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![Photography, 17 03 27 005, Pierre Jalby](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1362348_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pas, Hervé Pezzini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1522740_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Orbe, Alzbeta Wolfová](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172266_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chaos - 02, Sandra Gonçalves](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1156197_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Structure, Fei Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223016_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cell, Olivier Attar (Attoli)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1413825_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Drift 16, Rowan Daly](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155546_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le touareg, Françoise Lapierre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327737_1_grid.jpg)
Le touareg
Françoise Lapierre
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€600
![Photography, Féraud 1970 Black Sculpture Abstraction, Albert Féraud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1206201_1_grid.jpg)
Féraud 1970 Black Sculpture Abstraction
Albert Féraud
Photography - 40 x 28 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11 inch
€1,900
![Photography, Tether, Hélène Hubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1149708_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Gina (Butts and crotches), Nagsoul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/854085_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vague, Marick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1370841_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, From the series "Sunset" 2, Dmytro Bilous](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147252_1_grid.jpg)
From the series "Sunset" 2
Dmytro Bilous
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€150
![Photography, Witness 10, Sjaak Korsten](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066437_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, OXA8D43D03, Eric Petr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1351059_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Betula z, Sofia Fanego](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2124795_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled #10, Josef Nadj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/15439_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Blue & White Series- Painting 1, Aatmica Ojha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1499229_1_grid.jpg)
Blue & White Series- Painting 1
Aatmica Ojha
Photography - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
![Photography, Space Sample 2.5 / Eiffel, Franck Guedj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1485180_1_grid.jpg)
Space Sample 2.5 / Eiffel
Franck Guedj
Photography - 91 x 85 x 1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,250
![Photography, LeavesCourges, Philippe Boutefeu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1480782_1_grid.jpg)
LeavesCourges
Philippe Boutefeu
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Artichoke II, Shine Huang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1236999_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pointless Love series, Yumi Watanabe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/894963_1_grid.jpg)
Pointless Love series
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.1 inch
€560
![Photography, Lichtreflex - Rotation, Hein Gravenhorst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/442950_1_grid.jpg)
Lichtreflex - Rotation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 30 x 30 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Darkness (série), Sophie Patry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1995978_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Liberty (medium), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869777_1_grid.jpg)
Liberty (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 54.06 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
![Photography, Nuage rosé, Arthur Picard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1690260_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Object, Mario Pascual Cámara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1233720_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Still life, Prajakta Potnis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1123080_1_grid.jpg)
Still life
Prajakta Potnis
Photography - 78.7 x 144.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 31 x 57 x 1 inch
€9,545
![Photography, Rehearsal for a landscape IV, Isabel Devos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685020_1_grid.jpg)
Rehearsal for a landscape IV
Isabel Devos
Photography - 20 x 35 cm Photography - 7.9 x 13.8 inch
€950
![Photography, Fall, Tenesh Webber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/568113_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Série: photographie concrète numérique - IMG_2148 31.05.2012, Roger Humbert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/447582_1_grid.jpg)
Série: photographie concrète numérique - IMG_2148 31.05.2012
Roger Humbert
Photography - 30 x 24 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 inch
€1,800
![Photography, El drac vermell, Maria Grau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144120_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 28° 14' 20.922'' N, 114° 6' 9.395'' W-8, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1482936_1_grid.jpg)
28° 14' 20.922'' N, 114° 6' 9.395'' W-8
Paola Dávila
Photography - 35.6 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€1,432
![Photography, Defining Shadows II, Maureen J Haldeman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1201758_1_grid.jpg)
Defining Shadows II
Maureen J Haldeman
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.25 inch
€1,336
![Photography, Syngonia jungle, Venelina Katanska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/766179_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Intuition, Jean-Baptiste Isambert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/545911_1_grid.jpg)
Intuition
Jean-Baptiste Isambert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,900
![Photography, Falla 6. From the series All the faults of the world, Rodrigo Etem](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915299_1_grid.jpg)
Falla 6. From the series All the faults of the world
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 93 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,527
![Photography, Breathe It In, Rika Maja Duevel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1417542_1_grid.jpg)
Breathe It In
Rika Maja Duevel
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,210
![Photography, Épreuve 3, Zakari Babel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1154301_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, En azules, Tere Duro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031871_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La romana, Sonja Lukenic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094531_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Clara, Claude Billès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1060725_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portraits Of “Áo Dài”, Chiron Duong](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1953327_1_grid.jpg)
Portraits Of “Áo Dài”
Chiron Duong
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€900
![Photography, Toys for kids 2, Fabrice Quignette](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1138296_1_grid.jpg)
Toys for kids 2
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Cube 3, Jean-Jacques Guionnet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135542_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Abstraction urbaine #5, Guillaume Chevallard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1781475_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction urbaine #5
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 49 x 69 x 2.9 cm Photography - 19.3 x 27.2 x 1.1 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Last Paradise, Nathan Brusovani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1637298_1_grid.jpg)
Last Paradise
Nathan Brusovani
Photography - 102 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 40.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€900
![Photography, 45°40' N, 142°10' E, Stéphane Spach](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471308_1_grid.jpg)
45°40' N, 142°10' E
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 40 x 108 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 42.5 x 0.2 inch
€1,900
![Photography, Violoncelle, Thierry des Ouches](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822335_1_grid.jpg)
Violoncelle
Thierry des Ouches
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
![Photography, Insta(nt)llation - Completion. 1/ 3, Eszter Poroszlai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749405_1_grid.jpg)
Insta(nt)llation - Completion. 1/ 3
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€1,050
![Photography, Ambiance mer, Hugues Bertin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177343_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lettre à le Corbusier, Lubanzadyo Mpemba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102214_1_grid.jpg)
Lettre à le Corbusier
Lubanzadyo Mpemba
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
![Photography, Composition 1619, Denis Jutzeler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/119119_1_grid.jpg)
Composition 1619
Denis Jutzeler
Photography - 60 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Senegal 2020, Horizon des événements, Hubert Lebaudy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1019328_1_grid.jpg)
Senegal 2020, Horizon des événements
Hubert Lebaudy
Photography - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,700
![Photography, L'encre dansant : février, Tiantian Xu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/22324_1_grid.jpg)
L'encre dansant : février
Tiantian Xu
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
€2,200
![Photography, Parete, Silvia Coccaglio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1459719_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sun #178, Claus Stolz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171182_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Oeil mysterieux, Amel Benmohamed](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/408910_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Photographie et matière abstraite, Patrick Kerstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1969197_1_grid.jpg)
Photographie et matière abstraite
Patrick Kerstein
Photography - 46 x 62 x 1 cm Photography - 18.1 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch
€575
![Photography, VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros, Gianfranco Pezzot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/586287_1_grid.jpg)
VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
€16,635
![Photography, Sonoptic Parallels #16, Anne Senstad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1710018_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Repérage Casse tête chinois Paris, Étagère de livres appartement Xavier, rue St Maur Paris, Cédric Klapisch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1097505_1_grid.jpg)
Repérage Casse tête chinois Paris, Étagère de livres appartement Xavier, rue St Maur Paris
Cédric Klapisch
Photography - 33.68 x 60 cm Photography - 13.3 x 23.6 inch
€1,000
![Photography, Unchained, Bonnie Lammar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1875324_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Singapore, from the Gardens to the Bay 1, Bruno Paget](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1056303_1_grid.jpg)
Singapore, from the Gardens to the Bay 1
Bruno Paget
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2.7 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch
€3,500
![Photography, Rose des vents, Notseig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1903218_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Yellow and Yellow, Sandra Salamonová](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1897572_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow and Yellow
Sandra Salamonová
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Photography, No.38633, Sebastiaan Knot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588089_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vol de Nuit, Carola Orieta-Sperman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580628_1_grid.jpg)
Vol de Nuit
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Photography - 50 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
€3,718
![Photography, A-, Abhishek Kumar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1465485_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Self-Portrait 20.62, Arthur Hent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/841368_1_grid.jpg)
Self-Portrait 20.62
Arthur Hent
Photography - 40 x 30 x 2.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Pharmakon, Juliette Alhmah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985142_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Drawing room, Tracy Hickman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1589214_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Driving from Santa Fe, Jarmila Kostliva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757703_1_grid.jpg)
Driving from Santa Fe
Jarmila Kostliva
Photography - 72 x 62 x 0.2 cm Photography - 28.3 x 24.4 x 0.1 inch
€620
![Photography, Le Quai de Seine à Paris - série bords de Seine, Thierry Bazin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1085796_1_grid.jpg)
Le Quai de Seine à Paris - série bords de Seine
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
€290
![Photography, onderhemelse 1, Luuk de Haan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1974006_1_grid.jpg)
onderhemelse 1
Luuk de Haan
Photography - 41.4 x 51.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.3 x 20.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,670
![Photography, Hemerocallis No. 04, Till Leeser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1593159_1_grid.jpg)
Hemerocallis No. 04
Till Leeser
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€600
![Photography, Des racine III, Renata Andrade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332435_1_grid.jpg)
Des racine III
Renata Andrade
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€700
![Photography, Unknown Persona, Robert Jaso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160848_1_grid.jpg)
Unknown Persona
Robert Jaso
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€4,250
![Photography, Arum Lily #1, Griselda Duch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1304295_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ruisseau Holocene I, Mari Amman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1071384_1_grid.jpg)
Ruisseau Holocene I
Mari Amman
Photography - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
€1,162
![Photography, Asamkirche White Clouds, Klaus Dietrich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/622182_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chrysalide, Fabrice Constant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1924134_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Trees, Nicholas Winter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1789701_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, And the Sea will be there 10, Arnaud Rinuccini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1782351_1_grid.jpg)
And the Sea will be there 10
Arnaud Rinuccini
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Géométrie des ondes n°5/6., Anne Eliayan et Christian Pic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/935013_1_grid.jpg)
Géométrie des ondes n°5/6.
Anne Eliayan et Christian Pic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,450
![Photography, Hydrocarbure, Stéphane Martin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924714_1_grid.jpg)
Hydrocarbure
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€150
![Photography, Architecture I, Chiara Indelicato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2000736_1_grid.jpg)
Architecture I
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 55 x 82 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.7 x 32.3 x 0.2 inch
€820
![Photography, Chemin des remparts, Bogdan Kotewicz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356717_1_grid.jpg)
Chemin des remparts
Bogdan Kotewicz
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€820
![Photography, Banana leaves #2, Ed Reddon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/920181_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Iris hysterique, Sacha Haillote](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1993839_1_grid.jpg)
Iris hysterique
Sacha Haillote
Photography - 50 x 50 x 5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch
€1,300
![Photography, Forest trip /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1698843_1_grid.jpg)
Forest trip /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€970
![Photography, Lady from the past, Eliana Barbosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1589583_1_grid.jpg)
Lady from the past
Eliana Barbosa
Photography - 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 12 x 12 x 1 inch
€550
![Photography, Masterpiece, Alexia Rousse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1174992_1_grid.jpg)
Masterpiece
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 139.7 x 96.5 x 3.3 cm Photography - 55 x 38 x 1.3 inch
€4,157
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Abstract Photography for Sale
Abstract photography, also sometimes known as experimental photography, is the art of creating a visual effect with an image that has no immediate attachment to reality, by using processes like focusing, framing, or retouching and editing the photograph in post-processing. For example, an abstract picture can sometimes isolate a fragment of an ordinary image to remove it from its original context and give it a surrealist edge. It can also involve playing with blurring, shadows or lighting, textures or unexpected forms. The image is often created with traditional photographic material (analog or digital cameras, dark room, computer). However, artists can also manipulate and alter the film in order to achieve the desired effect.
The first images known as “abstract photographs" appeared shortly after the invention of photography in the 1830s. In 1842, John William Draper created a new type of images with a spectroscope. This machine dispersed light beams and produced a phenomenon that was previously invisible to the eye. The negatives he produced had nothing in common with the works of other photographers, and they opened the way for innovative photographic works. Draper perceived these images as a scientific discovery, not as artworks, but today his method is widely acclaimed by critics for its inherent originality.
In England, Anna Atkins was also a pioneer of abstract photography; she was the first one to place dry algae on cyanotype paper. This scientific experiment improved photographic techniques by creating unique blue and white images. Moreover, the discovery of X-ray and radioactivity in 1896 provoked a fascination for the invisible and many photographers were immediately drawn to these phenomena. French photographer Louis Darget attempted to capture mental processes by pressing unexposed plates to the foreheads of his and trying to get them to project images from their minds onto the plates. He carried out thousands of similar experiments.
It was only during the 20th century that abstract photography truly became recognised as an artistic practice. Surrealism and cubism started replacing impressionism, especially after the Salon d'Automne in 1903 in Paris. This event highlighted new talents like Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp… Ten years later, in New York, Wassily Kandinsky, Mondrian, Braque and Delaunay shocked audiences. The freedom coming from abstract art inspired some of the greatest photographers to break the rules.
Erwin Quedenfeldt exhibited the first abstract photographs in Cologne in 1914. From 1920 to 1930, Europe became the epicenters of conceptual photography with artists such as Jaroslav Rossler, Josef Sudeck, and Rössler exploring abstraction.
Post-processing became more central to photographic works in the 60s and the 70s, with artists like Josef Newman. Eventually, the growing popularity of computers in the 90s and the 2000s opened up infinite possibilities for creating original work. Some contemporary photographers like Peter Klasen, Dominic Harris, or Nicolas Dubreuille combine photography with other mediums.
Find them all on Artsper with our unique selection of abstract photographs.
Abstract photography refers to images created using photography equipment that do not directly represent the real visual world as we see it. Abstract photographers use different techniques to manipulate the image captured by the camera.
There are different factors in what makes a good abstract photograph, including composition, color, tone, lighting and mystery.
There are many different ways to produce an abstract photograph. Techniques can include moving the camera during exposure, playing with light and reflections, using different angles, and experimenting with production techniques.