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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Justina Napiorkowska
Notre-Dame de Paris
Justina Napiorkowska
Photography - 30 x 30 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
€250
Francis Coffinet
Visage contre visage
Francis Coffinet
Sculpture - 35 x 24 x 2 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
La nuit triangulaire
Francis Coffinet
Photography - 44 x 23 x 1 cm Photography - 17.3 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
€1,900
Luuk de Haan
addingtoone 24
Luuk de Haan
Photography - 51.3 x 41.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20.2 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,701
onderhemelse 2
Luuk de Haan
Photography - 41.4 x 51.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.3 x 20.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,701
addingtoone 5
Luuk de Haan
Photography - 51.3 x 41.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20.2 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,701
addingtoone 9
Luuk de Haan
Photography - 51.3 x 41.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20.2 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,701
onderhemelse 1
Luuk de Haan
Photography - 41.4 x 51.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.3 x 20.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,701
Ludovic Careme
Mostar Bridge
Ludovic Careme
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,350
Elisa Gambalonga
Lei Non mi Lascia Mai
Elisa Gambalonga
Photography - 90 x 90 x 1.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch
€1,850
L'ora del Rosso
Elisa Gambalonga
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,600
Anja Schwörer
Jens Ochlich
Palm Springs Pink I
Jens Ochlich
Photography - 25.4 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 10 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€437
Red And Turquoise
Jens Ochlich
Photography - 38.1 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€437
Kung Fu Bel Air
Jens Ochlich
Photography - 38.1 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€437
Cloud Companion
Jens Ochlich
Photography - 38.1 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€437
Palm Springs '64
Jens Ochlich
Photography - 31.8 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.5 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€437
Palm Springs '59
Jens Ochlich
Photography - 31.8 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.5 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€437
Aurélien Buttin
Arabic Sunset
Aurélien Buttin
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Fatoumata Diabaté
Da Sokolan
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Kara et ses oreilles
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Néké Donnin
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
A quoi m’attendre
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Fura Seri Baba
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
L’astronaute
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Prisca Lobjoy
Jordi Valls Capell
El túnel
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€7,815
Fiesta de cumpleaños
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€7,815
Iniciación
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€7,815
La colada
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€7,815
Tras la lluvia
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€7,815
Plaza Jamaa el Fna
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€7,815
Paso con barrera
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€7,815
My Saint Michel
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€7,815