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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Pierrot Men
Mananara, Madagascar, 2014
Pierrot Men
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$2,344
Mikaël Lafontan
Pierre Casbas
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
La Jeune Femme au Papillon
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Les Hespérides L'Insouciance
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Papillon Mon Amour
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Le Souffle de la Légèreté
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674 $1,423
Credendo Vides 026
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$893 $759
Credendo Vides 028
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$893
Credendo Vides 002
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$893
Luigi Visconti
Paris Concorde
Luigi Visconti
Photography - 100 x 165 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 65 x 0.2 inch
$4,577
Tour Eiffel Blanche
Luigi Visconti
Photography - 140 x 112 x 0.5 cm Photography - 55.1 x 44.1 x 0.2 inch
$4,577
Riva I, Lac de Garde
Luigi Visconti
Photography - 100 x 140 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch
$4,577
Spiaggia I, Lido Adriano
Luigi Visconti
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch
$4,577
Piscina I, Mirabeach
Luigi Visconti
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch
$4,577
Scogliera, Santa Cesarea Terme
Luigi Visconti
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch
$4,577
Circolo Nautico, Santa Cesarea
Luigi Visconti
Photography - 100 x 130 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.2 inch
$4,577
Sylvie Gedda
Le soleil joue avec la lune
Sylvie Gedda
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,518
Voyage au fil du temps
Sylvie Gedda
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,518
Marick
L'homme en costume vert
Marick
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$380
Alberto García-Alix
Elena Mar, odalisca en mio patio
Alberto García-Alix
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$10,605
Viet Ha Tran
Portrait of spring
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 119.9 x 87.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 34.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Monet garden
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 59.9 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,652
Garden of hope I
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 101.6 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,704
Romantic Sakura II
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 91.9 x 89.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36.2 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,150
The joy of spring
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 100.1 x 149.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Take me to your dreams Ophelia III
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 85 x 126 cm Photography - 33.5 x 49.6 inch
$6,411
June Kim
Digital Season, Merging Redthread Landscape
June Kim
Print - 50 x 90 x 0.3 cm Print - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,116
Knots, Time Landscape
June Kim
Sculpture - 43 x 36 x 63.5 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 14.2 x 25 inch
$27,907
Artic, Merging Redthread Landscape
June Kim
Print - 50 x 90 x 0.3 cm Print - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$335
Philippe Grincourt
Tour d'Ulster - Guerre 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
Mémorial Franco-Britannique de Thiepval 14-18 (1) (1)
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
Tranchées de Beaumont-Hamel 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
Mémorial Australien de Villers-Bretonneux
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
Arbres calcinés du champ de bataille 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
Cimetière Britannique de Contay 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
La Tortue de Kerlouan
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
L'équilibre parfait
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$502
Yann Gaillot
Verticalités - 6852b
Yann Gaillot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$402
Silhouettes - 0524
Yann Gaillot
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$402