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Norman Reedus
Photography - 40.64 x 50.8 x 2 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$2,553
Fondation
Mathieu Fournier
Photography - 50 x 100 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$411
Sunset waves
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 95.4 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 37.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,054
Les couleurs de la nuit
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 70 x 105 x 5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 2 inch
$1,332
Secrétariat à Chandigarh
Lucien Hervé
Photography - 26 x 26 x 0.2 cm Photography - 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
$4,218
Daltonism
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Là-bas.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 33 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$222
Production Still (The Falls 01)
Gregory Crewdson
Photography - 55.9 x 43.2 cm Photography - 22 x 17 inch
$6,438
Azul Marina
Alberto Sánchez
Photography - 125 x 125 x 2 cm Photography - 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,885
La rue est à nous
Florence Le Van
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$444
Venice beach #2
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$544
Maison carrée
Coralie Honnorat
Photography - 22 x 34 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13.4 x 0 inch
$222
Flat Iron II
Tom Leighton
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 inch
$16,000
Karl Lagerfeld in Times Square, Editorial for Harper’s Bazaar 2006 NYC
Simon Procter
Photography - 150 x 278 cm Photography - 59.1 x 109.4 inch
$17,760
Under the Bridge
Christophe Battifero
Photography - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$466
Metropolis Ostrich 30
Yu Zhaoyang
Photography - 43.5 x 32.5 x 3 cm Photography - 17.1 x 12.8 x 1.2 inch
$411
Jump - Collection Hey Mars
Rodrigo
Photography - 40 x 26.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 10.4 x 0 inch
$1,387
5 vs 5 - Collection Hey Mars
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.5 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,387
Le petit marseillais - Collection Hey Mars
Rodrigo
Photography - 23.8 x 14.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 5.8 x 0 inch
$555
Tokyo 1.2005
Patrick Messina
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$2,775
Blue Pearl - Collection Morocco
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.7 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.5 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$777
In a different light
Patrick Lajoie
Photography - 124 x 165 x 3 cm Photography - 48.8 x 65 x 1.2 inch
$9,990
Les nuits de Lomé
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$777
Tokyo crossing VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,319
Tokyo crossing VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,319
Tokyo crossing V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,319
Tokyo crossing VI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,319
Tokyo crossing IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,319
Tokyo crossing III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,319
New York AVENUE I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,542
Twin Palms #2
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$388
Twin Palms #1
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$388
Tsui Wah restaurant
Camille Levert
Photography - 55 x 55 x 7 cm Photography - 21.7 x 21.7 x 2.8 inch
$9,213
Miles Reza
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 60.69 x 45.72 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.9 x 18 x 0.2 inch
$1,665
Bom dia!
Geraldo Pestalozzi
Photography - 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$444
Sonho de Icaro
Geraldo Pestalozzi
Photography - 29.7 x 49 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.7 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$444
Le moulin rouge
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$544
Le vaisseau fantôme
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$544
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
$544
AV_Phoenix_02
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 150 x 107 x 0.2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 42.1 x 0.1 inch
$3,319
Paris, Les jumelles du quai de l’horloge
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$499
Paris, Beauté et religion dans le Marais
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$499
Paris, Jeune homme dans le Marais
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$499
Wheels and Heels
David Drebin
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$12,000
Parisian rooftops
Fikry Botros
Photography - 40.6 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$480
Prince of Wale's Diving #1 "Standing"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$943
Urbanes Spektrum, #2703 IV.
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$549
Urbanes Spektrum, #2703 III.
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$549
Urbanes Spektrum, #2703 II.
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$549
Szenen der Ungewissheit, #3312
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 21 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.3 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$327
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Maison avec une grande histoire, Rome II
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,997
Les espaces de Penseur de Rodin
Jesus Campos
Sculpture - 30 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
$1,088
It Is Summer Warm Rain At Sunset
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 40 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,110
Yard by the sea
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
St Louis Ladies
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$971
Citizens in Colour
Julia Whitehead
Painting - 35 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,480
Urban Photography for Sale
In order to define urban photography, it is first important to understand street photography. Street photography typically refers to documentary-like portrait photos of passers-by taken in an urban setting on the spur of the moment. The genre is often associated with the Golden Age of photography which lasted from 1890 to 1970. The great masters of this period include Cartier-Bresson (whose treasured Leica has become an iconic street photography camera), Weegee (known for his images of crime scenes), Robert Doisneau (and his famous 'The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville), William Klein (one of the genre's pioneers known for his focus on children), Vivian Maier, Eugene Atget and many other key names.
As street photography has become a genre of its own, there seems to be a key difference between 'new' and 'traditional' street photography. The subject in street photography has gradually shifted from the street itself to the men and women who occupy the urban space. This photographic technique has allowed some of the great photographers to capture the depth and intensity of certain facial expressions and give their images a strong sense of emotion. Nonetheless, this perspective overlooks certain aspects of the original school of urban photography. Faces and staging have eclipsed urban buildings and their architecture.
Street photography has come to reflect post-modern capitalist society and mass-consumerism where entertainment and immediacy are highly sought after. Although this is not necessarily a negative thing, this cannot be denied and this is what distinguishes it from urban photography.
In a similar way to traditional street photography, urban photography not only tries to freeze people in time but also places. Urban photography captures and enhances buildings and their architecture by playing around with lighting and framing in a way that only professional photographers know how. When we consider that 50% of the world's population now live in cities we can see how each image is instilled with the artist's own opinion of the urban world.
In short, urban photography cannot simply be reduced to street photography; it immortalises urban life with a much broader perspective. It captures everything urban-related; the skyscrapers of Manhattan's skyline are just one example. Passers-by are not necessarily the photograph's main focus; objects are the genre's favourite subject. Much more than just a mere spectator, urban photography is also critical of its society.
Artsper has an exclusive selection of works from artists with a shrewd outlook on contemporary society and who want to share their new perspectives on the world around them. Discover the splendid analogue photos of Paris in the 1930s by Roger Schall or Manhattan photography as well as London photographies and get lost in the depth of Gwenaël Bollinger's incredible shots!
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