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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Raymond Duncan
Raymond Duncan Autoportrait Self-Portrait
Raymond Duncan
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
$2,177
1952 Raymond DUNCAN dans sa galerie Akademia
Raymond Duncan
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
$3,293
Claude Lê Anh
Sameer Tawde
Dialogues of an introvert #6
Sameer Tawde
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$3,000
Thierry Bazin
Le Quai de Seine à Paris - série bords de Seine
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$324
Pont Royal à Paris - série bords de Seine
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$324
Le Quai aux fleurs à Paris - série bords de Seine
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$324
Le Quai de Seine à Paris - série bords de Seine
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$324
Pont - Domaine de Chamarande - Essonne
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 37 x 37 x 0.5 cm Photography - 14.6 x 14.6 x 0.2 inch
$547
Le temple d'argent au Japon
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 37 x 37 x 0.5 cm Photography - 14.6 x 14.6 x 0.2 inch
$547
Le banc public devant le pont d'Avignon - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$447
Le banc public à Paris - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$447
Bruno Paget
Singapore, from the Gardens to the Bay 1
Bruno Paget
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2.7 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch
$3,907
San Francisco, the drunk
Bruno Paget
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2.7 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch
$3,907
San Francisco, Bay Bridge golfer
Bruno Paget
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2.7 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.1 inch
$2,791
Singapore, Marina Bay from the flyer 2
Bruno Paget
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2.7 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.1 inch
$2,791
Singapore, Mariana Bay & The Sands 1
Bruno Paget
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2.7 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.1 inch
$2,791
Singapore, Marina Bay from the Flyer 3
Bruno Paget
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2.7 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.1 inch
$3,349
NYC, New York bare code 1
Bruno Paget
Photography - 75 x 120 x 2.7 cm Photography - 29.5 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch
$3,907
NYC, Manhattan Liner
Bruno Paget
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2.7 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch
$3,907
Wai Ming Lung
Jose Maria Manzanares (padre)
Wai Ming Lung
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$1,060
Miguel Angel Perera
Wai Ming Lung
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$1,060
Banderillero II
Wai Ming Lung
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 12.8 x 0 inch
$670
Eduardo Davila Miura
Wai Ming Lung
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 12.8 x 0 inch
$670
MTDR8
Wai Ming Lung
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 12.8 x 0 inch
$670
Toshio Shimamura
Xuchan Xu
Lucia Tallová
Valerio Pellegrini
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Sunbeams Into Liverpool Street Station
Mirror Trinity Group Archives)
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$664