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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Jenny Holzer
I do not hear your hand
Jenny Holzer
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0 inch
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Gaëlle Simon
Hannibal Renberg
Hugo Gus Babey
Explosion Baroque
Hugo Gus Babey
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,387
Monument
Hugo Gus Babey
Photography - 150 x 100 x 0.2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,442
Children Shuttle
Hugo Gus Babey
Photography - 70 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$2,442
Rear Window
Hugo Gus Babey
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,332 $666
Palm Light Tree
Hugo Gus Babey
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$943
Pauline Corto
Garbage Color
Pauline Corto
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$688
Electric Cowboy
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$533
Capri 1973's light
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$533
Capri 1973's mirror
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$533
Mister Frey (Donald N.)
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$533
Willy Ronis
Passage Julien Lacroix, Ménilmontant - Paris
Willy Ronis
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Brune sur le Pantheron 1959
Willy Ronis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Champigny sur Marne 1957
Willy Ronis
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Paris, le Vert Galant
Willy Ronis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Mineur silicosé, Lens
Willy Ronis
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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La Nuit au Chalet 1935
Willy Ronis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Cave rue de la Huchette, Saint Germain
Willy Ronis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Jodi Bieber
Cardiff by night
Jodi Bieber
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,464
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Into the wild
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$4,995
La mémoire
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Photography - 81 x 65 x 1 cm Photography - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$522
La crypte
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,775
La caravelle
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,995
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Temporal Disorder - 19
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$555
Temporal Disorder - 17
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$555
Temporal Disorder - 16
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$555
Temporal Disorder - 6
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$555
Temporal Disorder - 7
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$555
Achroun Aosmon - 1
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$555
Cindi Emond
Room with a View
Cindi Emond
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,332
Serving Spoon and Newspaper
Cindi Emond
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,332
Charlotte Yonga
Bougainvillea
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,443
Joséphine D.
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 54 x 54 x 7 cm Photography - 21.3 x 21.3 x 2.8 inch
$1,776
Amina and Oumar
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,443
Wall with Rhombus
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 86 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.9 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,719
Carretera de Miramar
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,386
Back and wig
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 80 x 64 x 0.2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25.2 x 0.1 inch
$2,442
Didier Claes
Fragment de Paysage 0030
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,831
Fragment de Paysage 0243
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,831
Fragment de Paysage 7846
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,831
Fragment de Paysage 8882
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,831
Fragment de Paysage 9467
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,831
Fragment de Paysage 9890
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,831
Fragment de Paysage 1020
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,831
Fragment de Paysage 0071
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,831