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Garçon cuisine
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$783
Homme intérieur
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$783
Saleuse
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$783
Enfants qui lisent
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$783
Homme qui fume
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$783
Teinturières
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$783
La mécanicienne
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 28 x 43 x 1 cm Photography - 11 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch
$783
Sans titre 2
Thierry Valencin
Photography - 32 x 40 x 3 cm Photography - 12.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,096
Above the Clouds #3
Cody Choi
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0 inch
$867
Emplacement 22
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 42 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
Tripoli
Philippe De Poulpiquet
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,230
Irmãos
Geraldo Pestalozzi
Photography - 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$559
Apesanteur - Walk in central park
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$9,619
Sixtine Avenue
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$7,046
Coup de blues
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 39 x 29 x 1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
$559
Chaparapluie rouge
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 39 x 29 x 1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
$559
La dame de Montmartre
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 29 x 39 x 1 cm Photography - 11.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
$559
Conte de fée pas réveillée
Marine Foissey
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,125
Strawberry seller
Hans Kristian Riise
Photography - 64 x 79 x 3 cm Photography - 25.2 x 31.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,796
Coussins, tissus variés, Carole
Julien Spiewak
Photography - 45 x 56 x 3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 22 x 1.2 inch
$3,020
Rebolada
Geraldo Pestalozzi
Photography - 40 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$447
Paparazzi
Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$447
Campo San Polo
Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$391
Une vie en solde /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$257
Power Black Excellence
Ebuka Michael
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$783
Le livre à idées - Série Les Caprices de Madame Bovary
Takala
Photography - 105 x 105 x 4 cm Photography - 41.3 x 41.3 x 1.6 inch
$1,678
Rue Lanmorin
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 40 x 180 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,145
Supplique du séant n°3
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$168
Elle Mon bain /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$257
The forgotten
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.02 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,510
XIX 331 / XIX Tibet (M)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 100 x 120 cm Photography - 39.37 x 47.24 inch
Price upon request
XIX 330 // XIX Tibet (XL)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 207.5 x 170 cm Photography - 81.69 x 66.93 inch
Price upon request
XIX 330 // XIX Tibet (L)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 170 x 140 cm Photography - 66.93 x 55.11 inch
Price upon request
XIX 330 // XIX Tibet (S)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 74 x 62 cm Photography - 29.13 x 24.41 inch
Price upon request
XIV 398 // XIV Ethiopia (XL)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 207.5 x 170 cm Photography - 81.69 x 66.93 inch
Price upon request
XIV 398 // XIV Ethiopia (M)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 170 x 140 cm Photography - 66.93 x 55.11 inch
Price upon request
XIV 398 // XIV Ethiopia (M)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 120 x 100 cm Photography - 47.24 x 39.37 inch
Price upon request
XIV 398 // XIV Ethiopia (S)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 74 x 62 cm Photography - 29.13 x 24.41 inch
Price upon request
XIV 393 // XIV Ethiopia (XL)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 170 x 207.5 cm Photography - 66.93 x 81.69 inch
Price upon request
XIV 393 // XIV Ethiopia (L)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 140 x 170 cm Photography - 55.11 x 66.93 inch
Price upon request
XIV 393 // XIV Ethiopia (M)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 100 x 120 cm Photography - 39.37 x 47.24 inch
Price upon request
XIV 393 // XIV Ethiopia (S)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 62 x 74 cm Photography - 24.41 x 29.13 inch
Price upon request
XIV 380 // XIV Ethiopia (S)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 74 x 62 cm Photography - 29.13 x 24.41 inch
Price upon request
Bermuda Snorkelling
Toni Frissell
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.001 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,560
Innocences, Series Albahian
Joana Choumali
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$24,606
Une femme sur un toit brûlant
Sylvia Galmot
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
Sold
Mur n°11 - Femme à l'enfant
Maurice Douard
Photography - 70 x 70 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 inch
Sold
Serie Vera y Victoria
Mar Sáez
Photography - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
Sold
La parisienne vaut bien une messe
Sylvia Galmot
Photography - 50 x 30 cm Photography - 19.7 x 11.8 inch
Sold
Li Wei falls to the car
Li Wei
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
Sold
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
Sold
EP 131, Miami Beach, Arlington
Cheyco Leidmann
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
Une parisienne à Bicyclette
Sylvia Galmot
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
Sold
Brighter days. Serie Albahian
Joana Choumali
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$26,843
Via Veneto #10
Gilles Mercier
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
Sold
L'homme en rouge
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
Sold
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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.