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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Bunny Yeager
Bettie Page Clutching Robe
Bunny Yeager
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch
€3,863
Bettie Page ‘Two- Peace Leopard Print Suit', Key Biscayne, FL
Bunny Yeager
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€4,828
Daido Moriyama
Vik Muniz
Sick Bacchus, after Caravaggio (Pictures of Magazine 2)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 132 x 101.6 cm Photography - 52 x 40 inch
€35,729
The Great Turf, after Dürer (Pictures of Paper)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 136.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 53.7 x 40 inch
€40,557
Montagne Sainte Victoire, seen from Montbriand, after Cezanne (Pictures of Pigment)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 101.6 x 125.7 cm Photography - 40 x 49.5 inch
€35,729
Fragment in Four Dimensions (Blue and Green)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 76.2 x 55.9 cm Photography - 30 x 22 inch
€27,038
Metachrome (Homage to the Square: Glow, after Joseph Albers)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 102.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40.3 x 40 inch
Sold
Sam Haskins
Haskins Posters Front Cover
Sam Haskins
Photography - 61.2 x 52.7 cm Photography - 24.09 x 20.76 inch
€6,856
Kate running Single Bum with Hat
Sam Haskins
Photography - 40.6 x 30.4 cm Photography - 15.98 x 11.96 inch
€11,105
Russell Young
Marilyn crying (Fire red)
Russell Young
Painting - 66 x 50.8 x 4 cm Painting - 26 x 20 x 1.6 inch
€18,000
Marilyn Glamour 2010
Russell Young
Photography - 92 x 72 x 2 cm Photography - 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
€17,000
David Yarrow
Ron Galella
Michael Jackson, Mohamed Ali and wife Veronica NYC 1977
Ron Galella
Photography - 50 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€4,900
Windblown Jackie, Madison Av. NYC
Ron Galella
Photography - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
Al Pacino - No !
Ron Galella
Photography - 100 x 76 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch
Sold
Steve McCurry
Shaolin Monastery. Henan Province, China
Steve McCurry
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0 inch
€18,000
Procession of Nuns, Rangoon, Burma
Steve McCurry
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
Sold
Michael Grecco
Pamela Anderson - Los Angeles, CA 1994
Michael Grecco
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,897
Steve Martin 2007 (II)
Michael Grecco
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,897
Bob Marley at Berkshire Music Glen, 1978
Michael Grecco
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,897
Members of the band The B-52's - Boston, 1980 (III)
Michael Grecco
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,897
Members of the band the B52's - Boston, 1980
Michael Grecco
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,897
Members of the Buzzcocks Danny Farrant, Chris Remington, Steve D - Boston, 1980
Michael Grecco
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,897
Member of Human League, Philip Oake - Boston, MA 1980
Michael Grecco
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
€2,897
Nick Lowe and Elliot Easton of The Cars - Boston, MA
Michael Grecco
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€2,897
Shengqi Tang
Plateau de Valensole II
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,150
Submerged Civilization I
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Plateau de Valensole I
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,150
Submerged Civilization III
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Michal Zahornacky
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Michal Zahornacky
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,500
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Michal Zahornacky
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,500
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Michal Zahornacky
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,500
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Michal Zahornacky
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,500
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Michal Zahornacky
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,500
Curves #19
Michal Zahornacky
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,500
Curves #41
Michal Zahornacky
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,500
Rodrigo
Flowers of ghetto
Rodrigo
Photography - 35.3 x 53.3 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13.9 x 21 x 0.1 inch
€1,999
Freedom - Collection Best Life
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.7 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.5 x 14 x 0 inch
€1,499
Good Morning America - Collection Best Life
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.7 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.5 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,999
Coney Island baby - Collection We luv NYC
Rodrigo
Photography - 19.9 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,000
Imsouane - Collection Morocco
Rodrigo
Photography - 25.4 x 19.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10 x 7.5 x 0 inch
€1,250
Brooklyn Bridge - We luv NYC
Rodrigo
Photography - 35.6 x 23.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14 x 9.3 x 0 inch
€1,999