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.
Discover the styles & movements
Franz West
Lucien Hervé
Secrétariat à Chandigarh
Lucien Hervé
Photography - 26 x 26 x 0.2 cm Photography - 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
$4,218
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
La moto, l'oiseau, la climatisation, deux moines, le conducteur, le tuyau d'évacuation des eaux pluviales et la montre molle.
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Print - 40 x 60 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,220
El Pico de teidé (Canaries)
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Photography - 35 x 53 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$430
Le Pape des Escargots version Noir et Blanc
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Print - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Print - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$4,440
L'homme au ballon, la montre molle et l'oiseau sur le parapluie de la Dame en short
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Print - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,220
Lumière et vent du Sahara
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Print - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,220
La Religion de la Nature-Feuille de Chêne.
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Print - 40 x 60 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,220
Stéphane Spach
63°18'1" N, 20°34'36" O
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 40 x 108 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 42.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,109
Les plateaux 01
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,665
Série "Derrière des arbres", image numéro 4
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 40 x 53 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,110
Sans titre
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 40 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,110
Bertrand Desprez
Chemin Faisant "Le poirier" (1)
Bertrand Desprez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 2.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1 inch
$333
Paris mômes "Les petits hommes verts"
Bertrand Desprez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 2.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1 inch
$333
Paris Mômes "Les Fleurs"
Bertrand Desprez
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$499
Paris Mômes "Les oreilles"
Bertrand Desprez
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$499
Chemin Faisant "Le poirier"
Bertrand Desprez
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$499
Leticia Felgueroso
Camdem High Street
Leticia Felgueroso
Photography - 100 x 150 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 inch
$3,358
Madrid, Gran Vía Otoño
Leticia Felgueroso
Photography - 120 x 200 cm Photography - 47.2 x 78.7 inch
$4,301
Greet Weitenberg
Viewscape 104
Greet Weitenberg
Photography - 30 x 42 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
$544
Let it hang out
Greet Weitenberg
Sculpture - 72 x 28 x 27 cm Sculpture - 28.3 x 11 x 10.6 inch
$1,387
Happy cactus
Greet Weitenberg
Sculpture - 75 x 45 x 40 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 17.7 x 15.7 inch
$1,609
Greet Weitenberg Bodyparts III
Greet Weitenberg
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$971
V Munier
Charlotte Fröling
Still life with lemons, oranges and a grapefruit
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 70 x 97 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 38.2 x 0.4 inch
$4,162
Still life with lobster, oysters and a tin pot
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 60 x 88 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 34.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,162
Still life with exotic shells and a sea urchin
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,162
Still life with vegetables and a snail
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 60 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$4,162
Still Life with coffee and macarons
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 60 x 94 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 37 x 0.4 inch
$4,162
Mourad Cherifi
The pigeon man
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.02 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,498
Giulio Di Sturco
Sunderbans n°1/9
Giulio Di Sturco
Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,885
Gloria Matarazzo
El resplandor [The shining]
Gloria Matarazzo
Print - 20 x 30 x 0.5 cm Print - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$537
La cápsula
Gloria Matarazzo
Photography - 59 x 79 x 4 cm Photography - 23.2 x 31.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,283
Atrás del fuego
Gloria Matarazzo
Photography - 59 x 79 x 4 cm Photography - 23.2 x 31.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,283
Un cristal
Gloria Matarazzo
Photography - 59 x 79 x 4 cm Photography - 23.2 x 31.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,283