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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Duane Michals
Katarzyna Widmanska
Follow the white rabbit
Katarzyna Widmanska
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$832
Follow the white rabbit
Katarzyna Widmanska
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$832
Abel Bourgeois
Série Aragon n°6
Abel Bourgeois
Photography - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$444
Série Toscane n°20
Abel Bourgeois
Photography - 36 x 36 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
$277
Série Toscane n°17
Abel Bourgeois
Photography - 36 x 36 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
$277
Série Toscane n°16
Abel Bourgeois
Photography - 36 x 36 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
$277
Série Toscane n°15
Abel Bourgeois
Photography - 36 x 36 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
$277
Tommy Schultz
Lucas Perrigot
IBEYI23 Olympia - L'Olympia - Paris - Dans les coulisses de l'Olympia d'Ibeyi - série photo Noir et Blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$322
Jessie - Halles Alstom - Nantes - série photo Danse Noir et Blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$322
Kévin - Le mur - La poste - Nantes - série Danse photo Noir et Blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$322
Marion - Île de beaulieu - Nantes - série Danse photo Noir et Blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$322
Pépé, une seconde avant - Festival Fête du Bruit - Saint Nolff - Concert du groupe Deluxe - série photo Noir et Blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$322
MC Solaar, Daddy Lord C et JP Manova - Médiathèque Françoise Sagan - Paris - Concert de JP Manova pour la radio Le Mouv' - série photo Noir et Blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$322
Dany Dan - La Carrière - Saint Herblain 2013 - Dans les coulisses du festival Hip Opsession - série photo Noir et Blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$322
L'homme à la guitare - Le Trianon - Paris - Avant première du concert de Guts - série photo Noir et Blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$322
Ian Wallace
Fabien Olart
Milan, the tramway
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
Deauville, the beach
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
Tenerife, the palm trees
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
Milan, the Duomo
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
Dijon, the gargoyle
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$499
Tenerife, Anaga Forest
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
Dijon, the shadow
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
Jim Kazanjian
Charles Bayonne
Les femmes guerrières
Charles Bayonne
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,332
Les femmes guerrières
Charles Bayonne
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,332
Jacques Violet
24h du Mans 1970
Jacques Violet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$555
24h du Mans 1970-La Porsche 917K n°22 de Hobbs et Hailwood, 13 juin 1970.
Jacques Violet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$444
24h du Mans 1970-La Porsche 917K n°23 pilotée par Richard Attwood ou Hans Herrmann, vainqueurs de cette édition après 343 tours, 13 ou 14 juin 1970.
Jacques Violet
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$388
24h du Mans 1970-Vue sur la ligne droite du circuit et les gradins depuis le bord de la piste, 13 ou 14 juin 1970.
Jacques Violet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$444
Lien Botha
Tale bring twis / Safari
Lien Botha
Photography - 49 x 49 x 5 cm Photography - 19.3 x 19.3 x 2 inch
$1,776
In afterland (Piero di Cosimo)
Lien Botha
Photography - 33 x 46 x 5 cm Photography - 13 x 18.1 x 2 inch
$1,332
In afterland (Malevich)
Lien Botha
Photography - 33 x 46 x 5 cm Photography - 13 x 18.1 x 2 inch
$1,332
In afterland (Pietro Longhi)
Lien Botha
Photography - 33 x 46 x 5 cm Photography - 13 x 18.1 x 2 inch
$1,332
Besonderse plante vir elke seisoen / Safari
Lien Botha
Photography - 49 x 49 x 5 cm Photography - 19.3 x 19.3 x 2 inch
$1,332
Tigridias from Garden of Plague
Lien Botha
Photography - 34 x 25 x 5 cm Photography - 13.4 x 9.8 x 2 inch
$888
Die safari was’n droom / Safari
Lien Botha
Photography - 49 x 49 x 5 cm Photography - 19.3 x 19.3 x 2 inch
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