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Les sandales - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 35 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
€440
Les sandales 2 - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
Le barbu - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
Le sucre, Père Jean-Joseph - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
La ligne, frère Marie-Antoine - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
L'évier - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
L'Escalier - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
Tonsure, la valse - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
Tonsure, humilité
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
Père Pio-Marie
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
Les trois carreaux
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
L'Ampoule
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
Tonsure Frère Lazare
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€440
Vanitas Vanitatum Omnia Vanitas #05
Malo
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€5,600
Vanitas Vanitatum Omnia Vanitas #04
Malo
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€5,600
Vanitas Vanitatum Omnia Vanitas #09
Malo
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€5,600
Vanitas Vanitatum Omnia Vanitas #01
Malo
Photography - 112 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€18,500
Vanitas Vanitatum Omnia Vanitas #09
Malo
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€12,400
Paris Mômes "Les oreilles"
Bertrand Desprez
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
€450
Paris Mômes "Les Fleurs"
Bertrand Desprez
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
€450
Sans Titre
Jean-François Spricigo
Photography - 27.5 x 27.5 x 1 cm Photography - 10.8 x 10.8 x 0.4 inch
€2,400
Michael Lonsdale
Jean-François Spricigo
Photography - 25 x 38 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 15 x 0.4 inch
€2,800
Marguerite Duras
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€250
Thom Yorke (2006)
Kevin Westenberg
Photography - 152 x 101 cm Photography - 59.8 x 39.8 inch
€13,260
Solar Eclipse
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 inch
€5,319
Madagascar, Analamanga, Mahitsy, fabrique de briques
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
€600
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Ambatondrazaka, son père avec ses deux garçons sur une moto chinoise
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
€600
Madagascar, Analamanga, Mahitsy, hôpital de district
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
€600
Madagascar, Analamanga, mère et fils agriculteurs
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
€600
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Vodiala, garagiste
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
€600
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, enfants à la paroisse protestante du village
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
€600
Electric Cowboy
Pauline Corto
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€480
Cristina's world (Identity assertions series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 18 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€325
Serie Anna. Moscow
Stanley Greene
Photography - 10.8 x 8.9 x 1 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch
€9,000
Serie Anna. Moscow
Stanley Greene
Photography - 10.8 x 8.9 x 1 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch
€9,000
Serie Anna. Moscow
Stanley Greene
Photography - 10.8 x 8.9 x 1 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch
€9,000
Silver
Kalliope Amorphous
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.05 inch
€2,128
Iggy Pop - La Villette 86
Pierre Terrasson
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,400
Coluche - Iconic portraits
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,400
OMO: Untitled 15
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€1,596
OMO: Untitled 2
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€1,838
OMO: Untitled 32
Drew Doggett
Photography - 43.2 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€1,596
OMO: Untitled 37
Drew Doggett
Photography - 43.2 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€1,596
Daily Bread - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€595
I Have Wings Too
Dasha Pears
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€1,180
Synesthetic Letters - V
Dasha Pears
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€780
Contemplation
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.02 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€1,200
Dear Irving...
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.02 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€1,200
Black Leopard #2
Brad Wilson
Photography - 74 x 58 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.1 x 22.8 x 0 inch
€2,000
Cinematography inspired session #24
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€190
Lionel joue à Bacchus dans les vignes
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
€650
Juliette Gréco - Paris
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€900
Les grands projets
Vincent Citot
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Evan Dando Lemonheads
Kevin Westenberg
Photography - 51 x 40 cm Photography - 20.1 x 15.7 inch
€1,770
Forest Whitaker
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,650
Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur
Slim Aarons
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€1,950
Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€1,950
Jean Patchett for Saks Fifth Avenue
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€1,950
Seaplane At Palm Beach
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€1,950
Rue Mouffetard - Triptych
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 45 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.71 x 39.37 x 0.1 inch
€1,596
Sepia Meta Graphic Lettre 8
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€610
Dame au Oursins
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 25 x 20 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
€800
Himba mother and child
Faie Davis
Photography - 113.6 x 81.6 x 0.25 cm Photography - 44.7 x 32.1 x 0.1 inch
€1,451
Queen Elizabeth II On Her Coronation Day
Cecil Beaton
Photography - 50.8 x 50.8 cm Photography - 20 x 20 inch
€644
Elan
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,620
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The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,161 €987
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
€1,599
Her Softness
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500 €915
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
€1,161
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
€2,200
Mickey Mouse Soldier
Belart Collective
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,990
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
€1,200
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.