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The Bachelorette (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 121.9 cm Photography - 60 x 48 inch
€34,541
Swept Away (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
€34,541
Stormy Moment (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 152.4 cm Photography - 48 x 60 inch
€34,541
Storming In (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 152.4 cm Photography - 48 x 60 inch
€34,541
The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91. Ibaraki, Japan site
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 64 x 98 cm Photography - 25.2 x 38.6 inch
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Brune sur le Pantheron 1959
Willy Ronis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Une femme sur un toit brûlant
Sylvia Galmot
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
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Paris, le Vert Galant
Willy Ronis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Alumination Green and Red (diptyque)
Manolo Chretien
Photography - 90 x 120 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
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Waiting for nothing
Pedro Correa
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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Bagdad, Monument Al Shasheed
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
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Manhattan Photo-Grafs
CharlElie Couture
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
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Blick von Radioturn Berlin 1928
László Moholy-Nagy
Photography - 24.5 x 19 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.6 x 7.5 x 0 inch
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Broadway, New York
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Bronx Teenagers - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
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Cable Car America - 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
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New York mars 15 GOM
Olivier Liégent
Photography - 51 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 20.1 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
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Penang Blur II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
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Woman in Velour, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Jalousie 1, bidonville, Haïti, Port au Prince
José Nicolas
Photography - 100 x 150 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 inch
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Serie Vera y Victoria
Mar Sáez
Photography - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
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Leslie Hotel, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Sur les Quais
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
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The great beauty (Diamond Dust)
David Drebin
Photography - 79 x 118 cm Photography - 31.1 x 46.5 inch
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Incendie de la cathédrale Notre Dame 15 avril 2019
Gilles Bassignac
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
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Shadows’s city: Berlin
Udo Roosen
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
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Téléphone rose
Alexane Leprieult
Photography - 67 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Agnès Varda - Les plages d'Agnès
Jean-Loup Gautreau
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
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Ballon au Trocadéro
Walter Carone
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Romy Schneider et Alain Delon
Maurice Jarnoux
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Broadway-Simplon
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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I would love to die young...
Philippe Echaroux
Photography - 75 x 120 cm Photography - 29.5 x 47.2 inch
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De Myrha à Babylone - Les Primeurs du Château
Valérie Donzelli
Photography - 52 x 77 cm Photography - 20.5 x 30.3 inch
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Saigon Blur I - LAST COPY !
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
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Duke Ellington et Louis Armstrong
Jacques de Potier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Vue plongeante vers la rue de Castiglione et la place Vendôme
André Ostier
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Roue de Paris
Mark MacKinnon
Photography - 150 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
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EP 96, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive
Cheyco Leidmann
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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Une parisienne à Bicyclette
Sylvia Galmot
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
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Porte de la Chapelle (Bus 60)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Rainbow series (no 1-6) plus video
Jiang Zhi
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
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L'univers de la petite sirène 7
Josephine Ernst
Photography - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Photography - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
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Ming Court hotel
Camille Levert
Photography - 55 x 55 x 7 cm Photography - 21.7 x 21.7 x 2.8 inch
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Glass Memories 6
Jesus Chamizo
Photography - 80 x 280 x 0.2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 110.2 x 0.1 inch
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Marchand ambulant, Phnom Penh
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
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Babel 14
Jean-Francois Rauzier
Photography - 170 x 100 x 0.5 cm Photography - 66.9 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
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Hip Hop sous la Tour Eiffel
Amadou Gaye
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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Eczéma domestique 2
Thomas Deschamps
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Audeline se questionne (triptyque)
Arthur Di Nunzio
Photography - 110 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
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Urban Photography for Sale
In order to define urban photography, it is first important to understand street photography. Street photography typically refers to documentary-like portrait photos of passers-by taken in an urban setting on the spur of the moment. The genre is often associated with the Golden Age of photography which lasted from 1890 to 1970. The great masters of this period include Cartier-Bresson (whose treasured Leica has become an iconic street photography camera), Weegee (known for his images of crime scenes), Robert Doisneau (and his famous 'The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville), William Klein (one of the genre's pioneers known for his focus on children), Vivian Maier, Eugene Atget and many other key names.
As street photography has become a genre of its own, there seems to be a key difference between 'new' and 'traditional' street photography. The subject in street photography has gradually shifted from the street itself to the men and women who occupy the urban space. This photographic technique has allowed some of the great photographers to capture the depth and intensity of certain facial expressions and give their images a strong sense of emotion. Nonetheless, this perspective overlooks certain aspects of the original school of urban photography. Faces and staging have eclipsed urban buildings and their architecture.
Street photography has come to reflect post-modern capitalist society and mass-consumerism where entertainment and immediacy are highly sought after. Although this is not necessarily a negative thing, this cannot be denied and this is what distinguishes it from urban photography.
In a similar way to traditional street photography, urban photography not only tries to freeze people in time but also places. Urban photography captures and enhances buildings and their architecture by playing around with lighting and framing in a way that only professional photographers know how. When we consider that 50% of the world's population now live in cities we can see how each image is instilled with the artist's own opinion of the urban world.
In short, urban photography cannot simply be reduced to street photography; it immortalises urban life with a much broader perspective. It captures everything urban-related; the skyscrapers of Manhattan's skyline are just one example. Passers-by are not necessarily the photograph's main focus; objects are the genre's favourite subject. Much more than just a mere spectator, urban photography is also critical of its society.
Artsper has an exclusive selection of works from artists with a shrewd outlook on contemporary society and who want to share their new perspectives on the world around them. Discover the splendid analogue photos of Paris in the 1930s by Roger Schall or Manhattan photography as well as London photographies and get lost in the depth of Gwenaël Bollinger's incredible shots!