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Tempête en forêt /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€970
Savage System Casino
Robert Jaso
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,450
Vitrail
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,360
6°51' N, 158°13'E
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 60 x 160 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 63 x 0.2 inch
€3,000
Untitled 24 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 80 x 112 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 44.1 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 4 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Venice Beach II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
€1,290
Au Jardin des Tuileries
Daniel Allisy
Photography - 120 x 90 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
€875
MOTS croisés 3
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€610
Mots croisés 2
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€610
Mots croisés 1
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€610
Blanc Marais
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€570
Garbage Color
Pauline Corto
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€620
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (7)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
€4,000
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (5)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
€4,000
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (2)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
€4,000
Untitled (5). From series: Secret Photography - Cliché Verre and Photograms
Eliška Bartek
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
€2,300
Photo 111104.4
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€7,000
Death and life
Eliana Barbosa
Photography - 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 12 x 12 x 1 inch
€550
Abstraction urbaine 1
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€2,200
Orquídea Paphiopedilum
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€480
Monochrome rouge
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Roman Statue Study 3 Reversed
Luca Artioli
Photography - 68.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€2,878
Untitled 32 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 28 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 80 x 112 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 44.1 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 27 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 80 x 112 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 44.1 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 22 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 21 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 20 (Miami)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 19 (Paris)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 15 (Istanbul)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 12 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 10 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 9 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 7 (Miami)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 6 (Miami)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 5 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Untitled 3 (NY)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 112 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,838
Cosa Mentale
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 180 x 240 x 0.2 cm Photography - 70.9 x 94.5 x 0.1 inch
€15,580
Desire of the Primordial Real
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 180 x 240 x 0.2 cm Photography - 70.9 x 94.5 x 0.1 inch
€15,580
Beyond Confrontation
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 180 x 240 x 0.2 cm Photography - 70.9 x 94.5 x 0.1 inch
€15,580
Experience of the Limits
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 180 x 240 x 0.2 cm Photography - 70.9 x 94.5 x 0.1 inch
€15,580
Heart, Mind and Nervous System
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 180 x 240 x 0.2 cm Photography - 70.9 x 94.5 x 0.1 inch
€15,580
Untitled 1912
Jill Peters
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€3,838
0087, From The series One
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 134.9 x 119.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 53.1 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
€3,550
Miami Beach NYE.
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
€4,797
The Shame Planet
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.1 inch
€2,111
The Trust Planet
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.1 inch
€2,111
The Racist Planet
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.1 inch
€2,111
The Joy Planet
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.1 inch
€2,111
The Greedy Planet
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.1 inch
€2,111
The Anger Planet
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.1 inch
€2,111
San Francisco Bay bridge #1
Bruno Paget
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2.7 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.1 inch
€5,500
Président à Mortier
Daniel Allisy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€770
Egg Study 3, Silver gelatin print
Shine Huang
Photography - 35.6 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 21 x 0.1 inch
€2,303
Egg Study 2, Silver Gelatin print
Shine Huang
Photography - 35.6 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 21 x 0.1 inch
€2,303
Egg Study 1, silver gelatin print
Shine Huang
Photography - 35.6 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 21 x 0.1 inch
€2,303
Book of Faith, From series “Carry the Ocean”
Shine Huang
Photography - 81.3 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€3,358
Incense Debris
Shine Huang
Photography - 101.6 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 32 x 0.1 inch
€3,358
Sample space urban 2.3
Franck Guedj
Photography - 50 x 130 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
€2,900
"Athens" from series: Synthetical Landscapes
Nikolaus von Wolff
Photography - 100 x 182 cm Photography - 39.4 x 71.7 inch
€3,800
"Cairo" from series: Synthetical Landscapes
Nikolaus von Wolff
Photography - 100 x 180 cm Photography - 39.4 x 70.9 inch
€2,800
Orage blanc
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 140 x 210 x 3 cm Photography - 55.1 x 82.7 x 1.2 inch
€7,360
Untitled (1). From series: Secret Photography - Cliché Verre and Photograms
Eliška Bartek
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
€2,300
Untitled (3). From series: Secret Photography - Cliché Verre and Photograms
Eliška Bartek
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
€2,300
Untitled (4). From series: Secret Photography - Cliché Verre and Photograms
Eliška Bartek
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
€2,300
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Abstract Photography for Sale
Abstract photography, also sometimes known as experimental photography, is the art of creating a visual effect with an image that has no immediate attachment to reality, by using processes like focusing, framing, or retouching and editing the photograph in post-processing. For example, an abstract picture can sometimes isolate a fragment of an ordinary image to remove it from its original context and give it a surrealist edge. It can also involve playing with blurring, shadows or lighting, textures or unexpected forms. The image is often created with traditional photographic material (analog or digital cameras, dark room, computer). However, artists can also manipulate and alter the film in order to achieve the desired effect.
The first images known as “abstract photographs" appeared shortly after the invention of photography in the 1830s. In 1842, John William Draper created a new type of images with a spectroscope. This machine dispersed light beams and produced a phenomenon that was previously invisible to the eye. The negatives he produced had nothing in common with the works of other photographers, and they opened the way for innovative photographic works. Draper perceived these images as a scientific discovery, not as artworks, but today his method is widely acclaimed by critics for its inherent originality.
In England, Anna Atkins was also a pioneer of abstract photography; she was the first one to place dry algae on cyanotype paper. This scientific experiment improved photographic techniques by creating unique blue and white images. Moreover, the discovery of X-ray and radioactivity in 1896 provoked a fascination for the invisible and many photographers were immediately drawn to these phenomena. French photographer Louis Darget attempted to capture mental processes by pressing unexposed plates to the foreheads of his and trying to get them to project images from their minds onto the plates. He carried out thousands of similar experiments.
It was only during the 20th century that abstract photography truly became recognised as an artistic practice. Surrealism and cubism started replacing impressionism, especially after the Salon d'Automne in 1903 in Paris. This event highlighted new talents like Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp… Ten years later, in New York, Wassily Kandinsky, Mondrian, Braque and Delaunay shocked audiences. The freedom coming from abstract art inspired some of the greatest photographers to break the rules.
Erwin Quedenfeldt exhibited the first abstract photographs in Cologne in 1914. From 1920 to 1930, Europe became the epicenters of conceptual photography with artists such as Jaroslav Rossler, Josef Sudeck, and Rössler exploring abstraction.
Post-processing became more central to photographic works in the 60s and the 70s, with artists like Josef Newman. Eventually, the growing popularity of computers in the 90s and the 2000s opened up infinite possibilities for creating original work. Some contemporary photographers like Peter Klasen, Dominic Harris, or Nicolas Dubreuille combine photography with other mediums.
Find them all on Artsper with our unique selection of abstract photographs.
Abstract photography refers to images created using photography equipment that do not directly represent the real visual world as we see it. Abstract photographers use different techniques to manipulate the image captured by the camera.
There are different factors in what makes a good abstract photograph, including composition, color, tone, lighting and mystery.
There are many different ways to produce an abstract photograph. Techniques can include moving the camera during exposure, playing with light and reflections, using different angles, and experimenting with production techniques.