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.
Discover the styles & movements
Miguel Guía
Édition Le regard de David 30
Miguel Guía
Print - 32 x 30 x 0.3 cm Print - 12.6 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€380
New York dans l’ombre de la liberté (encadrée)
Miguel Guía
Photography - 40 x 72 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch
€579
Menina Air et Métal Nickel Bleu
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 40 x 21 x 37 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 8.3 x 14.6 inch
€1,580
Essence de jeunesse masculine 22
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 38.5 x 14 x 11.5 cm Sculpture - 15.2 x 5.5 x 4.5 inch
€1,140
Masque Cubiste Grand
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 34 x 9.5 x 17 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 3.7 x 6.7 inch
€1,140
JR
Ballerina in containers, on the edge, le Havre, France
JR
Print - 70 x 100 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
€3,500
Migrants, Mayra, Picnic Across The Border. Tecate, Mexico–USA (2017)
JR
Design - 20 x 80 x 1 cm Design - 7.9 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€595
Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro
JR
Print - 64 x 96 x 1 cm Print - 25.2 x 37.8 x 0.4 inch
€11,500
The Wrinkles of the city, La Havana, Antonio Cruz Gordillo
JR
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,900
Inside Out, Times Square, Close Up, USA, 2013
JR
Print - 100 x 70 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
€1,020
Migrants, Walking New York City. New York, USA (2015)
JR
Print - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Print - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€995
Finding Hope, Night View, Paris, France
JR
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€2,390
28 Millimètres, Face 2 Face, Separation Wall, Security fence, Palestinian side, Bethlehem, 2007
JR
Print - 70 x 100 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,000
Samsofy
Le petit oiseau va sortir
Samsofy
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
€60
Karl Lagasse
One Dollar ondulé Karl Lagasse Pink & blue
Karl Lagasse
Sculpture - 39 x 18 x 2 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch
€900
Lithographie Store Housse Blue
Karl Lagasse
Print - 46.5 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€1,900
One Dollar Blue Maldives
Karl Lagasse
Sculpture - 38 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 15 x 6.3 x 2 inch
€1,500
One Dollar Rolls Bleu Electrique
Karl Lagasse
Sculpture - 40 x 5 x 5 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 2 x 2 inch
€800
One Dollar ondulé Karl Lagasse Gold & Black
Karl Lagasse
Sculpture - 39 x 18 x 2 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch
€900
One Dollar Rolls Red Tokyo
Karl Lagasse
Sculpture - 40 x 5 x 5 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 2 x 2 inch
€800
Mr Brainwash
Flowarh$ - II (C) - Flowers - Les fleurs
Mr Brainwash
Print - 91.4 x 91.4 cm Print - 36 x 36 inch
€4,500
Fabien Novarino
Bernard Pras
152 - Van Gogh
Bernard Pras
Photography - 106 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
Lionel le Jeune
Aigrette en Camargue derrière des barbelés
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 37 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 14.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Etude urbaine
Lionel le Jeune
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€55
Tanguy Mendrisse
La porte dérobée
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€160
Dernier Regard
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€290
Où est Charlie ? III
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€125
Réverbère d'un doux souvenir
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€120
Éphémère Sensualité #1
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€190
Lighting Sand
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
€320
Philippe Pasqua
Vanité aux papillons
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 22 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 18.9 x 18.9 inch
€14,000
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Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 170 x 140 x 0.5 cm Photography - 66.9 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch
€14,000
Grande vanité aux papillons
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 160 x 160 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 63 x 1.6 inch
€28,000
Vanité (crâne aux paillons)
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
€25,000
Suki Da
Bert Stern
Marilyn Rare Black Dress Large
Bert Stern
Photography - 102 x 92 cm Photography - 40.2 x 36.2 inch
€28,000
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting Portfolio 4
Bert Stern
Photography - 61 x 61 cm Photography - 24 x 24 inch
€29,015
Marilyn in Vogue (1962)
Bert Stern
Photography - 25 x 21 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
€1,590
Marilyn stretching the jewelry
Bert Stern
Photography - 33 x 48 cm Photography - 13 x 18.9 inch
€2,490