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Da Sokolan
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$3,330
Coluche - Iconic portraits
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,554
Gucci Cruise, Cannes
Martin Parr
Photography - 112 x 162 x 1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 63.8 x 0.4 inch
$24,974
The Future is Today
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$13,320
Introspection
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,220
Purple (Original 1 ex)
Cédric Brion Studio Clavicule Pics
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,110
Find your clitoris II
Charlotte Abramow
Photography - 60 x 47 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 18.5 x 0.2 inch
$3,441
Kristen pop
Fabien Novarino
Photography - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,099
Mark Ronson
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 10.752 x 8.847 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.2 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,665
La théorie des cordes n°1/7
Johann Fournier
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,054
Hillary Drawing
Alison Jackson
Photography - 114.3 x 83.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 33 x 0.1 inch
$8,000
How to Paint Graffiti and Get Away With It
Steve Lazarides
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,332
No title
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 170 x 140 x 0.5 cm Photography - 66.9 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch
$15,540
Vagabondages 12
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,887
Chemin Faisant "Le poirier" (1)
Bertrand Desprez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 2.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1 inch
$333
Who will fly you there
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$277
Chrissie Hynde, Paris
Pierre Terrasson
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,665
Upper Glasses Royal Ascot
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$2,026
Keith Richards
John Rowlands
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,350
Emily - Le Bataclan - Concert de Jukebox Champions - Paris 2014 - série Photo Noir et Blanc
Lucas Perrigot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$322
André Villers Photograph of Picasso
André Villers
Photography - 40.64 x 50.8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0 inch
$3,885
Bilbao 30/09/2010 15:22h. (Identity Promises Series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$943
A Faceless State
Robert Jaso
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,719
Gold Kiss 3D
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 76.2 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$8,900
Carla Bruni - Gitane - dyptique
Philippe Robert
Photography - 105 x 145 x 1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 57.1 x 0.4 inch
$13,875
Twiggy In Red Trousers
David Steen
Photography - 61 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 24 x 0 inch
$1,554
Oceani Mentali n°9
Luca Izzo
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$388 $350
Shoot again (887)
Yves Cham
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.01 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,332
Her Royal Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II in Lilac
Chris Jackson
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.001 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,221
La valse du réfectoire - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 23 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.1 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$488
Les femmes guerrières
Charles Bayonne
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,332
Medusa Me
Elizabeth Sher
Photography - 57 x 57 x 0.4 cm Photography - 22.4 x 22.4 x 0.2 inch
$721 $649
On est notre environnement
Aline Part
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$666
Awissa
Claudia van der Starre
Photography - 150 x 100 x 0.5 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$4,412
Métamorphose II (Le Chat)
Joss Uñac
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,421
Jane, spikes, white rabbit
David Martin
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$942
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting Portfolio 4
Bert Stern
Photography - 61 x 61 cm Photography - 24 x 24 inch
$30,000
Serie "Anna. Moscow" 2001
Stanley Greene
Photography - 10.8 x 8.9 x 1 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch
$555
Bruma Portfolio
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 2 inch
$3,000
Marilyn Monroe, ca
George Barris
Photography - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 8 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$1,665
Aah la bonne heure" Garder ton ombre, Bruxelles
Anahi Matteo
Photography - 30 x 20 x 2.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 1 inch
$488
Sans Titre
Jean-François Spricigo
Photography - 27.5 x 27.5 x 1 cm Photography - 10.8 x 10.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,886
Of Crimson Joy
Brian Ziff
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.5 inch
$2,500
Emulsion 6
Giuliano Bekor
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.5 inch
$16,500
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
No prostitution Here Geisha
Philippe Shangti
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$16,650
L'indien à la feuille
Géraldine Rué
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$914
Golden Nude Kate Moss 1993
Thiery Le Gouès
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$13,320
Synesthetic Letters - Y
Dasha Pears
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$866
The Feast of Trimalchio
AES + F
Photography - 42 x 55.5 x 1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 21.9 x 0.4 inch
$3,330
Every single incident weighs tons (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$610
Nanaya Green&Red
Marcos Rodrigo
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,665
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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
$959
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
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 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
$1,775
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.