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.
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Pavlo Mazai
Série "Mar Adentro"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£3,594
Série "Mar Adentro"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 150 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£3,594
Série "Mar Adentro"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
£3,594
Série "Le son de blé"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£3,594
Patrick Strajnic
La noire idole
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£854
Intemerata
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£1,159
Le chant des Glaucus
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£1,159
Candidat à L'immortalité
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£854
Marie de Magdala
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£854
Sisyphe II
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,159
Marie de Magdala
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£1,159
Jean-François Talivez
La valse du réfectoire - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 23 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.1 x 13.8 x 0 inch
£395
Dix petits moines - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 24 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 13.8 x 0 inch
£395
Tonsure, humilité
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£395
Père Pio-Marie
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£395
Les sandales - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 35 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
£395
Les sandales 2 - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£395
Le sucre, Père Jean-Joseph - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£395
L'Escalier - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£395
Coralie Honnorat
Cascade de Lumière
Coralie Honnorat
Photography - 27 x 18 x 2 cm Photography - 10.6 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch
£135
Sjaak Korsten
Jacques Langevin
Répression, place Tian'anmen, Pékin, Chine
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£449
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
£1,078
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
£1,078
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
£1,078
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
£1,078
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
£1,078
004- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,078
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
£1,078
Darlene Hammond
Star Trio 1953 Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe
Darlene Hammond
Photography - 76 x 101 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 inch
£800
Jessie Chaney
Aqua Pools
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.25 inch
£1,054
Last Light
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.25 inch
£1,054
Mist.& Water
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.25 inch
£1,054
Spirit in the Sky 100
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 33 x 33 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 2 inch
£590
Spirit in the Sky 103
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 33 x 33 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 2 inch
£590
Spirit in the Sky 104
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 33 x 33 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 2 inch
£590
Spirit in the Sky 105
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 33 x 33 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 2 inch
£590
Ka Xiaoxi
Carlo D'Orta
Biocities Washington # 7
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 80 x 77 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch
£4,493
Liquidance # 93
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 67 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
£4,493
Liquidance # 4
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 65 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
£4,493
Biocities Washington # 4
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 80 x 54 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
£3,594
Biocities Parigi Defence # 1
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 56 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 22 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
£3,594
Vibrations NYC # 11
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 86 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 33.9 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
£6,290
Biocities Milano Expo # 11
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
£6,290
Biocities London # 3
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
£7,189
Chris Rhodes
Hotel Mermaid Club #2
Chris Rhodes
Photography - 10 x 8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.9 x 3.1 x 0.1 inch
£135
Hotel Mermaid Club #5
Chris Rhodes
Photography - 8 x 10 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.1 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
£135
Hotel Mermaid Club #4
Chris Rhodes
Photography - 10 x 8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.9 x 3.1 x 0.1 inch
£135
Martine Dégot
Carnaval de Rio
Martine Dégot
Sculpture - 100 x 85 x 10 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 33.5 x 3.9 inch
£7,189