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Flux # 202320
Paul Snell
Photography - 190 x 14 x 8 cm Photography - 74.8 x 5.5 x 3.1 inch
CHF 4,862
Geometria
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
CHF 610
Composición en espirales
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 24 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
CHF 610
Gran plano
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 712
Bleed # 202102
Paul Snell
Photography - 180 x 115 x 0.1 cm Photography - 70.9 x 45.3 x 0 inch
CHF 6,938
Rhythmogramm Klangfläche
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
CHF 8,542
Rhythmogramm Verzeichnis Nr: 03782_000_253
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch
CHF 5,898
Rhythmogramm Triennale
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
CHF 11,186
Paisaje en rojo y azul con texto
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,525
Paisaje en rojo y azul
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,525
Naturaleza
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 50 x 88 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 34.6 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,525
Paisaje en verdes
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 50 x 88 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 34.6 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,525
Paisaje en rojos
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,525
Iluminación intensa
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,627
Paisaje
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 40 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,220
Esfera
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,627
Vague #5
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
CHF 1,830
Yuki
Mikiya Takimoto
Photography - 15.8 x 15.8 x 5.8 cm Photography - 6.2 x 6.2 x 2.3 inch
CHF 3,218
Karesansui
Mikiya Takimoto
Photography - 15.8 x 15.8 x 5.8 cm Photography - 6.2 x 6.2 x 2.3 inch
CHF 3,218
Kingyo
Mikiya Takimoto
Photography - 15.8 x 15.8 x 5.8 cm Photography - 6.2 x 6.2 x 2.3 inch
CHF 3,218
Grotte de Glace III
Juliette Agnel
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
CHF 4,068
Voile d'Or
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,525
Abstraction mauve
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,525
Éolienne I (faisan)
Alzbeta Wolfová
Photography - 95 x 84 x 5 cm Photography - 37.4 x 33.1 x 2 inch
CHF 1,220
Devil's parsley
Sodoma X
Photography - 55.5 x 74 x 1 cm Photography - 21.9 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch
CHF 3,763
Sans Titre I, série Deco
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,220
Monasterio Chamber II
Sodoma X
Photography - 55.5 x 74 x 1 cm Photography - 21.9 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch
CHF 6,000
St-Mar-stm1
Dominique Genty
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
CHF 508
Vague #1
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
CHF 1,830
Abstraction #11
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,424
Abstraction #12
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,271
Abstraction #10
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,271
Abstraction #9
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,424
Abstraction #8
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,271
Abstraction #7
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,271
Abstraction #6
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,271
Abstraction #5
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,424
Abstraction #4
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,424
Abstraction #3
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,271
Abstraction #2
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,424
Abstraction #1
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 1,271
Vague#2
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
CHF 1,830
The Summit
Jesse Willems
Photography - 90.5 x 91.5 x 1 cm Photography - 35.6 x 36 x 0.4 inch
CHF 5,186
Bleed # 202388
Paul Snell
Photography - 80 x 60 x 8 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 3.1 inch
CHF 4,506
Temporal Perception "Golden Moment #1"
Serge Hamad
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
CHF 944
Palacio #14 - Palacio Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
CHF 905
Fickle Memory 07
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 814
Méduses bleues
Pierre Boillon
Photography - 60 x 42 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
CHF 407
Méduses et visage
Pierre Boillon
Photography - 60 x 42 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
CHF 407
City Rumors #10 - City Rumors Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
CHF 1,413
Harriman 10
Michael Filonow
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
CHF 411
Betta Blur 33
Michael Filonow
Photography - 40.6 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16 x 24 x 0.1 inch
CHF 293
Betta Blur 17
Michael Filonow
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
CHF 368
Betta Blur 24
Michael Filonow
Photography - 61 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 30 x 0.1 inch
CHF 439
Impressionist Ephemerisms N.4
Anna Levesh
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
CHF 803
Angel Door
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 488
Wash and Dry
Pauline Corto
Photography - 40 x 57 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch
CHF 488
The Jacket
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 488
Tropical Mood - Archi-Lines Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 60 x 45 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
CHF 763
Bleed # 202321
Paul Snell
Photography - 180 x 115 x 0.1 cm Photography - 70.9 x 45.3 x 0 inch
CHF 6,938
Lumina # 202204
Paul Snell
Photography - 170 x 8.5 x 10 cm Photography - 66.9 x 3.3 x 3.9 inch
CHF 6,641
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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
CHF 1,220
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
CHF 879
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,133 CHF 963
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.