Photographers
A photographer is a person who creates an image of the world using a camera. Given that nowadays, everyone takes photographs with their smartphones, it is necessary to distinguish this mass flow of images from the work of fine art photographers who have an artistic intention and aim to create original artworks.
Thus we consider an fine art photograph to be a work that is created with artistic intention and includes a reflection on ideas and technique. Art photography must be an original work by an artist who recognises their role in the creation by signing their name. The concept of an original work is also linked to the limited edition. Generally, the fewer copies are made, the higher the price of each photograph.
All the photographic processes are based on two fundamental requirements, first of all the ability to capture an image and then capacity to fix image onto a support, rendering it visible. It took a lot of experimentation in order achieve this. The very first photograph dates from 1826 and was taken by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce. This photograph shows an image of his house and it took ten hours of exposure time to capture it. It was over ten years until the first photograph representing a human being was taken in 1838. It is an image of the Pont Neuf in Paris on which we can distinguish two passerbys. This photograph is the work of a former student of Nicéphore Niépce: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre. Daguerre gave his name to a new technique which consists of fixing a negative image onto a silver plate: the daguerreotype.
The next major breakthroughs were the replacement of the glass plate with dry gel on paper or film which allowed for a wider diffusion of photography and the appearance of colour photography at the beginning of the 20th century. All these techniques can be grouped together under the term analog photography. In the mid 20th century the invention of digital photography revolutionised the medium. It was a technical and artistic revolution, photographers could now see on a screen the image they had just captured and could adjust their shots accordingly and they could also take advantage of the infinite possibilities offered by computer retouching.
Photography is often broken down and classified into different groups including: fashion photography, nude photography, conceptual photography, colour photography, black and white photography, street art photography, and so on.
Some of the greatest photographers in history include: Robert Mapplethorpe, Li Wei, Bert Stern, Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier Bresson, Vivian Maier, Philippe Ramette, Bernard Pras, Steve McCurry, Richard Avedon, David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton and Martin Parr.
Discover the styles & movements
Luke Simmonds
Nils Eichberg
Colors Of Africa: Kyalami 1979
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,029
Colors Of Africa: Pretoria 1980
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,029
Colors Of Africa : Bryanston 1968
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,029
Colors Of The Past: Audi Auto
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,029
Colors Of The Past: NSU Auto Union
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,029
Colors Of The Past: OPEL Auto
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,029
Colors Of The Past: DDR 1979
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,029
Colors Of The Past: Tschernobyl Trabant
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,029
Pedro Correa
Girl standing by the sea
Pedro Correa
Photography - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
£5,280
Waiting for nothing
Pedro Correa
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
Sold
Renata Andrade
Des racine III
Renata Andrade
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£626
O último beijo (Le dernier baiser)
Renata Andrade
Sculpture - 27 x 21 x 31 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 8.3 x 12.2 inch
£895
Raízes III (Racines III)
Renata Andrade
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£537
Raízes III (Racines III)
Renata Andrade
Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£537
Des racines II
Renata Andrade
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£626
Femme arbre Le rachis vital
Renata Andrade
Sculpture - 30 x 15 x 30 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.9 x 11.8 inch
£626
Bogdan Kotewicz
Chemin des remparts
Bogdan Kotewicz
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£734
Je m'en vais
Bogdan Kotewicz
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£734
Esprits piégés
Bogdan Kotewicz
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£734
Eux trois
Bogdan Kotewicz
Photography - 100 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£1,342
Pavlo Mazai
Pour Andrey Tarkovsky
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£2,416
Série "Mar Adentro"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 150 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£3,580
Série "Mar Adentro"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
£3,580
Série "Le son de blé"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£3,580
Robert van der Hilst
Chinese Interior #1
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
£1,611
Chinese Interior #63
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
£1,611
Chinese Interior #36
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
£1,611
Chinese Interior #48
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
£1,611
Chinese Interior #19
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
£1,611
Chinese Interior #16
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
£1,611
Chinese Interior #11
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
£1,611
Chinese Interior #2
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 49 x 42 cm Photography - 19.3 x 16.5 inch
£1,611
Patrick Strajnic
La noire idole
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£850
Intemerata
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£1,155
Le chant des Glaucus
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£1,155
Candidat à L'immortalité
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£850
Marie de Magdala
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£850
Sisyphe II
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,155
Marie de Magdala
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£1,155
Coralie Honnorat
Maison carrée
Coralie Honnorat
Photography - 22 x 34 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13.4 x 0 inch
£179
Griselda Duch
Bamboo Plant #1
Griselda Duch
Photography - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£590
Bamboo Plant #2
Griselda Duch
Photography - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£590
Protea Cynaroides
Griselda Duch
Photography - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£590
Sjaak Korsten
Jacques Langevin
003- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,074
008- Série Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,074
007-Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,074
006- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,074
005- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,074
001- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,074
002-Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,074
La princesse Diana et le Prince Charles au concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£492