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Dix petits moines - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 24 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$500
Tonsure, la cicatrice - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$500
Tonsure, de dos
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$500
Balade en forêt
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$500
Mauvaise cible
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,183
L'homme seul, New York 2018
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 105 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,183
Bain de soleil à l'abri, Deauville
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,183
Plage des Catalans Marseille
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$568
Renault Pangea (concept car)
Pierre Moreau
Photography - 30 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$568
The Fly Away
Nick Veasey
Photography - 61.5 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 24.2 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$13,641
Handball In Central Park - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
$3,353
Different experiences
Ana Zegheanu
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.02 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$182
Land mark, Light mark
Ana Zegheanu
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.02 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$182
Passed out - In the dollhouse
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,274 $2,046
AV_Adria_009
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,501
Al Italia
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,080
Coversaciones 3
Giana De Dier
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,979
Potato Eaters in my basement
David Carey
Photography - 38 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$113
Lone Pine, California
Richard Heeps
Photography - 61 x 93 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 36.6 x 0 inch
$934
Contemplation
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.02 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,364
Jaipur. City Palace. Inde007.
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$341
Inde005. Agra. Taj Mahal. Inde.
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$341
They build condos anywere these days
David Carey
Photography - 30 x 38 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15 x 0 inch
$113
Last man standing
James Sparshatt
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$794
Leaning Man
Edmund Sumner
Photography - 59.8 x 47.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.5 x 18.7 x 0 inch
$2,803
Dark Materials VI
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,938
Cinematography inspired session #24
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$216
The path is lighted
Ana Zegheanu
Photography - 25 x 20 x 0.02 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$182
Somethig for the trip
Ana Zegheanu
Photography - 40 x 20 x 0.02 cm Photography - 15.7 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$182
Portrait in Pink
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 30.5 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 12 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,100
Lionel joue à Bacchus dans les vignes
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$739
The pigeon man
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.02 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,535
Daily Bread - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$676
The Guardian
Aurélien Buttin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,080
All Smoke & No Fire
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11 x 8.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,100
Le kiosque à journaux de New York
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 28 x 28 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$739
The school kids nº1
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$631
Dark Materials VIII
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,338
Palm Springs party
Slim Aarons
Photography - 30 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,876
Poolside social
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$2,217
Nelda and friends
Slim Aarons
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$2,217
Poolside gathering
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$2,217
Helen & Nelda by the Pool
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 31 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$1,876
Poolside socialites
Slim Aarons
Photography - 30 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,876
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Slim Aarons
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$2,217
Life in The Bahamas
Slim Aarons
Photography - 30 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,876
Bahamas Speed Week
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 30 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,876
Rêve de scène II
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$136
Dernier Regard
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$330
Explosion Baroque
Hugo Gus Babey
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$853
Peugeot 504 caravane
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,137
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Everyday life Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered how to print images onto metal plates. When he died in 1833, Louis Daguerre, followed by Francois Arago, continued to develop his research, resulting in the invention of the daguerreotype which consisted of an image printed onto a silver plate when exposed to the light. Together they had invented photography.
The first ever photographs began to appear. Initially used for research purposes, photography started to spread as daguerreotype studios opened everywhere. Portrait photography immortalized the faces of the upper middle classes and were later used to capture all members of society. Celebrities were also a popular subject choice and many photographers specialized in taking their portraits, as Jean-Loup Sieff did all throughout his career almost a century after the invention of photography.
In the beginning, taking a portrait or even the simplest of family photos required a great deal of preparation and time in the studio. However, key technological developments brought about the invention of more compact cameras including the Leica and later the digital single-lens reflex, which meant shorter exposure times and made it easier to produce a greater number of photographs.
These advances also helped contribute to the development of the genre of everyday life photography, which became more popular at the end of the Second World War and focused at first on photographing wealthy or urban families. Families, couples, communities... artists were interested in everyday moments (marriage, lovers kissing, children's games). The simplest of moments in life were seen as the most important and were immortalized in film as testaments to the beauty of human life.
Some of the great photographers made a name for themselves in the genre. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, David Goldblatt, Martin Parr and Vivian Maier are only a few of the artists associated with everyday life photography.
Vivian Maier is an American photographer who was born in 1926 in New York. A professional nanny in Chicago, she spent her spare time photographing the world around her and produced around 150,000 photos. Having remained anonymous throughout her artistic life, her genius and photographic accomplishments were finally recognized publicly in 2007.
Cofounder of the Magnum Photographic Cooperative in 1947 alongside David Seymour and Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneer of photojournalism but also an excellent photographer in a more artistic sense. He revolutionized photography by working with incredibly lightweight equipment. He didn't use a tripod or a darkroom and treasured a sense of immediacy when taking photographs. He believed that “above all else, the camera is a sketchbook". Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographic technique is unique and unmistakably recognizable. He never photographed with flash and only worked with natural light, something which was highly characteristic of everyday life photography. Often in the same black and white image, the subjects coexist together but are not centred. His framing, focus and depth of field all help us to see the simple beauty of everyday life that he so exquisitely enhances.
Artsper has a range of everyday life photographs for you to discover, including works from Cartier-Bresson as well as many other artists, whose photos reveal the precious moments of the everyday lives of people from around the world.
Everyday life photography is a type of photography that captures moments from normal, daily life, such as urban street scenes, everyday objects, or children playing.
Examples of everyday life photography include photojournalistic pictures of a town or city, or snapshots of found or everyday objects.
Mundane photography has the same meaning as everyday life photography, meaning photography that captures images of day-to-day, mundane or banal life.