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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Delphine Diallo
Line Obsession
Delphine Diallo
Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,750
Highness – Hybrid 1
Delphine Diallo
Photography - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€5,500
Vava Venezia
Taste of Blood
Vava Venezia
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Sorry, we cant take your call right now
Vava Venezia
Print - 45 x 65 x 1 cm Print - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
My world is all Pink
Vava Venezia
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Life is a Beach
Vava Venezia
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
End of the Ride
Vava Venezia
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
The door is still open
Vava Venezia
Photography - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Jean-Robert Franco
Aspérités
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Abstraction mauve
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Voile d'Or
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Jardin de ville, Paris
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Flaur de bithume mauve et or
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Désir de chasse, autoportrait
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Portrait lyrique Alexandra
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Reflet d'or
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Laura Makabresku
Guilhem Ribart
Désert baloon
Guilhem Ribart
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Jean-Francois Rauzier
Massimo Vitali
Bari 2003
Massimo Vitali
Photography - 90 x 109.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 43.1 x 0 inch
€10,000
Claude Lévêque
Oriflamme
Claude Lévêque
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€550 €495
Fatima Mian
The Charming One - Limited Edition Print
Fatima Mian
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€629
Doors Open, Come on In
Fatima Mian
Photography - 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€861
Be home by dinner I
Fatima Mian
Photography - 91 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 24 x 0 inch
€330
That Place with the Blue Door
Fatima Mian
Photography - 91 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 24 x 0 inch
€330
Donna Carnahan
Mediterranean Summer
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 61 x 86 x 4 cm Photography - 24 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch
€972
Positano by Ferry
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 61 x 86 x 4 cm Photography - 24 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch
€1,555
Fruttivendola
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 91 x 122 x 4 cm Photography - 35.8 x 48 x 1.6 inch
€2,000
Ponte Vecchio
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 91 x 122 x 4 cm Photography - 35.8 x 48 x 1.6 inch
€1,944
Boboli Gardens
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 91 x 122 x 4 cm Photography - 35.8 x 48 x 1.6 inch
€1,944
Mario Pascual Cámara
Mountains with horses 2
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 58.12 x 135 cm Photography - 22.9 x 53.1 inch
€1,500
Horses in the mountain
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 42 x 65 cm Photography - 16.5 x 25.6 inch
€1,000
The Mountains With The Sheep
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 49.33 x 74 cm Photography - 19.4 x 29.1 inch
€1,000
Marcel Antelo
Serie Chapadmalal #8482
Marcel Antelo
Photography - 43 x 59 cm Photography - 16.9 x 23.2 inch
€1,820
Serie Chapadmalal #8539
Marcel Antelo
Photography - 43 x 59 cm Photography - 16.9 x 23.2 inch
€1,820
Serie Chapadmalal Lenticular
Marcel Antelo
Photography - 35 x 50 cm Photography - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
€2,210