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Le palmier rouge
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€280
Wonderland : Faith I & Change
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€390
OrderYour Bow-K Here
David Pinegar
Photography - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€6,200
When I Go-I'm Going
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 4 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
€5,550
A Lstening Wind
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 4 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
€5,250
I Can See It Now All Falling Into Place
David Pinegar
Photography - 110 x 110 x 4 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
€5,250
Birth Of Captain America
David Pinegar
Photography - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Photography - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€16,200
God's Away On Business-Back Soon
David Pinegar
Photography - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€9,750
Effacer l'image qui efface le réel
LN Le Cheviller
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€130
La Forêt - variante
Romain Liverato
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€300
Inspiration Africaine
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€270
Abstrait /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 65 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
€270
Abstraction rouge
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
€270
Abstraction verte
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
€270
Abstraction bleu
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
€270
Fantasmagorie
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€270
Les reflets au ponton 1 /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€270
Poltergeist /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€270
Reflets en rade de Brest /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
€270
Verticalités - 9816
Yann Gaillot
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€360
Verticalités - 7185
Yann Gaillot
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€360
Verticalités - 7159
Yann Gaillot
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€360
Zero point #S2021-03l
Tine Wilde
Photography - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
€2,600
Zero point #S2021-03k
Tine Wilde
Photography - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
€2,600
Zero point #S2021-03e
Tine Wilde
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€3,300
Zero point #S2021-03c
Tine Wilde
Photography - 71 x 71 x 0.1 cm Photography - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
€2,600
Volutes de sable
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
€270
Colors of the day
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
€280
From grape to stars - Château Margaux#8
Patrick Desgraupes
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€16,000
La danse des masques /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
€270
From grape to stars - Château d'Yquem#4
Patrick Desgraupes
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€16,000
From Grape to Stars- Domaine de la Romanée Conti#2
Patrick Desgraupes
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€16,000
Porte aux astres
Julie Mechali
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€8,500
JM.Du Coeur vers la Vie
Julie Mechali
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€6,500
JM.Celebration Mandala
Julie Mechali
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€15,000
Tryptich - The Black on Black Collection
Faie Davis
Photography - 62.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24.5 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,166
Série Lignes Blanches, A
Stefan Hoareau
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€3,900
I am a passenger 13
Javier Rey
Photography - 73 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.7 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,409
Ellekach
Nicolas Dubreuille
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
Eau de lumière
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€120
Approach
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 96 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.8 x 0 inch
€2,620
I am a passenger 12
Javier Rey
Photography - 110 x 165 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 65 x 0.1 inch
€2,382
Roman Statue Study 5
Luca Artioli
Photography - 101.6 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€2,916
Roman Statue Study 1
Luca Artioli
Photography - 101.6 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€2,916
My stagnant self
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 44 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 17.3 x 0.2 inch
€243
Manta, Boat tarps, Body in Paracas
Lorenzo Vitturi
Photography - 130 x 86 x 0.03 cm Photography - 51.2 x 33.9 x 0 inch
Sold
Yellow Cotisso, Fused Glass, Murano Beads, Mantas, Fishing Nets, Natural Dyed Yarn in Murano
Lorenzo Vitturi
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.03 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
Sold
Geometria y color
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Texturas y geometria
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Paisaje en azules
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 180 x 180 x 1 cm Photography - 70.9 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Geometria
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€600
Composición en espirales
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 24 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€600
Gran plano
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€700
Alfombra sabia
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 70.53 x 130 x 1 cm Photography - 27.8 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Composición
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 150 x 200 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Herida
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
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An Angel Passes By
Thierry Corpet
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
€1,500
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
€1,200
La vie en effervescence
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch
€1,050
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.