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Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,393
Doors Open, Come on In
Fatima Mian
Photography - 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£705
Blurry minds #1
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£3,913
Vietnam- Saigon La nuit 3393
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
£1,033
Station Barbès
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 39 x 29 x 1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
£449
A los pies de Zorrilla (Valladolid)
Tere Duro
Photography - 100 x 75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 inch
£629
Paris la nuit - 4
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 29 x 39 x 1 cm Photography - 11.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
£449
Paris la nuit - 3
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 29 x 39 x 1 cm Photography - 11.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
£449
Paris la nuit - 2
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 29 x 39 x 1 cm Photography - 11.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
£449
Paris la nuit - 1
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 39 x 29 x 1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
£449
Moda DIOR, Venezia 1951
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 40 x 32 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
£449
Place royale - Barcelone
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 29 x 39 x 1 cm Photography - 11.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
£449
Maxim's à la tour
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 39 x 29 x 1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
£449
Les Sans Logis
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 39 x 29 x 1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
£449
Chaparapluie rouge
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 39 x 29 x 1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
£449
Brooklyn pont
Sylvie Benoit
Photography - 41 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£1,078
Visitor At No 10 Downing Street
Arthur Steel
Photography - 66 x 86 x 1 cm Photography - 26 x 33.9 x 0.4 inch
£2,426
Christo et Jeanne-Claude, K7 - Photographie Arc de Triomphe empaqueté
Danielle Aspis
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£620
Christo et Jeanne-Claude, K6 - Photographie Arc de Triomphe empaqueté
Danielle Aspis
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£620
Christo et Jeanne-Claude, K5 - Photographie Arc de Triomphe empaqueté
Danielle Aspis
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£620
Jerusalem (Diamond dust)
David Drebin
Photography - 64 x 152 cm Photography - 25.2 x 59.8 inch
£13,479
Dreams of Central Park (Diamond dust)
David Drebin
Photography - 64 x 152 cm Photography - 25.2 x 59.8 inch
£13,479
Escape to Paris (Diamond Dust)
David Drebin
Photography - 79 x 118 cm Photography - 31.1 x 46.5 inch
£9,435
Girl in Orange Dress
David Drebin
Photography - 76 x 118 x 1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 46.5 x 0.4 inch
£9,885
Untilted - Naples.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£359
View of Florence Duomo from far, Florence italy
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 22 x 15 x 0.3 cm Photography - 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
£359
Untitled, Rabat Morocco.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£359
Little Odessa, New York.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£404
John Doe, Tokyo Japan.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
£404
New York Skyliner V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
£1,159
Rainy days in Tokyo V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,788
Rainy days in Tokyo VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,788
Rainy days in Tokyo VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,788
Rainy days in Tokyo X
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,788
Rainy days in Tokyo XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,788
Rainy days in Hong Kong XII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,788
New York Skyliner II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
£1,249
New York Color XV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,608
Sid Vicious, Memphis, 1978
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
£2,108
Bob Gruen, NYC, 1980
Bob Gruen
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
£2,108
Beyrouth, la ville en perpétuelle résurrection
Géraldine Rué
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
£324
Grand Palais, Paris
Jack Garofalo
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£764
Madrid, Espagne
Jean-Christophe Béchet
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£620
The Tides Hotel Ladies, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£1,483
Eureka, USA
Jean-Christophe Béchet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£620
Dolce Vita 14
Aimee Hillman
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch
£1,800
Kalaallit Nunaat 08-08
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
£1,078
Leucate morning
Claude Billès
Photography - 60 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£1,707
Sloping Rooftops, Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.04 inch
£3,373
Reflection of the Eiffel Tower
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.04 inch
£3,373
Notre-Dame de Paris
Anne-Marie Toporkoff
Photography - 18 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.1 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£710
Going to nowhere n 9
Gianni Colangelo
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,696
Cat in a Soho Window
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 91.4 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 inch
£4,044
Lumières à Marrakech
Badreddine Rafiq
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£198
Set Entrelazar
Javier Rey
Photography - 110 x 78 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch
£2,150
La Palette dans le Circuit de Sao
Carol Aplogan
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£629
Helix, Singapour
Carol Aplogan
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£674
Chemiefabrik_004
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,788
5th Avenue
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
£2,876
West Broadway
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
£2,876
Cubism in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 75 x 62 x 3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,652
Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,652
Sherborne, Dorset, UK
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,652
AV_Phoenix_008
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 85 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
£1,788
AV_Phoenix_001
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
£1,788
Un été à Pékin
Elisa Haberer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£3,055
Chemiefabrik_007
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
£1,519
Chemiefabrik_005
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 85 x 120 x 0.3 cm Photography - 33.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
£1,519
Berlin art XV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
£1,249
Apesanteur - Walk in central park
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
£7,728
Sixtine Avenue
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£5,661
Urban housings in Mumbai
Ralf Aubeck
Photography - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,483
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Maison avec une grande histoire, Rome II
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,426
Les espaces de Penseur de Rodin
Jesus Campos
Sculpture - 30 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
£881
It Is Summer Warm Rain At Sunset
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 40 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£899
Yard by the sea
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,687
St Louis Ladies
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch
£786
Citizens in Colour
Julia Whitehead
Painting - 35 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
£1,150
Urban Photography for Sale
In order to define urban photography, it is first important to understand street photography. Street photography typically refers to documentary-like portrait photos of passers-by taken in an urban setting on the spur of the moment. The genre is often associated with the Golden Age of photography which lasted from 1890 to 1970. The great masters of this period include Cartier-Bresson (whose treasured Leica has become an iconic street photography camera), Weegee (known for his images of crime scenes), Robert Doisneau (and his famous 'The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville), William Klein (one of the genre's pioneers known for his focus on children), Vivian Maier, Eugene Atget and many other key names.
As street photography has become a genre of its own, there seems to be a key difference between 'new' and 'traditional' street photography. The subject in street photography has gradually shifted from the street itself to the men and women who occupy the urban space. This photographic technique has allowed some of the great photographers to capture the depth and intensity of certain facial expressions and give their images a strong sense of emotion. Nonetheless, this perspective overlooks certain aspects of the original school of urban photography. Faces and staging have eclipsed urban buildings and their architecture.
Street photography has come to reflect post-modern capitalist society and mass-consumerism where entertainment and immediacy are highly sought after. Although this is not necessarily a negative thing, this cannot be denied and this is what distinguishes it from urban photography.
In a similar way to traditional street photography, urban photography not only tries to freeze people in time but also places. Urban photography captures and enhances buildings and their architecture by playing around with lighting and framing in a way that only professional photographers know how. When we consider that 50% of the world's population now live in cities we can see how each image is instilled with the artist's own opinion of the urban world.
In short, urban photography cannot simply be reduced to street photography; it immortalises urban life with a much broader perspective. It captures everything urban-related; the skyscrapers of Manhattan's skyline are just one example. Passers-by are not necessarily the photograph's main focus; objects are the genre's favourite subject. Much more than just a mere spectator, urban photography is also critical of its society.
Artsper has an exclusive selection of works from artists with a shrewd outlook on contemporary society and who want to share their new perspectives on the world around them. Discover the splendid analogue photos of Paris in the 1930s by Roger Schall or Manhattan photography as well as London photographies and get lost in the depth of Gwenaël Bollinger's incredible shots!
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