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Christina (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.3 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch
€700
Christina (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
Cyclos y Renacimientos
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,354
Don Ricardo
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,354
Doña Martha
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,354
El Sueño de la China
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,354
Fiestas y Sueños
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,354
Generaciones y Creencias
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,354
Untitled (Id. 101) - (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 83.48 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 32.9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
Untitled (Id. 101) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.02 x 42 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
€700
Ecstasy of St Teresa (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€700
Into the Darkness (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 22.8 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Waiting Room IV (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 82.25 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
The Waiting Room IV (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.15 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Fall (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 83.44 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.9 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
The Dance (Sixth move) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.19 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Waiting Room IV (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 83.48 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 32.9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
The Waiting Room III (Lockdown) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 41.27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.2 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Waiting Room II (Hannah and I) - (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 82.73 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
The Waiting Room II (Hannah and I)- (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.49 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Splash (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Waiting Room (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 83.44 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.9 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
The Waiting Room (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 59 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Lovers (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.61 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Swimmer (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 59.27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.3 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Model (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
€700
End of the Market II (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
The Sunbathers (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
€700
Red Curtain (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 55.78 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Dance (Second move) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.19 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 inch
€700
Playground II (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 41.17 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.2 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
€700
Playground (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 41.17 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.2 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Believer (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.55 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€700
Self-Portrait (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 56.82 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch
€700
Backstage XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,890
Chaos. Inondations suite à la tempête Alex, 2020 Vallée de la Roja, France
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Chaos. Réfugiés de la bataille de Mossoul 2017, Mossoul, Irak
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Chaos. Manifestations déclenchées par le verdict du Procès des indépendantistes catalans, 2019 Barcelone, Catalogne, Espagne
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Chaos. Victoire des Bleus à la coupe du Monde 2018, Paris, France
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Chaos. Manifestations pro-européenne Euromaidan, 2014, Place Maidan, Kyev, Ukraine
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Chaos. Manifestations pro-européenne Euromaidan, 2014, Place Maidan, Kyev, Ukraine
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 64 x 79 x 1 cm Photography - 25.2 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Nick Cave Portrait
Detlev Schneider
Photography - 111 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 43.7 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€4,700
Icarus - limited edition of 31
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€719
Monks XLVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 105 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,590
Monks XXVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,590
Backstage IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,790
Backstage IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€1,850
Berlin art XV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,390
Urban mover III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€1,290
Carolyn Murphy, Portrait Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 47 x 31.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.5 x 12.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,426
Penelope and Hans (Immaculate Springs) starring Udo Kier and Jacinda Barrett, based on a Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 57 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22.4 x 22 x 0 inch
€2,300
Penelope and Hans (Immaculate Springs) starring Udo Kier, based on a Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 57 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22.4 x 22 x 0 inch
€2,300
Pasolini (Immaculate Springs) starring Jacinda Barrett, based on a Polaroid
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 57 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22.4 x 22 x 0 inch
€2,300
Femme d'age moyen
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.04 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€150
Le Baiser - Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin
Tony Frank
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
€9,500
Cours de Kung-Fu, Wakaliwood, Ouganda
Frédéric Noy
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€650
Les Waka Starz, Wakaliga, Ouganda
Frédéric Noy
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€650
Edward Ochido, prêtre et prophète, Kisumu, Kenya
Frédéric Noy
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€650
L’entrée en classe, Kanem, Tchad
Frédéric Noy
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€650
Muse au téléphone monumental 1972 MATHAUSEN
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 100 x 120 x 0.75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.3 inch
€4,900
1972 Muse à la Sculpture de granit monumentale MATHAUSEN
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Elton John au piano, sur la scène du concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€550
Sting sur scène au concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€550
Phil Collins et Sting au concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€550
Artistes sur scène au concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€550
La princesse Diana et le Prince Charles au concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€550
Paul McCartney (au piano) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€550
Paul McCartney (portrait) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€550
Paul Young sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€550
Sade (portrait) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€550
Sade (avec bassiste) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€550
David Bowie (portrait) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€550
Freddie Mercury (portrait) sur scène pour le concert "Live Aid", Wembley Stadium de Londres, 13 juillet 1985
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€550
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Portrait Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered the process for setting images onto pewter plates. In 1833, upon Nièpce's death, Louis Daguerre and François Arago continued his experiments and invented the daguerreotype, a process which created a printed image on a silver plate that had been exposed to light. Photography was born.
Similarly to how portrait painting had dominated artistic output in previous centuries, portrait photography was to become the pillar of the Second French Empire's photographic industry. Lenses with a shorter focal length, which enabled reduced exposure times, gradually appear on the market. The required equipment was expensive and difficult to handle. Some photographers, called daguerreotypists, decided to open their own photography studios to make a profit from their endeavours. The daguerreotype process was temperamental, and photographers had to take their pictures with great precision and attention to detail. They welcomed many people into their studios and customers choose how they wished to be photographed from catalogue of poses. Originally only accessible to the bourgeoisie, lower prices resulting from the growing number of studios eventually attracted a wider customer base. This phenomenon infuriated the poet Charles Baudelaire who was frustrated by the sense of narcissism sparked by the daguerreotypists.
Despite his protests, the egotistical trend only grew with the emergence of 'carte de visite' portraits (small photographs, the size of today's business cards). These were the brainchild of Adolphe Eugène Disdéri came up with the idea of producing portraits akin to visiting cards in 1859. He printed eight portraits in a variety of poses onto a single plate and once developed they could be cut up into eight distinct “visiting cards". Very popular with the bourgeoisie, they highlighted the sitters' social status. 'Carte de visite' portraits featuring celebrities were also sold to customers, who could subsequently add them to their albums.
The photographer Nadar was one of the first to demonstrate a conscious artistic approach to producing these portraits. He emphasised facial expressions and ensured the sitter was comfortable and at ease before taking the photograph. He photographed the era's greatest thinkers and artists, including Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. He even managed to reconcile Baudelaire with portraiture.
At the end of the 19th century, the art of photography started to enter the mainstream, with the arrival of the Kodak company. The use of the camera, and the taking of portraits, became everyday occurrences. A century later, it was the invention of the digital camera which challenged the status quo. Whereas before alterations could only be made to photographs when they were being taken or developed, with the digital camera editing became easier, quicker and more convenient. Digital photography has given photographers much more freedom when it comes to editing and new methods and techniques are constantly being explored.
Some of the photographers who have left their mark on the last century include: Cindy Sherman, who excelled in self-portraits, Annie Leibovitz, who captured celebrities, the wacky duo, Pierre and Gilles, as well as Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims.
So, do portraits help us to learn more about each other, to remember, to invent, to act, or to reconnect with ourselves? Find out on Artsper, by exploring the works of Formento & Formento, Naomi Vona, Ahmed Bennani, Chou Ching Hui, Samuel Cueto, Brno del Zou, Ren Hang, Markus + Indrani, Jerome Liebling as well as Annina Roescheisen.
A portrait photograph can be a photograph of a person's head and shoulders, but it can also be of an animal or of a different section of the subject's body such as their feet. Portrait photographs in art often tell or hint something about its subject to the viewer, such as an aspect of their personality, but still contain an element of mystery.
The three major types of portrait photography are posed portraits, candid or anonymous portraits, and conceptual portraits. The last type, conceptual or creative portraits, can be experimental and abstract, and may not represent an image close to a traditional portrait.
The six main types of portrait photography are fine art portraits, traditional portraits (for example posed portraits taken at school), lifestyle portraits, group portraits, street portraits and glamour portraits.