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.
Discover the styles & movements
Niklas Soestmeyer
Berlin Nights #1
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€549
Berlin Nights #2
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€549
Berlin Nights #3
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€549
Berlin Nights #5
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€549
Javier Molina
Science Museum
Javier Molina
Photography - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
€464
Bend in the River
Javier Molina
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€464
Diego Echevers Torrez
Adriana Rayén
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,343
Generaciones y Creencias
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,343
Fiestas y Sueños
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,343
El Sueño de la China
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,343
Doña Martha
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,343
Don Ricardo
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,343
Charles Brabin
Leaf Veins III
Charles Brabin
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€214
Leaf Veins VII
Charles Brabin
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€214
David Arky
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Open Spaces Phobia
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 30 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€625
I want to believe
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 33 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13 x 1.2 inch
€500
Dreamhouse n.10
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
€500
Crowd Phobia
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 30 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€625
Dreamhouse series n.14
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
€500
Lost Words
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 36 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 14.2 x 1.2 inch
€500
Dreamhouse Series n.16
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
€500
Height Phobia
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 30 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€625
Stéphane Martin
Hydrocarbure
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€150
Femme d'age moyen
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.04 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€150
Ici ailleurs
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€150
Passage piéton
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€150
Will Cooper
Leni Smoragdova
Figure Collection : Dark version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 74.9 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
Figure Collection : Dark Version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 100.1 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
Figure Collection : Dark version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 59.9 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
Figure Collection : Dark version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 80 x 100.1 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
Frantisek Drtikol
2 women with bouquet of roses
Frantisek Drtikol
Photography - 26 x 19 cm Photography - 10.2 x 7.5 inch
€1,200
Woman with lute ( Ervina Kupferova )
Frantisek Drtikol
Photography - 11 x 7 cm Photography - 4.3 x 2.8 inch
€700
Nude Composition Photography
Frantisek Drtikol
Photography - 5.7 x 4.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 2.25 x 1.75 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Cheng Chang Wu
Riverbed
Cheng Chang Wu
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
€2,527
Vision of Taiwan- Taihsi
Cheng Chang Wu
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
€2,527
Jia Dong (Vision of Taiwan)
Cheng Chang Wu
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,527
Chichin Seahore (Vision of Taiwan)
Cheng Chang Wu
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,527
Luca Lionello
Square waves
Luca Lionello
Fine Art Drawings - 110 x 60 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 43.3 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€4,000
Biscayne Blvd, 62nd St
Luca Lionello
Photography - 85 x 85 x 2.5 cm Photography - 33.5 x 33.5 x 1 inch
€5,832
A blood curtain on nothing
Luca Lionello
Photography - 113 x 85 x 2.5 cm Photography - 44.5 x 33.5 x 1 inch
€6,000
Remembering Pablo Escobar Bogotà carrera 8 and calle 9
Luca Lionello
Photography - 113 x 85 x 2.5 cm Photography - 44.5 x 33.5 x 1 inch
€5,832