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Street blacksmith
Guilhem Ribart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,124
Street Art/Photo Collage IV
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$618
Locofeti /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,090
Regate /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,090
Côte des Basques Beach 10 - Longboard II Panoramique
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 72 x 152 cm Photography - 28.3 x 59.8 inch
$2,809
Sainte Barbe - Sky
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$2,697
Gwada Tête Rouge "L'ile à Cabrit"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 98 x 200 x 0.1 cm Photography - 38.6 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$5,394
Gwada Debarcadére #3 Serene dock - Panoramique
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 73 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 28.7 x 59.1 x 0 inch
$2,809
La plage rose
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$629
La plage orange
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$629
Deauville, the beach
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$562
Rome, Trevi Fountain selfies
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$562
Maroc (piézographie)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 37 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 14.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$506
La plage en mouvement
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$629
La plage grise
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$629
Marée haute
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$427
Contretemps
Juliette Wegrzyk
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.01 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$730
Sitting on a sand dune
Valentin Pacaut
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
$562
La vie en transit
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$843
Golden Hour à la Porte de Brandebourg III
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$843
Chroniques du Métro : Stalingrad
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$843
Éphémère passage
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$843
T8
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$354
Augmented Photography #12 "Photographer"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 110 x 255 cm Photography - 43.3 x 100.4 inch
$7,304
Quantic leap
Alain Longeaud
Photography - 120 x 96 x 0.5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,540
E5
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$176
E4
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$176
L'Homme au chapeau
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$303
Le confiné III
Romain Liverato
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$506
Je prend la vague
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$427
Je marche seule
Muriel Deumie
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$202
Plein soleil
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$427
Le grand bain III
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$315
Le grand bain II
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$315
MAREE HAUTE
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$315
L'été sans fin III
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$315
L'été sans fin II
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$315
La plage blanche VIII
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$315
La plage blanche III
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$315
Les lumières de l'été I
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$315
L'ombre d'un Pêcheur
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$224
Par la Fenêtre
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$280
Breakdance
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 33.75 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.3 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$280
Rome : Saint Valentine
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$438
Perplexité /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$258
Urban Portrait - Antony
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$360
Urban Portrait - Ellie
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$360
Elle Lascive /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$258
Elle 1996 Complice /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$258
Elle sensualité /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$258
Déja mannequin /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$258
Une vie en solde /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$258
Le carnaval
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$258
Welcome to heartbreak
Kamal Obat
Photography - 59.4 x 42.4 x 2.5 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.7 x 1 inch
$295 $207
Les Bretonnes /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$303
Transport en Bretagne l'hiver /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$258
Les touristes à la plage /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$258
Les touristes /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$258
The Air We Breathe
Jordana Ozier Lafontaine
Photography - 10 x 15 cm Photography - 3.9 x 5.9 inch
$292
Jeune babouin
Valentin Pacaut
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$360
La plage très colorée
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$315
La plage parisienne
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$315
La plage de l'arbre bleu
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$315
Market Day Swag
Jordana Ozier Lafontaine
Photography - 30 x 20 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$292
Sunbathing In Antibes - Limited Edition Estate Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.001 inch
$2,641
Angie at the bar
Fabien Novarino
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$888
High Maintenance (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 114.3 cm Photography - 60 x 45 inch
$36,000
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Holding your hands
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,798
Mozarts in Vienna
Tinatin Chkhikvishvili
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,573
St Louis Ladies
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$983
Citizens in Colour
Julia Whitehead
Painting - 35 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,504
Le plongeon/2
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
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.
What does everyday life photography consist of?
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.
What are examples of everyday life photography?
Examples of everyday life photography include photojournalistic pictures of a town or city, or snapshots of found or everyday objects.
What is mundane photography?
Mundane photography has the same meaning as everyday life photography, meaning photography that captures images of day-to-day, mundane or banal life.