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Un'isola nell'aria
Urs Lüthi
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,121
Un'isola nell'aria
Urs Lüthi
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,121
Un'isola nell'aria
Urs Lüthi
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,121
Un'isola nell'aria
Urs Lüthi
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,121
Un'isola nell'aria
Urs Lüthi
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,121
Il jouait du piano debout
Memento
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,009
NYC Oculus II
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 200 x 118 x 3 cm Photography - 78.7 x 46.5 x 1.2 inch
$5,381
Pfingstaktion
Hermann Nitsch
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,052
La Gitanilla. Revelación Emporium 1947
Martí Sala
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$897
Karo body painters
Faie Davis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$995
Tribal celebration 1
Faie Davis
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$980
In service to joy
Brooke Shaden
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,691
Stories from Annecy #1
Elena Raceala
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$919
Just listen to the songbirds harmony
Elena Raceala
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$1,054
Tomorow is another day
Elena Raceala
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$987
Sans titre 19, de la série "un été sans fin"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,345
Sans titre 15, de la série "un été sans fin"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,345
Sans titre 14, de la série "un été sans fin"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,345
Sans titre 13, de la série 'un été sans fin'
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,682
Sans titre 1, de la série "un été sans fin"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,345
Street in Paris 2
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$729
Happy hours II
Feng Kaixuan
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,597
Soulèvement étudiant du 14 octobre 1973, Bangkok, Thaïlande
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
$897
Où est Charlie ? VII
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$140
AV_Adria_020
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 85 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 33.5 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,231
Untitled, New York Series 14
Luca Battaglia
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$897
Untitled, New York Series 2
Luca Battaglia
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$897
Praias_De_Formas_024
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 40 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,345
Praias_De_Formas_023
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,345
Praias_De_Formas_012
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,682
Lost & found (3)
Théo Gosselin
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$2,466
Barman danseur
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,251
Helmut & June Newton
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$4,036
Prince of Wale's Diving #7 "Lookers"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$953
Laughter in the Bedouin Tent
Anthony Horth
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.2 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$1,100
Royal Perfume Table
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$897
Prince Chulalongkorn And His Servants
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 55 x 90 cm Photography - 21.7 x 35.4 inch
$1,233
Ubon ratchathani fishing
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$897
Bangkok street scene
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 55 x 90 cm Photography - 21.7 x 35.4 inch
$897
Jet d'oiseaux sur Beaubourg
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$135
Bon dimanche
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$269
Les marches - Japon
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 59 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$953
I am fleeting #8. From I am fleeting Series
Javier Rey
Photography - 165 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 65 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,450
Young girl in New York
Hervé Pezzini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$447
El Color Grana I
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 35 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$213
Watchtower XVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 160 x 4 cm Photography - 31.5 x 63 x 1.6 inch
$1,783
Human Crowd X
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,783
Human Crowd V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,783
Human Crowd IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,783
Java Jazz XXIII - Photographic Art by Sven Pfrommer
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,906
Java Jazz XXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,906
Java Jazz XXVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Java Jazz XLVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Java Jazz XLVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Human touch V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,962
Saigon Blur II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Saigon Blur XXXV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Burma Blur XLV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Airport XXVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Burma Blur IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Human Sensor IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Human Exposure III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Human Convergence II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Human Factor VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Burma Blur LXVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,895
Burma Blur LXXX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,895
Ballerina III
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$219
Les quais de la Cité
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$213
Vent porteur
Gwenaël Bollinger
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$874
Myanmar Blur XXIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Burna Blur I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Watchtower XXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,231
Watch This II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Java Jazz XXVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Java Jazz XXVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
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Everyday life Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered how to print images onto metal plates. When he died in 1833, Louis Daguerre, followed by Francois Arago, continued to develop his research, resulting in the invention of the daguerreotype which consisted of an image printed onto a silver plate when exposed to the light. Together they had invented photography.
The first ever photographs began to appear. Initially used for research purposes, photography started to spread as daguerreotype studios opened everywhere. Portrait photography immortalized the faces of the upper middle classes and were later used to capture all members of society. Celebrities were also a popular subject choice and many photographers specialized in taking their portraits, as Jean-Loup Sieff did all throughout his career almost a century after the invention of photography.
In the beginning, taking a portrait or even the simplest of family photos required a great deal of preparation and time in the studio. However, key technological developments brought about the invention of more compact cameras including the Leica and later the digital single-lens reflex, which meant shorter exposure times and made it easier to produce a greater number of photographs.
These advances also helped contribute to the development of the genre of everyday life photography, which became more popular at the end of the Second World War and focused at first on photographing wealthy or urban families. Families, couples, communities... artists were interested in everyday moments (marriage, lovers kissing, children's games). The simplest of moments in life were seen as the most important and were immortalized in film as testaments to the beauty of human life.
Some of the great photographers made a name for themselves in the genre. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, David Goldblatt, Martin Parr and Vivian Maier are only a few of the artists associated with everyday life photography.
Vivian Maier is an American photographer who was born in 1926 in New York. A professional nanny in Chicago, she spent her spare time photographing the world around her and produced around 150,000 photos. Having remained anonymous throughout her artistic life, her genius and photographic accomplishments were finally recognized publicly in 2007.
Cofounder of the Magnum Photographic Cooperative in 1947 alongside David Seymour and Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneer of photojournalism but also an excellent photographer in a more artistic sense. He revolutionized photography by working with incredibly lightweight equipment. He didn't use a tripod or a darkroom and treasured a sense of immediacy when taking photographs. He believed that “above all else, the camera is a sketchbook". Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographic technique is unique and unmistakably recognizable. He never photographed with flash and only worked with natural light, something which was highly characteristic of everyday life photography. Often in the same black and white image, the subjects coexist together but are not centred. His framing, focus and depth of field all help us to see the simple beauty of everyday life that he so exquisitely enhances.
Artsper has a range of everyday life photographs for you to discover, including works from Cartier-Bresson as well as many other artists, whose photos reveal the precious moments of the everyday lives of people from around the world.
Everyday life photography is a type of photography that captures moments from normal, daily life, such as urban street scenes, everyday objects, or children playing.
Examples of everyday life photography include photojournalistic pictures of a town or city, or snapshots of found or everyday objects.
Mundane photography has the same meaning as everyday life photography, meaning photography that captures images of day-to-day, mundane or banal life.