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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Alex Silver
Christopher Barraja
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,346
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,346
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,346
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,346
De Chlore et de Rosé (2)
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,346
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,346
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,346
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,010
Sebastiaan Knot
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Réverbération Mandarine
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 69 x 65 x 68 cm Sculpture - 27.2 x 25.6 x 26.8 inch
$9,334
Vol de Nuit
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Photography - 50 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$4,171
Nocturnal Passages
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Painting - 216 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 85 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,171
Éclairage Violet
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 50 x 40 x 40 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$6,753
Reveiller White
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 82 x 74 x 79 cm Sculpture - 32.3 x 29.1 x 31.1 inch
$12,047
Kénose Perle
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 67 x 34 x 34 cm Sculpture - 26.4 x 13.4 x 13.4 inch
$69,569
Eclairage Smoke
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 52 x 43 x 48 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 16.9 x 18.9 inch
$6,753
Eclairage Rouge II
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 55 x 38 x 46 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 15 x 18.1 inch
$6,753
Charly Desoubry
Truthful#1
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Truthful#2
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Eugène Druet
1910 Arbres Trees
Eugène Druet
Photography - 59 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.2 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,402 $701
1915 Nuages et tempête Tempest and clouds
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$2,188
1915 BRIGITTE au foulard
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$1,627
1915 Femme au chignon
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,627
1915 Bacchus
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,627
1915 Madame Bernheim au canapé
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,627
1915 Le fichu brodé ALICE Embroidered scarf
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$2,188
Olivier Lelong
Bodybag's Scream
Olivier Lelong
Photography - 60 x 42 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch
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Alain Le Chapelier
The Woman with the Gulls
Alain Le Chapelier
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$875
Olivier Attar (Attoli)
RockyrÔse
Olivier Attar (Attoli)
Print - 85 x 125 x 0.1 cm Print - 33.5 x 49.2 x 0 inch
$2,300 $1,955
La Plume
Olivier Attar (Attoli)
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$763
Rocknrollartishow
Olivier Attar (Attoli)
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$763
Muriel Bordier
La combi
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 100 x 190 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 74.8 x 0.2 inch
$6,170
Baignade autorisée
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 100 x 190 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 74.8 x 0.2 inch
$6,170
Marée haute
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,170
Natation sur cyclo
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,170
Philippe Echaroux
Petit Chef (Kennedy)
Philippe Echaroux
Photography - 77 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 30.3 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
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Luna_Amazonia
Philippe Echaroux
Photography - 78 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 30.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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I would love to die young...
Philippe Echaroux
Photography - 75 x 120 cm Photography - 29.5 x 47.2 inch
Sold