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Paparazzi
Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$447
Protect and defend
Laurelia Brizard
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$403
Arizona 002. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,362
Alabama 002. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,362
South Carolina 001. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,362
Texas 001. The Ameriguns. (1)
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,362
Texas 001. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,026
Painted Work #7
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$7,829
Painted Work #2
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$7,829
Painted Work #1
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$7,829
Yowa et Violette d’après l’École de Fontainebleau
Iconographia
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$391
Mes amours de panda
Florence Le Van
Photography - 27 x 18 x 1 cm Photography - 10.6 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch
$447
Number One
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 139.7 x 96.5 x 3.3 cm Photography - 55 x 38 x 1.3 inch
$5,226
Pom Klementieff, Los Angeles 2018
Mary Rozzi
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$3,355
Algerie-Les Touaregs_Sahara. Tassili N'Ajjer
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 27 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 10.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$447
Manila Worker - Photography Art installation with 18 frames
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 155 x 220 x 2 cm Photography - 61 x 86.6 x 0.8 inch
$9,496
Ayrton Senna. Monaco. 1993
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
L’amie de la famille.
Didier Bizet
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$332
Préparation du pilote Ayrton Senna
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Ayrton Senna. Maclaren F1 Argentine
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Jacques Villeneuve. Williams. Ch du Monde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
Jacques Villeneuve. Williams
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Ayrton Senna avant le départ du GP d'Imola
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Ayrton Senna. Essais du GP de F1 à Imola
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Essais Hivernaux Circuit Paul Ricard
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Ayrton Senna se prépare pour la course d'Imola sur sa Williams
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Vainqueur du Grand Prix Brésil. Sao Paulo
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Ayrton Senna MacLaren
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Réflexion de l'artiste Ayrton Senna
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Ayrton Senna Sur sa Lotus Jaune
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Ayrton Senna Brésil 1992 vainqueur
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Alain Prost Williams
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Alain Prost Ferrari. Regard
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
Joueur de cartes pendant le Holy. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Danseur du Simb 2. Sénégal
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
Pow wow. Indiens. Amérique du nord 4
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,564
Enfants Karo. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Femme de la tribu des Massai. Kenya
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Danseur du Simb. Sénégal
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
Sénégal pendant la danse du Simb.
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Peul Bororos. Niger
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Sénégal. Jeune fille, pendant le bois sacré
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Guerrier Karo. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Femme Mursi. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Femme Hamer. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
Femmes Hamer. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Femme Hamer et son enfant. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Ethiopie. Fête du Meskal
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Enfants des bidonvilles de Calcutta. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Pow wow. Indiens. Amerique du Nord 3
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Carnaval de Limoux. Pierrot le fou
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Carnaval de Venise. Une femme en or
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Carnaval de Venise. En rouge et or
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Carnaval de Venise. Les amoureux 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Carnaval de Limoux. Transmission
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Carnaval de Venise. Quelle belle fleurs
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Carnaval de Venise. Regard observateur
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Carnaval de Venise. Tout d'or vêtue
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Carnaval de Venise. Miroir mon beau miroir
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Carnaval de Venise. En rouge et or
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Carnaval de Venise. Les jumeaux
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Carnaval de Venise. Les amoureux
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Carnaval de Venise. La Madone
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Portrait de groupe, 'Souvenirs rêvés'
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 100 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,678
Fusion 4, 'Souvenirs rêvés'
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 100 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,678
Fusion 2, 'Souvenirs rêvés'
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 100 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,678
L'Adieu, "Souvenirs rêvés"
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 100 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,678
Michael Schumacher. Ferrari. Argentine
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Ayrton Senna. Imola. 1994. Stop et Fin...
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Ayrton Senna. Imola. 1994. La dernière
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Eddy Irvine. Ferrari. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Ayrton Senna. Brésil. Sao Paulo 1992. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Casque de pompier. F1. GP France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Jarno Trulli. Monaco. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Michael Schumacher. Victoire Monaco. Ferrari. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Kimi Raikkonen. MacLaren. Formule 1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Jacques Villeneuve. Champion du monde de F1.
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
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Portrait Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered the process for setting images onto pewter plates. In 1833, upon Nièpce's death, Louis Daguerre and François Arago continued his experiments and invented the daguerreotype, a process which created a printed image on a silver plate that had been exposed to light. Photography was born.
Similarly to how portrait painting had dominated artistic output in previous centuries, portrait photography was to become the pillar of the Second French Empire's photographic industry. Lenses with a shorter focal length, which enabled reduced exposure times, gradually appear on the market. The required equipment was expensive and difficult to handle. Some photographers, called daguerreotypists, decided to open their own photography studios to make a profit from their endeavours. The daguerreotype process was temperamental, and photographers had to take their pictures with great precision and attention to detail. They welcomed many people into their studios and customers choose how they wished to be photographed from catalogue of poses. Originally only accessible to the bourgeoisie, lower prices resulting from the growing number of studios eventually attracted a wider customer base. This phenomenon infuriated the poet Charles Baudelaire who was frustrated by the sense of narcissism sparked by the daguerreotypists.
Despite his protests, the egotistical trend only grew with the emergence of 'carte de visite' portraits (small photographs, the size of today's business cards). These were the brainchild of Adolphe Eugène Disdéri came up with the idea of producing portraits akin to visiting cards in 1859. He printed eight portraits in a variety of poses onto a single plate and once developed they could be cut up into eight distinct “visiting cards". Very popular with the bourgeoisie, they highlighted the sitters' social status. 'Carte de visite' portraits featuring celebrities were also sold to customers, who could subsequently add them to their albums.
The photographer Nadar was one of the first to demonstrate a conscious artistic approach to producing these portraits. He emphasised facial expressions and ensured the sitter was comfortable and at ease before taking the photograph. He photographed the era's greatest thinkers and artists, including Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. He even managed to reconcile Baudelaire with portraiture.
At the end of the 19th century, the art of photography started to enter the mainstream, with the arrival of the Kodak company. The use of the camera, and the taking of portraits, became everyday occurrences. A century later, it was the invention of the digital camera which challenged the status quo. Whereas before alterations could only be made to photographs when they were being taken or developed, with the digital camera editing became easier, quicker and more convenient. Digital photography has given photographers much more freedom when it comes to editing and new methods and techniques are constantly being explored.
Some of the photographers who have left their mark on the last century include: Cindy Sherman, who excelled in self-portraits, Annie Leibovitz, who captured celebrities, the wacky duo, Pierre and Gilles, as well as Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims.
So, do portraits help us to learn more about each other, to remember, to invent, to act, or to reconnect with ourselves? Find out on Artsper, by exploring the works of Formento & Formento, Naomi Vona, Ahmed Bennani, Chou Ching Hui, Samuel Cueto, Brno del Zou, Ren Hang, Markus + Indrani, Jerome Liebling as well as Annina Roescheisen.
A portrait photograph can be a photograph of a person's head and shoulders, but it can also be of an animal or of a different section of the subject's body such as their feet. Portrait photographs in art often tell or hint something about its subject to the viewer, such as an aspect of their personality, but still contain an element of mystery.
The three major types of portrait photography are posed portraits, candid or anonymous portraits, and conceptual portraits. The last type, conceptual or creative portraits, can be experimental and abstract, and may not represent an image close to a traditional portrait.
The six main types of portrait photography are fine art portraits, traditional portraits (for example posed portraits taken at school), lifestyle portraits, group portraits, street portraits and glamour portraits.