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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Tim Hall
Bettino Craxi
Zitouna Mosque
Bettino Craxi
Photography - 49 x 53 x 0.4 cm Photography - 19.3 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$614
Crisis of the Foreign Debt and Development
Bettino Craxi
Print - 48 x 34 x 0.5 cm Print - 18.9 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch
$614
Yumi Watanabe
Pointless Love series
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.1 inch
$625
Petals-After Image of Love
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 10 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch
$558
Pointless Love Series
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.1 inch
$625
After Image of love series - Petals
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 10 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch
$558
After image of loves series - petals purple
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 10 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch
$558
After image of love
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 10 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch
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Fallen serie- fallen tree
Yumi Watanabe
Sculpture - 45 x 56 x 8 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 22 x 3.1 inch
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Isabel Devos
Rehearsal for a landscape IV
Isabel Devos
Photography - 20 x 35 cm Photography - 7.9 x 13.8 inch
$1,060
Rehearsal for a Landscape II
Isabel Devos
Photography - 20 x 35 cm Photography - 7.9 x 13.8 inch
$1,060
Viktorija Pashuta
Woman With the Head of Roses by Dali
Viktorija Pashuta
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$4,850
Taming the beast N1
Viktorija Pashuta
Photography - 76 x 100 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.4 inch
$2,500
Adele Bloch-Bauer by Klimt
Viktorija Pashuta
Photography - 101.6 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Photography - 40 x 20 x 1.5 inch
$4,850
Mohamed Bourouissa
Lika Brutyan
Geometry of Color Nr. 3
Lika Brutyan
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,250
Brian Duffy
Alfa Romeo Glamour
Brian Duffy
Photography - 41 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$2,512
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open
Brian Duffy
Photography - 101 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$11,721
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Closed
Brian Duffy
Photography - 61 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 24 x 0 inch
$24,000
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open
Brian Duffy
Photography - 101 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 39.8 x 0 inch
Price upon request
Andreas Müller-Pohle
Partitions numériques (d'après Nicéphore Niépce)
Andreas Müller-Pohle
Photography - 264 x 132 cm Photography - 103.9 x 52 inch
$13,395
Edgar Lissel
Série: Natura facit saltus - bande continue
Edgar Lissel
Photography - 90 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$8,930
Platon lance le dé (Platon würfelt)
Edgar Lissel
Photography - 90 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$8,930
Série: Natura facit saltus - voyageur
Edgar Lissel
Photography - 90 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$8,930
Série: Natura facit saltus - caractères espace
Edgar Lissel
Photography - 100 x 125 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0 inch
$8,930
Série: Natura facit saltus - gouttes de marée
Edgar Lissel
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$8,930
Série: Natura facit saltus - deplacage (Entpanzerung)
Edgar Lissel
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$8,930
Série: Natura facit saltus - bézoard
Edgar Lissel
Photography - 100 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$8,930
Série: Natura facit saltus - raz de marée
Edgar Lissel
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$8,930
Kurt Buchwald
Une journée à Berlin-Est (Ein Tag in Ost Berlin)
Kurt Buchwald
Photography - 90 x 160 cm Photography - 35.4 x 63 inch
$4,465
Jean-Jacques Guionnet
Bandes et reflets
Jean-Jacques Guionnet
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$893
Le livre - 1
Jean-Jacques Guionnet
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Bandes et reflets
Jean-Jacques Guionnet
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$893