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
Malena Mazza
Tokihiro Sato
Photo-respiration 1998 Yura #340
Tokihiro Sato
Photography - 33 x 48.3 cm Photography - 13 x 19 inch
Sold
Sarah Maple
Yann Merran
This is so Illegal
Yann Merran
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€700
Je dépense donc je suis
Yann Merran
Photography - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
€55
Casey Waterman
When You Love Someone. From the Origin series
Casey Waterman
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 182.9 x 3.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 72 x 1.25 inch
€2,318
Boobs, From the Series “Why This Restlessness?”
Casey Waterman
Print - 101.6 x 127 x 0.3 cm Print - 40 x 50 x 0.1 inch
€1,159
Tennis, Hand Stitched Canvas, Cherrywood Frame
Casey Waterman
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
€1,159
Swing, Hand Stitched Canvas, Cherrywood Frame
Casey Waterman
Sculpture - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Sculpture - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
€1,159
Red Ball, From the Series “Why This Restlessness?”
Casey Waterman
Print - 101.6 x 127 x 0.3 cm Print - 40 x 50 x 0.1 inch
€1,159
Lawn, Hand Stitched Canvas, Cherrywood Frame
Casey Waterman
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 0.1 inch
€1,159
Coat, From the Series “Why This Restlessness?”
Casey Waterman
Print - 127 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Print - 50 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€1,159
Lionel Morateur
Le manoir englouti
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
€1,300
Adam et Eve chassés du Paradis
Lionel Morateur
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€275
Les jumelles
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
€1,200
Les corbeaux volent sur le dos
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
€1,000
Very bad trip
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
€900 €675
Au fond de la piscine
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
€1,000
Mort d'un clown
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
€1,000
Adam et Eve chassés du paradis
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
€1,500
Maria Jose Arjona
The Kiss - Self Portrait
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 97.8 x 136.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 38.5 x 53.75 x 0.1 inch
€9,656
All the others in me (New York)
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 69.9 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 39.37 x 0.1 inch
€8,691
The frequencies I am made of #1
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 174.8 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 68.8 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
€12,553
The frequencies I am made of #2
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 174.8 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 68.8 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
€12,553
The frequencies I am made of #3
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 174.8 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 68.8 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
€12,553
The frequencies I am made of #5
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 174.8 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 68.8 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
€12,553
All the others in me. (Milan)
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 69.6 x 99.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.4 x 39.2 x 0.1 inch
€9,174
All the others in me. (Milan)
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 110 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
€9,174
Douglas Mandry
Équivalences (50 tirages uniques)
Douglas Mandry
Photography - 17 x 23 cm Photography - 6.7 x 9.1 inch
€275
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
Sold
Norman Reedus
Eye in the dark
Norman Reedus
Photography - 20.32 x 25.4 x 1 cm Photography - 8 x 10 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Vape on a train
Norman Reedus
Photography - 50.8 x 40.64 x 2 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch
€2,300
RS Artist
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
€1,137
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
€1,624
Plateau der Menschheit opus 25
Geert Lemmers
Painting - 99.1 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39 x 39 x 2 inch
€1,757
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
€1,659
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
€1,912
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
€1,719
Liberation of the mind 43
Geert Lemmers
Painting - 99.1 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39 x 32 x 2 inch
€1,526