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.
Discover the styles & movements
Pavlo Mazai
Série "Mar Adentro"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,440
Série "Mar Adentro"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 150 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,440
Série "Mar Adentro"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$4,440
Série "Le son de blé"
Pavlo Mazai
Photography - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,440
Patrick Strajnic
La noire idole
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,054
Intemerata
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,432
Le chant des Glaucus
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,432
Candidat à L'immortalité
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,054
Marie de Magdala
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,054
Sisyphe II
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,432
Marie de Magdala
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,432
Jean-François Talivez
La valse du réfectoire - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 23 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.1 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$488
Dix petits moines - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 24 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$488
Tonsure, humilité
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$488
Père Pio-Marie
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$488
Les sandales - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 35 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$488
Les sandales 2 - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$488
Le sucre, Père Jean-Joseph - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$488
L'Escalier - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$488
Coralie Honnorat
Cascade de Lumière
Coralie Honnorat
Photography - 27 x 18 x 2 cm Photography - 10.6 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch
$166
Sjaak Korsten
Jacques Langevin
Répression, place Tian'anmen, Pékin, Chine
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$555
008- Série Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,332
007-Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,332
006- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,332
005- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,332
002-Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,332
004- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,332
001- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,332
Darlene Hammond
Star Trio 1953 Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe
Darlene Hammond
Photography - 76 x 101 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 inch
$988
Jessie Chaney
Aqua Pools
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.25 inch
$1,250
Last Light
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.25 inch
$1,250
Mist.& Water
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.25 inch
$1,250
Spirit in the Sky 100
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 33 x 33 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 2 inch
$700
Spirit in the Sky 103
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 33 x 33 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 2 inch
$700
Spirit in the Sky 104
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 33 x 33 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 2 inch
$700
Spirit in the Sky 105
Jessie Chaney
Photography - 33 x 33 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 2 inch
$700
Ka Xiaoxi
Carlo D'Orta
Biocities Washington # 7
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 80 x 77 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch
$5,550
Liquidance # 93
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 67 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$5,550
Liquidance # 4
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 65 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$5,550
Biocities Washington # 4
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 80 x 54 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
$4,440
Biocities Parigi Defence # 1
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 56 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 22 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$4,440
Vibrations NYC # 11
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 86 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 33.9 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$7,770
Biocities Milano Expo # 11
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$7,770
Biocities London # 3
Carlo D'Orta
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,880
Chris Rhodes
Hotel Mermaid Club #2
Chris Rhodes
Photography - 10 x 8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.9 x 3.1 x 0.1 inch
$166
Hotel Mermaid Club #5
Chris Rhodes
Photography - 8 x 10 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.1 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$166
Hotel Mermaid Club #4
Chris Rhodes
Photography - 10 x 8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.9 x 3.1 x 0.1 inch
$166
Martine Dégot
Carnaval de Rio
Martine Dégot
Sculpture - 100 x 85 x 10 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 33.5 x 3.9 inch
$8,880