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
Karine Nicolleau
Impression #2
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£222
Gremlins
Karine Nicolleau
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0 inch
£178
Impression #3
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£222
Enlightened #1
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£258
La danseuse
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 27.5 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£204
Enlightened #3
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£258
Sébastien Béghuin
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,200
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Reïms
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,200
Basilique-cathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Soissons
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,200
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Reïms,
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,200
Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,200
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,200
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,200
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,200
Mindaugas Gabrenas
In Mood, Switzerland
Mindaugas Gabrenas
Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
£800
Spinning the wheel, Oregon
Mindaugas Gabrenas
Photography - 19.5 x 19.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.7 x 7.7 x 0.1 inch
£355
Sabrina Le Roux
Joey Tranchina
Megan's Demons
Joey Tranchina
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
£2,222
Alexander Benz
Architects Anonymous
Alexander Benz
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
£1,600
Structural Beauty
Alexander Benz
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£409
Samuel Dejong
Anatomia Redux 05.03
Samuel Dejong
Painting - 40 x 40 x 14 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 5.5 inch
Price upon request
Anatomia Yellow I
Samuel Dejong
Painting - 115 x 115 x 14 cm Painting - 45.3 x 45.3 x 5.5 inch
Price upon request
Irene Cruz
Irene III Blumen
Irene Cruz
Photography - 100 x 150 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 2 inch
£1,902
Daniel Dicenta
Control The Application
Daniel Dicenta
Photography - 123 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 48.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
£1,511
Socialize Me
Daniel Dicenta
Photography - 130 x 86 x 1 cm Photography - 51.2 x 33.9 x 0.4 inch
£2,311
Reflection
Daniel Dicenta
Photography - 150 x 130 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
£2,666
Genoma species
Daniel Dicenta
Photography - 112 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
£2,044
Vincent Citot
L'intimité (Suisse)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£667
Les grands projets
Vincent Citot
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
£1,422
Seul au monde II (Namibie)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£667
L'homme des sables
Vincent Citot
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
£1,422
Les âges de la vie
Vincent Citot
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
£1,422
La vie devant soi (Suisse)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£667
Françoise Spiekermeier
Corvée d'eau, Tchétchénie
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
£1,333
Kalachnikov et scarification - Ethiopie
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
£711
Grozny en ruines (Tchétchénie)
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
£1,155
Femme Hamar au collier d'acier
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 60 x 50 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
£622
Jala, une amie pour la vie / Friends for a lifetime - Ethiopia
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
£622
Peul Wodaabe au miroir et tente rose
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£640
Le Peul Wodaabe se maquille
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£640
Surimpression du Touareg
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£640
Leikun Nahusenay
Body vs soul (grey)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 100 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,666
Trinity (shuka)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£3,555
Sleeping beauty (Shuka)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£3,555
Camouflage (red)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 64 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,311
Yekenfer Wedaj IX
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,777