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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Jodi Bieber
Cardiff by night
Jodi Bieber
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,973
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Into the wild
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£3,999
La mémoire
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Photography - 81 x 65 x 1 cm Photography - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
£418
La crypte
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£2,222
La caravelle
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£3,999
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Temporal Disorder - 19
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£444
Temporal Disorder - 16
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£444
Temporal Disorder - 6
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£444
Temporal Disorder - 7
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£444
Achroun Aosmon - 1
Radu Corneliu Sarion
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£444
Cindi Emond
Room with a View
Cindi Emond
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,066
Serving Spoon and Newspaper
Cindi Emond
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,066
Charlotte Yonga
Dame au Oursins
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 25 x 20 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
£711
Joséphine D.
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 54 x 54 x 7 cm Photography - 21.3 x 21.3 x 2.8 inch
£1,422
Amina and Oumar
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£1,155
Wall with Rhombus
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 86 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.9 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
£2,177
Carretera de Miramar
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
£1,911
Back and wig
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 80 x 64 x 0.2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25.2 x 0.1 inch
£1,955
Didier Claes
Fragment de Paysage 0030
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
£1,466
Fragment de Paysage 0243
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
£1,466
Fragment de Paysage 7846
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
£1,466
Fragment de Paysage 8882
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,466
Fragment de Paysage 9467
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
£1,466
Fragment de Paysage 9890
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
£1,466
Fragment de Paysage 1020
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
£1,466
Fragment de Paysage 0071
Didier Claes
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,466
Christer Hamp
L'homme brun Dark haired man
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
£1,689
Appareil photo création Christer HAMP Hidalgo 1995
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
£791
Stèle de Mémoire STOCKHOLM Memory
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
£800
Portrait de l'homme au pull-over
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
£800
Christian Lattier
Christian Lattier Portrait
Christian Lattier
Photography - 17.5 x 16.5 cm Photography - 6.9 x 6.5 inch
£4,355
Lattier Self-Portait with his creature
Christian Lattier
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
£2,577
Panthere Christian Lattier
Christian Lattier
Photography - 18 x 29 cm Photography - 7.1 x 11.4 inch
£4,355
Tran Huy Hoan
Lady in Lace
Tran Huy Hoan
Photography - 96.5 x 88.9 x 0.6 cm Photography - 38 x 35 x 0.25 inch
£3,317
Lady on Raft
Tran Huy Hoan
Photography - 76.2 x 104.1 x 0.6 cm Photography - 30 x 41 x 0.25 inch
£3,317
Peter Neusser
Flat Iron Building, New York
Peter Neusser
Photography - 122 x 87 cm Photography - 48 x 34.3 inch
£2,844
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
Peter Neusser
Photography - 122 x 87 cm Photography - 48 x 34.3 inch
£2,844
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Peter Neusser
Photography - 87 x 122 x 0.1 cm Photography - 34.3 x 48 x 0 inch
£2,844
Allianz-Auditorium, München
Peter Neusser
Photography - 87 x 122 x 0.1 cm Photography - 34.3 x 48 x 0 inch
£2,844
Wien, Österreich
Peter Neusser
Photography - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
£4,621
Shanghai, China
Peter Neusser
Photography - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
£4,621
München
Peter Neusser
Photography - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
£4,621 £3,697
Dubai
Peter Neusser
Photography - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
£4,621 £3,697
Andrés Rozo Samer
Culinary Atronomy #1
Andrés Rozo Samer
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£960
Culinary Astronomy #2
Andrés Rozo Samer
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£960
Culinary Astronomy #3
Andrés Rozo Samer
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£960
Dead nature Scrolls #1
Andrés Rozo Samer
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£960
Dead nature scrolls #12
Andrés Rozo Samer
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£960
Forough Yavari
Solitude
Forough Yavari
Photography - 25.4 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10 x 40 x 0.025 inch
£2,571
My Share From The Revolution
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
£2,073
God Is Tired
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
£2,322
I Have a Dream
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
£2,322
I Am The Queen Of My Own Little World
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 25 x 1 inch
£1,990
My Share From The Revolution #2
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
£2,073