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Vers la lune - Corée
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
€250
Entente - Corée
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
€250
Le moulin rouge
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€490
Le vaisseau fantôme
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€490
Tempête de sable à la bibliothèque
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€490
Wheels and Heels
David Drebin
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€11,454
Paris, Les jumelles du quai de l’horloge
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€450
Paris, Beauté et religion dans le Marais
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€450
Paris, Jeune homme dans le Marais
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€450
AV_Phoenix_02
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 150 x 107 x 0.2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 42.1 x 0.1 inch
€2,990
Production Still (The Falls 01)
Gregory Crewdson
Photography - 55.9 x 43.2 cm Photography - 22 x 17 inch
€5,800
Parisian rooftops
Fikry Botros
Photography - 40.6 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16 x 21 x 0.1 inch
€458
Qui vivre verra
Emily Latimer
Photography - 43 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 16.9 x 15 x 1.2 inch
€3,100
Urbanes Spektrum, #2703 IV.
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€495
Urbanes Spektrum, #2703 III.
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€495
Urbanes Spektrum, #2703 II.
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€495
Szenen der Ungewissheit, #3312
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 21 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.3 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€295
Running track
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 45.7 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 12 x 0.1 inch
€483
In a different light
Patrick Lajoie
Photography - 124 x 165 x 3 cm Photography - 48.8 x 65 x 1.2 inch
€9,000
Prince of Wale's Diving #1 "Standing"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€850
Paris Eiffel Tower #1 - Shoulder sitting
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€1,100
Délit de Fuite - 02
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
Délit de Fuite - 01
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
Vikings in the city - limited edition of 31
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€449
Venice Beach Purple Sea ll
P van Bolderick
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€350
Tokyo Passage I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€4,990
Tokyo Crossing I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 75 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€2,990
Carrefour
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
€300
New York, Williamsburg
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€450
Hong Kong Blur
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,890
Tokyo crossing VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,990
Tokyo crossing VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,990
Tokyo crossing VI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,990
Tokyo crossing IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,990
Tokyo crossing III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,990
Tokyo Crossing II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 75 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€2,990
New York Color XXV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,090
New York Color XXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,090
New York AVENUE I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,290
La rue est à nous
Florence Le Van
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€400
Fluorescent landscape
John Andreas Godwin
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
€395
L'ombre des Twins tower plane sur Manhattan. New York. Amérique du Nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
New York. Taxi jaune et les twin towers. Amérique du Nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
New York. Pont de Brooklyn. Amérique du nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Dans les ruelles de Monterosso. Cinque terre. Italie 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€600
Dans la cité de Riomaggiore. de nuit Cinque Terre. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€600
Dans la cité de Riomaggiore. Cinque Terre. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€600
Riomaggiore. Cinque Terre. Italie 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€600
Riomaggiore. Cinque Terre. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€600
Cinque terre. Riomaggiore. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€600
New York from lower Brooklynn. USA
Pascal Therme
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€300
NYC view from the bus
Hervé Pezzini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€299
Maison carrée
Coralie Honnorat
Photography - 22 x 34 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13.4 x 0 inch
€200
Premier bain
Delphine Chianucci
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€390
Camargue "Isolare"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
€850
Mystical Gothic Quarter. Barcelona
Dmitry Savchenko
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€2,100
Grèce Cap Sounion Family
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 55 x 70 cm Photography - 21.7 x 27.6 inch
€850
Grèce Cap Sounion Couple
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 55 x 70 cm Photography - 21.7 x 27.6 inch
€850
Paris Tour Eiffel - Shoulder sitting
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
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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!