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The fantastic fear of everything
Tomaas
Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
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Reflets #3
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
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Voir la vie du bon angle
Jean-Michel Landon
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Self portrait on the gulf on Naples
Daniele Sigalot
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
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Moda DIOR, Venezia 1951
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 55 x 36.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 21.7 x 14.4 x 0 inch
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Claudia Cardinale à Rome, Italie
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Alberto Giacometti, Paris
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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La Petite Rêveuse
Jean-Michel Landon
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
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Petit Chef (Kennedy)
Philippe Echaroux
Photography - 77 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 30.3 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
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Look at me! I am chained but I am sexy!
Idan Wizen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Godard, Karina / Paris Match
Jean-Claude Sauer
Photography - 53 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 31.5 x 0 inch
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Anatol
Leni Riefenstahl
Photography - 49.8 x 37.5 x 1.3 cm Photography - 19.625 x 14.75 x 0.5 inch
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Der Sieger (Sieger)
Leni Riefenstahl
Photography - 49.8 x 37.5 cm Photography - 19.62 x 14.75 inch
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Windblown Jackie, Madison Av. NYC
Ron Galella
Photography - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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Fiango, 1958 / Paris Match
Maurice Jarnoux
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Romy Schneider et Alain Delon
Maurice Jarnoux
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Hardy / Paris Match
Gérard Gery
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Jeune Vitrier. Rue Greneta
André Ostier
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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James Moon / James Dean Castelloland
Paloma Castello
Photography - 83.8 x 119.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 33 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
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Faye Dunaway Oscar Ennui Reclining
Terry O'Neill
Photography - 61 x 51 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 inch
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Captain Robert Falcon Scott
Herbert Ponting
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
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Scott’s Expedition Team
Herbert Ponting
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
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Mystique's Cosmos Prisoner
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 55 x 55.84 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.7 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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Untitled
Margrethe Mather
Photography - 25.1 x 18.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.88 x 7.38 x 0.1 inch
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The Statue of my Five
Saïdou Dicko
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
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Aviator (Birds)
Kamil Vojnar
Photography - 81 x 81 x 0.2 cm Photography - 31.9 x 31.9 x 0.1 inch
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Miss Europe au Senegal
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
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Mer de Chine, Boat People
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Portrait d'une femme de Mogadiscio
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
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Kate Moss en Fiat, Vogue Italy
Arthur Elgort
Photography - 100 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
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Headdress Detva-Podpolanie
Petra Lajdova
Photography - 80 x 100 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 inch
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Headdress Cajkov - Tekov
Petra Lajdova
Photography - 80 x 100 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 inch
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Silent education
Joana Choumali
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Blond in Dior
Cécile Plaisance
Photography - 70 x 57 x 4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 22.4 x 1.6 inch
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Moss Hat On
Jonathan Bermudes
Photography - 166 x 125 x 5 cm Photography - 65.4 x 49.2 x 2 inch
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No Pride Here
Philippe Shangti
Photography - 114 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 44.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
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Burn Your Money And Stay Happy
Philippe Shangti
Photography - 114 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 44.9 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
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Sans titre 8, de la série Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
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Sans titre 6, de la série Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
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Sans titre 12, de la série Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
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Sans titre 1, de la série Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
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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.
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.
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.
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.