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Portrait de Grogu
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£311
Portrait de Grogu
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 46 x 56 x 0.2 cm Photography - 18.1 x 22 x 0.1 inch
£311
Neighborhood
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 127 x 0.5 cm Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.2 inch
£17,774
Heatwave
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 114.3 x 76.2 x 0.5 cm Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.2 inch
£2,488
Rhythms of Resilience IV
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£667
Rhythms of Resilience II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£667
Alex resting
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
£275
Dancer's stretch
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 48.3 x 61 x 1.3 cm Photography - 19 x 24 x 0.5 inch
£300
After Rossetti
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
£395
T2
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£283
T6
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£148
Flamenco, Maria V
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 1 inch
£250
Le portrait rouge
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Magic Mandela
Marie Serruya
Photography - 42 x 59 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£231
Soleil sur Paris
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
T7
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£140
Head in a cloud
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Baba Yaga and Baby Yoda
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 43 x 62.29 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.9 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch
£498
Mystique's Cosmos Prisoner
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 55 x 55.84 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.7 x 22 x 0.1 inch
£489
Dark Land of Fireflies
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 83.83 x 47 x 0.3 cm Photography - 33 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
£707
Je voyage
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
A Paris mon coeur est pris
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Le temps de la passion
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Bleu de toi
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Les mots bleus
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Winnie Harlow
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
£17,774
Michael B Jordan
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
£17,774
Yara Shahidi
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
£17,774
Nicole Kidman
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
£17,774
Marc Jacobs
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
£17,774
Thuso Mbedu
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
£17,774
Selah Marley
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
£17,774
Shaun Ross
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
£17,774
Edward Enninful
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
£8,887
Winnie Harlow
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
£8,887
Martha Stewart
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
£8,887
Yara Shahidi
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76 x 55 x 5.08 cm Photography - 29.9 x 21.7 x 2 inch
£8,887
Albert Burla
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
£17,774
Albert Burla
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
£8,887
Ben Stiller
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
£8,887
Ben Stiller
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
£17,774
Ralph Lauren
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
£17,774
Nicole Kidman
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
£17,774
Matrha Stewart
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
£17,774
Edward Enninful
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 2 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.8 inch
£17,774
Je pense trop
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Dans la Bible
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£240
Faceless figure - The paradox of identity
Robert Jaso
Photography - 55 x 42 cm Photography - 21.7 x 16.5 inch
£2,933
Faceless figure - Blind insight
Robert Jaso
Photography - 55 x 42 cm Photography - 21.7 x 16.5 inch
£2,933
La pause
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
L'homme à la tête chercheuse
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Cyclone et Açores
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
La femme évanescente
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Shark portraiture II
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Shark portrait I
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Look at me
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£204
T1
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£148
Ceasar, Capturing the Essence of a Human Face
Robert Jaso
Photography - 118 x 80 cm Photography - 46.5 x 31.5 inch
£4,888
Wonderland : Faith II & Return
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£347
Wonderland : Portrait - Return
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£347
Masked Queens - Prayer&Repentance
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£284
Masked Queens - Grounding
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£284
Masked Queens - Higher
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£284
Spiritual Freedom - Deliverance
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£427
Spiritual Freedom - Prayer
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£427
Chapeau l'Artiste
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£240
L'Homme au chapeau
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£240
Perplexité /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£204
Elle et les fleurs /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£240
96 Printemps /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£204
Elle Lascive /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£204
ELLE 1996 Coquine /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£204
Un ange passe
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£204
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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.