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![Photography, Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico (2), Leo Matiz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1662021_1_grid.jpg)
Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico (2)
Leo Matiz
Photography - 35.6 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
![Photography, Frida Kahlo in the blue house, Coyoacán, Mexico., Leo Matiz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1661793_1_grid.jpg)
Frida Kahlo in the blue house, Coyoacán, Mexico.
Leo Matiz
Photography - 35.6 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
![Photography, Appareil photo création Christer HAMP Hidalgo 1995, Christer Hamp](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1240071_1_grid.jpg)
Appareil photo création Christer HAMP Hidalgo 1995
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$995
![Photography, 1995 Homme à la moustache, Christer Hamp](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1240068_1_grid.jpg)
1995 Homme à la moustache
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$1,107
![Photography, Don de soi III, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/94384_1_grid.jpg)
Don de soi III
Feng Kaixuan
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,026
![Photography, Don de soi II, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/94381_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Happy Hours I, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/94375_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait du roi Rama IV, Bangkok 1865, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/816708_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait du roi Rama IV, Bangkok 1865
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 60 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$895
![Photography, La fille du roi de Birmanie réfugiée au Siam, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/806421_1_grid.jpg)
La fille du roi de Birmanie réfugiée au Siam
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$895
![Photography, Jeune femme thaïlandaise jouant de la basse de violon, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/797139_1_grid.jpg)
Jeune femme thaïlandaise jouant de la basse de violon
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Jeune fille thaïe assise, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/797130_1_grid.jpg)
Jeune fille thaïe assise
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Portrait d'une jeune femme thaïlandaise, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/797112_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait d'une jeune femme thaïlandaise
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 60 x 30 cm Photography - 23.6 x 11.8 inch
$895
![Photography, Don de soi 4, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/402964_1_grid.jpg)
Don de soi 4
Feng Kaixuan
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$5,592 $5,033
![Photography, Look at me, Olha Stepanian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137709_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Don de soi 11, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009697_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Don de soi 18, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009691_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Don de soi 23, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009688_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Don de soi 1, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009664_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sarah - Marie France - Paris, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554864_1_grid.jpg)
Sarah - Marie France - Paris
Anthony Horth
Photography - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$975
![Photography, Bedazzled 2, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1552374_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bedazzled, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1552371_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Spa Henna 2, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537713_1_grid.jpg)
Spa Henna 2
Anthony Horth
Photography - 44 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 17.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,100
![Photography, Henna in the Spa, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537704_1_grid.jpg)
Henna in the Spa
Anthony Horth
Photography - 59 x 61 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.2 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$1,100
![Photography, Kate, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537698_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marisa Berenson 1970 American Vogue, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537692_1_grid.jpg)
Marisa Berenson 1970 American Vogue
Anthony Horth
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.2 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Summit room Emirates palace UAE, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536390_1_grid.jpg)
Summit room Emirates palace UAE
Anthony Horth
Photography - 47 x 61 x 0.2 cm Photography - 18.5 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
![Photography, Valeria Mazza Grazia Magazine Cover 1996, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536381_1_grid.jpg)
Valeria Mazza Grazia Magazine Cover 1996
Anthony Horth
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.2 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
$800
![Photography, Valeria Mazza - Halston 1998, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536375_1_grid.jpg)
Valeria Mazza - Halston 1998
Anthony Horth
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Sarah 10, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536369_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sarah 9, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536366_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Sarah 4, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536351_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sarah 3, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536348_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Palarvi Sharda, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536345_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sarah 2, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536342_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sarah, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1534671_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Argyle Diamond Splendour, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504629_1_grid.jpg)
Argyle Diamond Splendour
Anthony Horth
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$995
![Photography, Private Patio Dancing, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1498761_1_grid.jpg)
Private Patio Dancing
Anthony Horth
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$995
![Photography, Gaudi, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1485195_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jaipur princess, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1481343_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pink Diamonds Forever, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1481340_1_grid.jpg)
Pink Diamonds Forever
Anthony Horth
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.25 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$900
![Photography, Don de soi 26, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/127273_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rio Carnaval Shape Sublime, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223940_1_grid.jpg)
Rio Carnaval Shape Sublime
Anthony Horth
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$780
![Photography, Colour Magic, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223937_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rio Carnaval 2017 Brazil, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223922_1_grid.jpg)
Rio Carnaval 2017 Brazil
Anthony Horth
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 0.5 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$760
![Photography, Carnaval Duo Excitement, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223868_1_grid.jpg)
Carnaval Duo Excitement
Anthony Horth
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 0.5 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 0.2 inch
$760
![Photography, Rio Carnaval, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1222896_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rio Carnival, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1222887_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Blue Wings, Anthony Horth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1222848_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ganesha. Royal case of elephantiasis, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1189344_1_grid.jpg)
Ganesha. Royal case of elephantiasis
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$895
![Photography, Soldier resting, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1169868_1_grid.jpg)
Soldier resting
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 100 x 75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 inch
$895
![Photography, Musician girl, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1169865_1_grid.jpg)
Musician girl
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$895
![Photography, Traditional actor, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1169856_1_grid.jpg)
Traditional actor
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 100 x 75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Dancer, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1169853_1_grid.jpg)
Dancer
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$895
![Photography, Dancer, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1169844_1_grid.jpg)
Dancer
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$895
![Photography, Maxime Medard, Clément Poitrenaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/104560_1_grid.jpg)
Maxime Medard
Clément Poitrenaud
Photography - 30 x 30 x 4 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$1,454
![Photography, 189 - James, Bernard Pras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/295687_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Plexi'Art "Panda #1"(10), JM Collell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093328_1_grid.jpg)
Plexi'Art "Panda #1"(10)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Plexi'Art " Lion #1 "(9), JM Collell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093325_1_grid.jpg)
Plexi'Art " Lion #1 "(9)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Plexi'Art "Redford #1" (8), JM Collell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093322_1_grid.jpg)
Plexi'Art "Redford #1" (8)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 76 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 29.9 x 0.7 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Plexi'Art "Kate #1" (6), JM Collell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093316_1_grid.jpg)
Plexi'Art "Kate #1" (6)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Plexi'Art "Basquiat WS2"(3), JM Collell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093307_1_grid.jpg)
Plexi'Art "Basquiat WS2"(3)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Plexi'Art "Bardot #1" (2), JM Collell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093304_1_grid.jpg)
Plexi'Art "Bardot #1" (2)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Women's walk through life, Geert Lemmers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2058993_1_grid.jpg)
Women's walk through life
Geert Lemmers
Photography - 81.3 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 32 x 32 x 1 inch
$1,220
![Photography, A new world, Geert Lemmers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2058981_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'homme du passé, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1737846_1_grid.jpg)
L'homme du passé
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$190
![Photography, Athena and Henry (Stay), from Ryan Gosling's memory sequence, Stefanie Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1609710_1_grid.jpg)
Athena and Henry (Stay), from Ryan Gosling's memory sequence
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 38 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$671
![Photography, Queen lady, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115358_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dragon, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115349_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Silence 2, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115271_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Japanese Life 01, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/990291_1_grid.jpg)
Japanese Life 01
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 25 x 120 x 3.8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch
$336
![Photography, WhatEyeAm IV, Emanuele Cucuzza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/864006_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, WhatEyeAm XI, Emanuele Cucuzza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/860397_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Liberty (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869774_1_grid.jpg)
Liberty (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.32 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Please, Do not Splash II (medium), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869705_1_grid.jpg)
Please, Do not Splash II (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.11 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.3 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Hong Kong Urban Arch IV, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1201659_1_grid.jpg)
Hong Kong Urban Arch IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,114
![Photography, Singapore Blur III, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1198848_1_grid.jpg)
Singapore Blur III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,002
![Photography, Japanese Life 08, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029051_1_grid.jpg)
Japanese Life 08
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 25 x 120 x 3.8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch
$336
![Photography, Japanese Life 07, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029042_1_grid.jpg)
Japanese Life 07
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 25 x 120 x 3.8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch
$336
![Photography, Japanese Life 05, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029033_1_grid.jpg)
Japanese Life 05
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 25 x 120 x 3.8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch
$336
![Photography, Japanese Life 04, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029030_1_grid.jpg)
Japanese Life 04
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 25 x 120 x 3.8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch
$336
![Photography, Japanese Life 03, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029027_1_grid.jpg)
Japanese Life 03
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 25 x 120 x 3.8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch
$336
![Photography, Japanese Life 02, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029021_1_grid.jpg)
Japanese Life 02
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 25 x 120 x 3.8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch
$336
![Photography, A Shrimpton Look, John French](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898944_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Model Pattern, John French](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897975_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Paris Model, John French](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896871_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pattern Model, John French](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896865_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Eternal Recurrence #42, Natasha Zupan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/875817_1_grid.jpg)
Eternal Recurrence #42
Natasha Zupan
Photography - 152.4 x 135.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 53.5 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
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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.
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.
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.
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.