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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Isabel Herrera
Principios de la Hospitalidad I
Isabel Herrera
Photography - 38.1 x 38.1 x 1 cm Photography - 15 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$1,942
Principios de la Hospitalidad II
Isabel Herrera
Photography - 38.1 x 38.1 x 1 cm Photography - 15 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$1,942
Untitled de Matilisguate Series 2022
Isabel Herrera
Photography - 35.56 x 35.56 x 1 cm Photography - 14 x 14 x 0.4 inch
$1,054
Untitled, Respiros de Primavera
Isabel Herrera
Photography - 17.78 x 20.95 x 2 cm Photography - 7 x 8.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,609
Untitled, Respiros de Primavera
Isabel Herrera
Photography - 20.95 x 17.78 x 2 cm Photography - 8.2 x 7 x 0.8 inch
$1,609
Marc Kittner
Sodoma X
Monasterio Chamber II
Sodoma X
Photography - 55.5 x 74 x 1 cm Photography - 21.9 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch
$6,549
Thorsten Ritzmann
Castle square of Oldenburg
Thorsten Ritzmann
Photography - 100 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,887
Mont Saint Michel With Meadows And Audience
Thorsten Ritzmann
Photography - 75 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,887
House of fieldworker at the field
Thorsten Ritzmann
Photography - 75 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,887
Onlookers In Berlin
Thorsten Ritzmann
Photography - 75 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,887
The Dom Of Aachen
Thorsten Ritzmann
Photography - 75 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,887
Santiago Carrera
Naturaleza Suspendida 1
Santiago Carrera
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,608
Naturaleza Suspendida 4
Santiago Carrera
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,608
Naturaleza Suspendida 3
Santiago Carrera
Photography - 30 x 24 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$444
Naturaleza Suspendida 2
Santiago Carrera
Photography - 30 x 24 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$444
Naturaleza Suspendida 5
Santiago Carrera
Photography - 30 x 24 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$444
Nancy Singh
Astrid Krehan
Jewel box VII
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 95 x 106 x 1 cm Photography - 37.4 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch
$7,492
Yellow treasure III
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$7,159
Memoires XIII
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 90 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$7,048
Memoires XII
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 90 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$8,047
Veronica Mecchia
Acanthus, Noto, Août 2021
Veronica Mecchia
Photography - 24 x 18 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
$666
Le feu sacré, Noto, août 2022
Veronica Mecchia
Photography - 18 x 24 cm Photography - 7.1 x 9.4 inch
$666
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #3
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,887
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #5
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,887
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #4
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,887
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #7
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,887
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #8
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,887
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #10
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,887
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #11
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,887
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #1
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$3,552
Mauro Ochoa
Kalin Mihov
Dad’s wedding III
Kalin Mihov
Photography - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$411
I am the wild strawberry meadow I
Kalin Mihov
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$577
I am the wild strawberry meadow II
Kalin Mihov
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$577
I am the wild strawberry meadow III
Kalin Mihov
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$577
Tine Wilde
Zero point #S2020-02g
Tine Wilde
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,109
Zero point #S2021-03j
Tine Wilde
Photography - 53 x 53 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 20.9 x 0 inch
$2,220
Zero point #S2021-03c
Tine Wilde
Photography - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
$2,886
Zero point #S2021-03e
Tine Wilde
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$3,663
Zero point #S2021-03k
Tine Wilde
Photography - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
$2,886
Zero point #S2021-03l
Tine Wilde
Photography - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
$2,886