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Emulsion 6
Giuliano Bekor
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.5 inch
$16,500
Inner Thoughts #6
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,892
Inner Time - emotional upliftment
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,894
Inner Thoughts - emotional upliftment
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,894
Just be yourself
Amandine André
Photography - 16.5 x 22.5 x 1 cm Photography - 6.5 x 8.9 x 0.4 inch
$112
St Petersbourg
Amandine André
Photography - 14.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm Photography - 5.7 x 5.7 x 0.4 inch
$79
Backstage XVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,079
Backstage XIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,079
Backstage XX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,079
Backstage XVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,079
Backstage XV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,079
Madoc Emrys and Malen
Jacqueline Roberts
Photography - 100 x 80 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$5,057
Light as a stone
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$556
Muse au téléphone monumental 1972 MATHAUSEN
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 100 x 120 x 0.75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.3 inch
$5,506
1972 Muse à la Sculpture de granit monumentale MATHAUSEN
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,259
Portrait de sculpteurs du Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$3,259
Portrait MOON SHIN
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,259
MOON SHIN Portrait et Sculpture
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,259
MOON SHIN Portrait au chien
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,259
MOON SHIN Portait dans sculpture blanche
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$3,259
Moon Shin, Portrait à la cigarette
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,259
Moon Shin totem Lia, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$4,382
Grossert 3 - Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$3,259
Marie Agnes Gillot - Opera National de Paris
Philippe Robert
Photography - 87 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 34.3 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$14,046
Lumumba #7
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$8,428
Lumumba #2
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$8,428
Lumumba #6
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$8,428
Lumumba #4
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$8,428
Ridgerats of Yellowhook
Sarah Baley
Photography - 34 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,495
1972 Mauthausen Muse Renaissance
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 27 x 32 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 12.6 x 0.2 inch
$4,439
KLAMERUS au pied de sa crucifixion
Charles Tanguy
Photography - 140 x 100 x 0.2 cm Photography - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$4,382
Les pieds dans l'eau
Denis Morel
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$494
Black Beauty III
Léa Bon
Photography - 72.4 x 48 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.5 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Bruno Mars, Portrait intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 187.9 x 132 x 3 cm Photography - 74 x 52 x 1.2 inch
$7,500
Les photographes
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 16 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.3 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$337
Micheal Jordan - Portrait
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$393
Untitled (Id. 101)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.2 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.5 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
Ecstasy of St Teresa
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 81.58 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 32.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
Into the Darkness
Jesus Torio
Photography - 71.16 x 118.9 x 0.2 cm Photography - 28 x 46.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
The Waiting Room IV
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 116.46 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 45.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
The Dance (Sixth move)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 116.62 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 45.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
The Waiting Room III (Lockdown)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 82.63 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 32.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
The Waiting Room II (Hannah and I)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.14 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
The Splash
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
The Waiting Room
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 118.14 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
The Model
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
Christina
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 80.86 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 31.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
The Sunbathers
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 115.6 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 45.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
Liberty
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 80.29 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 31.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
Red Curtain
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 112.28 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 44.2 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
The Dance (Second move)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 116.62 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 45.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
Playground II
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
Playground
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
Self-Portrait
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 114.38 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 45 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
1952 Raymond DUNCAN Galerie Akademia
Raymond Duncan
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
$3,259
1952 Raymond DUNCAN dans sa galerie Akademia
Raymond Duncan
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
$3,315
Places des Fêtes, Paris (Bus 60)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$201
Montmartre (Bus 60)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$167
Iran (Silk Roads)
Camille Léage
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$257
Kyrgystan (Silk Roads)
Camille Léage
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$167
Préparation du pilote Ayrton Senna
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
Ayrton Senna. Maclaren F1 Argentine
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
Jacques Villeneuve. Williams. Ch du Monde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,348
Jacques Villeneuve. Williams
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
Ayrton Senna avant le départ du GP d'Imola
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
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Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$971
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$1,797 $1,618
Mickey Mouse Soldier
Belart Collective
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,236
Portrait Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered the process for setting images onto pewter plates. In 1833, upon Nièpce's death, Louis Daguerre and François Arago continued his experiments and invented the daguerreotype, a process which created a printed image on a silver plate that had been exposed to light. Photography was born.
Similarly to how portrait painting had dominated artistic output in previous centuries, portrait photography was to become the pillar of the Second French Empire's photographic industry. Lenses with a shorter focal length, which enabled reduced exposure times, gradually appear on the market. The required equipment was expensive and difficult to handle. Some photographers, called daguerreotypists, decided to open their own photography studios to make a profit from their endeavours. The daguerreotype process was temperamental, and photographers had to take their pictures with great precision and attention to detail. They welcomed many people into their studios and customers choose how they wished to be photographed from catalogue of poses. Originally only accessible to the bourgeoisie, lower prices resulting from the growing number of studios eventually attracted a wider customer base. This phenomenon infuriated the poet Charles Baudelaire who was frustrated by the sense of narcissism sparked by the daguerreotypists.
Despite his protests, the egotistical trend only grew with the emergence of 'carte de visite' portraits (small photographs, the size of today's business cards). These were the brainchild of Adolphe Eugène Disdéri came up with the idea of producing portraits akin to visiting cards in 1859. He printed eight portraits in a variety of poses onto a single plate and once developed they could be cut up into eight distinct “visiting cards". Very popular with the bourgeoisie, they highlighted the sitters' social status. 'Carte de visite' portraits featuring celebrities were also sold to customers, who could subsequently add them to their albums.
The photographer Nadar was one of the first to demonstrate a conscious artistic approach to producing these portraits. He emphasised facial expressions and ensured the sitter was comfortable and at ease before taking the photograph. He photographed the era's greatest thinkers and artists, including Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. He even managed to reconcile Baudelaire with portraiture.
At the end of the 19th century, the art of photography started to enter the mainstream, with the arrival of the Kodak company. The use of the camera, and the taking of portraits, became everyday occurrences. A century later, it was the invention of the digital camera which challenged the status quo. Whereas before alterations could only be made to photographs when they were being taken or developed, with the digital camera editing became easier, quicker and more convenient. Digital photography has given photographers much more freedom when it comes to editing and new methods and techniques are constantly being explored.
Some of the photographers who have left their mark on the last century include: Cindy Sherman, who excelled in self-portraits, Annie Leibovitz, who captured celebrities, the wacky duo, Pierre and Gilles, as well as Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims.
So, do portraits help us to learn more about each other, to remember, to invent, to act, or to reconnect with ourselves? Find out on Artsper, by exploring the works of Formento & Formento, Naomi Vona, Ahmed Bennani, Chou Ching Hui, Samuel Cueto, Brno del Zou, Ren Hang, Markus + Indrani, Jerome Liebling as well as Annina Roescheisen.
What makes a portrait photograph?
A portrait photograph can be a photograph of a person's head and shoulders, but it can also be of an animal or of a different section of the subject's body such as their feet. Portrait photographs in art often tell or hint something about its subject to the viewer, such as an aspect of their personality, but still contain an element of mystery.
What are the three major types of portrait photography?
The three major types of portrait photography are posed portraits, candid or anonymous portraits, and conceptual portraits. The last type, conceptual or creative portraits, can be experimental and abstract, and may not represent an image close to a traditional portrait.
What are the six styles of portrait photography?
The six main types of portrait photography are fine art portraits, traditional portraits (for example posed portraits taken at school), lifestyle portraits, group portraits, street portraits and glamour portraits.