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.

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Photography, Greed Is Good, Nick Veasey

Nick Veasey

Photography . 119 x 119 x 1 cm Photography . 46.9 x 46.9 x 0.4 inch

CHF 12,630

Photography, Pool Party, Slim Aarons

Slim Aarons

Photography . 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography . 60 x 40 inch

CHF 3,585

Photography, Against the world, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

CHF 967

Photography, Havane I, Djamel Djebbour

Djamel Djebbour

Photography . 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

CHF 5,829

Photography, Night Cyclist, Roman Signer

Roman Signer

Photography . 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

CHF 1,156

Photography, Animalité #01, Malo

Malo

Photography . 110 x 150 x 10 cm Photography . 43.3 x 59.1 x 3.9 inch

CHF 17,974

Photography, Happy hours II, Feng Kaixuan

Feng Kaixuan

Photography . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

CHF 3,983

Photography, Vigilant, Monica Denevan

Monica Denevan

Photography . 40 x 50 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 inch

CHF 1,592

Photography, Marais Kiss, Clément Tuo

Clément Tuo

Photography . 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

CHF 437

Photography, Jeu de billes, Alain Issock

Alain Issock

Photography . 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

CHF 972

Photography, Dining Alone, Dina Goldstein

Dina Goldstein

Photography . 41 x 51 x 1 cm Photography . 16.1 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

CHF 1,457

Photography, Color Game, Sam Dougados

Sam Dougados

Photography . 75 x 75 x 1 cm Photography . 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

CHF 1,749

Photography, No smoking, Zhao Bandi

Zhao Bandi

Photography . 50 x 50 cm Photography . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

CHF 243

Photography, District 4 (S), Brice Gelot

Brice Gelot

Photography . 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

CHF 1,749

Photography, Glaz VIII, Anthony Caer

Anthony Caer

Photography . 59 x 47 cm Photography . 23.2 x 18.5 inch

CHF 1,069

Photography, NYC Oculus II, Jochen Cerny

Jochen Cerny

Photography . 200 x 118 x 3 cm Photography . 78.7 x 46.5 x 1.2 inch

CHF 4,663

Photography, Dialogue - L, Bertrand Nicolas

Bertrand Nicolas

Photography . 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

CHF 874

Photography, La fille du derby, Chiara Dazi

Chiara Dazi

Photography . 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,069

Photography, Motherhood, Maïlys Derville

Maïlys Derville

Photography . 75 x 50 x 0.27 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

CHF 632

Photography, Flashback, D-A Woisard

D-A Woisard

Photography . 50 x 40 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 inch

CHF 777

Photography, Tuneis, Gilberto Perin

Gilberto Perin

Photography . 40 x 60 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 inch

CHF 894

Photography, Echecs, Stephan Zaubitzer

Stephan Zaubitzer

Photography . 50 x 60 x 5 cm Photography . 19.7 x 23.6 x 2 inch

CHF 1,263

Photography, Cardiff by night, Jodi Bieber

Jodi Bieber

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 2,157

Photography, La Course, Clara Delaporte

Clara Delaporte

Photography . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 2,040

Photography, Topoleone, Louis Dourant

Louis Dourant

Photography . 60 x 42 x 1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

CHF 389

Photography, Molokai Maidens, Felice Willat

Felice Willat

Photography . 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

CHF 583

Photography, Rue Mouffetard, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography . 23.62 x 15.74 x 0.1 inch

CHF 1,335

Photography, Le grand saut, Joost Wensveen

Joost Wensveen

Photography . 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch

CHF 1,895

Photography, Iced Palm, Antoine Rose

Antoine Rose

Photography . 50 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

CHF 2,429

Photography, Plongeurs, Elisa Haberer

Elisa Haberer

Photography . 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch

CHF 1,749

Photography, AD110103, Jan Nomis

Jan Nomis

Photography . 15 x 15 x 1 cm Photography . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

CHF 146

Photography, Abuja, Thomas Hoeffgen

Thomas Hoeffgen

Photography . 42 x 112 x 5 cm Photography . 16.5 x 44.1 x 2 inch

CHF 2,137

Photography, Pfingstaktion 2, Hermann Nitsch

Hermann Nitsch

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

CHF 1,778

Photography, Copenhague, Yuhao Pan

Yuhao Pan

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

CHF 777

Photography, Sept d'or, Eliot Blondet

Eliot Blondet

Photography . 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

CHF 1,895

Photography, Memories I, Victoria Dearing

Victoria Dearing

Photography . 27.5 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Photography . 10.8 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch

CHF 874

Photography, Dreams Of Cannes, David Drebin

David Drebin

Photography . 102 x 81 x 2.5 cm Photography . 40.2 x 31.9 x 1 inch

CHF 8,744

Photography, Le Pianiste, Justine Darmon

Justine Darmon

Photography . 80 x 80 x 1 cm Photography . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

CHF 3,400

Photography, Sunbrella, Andreea B

Andreea B

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

CHF 401

Photography, La plage, Camille Brasselet

Camille Brasselet

Photography . 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch

CHF 1,312

Photography, Soleil Quatre, Gabriel Baxas

Gabriel Baxas

Photography . 40 x 63.4 x 0.1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 25 x 0 inch

CHF 738

Photography, Three Wheeler, Stuart Redler

Stuart Redler

Photography . 71 x 89 x 0.1 cm Photography . 28 x 35 x 0 inch

CHF 2,023

Photography, BUS, Jean-François Levere

BUS

Jean-François Levere

Photography . 110 x 73 x 0.1 cm Photography . 43.3 x 28.7 x 0 inch

CHF 2,429

Photography, A Chick, Emil Farber

Emil Farber

Photography . 26.5 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 10.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch

CHF 486

Photography, Guggenheim Museum, Keystone

Keystone

Photography . 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography . 30 x 40 inch

CHF 802