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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Dores Sacquegna
C'era una volta il mare
Dores Sacquegna
Photography - 90 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
£1,333
Mondi fluttuanti
Dores Sacquegna
Photography - 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
£1,333
Romain Reveau
Samuel Ryde
Hackney Picturehouse.
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
£350
Honore Club, NYC.
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
£350
Call Me Too Love Me
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
£350
Eat by Chloe, London.
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
£350
Michael Burgess
Portrait of Albert Schweitzer
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 74 x 65 x 2.54 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.1 x 25.6 x 1 inch
£800
Wild Birch - Forest
Michael Burgess
Photography - 36 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
£853
Christ - Stations of the Cross, Number XI
Michael Burgess
Print - 46 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£1,066
Lion skull
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 71 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 24.4 x 0 inch
£1,066
Life - Cycles dying sunflower
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 53 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 20.9 x 1.6 inch
£1,155
Calm - Rain on Pond
Michael Burgess
Photography - 25 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 22 x 0 inch
£622
Pen & ink wash drawing
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 77 x 56 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.3 x 22 x 1.2 inch
£553
Sarah Baley
Andreas Möltgen
Anchor in gold - série coque et ancre de bateau
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 16.1 x 0 inch
£551
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£551
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£551
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£551
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£551
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateau
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£551
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£551
Maki Amemori
Luscious – blue
Maki Amemori
Photography - 14.4 x 10 x 2 cm Photography - 5.7 x 3.9 x 0.8 inch
£1,532
After Image – Tokyo Ginza –
Maki Amemori
Painting - 59 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£1,721
Labyrinth Color No 5
Maki Amemori
Painting - 14.4 x 10 x 0.2 cm Painting - 5.7 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
£1,395
Labyrinth Color No 10
Maki Amemori
Painting - 59.4 x 42 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
£1,328
Tracy Hickman
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Tracy Hickman
Photography - 26 x 26 x 1 cm Photography - 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch
£1,911
And then there were two
Tracy Hickman
Photography - 26 x 26 x 1 cm Photography - 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch
£1,911
Gabriele Basilico
Marie Burel
La Diva de Forcalquier
Marie Burel
Photography - 74 x 60 x 3.5 cm Photography - 29.1 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
£1,244
Notre Dame tu nous gardes
Marie Burel
Photography - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£1,066
L'Année du Charmeur de Serpent
Marie Burel
Photography - 47.5 x 37.5 x 3 cm Photography - 18.7 x 14.8 x 1.2 inch
£622
L'Année du Lapin Chasseur
Marie Burel
Photography - 52 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 20.5 x 15 x 1.2 inch
£533
L'Année du Cochon Corse
Marie Burel
Photography - 44 x 34 x 3 cm Photography - 17.3 x 13.4 x 1.2 inch
£533
Kappil Beach. Kerala
Marie Burel
Photography - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
£533
Josephine Ernst
L'univers de la petite sirène 1
Josephine Ernst
Photography - 50 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
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L'univers de la petite sirène 7
Josephine Ernst
Photography - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Photography - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
Sold
L'univers de la petite sirène 2
Josephine Ernst
Photography - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Photography - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
Sold
L'univers de la petite sirène 3
Josephine Ernst
Photography - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Photography - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
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L'univers de la petite sirène 4
Josephine Ernst
Photography - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Photography - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
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L'univers de la petite sirène 5
Josephine Ernst
Photography - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Photography - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
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L'univers de la petite sirène 6
Josephine Ernst
Photography - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Photography - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
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