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
Rika Maja Duevel
One day at a Time
Rika Maja Duevel
Painting - 75 x 115 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 45.3 x 0.6 inch
£1,575
Breathe It In
Rika Maja Duevel
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,077
Stretching Away from the Present
Rika Maja Duevel
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
£1,575
My Searchlight
Rika Maja Duevel
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
£1,575
Complimentary Connection
Rika Maja Duevel
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
£1,572
The path continues
Rika Maja Duevel
Painting - 118 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 46.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,644
Complimentary Turmoil
Rika Maja Duevel
Photography - 47 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 18.5 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,219
Valentin Zaharia
Forest magic (shroom) - limited edition of 21
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 100 x 67 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26.4 x 0.4 inch
£752
Forest magic (snowdrop) - limited edition of 21
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 70 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
£498
Time traveling - limited edition of 22
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
£400
Enter Sandman, dream no. 2 - limited edition of 21
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 90 x 59 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch
£600
Enter Sandman, dream no. 1
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 90 x 59 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch
£484
Door to serenity - limited edition of 23
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£239
Seagull in White Sky - limited edition of 10
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
£800
Peter Neusser
Chinesischer Turm, München
Peter Neusser
Photography - 122 x 87 cm Photography - 48 x 34.3 inch
£2,848
Allianz-Auditorium, München
Peter Neusser
Photography - 87 x 122 x 0.1 cm Photography - 34.3 x 48 x 0 inch
£2,848
Flat Iron Building, New York
Peter Neusser
Photography - 122 x 87 cm Photography - 48 x 34.3 inch
£2,848
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
Peter Neusser
Photography - 122 x 87 cm Photography - 48 x 34.3 inch
£2,848
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Peter Neusser
Photography - 87 x 122 x 0.1 cm Photography - 34.3 x 48 x 0 inch
£2,848
Shanghai, China
Peter Neusser
Photography - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
£4,628
Kevin Krag
Long live the king
Kevin Krag
Photography - 121.9 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 32 x 0.1 inch
£4,099
Something got me started
Kevin Krag
Photography - 121.9 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 32 x 0.1 inch
£4,099
Raining in your bedroom
Kevin Krag
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
£4,099
Too much confusion
Kevin Krag
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
£4,099
I want you again
Kevin Krag
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
£4,099
Gustave Le Gray
Samuel Bourne
The Taj Mahal from the River, Agra
Samuel Bourne
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch
£196
Christopher Makos
Andy Warhol and Keith Haring
Christopher Makos
Photography - 38.1 x 48.3 cm Photography - 15 x 19 inch
£3,689
Andres Serrano
Heaven and Hell
Andres Serrano
Photography - 83.8 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 33 x 45 x 1 inch
£98,374
Patrick Beaulieu
Signes de désorientations (série)
Patrick Beaulieu
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
£1,246
Signes de désorientations (série)
Patrick Beaulieu
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
£1,246
Signes de désorientations (série)
Patrick Beaulieu
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
£1,246
Signes de désorientations (série)
Patrick Beaulieu
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
£1,246
Signes de désorientations (série)
Patrick Beaulieu
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
£1,246
Signes de désorientations (série)
Patrick Beaulieu
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
£1,246
Signes de désorientations (série)
Patrick Beaulieu
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
£1,246
Signes de désorientations (série)
Patrick Beaulieu
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
£1,246
Samuel Anderson
Brooklyn Bridge
Samuel Anderson
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£2,225
Irène Jonas
108, de la série Baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
£801
Les ballons jaunes (Russie), série 1991-2018
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£1,068
105, de la série Baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
£801
106, de la série Baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
£801
Le rêveur, de la série "Les Bouquinistes"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
£757
103, de la série "Baltique"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
£801
Enfance (Russie)
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£1,068
102, de la série Baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
£801
Robert Mapplethorpe
Bill T. Jones
Robert Mapplethorpe
Photography - 50.2 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.75 x 15.75 x 0.1 inch
£36,890