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Nike, Louvre, Selfportrait.
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€495
Unione, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€495
The Fall
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 118.14 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Lovers
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Swimmer
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 118.69 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.7 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
End of the Market III
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 83.79 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 33 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
End of the Market II
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 83.79 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 33 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
0205. From The ONE Series
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 89.9 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,095
Black beauty II
Léa Bon
Photography - 48 x 72.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.9 x 28.59 x 0.1 inch
€5,807
Oil of sexuality
Léa Bon
Photography - 30 x 19.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.8 x 0.1 inch
€7,743
Enfant de la tribus Karo. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Wrapped series untitled #33
Robert Mack
Photography - 106.7 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Photography - 42 x 28 x 1 inch
€5,807
Wrapped Series Untitled #1B
Robert Mack
Photography - 106 x 71 cm Photography - 41.7 x 28 inch
€5,807
Untitled (Nude II)
Massimo Attardi
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,600
Untitled (Nude)
Massimo Attardi
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,600
Bleu d'ébène
Laurent Castellani
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€12,500
The kiss group of 8
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 108 x 239.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 42.5 x 94.4 x 0.1 inch
€13,550
The kiss II
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 99.8 x 140 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
€9,485
The kiss I
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 99.8 x 140 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
€9,485
Silhouette VII
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
€5,300
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
Figure Collection : Light Version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 150.1 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
Figure Collection : Dark version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 80 x 100.1 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
Figure Collection : Dark version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 59.9 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
Figure Collection : Dark Version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 100.1 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
According to Joan Miro
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Eris covered with gold
Guido Argentini
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
€9,000
In side out #1
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€8,060
Electric feelings #1
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€8,060
Cubism Emotions
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€8,060
Every man is a tree
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€8,060
Abstract Emotions
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€8,060
Goddesses games #1
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€8,060
Red Head robe noire
Cécile Plaisance
Photography - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€9,600
Chanson d'amour VI
Akif Hakan
Photography - 150 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€8,000
Double Je
Ana D. & Noora K.
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€8,300
Moveo Lucidum
Ana D. & Noora K.
Photography - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€10,800
Not clear at all
Ana D. & Noora K.
Photography - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€10,800
Fauna #1
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
€2,904
Face à Face
Luc Masson-Todeschini
Photography - 51.3 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.2 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€300 €210
Femme à lunette
Luc Masson-Todeschini
Photography - 27.6 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€300
My Share From The Revolution #2
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
€2,420
I Am The Queen Of My Own Little World
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 25 x 1 inch
€2,323
I Have a Dream
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
€2,710
I-Type
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 43.35 x 35.75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 17.1 x 14.1 x 0.2 inch
€1,500
Austin Percario
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 45.72 x 60.69 x 0.5 cm Photography - 18 x 23.9 x 0.2 inch
€1,500
Naphta tribes VIII
Fab Rideti
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,900
Naphta tribes VIII
Fab Rideti
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,900
Naphta tribes VIII
Fab Rideti
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,900
Naphta tribes VIII
Fab Rideti
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,900
Naphta tribes VIII
Fab Rideti
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,900
Naphta tribes VIII
Fab Rideti
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,900
Alexandra
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 105 x 140 x 0.1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 55.1 x 0 inch
€3,203
The Artist
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 140 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 55.1 x 41.3 x 0 inch
€3,203
In the Clouds Portrait #1
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€3,871
In the Clouds Portrait #3
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€3,871
Anima Portrait #4
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€4,839
Dos masculin d'inspiration florentine
Iconographia
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
€300
New York, musicien de rue à Times Square
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€450
New York, Gay Pride, Broadway
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€450
L'origine du monde d'après Bachet
Alain Bachet
Photography - 78 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 30.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,400
The refugee
Laurelia Brizard
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€380
Flou 2
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€300
Paula poses for the first and the last time
Jan Saudek
Photography - 38.5 x 28.5 cm Photography - 15.2 x 11.2 inch
€3,000
Anima Portrait #4
George Mayer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.37 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€8,711
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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.
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.
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.
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.