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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Frederic Pasquini
Purple Cadillac
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,002
Al Italia
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,054
The school kids nº1
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$616
The school kids nº2
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$610
The school kids nº3
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$610
David Salle
Rod Stewart & Britt Ekland – Beverly Hills, 1976
David Salle
Photography - 137 x 100 x 0.01 cm Photography - 53.9 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$4,717
Kampert Klaus
Shen Yongji
Christophe Catelain
We Love BB
Christophe Catelain
Photography - 120 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$5,439
Love People Triptych
Christophe Catelain
Print - 110 x 180 x 2 cm Print - 43.3 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$6,660 $5,994
Fabrizio Trotta
Miles Davis
Fabrizio Trotta
Photography - 40.5 x 31 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.9 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$333 $300
Ana Zegheanu
Part of the universe
Ana Zegheanu
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.02 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$178
The known unknown
Ana Zegheanu
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.02 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$178
May the sky be my testimony
Ana Zegheanu
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.02 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$178
Blue sky's here for me
Ana Zegheanu
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.02 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$178
Yves Cham
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Yves Cham
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.01 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,332
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Yves Cham
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.01 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,332
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Yves Cham
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.01 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,332
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Yves Cham
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.01 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,332
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Yves Cham
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,998
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Yves Cham
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,998
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Yves Cham
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.01 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,332
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Yves Cham
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.01 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,332
Tina Smeraldi
Yosemite National Park. USA on the road
Tina Smeraldi
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,942
Evasione Solitaria. Solo Escaping. Ireland
Tina Smeraldi
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,942
There is a Place where everything dissolves. Tanger, Morocco 2023
Tina Smeraldi
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,942
Chiara Mazzocchi
Light as a stone
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$549
Nike, Louvre, Selfportrait.
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$549
Human Alienation, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$549
Unione, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$549
ConCoscienza, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$549
HeartBeat, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$549
Jaie Johnson-Miller
Sophie Mayeux
Miroir de glace - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$200
Le cass poi de Luzéronde - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$200
Regarder brouter les moutons - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$200
Mourir d’amour enchaîné - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$200
Le banc de Jacobsen - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$200
Filet de Loire - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$200
Merci la caisse d’épargne
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$200