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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Maurice Renoma
Acte Pulsionnel
Maurice Renoma
Photography - 70 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$7,292
Série Académique 02
Maurice Renoma
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,292
Giana De Dier
Conversaciones 4
Giana De Dier
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,488
Conversaciones #1
Giana De Dier
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,927
What we remembered, what we prayed 6
Giana De Dier
Photography - 25 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,346
What we remember, what we pray 2
Giana De Dier
Photography - 25 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,346
Coversaciones 3
Giana De Dier
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,927
Lived-in nº2
Giana De Dier
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,292
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Berlin, Potsdamer Platz 2 (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$696
Tour Espace 2000 - 2 (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$696
Martigues, Sainte-Croix 2 (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$696
Sommet du Cerro Toco (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$696
Islande (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$696
Pont Daydé (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$696
Marseille, Plage du Prophète (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$696
La Défense (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$696
Raynald Najosky
Femme au temple
Raynald Najosky
Photography - 56 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 22 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,234
Mikael Siirilä
Jean-François Talivez
La valse du réfectoire - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 23 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.1 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$494
Tonsure, humilité
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$494
Père Pio-Marie
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$494
Les sandales - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 35 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$494
Les sandales 2 - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$494
Le sucre, Père Jean-Joseph - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$494
L'Escalier - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$494
Tonsure, la valse - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$494
Bruno Palisson
In our Intimate Moments - 02
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,458
The Way of the Salt Worker - 07
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,010
The Way of the Salt Worker - 10
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,010
In our Intimate Moments - 01
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,458
In Our Intimate Moments - 11
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,458
Pierre Boillon
Méduses et visage
Pierre Boillon
Photography - 60 x 42 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$449
Méduses bleues
Pierre Boillon
Photography - 60 x 42 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$449
Kofi Agorsor
Hélène Hubert
Martine Dégot
Carnaval de Rio
Martine Dégot
Sculpture - 100 x 85 x 10 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 33.5 x 3.9 inch
$8,975
Arelys Photos
Abstraction automnale
Arelys Photos
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,010
Bouquet Soleil
Arelys Photos
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,010
Reflet turquoise
Arelys Photos
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,234
Reflet Vitrail
Arelys Photos
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,571
Les graminés
Arelys Photos
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,010