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De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$1,005
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,005
USA Vegas. Strip 0660 1
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,284
Inde- Pondichery Ganesh Temple 02611
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,284
Hibou lumiere
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,284
Elle et lui
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,005
USA LA Last day Down town 5155
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,284
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,340
De Chlore et de Rosé (2)
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,340
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,340
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,340
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,340
Dans l'eau froide
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,005
Palette signée
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,005
Cœur de Vague
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,005
De flagration
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,005
Cre me bleu
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,005
Meditation collective Las Galeras - Playa Rincon
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,284
Le café marocain
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,284
La baignade Las Galeras
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,284
Fairytale
Priska Walliman
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,674
Meta Color XVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,780
Meta Color XVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,780
Meta Color XV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,780
Meta Color XIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,780
Meta Color X
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,780
Meta Color II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,780
Anticamera
Silvia Coccaglio
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,898
Miacamera 3
Silvia Coccaglio
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,898
Bamboo Plant #2
Griselda Duch
Photography - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$772
Bamboo Plant #1
Griselda Duch
Photography - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$772
Toys for kids 9
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$670
Toys for kids 8
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$670
Toys for kids 6
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,116
Toys for kids 4
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,116
Toys for kids 1
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,116
Les graminés
Arelys Photos
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,005
Reflet Vitrail
Arelys Photos
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,563
Bouquet Final
Mathieu Pujol
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,116
Automne 2022
Arelys Photos
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,105
La Plume
Olivier Attar (Attoli)
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$759
La piste
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
$737 $663
Light Reflex - Rotation 5
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 30 x 30 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$1,674
Asamkirche White Clouds
Klaus Dietrich
Photography - 82 x 70 cm Photography - 32.3 x 27.6 inch
$1,005
Tirages sur papier : concave
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$16,744
Partitions numériques (d'après Nicéphore Niépce)
Andreas Müller-Pohle
Photography - 264 x 132 cm Photography - 103.9 x 52 inch
$13,395
Photo 080401.2247
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 110 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$10,046
Tirages sur papier : double croix - IX 1996
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$16,744
Photo 111110.2
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$7,814
Photo 111103.5
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$7,814
Photo 111103.4
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$7,256
Photo 080225.2306
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$7,814
Photo 111104.4
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,814
Série: photographie concrète numérique - IMG_4124 29.10.2008
Roger Humbert
Photography - 30 x 24 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 inch
$2,567
Série: photographie concrète numérique - IMG_2699 01.10.2013
Roger Humbert
Photography - 30 x 24 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 inch
$2,009
Série: photographie concrète numérique - IMG_2764 01.10.2013
Roger Humbert
Photography - 30 x 24 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 inch
$2,009
Série: photographie concrète numérique - IMG_2343 10.11.2012
Roger Humbert
Photography - 30 x 24 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 inch
$2,009
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Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$964
Drawing No. 453
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,340
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,340
An Angel Passes By
Thierry Corpet
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$1,674
Abstract Photography for Sale
Abstract photography, also sometimes known as experimental photography, is the art of creating a visual effect with an image that has no immediate attachment to reality, by using processes like focusing, framing, or retouching and editing the photograph in post-processing. For example, an abstract picture can sometimes isolate a fragment of an ordinary image to remove it from its original context and give it a surrealist edge. It can also involve playing with blurring, shadows or lighting, textures or unexpected forms. The image is often created with traditional photographic material (analog or digital cameras, dark room, computer). However, artists can also manipulate and alter the film in order to achieve the desired effect.
The first images known as “abstract photographs" appeared shortly after the invention of photography in the 1830s. In 1842, John William Draper created a new type of images with a spectroscope. This machine dispersed light beams and produced a phenomenon that was previously invisible to the eye. The negatives he produced had nothing in common with the works of other photographers, and they opened the way for innovative photographic works. Draper perceived these images as a scientific discovery, not as artworks, but today his method is widely acclaimed by critics for its inherent originality.
In England, Anna Atkins was also a pioneer of abstract photography; she was the first one to place dry algae on cyanotype paper. This scientific experiment improved photographic techniques by creating unique blue and white images. Moreover, the discovery of X-ray and radioactivity in 1896 provoked a fascination for the invisible and many photographers were immediately drawn to these phenomena. French photographer Louis Darget attempted to capture mental processes by pressing unexposed plates to the foreheads of his and trying to get them to project images from their minds onto the plates. He carried out thousands of similar experiments.
It was only during the 20th century that abstract photography truly became recognised as an artistic practice. Surrealism and cubism started replacing impressionism, especially after the Salon d'Automne in 1903 in Paris. This event highlighted new talents like Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp… Ten years later, in New York, Wassily Kandinsky, Mondrian, Braque and Delaunay shocked audiences. The freedom coming from abstract art inspired some of the greatest photographers to break the rules.
Erwin Quedenfeldt exhibited the first abstract photographs in Cologne in 1914. From 1920 to 1930, Europe became the epicenters of conceptual photography with artists such as Jaroslav Rossler, Josef Sudeck, and Rössler exploring abstraction.
Post-processing became more central to photographic works in the 60s and the 70s, with artists like Josef Newman. Eventually, the growing popularity of computers in the 90s and the 2000s opened up infinite possibilities for creating original work. Some contemporary photographers like Peter Klasen, Dominic Harris, or Nicolas Dubreuille combine photography with other mediums.
Find them all on Artsper with our unique selection of abstract photographs.
What is considered abstract photography?
Abstract photography refers to images created using photography equipment that do not directly represent the real visual world as we see it. Abstract photographers use different techniques to manipulate the image captured by the camera.
What makes good abstract photography?
There are different factors in what makes a good abstract photograph, including composition, color, tone, lighting and mystery.
What are the different types of abstract photography?
There are many different ways to produce an abstract photograph. Techniques can include moving the camera during exposure, playing with light and reflections, using different angles, and experimenting with production techniques.