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![Photography, Angel Door, Pauline Corto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173259_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Yellow treasure III, Astrid Krehan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144258_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow treasure III
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$7,214
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Memoires XIII
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 90 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$7,102
![Photography, Memoires XII, Astrid Krehan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144253_1_grid.jpg)
Memoires XII
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 90 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$8,109
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Jewel box VII
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 95 x 106 x 1 cm Photography - 37.4 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch
$7,550
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DISORDER III
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 97 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 38.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$8,780
![Photography, Crystal libra III, Astrid Krehan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144227_1_grid.jpg)
Crystal libra III
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 90 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$6,823
![Photography, Dancing with Strangers…, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143216_1_grid.jpg)
Dancing with Strangers…
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 95 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$10,625
![Photography, D Final Cut, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143214_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Stop the Bombing, Give Peace a Chance, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143213_1_grid.jpg)
Stop the Bombing, Give Peace a Chance
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 95 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$10,625
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Jewel box IV
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 95 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 37.4 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$7,773
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![Photography, Shark week, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084223_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Things will never be d same ..., Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084220_1_grid.jpg)
Things will never be d same ...
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 95 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$10,625
![Photography, Let there b love ..., Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084184_1_grid.jpg)
Let there b love ...
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 95 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$10,625
![Photography, Un matin, les mats, Delphine Chianucci](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011389_1_grid.jpg)
Un matin, les mats
Delphine Chianucci
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$436
![Photography, To whom it may concern, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011281_1_grid.jpg)
To whom it may concern
Justin Chan
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$10,625
![Photography, D Tango, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011278_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Déjà vu, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011275_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Come away with me, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011272_1_grid.jpg)
Come away with me
Justin Chan
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$10,625
![Photography, Love is blind, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011269_1_grid.jpg)
Love is blind
Justin Chan
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$10,625
![Photography, Field of dreams, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011257_1_grid.jpg)
Field of dreams
Justin Chan
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$10,625
![Photography, Give peace a chance, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011242_1_grid.jpg)
Give peace a chance
Justin Chan
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$10,625
![Photography, Habitude, Guillaume Chevallard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784814_1_grid.jpg)
Habitude
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,461
![Photography, Aquarelle, Guillaume Chevallard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784811_1_grid.jpg)
Aquarelle
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,461
![Photography, Errance, Guillaume Chevallard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784778_1_grid.jpg)
Errance
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,461
![Photography, Everything is love, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766832_1_grid.jpg)
Everything is love
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$12,191
![Photography, Lazy sunday morning, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766829_1_grid.jpg)
Lazy sunday morning
Justin Chan
Photography - 95.75 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 37.7 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$7,829
![Photography, D dacing queen, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766823_1_grid.jpg)
D dacing queen
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$8,724
![Photography, D Secret garden, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766820_1_grid.jpg)
D Secret garden
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$8,724
![Photography, Do u suffer 4 your sanity?, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766817_1_grid.jpg)
Do u suffer 4 your sanity?
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$8,724
![Photography, Til death, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766814_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, I dreamt of dreaming... of u..., Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766811_1_grid.jpg)
I dreamt of dreaming... of u...
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$8,724
![Photography, Love is everything, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766805_1_grid.jpg)
Love is everything
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$12,191
![Photography, Valse aquatique, Guillaume Chevallard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1721781_1_grid.jpg)
Valse aquatique
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,579
![Photography, Stature, Guillaume Chevallard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1721772_1_grid.jpg)
Stature
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,579
![Photography, Abstraction urbaine, Guillaume Chevallard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1721769_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction urbaine
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,461
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![Photography, Ball lightning, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1632759_1_grid.jpg)
Ball lightning
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 95 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,382
![Photography, Last days of summer, Justin Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1632738_1_grid.jpg)
Last days of summer
Justin Chan
Photography - 120 x 95 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,382
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Feuilles enluminées - Série "Le feu sacré de Prométhée"
Marie-Fa Lazzari
Photography - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$391
![Photography, Embrasement - Série "Le feu sacré de Prométhée", Marie-Fa Lazzari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1774659_1_grid.jpg)
Embrasement - Série "Le feu sacré de Prométhée"
Marie-Fa Lazzari
Photography - 30 x 42 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
$391
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CF 20 10 23 0017
Pierre Jalby
Photography - 160 x 120 x 4 cm Photography - 63 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$7,829
![Photography, CF 20 10 09 0051, Pierre Jalby](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1361859_1_grid.jpg)
CF 20 10 09 0051
Pierre Jalby
Photography - 200 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$13,422
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From the series Sunset 3
Dmytro Bilous
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$168
![Photography, Game of light 2, Dmytro Bilous](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145034_1_grid.jpg)
Game of light 2
Dmytro Bilous
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$168
![Photography, Tragic virtues, Richard Kelley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008812_1_grid.jpg)
Tragic virtues
Richard Kelley
Photography - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$436
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Verticalités - 6852b
Yann Gaillot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$403
![Photography, Vers l'abstrait, Sébastien Morasso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1255809_1_grid.jpg)
Vers l'abstrait
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$268
![Photography, Quitter la Terre, Sébastien Morasso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1255758_1_grid.jpg)
Quitter la Terre
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$268
![Photography, Dancing Lights, Alexia Rousse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173852_1_grid.jpg)
Dancing Lights
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 96.5 x 147.3 x 3.3 cm Photography - 38 x 58 x 1.3 inch
$5,226
![Photography, Aspen Reds, Alexia Rousse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172844_1_grid.jpg)
Aspen Reds
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 96.5 x 139.7 x 3.3 cm Photography - 38 x 55 x 1.3 inch
$5,226
![Photography, Alley Bending, Mathieu Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007822_1_grid.jpg)
Alley Bending
Mathieu Fournier
Photography - 32 x 32 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$358
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Scanography Multi
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 160 x 200 x 3 cm Photography - 63 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
$8,836
![Photography, Mystère en noir et rouge, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973701_1_grid.jpg)
Mystère en noir et rouge
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$1,342
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Jaune rouille huile et eau
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Eau Huile Lumière Reflet, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/907017_1_grid.jpg)
Eau Huile Lumière Reflet
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Huile eau et soleil, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/907008_1_grid.jpg)
Huile eau et soleil
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Coque noir et Blanc, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/906927_1_grid.jpg)
Coque noir et Blanc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Fossile poisson. Rouille, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/481279_1_grid.jpg)
Fossile poisson. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
![Photography, Chaîne et tracteur. Rouille, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/481264_1_grid.jpg)
Chaîne et tracteur. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
![Photography, Aigle Royal. Rouille, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/481258_1_grid.jpg)
Aigle Royal. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,562
![Photography, Craquelure Tracteur. Rouille, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/481246_1_grid.jpg)
Craquelure Tracteur. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
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Abstract Photography for Sale
Abstract photography, also sometimes known as experimental photography, is the art of creating a visual effect with an image that has no immediate attachment to reality, by using processes like focusing, framing, or retouching and editing the photograph in post-processing. For example, an abstract picture can sometimes isolate a fragment of an ordinary image to remove it from its original context and give it a surrealist edge. It can also involve playing with blurring, shadows or lighting, textures or unexpected forms. The image is often created with traditional photographic material (analog or digital cameras, dark room, computer). However, artists can also manipulate and alter the film in order to achieve the desired effect.
The first images known as “abstract photographs" appeared shortly after the invention of photography in the 1830s. In 1842, John William Draper created a new type of images with a spectroscope. This machine dispersed light beams and produced a phenomenon that was previously invisible to the eye. The negatives he produced had nothing in common with the works of other photographers, and they opened the way for innovative photographic works. Draper perceived these images as a scientific discovery, not as artworks, but today his method is widely acclaimed by critics for its inherent originality.
In England, Anna Atkins was also a pioneer of abstract photography; she was the first one to place dry algae on cyanotype paper. This scientific experiment improved photographic techniques by creating unique blue and white images. Moreover, the discovery of X-ray and radioactivity in 1896 provoked a fascination for the invisible and many photographers were immediately drawn to these phenomena. French photographer Louis Darget attempted to capture mental processes by pressing unexposed plates to the foreheads of his and trying to get them to project images from their minds onto the plates. He carried out thousands of similar experiments.
It was only during the 20th century that abstract photography truly became recognised as an artistic practice. Surrealism and cubism started replacing impressionism, especially after the Salon d'Automne in 1903 in Paris. This event highlighted new talents like Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp… Ten years later, in New York, Wassily Kandinsky, Mondrian, Braque and Delaunay shocked audiences. The freedom coming from abstract art inspired some of the greatest photographers to break the rules.
Erwin Quedenfeldt exhibited the first abstract photographs in Cologne in 1914. From 1920 to 1930, Europe became the epicenters of conceptual photography with artists such as Jaroslav Rossler, Josef Sudeck, and Rössler exploring abstraction.
Post-processing became more central to photographic works in the 60s and the 70s, with artists like Josef Newman. Eventually, the growing popularity of computers in the 90s and the 2000s opened up infinite possibilities for creating original work. Some contemporary photographers like Peter Klasen, Dominic Harris, or Nicolas Dubreuille combine photography with other mediums.
Find them all on Artsper with our unique selection of abstract photographs.
Abstract photography refers to images created using photography equipment that do not directly represent the real visual world as we see it. Abstract photographers use different techniques to manipulate the image captured by the camera.
There are different factors in what makes a good abstract photograph, including composition, color, tone, lighting and mystery.
There are many different ways to produce an abstract photograph. Techniques can include moving the camera during exposure, playing with light and reflections, using different angles, and experimenting with production techniques.