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![Photography, The Prodigy (1997), Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896199_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hausa and Fula cultures collide, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/391847_1_grid.jpg)
Hausa and Fula cultures collide
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,541
![Photography, Livre IV / Eryngium giganteum L. (Panicaut géant), 2022, in Herbarium Florum obsidionalium (2021-2023), Sophie Zénon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187825_1_grid.jpg)
Livre IV / Eryngium giganteum L. (Panicaut géant), 2022, in Herbarium Florum obsidionalium (2021-2023)
Sophie Zénon
Photography - 30.5 x 41 cm Photography - 12 x 16.1 inch
€4,000
![Photography, Introspection, Mathilde Oscar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168666_1_grid.jpg)
Introspection
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
![Photography, St Tropez Garden, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365669_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marilyn in the wedding veil, Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/472987_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chedda Oujdia, from "Dry Land" series, Sara Benabdallah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200913_1_grid.jpg)
Chedda Oujdia, from "Dry Land" series
Sara Benabdallah
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
€3,000
![Photography, Labsa Lakbira 2, from "Dry Land" series, Sara Benabdallah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200906_1_grid.jpg)
Labsa Lakbira 2, from "Dry Land" series
Sara Benabdallah
Photography - 80 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch
€3,000
![Photography, Oujdia 05 Moon, from "Dry Land" series, Sara Benabdallah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200905_1_grid.jpg)
Oujdia 05 Moon, from "Dry Land" series
Sara Benabdallah
Photography - 80 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch
€3,000
![Photography, Bayra, from "Dry Land" series, Sara Benabdallah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200899_1_grid.jpg)
Bayra, from "Dry Land" series
Sara Benabdallah
Photography - 80 x 60 x 5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch
€3,000
![Photography, Labsa Lakbira 3, from "Dry Land" series, Sara Benabdallah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200894_1_grid.jpg)
Labsa Lakbira 3, from "Dry Land" series
Sara Benabdallah
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
€3,000
![Photography, Labsa Lakbira, from "Dry Land" series, Sara Benabdallah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200888_1_grid.jpg)
Labsa Lakbira, from "Dry Land" series
Sara Benabdallah
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
€3,000
![Photography, Labsa Lakbira 4, from Dry Land series, Sara Benabdallah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200883_1_grid.jpg)
Labsa Lakbira 4, from Dry Land series
Sara Benabdallah
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
€3,000
![Photography, III, Luca Izzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198260_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Introspection, Luca Izzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198258_1_grid.jpg)
Introspection
Luca Izzo
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€350 €315
![Photography, Oceani Mentali n°4, Luca Izzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198249_1_grid.jpg)
Oceani Mentali n°4
Luca Izzo
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
€350
![Photography, Untitled (Identity Promises series), Imanol Marrodán](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192258_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled (Identity Promises series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
€325
![Photography, Gabrielle, Clara Delaporte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1310916_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait 06, The Sugar Project, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211973_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait 06, The Sugar Project
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 inch
€4,851
![Photography, Pampa, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211927_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, On Top, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199270_1_grid.jpg)
On Top
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 8.847 x 10.752 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.5 x 4.2 x 0.1 inch
€1,500
![Photography, La montée des eaux, Fabienne Cresens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/462961_1_grid.jpg)
La montée des eaux
Fabienne Cresens
Photography - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
€500
![Photography, Lived-in (Cocoon), Giana De Dier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199758_1_grid.jpg)
Lived-in (Cocoon)
Giana De Dier
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€6,500
![Photography, Marilyn in Vogue (1962), Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/97609_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn in Vogue (1962)
Bert Stern
Photography - 25 x 21 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
€1,590
![Photography, I Have Wings Too, Dasha Pears](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1154658_1_grid.jpg)
I Have Wings Too
Dasha Pears
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€1,180
![Photography, Coversaciones 3, Giana De Dier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199754_1_grid.jpg)
Coversaciones 3
Giana De Dier
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,500
![Photography, Chilling, Rodrigo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155900_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Santiaguera, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/21277_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La tristeza, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1768140_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les champs, Clara Delaporte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1107768_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El caballero, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1068861_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hope, David Djian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/945864_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, New horizons, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/586491_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hombre de la Luna, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/28570_1_grid.jpg)
Hombre de la Luna
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€734
![Photography, Sandrine Bonnaire, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154374_1_grid.jpg)
Sandrine Bonnaire
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€600
![Photography, A Confiança, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971855_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Saudade, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971834_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Skiing Holiday, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365789_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ale, Aurélien Buttin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191925_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Synesthetic Letters - V, Dasha Pears](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1194423_1_grid.jpg)
Synesthetic Letters - V
Dasha Pears
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€780
![Photography, Insomniac, Kalliope Amorphous](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214308_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mhysa, Mathilde Oscar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173875_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hiding in the city, Paris - n°14, Pharmacy, Liu Bolin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1148247_1_grid.jpg)
Hiding in the city, Paris - n°14, Pharmacy
Liu Bolin
Photography - 90 x 120 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
€14,500
![Photography, Lived-in nº2, Giana De Dier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199885_1_grid.jpg)
Lived-in nº2
Giana De Dier
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€6,500
![Photography, Orangutan #1, Brad Wilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113536_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tiger #7, Brad Wilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2112192_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'inconnu, Malick Kebe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1733853_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les Yeux de..., D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203709_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fall, Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200257_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Her, Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193374_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dear Irving..., Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190111_1_grid.jpg)
Dear Irving...
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.02 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Nuer reflections, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/921921_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Malasso, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1072071_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sub Rosa, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204106_1_grid.jpg)
Sub Rosa
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 30.5 x 43.2 x 0.5 cm Photography - 12 x 17 x 0.2 inch
€1,455
![Photography, Malachite, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196937_1_grid.jpg)
Malachite
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 38.1 x 27.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15 x 10.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,164
![Photography, Portrait in Pink, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193470_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait in Pink
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 30.5 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 12 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,067
![Photography, Lionel joue à Bacchus dans les vignes, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224300_1_grid.jpg)
Lionel joue à Bacchus dans les vignes
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
€650
![Photography, Juliette Gréco - Paris, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1020354_1_grid.jpg)
Juliette Gréco - Paris
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€900
![Photography, Ferry passenger, Barry Cawston](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919851_1_grid.jpg)
Ferry passenger
Barry Cawston
Photography - 75 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,665
![Photography, Serge Gainsbourg au Palace, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153528_1_grid.jpg)
Serge Gainsbourg au Palace
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,300
![Photography, Silence of colors, Malick Kebe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1697742_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Daily Bread - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print, Alain Le Garsmeur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1603944_1_grid.jpg)
Daily Bread - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€595
![Photography, Himba mother and child, Faie Davis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1182573_1_grid.jpg)
Himba mother and child
Faie Davis
Photography - 113.6 x 81.6 x 0.25 cm Photography - 44.7 x 32.1 x 0.1 inch
€1,455
![Photography, Sepia Meta Graphic Lettre 8, Jean-Claude Byandb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/804756_1_grid.jpg)
Sepia Meta Graphic Lettre 8
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€610
![Photography, Milla Jovovich, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/447942_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 152 - Van Gogh, Bernard Pras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/338965_1_grid.jpg)
152 - Van Gogh
Bernard Pras
Photography - 106 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
![Photography, L'usurier, Pierre Moreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194828_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Black Leopard #2, Brad Wilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094039_1_grid.jpg)
Black Leopard #2
Brad Wilson
Photography - 74 x 58 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.1 x 22.8 x 0 inch
€2,000
![Photography, Karo party person, Faie Davis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322415_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mursi teenager, Faie Davis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1182546_1_grid.jpg)
Mursi teenager
Faie Davis
Photography - 89.4 x 63 x 0.25 cm Photography - 35.2 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,455
![Photography, Cinematography inspired session #24, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/941421_1_grid.jpg)
Cinematography inspired session #24
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€190
![Photography, Queen Elizabeth II On Her Coronation Day, Cecil Beaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896799_1_grid.jpg)
Queen Elizabeth II On Her Coronation Day
Cecil Beaton
Photography - 50.8 x 50.8 cm Photography - 20 x 20 inch
€654
![Photography, Elan, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356279_1_grid.jpg)
Elan
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,620
![Photography, The sound if flying souls, Brooke Shaden](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149833_1_grid.jpg)
The sound if flying souls
Brooke Shaden
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€2,400
![Photography, Men's World 2, Olha Stepanian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176401_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rêve de scène II, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1690281_1_grid.jpg)
Rêve de scène II
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€120
![Photography, Marisa French Vogue Studios 1970, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537695_1_grid.jpg)
Marisa French Vogue Studios 1970
Anthony Horth
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,164
![Photography, Dernier Regard, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680582_1_grid.jpg)
Dernier Regard
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€290
![Photography, Les mariés japonais du pont des arts, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205145_1_grid.jpg)
Les mariés japonais du pont des arts
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
€300
![Photography, Hiding in the city - Sleeping Lion, Liu Bolin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1116294_1_grid.jpg)
Hiding in the city - Sleeping Lion
Liu Bolin
Photography - 68 x 90 cm Photography - 26.8 x 35.4 inch
€12,300
![Photography, Japanese Life 06, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029036_1_grid.jpg)
Japanese Life 06
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 25 x 120 x 3.8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch
€300
![Photography, Untitled I, José Sierra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/840540_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, I.N.T.I.M.A.C.Y States #2, Anna Levesh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451667_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Accra, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/147460_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Neon Diva from the Castelloland series., Paloma Castello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/854688_1_grid.jpg)
Neon Diva from the Castelloland series.
Paloma Castello
Photography - 69.9 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,213
![Photography, Viejo maestro, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/11119_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Conemen Tenebrae, Laurence Winram](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1073616_1_grid.jpg)
The Conemen Tenebrae
Laurence Winram
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,159
![Photography, Mynga, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/9619_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vincent Cassel (2000), Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896259_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Coen Brothers (2001), Kevin Westenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896175_1_grid.jpg)
The Coen Brothers (2001)
Kevin Westenberg
Photography - 61 x 51 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 inch
€2,100
![Photography, Rue Mouffetard - Triptych, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/850680_1_grid.jpg)
Rue Mouffetard - Triptych
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 45 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.71 x 39.37 x 0.1 inch
€1,601
![Photography, Rue Mouffetard - Triptych, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/850674_1_grid.jpg)
Rue Mouffetard - Triptych
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 45 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.71 x 39.37 x 0.1 inch
€1,601
![Photography, Rue Mouffetard, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/850662_1_grid.jpg)
Rue Mouffetard
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.62 x 15.74 x 0.1 inch
€1,455
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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.