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La Sieste sous le Manguier
Saïdou Dicko
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,355
Le Mur Basquiat
Saïdou Dicko
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,355
Solar Eclipse
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 inch
$5,500
Window shopping
Norman Reedus
Photography - 40.64 x 50.8 x 2 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$2,572
George Burns Visiting Gracie
Harry Benson
Photography - 68.6 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm Photography - 27 x 31 x 2 inch
$4,800
Watchtower MLT IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,114
Á marée basse
Pierre Moreau
Photography - 50 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,349
Chemin Faisant "Le poirier"
Bertrand Desprez
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$503
La danseuse
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 27.5 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$257
Enlightened #4
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$324
Enlightened #3
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$324
Enlightened #2
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$324
Azul Marina
Alberto Sánchez
Photography - 125 x 125 x 2 cm Photography - 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
Arbol de Canción
Alberto Sánchez
Photography - 125 x 125 x 2 cm Photography - 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
Pêcheur de tec-tecs ile aux bénitiers chapeau orange 03
Regis Lesieur
Photography - 75.4 x 180 x 0.2 cm Photography - 29.7 x 70.9 x 0.1 inch
$8,053
Shark portraiture II
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
Shark portrait I
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, jeunes filles jouant
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$671
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, école du village
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$671
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, messe à la paroisse protestante du village
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$671
Madagascar, région de Diego Suarez, Antsiranana, la baie de Diégo-Suarez avec le Pain de Sucre (1)
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$671
Madagascar, région de Diego Suarez, Antsiranana, la baie de Diégo-Suarez avec le Pain de Sucre
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$671
Madagascar, région de Diana, Ankifingy vue sur un cours d'eau, jeux d'enfants et lavandière
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$671
016 - Varangeville sur Mer
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$895
003-American Circus Paris
José Nicolas
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$615
Route d'Ambatondrazzaka
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$671
Enfants courant sous la pluie
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
Messe, Madagascar
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$671
Islande 1997, Lagon Bleu
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$895
Les nuits de Lomé
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$783
Joséphine au marché de Lomé
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$783
Foot à Ouagadougou
José Nicolas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$783
Somalienne et son enfant
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$727
Sans titre 4, de la série Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
$201
Bus 60, La Chapelle, Paris
Camille Léage
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$167
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Hésitation.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 22 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13 x 0 inch
$224
Passage à gué, Maroc
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 60 x 88 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 34.6 x 0.2 inch
$839
Passage à gué, Maroc
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 44 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 17.3 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$727
Maroc (piézographie)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 60 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$615
Watchtower mlt I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 160 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch
$5,480
Tokyo crossing V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,344
En marche...
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$727
Méditerranée
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$671
Rock n roll
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
$839
Rebolada
Geraldo Pestalozzi
Photography - 40 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$447
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
Familles de pêcheurs n°6
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$503
Familles de pêcheurs n°5
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$503
Familles de pêcheurs n°4
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$503
Familles de pêcheurs n°3
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$503
Familles de pêcheurs n°2
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$503
L'échappée belle
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,355
Promenade dans le Jura, Cuba
Cristina García Rodero
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$17,336
Different experiences
Ana Zegheanu
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.02 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$179
Land mark, Light mark
Ana Zegheanu
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.02 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$179
Les gens du lac. Portrait de groupe.
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$391
Glasgow Tolbooth Bar
Harry Benson
Photography - 76.2 x 111.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 30 x 44 x 2 inch
$12,000
Impression #4
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$280
Impression #5
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$280
Impression #6
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$280
Sergei Sviatchenko - Capacity For Conjuring Illusion 7
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 42 cm Photography - 8.3 x 16.5 inch
$3,355
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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.