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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Tine Wilde
Zero point #S2021-03j
Tine Wilde
Photography - 53 x 53 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 20.9 x 0 inch
$2,247
Zero point #S2021-03c
Tine Wilde
Photography - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
$2,922
Zero point #S2021-03e
Tine Wilde
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$3,708
Zero point #S2021-03k
Tine Wilde
Photography - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
$2,922
Zero point #S2021-03l
Tine Wilde
Photography - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
$2,922
Nicola Bertoglio
Seme dischiuso
Nicola Bertoglio
Photography - 50 x 81 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$393
Lotta perpetua
Nicola Bertoglio
Photography - 50 x 81 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$393
Michel Eisenlohr
La Bollène-Vésubie
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$506
Fort Central
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$506
Damas, mosquée des Omeyyades (cours)
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,124
Palmyre, Le tétrapyle
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,124
Palmyre, temple de Bél
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$1,348
Apaemée, grande colonnade de torsadée
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$1,348
Cornell Capa
Fikry Botros
Parisian rooftops
Fikry Botros
Photography - 40.6 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$480
Richard Kelley
Silence and soul
Richard Kelley
Photography - 75 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,686
The way it was
Richard Kelley
Photography - 50 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
$618
Tragic virtues
Richard Kelley
Photography - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$438
Götz Göppert
The frozen few 5546
Götz Göppert
Photography - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$758
Fife Regatta 2201
Götz Göppert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$758
Rouge contraste
Götz Göppert
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,051
The Frozen Few 8898
Götz Göppert
Photography - 100 x 150 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$1,450
Custom de Biest
Goodmorning
Custom de Biest
Photography - 160 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 63 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,315
Money Never Sleeps
Custom de Biest
Photography - 90 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,315
Cannes Festival
Custom de Biest
Photography - 140 x 95 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 37.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,315
Georgii Vinogradov
Les trois ponts
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 20 x 38 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 15 x 0.1 inch
$562
Lycee Ampère/Old Town
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$449
Les colonnes de la Cathédrale Notre Dame de Kazan
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$449
Moyka River St Petersburg
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$382
Stone age#1
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$449
Halloween party
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$449
Dores Sacquegna
C'era una volta il mare
Dores Sacquegna
Photography - 90 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,686
Mondi fluttuanti
Dores Sacquegna
Photography - 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,686
Romain Reveau
Bord de Mer 2
Romain Reveau
Photography - 50 x 76 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,011
Matin pleureur
Romain Reveau
Photography - 76 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 29.9 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,011
Bord de mer 3
Romain Reveau
Photography - 50 x 76 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,011
Bord de mer 4
Romain Reveau
Photography - 50 x 76 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,011
Samuel Ryde
Hackney Picturehouse.
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$458
Honore Club, NYC.
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$458
Call Me Too Love Me
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$458
Eat by Chloe, London.
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$458
Temkin's bar, NYC.
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$458