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.
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Sophie Derrick
Close to nothing (Pink)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
€1,455
The Space Between - Viridian V1
Sophie Derrick
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€7,881
Mirrored Case - Jewel Sapphire
Sophie Derrick
Sculpture - 39 x 27 x 5.5 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 10.6 x 2.2 inch
€2,182
Close to nothing (Yellow)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
€1,455
Close to nothing (Blue)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
€1,455
Anna Levesh
The girl from Seville #4 - Slices of Life Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 100 x 75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 inch
€890
City Rumors #10 - City Rumors Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
€1,390
Impressionist Ephemerisms N.4
Anna Levesh
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
€790
Tropical Mood - Archi-Lines Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 60 x 45 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
€750
Fresh News #1 - série Reflects & Transparencies
Anna Levesh
Photography - 60 x 45 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
€750
Savant N.2 - Reflects & Transparencies Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 78.5 x 50 cm Photography - 30.9 x 19.7 inch
€790
Architectural Extract N.20 - Archi-Lines Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 90 x 120 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
€990
Max Steven Grossman
Rock BL4
Max Steven Grossman
Photography - 94 x 190.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 37 x 75 x 2 inch
€11,105
Rock SQ8 (Lightbox)
Max Steven Grossman
Photography - 127 x 139.7 x 7.6 cm Photography - 50 x 55 x 3 inch
€23,175
Film B&W V
Max Steven Grossman
Photography - 231.1 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Photography - 91 x 48 x 2 inch
€14,968
Sailing
Max Steven Grossman
Photography - 127 x 139.7 x 2.5 cm Photography - 50 x 55 x 1 inch
€9,656
Golf T
Max Steven Grossman
Photography - 91.4 x 188 x 1.3 cm Photography - 36 x 74 x 0.5 inch
€9,656
Miles Aldridge
New Utopias #4 (Blonde Girl) | Fotografiska Berlin 2024 : Miles Aldridge : Virgin Mary. Supermarkets. Popcorn.
Miles Aldridge
Photography - 111 x 98 cm Photography - 43.7 x 38.6 inch
€7,500
Better Than Life (after Harland Miller) | Fotografiska Berlin 2024 : Miles Aldridge : Virgin Mary. Supermarkets. Popcorn.
Miles Aldridge
Photography - 75 x 103 cm Photography - 29.5 x 40.6 inch
€7,500
Eru Narayana
Jochen Cerny
NYC - in neon lights
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 50 x 103 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 40.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,950
No Title #1317
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,950
Blue Moon II
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 70.1 x 120.1 x 2.8 cm Photography - 27.6 x 47.3 x 1.1 inch
€1,931
Heartbreaker II
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 120.9 x 120.9 x 2.8 cm Photography - 47.6 x 47.6 x 1.1 inch
€4,104
CharlElie Couture
Rimbaud - Arthur à la chemise rayée
CharlElie Couture
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€2,400
Rimbaud - Dessin - Arthur assis mains croisées
CharlElie Couture
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€2,400
Manhattan Photo-Grafs
CharlElie Couture
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
Sold
Bze Bzeland
Ecoute II
Bze Bzeland
Fine Art Drawings - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
€200
Zhao Bandi
Franck Seguin
Guillaume Nery I
Franck Seguin
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,650
Cachalots (2)
Franck Seguin
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€4,500
Pierre Molinier
Skindo travesti debout
Pierre Molinier
Photography - 13.5 x 6 x 1 cm Photography - 5.3 x 2.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Les femmes actuelles
Pierre Molinier
Fine Art Drawings - 12.5 x 10 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
€5,000
Les Pieds amoureux
Pierre Molinier
Photography - 12.7 x 9.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 5 x 3.6 x 0 inch
€3,800
Jean Meunier
Pierre Molinier
Photography - 17.6 x 12.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.9 x 5 x 0 inch
€2,800
Skindo travesti
Pierre Molinier
Photography - 13 x 9 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Autoportrait devant «Amours»
Pierre Molinier
Photography - 16.7 x 12 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.6 x 4.7 x 0 inch
€1,400