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![Photography, Breathe # 202401, Paul Snell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2230606_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Beyond Duality, Chroma Concentrics #4, Peta Jacobs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2231705_1_grid.jpg)
Beyond Duality, Chroma Concentrics #4
Peta Jacobs
Photography - 32 x 32 x 2 cm Photography - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
£570
![Photography, Untitled #72, Richard Caldicott](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2230002_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Shorelines 2, Thomas Kaminsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217746_1_grid.jpg)
Shorelines 2
Thomas Kaminsky
Photography - 40 x 120 x 0.8 cm Photography - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.3 inch
£728
![Photography, Reminiscence - 11, Ralouka Montesi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210178_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, A cold cliff, Nino Alavidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215570_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rois et reines dans la foret magique (Hommage à Antoni CLAVÉ), Philipp Hugues Bonan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228582_1_grid.jpg)
Rois et reines dans la foret magique (Hommage à Antoni CLAVÉ)
Philipp Hugues Bonan
Photography - 28.4 x 20.8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.2 x 8.2 x 0 inch
£597
![Photography, Untitled, 81G_0890, Jurek Wajdowicz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205559_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled, 81G_0890
Jurek Wajdowicz
Photography - 55.8 x 39.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 15.5 x 0 inch
£1,200
![Photography, Cosa Mentale, Gianfranco Pezzot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221943_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Encre de Mer, Laurence Gallien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207612_1_grid.jpg)
Encre de Mer
Laurence Gallien
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
£1,667
![Photography, 7 – Pi 81 polygonal rouge sur fond noir – Tirage photographique argentique, Philippe Leveau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216388_1_grid.jpg)
7 – Pi 81 polygonal rouge sur fond noir – Tirage photographique argentique
Philippe Leveau
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£145
![Photography, Fragile 001, Johana Trayanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212789_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Myriade-RGB_2024_0010, Myriad-RGB](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201199_1_grid.jpg)
Myriade-RGB_2024_0010
Myriad-RGB
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£421
![Photography, Esfera, Antonio Aguirre Pacheco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202464_1_grid.jpg)
Esfera
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,404
![Photography, Sharpness 02, Milen Radev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206401_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rhythmogramm 183A, Heinrich Heidersberger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204741_1_grid.jpg)
Rhythmogramm 183A
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£1,185
![Photography, Algas 45-V, Paola Dávila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214992_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dialogue II, Astrid Krehan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228995_1_grid.jpg)
Dialogue II
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£4,606
![Photography, Untitled, Anja Schwörer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199700_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, untitled, Vanessa Henn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199290_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Stars & Stripes, Jochen Cerny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068695_1_grid.jpg)
Stars & Stripes
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 100.1 x 150.1 x 2.8 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.1 inch
£4,432
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![Photography, Fields of the Sun 167, Jason Engelund](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213841_1_grid.jpg)
Fields of the Sun 167
Jason Engelund
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0 inch
£2,450
![Photography, Sao Tomé, Tony Soulié](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165631_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sel de Gruissan. France, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221534_1_grid.jpg)
Sel de Gruissan. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£790
![Photography, The Charming One - Limited Edition Print, Fatima Mian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201886_1_grid.jpg)
The Charming One - Limited Edition Print
Fatima Mian
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£515
![Photography, Temporal Perception "Golden Moment #1", Serge Hamad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1165992_1_grid.jpg)
Temporal Perception "Golden Moment #1"
Serge Hamad
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
£806
![Photography, Jura Reloaded 2, Joëlle Cabanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1369413_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The girl from Seville #4 - Slices of Life Series, Anna Levesh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028928_1_grid.jpg)
The girl from Seville #4 - Slices of Life Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 100 x 75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 inch
£781
![Photography, Angel and demon, Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217724_1_grid.jpg)
Angel and demon
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.02 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£1,185
![Photography, Vague #5, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201763_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Femmes, Grégory Valentin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211227_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, West of the way, Justin Pumfrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1923354_1_grid.jpg)
West of the way
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
£1,750
![Photography, Head in the Clouds, Dasha Pears](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1114935_1_grid.jpg)
Head in the Clouds
Dasha Pears
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£684
![Photography, Urban blur VII, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1539447_1_grid.jpg)
Urban blur VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,658
![Photography, Orchidée, Aurélie Trabaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214078_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Recordings IV, Javier Rey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1164336_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Aspérités, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181400_1_grid.jpg)
Aspérités
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,755
![Photography, Contemplation, Laurence Winram](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1073688_1_grid.jpg)
Contemplation
Laurence Winram
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
£480
![Photography, Mediodía, Gisela Gaffoglio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978426_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Behind God’s Back, László Moholy-Nagy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/899133_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, N°2076, Jean-Paul Baret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/353452_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ogowa, Mikiya Takimoto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190083_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Codes esthétiques 0373, Konstantin Kornakov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/256039_1_grid.jpg)
Codes esthétiques 0373
Konstantin Kornakov
Photography - 60 x 45 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
£614
![Photography, Bomdok, Georges Rousse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1661472_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Entre Vous & Nous, Jean-Claude Byandb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/804783_1_grid.jpg)
Entre Vous & Nous
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£535
![Photography, Station 6, Aline Isoard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1243455_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Stronger, Richard Gaylon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1317954_1_grid.jpg)
Stronger
Richard Gaylon
Photography - 114.3 x 76.2 x 0.254 cm Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 inch
£2,466
![Photography, Grotte de Glace II, Juliette Agnel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187666_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Coquelicot flottant, Léa Dedieu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914610_1_grid.jpg)
Coquelicot flottant
Léa Dedieu
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
£834
![Photography, Beet It, Jordana Ozier Lafontaine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2222046_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Colors Of Africa: Kyalami 1979, Nils Eichberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1369092_1_grid.jpg)
Colors Of Africa: Kyalami 1979
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,009
![Photography, Big B'Oom, RicO](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180501_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Invitation, Priska Walliman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356933_1_grid.jpg)
Invitation
Priska Walliman
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
£1,316
![Photography, Urbain brutalisme - Digital Art digigraphie, Claire Giraudeau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314627_1_grid.jpg)
Urbain brutalisme - Digital Art digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£132
![Photography, USA Valley of fire 0934, Jean-Pierre Fleury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1902006_1_grid.jpg)
USA Valley of fire 0934
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
£1,009
![Photography, Abstraction automnale, Arelys Photos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141846_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction automnale
Arelys Photos
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
£790
![Photography, Colombes A, Corinne Cavillac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209018_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Magenta, Christian Lefevre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581105_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, On the merry go round I, Adam Regan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1772988_1_grid.jpg)
On the merry go round I
Adam Regan
Photography - 50 x 74.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
£499
![Photography, Cloud Gate Sculpture, Millenium, Michael K. Yamaoka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/805233_1_grid.jpg)
Cloud Gate Sculpture, Millenium
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.04 inch
£3,223
![Photography, L'horizon des événements N°3, Leah Desmousseaux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451040_1_grid.jpg)
L'horizon des événements N°3
Leah Desmousseaux
Photography - 36 x 55 cm Photography - 14.2 x 21.7 inch
£877
![Photography, Les architectures de l'ombre V.XXXXI, Geraldine Wilcke](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179909_1_grid.jpg)
Les architectures de l'ombre V.XXXXI
Geraldine Wilcke
Photography - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£1,053
![Photography, Close to nothing (Pink), Sophie Derrick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/71413_1_grid.jpg)
Close to nothing (Pink)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
£1,200
![Photography, Mies Unfolded, Marie-jeanne Hoffner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1529571_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (6), Vianca Reinig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1467774_1_grid.jpg)
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (6)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
£3,510
![Photography, Magnetic Radiation 02, Seb Janiak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/421500_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Essential Workers, Michael Alan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1012023_1_grid.jpg)
Essential Workers
Michael Alan
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.04 inch
£2,256
![Photography, Megan's Demons, Joey Tranchina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1458426_1_grid.jpg)
Megan's Demons
Joey Tranchina
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
£2,194
![Photography, Autumn - Tribute to Mark Rothko, Didier de Radiguès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/860007_1_grid.jpg)
Autumn - Tribute to Mark Rothko
Didier de Radiguès
Photography - 140 x 200 x 5 cm Photography - 55.1 x 78.7 x 2 inch
£4,212
![Photography, Untitled II, Sébastien Castillo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/27064_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled II
Sébastien Castillo
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£474
![Photography, Stone Series 1, GK Austin II](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1021989_1_grid.jpg)
Stone Series 1
GK Austin II
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 inch
£3,062
![Photography, Deterritorialisation 4, David Agius](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1374435_1_grid.jpg)
Deterritorialisation 4
David Agius
Photography - 66 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 26 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£965
![Photography, Belly's Pollens, Damien De Bellis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/872271_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Photo 111103.4, Gottfried Jäger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463138_1_grid.jpg)
Photo 111103.4
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£5,703
![Photography, Sans titre, Patrick Chappert-Gaujal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129299_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Patrick Chappert-Gaujal
Photography - 94 x 74 x 0.2 cm Photography - 37 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch
£1,492
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Blue Madonna 01
Nathalie Auzepy
Photography - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£3,948
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Emerging Light
Sylvia Fournier
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
£298
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Abstraction désertique - Photographie désert du Néguev, Israël
Danielle Aspis
Photography - 36 x 64 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 25.2 x 0 inch
£987
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Abstract Photography for Sale
Abstract photography, also sometimes known as experimental photography, is the art of creating a visual effect with an image that has no immediate attachment to reality, by using processes like focusing, framing, or retouching and editing the photograph in post-processing. For example, an abstract picture can sometimes isolate a fragment of an ordinary image to remove it from its original context and give it a surrealist edge. It can also involve playing with blurring, shadows or lighting, textures or unexpected forms. The image is often created with traditional photographic material (analog or digital cameras, dark room, computer). However, artists can also manipulate and alter the film in order to achieve the desired effect.
The first images known as “abstract photographs" appeared shortly after the invention of photography in the 1830s. In 1842, John William Draper created a new type of images with a spectroscope. This machine dispersed light beams and produced a phenomenon that was previously invisible to the eye. The negatives he produced had nothing in common with the works of other photographers, and they opened the way for innovative photographic works. Draper perceived these images as a scientific discovery, not as artworks, but today his method is widely acclaimed by critics for its inherent originality.
In England, Anna Atkins was also a pioneer of abstract photography; she was the first one to place dry algae on cyanotype paper. This scientific experiment improved photographic techniques by creating unique blue and white images. Moreover, the discovery of X-ray and radioactivity in 1896 provoked a fascination for the invisible and many photographers were immediately drawn to these phenomena. French photographer Louis Darget attempted to capture mental processes by pressing unexposed plates to the foreheads of his and trying to get them to project images from their minds onto the plates. He carried out thousands of similar experiments.
It was only during the 20th century that abstract photography truly became recognised as an artistic practice. Surrealism and cubism started replacing impressionism, especially after the Salon d'Automne in 1903 in Paris. This event highlighted new talents like Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp… Ten years later, in New York, Wassily Kandinsky, Mondrian, Braque and Delaunay shocked audiences. The freedom coming from abstract art inspired some of the greatest photographers to break the rules.
Erwin Quedenfeldt exhibited the first abstract photographs in Cologne in 1914. From 1920 to 1930, Europe became the epicenters of conceptual photography with artists such as Jaroslav Rossler, Josef Sudeck, and Rössler exploring abstraction.
Post-processing became more central to photographic works in the 60s and the 70s, with artists like Josef Newman. Eventually, the growing popularity of computers in the 90s and the 2000s opened up infinite possibilities for creating original work. Some contemporary photographers like Peter Klasen, Dominic Harris, or Nicolas Dubreuille combine photography with other mediums.
Find them all on Artsper with our unique selection of abstract photographs.
Abstract photography refers to images created using photography equipment that do not directly represent the real visual world as we see it. Abstract photographers use different techniques to manipulate the image captured by the camera.
There are different factors in what makes a good abstract photograph, including composition, color, tone, lighting and mystery.
There are many different ways to produce an abstract photograph. Techniques can include moving the camera during exposure, playing with light and reflections, using different angles, and experimenting with production techniques.