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Tragic virtues
Richard Kelley
Photography - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
£347
Vers l'abstrait
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£213
Quitter la Terre
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£213
From the series Sunset 3
Dmytro Bilous
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£133
Game of light 2
Dmytro Bilous
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£133
Game of light 1
Dmytro Bilous
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£133
Dancing Lights
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 96.5 x 147.3 x 3.3 cm Photography - 38 x 58 x 1.3 inch
£4,334
Aspen Reds
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 96.5 x 139.7 x 3.3 cm Photography - 38 x 55 x 1.3 inch
£4,334
Alley Bending
Mathieu Fournier
Photography - 32 x 32 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
£284
Scanography Multi
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 160 x 200 x 3 cm Photography - 63 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
£7,021
Gardez les Bonnes Feuilles !
Daniel Allisy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
£400
Fondation
Mathieu Fournier
Photography - 50 x 100 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
£329
Abstraction rouge / s
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£862
Abstraction verte / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£862
Abstraction bleu / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£862
Energie / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
£862
Morning Rise
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
£1,689
Fantasmagorie / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 5.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 2 inch
£862
Abstrait / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 65 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
£862
MirooooDes
Philippe Boutefeu
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,066
Reflets et cormoran / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£862
Convergence jaune /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£862
Convergence rouge /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£862
Convergence bleu /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£862
Distorsion
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£862
Colors of the day / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£862
Série des mètres
Arthur Di Nunzio
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
£1,111
Série des mètres
Arthur Di Nunzio
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
£1,111
From grape to stars - Domaine Guigal-La Landonne#1
Patrick Desgraupes
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
£14,219
Just take one look before bedtime
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 0.1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0 inch
£1,511
Twenty First Century Meladrama
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 0.1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0 inch
£1,511
Fire escape to freedom
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 0.1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0 inch
£1,511
Runun' To A Dream
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 0.2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
£1,511
Meta Color XX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color XIX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color XVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color XIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color XII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color VI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Meta Color I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,213
Wild lens - Big Five
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 40 x 175 x 5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 68.9 x 2 inch
£2,302
Watchtower mlt I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 160 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch
£4,355
Débordement II variante
Romain Liverato
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
£489
Nature Morte Confinement 4
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 40 x 60 x 5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 2 inch
£400
Tempête en mer d'iroise
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£862
Colors of the day
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£862
Reflets de printemps /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 42 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 2 inch
£862
Convergence sombre
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£862
Poltergeist / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£862
Reflets en rade de Brest / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
£862
Vanishing Moments No.28, Triptychon
Till Leeser
Photography - 80 x 180 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,600
Autumn Trees No.13
Till Leeser
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
£533
Hemerocallis No. 04
Till Leeser
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
£533
Zero point #S2021-03j
Tine Wilde
Photography - 53 x 53 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 20.9 x 0 inch
£1,777
So Near, So Far 3.
Petr Strnad
Photography - 33.3 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.1 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£142
So Near, So Far 4.
Petr Strnad
Photography - 50 x 33.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13.1 x 0 inch
£142
So Near, So Far 1.
Petr Strnad
Photography - 33.3 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.1 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£142
Wonderalnd : Change
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£347
I don't know why it's seems so funny
David Pinegar
Photography - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£15,375
Natural Rhythm 1.
Petr Strnad
Photography - 35 x 46.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 18.4 x 0 inch
£133
Circle Grammar #2
Petr Strnad
Photography - 45.8 x 45.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 18 x 17.8 x 0 inch
£240
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Drawing No. 453
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£1,066
An Angel Passes By
Thierry Corpet
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
£1,333
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.
What is considered abstract photography?
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.
What makes good abstract photography?
There are different factors in what makes a good abstract photograph, including composition, color, tone, lighting and mystery.
What are the different types of abstract photography?
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.