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Etendage marocain.
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Drapeau tibétain
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Dans les rues de San Francisco
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Merveilleuse Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Pont du Rialto. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Lumière fellinienne. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Les gondoles glisses sur le bacchanal. Venise 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Les gondoles glisses sur le bacchanal. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Venise la sérénissime
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Lavage du marché aux poissons. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Reflet de gondoles sur l'eau vénitienne
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Reflet de Gondole. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Gondole sur les canaux
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Reflets de couleurs d architecture à Burano
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Pêcheur sur l ile de Burano. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Passage de canaux. Ile de Burano
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Reflet sur l ile de Burano. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Ile de Burano. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
La piazza Sa Marco. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
En attente. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Dans les rues de Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Global warming 1.0
Franck Guedj
Photography - 110 x 165 x 1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 65 x 0.4 inch
$8,372
Boulangerie la Nuit
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$614
Une Place, photo primée Fisheye magazine, Rmn Grand Palais
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,060
Fashion Week
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.4 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$558
Fenêtres - Composition Minimaliste
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.4 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$726
Hublot - composition minimaliste
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.4 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$726
Réverbère
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 80.8 x 50 x 0.4 cm Photography - 31.8 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$781
Mosque and Rue Emir Akhor
Gabriel Lekegian
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
$385
But still punk
Norman Reedus
Photography - 40.64 x 50.8 x 2 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$2,567
Fondation
Mathieu Fournier
Photography - 50 x 100 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$413
Sunset waves
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 95.4 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 37.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,060
Les couleurs de la nuit
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 70 x 105 x 5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 2 inch
$1,340
Batman's view of the 1st Avenue of New York City - Panoramic Color Photography
Jean Pierre De Neef
Photography - 220 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 86.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,556
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Là-bas.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 33 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$223
Twin Palms #2
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$391
Twin Palms #1
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$391
Daltonism
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Azul Marina
Alberto Sánchez
Photography - 125 x 125 x 2 cm Photography - 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,907
La rue est à nous
Florence Le Van
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$447
Maison carrée
Coralie Honnorat
Photography - 22 x 34 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13.4 x 0 inch
$223
Flat Iron II
Tom Leighton
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 inch
$16,000
"Ciel 3" - Paris après la pluie
Vesna BECHA-BOJOVIC
Photography - 19 x 27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$212
Karl Lagerfeld in Times Square, Editorial for Harper’s Bazaar 2006 NYC
Simon Procter
Photography - 150 x 278 cm Photography - 59.1 x 109.4 inch
$17,860
Under the Bridge
Christophe Battifero
Photography - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$469
Metropolis Ostrich 30
Yu Zhaoyang
Photography - 43.5 x 32.5 x 3 cm Photography - 17.1 x 12.8 x 1.2 inch
$413
Tokyo 1.2005
Patrick Messina
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$2,791
Jump - Collection Hey Mars
Rodrigo
Photography - 40 x 26.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 10.4 x 0 inch
$1,395
5 vs 5 - Collection Hey Mars
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.5 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,395
Tsui Wah restaurant
Camille Levert
Photography - 55 x 55 x 7 cm Photography - 21.7 x 21.7 x 2.8 inch
$9,265
Le petit marseillais - Collection Hey Mars
Rodrigo
Photography - 23.8 x 14.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 5.8 x 0 inch
$558
Les nuits de Lomé
José Nicolas
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$781
Blue Pearl - Collection Morocco
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.7 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.5 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$781
Tokyo crossing VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,338
Tokyo crossing VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,338
Tokyo crossing V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,338
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Calme et le silence bronze
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 40 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
$1,496
Les espaces de Penseur de Rodin
Jesus Campos
Sculpture - 30 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
$1,094
It Is Summer Warm Rain At Sunset
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 40 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,116
Yard by the sea
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,000 $1,600
St Louis Ladies
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$977
Statue of Liberty, from the New York, New York portfolio
Robert Rauschenberg
Print - 90.2 x 59.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 35.5 x 23.5 x 0 inch
$5,023 $4,019
Citizens in Colour
Julia Whitehead
Painting - 35 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,505
Urban Photography for Sale
In order to define urban photography, it is first important to understand street photography. Street photography typically refers to documentary-like portrait photos of passers-by taken in an urban setting on the spur of the moment. The genre is often associated with the Golden Age of photography which lasted from 1890 to 1970. The great masters of this period include Cartier-Bresson (whose treasured Leica has become an iconic street photography camera), Weegee (known for his images of crime scenes), Robert Doisneau (and his famous 'The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville), William Klein (one of the genre's pioneers known for his focus on children), Vivian Maier, Eugene Atget and many other key names.
As street photography has become a genre of its own, there seems to be a key difference between 'new' and 'traditional' street photography. The subject in street photography has gradually shifted from the street itself to the men and women who occupy the urban space. This photographic technique has allowed some of the great photographers to capture the depth and intensity of certain facial expressions and give their images a strong sense of emotion. Nonetheless, this perspective overlooks certain aspects of the original school of urban photography. Faces and staging have eclipsed urban buildings and their architecture.
Street photography has come to reflect post-modern capitalist society and mass-consumerism where entertainment and immediacy are highly sought after. Although this is not necessarily a negative thing, this cannot be denied and this is what distinguishes it from urban photography.
In a similar way to traditional street photography, urban photography not only tries to freeze people in time but also places. Urban photography captures and enhances buildings and their architecture by playing around with lighting and framing in a way that only professional photographers know how. When we consider that 50% of the world's population now live in cities we can see how each image is instilled with the artist's own opinion of the urban world.
In short, urban photography cannot simply be reduced to street photography; it immortalises urban life with a much broader perspective. It captures everything urban-related; the skyscrapers of Manhattan's skyline are just one example. Passers-by are not necessarily the photograph's main focus; objects are the genre's favourite subject. Much more than just a mere spectator, urban photography is also critical of its society.
Artsper has an exclusive selection of works from artists with a shrewd outlook on contemporary society and who want to share their new perspectives on the world around them. Discover the splendid analogue photos of Paris in the 1930s by Roger Schall or Manhattan photography as well as London photographies and get lost in the depth of Gwenaël Bollinger's incredible shots!
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