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Lorenzo Triptych
Celso Castro
Photography - 68.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€2,878
Arara IV - Guacamaya. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€6,800
Tono - Hombre de bosque. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€6,800
There are no coincidences II
Mary Rozzi
Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
€1,200
There are no coincidences I
Mary Rozzi
Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
€1,200
Marie de Magdala
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,290
Gárgara detail III
Léa Bon
Photography - 9.9 x 15 x 0.3 cm Photography - 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
€2,878
That flies in the night
Brian Ziff
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 inch
€2,399
0205
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 89.9 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,111
Silhouette Yas IV
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
€5,300
Fauna #5
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
€2,878
Fauna #6
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
€2,878
Fauna #4
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
€2,878
Fauna #3
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
€2,878
Half Angels Half Demons #45
Mauricio Velez
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
€3,358
Red Head robe noire
Cécile Plaisance
Photography - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€9,600
Towards the land of joy
Guido Argentini
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
€9,000
Paulina #2
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 120 x 160 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 63 x 0 inch
€3,170
Don't Tell Mamma #17
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 0.1 inch
€4,797
Self Touches #05
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 0.1 inch
€4,701
Self Touches #40
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 1 inch
€4,701
Modernismo M102
Giuliano Bekor
Photography - 130 x 120 x 10 cm Photography - 51.2 x 47.2 x 3.9 inch
€15,000
Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1976
David Steen
Photography - 97 x 137 x 0.01 cm Photography - 38.2 x 53.9 x 0 inch
€3,700
Fragmented-Untitled 4
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€3,838
Fragmented-Untitled 3
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€3,838
Butterfly B29
Giuliano Bekor
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
€19,669
Red Illusion
Franck Rozet
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.6 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
€2,550
Chess and a Chase #1
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€4,355
A whirlwind of emotions #2
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€4,355
Unione, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€495
Black beauty II
Léa Bon
Photography - 48 x 72.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.9 x 28.59 x 0.1 inch
€5,757
Oil of sexuality
Léa Bon
Photography - 30 x 19.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.8 x 0.1 inch
€7,676
The Fall
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 118.14 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Lovers
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
The Swimmer
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 118.69 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.7 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
End of the Market III
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 83.79 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 33 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
End of the Market II
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 83.79 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 33 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Enfant de la tribus Karo. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Wrapped series untitled #33
Robert Mack
Photography - 106.7 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Photography - 42 x 28 x 1 inch
€5,757
Wrapped Series Untitled #1B
Robert Mack
Photography - 106 x 71 cm Photography - 41.7 x 28 inch
€5,757
Untitled (Nude II)
Massimo Attardi
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,600
Untitled (Nude)
Massimo Attardi
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,600
Bleu d'ébène
Laurent Castellani
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€12,500
La Belle Endormie
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Endormie
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
The kiss group of 8
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 108 x 239.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 42.5 x 94.4 x 0.1 inch
€13,433
The kiss II
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 99.8 x 140 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
€9,403
The kiss I
Maria Jose Arjona
Photography - 99.8 x 140 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.3 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
€9,403
Rêverie 2
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Intimité 2
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Série Backstage - F0597 – The alien
Idan Wizen
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€150
Silhouette VII
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
€5,300
According to Joan Miro
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
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
Figure Collection : Light Version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 150.1 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
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 : 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 - 100.1 x 100.1 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
Eris covered with gold
Guido Argentini
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
€9,000
In side out #1
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€8,060
Electric feelings #1
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€8,060
Cubism Emotions
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€8,060
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Portrait Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered the process for setting images onto pewter plates. In 1833, upon Nièpce's death, Louis Daguerre and François Arago continued his experiments and invented the daguerreotype, a process which created a printed image on a silver plate that had been exposed to light. Photography was born.
Similarly to how portrait painting had dominated artistic output in previous centuries, portrait photography was to become the pillar of the Second French Empire's photographic industry. Lenses with a shorter focal length, which enabled reduced exposure times, gradually appear on the market. The required equipment was expensive and difficult to handle. Some photographers, called daguerreotypists, decided to open their own photography studios to make a profit from their endeavours. The daguerreotype process was temperamental, and photographers had to take their pictures with great precision and attention to detail. They welcomed many people into their studios and customers choose how they wished to be photographed from catalogue of poses. Originally only accessible to the bourgeoisie, lower prices resulting from the growing number of studios eventually attracted a wider customer base. This phenomenon infuriated the poet Charles Baudelaire who was frustrated by the sense of narcissism sparked by the daguerreotypists.
Despite his protests, the egotistical trend only grew with the emergence of 'carte de visite' portraits (small photographs, the size of today's business cards). These were the brainchild of Adolphe Eugène Disdéri came up with the idea of producing portraits akin to visiting cards in 1859. He printed eight portraits in a variety of poses onto a single plate and once developed they could be cut up into eight distinct “visiting cards". Very popular with the bourgeoisie, they highlighted the sitters' social status. 'Carte de visite' portraits featuring celebrities were also sold to customers, who could subsequently add them to their albums.
The photographer Nadar was one of the first to demonstrate a conscious artistic approach to producing these portraits. He emphasised facial expressions and ensured the sitter was comfortable and at ease before taking the photograph. He photographed the era's greatest thinkers and artists, including Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. He even managed to reconcile Baudelaire with portraiture.
At the end of the 19th century, the art of photography started to enter the mainstream, with the arrival of the Kodak company. The use of the camera, and the taking of portraits, became everyday occurrences. A century later, it was the invention of the digital camera which challenged the status quo. Whereas before alterations could only be made to photographs when they were being taken or developed, with the digital camera editing became easier, quicker and more convenient. Digital photography has given photographers much more freedom when it comes to editing and new methods and techniques are constantly being explored.
Some of the photographers who have left their mark on the last century include: Cindy Sherman, who excelled in self-portraits, Annie Leibovitz, who captured celebrities, the wacky duo, Pierre and Gilles, as well as Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims.
So, do portraits help us to learn more about each other, to remember, to invent, to act, or to reconnect with ourselves? Find out on Artsper, by exploring the works of Formento & Formento, Naomi Vona, Ahmed Bennani, Chou Ching Hui, Samuel Cueto, Brno del Zou, Ren Hang, Markus + Indrani, Jerome Liebling as well as Annina Roescheisen.
A portrait photograph can be a photograph of a person's head and shoulders, but it can also be of an animal or of a different section of the subject's body such as their feet. Portrait photographs in art often tell or hint something about its subject to the viewer, such as an aspect of their personality, but still contain an element of mystery.
The three major types of portrait photography are posed portraits, candid or anonymous portraits, and conceptual portraits. The last type, conceptual or creative portraits, can be experimental and abstract, and may not represent an image close to a traditional portrait.
The six main types of portrait photography are fine art portraits, traditional portraits (for example posed portraits taken at school), lifestyle portraits, group portraits, street portraits and glamour portraits.