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.
Discover the styles & movements
Glen Craig
BB King Kodalith Performance - Orange Jacket, LA Forum
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
€1,448
Miles Davis Works Out with a Speed Bag at Gleason's Gym, NYC, 1970 (I)
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,448
Miles Davis, NYC, 1970
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,448
Iggy Pop - Ungano's Club, first NYC gig 1970
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,448
Iggy Pop - Ungano's Club, first NYC gig 1970
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,448
Iggy Pop, Stooge Hall, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
€1,448
The Beatles with Signs, "Our World" Satellite Broadcast Press Event, EMI Studios, London
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,690
Iggy Pop in the Studio, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969 (13)Iggy Pop, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,448
David Steen
Richard Harris – Malta, 1973
David Steen
Photography - 86 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 33.9 x 24 x 0 inch
€1,725
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey
David Steen
Photography - 61 x 46 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
€1,380
Cliff Richard – Signing Autographs, on Tour
David Steen
Photography - 46 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
€1,380
Twiggy In Red Trousers
David Steen
Photography - 61 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 24 x 0 inch
€1,400
Twiggy in Yellow Shoes
David Steen
Photography - 61 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 24 x 0 inch
€1,400
Britt Ekland Sunbathing by Pool
David Steen
Photography - 46 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
€1,380
Sophia Loren – Antigua, February, 1979
David Steen
Photography - 61 x 86 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch
€1,725
Arthur Steel
Upper Glasses Royal Ascot
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
€1,825
Lend Me Your Ear Daffy And Joyful
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
€1,825
Anne Senstad
Jarmila Kostliva
Driving from Santa Fe
Jarmila Kostliva
Photography - 72 x 62 x 0.2 cm Photography - 28.3 x 24.4 x 0.1 inch
€579
Nevada's Gas Station
Jarmila Kostliva
Photography - 36 x 77 x 0.2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 30.3 x 0.1 inch
€579
Shuz
Maud Chalard
Lost and Found
Maud Chalard
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Lost and Found
Maud Chalard
Photography - 40 x 53.3 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 21 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Lost and Found
Maud Chalard
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Maisha Marshallende
Meskel Durag
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 90 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€800
OverSide
Run DMC- Back to the source
OverSide
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€350
Air jordan - Big meeting
OverSide
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
€350
ANGE ou DEMON - OVERSIDE X DIZE156
OverSide
Painting - 130 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
€4,800
Marilyn Monroe - Wake up Bitch !
OverSide
Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€350
Thomas Dellert
Frida her life art and loves
Thomas Dellert
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€3,600
Fire Dance or Le sacre de Printemps
Thomas Dellert
Print - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Print - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,900
Vincent van Gogh The Sun catcher
Thomas Dellert
Painting - 191 x 161 x 10 cm Painting - 75.2 x 63.4 x 3.9 inch
€22,000
Titanic mini museum
Thomas Dellert
Sculpture - 165 x 120 x 10 cm Sculpture - 65 x 47.2 x 3.9 inch
€7,500
No more war (Anti War Art)
Thomas Dellert
Print - 50 x 60 x 3 cm Print - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€2,400
Target the fist of Muhammad Ali
Thomas Dellert
Print - 90 x 100 x 3 cm Print - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€4,000
F the President... I did (Election 2020 Poster 1)
Thomas Dellert
Print - 70 x 150 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€4,200
Hands up let's have a coke. after Andy Warhol
Thomas Dellert
Print - 40 x 100 x 1 cm Print - 15.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€4,200
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Cubic Feet Empaquetages
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€4,500
Wrapped Snoopy House Collage
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 61.2 x 54.9 cm Print - 24.1 x 21.6 inch
€15,900
Lithographie Le Pont Neuf
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 25 x 19 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.5 x 0 inch
€2,500
Wrapped Reichstag
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 66 x 98 x 0.5 cm Photography - 26 x 38.6 x 0.2 inch
€10,000
Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for No. 1 Times Square
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 71.1 x 55.9 cm Print - 28 x 22 inch
€4,345
The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91. Ibaraki, Japan site
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 64 x 98 cm Photography - 25.2 x 38.6 inch
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Projet pour l'emballage de l'Ecole Militaire
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 59 x 46 cm Print - 23.2 x 18.1 inch
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