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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Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Pink or black 03, Camargue
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$555
Huayna Picchu
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 37.5 x 60 cm Photography - 14.8 x 23.6 inch
$388
A King in his forest 02, Yvelines
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$555
Bamboo canvas, Dordogne
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$555
The Adventurer of Bohinj 02 black and white, Slovenia
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$555
Master of the kingdome, Dordogne
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$555
The amphibian village, Dordogne
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$555
Jason Engelund
Feel, Canyon Road (Abstract photography)
Jason Engelund
Photography - 51 x 41 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,351
Meta Road, Individuate, California Hwy 1
Jason Engelund
Photography - 61 x 46 cm Photography - 24 x 18.1 inch
$1,930
Huis Clos Exit Here (Abstract photography)
Jason Engelund
Photography - 51 x 41 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,351
Vanishing Point, Sky Valley
Jason Engelund
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
$3,860
Tere Duro
Daniel Holfeld
Geometry in Light: Mies' Pavilion Abstracted
Daniel Holfeld
Photography - 20 x 30 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
$666
Reflections of Modernity: Abstract Impressions at Mies van der Rohe Pavilion
Daniel Holfeld
Photography - 20 x 30 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
$666
Malena Mazza
Bogdan Boev
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
$233 $210
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
$233
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$233
White-tailed Eagle - Haliaeetus albicilla
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$233
Tokihiro Sato
Photo-respiration 1998 Yura #340
Tokihiro Sato
Photography - 33 x 48.3 cm Photography - 13 x 19 inch
Sold
Sarah Maple
Yann Merran
This is so Illegal
Yann Merran
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$777
Casey Waterman
When You Love Someone. From the Origin series
Casey Waterman
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 182.9 x 3.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 72 x 1.25 inch
$2,400
Boobs, From the Series “Why This Restlessness?”
Casey Waterman
Print - 101.6 x 127 x 0.3 cm Print - 40 x 50 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Tennis, Hand Stitched Canvas, Cherrywood Frame
Casey Waterman
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$1,200
Swing, Hand Stitched Canvas, Cherrywood Frame
Casey Waterman
Sculpture - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Sculpture - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$1,200
Three's Company. From the origin series
Casey Waterman
Painting - 41.9 x 125.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 49.5 x 2 inch
$4,000
Lawn, Hand Stitched Canvas, Cherrywood Frame
Casey Waterman
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Red Ball, From the Series “Why This Restlessness?”
Casey Waterman
Print - 101.6 x 127 x 0.3 cm Print - 40 x 50 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Maria Jose Arjona
All the others in me (New York)
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 69.9 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 39.37 x 0.1 inch
$9,000
All the others in me, New York
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 69.9 x 100.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 39.7 x 0.1 inch
$9,000
The frequencies I am made of #1
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 174.8 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 68.8 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$13,000
The frequencies I am made of #2
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 174.8 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 68.8 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$13,000
The frequencies I am made of #3
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 174.8 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 68.8 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$13,000
The frequencies I am made of #4
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 174.8 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 68.8 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$13,000
The frequencies I am made of #5
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 174.8 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 68.8 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$13,000
All the others in me. (Milan)
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 69.6 x 99.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.4 x 39.2 x 0.1 inch
$9,500
Douglas Mandry
Équivalences (50 tirages uniques)
Douglas Mandry
Photography - 17 x 23 cm Photography - 6.7 x 9.1 inch
$305