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![Photography, No title (No83), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996122_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, H0404 - The insurgent, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1987569_1_grid.jpg)
H0404 - The insurgent
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Photography, F0496 - The doll, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972674_1_grid.jpg)
F0496 - The doll
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,800
![Photography, Skindo travesti, Pierre Molinier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1513809_1_grid.jpg)
Skindo travesti
Pierre Molinier
Photography - 13 x 9 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Olimpia Hruska - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/881847_1_grid.jpg)
Olimpia Hruska - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
€3,480
![Photography, Marbella Club, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/881793_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Staying At The Carlton, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/881118_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Haiti Holiday, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/880356_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Saint-Tropez Swimmer, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/879525_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sunbathing In Antibes - 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/871149_1_grid.jpg)
Sunbathing In Antibes - 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
€3,550
![Photography, Paraglider - 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/871089_1_grid.jpg)
Paraglider - 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
€3,010
![Photography, Having A Topping Time - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/870741_1_grid.jpg)
Having A Topping Time - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
€3,550
![Photography, Pool At Las Brisas - 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/870696_1_grid.jpg)
Pool At Las Brisas - 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
€3,550
![Photography, Tania Mallet - 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/870630_1_grid.jpg)
Tania Mallet - 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
€3,550
![Photography, Catherine Wilke - 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/870624_1_grid.jpg)
Catherine Wilke - 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
€4,760
![Photography, 0Underwater Drink - 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/870615_1_grid.jpg)
0Underwater Drink - 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
€3,550
![Photography, Sundowners, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142548_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marilyn in chenille, Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675854_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn in chenille
Bert Stern
Photography - 48 x 33 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 x 0.4 inch
€2,490
![Photography, Hanging, John Yuyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1661913_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Saint-Tropez Swimmer, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1366026_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sardinian Holiday, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365840_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sundowners, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365714_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Haiti Holiday, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365051_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Haiti Holiday, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365048_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Haiti Holiday, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365045_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Olimpia Hruska, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364937_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marbella Club, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364904_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marbella Club, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1348818_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La plage II, Clara Delaporte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1868055_1_grid.jpg)
La plage II
Clara Delaporte
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
![Photography, Manhattan girl, Fabien Novarino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1760862_1_grid.jpg)
Manhattan girl
Fabien Novarino
Photography - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€990
![Photography, Dreaming Paris, Fabien Novarino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1074534_1_grid.jpg)
Dreaming Paris
Fabien Novarino
Photography - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€990
![Photography, Mare portrait Playboy FotoErotica 2016, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/858495_1_grid.jpg)
Mare portrait Playboy FotoErotica 2016
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€750
![Photography, La promenade, Ifig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1987710_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Photographie de M. Monroe, Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1930773_1_grid.jpg)
Photographie de M. Monroe
Bert Stern
Photography - 48 x 33 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 x 0.4 inch
€5,500
![Photography, Museum, John Yuyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1661988_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Glance, Garik Avanesian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1380849_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Blood Rocks, Garik Avanesian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1380843_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tender Touch, Garik Avanesian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1380804_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lady in Red, Garik Avanesian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1380798_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Movement, Garik Avanesian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1380291_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Horns of Africa, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931119_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Gambella, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931071_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rendille Moran at Nyiru, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/930936_1_grid.jpg)
Rendille Moran at Nyiru
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,529
![Photography, Fire of the Himba, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/930819_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mukuru, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/930795_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, A days walk, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/925344_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mursi traditions, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/922176_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, F0479 - The fantasized, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1987677_1_grid.jpg)
F0479 - The fantasized
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,800
![Photography, H0384 - The secretive, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1987662_1_grid.jpg)
H0384 - The secretive
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Photography, No title (No51), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1377948_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Karepo Nawa, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115769_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lost Girls 6, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1654752_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lost Girls 4, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1654737_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lee au coucher de soleil, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/824475_1_grid.jpg)
Lee au coucher de soleil
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
€800
![Photography, Jittaporn nu de pleine lune, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/824439_1_grid.jpg)
Jittaporn nu de pleine lune
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
![Photography, L'Éphémère, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748839_1_grid.jpg)
L'Éphémère
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, L'Envol, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748836_1_grid.jpg)
L'Envol
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Gaïa, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748830_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Let's Go Ice Swimming, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1020228_1_grid.jpg)
Let's Go Ice Swimming
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 65 x 55 x 0.1 cm Photography - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0 inch
€190
![Photography, 1914 Lady en corset, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988125_1_grid.jpg)
1914 Lady en corset
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
€1,450
![Photography, 1915 Beauté d'Afrique African beauty, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/980274_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Beauté d'Afrique African beauty
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
€1,950
![Photography, 2015 Nu EMMA Nude, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/980208_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Danseuse auréolée, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008284_1_grid.jpg)
Danseuse auréolée
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€950
![Photography, Vase 4, Feng Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1167891_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vase II, Feng Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1167873_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sculptor, Feng Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1167798_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Empty Shell, Feng Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1167789_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Singularity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152819_1_grid.jpg)
Singularity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon
Idan Wizen
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€750
![Photography, Lost & found, Théo Gosselin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099784_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Life's essence 006, Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395819_1_grid.jpg)
Life's essence 006
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
€800
![Photography, Untitled Nude at Marfa, Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405851_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled Nude at Marfa
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 44.5 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€1,909
![Photography, 40 Mins of Anaïs III, Charlotte Abramow](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738068_1_grid.jpg)
40 Mins of Anaïs III
Charlotte Abramow
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€3,100
![Photography, Ice cream parano, Fabien Novarino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1074753_1_grid.jpg)
Ice cream parano
Fabien Novarino
Photography - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€990
![Photography, Gabrielle, Charlotte Abramow](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1047759_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Obra del Grupo Danza del Alma, Cuba, Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616640_1_grid.jpg)
Obra del Grupo Danza del Alma, Cuba
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 32 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Kate With Tassles - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print, Mick Rock](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1601895_1_grid.jpg)
Kate With Tassles - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Mick Rock
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,975
![Photography, La xarxa, Martí Sala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1473918_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sára + dívka (Sarah and girl), Jan Saudek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171827_1_grid.jpg)
Sára + dívka (Sarah and girl)
Jan Saudek
Photography - 17.9 x 13.9 cm Photography - 7 x 5.5 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Nguegalengo girl from Garganta, with goat. Angola, Faie Davis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1130010_1_grid.jpg)
Nguegalengo girl from Garganta, with goat. Angola
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 58.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 23 x 1 inch
€931
![Photography, Mukuaita wearing ker ungava hairstyle. Angola, Faie Davis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1130004_1_grid.jpg)
Mukuaita wearing ker ungava hairstyle. Angola
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 58.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 23 x 1 inch
€931
![Photography, Nguengalengo boy with chicken, Faie Davis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129998_1_grid.jpg)
Nguengalengo boy with chicken
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 58 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 22.8 x 1 inch
€931
![Photography, Cinematography inspired session #21, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/850971_1_grid.jpg)
Cinematography inspired session #21
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€190
![Photography, De la série : La beauté des femmes - ingénieux, Matthias Leupold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/462727_1_grid.jpg)
De la série : La beauté des femmes - ingénieux
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 18 x 23 cm Photography - 7.1 x 9.1 inch
€1,200
![Photography, De la série : La beauté des femmes - aspiration, Matthias Leupold](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/462724_1_grid.jpg)
De la série : La beauté des femmes - aspiration
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 18 x 23 cm Photography - 7.1 x 9.1 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Collection Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon - HB1353, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173914_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon - HB1353
Idan Wizen
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€750
![Photography, Couple femmes, Claude Guillaumin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/205561_1_grid.jpg)
Couple femmes
Claude Guillaumin
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,650
![Photography, HB2928, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2014416_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, HB2878, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2014410_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, H0427 – The crusher, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008410_1_grid.jpg)
H0427 – The crusher
Idan Wizen
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, F0488 – The surprising, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008407_1_grid.jpg)
F0488 – The surprising
Idan Wizen
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€750
![Photography, F0564 – The dauntless, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008404_1_grid.jpg)
F0564 – The dauntless
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,800
![Photography, F0500 – The dancer, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008401_1_grid.jpg)
F0500 – The dancer
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,800
![Photography, H0430 – The last one, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008398_1_grid.jpg)
H0430 – The last one
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,800
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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.