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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Francis Apesteguy
Trépidations sexuelles
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$547
John Travolta
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$547
Tempête de sable à la bibliothèque
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$547
Le vaisseau fantôme
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$547
Turbulences d'énergie mécanique
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$547
Le moulin rouge
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$547
Brigitte Bardot
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$547
Andreas Zühlke
Joanna Mouton
L'illumination
Joanna Mouton
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$391
Giuseppe Marani
Dreaming of the Dawn
Giuseppe Marani
Photography - 80 x 150 x 0.2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,009
Antonis Anagnostou
Life in the Carpathians, Romania
Antonis Anagnostou
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,112
Eyoeal Kefyalew
Kanzanchis (Lingering II)
Eyoeal Kefyalew
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$893
Katya Ackermann
The Red Bag
Katya Ackermann
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,679
Chanel gold bag
Katya Ackermann
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,907
Catherine Ursillo
Icons - Fight of the Century - End of Fight - Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali, 1971, Silver Gelatin Print
Catherine Ursillo
Photography - 50.8 x 61 cm Photography - 20 x 24 inch
$3,000
Jumping Horse with Reins, County Sligo, Ireland - Silver Gelatin Print, Archival Pigment Prints
Catherine Ursillo
Photography - 50.8 x 61 cm Photography - 20 x 24 inch
$2,200
Mekbib Tadesse
Ralph Hasenohr
Los Angeles in December. 5:14 pm.
Ralph Hasenohr
Photography - 45 x 60 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,674
Palm Springs in January. 1:06 pm.
Ralph Hasenohr
Photography - 45 x 60 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,674
Steve Lazarides
Keep the Peace (CND soldiers) - Banksy
Steve Lazarides
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,663
Keeping it Real - Banksy
Steve Lazarides
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
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Borjana Ventzislavova
And the sky clears up (protection egg)
Borjana Ventzislavova
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$1,953
And the sky clears up (lemon)
Borjana Ventzislavova
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$1,953