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Backstage XVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€1,850
Backstage XIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
€1,850
Backstage XX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€1,850
Backstage XVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€1,850
Backstage XV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€1,850
Places des Fêtes, Paris (Bus 60)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
€179
Light as a stone
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€495
Muse au téléphone monumental 1972 MATHAUSEN
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 100 x 120 x 0.75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.3 inch
€4,900
1972 Muse à la Sculpture de granit monumentale MATHAUSEN
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Portrait de sculpteurs du Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Portrait MOON SHIN
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
MOON SHIN Portrait et Sculpture
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
MOON SHIN Portrait au chien
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
MOON SHIN Portait dans sculpture blanche
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Moon Shin, Portrait à la cigarette
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Moon Shin totem Lia, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
€3,900 €1,950
Grossert 3 - Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€2,900
Marie Agnes Gillot - Opera National de Paris
Philippe Robert
Photography - 87 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 34.3 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€12,500
Lumumba #7
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€7,500
Lumumba #2
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€7,500
Lumumba #6
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€7,500
Lumumba #4
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€7,500
Just be yourself
Amandine André
Photography - 16.5 x 22.5 x 1 cm Photography - 6.5 x 8.9 x 0.4 inch
€100
Ridgerats of Yellowhook
Sarah Baley
Photography - 34 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
€4,000
St Petersbourg
Amandine André
Photography - 14.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm Photography - 5.7 x 5.7 x 0.4 inch
€70
1972 Mauthausen Muse Renaissance
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 27 x 32 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 12.6 x 0.2 inch
€3,950
Ayrton Senna. Monaco. 1993
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
KLAMERUS au pied de sa crucifixion
Charles Tanguy
Photography - 140 x 100 x 0.2 cm Photography - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€3,900
Les pieds dans l'eau
Denis Morel
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
Black Beauty III
Léa Bon
Photography - 72.4 x 48 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.5 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
€5,757
Bruno Mars, Portrait intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 187.9 x 132 x 3 cm Photography - 74 x 52 x 1.2 inch
€7,196
Les photographes
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 16 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.3 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€300
Micheal Jordan - Portrait
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€350
Untitled (Id. 101)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.2 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.5 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Ecstasy of St Teresa
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 81.58 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 32.1 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Into the Darkness
Jesus Torio
Photography - 71.16 x 118.9 x 0.2 cm Photography - 28 x 46.8 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Waiting Room IV
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 116.46 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 45.9 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Dance (Sixth move)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 116.62 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 45.9 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Waiting Room III (Lockdown)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 82.63 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 32.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Waiting Room II (Hannah and I)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.14 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.1 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Splash
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Waiting Room
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 118.14 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Model
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Christina
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 80.86 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 31.8 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Sunbathers
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 115.6 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 45.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Liberty
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 80.29 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 31.6 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Red Curtain
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 112.28 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 44.2 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Dance (Second move)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 116.62 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 45.9 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Playground II
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Playground
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Self-Portrait
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 114.38 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 45 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
1952 Raymond DUNCAN Galerie Akademia
Raymond Duncan
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
€2,900
1952 Raymond DUNCAN dans sa galerie Akademia
Raymond Duncan
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
€2,950
Montmartre (Bus 60)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 10.6 x 0 inch
€149
Iran (Silk Roads)
Camille Léage
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€229
Kyrgystan (Silk Roads)
Camille Léage
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€149
Préparation du pilote Ayrton Senna
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Ayrton Senna. Maclaren F1 Argentine
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Jacques Villeneuve. Williams. Ch du Monde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Jacques Villeneuve. Williams
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Ayrton Senna avant le départ du GP d'Imola
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Ayrton Senna. Essais du GP de F1 à Imola
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Essais Hivernaux Circuit Paul Ricard
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Ayrton Senna se prépare pour la course d'Imola sur sa Williams
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Vainqueur du Grand Prix Brésil. Sao Paulo
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Ayrton Senna MacLaren
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Réflexion de l'artiste Ayrton Senna
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Ayrton Senna Sur sa Lotus Jaune
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Ayrton Senna Brésil 1992 vainqueur
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Alain Prost Williams
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Alain Prost Ferrari. Regard
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
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Portrait Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered the process for setting images onto pewter plates. In 1833, upon Nièpce's death, Louis Daguerre and François Arago continued his experiments and invented the daguerreotype, a process which created a printed image on a silver plate that had been exposed to light. Photography was born.
Similarly to how portrait painting had dominated artistic output in previous centuries, portrait photography was to become the pillar of the Second French Empire's photographic industry. Lenses with a shorter focal length, which enabled reduced exposure times, gradually appear on the market. The required equipment was expensive and difficult to handle. Some photographers, called daguerreotypists, decided to open their own photography studios to make a profit from their endeavours. The daguerreotype process was temperamental, and photographers had to take their pictures with great precision and attention to detail. They welcomed many people into their studios and customers choose how they wished to be photographed from catalogue of poses. Originally only accessible to the bourgeoisie, lower prices resulting from the growing number of studios eventually attracted a wider customer base. This phenomenon infuriated the poet Charles Baudelaire who was frustrated by the sense of narcissism sparked by the daguerreotypists.
Despite his protests, the egotistical trend only grew with the emergence of 'carte de visite' portraits (small photographs, the size of today's business cards). These were the brainchild of Adolphe Eugène Disdéri came up with the idea of producing portraits akin to visiting cards in 1859. He printed eight portraits in a variety of poses onto a single plate and once developed they could be cut up into eight distinct “visiting cards". Very popular with the bourgeoisie, they highlighted the sitters' social status. 'Carte de visite' portraits featuring celebrities were also sold to customers, who could subsequently add them to their albums.
The photographer Nadar was one of the first to demonstrate a conscious artistic approach to producing these portraits. He emphasised facial expressions and ensured the sitter was comfortable and at ease before taking the photograph. He photographed the era's greatest thinkers and artists, including Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. He even managed to reconcile Baudelaire with portraiture.
At the end of the 19th century, the art of photography started to enter the mainstream, with the arrival of the Kodak company. The use of the camera, and the taking of portraits, became everyday occurrences. A century later, it was the invention of the digital camera which challenged the status quo. Whereas before alterations could only be made to photographs when they were being taken or developed, with the digital camera editing became easier, quicker and more convenient. Digital photography has given photographers much more freedom when it comes to editing and new methods and techniques are constantly being explored.
Some of the photographers who have left their mark on the last century include: Cindy Sherman, who excelled in self-portraits, Annie Leibovitz, who captured celebrities, the wacky duo, Pierre and Gilles, as well as Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims.
So, do portraits help us to learn more about each other, to remember, to invent, to act, or to reconnect with ourselves? Find out on Artsper, by exploring the works of Formento & Formento, Naomi Vona, Ahmed Bennani, Chou Ching Hui, Samuel Cueto, Brno del Zou, Ren Hang, Markus + Indrani, Jerome Liebling as well as Annina Roescheisen.
A portrait photograph can be a photograph of a person's head and shoulders, but it can also be of an animal or of a different section of the subject's body such as their feet. Portrait photographs in art often tell or hint something about its subject to the viewer, such as an aspect of their personality, but still contain an element of mystery.
The three major types of portrait photography are posed portraits, candid or anonymous portraits, and conceptual portraits. The last type, conceptual or creative portraits, can be experimental and abstract, and may not represent an image close to a traditional portrait.
The six main types of portrait photography are fine art portraits, traditional portraits (for example posed portraits taken at school), lifestyle portraits, group portraits, street portraits and glamour portraits.