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La Sérénité de L'instant
Sandrine Darcos
Photography - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$336
Le grand bain IV
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$314
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
$3,363
Le Mur Basquiat
Saïdou Dicko
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,363
AV_Miami_016
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 75 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,240
Solar Eclipse
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 inch
$5,500
Chemin Faisant "Le poirier"
Bertrand Desprez
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$504
Window shopping
Norman Reedus
Photography - 40.64 x 50.8 x 2 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$2,579
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
$2,119
Á marée basse
Pierre Moreau
Photography - 50 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,354
City of dreams
Alain Lumbroso
Photography - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,466
La danseuse
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 27.5 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$258
Enlightened #4
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$325
Enlightened #3
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$325
Enlightened #2
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$325
Azul Marina
Alberto Sánchez
Photography - 125 x 125 x 2 cm Photography - 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,924
Arbol de Canción
Alberto Sánchez
Photography - 125 x 125 x 2 cm Photography - 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,924
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, jeunes filles jouant
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$673
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, école du village
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$673
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
$673
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
$673
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
$673
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
$673
016 - Varangeville sur Mer
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$897
003-American Circus Paris
José Nicolas
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$617
Route d'Ambatondrazzaka
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$673
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
$1,121
Messe, Madagascar
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$673
Islande 1997, Lagon Bleu
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$897
Les nuits de Lomé
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$785
Joséphine au marché de Lomé
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$785
Foot à Ouagadougou
José Nicolas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$785
Somalienne et son enfant
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$729
Shark portraiture II
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$314
Shark portrait I
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$314
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
$202
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
Familles de pêcheurs n°6
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$504
Familles de pêcheurs n°5
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$504
Familles de pêcheurs n°4
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$504
Familles de pêcheurs n°3
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$504
Familles de pêcheurs n°2
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$504
L'échappée belle
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,363
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
$841
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
$729
Mechi light
Pamela Tulizo
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$7,848
Lutambi
Pamela Tulizo
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$7,848
Maroc (piézographie)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 60 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$617
Watchtower mlt I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 160 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch
$5,493
Tokyo crossing V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,352
En marche...
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$729
Méditerranée
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$673
Rock n roll
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
$841
Rebolada
Geraldo Pestalozzi
Photography - 40 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$448
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
$392
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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.