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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Ian Wallace
Fabien Olart
Tenerife, Anaga Forest
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$565
Milan, the tramway
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$565
Dijon, the shadow
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$565
Dijon, the traveler
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$565
Deauville, the sea
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$565
Vukovar, the railway station
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$565
Rome, Trevi Fountain selfies
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$565
Jim Kazanjian
Chiron Duong
Portraits Of “Áo Dài”
Chiron Duong
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,018
Portraits Of “Áo Dài”
Chiron Duong
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,018
Boy wears a bird's hat
Chiron Duong
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,018
Blessings from a fairy in forests
Chiron Duong
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,018
Whisper of the sea
Chiron Duong
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,538
Asian folk dance
Chiron Duong
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,018
Portraits Of “Áo Dài”
Chiron Duong
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,538
Lien Botha
In afterland (Piero di Cosimo)
Lien Botha
Photography - 33 x 46 x 5 cm Photography - 13 x 18.1 x 2 inch
$1,357
In afterland (Malevich)
Lien Botha
Photography - 33 x 46 x 5 cm Photography - 13 x 18.1 x 2 inch
$1,357
In afterland (Pietro Longhi)
Lien Botha
Photography - 33 x 46 x 5 cm Photography - 13 x 18.1 x 2 inch
$1,357
Besonderse plante vir elke seisoen / Safari
Lien Botha
Photography - 49 x 49 x 5 cm Photography - 19.3 x 19.3 x 2 inch
$1,357
Tigridias from Garden of Plague
Lien Botha
Photography - 34 x 25 x 5 cm Photography - 13.4 x 9.8 x 2 inch
$905
Die safari was’n droom / Safari
Lien Botha
Photography - 49 x 49 x 5 cm Photography - 19.3 x 19.3 x 2 inch
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Vianca Reinig
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (6)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$4,524
5:5, you are still ok. (1)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 108 x 100 cm Photography - 42.5 x 39.4 inch
$3,732
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (2)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$4,524
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (5)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$4,524
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (7)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$4,524
In many ways, i prefer my own company. (4)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,184
In many ways, i prefer my own company. (3)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 140 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 55.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$4,524
5:5, you are still ok. (2)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 108 x 100 cm Photography - 42.5 x 39.4 inch
$3,732
Iconographia
Allégorie de la création à la grenade
Iconographia
Photography - 59.4 x 42 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 inch
$339
Nature morte aux iris et aux tulipes, détail
Iconographia
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$339
Autoportrait en Allégorie de la Peinture d’après Artemisia Gentileschi
Iconographia
Photography - 30 x 24 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 inch
$396
Eat my Dust, Autoportrait en Bugatti d’après Tamara de Lempicka
Iconographia
Photography - 42 x 59.4 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.4 inch
$339
Ed Reddon
Matthieu Venot
Sans Titre I, série Prism
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,357
N°7, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,357
Voyage/Bonheur III
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 50 x 62 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 24.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,357
Sans Titre I, série Deco
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,357
N°18, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,357
N°9, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,357
N°1, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,696
Dialogue 01
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 50 x 62.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 24.6 x 0 inch
$1,357