Nude Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce pioneered a method to print images onto metal plates. After his death in 1833, Louis Daguerre and François Arago furthered his research, leading to the invention of the daguerreotype, a process that captured images on silver plates exposed to light. This marked the birth of photography, revolutionizing the way images were created and reproduced.
Unlike nude paintings, which had long been recognized as an artistic discipline, nude photography initially served scientific and educational purposes. Art schools used photography in anatomy courses, making it a popular tool for studying the human body. In Orsay, historical nude photographs were discovered with grids drawn on the bodies, helping artists replicate proportions more accurately in drawings and paintings.
By the early 20th century, magazines began publishing nude photographs, expanding the medium beyond academia. Publications like L'Étude Académique featured artistic nude images designed to replace live models in painting and sculpture. At its inception, photography was not considered a fine art but was instead regarded as a technical tool for capturing reality. Despite this, the use of erotic photography was already growing, with early nude magazines emerging even in the face of censorship.
The male nude, far less common than the female nude, appeared in early works by Albert Londe, Thomas Eakins, and Vincenzo Galdi. These outdoor photographs depicted men as idealized young figures, reminiscent of classical ephebes. In the 1930s and 1940s, photographers like Man Ray, Jean Ferrero, and Gregor Arax introduced a more virile and sophisticated representation of the male body, marking a shift in artistic expression.
Modern nude photography takes many forms beyond erotic imagery. Some contemporary photographers explore the human form through conceptual and provocative art. Jeff Koons embraces sexual provocation with explicit compositions, while Spencer Tunick orchestrates large-scale nude installations in public spaces. Joel-Peter Witkin approaches the nude with elements of the grotesque and surreal. Other influential nude photographers include Nan Goldin, known for her decadent and raw portraits, Nobuyoshi Araki, a master of black-and-white nudes, and Anders Petersen, who captures intimate and emotional scenes. Robert Mapplethorpe remains a defining figure with his minimalist compositions and striking black-and-white nudes.
By 1970, nude photography had gained full acceptance as an artistic genre, with specialized magazines dedicated to the field. Today, Artsper showcases works by renowned photographers such as Bert Stern, Ren Hang, Eric Ceccarini, Maurice Renoma, Dani Olivier, and Laetitia Lesaffre, offering a diverse collection of fine art nude photography for collectors and art enthusiasts.
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Infinity Man, One
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Men & Palm Tree
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Palm Climb, Two
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Palm Climb, Two
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Palm Climb, One
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Palm, Four. Sepia
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
A Dance of One
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Caballero, Two
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Folding man Two: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Folding man One: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Man Curve Four: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Man Curve Three: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Man Curve One: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Man against wall One: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Embrace of Men: from the Blanco series. Archival black and white Pigment print
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$1,300
Untitled 3: from the Blanco series.
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Bodice of a man: from the Blanco series.
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Man in tunic: from the Blanco series. Archival black and white Pigment print
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Embrace of Man: from the Blanco Series. Sepia
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$1,300
Blanco: from the Blanco Series. Sepia
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Birth. From the series The Alignment
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$1,300
Stream of Men: From the series "The Alignment"
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$1,700
Interwined. From the series The Alignment
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$1,300
The Alignment.
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 29.2 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.5 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$1,111
Untitled 2 and Untitled, Diptych
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$8,000
Into the deep
Isabelle van Zeijl
Photography - 152.4 x 120.7 cm Photography - 60 x 47.5 inch
$16,000
Graphic Leaves - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,431
Naked in the woods - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,431
Engulfment, Stadium #1
Javier Rey
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,300
Untitled, Sepia
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Hombre en red
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Engulfment Mosquera 9
Javier Rey
Photography - 110 x 83 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 32.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
Engulfment Cartagena 8
Javier Rey
Photography - 73 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.7 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Engulfment Cartagena 7
Javier Rey
Photography - 110 x 73 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Engulfment Cartagena 6
Javier Rey
Photography - 65 x 43 x 0.3 cm Photography - 25.6 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,100
Engulfment Cartagena 5
Javier Rey
Photography - 71 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Engulfment Cartagena 4
Javier Rey
Photography - 110 x 73 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Engulfment Cartagena 2
Javier Rey
Photography - 110 x 73 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Engulfment Cartagena 1
Javier Rey
Photography - 110 x 125 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43.3 x 49.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,950
Engulfment (Tatacóa 13)
Javier Rey
Photography - 53 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20.9 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,350
Skindo travesti
Pierre Molinier
Photography - 13 x 9 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,788
Palmar. From the Viva series.
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Coral. From the Viva series.
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Acto Tres. From the series - Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Untitled. From the series Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Alas Tres. From the series Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Alas Dos. From the series Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Alas. From the series Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Arena. From the series - Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Arena Tres. From the series - Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Acto Dos. From the series - Acto Uno
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Principio. From the series "Acto Uno"
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Untitled. From the series "Acto Uno"
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Danza de fortuna. From the series, Danza de fortuna
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Untitled. From the series Espiral
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Untitled 2. From the series Espiral
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Arco 2. From the series Espiral
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Espiral. From the series Espiral
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Espiral 2. From the series Espiral
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Espina. From the Viva series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
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Couple enlacé / Couple embracing, 1901
Gustav Klimt
Print - 64 x 48 x 1 cm Print - 25.2 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$745
Audrey Fleurot 3
Theo Haggai
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 20.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 8.1 inch
$703
Alinéa-toi - Série sculpture bronze corps humain
Monique Gervais
Sculpture - 28 x 33 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11 x 13 x 5.9 inch
$5,365
Petite penseuse
Jacques Coquillay
Sculpture - 20 x 14.5 x 11 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 5.7 x 4.3 inch
$4,292 $3,862
She is Haunted by a Spirit (Manu Tupapau)
Paul Gauguin
Print - 26 x 42.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.2 x 16.7 x 0 inch
$11,325
Need help with Nude Photography ?
Why are so many artworks nude?
Depicting the nude human body in art is, for many artists, a way to express the beauty of the human form as well as sentiment and emotions. Representing nudes in art is an old tradition; the earliest known depiction of a nude figure, a small sculpture carved from a wooly mammoth tusk, dates back 35,000 years.
Who is a famous nude photographer?
One of the most famous photographers who created nude images is Alfred Stieglitz, an American photographer whose career spanned the first half of the 20th century. Some of his most famous nude works are of his lover, famous artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
What are the earliest examples of nude photography?
Unlike paintings of nude figures, which fell under the artistic domain from the earliest examples, nude photography began to be used in the fields of science and education. Nude photography was then introduced into the art world as an alternative way of representing the human body.