
Stanislavas Bartnikas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$7,770
Chorus
Stanislavas Bartnikas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$7,770
Guillaume Chevallard
Abstraction urbaine 1
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,442
Abstraction urbaine #6
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,332
Anonymat calculé
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,332
Lâcher prise
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,332
À moitié là
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,332
Abstraction urbaine
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,442
Stature
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,552
Valse aquatique
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,552
Pamela Tulizo
Lutambi
Pamela Tulizo
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$7,770
Lutambi meshe
Pamela Tulizo
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$7,770
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Watercolor on photo #1
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 21 x 14.85 cm Photography - 8.3 x 5.8 inch
$1,110
Watercolor on photo #5
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 21 x 14.85 cm Photography - 8.3 x 5.8 inch
$1,110
Watercolor on photo #12
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 21 x 14.85 cm Photography - 8.3 x 5.8 inch
$1,110
Watercolor on photo #11
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 21 x 14.85 cm Photography - 8.3 x 5.8 inch
$1,110
Watercolor on photo #10
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 21 x 14.85 cm Photography - 8.3 x 5.8 inch
$1,110
Watercolor on photo #9
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 21 x 14.85 cm Photography - 8.3 x 5.8 inch
$1,110
Watercolor on photo #8
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 21 x 14.85 cm Photography - 8.3 x 5.8 inch
$1,110
Watercolor on photo #4
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 21 x 14.85 cm Photography - 8.3 x 5.8 inch
$1,110
Badreddine Rafiq
Reflet rouge
Badreddine Rafiq
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$244
Lumières à Marrakech
Badreddine Rafiq
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$244
Ciel havrais
Badreddine Rafiq
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$244
Reflet aquatique
Badreddine Rafiq
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$244
John Kendrick Dobson
Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,276
Sherborne, Dorset, UK
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,276
Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,276
Weymouth, Dorset, UK
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,276
Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,276
Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,276
Sandbanks, Dorset, UK
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,276
Cubism in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 75 x 62 x 3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,276