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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Douglas Mandry
Équivalences (50 tirages uniques)
Douglas Mandry
Photography - 17 x 23 cm Photography - 6.7 x 9.1 inch
$307
Gersony Silva
Pigment, sweat and nothing else...
Gersony Silva
Print - 120 x 79 x 1 cm Print - 47.2 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,233
Há lados I (1)
Gersony Silva
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 15 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,451
Clara Cena
La fuite du temps 6
Clara Cena
Photography - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$971
La fuite du temps 4
Clara Cena
Photography - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,116
Absorbés par le temps - 5
Clara Cena
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$647
Martin Parr
Gucci Cruise, Cannes
Martin Parr
Photography - 112 x 162 x 1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 63.8 x 0.4 inch
$25,116
Fashion shoot for Jalouse, Cuba
Martin Parr
Photography - 87 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 34.3 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$7,591
Fashion shoot for Amica magazine, New York
Martin Parr
Photography - 126 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 49.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$44,651
Fashion shoot, New Jersey
Martin Parr
Photography - 51 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$7,591
Fashion shoot for Jalouse. A life guard, Cuba
Martin Parr
Photography - 86 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 33.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$7,591
Alan Vouba
Philippe Halsman
Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut Hollywood California USA
Philippe Halsman
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 2 inch
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Geert Lemmers
Old Dutch opus II, Photograph, C-Type
Geert Lemmers
Photography - 99.1 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 39 x 32 x 1 inch
$1,177
Abstract Lineair opus 663
Geert Lemmers
Print - 81.3 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Print - 32 x 32 x 1 inch
$1,200
Liberation of the mind opus 38
Geert Lemmers
Painting - 99.1 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39 x 32 x 2 inch
$1,682
Plateau der Menschheit opus 25
Geert Lemmers
Painting - 99.1 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39 x 39 x 2 inch
$1,819
The price of freedom opus I
Geert Lemmers
Painting - 53.3 x 116.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 21 x 46 x 2 inch
$1,718
We want to be heard opus X
Geert Lemmers
Painting - 99.1 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39 x 32 x 2 inch
$1,980
The price of freedom opus 5
Geert Lemmers
Painting - 99.1 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39 x 32 x 2 inch
$1,780
A new archeology opus 7490
Geert Lemmers
Painting - 81.3 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 32 x 32 x 2 inch
$1,190
Jessica Houston
Perceptible Changes Over Time
Jessica Houston
Print - 56 x 84 x 2 cm Print - 22 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
With an Eye of Faith (Elephant Island, Antarctica)
Jessica Houston
Photography - 55.9 x 83.8 cm Photography - 22 x 33 inch
$3,349
Rock Has No Tongue
Jessica Houston
Sculpture - 99.1 x 38.1 x 29.2 cm Sculpture - 39 x 15 x 11.5 inch
$6,400
The fatigue of the conquest
Jessica Houston
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,563
If Held To The Light
Jessica Houston
Painting - 51 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,237
Diana Thorneycroft
Portrait of Winnipeg (Life is like a box of chocolates)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 61 x 76 cm Photography - 24 x 29.9 inch
$3,500
Dirty Harry on the Buffalo Trail (I know what you're thinking... punk)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 76 x 61 cm Photography - 29.9 x 24 inch
$3,500
Portrait of Winnipeg (Run! Forrest! Run!)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 66 x 76 cm Photography - 26 x 29.9 inch
$3,500
Doll mouth (open)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 99.1 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$4,242
Doll mouth (tongue)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 68.6 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$2,902
Doll mouth (open)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 68.6 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$2,902
Doll mouth (boy with teeth)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 68.6 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$2,902
Doll mouth (cupie)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 99.1 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$4,242
Louis Blanc
Sara Benabdallah
Labsa Lakbira, from "Dry Land" series
Sara Benabdallah
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$3,349
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
$3,349
Bayra, from "Dry Land" series
Sara Benabdallah
Photography - 80 x 60 x 5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$3,349
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
$3,349
Chedda Oujdia, from "Dry Land" series
Sara Benabdallah
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$3,349
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
Price upon request