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Amanda Lear - Couturière HQ
Klaus Roethlisberger
Photography - 70 x 54 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,357
The beauty we love
O'kiins Howara
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$961
Behind myself (1)
O'kiins Howara
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$961
Musicians in Lummus Park, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,866
North Beach, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,866
Buenos Aires Tango 4
Pascal Therme
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,074
Self portrait
Sabyl Ghoussoub
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$679
Mont Saint Michel With Meadows And Audience
Thorsten Ritzmann
Photography - 75 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,923
Conversation improbable
Irène Jonas
Photography - 19 x 13 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$565
Couple amoureux
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,619
Ballons Over Paris - Diamond Dust
David Drebin
Photography - 63 x 152 x 1 cm Photography - 24.8 x 59.8 x 0.4 inch
$16,963
Risky Landing Diamond Dust
David Drebin
Photography - 76 x 96 x 1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 37.8 x 0.4 inch
$11,309
Baiser laser
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,280
Fièvre du samedi soir
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,280
Couple dansant
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,280
Rainy days in Saigon VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,250
The Way of the Salt Worker - 12
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,018
The Way of the Salt Worker - 11
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,018
The Way of the Salt Worker - 09
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,018
The Way of the Salt Worker - 08
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,018
The Way of the Salt Worker - 06
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,018
The Way of the Salt Worker - 05
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,018
Taking pictures/ Their life-Cameroon
Gilbert Ryu
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$848
Reserved/Their life-Cameroon
Gilbert Ryu
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$848
From Glass to Reflections - 9
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,018
From Glass to Reflections - 5
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,018
From Glass to Reflections - 1
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,018
In our Intimate Moments - 10
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,470
In our Intimate Moments - 09
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,470
In our Intimate Moments - 04
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,470
Lost Words
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 36 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 14.2 x 1.2 inch
$565
Dreamhouse series n.14
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$565
Falling Phobia
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 30 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$707
Crowd Phobia
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 30 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$707
Dreamhouse n.10
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$565
Chirac, 1967 / Paris Match
Patrice Habans
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,696
And the Sea will be there 08
Arnaud Rinuccini
Photography - 65 x 100 cm Photography - 25.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,414
Fête de L'Humanité
Walter Carone
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$848
Le Peul Wodaabe se maquille
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$814
Vertical, Peul Wodaabe en tenue de danse
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$814
Washing Line
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$385
Uniform And Tradition
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$385
Uniform And Tradition
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$385
Turquoise Corner
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$385
Thoroughbred Stables
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$515
Tegucigalpa Street
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$515
Sunny St Louis
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$515
Sunday Morning
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$515
Savannah Collectables
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$385
Santa Maria Smoke
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$385
San Francisco Escapes
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$385
Rock On At The Seaside
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$385
Flannery’s Grocery Store
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$515
Amour et Reflets
Sandrine Darcos
Photography - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$317
Untitled 6 (Paris)
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
Hong Kong Signs XVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,024
Hong Kong Streets X
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,137
Hong Kong Streets VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,137
Hong Kong Signs I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,137
Hong Kong Downtown XII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,137
Hong Kong Downtown X
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,137
Hong Kong Convergence IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,911
Hong Kong Convergence III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,911
Urban Sensor VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,572
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Everyday life Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered how to print images onto metal plates. When he died in 1833, Louis Daguerre, followed by Francois Arago, continued to develop his research, resulting in the invention of the daguerreotype which consisted of an image printed onto a silver plate when exposed to the light. Together they had invented photography.
The first ever photographs began to appear. Initially used for research purposes, photography started to spread as daguerreotype studios opened everywhere. Portrait photography immortalized the faces of the upper middle classes and were later used to capture all members of society. Celebrities were also a popular subject choice and many photographers specialized in taking their portraits, as Jean-Loup Sieff did all throughout his career almost a century after the invention of photography.
In the beginning, taking a portrait or even the simplest of family photos required a great deal of preparation and time in the studio. However, key technological developments brought about the invention of more compact cameras including the Leica and later the digital single-lens reflex, which meant shorter exposure times and made it easier to produce a greater number of photographs.
These advances also helped contribute to the development of the genre of everyday life photography, which became more popular at the end of the Second World War and focused at first on photographing wealthy or urban families. Families, couples, communities... artists were interested in everyday moments (marriage, lovers kissing, children's games). The simplest of moments in life were seen as the most important and were immortalized in film as testaments to the beauty of human life.
Some of the great photographers made a name for themselves in the genre. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, David Goldblatt, Martin Parr and Vivian Maier are only a few of the artists associated with everyday life photography.
Vivian Maier is an American photographer who was born in 1926 in New York. A professional nanny in Chicago, she spent her spare time photographing the world around her and produced around 150,000 photos. Having remained anonymous throughout her artistic life, her genius and photographic accomplishments were finally recognized publicly in 2007.
Cofounder of the Magnum Photographic Cooperative in 1947 alongside David Seymour and Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneer of photojournalism but also an excellent photographer in a more artistic sense. He revolutionized photography by working with incredibly lightweight equipment. He didn't use a tripod or a darkroom and treasured a sense of immediacy when taking photographs. He believed that “above all else, the camera is a sketchbook". Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographic technique is unique and unmistakably recognizable. He never photographed with flash and only worked with natural light, something which was highly characteristic of everyday life photography. Often in the same black and white image, the subjects coexist together but are not centred. His framing, focus and depth of field all help us to see the simple beauty of everyday life that he so exquisitely enhances.
Artsper has a range of everyday life photographs for you to discover, including works from Cartier-Bresson as well as many other artists, whose photos reveal the precious moments of the everyday lives of people from around the world.
Everyday life photography is a type of photography that captures moments from normal, daily life, such as urban street scenes, everyday objects, or children playing.
Examples of everyday life photography include photojournalistic pictures of a town or city, or snapshots of found or everyday objects.
Mundane photography has the same meaning as everyday life photography, meaning photography that captures images of day-to-day, mundane or banal life.