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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Nicola Bertoglio
Seme dischiuso
Nicola Bertoglio
Photography - 50 x 81 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$388
Lotta perpetua
Nicola Bertoglio
Photography - 50 x 81 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$388
Cornell Capa
Fikry Botros
Parisian rooftops
Fikry Botros
Photography - 40.6 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$480
Richard Kelley
Silence and soul
Richard Kelley
Photography - 75 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,665
The way it was
Richard Kelley
Photography - 50 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
$610
Götz Göppert
The frozen few 5546
Götz Göppert
Photography - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$749
Fife Regatta 2201
Götz Göppert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$749
The Frozen Few 8898
Götz Göppert
Photography - 100 x 150 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$1,432
Rouge contraste
Götz Göppert
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,038
The frozen few 5665
Götz Göppert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$610
Georgii Vinogradov
Les trois ponts
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 20 x 38 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 15 x 0.1 inch
$555
Lycee Ampère/Old Town
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$444
Les colonnes de la Cathédrale Notre Dame de Kazan
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$444
Moyka River St Petersburg
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$377
Stone age#1
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$444
Halloween party
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$444
Dores Sacquegna
C'era una volta il mare
Dores Sacquegna
Photography - 90 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,665 $1,332
Mondi fluttuanti
Dores Sacquegna
Photography - 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,665 $1,498
Romain Reveau
Michael Burgess
Portrait of Albert Schweitzer
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 74 x 65 x 2.54 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.1 x 25.6 x 1 inch
$999
Wild Birch - Forest
Michael Burgess
Photography - 36 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Christ - Stations of the Cross, Number XI
Michael Burgess
Print - 46 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,332
Life - Cycles dying sunflower
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 53 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 20.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,443
Calm - Rain on Pond
Michael Burgess
Photography - 25 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 22 x 0 inch
$777
Dante's Inferno - Passage from The Divine Comedy
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 46 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$612
Pen & ink wash drawing
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 77 x 56 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.3 x 22 x 1.2 inch
$690
Sarah Baley
Ridgerats of Yellowhook
Sarah Baley
Photography - 34 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,440
Andreas Möltgen
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$688
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$688
Sas titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$688
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$688
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$688
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateau
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$688
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$688