Photographers
A photographer is a person who creates an image of the world using a camera. Given that nowadays, everyone takes photographs with their smartphones, it is necessary to distinguish this mass flow of images from the work of fine art photographers who have an artistic intention and aim to create original artworks.
Thus we consider an fine art photograph to be a work that is created with artistic intention and includes a reflection on ideas and technique. Art photography must be an original work by an artist who recognises their role in the creation by signing their name. The concept of an original work is also linked to the limited edition. Generally, the fewer copies are made, the higher the price of each photograph.
All the photographic processes are based on two fundamental requirements, first of all the ability to capture an image and then capacity to fix image onto a support, rendering it visible. It took a lot of experimentation in order achieve this. The very first photograph dates from 1826 and was taken by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce. This photograph shows an image of his house and it took ten hours of exposure time to capture it. It was over ten years until the first photograph representing a human being was taken in 1838. It is an image of the Pont Neuf in Paris on which we can distinguish two passerbys. This photograph is the work of a former student of Nicéphore Niépce: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre. Daguerre gave his name to a new technique which consists of fixing a negative image onto a silver plate: the daguerreotype.
The next major breakthroughs were the replacement of the glass plate with dry gel on paper or film which allowed for a wider diffusion of photography and the appearance of colour photography at the beginning of the 20th century. All these techniques can be grouped together under the term analog photography. In the mid 20th century the invention of digital photography revolutionised the medium. It was a technical and artistic revolution, photographers could now see on a screen the image they had just captured and could adjust their shots accordingly and they could also take advantage of the infinite possibilities offered by computer retouching.
Photography is often broken down and classified into different groups including: fashion photography, nude photography, conceptual photography, colour photography, black and white photography, street art photography, and so on.
Some of the greatest photographers in history include: Robert Mapplethorpe, Li Wei, Bert Stern, Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier Bresson, Vivian Maier, Philippe Ramette, Bernard Pras, Steve McCurry, Richard Avedon, David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton and Martin Parr.
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Mario Pascual Cámara
Snow on the mountain
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 59.47 x 106 cm Photography - 23.4 x 41.7 inch
$1,458
Mountains with horses 2
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 58.12 x 135 cm Photography - 22.9 x 53.1 inch
$1,683
Horses in the mountain
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 42 x 65 cm Photography - 16.5 x 25.6 inch
$1,122
The Mountains With The Sheep
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 49.33 x 74 cm Photography - 19.4 x 29.1 inch
$1,122
Sergei Sviatchenko
Sergei Sviatchenko - Capacity For Conjuring Illusion 8
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 36 x 26 cm Photography - 14.2 x 10.2 inch
$3,366
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 2
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,366
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 9
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,366
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 7
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,366
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 4
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,366
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 1
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,366
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 5
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,366
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 3
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,366
Simeon Posen
01501- Midway Lights
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
Hilton Falls - 13309
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
99101 - Midway Lights
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
99102- Midway Lights
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
Midway Lights - 13914
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
Midway Lights - 99127
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
Rockies - 152101
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
Wilson Falls - 14501
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
Marcel Antelo
Serie Chapadmalal #8539
Marcel Antelo
Photography - 43 x 59 cm Photography - 16.9 x 23.2 inch
$2,042
Serie Chapadmalal #8482
Marcel Antelo
Photography - 43 x 59 cm Photography - 16.9 x 23.2 inch
$2,042
Antoine Buttafoghi
The Curve is the Shortest Path to Beauty
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$1,571
The angel and the sparrow
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 100 x 80 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$1,571
Kalaallit Nunaat 01-01
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,346
Kalaallit Nunaat 03-03
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,346
Jason Engelund
Feel, Canyon Road (Abstract photography)
Jason Engelund
Photography - 51 x 41 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,374
If You Are Falling, Dive (018)
Jason Engelund
Painting - 76.2 x 61 cm Painting - 30 x 24 inch
$2,682
Meta Road, Individuate, California Hwy 1
Jason Engelund
Photography - 61 x 46 cm Photography - 24 x 18.1 inch
$1,963
Tere Duro
Florian Hunger-Pegof
1967 Humanité Mankind
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,188
1972 Fleur - Flower METALLICA
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Sculpture - 4 x 3 x 3 cm Sculpture - 1.6 x 1.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,188
1972 Silver Metallica
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Sculpture - 21 x 8 x 6 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 3.1 x 2.4 inch
$2,188
1972 Black Metallica 2
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Sculpture - 27 x 4 x 4 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 1.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,188
1972 Metallica Black 1
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Sculpture - 24 x 10 x 4 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 3.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,188
1972 METALLICA Oeil Eye
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Sculpture - 4 x 1 x 1 cm Sculpture - 1.6 x 0.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,188
1972 Vienna Muse 2 Vue du ciel
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,188
1972 Fish Eye Autoportrait
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,132
Malena Mazza
Bogdan Boev
Winter Robin II
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$370
Lesser Spotted Eagle - Clanga pomarina and Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$236
Black kite - Milvus migrans
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 32.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 12.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$236
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$236
White-tailed Eagle - Haliaeetus albicilla
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$236
Tokihiro Sato
Photo-respiration 1998 Yura #340
Tokihiro Sato
Photography - 33 x 48.3 cm Photography - 13 x 19 inch
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