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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Matthieu Venot
Voyage/Bonheur III
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 50 x 62 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 24.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
Sans Titre I, série Deco
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
N°7, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,200
N°1, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,500
Dialogue 01
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 50 x 62.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 24.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
N°18, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,200
N°9, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,200
N°5, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 50 x 62.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 24.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
Benjamin Skinner
JM Collell
Plexi'Art "Bardot #1" (2)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
€1,100
Plexi'Art "Lagerfeld WS1" (7)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
€1,100
Plexi'Art "Basquiat WS2"(3)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
€1,100
Plexi'Art "Grace Kelly #1"(5)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
€1,100
Plexi'Art "Kate #1" (6)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
€1,100
Plexi'Art "Redford #1" (8)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 76 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 29.9 x 0.7 inch
€1,100
Carlotta Baldazzi
Rossa (red)
Carlotta Baldazzi
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€560
Raul Diaz
Anthony Caer
Myriad-RGB
Lorenzo Vitturi
Imagen en Viaje #1
Lorenzo Vitturi
Photography - 40 x 26.6 x 0.03 cm Photography - 15.7 x 10.5 x 0 inch
€5,000
Amber, Green, Aquamarine and Red Cotisso in Paracas
Lorenzo Vitturi
Photography - 38 x 25 x 0.03 cm Photography - 15 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€7,500
Selfportrait #4, Adobe, Yarns, Fused glass, Murano Beads in Arin
Lorenzo Vitturi
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.03 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€12,500
Mantas, Cotisso, Boat tarps, Foam & Body in Paracas (13)
Lorenzo Vitturi
Photography - 130 x 86 x 0.03 cm Photography - 51.2 x 33.9 x 0 inch
€8,000
Mango, Green & Jasmonite in Murano
Lorenzo Vitturi
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.03 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€4,500
Mantas, Cotisso, Boat tarps, Foam & Body in Paracas
Lorenzo Vitturi
Photography - 110 x 73 x 0.03 cm Photography - 43.3 x 28.7 x 0 inch
€7,000
Bricole Recycled Resin, Cotisso, Murano Factory Debris, Fishing Net, Dyed Yarn and Natural Pigment in Murano
Lorenzo Vitturi
Photography - 110 x 73 x 0.03 cm Photography - 43.3 x 28.7 x 0 inch
€7,000
Peruvian fishing Nets, Venetian boat tarp, Banana Leaf and Drift Wood in Paracas
Lorenzo Vitturi
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.03 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€5,600
Maria Grau
E. Ofza
Cathedral of the forest n.1
E. Ofza
Photography - 45 x 65 x 3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,050
Ulysses and Polyphemus
E. Ofza
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,050
Cathedral of the forest n.5
E. Ofza
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,050
Cathedral of the forest n.3
E. Ofza
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,050
Steven Seidenberg
Blue Room with Fig
Steven Seidenberg
Photography - 41 x 54.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 21.5 x 0 inch
€1,954
Red room
Steven Seidenberg
Photography - 41 x 54.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 21.5 x 0 inch
€1,954
Black door
Steven Seidenberg
Photography - 54.5 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 21.5 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€1,954
Divina commedia
Steven Seidenberg
Photography - 41 x 54.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 21.5 x 0 inch
€1,954
Occupied corner
Steven Seidenberg
Photography - 41 x 54.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 21.5 x 0 inch
€1,954
Plain sight
Steven Seidenberg
Photography - 54.5 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 21.5 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€1,954
The opening of the field
Steven Seidenberg
Photography - 41 x 54.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 21.5 x 0 inch
€1,954
Sonja H Lukenic
Serie 'Tenis 01' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,300
Serie 'Tenis 02' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,300
Serie 'Tenis 03' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,300
Serie 'Tenis 04' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,300
Serie 'Tenis 05' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,300
Serie 'Tenis 08' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,300
Serie 'Tenis 07' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,300
Serie Tenis 09 - La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,300