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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Ginger Addict

Rosti Likachev

Photography - 65 x 40 cm Photography - 25.6 x 15.7 inch

$974

Distant Eyes

Joseph Ó Riagáin

Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$595

Notre Dame de Paris III

Gauthier Bouret

Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$893

Ice and fire (up in the air | air night)

Antoine Rose

Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$9,227

Independence Day

Antoine Rose

Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$9,227

Down on East River

Karol Kállay

Photography - 30 x 30 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$1,310

On the downtown shore

Karol Kállay

Photography - 30 x 30 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$1,429

Field

Isabel Devos

Photography - 74 x 64 x 4 cm Photography - 29.1 x 25.2 x 1.6 inch

$3,024

Vagabondages 20

Carlos Arriagada

Photography - 75 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$1,726

Window To History

Costas Spathis

Photography - 74.7 x 59.9 cm Photography - 29.4 x 23.6 inch

$3,950

Shibuya Crossing

Anna Levesh

Photography - 90 x 120 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 inch

$1,179

City Rumors #1 - City Rumors Series

Anna Levesh

Photography - 60 x 45 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 inch

$1,417

Vaquero

Ian Wallace

Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0 inch

$2,738

Paranoïd #5

David De Beyter

Photography - 30 x 41 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch

$417

Childhood Memories (Paris)

Stefanie Schneider

Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$2,381

Childhood Memories (Paris)

Stefanie Schneider

Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$2,381

Rhythms of Resilience IV

Gauthier Bouret

Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$893

Rhythms of Resilience II

Gauthier Bouret

Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$893

Cercle Bleu

Alice Aladjem

Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,131

Vagabondages 17

Carlos Arriagada

Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$2,024

Vagabondages 9

Carlos Arriagada

Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$2,024

Chrysler

Ian Wallace

Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0 inch

$2,738

Save the rabbit !

Christian Lefevre

Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

$929

Explosion Baroque

Hugo Gus Babey

Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$893

Beyrouth, 26ème étage

Géraldine Rué

Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch

$1,268

Gondoles

Géraldine Rué

Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$1,015