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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Clara Delaporte
La Maison Rose
Clara Delaporte
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,000
California II
Clara Delaporte
Photography - 40 x 60 x 4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,000
California I
Clara Delaporte
Photography - 40 x 60 x 4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,000
Miguel Winograd
Bruma Portfolio
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 2 inch
€2,916
Bosque Chingaza, Pigment Prints
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 47 x 47 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.5 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
€875
Ituango, Pigment Prints
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 96 x 78 x 0.3 cm Photography - 37.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch
€875
Páramo Chingaza and Caballo el Palmar, Pigment Prints
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 110 x 183.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 72.4 x 0.1 inch
€3,888
Caballo el Palmar, Pigment Prints
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 91.9 x 91.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36.2 x 36.2 x 0.1 inch
€1,944
Pared el Palmar, Pigment Prints
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 110 x 91.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 36.2 x 0.1 inch
€1,944
Fusagasugá, Pigment Prints
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 47 x 47 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.5 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,166
Guillaume Pépy
Terra Incognita - Le Grand Canyon
Guillaume Pépy
Photography - 70 x 105 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 inch
€1,400
Terra Incognita - Moonscape
Guillaume Pépy
Photography - 70 x 105 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 inch
€1,950
Aoteraoa - Les naufragés
Guillaume Pépy
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
€1,125
Terra Incognita - Icare
Guillaume Pépy
Photography - 105 x 70 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 inch
€1,400
Terra Incognita - Breathe
Guillaume Pépy
Photography - 70 x 105 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 inch
€1,400
Terra Incognita - Katabasis
Guillaume Pépy
Photography - 70 x 105 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 inch
€1,400
Cecil Beaton
HRH Princess Elizabeth With HRH The Prince of Wales
Cecil Beaton
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€1,209
Queen Elizabeth II On Her Coronation Day
Cecil Beaton
Photography - 50.8 x 50.8 cm Photography - 20 x 20 inch
€647
Queen Elizabeth II At Buckingham Palace
Cecil Beaton
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
€825
Ebuka Michael
Bad Habits - Greed
Ebuka Michael
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
Hardwork and discipline
Ebuka Michael
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
€2,800
Faceless - Hidden Identities
Ebuka Michael
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€3,310
Faceless - Hidden Identities
Ebuka Michael
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
€700
Sophie Derrick
The Space Between - Viridian V1
Sophie Derrick
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€7,936
Mirrored Case - Jewel Sapphire
Sophie Derrick
Sculpture - 39 x 27 x 5.5 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 10.6 x 2.2 inch
€2,198
Close to nothing (Yellow)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
€1,465
Close to nothing (Blue)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
€1,465
Laid Bare - Peachy Pink + Gold #1
Sophie Derrick
Print - 59.4 x 42 x 0.02 cm Print - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€665
Miles Aldridge
Better Than Life (after Harland Miller) | Fotografiska Berlin 2024 : Miles Aldridge : Virgin Mary. Supermarkets. Popcorn.
Miles Aldridge
Photography - 75 x 103 cm Photography - 29.5 x 40.6 inch
€7,500
Barry Cawston
Dismaland : The Revolution Will Be Live
Barry Cawston
Photography - 75 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,648
Cafe in the Favela
Barry Cawston
Photography - 90 x 69 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,350
Golden stairway
Barry Cawston
Photography - 90 x 69 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,950
Morning ritual II (3)
Barry Cawston
Photography - 75 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,137
Havana pool
Barry Cawston
Photography - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,950
Eru Narayana
Jochen Cerny
No Title #1317
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,950
NYC - in neon lights
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 50 x 103 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 40.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,950
In Money We Believe
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 30 x 72 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,450
Blue Moon II
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 70.1 x 120.1 x 2.8 cm Photography - 27.6 x 47.3 x 1.1 inch
€1,944
It is what it is
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
CharlElie Couture
Rimbaud - Arthur Headphone (travail des mains)
CharlElie Couture
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€2,400
Rimbaud - Arthur à la chemise rayée
CharlElie Couture
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€2,400
Rimbaud - Dessin - Arthur assis mains croisées
CharlElie Couture
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€2,400
Manhattan Photo-Grafs
CharlElie Couture
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
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Anthony Horth
Magic Comes To Lurline Bay
Anthony Horth
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 2 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.8 inch
€851
Finding Nemo in the Coral Sea
Anthony Horth
Photography - 61 x 96.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 38 x 0.1 inch
€885
Marisa French Vogue Studios 1970
Anthony Horth
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,166
Coral Sea reeffish patterns
Anthony Horth
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
€826
Riding the Wind
Anthony Horth
Photography - 50.8 x 71.1 x 1 cm Photography - 20 x 28 x 0.4 inch
€729
Twilight Uluru
Anthony Horth
Photography - 50.8 x 71.1 x 0.5 cm Photography - 20 x 28 x 0.2 inch
€778
Coral Sea Conservation Underwater
Anthony Horth
Photography - 61 x 96.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 38 x 0.1 inch
€953
Between dog and wolf
Anthony Horth
Photography - 51 x 71 x 2.5 cm Photography - 20.1 x 28 x 1 inch
€778