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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Karl-Martin Holzhäuser
Lichtmalerei 180.18.2003
Karl-Martin Holzhäuser
Photography - 133 x 133 x 5 cm Photography - 52.4 x 52.4 x 2 inch
$35,901
180.23.2003
Karl-Martin Holzhäuser
Photography - 133 x 133 x 5 cm Photography - 52.4 x 52.4 x 2 inch
$35,901
180.10.2003
Karl-Martin Holzhäuser
Photography - 133 x 133 x 5 cm Photography - 52.4 x 52.4 x 2 inch
$35,901
88.3.1
Karl-Martin Holzhäuser
Photography - 62 x 52 x 35 cm Photography - 24.4 x 20.5 x 13.8 inch
$12,016
88.3.2
Karl-Martin Holzhäuser
Photography - 62 x 52 x 35 cm Photography - 24.4 x 20.5 x 13.8 inch
$12,016
88.4.10
Karl-Martin Holzhäuser
Photography - 62 x 52 x 35 cm Photography - 24.4 x 20.5 x 13.8 inch
$12,016
Licht Punkt 11
Karl-Martin Holzhäuser
Photography - 120 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$26,701
Lichtmalerei 180.29.2003
Karl-Martin Holzhäuser
Photography - 125 x 125 x 5 cm Photography - 49.2 x 49.2 x 2 inch
$35,901
Mark MacKinnon
Pebbles and Shells V
Mark MacKinnon
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,710
Observation Point
Mark MacKinnon
Photography - 75 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,710
Roue de Paris
Mark MacKinnon
Photography - 150 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Djamel Djebbour
Plénitude II
Djamel Djebbour
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$6,731
Havane III
Djamel Djebbour
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$6,731
Franz West
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
La moto, l'oiseau, la climatisation, deux moines, le conducteur, le tuyau d'évacuation des eaux pluviales et la montre molle.
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Print - 40 x 60 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,244
El Pico de teidé (Canaries)
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Photography - 35 x 53 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$434
Le Pape des Escargots version Noir et Blanc
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Print - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Print - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$4,488
L'homme au ballon, la montre molle et l'oiseau sur le parapluie de la Dame en short
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Print - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,244
Lumière et vent du Sahara
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Print - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,244
La Religion de la Nature-Feuille de Chêne.
Max Parisot du Lyaumont
Print - 40 x 60 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,244
Stéphane Spach
45°40' N, 142°10' E
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 40 x 108 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 42.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,132
63°18'1" N, 20°34'36" O
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 40 x 108 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 42.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,132
Les plateaux 01
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,683
Série "Derrière des arbres", image numéro 4
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 40 x 53 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,122
Sans titre
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 40 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,122
Leticia Felgueroso
Madrid, Gran Vía Otoño
Leticia Felgueroso
Photography - 120 x 200 cm Photography - 47.2 x 78.7 inch
$4,347
Greet Weitenberg
Greet Weitenberg Bodyparts II
Greet Weitenberg
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$982
Viewscape 104
Greet Weitenberg
Photography - 30 x 42 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
$550
Let it hang out
Greet Weitenberg
Sculpture - 72 x 28 x 27 cm Sculpture - 28.3 x 11 x 10.6 inch
$1,402
Greet Weitenberg Bodyparts III
Greet Weitenberg
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$982
Pauline Faieff
MARC LAGRANGE
Catch Me If You Can
MARC LAGRANGE
Photography - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$10,658
Charlotte Fröling
Still life with books and a globe
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$4,207
Still life with lemons, oranges and a grapefruit
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 70 x 97 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 38.2 x 0.4 inch
$4,207
Still life with lobster, oysters and a tin pot
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 60 x 88 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 34.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,207
Still life with vegetables and a snail
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 60 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$4,207
Still Life with coffee and macarons
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 60 x 94 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 37 x 0.4 inch
$4,207
Gloria Matarazzo
El resplandor [The shining]
Gloria Matarazzo
Print - 20 x 30 x 0.5 cm Print - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$543
La cápsula
Gloria Matarazzo
Photography - 59 x 79 x 4 cm Photography - 23.2 x 31.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,308
Atrás del fuego
Gloria Matarazzo
Photography - 59 x 79 x 4 cm Photography - 23.2 x 31.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,308
Un cristal
Gloria Matarazzo
Photography - 59 x 79 x 4 cm Photography - 23.2 x 31.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,308