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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Terry O'Neill
Faye Dunaway Reclining The Morning After
Terry O'Neill
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.001 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$12,902
Frank Sinatra In Miami
Terry O'Neill
Photography - 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch
$13,351
Faye Dunaway Oscar Ennui Reclining
Terry O'Neill
Photography - 61 x 51 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 inch
Sold
Brian Ziff
The invisible worm
Brian Ziff
Photography - 50 x 75 x 5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 2 inch
$2,500
Does Thy Life Destroy
Brian Ziff
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,500
That flies in the night
Brian Ziff
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,500
Has Found Out Thy Bed
Brian Ziff
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,500
Franck Guedj
Space Sample 2.5 / Eiffel
Franck Guedj
Photography - 91 x 85 x 1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,402
Mouvement 3.5
Franck Guedj
Photography - 55 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 21.7 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,402
Sample space urban 2.3
Franck Guedj
Photography - 50 x 130 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,254
Sample space urban 2.2
Franck Guedj
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,254
Laure Julien
La sagesse des fleurs #3
Laure Julien
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,851
La sagesse des fleurs #2
Laure Julien
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,851
La sagesse des fleurs #1
Laure Julien
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,851
Collection Terre, Lune & Gingko #7
Laure Julien
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
$258
Moon & gingko #4
Laure Julien
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 59 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.2 x 0 inch
$651
Collection Lune fleurie #3
Laure Julien
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch
$555
Lune fleurie #2
Laure Julien
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch
$555
Nicolas Boutruche
Emplacement 22
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 42 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,927
Bir Hakeim
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$9,648
Sixtine Avenue
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$7,068
Apesanteur - Walk in central park
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$9,648
Majestic
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 180 x 180 x 2 cm Photography - 70.9 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$23,223
America First
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$10,995
Guido Argentini
Towards the land of joy
Guido Argentini
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$10,097
Eris covered with gold
Guido Argentini
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$10,097
Thomas Ruff
Amerapoora. My-au-dyk Kyoung - Tripe
Thomas Ruff
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,019
Boss Arts 115
America soul flaglight
Boss Arts 115
Photography - 120 x 65 x 0.5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,010
Les 3 frères
Boss Arts 115
Photography - 70 x 100 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,010
Fathi Hassan
Glance Towards the Oblivion
Fathi Hassan
Photography - 76 x 50 cm Photography - 29.9 x 19.7 inch
Price upon request
Ancestral Reality
Fathi Hassan
Painting - 195 x 145 cm Painting - 76.8 x 57.1 inch
Price upon request
Vianca Reinig
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (6)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$4,488
5:5, you are still ok. (1)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 108 x 100 cm Photography - 42.5 x 39.4 inch
$3,702
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (7)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$4,488
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (5)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$4,488
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (2)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$4,488
In many ways, i prefer my own company. (2)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 140 x 100 cm Photography - 55.1 x 39.4 inch
$4,151
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (4)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$4,488
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (3)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$4,488
Luke Simmonds
Nils Eichberg
Colors Of Africa: Kyalami 1979
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,290
Colors Of Africa: Pretoria 1980
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,290
Colors Of Africa : Bryanston 1968
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,290
Colors Of The Past: Audi Auto
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,290
Colors Of The Past: OPEL Auto
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,290
Colors Of The Past: DDR 1979
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,290
Colors Of The Past: DDR 1981
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,290
Colors Of The Past: Tschernobyl Trabant
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,290