Masterpiece
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 139.7 x 96.5 x 3.3 cm Photography - 55 x 38 x 1.3 inch
€4,039
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.
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Brief Eclipse of time #2
Hasnae El Ouarga
Photography - 130 x 99 cm Photography - 51.2 x 39 inch
€7,000
Lettre à le Corbusier
Lubanzadyo Mpemba
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Deterritorialisation
David Agius
Photography - 66 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 26 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,778
Enuma Elish 18
Alex Colard
Photography - 140 x 260 x 3 cm Photography - 55.1 x 102.4 x 1.2 inch
€12,636
Etern_flow_II
Carles Prat-Placis
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€460
Un matin, les mats
Delphine Chianucci
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€390
Vasarely Material Archives
Oran Hoffmann
Photography - 29 x 22.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.9 x 0.1 inch
€140
Tetas (Triptych)
Luca Merendi
Photography - 100 x 300 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 118.1 x 1.2 inch
€2,700
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
Aerial_views_mine_001
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,950
AV_Tulip_Fields_001
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 140 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch
€1,990
L'huile en Gros Plan_014
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,290
AV_Tulip_Fields_006
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 94 x 0.5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37 x 0.2 inch
€1,990
AV_MarPlastico_002
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,900
I am fleeting #14. From I am fleeting Series
Javier Rey
Photography - 73 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.7 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,345
Rouille Eau Huile 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Torrent25_8141
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch
€720
Torrent06_6879
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
€720
Fickle Memory 07
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€500
Healing 02
Angelica Tcherassi
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
€2,040
A New Life 01
Angelica Tcherassi
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
€2,040
Arbre millénaire. Espace Régionale du Moule. Guadeloupe
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€600
Urban_Mirrors_Frankfurt_016
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 96 x 0.5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,900
Urban_Mirrors_Tallinn_004
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
€1,900
Urban_Mirrors_Tallinn_002
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
€1,900
Urban_Mirrors_Frankfurt_005
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,900
Urban_Mirrors_Frankfurt_004
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,900
Apparition, Disparition
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€610
Two landscapes 11
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 100 x 65.2 x 2.7 cm Photography - 39.4 x 25.7 x 1.1 inch
€2,000
Mots croisés 4
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 85 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 33.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€610
Abstrait. Paréidolie. Bataille de dinosaure. Préhistoire. Bateau
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€599
Temporal Perception "Golden Moment #1"
Serge Hamad
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€927
AV_MarPlastico_009
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 72 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 28.3 x 0 inch
€990
Abstrait. Prison au masque de Fer. Bateau
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€600
Hidden Place
Angela Cameron
Photography - 86 x 55 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.9 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch
€2,315
Atmosphere Of Clouds I
Angela Cameron
Photography - 86 x 55 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.9 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch
€2,147
The Block 01
Angelica Tcherassi
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
€2,040
Fluid horizon XXXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,890
Fluid horizon XLVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,890
Fluid horizon IL
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,890
A New Life 02
Angelica Tcherassi
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
€2,040
Into The Void 02
Angelica Tcherassi
Photography - 149.9 x 101.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.9 x 0.1 inch
€2,040
Below 01
Angelica Tcherassi
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
€2,040
Follow U 01
Angelica Tcherassi
Photography - 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
€2,040
Trou a Man Loui. Guadeloupe
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€600
Plage de Sainte Rose. Guadeloupe
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€600
Two Landscapes20
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€500
Two Landscapes14
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€500
Hanoi 1-10
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 2.5 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 1 inch
€500 €395
Turbulence in Kyoto 0737
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 30.9 x 46.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 12.2 x 18.2 x 0 inch
€800
Waterworld VI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,590
Urban_Mirrors_Tallinn_005
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 150 x 84 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 33.1 x 0 inch
€2,590
Abstract Portrait I
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 87.9 x 57.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 34.6 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch
€2,504
Coque noir et Blanc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Water_rhinefalls_007
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 150 x 112.5 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 44.3 x 0.4 inch
€3,000
Bleed # 202321
Paul Snell
Photography - 180 x 115 x 0.1 cm Photography - 70.9 x 45.3 x 0 inch
€7,248
Lumina # 202204
Paul Snell
Photography - 170 x 8.5 x 10 cm Photography - 66.9 x 3.3 x 3.9 inch
€6,938
Capsules en orbite
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
L'Huile_en_Gros_Plan_02
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€990
L'Huile_en_Gros_Plan_01
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€990
L'huile en Gros Plan_010
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,290
Coal_mines_east_001
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€1,990
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Jesus Campos
Sculpture - 30 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
€1,080
Paesaggio poetico XXIV
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch
€556
The gas station
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€670
For the love of Monet
Gaëlle Wagner
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Méandres bleu et sable
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Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Need help with Abstract Photography ?
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.