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
Jaie Johnson-Miller
Sophie Mayeux
Miroir de glace - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£162
Le cass poi de Luzéronde - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£162
Regarder brouter les moutons - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£162
Mourir d’amour enchaîné - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£162
Le banc de Jacobsen - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£162
Filet de Loire - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£162
Merci la caisse d’épargne
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£162
Eric Sanger Monteros
The Mane
Eric Sanger Monteros
Photography - 51 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 20.1 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£8,986
En cet automne
Eric Sanger Monteros
Photography - 51 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 20.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£7,638
Le Temple de Suma
Eric Sanger Monteros
Photography - 84 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£8,986
Fresque et cosmos
Eric Sanger Monteros
Photography - 65 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£8,986
Ondine
Eric Sanger Monteros
Photography - 60 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£8,986
Sarah Fujiwara
Melting Petals 110
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 28.5 x 18.8 x 2 cm Photography - 11.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inch
£854
Melting Petals 105
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 51 x 34 x 3 cm Photography - 20.1 x 13.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,258
Melting Petals 102
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 28.5 x 18.8 x 2 cm Photography - 11.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inch
£854
Melting Petals 101
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 18.8 x 28.5 x 2 cm Photography - 7.4 x 11.2 x 0.8 inch
£854
Melting petals 33
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£4,134
Scattered memories 1
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 82.5 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 32.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£4,763
Bob Haswell
Sexy Scot Sean Connery - James Bond 007
Bob Haswell
Photography - 101 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 20.1 x 0 inch
£714
Denis Morel
Blue Cloud - série liquide abstrait
Denis Morel
Print - 40 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£719
Mr et Mme Hulot - Photographie scène de vie en bord de mer
Denis Morel
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£395
Underwater_1 - série Liquide abstrait
Denis Morel
Print - 40 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£719
Diesel - série Liquide abstrait
Denis Morel
Print - 40 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£719
Citrus_Fruits - série Liquide abstrait
Denis Morel
Print - 54 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 21.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£719
Jelly-Fish - série Liquide abstrait
Denis Morel
Print - 40 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£719
Neo-Fruits - série Liquide abstrait
Denis Morel
Print - 40 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£719
John Rowlands
Mick Jagger Rolling Stones Tour 1972
John Rowlands
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 2 inch
£1,349
Mick Jagger Rolling Stones Tour 1972
John Rowlands
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
£1,138
Keith the New Barbarians
John Rowlands
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
£1,138
David Bowie - The Archer
John Rowlands
Photography - 50.8 x 66 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 26 x 2 inch
£1,687
Leonard Cohen
John Rowlands
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
£1,138
Mark Arbeit
Atelier Pat Andrea #1
Mark Arbeit
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 inch
£4,217
Atelier Alain Bonnefoit #5
Mark Arbeit
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 inch
£4,217
Fiddlehead Fern
Mark Arbeit
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
£1,855
Bending Orchid
Mark Arbeit
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch
£1,855
Atelier Sylvie Gaudin, African Bed
Mark Arbeit
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 inch
£7,590
Atelier Jean-Claude Barreault
Mark Arbeit
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 inch
£5,060
Ziad Naitaddi
Untitled Morocco 18
Ziad Naitaddi
Photography - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£629
Untitled Morocco 22
Ziad Naitaddi
Photography - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£629
Untitled Morocco 77
Ziad Naitaddi
Photography - 30 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£988
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Double
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£449
Arbre
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£449
Ombre
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£449
Prisme 2
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£449
Fragment 2
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£449
Intimiste
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£449
Juli Manara
Finding Comfort After Exquisite Pain
Juli Manara
Print - 120 x 100 x 0.1 cm Print - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£1,123
Heavy Waves of Gentle Love
Juli Manara
Print - 120 x 100 x 0.1 cm Print - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£1,123
Custom de Biest
Goodmorning
Custom de Biest
Photography - 160 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 63 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£2,651
Money Never Sleeps
Custom de Biest
Photography - 90 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£2,651
Cannes Festival
Custom de Biest
Photography - 140 x 95 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 37.4 x 1.6 inch
£2,651