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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Christer Hamp
1995 Homme à la moustache
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$1,099
Appareil photo création Christer HAMP Hidalgo 1995
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$988
Stèle de Mémoire STOCKHOLM Memory
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$999
Portrait de l'homme au pull-over
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$999
Christian Lattier
Christian Lattier Portrait
Christian Lattier
Photography - 17.5 x 16.5 cm Photography - 6.9 x 6.5 inch
$5,439
Lattier Self-Portait with his creature
Christian Lattier
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
$3,219
Panthere Christian Lattier
Christian Lattier
Photography - 18 x 29 cm Photography - 7.1 x 11.4 inch
$5,439
Tran Huy Hoan
Lady in Lace
Tran Huy Hoan
Photography - 96.5 x 88.9 x 0.6 cm Photography - 38 x 35 x 0.25 inch
$4,000
Dove on black Pot
Tran Huy Hoan
Painting - 86.4 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 34 x 42 x 2 inch
$10,000
Lady on Raft
Tran Huy Hoan
Photography - 76.2 x 104.1 x 0.6 cm Photography - 30 x 41 x 0.25 inch
$4,000
Andrés Rozo Samer
Culinary Astronomy #2
Andrés Rozo Samer
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,235
Culinary Astronomy #3
Andrés Rozo Samer
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,235
Dead nature Scrolls #1
Andrés Rozo Samer
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,235
Dead nature scrolls #12
Andrés Rozo Samer
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,235
Dead nature scroll #2
Andrés Rozo Samer
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,235
Forough Yavari
Solitude
Forough Yavari
Photography - 25.4 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10 x 40 x 0.025 inch
$3,100
The Courtesan
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 32 x 1 inch
$2,500
My Share From The Revolution
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,500
God Is Tired
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
$2,800
I Have a Dream
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
$2,800
I Am The Queen Of My Own Little World
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 25 x 1 inch
$2,400
My Share From The Revolution #2
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,500
Niklas Soestmeyer
Berlin Nights #1
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$579
Berlin Nights #2
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$579
Berlin Nights #3
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$579
Berlin Nights #4
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$579
Javier Molina
Science Museum
Javier Molina
Photography - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$489
Bend in the River
Javier Molina
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$489
Diego Echevers Torrez
Generaciones y Creencias
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,415
Fiestas y Sueños
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,415
El Sueño de la China
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,415
Doña Martha
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,415
Don Ricardo
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,415
Cyclos y Renacimientos
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,415
Charles Brabin
Leaf Veins III
Charles Brabin
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$225
Leaf Veins VII
Charles Brabin
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$225
David Arky
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Open Spaces Phobia
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 30 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$694
I want to believe
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 33 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13 x 1.2 inch
$555
Dreamhouse n.10
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$555
Crowd Phobia
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 30 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$694
Falling Phobia
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 30 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$694
Dreamhouse series n.14
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$555
Lost Words
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 36 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 14.2 x 1.2 inch
$555
Dreamhouse Series n.16
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$555
Stéphane Martin
Hydrocarbure
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$166
Femme d'age moyen
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.04 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$166
Ici ailleurs
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$166
Passage piéton
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$166