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Luuk de Haan
Photography - 51.3 x 41.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20.2 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
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Luuk de Haan
Photography - 51.3 x 41.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20.2 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
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Luuk de Haan
Photography - 41.4 x 51.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.3 x 20.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
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Luuk de Haan
Photography - 51.3 x 41.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20.2 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Reflet turquoise
Arelys Photos
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,221
28° 50' 27.1314" N, 111° 58' 3.4674" W-9
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-14
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
28° 14' 34.127’’N, 114° 6' 44.679’’W-12
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-9
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.97 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-5
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.75 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Complimentary Turmoil
Rika Maja Duevel
Photography - 47 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 18.5 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
Ocean light
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 60 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,732
Queen of the Seaside New
Geert Lemmers
Photography - 99.1 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 39 x 32 x 1 inch
$1,220
Tempete rouge 11
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,732
La route-2 signe
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,732
La fe e rosse signe
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,732
Big Bang
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,732
Art Maniaque
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,732
Cordes sur Ciel
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,732
Untitled, New York - Roosevelt Island Subway Station.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$533
Construction
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$599
La baigneuse
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 17 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 6.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$333
Schoal of fish
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 13 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$333
Magnetic Radiation 99 (Medium)
Seb Janiak
Photography - 120 x 90 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 inch
$4,503
Holly Mountain II (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 50.03 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,443
Moonrise (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 49.91 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,443
Holly Mountain III (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 50.07 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,443
Rouille Eau Huile 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,221
Marais salants
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 80 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,714
Culture maraîchère
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 80 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,714
Spirale marine
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$914
Secret des écorces
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,120
Bandes et reflets
Jean-Jacques Guionnet
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$888
Dans ma bulle...
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,165
Lits double
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,021
Algas 45-XIX
Paola Dávila
Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Esponjas 8, 11 y 16
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.4 x 0.3 inch
$1,000
Medusas 11, 12 y 13
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Sal 22, 23 y 24
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 11, 22 y 67
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 23, 63 y 64
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 75, 83 Y 26
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 14, 41 y 68
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 88, 28, 87
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.3 inch
$1,000
Heartbreaker II
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 120.9 x 120.9 x 2.8 cm Photography - 47.6 x 47.6 x 1.1 inch
$4,250
Miroir d'Elle
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$200
Insta(nt)llation - Panthéon, Rome 2. 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 26 x 20 x 3 cm Photography - 10.2 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,032
Insta(nt)llation - Panthéon, Paris 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 28.5 x 19 x 2 cm Photography - 11.2 x 7.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,032
Insta(nt)llation - Globe in Cone. 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,165
Insta(nt)llation - Cone in globe. 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,165
Insta(nt)llation - Two Cones in Globe
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,165
Insta(nt)llation - Protection 2/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,165
Insta(nt)llation - Cone in globe. 1/3
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,165
Insta(nt)llation - Completion. 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,165
L'arête centrale
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 72 x 128 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.3 x 50.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,554
27° 44' 30.192" N, 114° 14' 36.340" W-10
Paola Dávila
Photography - 35.6 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
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Maison avec une grande histoire, Rome II
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,997
The Mother of Dreams
Ewelina Skowronska
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$2,053
Drawing No. 453
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,332
Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$959
Abstract Photography for Sale
Abstract photography, also sometimes known as experimental photography, is the art of creating a visual effect with an image that has no immediate attachment to reality, by using processes like focusing, framing, or retouching and editing the photograph in post-processing. For example, an abstract picture can sometimes isolate a fragment of an ordinary image to remove it from its original context and give it a surrealist edge. It can also involve playing with blurring, shadows or lighting, textures or unexpected forms. The image is often created with traditional photographic material (analog or digital cameras, dark room, computer). However, artists can also manipulate and alter the film in order to achieve the desired effect.
The first images known as “abstract photographs" appeared shortly after the invention of photography in the 1830s. In 1842, John William Draper created a new type of images with a spectroscope. This machine dispersed light beams and produced a phenomenon that was previously invisible to the eye. The negatives he produced had nothing in common with the works of other photographers, and they opened the way for innovative photographic works. Draper perceived these images as a scientific discovery, not as artworks, but today his method is widely acclaimed by critics for its inherent originality.
In England, Anna Atkins was also a pioneer of abstract photography; she was the first one to place dry algae on cyanotype paper. This scientific experiment improved photographic techniques by creating unique blue and white images. Moreover, the discovery of X-ray and radioactivity in 1896 provoked a fascination for the invisible and many photographers were immediately drawn to these phenomena. French photographer Louis Darget attempted to capture mental processes by pressing unexposed plates to the foreheads of his and trying to get them to project images from their minds onto the plates. He carried out thousands of similar experiments.
It was only during the 20th century that abstract photography truly became recognised as an artistic practice. Surrealism and cubism started replacing impressionism, especially after the Salon d'Automne in 1903 in Paris. This event highlighted new talents like Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp… Ten years later, in New York, Wassily Kandinsky, Mondrian, Braque and Delaunay shocked audiences. The freedom coming from abstract art inspired some of the greatest photographers to break the rules.
Erwin Quedenfeldt exhibited the first abstract photographs in Cologne in 1914. From 1920 to 1930, Europe became the epicenters of conceptual photography with artists such as Jaroslav Rossler, Josef Sudeck, and Rössler exploring abstraction.
Post-processing became more central to photographic works in the 60s and the 70s, with artists like Josef Newman. Eventually, the growing popularity of computers in the 90s and the 2000s opened up infinite possibilities for creating original work. Some contemporary photographers like Peter Klasen, Dominic Harris, or Nicolas Dubreuille combine photography with other mediums.
Find them all on Artsper with our unique selection of abstract photographs.
What is considered abstract photography?
Abstract photography refers to images created using photography equipment that do not directly represent the real visual world as we see it. Abstract photographers use different techniques to manipulate the image captured by the camera.
What makes good abstract photography?
There are different factors in what makes a good abstract photograph, including composition, color, tone, lighting and mystery.
What are the different types of abstract photography?
There are many different ways to produce an abstract photograph. Techniques can include moving the camera during exposure, playing with light and reflections, using different angles, and experimenting with production techniques.