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Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Le Cheval.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 22 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13 x 0 inch
£178
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Là-bas.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 33 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£178
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Sous l'Arbre.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 22 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13 x 0 inch
£178
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Assurance.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 33 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£178
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Papillon.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 22 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13 x 0 inch
£178
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Réunion.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 22 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13 x 0 inch
£178
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Course.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 22 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13 x 0 inch
£178
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Dos à dos.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 33 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£178
Varoma therapie
Nathalie Roux
Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
£53
Bar Le Cactus (rue des Archives)
Amadou Gaye
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£355
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Closed
Brian Duffy
Photography - 61 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 24 x 0 inch
£19,107
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open
Brian Duffy
Photography - 101 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 39.8 x 0 inch
£9,331
Identity - Collection Hey Mars
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.5 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£1,111
The drowning of consumption, shoes sauce
Idan Wizen
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
£8,443
Marchand du Souk
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£444
Portrait d'une femme de Mogadiscio
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£444
Ecole Grand Bassam, 2005
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,066
Roi de Grand Bassam, 1990
José Nicolas
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£622
Ines de la Fressange et Patricia Pellen
José Nicolas
Photography - 45 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£578
Audrey Hepburn In Rome
Norman Parkinson
Photography - 51 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
£4,932
Desvelando Gaudí 06
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£355
Série : Lalibela, près du ciel - anges regardant, Ethiopie
Cristina García Rodero
Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
£13,775
Sergei Sviatchenko - Capacity For Conjuring Illusion 2
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 42 cm Photography - 8.3 x 16.5 inch
£2,666
Sergei Sviatchenko - Capacity For Conjuring Illusion 3
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 42 cm Photography - 8.3 x 16.5 inch
£2,666
Sergei Sviatchenko - Capacity For Conjuring Illusion 5
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 42 cm Photography - 8.3 x 16.5 inch
£2,666
Sergei Sviatchenko - Capacity For Conjuring Illusion 6
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 26 x 32 cm Photography - 10.2 x 12.6 inch
£2,666
Sergei Sviatchenko - Capacity For Conjuring Illusion 4
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 36 x 26 cm Photography - 14.2 x 10.2 inch
£2,666
Sergei Sviatchenko - Capacity For Conjuring Illusion 1
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 36 x 26 cm Photography - 14.2 x 10.2 inch
£2,666
John Travolta
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£435
Miles Davis - Courbé
Hervé Pezzini
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
£222
Arizona 002. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
£3,466
Johnny Thunders and friend
Jean-Pierre Roux
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£435
Emulsion 13
Giuliano Bekor
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
£13,269
Les Tirallés
Willow Evann
Photography - 110 x 110 x 4 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
£7,110
Lutambi meshe
Pamela Tulizo
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
£6,221
Mechi light
Pamela Tulizo
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
£6,221
Lutambi
Pamela Tulizo
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
£6,221
3K Project - Untitled N° 09
Steeve Bauras
Photography - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£3,110
Existing in Costume – Sleeping Beauty
Chan-Hyo Bae
Photography - 120 x 153 cm Photography - 47.2 x 60.2 inch
£4,710
Existing in Costume – Beauty and the Beast
Chan-Hyo Bae
Photography - 120 x 153 cm Photography - 47.2 x 60.2 inch
£4,710
Existing in Costume – Rapunzel
Chan-Hyo Bae
Photography - 120 x 153 cm Photography - 47.2 x 60.2 inch
£4,710
Existing in Costume – Swan Lake
Chan-Hyo Bae
Photography - 120 x 153 cm Photography - 47.2 x 60.2 inch
£4,710
Existing in Costume – Witch Hunting
Chan-Hyo Bae
Photography - 150 x 353 cm Photography - 59.1 x 139 inch
£6,488
Existing in Costume – Witch Worshipping the devil
Chan-Hyo Bae
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
£6,488
Existing in Costume – Crime of Contracting with the devil
Chan-Hyo Bae
Photography - 180 x 270 cm Photography - 70.9 x 106.3 inch
£6,754
Existing in Costume – Crime of Raining down the hailstorm
Chan-Hyo Bae
Photography - 180 x 270 cm Photography - 70.9 x 106.3 inch
£6,754
Existing in Costume – Crime of Spreading the disease
Chan-Hyo Bae
Photography - 180 x 270 cm Photography - 70.9 x 106.3 inch
£6,754
Danseuses floues
Pierre Boillon
Photography - 42 x 42 x 3 cm Photography - 16.5 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
£338
Sara Color
Elvira Carrasco
Photography - 100 x 74 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch
£2,888
Sara Blue
Elvira Carrasco
Photography - 135 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 53.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
£3,910
L'Istintivo: Natura, Origini e Jazz
Elvira Carrasco
Photography - 135 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 53.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
£3,910
Viaggiando: Arte, Orti e Laguna
Elvira Carrasco
Photography - 135 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 53.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
£3,910
Be My Star
Elvira Carrasco
Photography - 135 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 53.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
£3,910
Early Morning Sim
Marine Foissey
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,164
Sleeping Greek Woman
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 150 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£3,102
God Is Tired
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
£2,322
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
The Courtesan
Forough Yavari
Photography - 101.6 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 32 x 1 inch
£2,073
Denny Radoncic
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 45.72 x 60.69 x 0.5 cm Photography - 18 x 23.9 x 0.2 inch
£1,333
Will Moncada
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 60.69 x 45.72 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.9 x 18 x 0.2 inch
£1,333
Scott
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 35.75 x 43.35 x 0.5 cm Photography - 14.1 x 17.1 x 0.2 inch
£1,333
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Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
£1,421
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
£1,511
Abstract Guernica Collection - Tribute to Picasso
Freda People Art
Painting - 105 x 105 x 0.3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch
£1,333
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
£1,955
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
£1,066
Portrait Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered the process for setting images onto pewter plates. In 1833, upon Nièpce's death, Louis Daguerre and François Arago continued his experiments and invented the daguerreotype, a process which created a printed image on a silver plate that had been exposed to light. Photography was born.
Similarly to how portrait painting had dominated artistic output in previous centuries, portrait photography was to become the pillar of the Second French Empire's photographic industry. Lenses with a shorter focal length, which enabled reduced exposure times, gradually appear on the market. The required equipment was expensive and difficult to handle. Some photographers, called daguerreotypists, decided to open their own photography studios to make a profit from their endeavours. The daguerreotype process was temperamental, and photographers had to take their pictures with great precision and attention to detail. They welcomed many people into their studios and customers choose how they wished to be photographed from catalogue of poses. Originally only accessible to the bourgeoisie, lower prices resulting from the growing number of studios eventually attracted a wider customer base. This phenomenon infuriated the poet Charles Baudelaire who was frustrated by the sense of narcissism sparked by the daguerreotypists.
Despite his protests, the egotistical trend only grew with the emergence of 'carte de visite' portraits (small photographs, the size of today's business cards). These were the brainchild of Adolphe Eugène Disdéri came up with the idea of producing portraits akin to visiting cards in 1859. He printed eight portraits in a variety of poses onto a single plate and once developed they could be cut up into eight distinct “visiting cards". Very popular with the bourgeoisie, they highlighted the sitters' social status. 'Carte de visite' portraits featuring celebrities were also sold to customers, who could subsequently add them to their albums.
The photographer Nadar was one of the first to demonstrate a conscious artistic approach to producing these portraits. He emphasised facial expressions and ensured the sitter was comfortable and at ease before taking the photograph. He photographed the era's greatest thinkers and artists, including Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. He even managed to reconcile Baudelaire with portraiture.
At the end of the 19th century, the art of photography started to enter the mainstream, with the arrival of the Kodak company. The use of the camera, and the taking of portraits, became everyday occurrences. A century later, it was the invention of the digital camera which challenged the status quo. Whereas before alterations could only be made to photographs when they were being taken or developed, with the digital camera editing became easier, quicker and more convenient. Digital photography has given photographers much more freedom when it comes to editing and new methods and techniques are constantly being explored.
Some of the photographers who have left their mark on the last century include: Cindy Sherman, who excelled in self-portraits, Annie Leibovitz, who captured celebrities, the wacky duo, Pierre and Gilles, as well as Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims.
So, do portraits help us to learn more about each other, to remember, to invent, to act, or to reconnect with ourselves? Find out on Artsper, by exploring the works of Formento & Formento, Naomi Vona, Ahmed Bennani, Chou Ching Hui, Samuel Cueto, Brno del Zou, Ren Hang, Markus + Indrani, Jerome Liebling as well as Annina Roescheisen.
What makes a portrait photograph?
A portrait photograph can be a photograph of a person's head and shoulders, but it can also be of an animal or of a different section of the subject's body such as their feet. Portrait photographs in art often tell or hint something about its subject to the viewer, such as an aspect of their personality, but still contain an element of mystery.
What are the three major types of portrait photography?
The three major types of portrait photography are posed portraits, candid or anonymous portraits, and conceptual portraits. The last type, conceptual or creative portraits, can be experimental and abstract, and may not represent an image close to a traditional portrait.
What are the six styles of portrait photography?
The six main types of portrait photography are fine art portraits, traditional portraits (for example posed portraits taken at school), lifestyle portraits, group portraits, street portraits and glamour portraits.