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Keith the New Barbarians
John Rowlands
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,295
Mick Jagger Rolling Stones Tour 1972
John Rowlands
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,295
Mick Jagger Rolling Stones Tour 1972
John Rowlands
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 2 inch
€1,535
Leonard Cohen
John Rowlands
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,295
Without grace where wanted to be
Christa David
Photography - 25.4 x 22.86 x 2 cm Photography - 10 x 9 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Les âges de la vie
Vincent Citot
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
De Gaulle en route pour le monument aux morts d'Algérie manque la République
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€700
Paul Bocuse et sa serviette, Colonges
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
€650
Un homme marche avec des chaussures toutes neuves
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 50 x 33.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13.2 x 0.1 inch
€800
De Gaulle en visite aux fusillés du Mont Valérien.
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 55 x 33.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.7 x 13.2 x 0.1 inch
€1,000
Simone de Beauvoir
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,000
Yellow Bark, #2259
Natasha Zupan
Photography - 152.4 x 135.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 53.5 x 0.1 inch
€4,797
Gina Lollobrigida
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,650
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€800
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
Cheval fantôme - série animaux
Henry Ausloos
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€1,750
The reduction in self-awareness
Shulan Wang
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Eternal sleeping
Shulan Wang
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,400
Mujer de Viñales
James Sparshatt
Photography - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,067
Led Zeppelin, 1973
James Fortune
Photography - 45.7 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 18 x 24 x 0.05 inch
€1,871
Robert Plant Dove Shot
James Fortune
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.05 inch
€1,871
Edinburgh Seven
Laurence Winram
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
€756
White and Black
Malick Kebe
Photography - 75 x 55 x 0.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.2 inch
€900
Black Rocky Girl
Malick Kebe
Photography - 75 x 55 x 0.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.2 inch
€900
Sharp Shooters
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€660
Seabank Sunbathers - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€660
Savannah Store - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€595
Village Girl
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 152 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.8 x 39.8 x 0 inch
€1,145
Prison Visit
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€835
Porch Steps
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€835
Militia On Steps - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 121 x 182 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.6 x 71.7 x 0 inch
€1,440
Lunch Break - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 182 x 121 x 0.1 cm Photography - 71.7 x 47.6 x 0 inch
€1,440
Harlem Family
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€570
Golf Caddies
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€665
China Girl - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€570
We Are Family - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€595
Slum fashionista
Brian Otieno
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,200
El naufrago
James Sparshatt
Photography - 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,134
Skarsgård. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Fuchsine. Portrait intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Nymphs. Empty Spaces. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Great Lakes. Pharell Williams, Portrait intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
David James Gandy, Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Bruno Mars, Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Kaaling, Bruno Mars Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Muse. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Paris. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Rosy de Palma, Paris Alone. Portrait Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Bella Hadid, Neon. Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Fluid Bella Hadid, Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Kaaling. Pharrel Williams. Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Weifang Sun, Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Pharell Williams Portrait. Nothing Stays Still, Untitle I. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,036
Andres Velencoso, Portrait
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 50.8 x 63.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 25 x 0.1 inch
€959
Series: Omnipresence - Poseidon
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
€2,000
Series: Omnipresence - Dyonisus III Cannabis 26,6%
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
€2,000
Series: Omnipresence - Dyonisus VI. Hallucinogens 2 %
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
€2,000
Series: Omnipresence - Dyonisus V. MDMA 2,2 %
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
€2,000
Series: Omnipresence - Wheat 27 %
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
€2,000
Series: Omnipresence - Artemis IV
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
€2,000
Series: Omnipresence - Venus XII
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
€2,000
Last goodbye
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€650
P. Portrait intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€3,358
Directive Forces. Photograph intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 50.8 x 39.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 15.5 x 0.1 inch
€3,646
Hole. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 53.8 x 40.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.2 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
€3,646
Remember Lilas Rose I
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 75.5 x 54.5 cm Photography - 29.7 x 21.5 inch
€1,180
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Portrait Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered the process for setting images onto pewter plates. In 1833, upon Nièpce's death, Louis Daguerre and François Arago continued his experiments and invented the daguerreotype, a process which created a printed image on a silver plate that had been exposed to light. Photography was born.
Similarly to how portrait painting had dominated artistic output in previous centuries, portrait photography was to become the pillar of the Second French Empire's photographic industry. Lenses with a shorter focal length, which enabled reduced exposure times, gradually appear on the market. The required equipment was expensive and difficult to handle. Some photographers, called daguerreotypists, decided to open their own photography studios to make a profit from their endeavours. The daguerreotype process was temperamental, and photographers had to take their pictures with great precision and attention to detail. They welcomed many people into their studios and customers choose how they wished to be photographed from catalogue of poses. Originally only accessible to the bourgeoisie, lower prices resulting from the growing number of studios eventually attracted a wider customer base. This phenomenon infuriated the poet Charles Baudelaire who was frustrated by the sense of narcissism sparked by the daguerreotypists.
Despite his protests, the egotistical trend only grew with the emergence of 'carte de visite' portraits (small photographs, the size of today's business cards). These were the brainchild of Adolphe Eugène Disdéri came up with the idea of producing portraits akin to visiting cards in 1859. He printed eight portraits in a variety of poses onto a single plate and once developed they could be cut up into eight distinct “visiting cards". Very popular with the bourgeoisie, they highlighted the sitters' social status. 'Carte de visite' portraits featuring celebrities were also sold to customers, who could subsequently add them to their albums.
The photographer Nadar was one of the first to demonstrate a conscious artistic approach to producing these portraits. He emphasised facial expressions and ensured the sitter was comfortable and at ease before taking the photograph. He photographed the era's greatest thinkers and artists, including Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. He even managed to reconcile Baudelaire with portraiture.
At the end of the 19th century, the art of photography started to enter the mainstream, with the arrival of the Kodak company. The use of the camera, and the taking of portraits, became everyday occurrences. A century later, it was the invention of the digital camera which challenged the status quo. Whereas before alterations could only be made to photographs when they were being taken or developed, with the digital camera editing became easier, quicker and more convenient. Digital photography has given photographers much more freedom when it comes to editing and new methods and techniques are constantly being explored.
Some of the photographers who have left their mark on the last century include: Cindy Sherman, who excelled in self-portraits, Annie Leibovitz, who captured celebrities, the wacky duo, Pierre and Gilles, as well as Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims.
So, do portraits help us to learn more about each other, to remember, to invent, to act, or to reconnect with ourselves? Find out on Artsper, by exploring the works of Formento & Formento, Naomi Vona, Ahmed Bennani, Chou Ching Hui, Samuel Cueto, Brno del Zou, Ren Hang, Markus + Indrani, Jerome Liebling as well as Annina Roescheisen.
A portrait photograph can be a photograph of a person's head and shoulders, but it can also be of an animal or of a different section of the subject's body such as their feet. Portrait photographs in art often tell or hint something about its subject to the viewer, such as an aspect of their personality, but still contain an element of mystery.
The three major types of portrait photography are posed portraits, candid or anonymous portraits, and conceptual portraits. The last type, conceptual or creative portraits, can be experimental and abstract, and may not represent an image close to a traditional portrait.
The six main types of portrait photography are fine art portraits, traditional portraits (for example posed portraits taken at school), lifestyle portraits, group portraits, street portraits and glamour portraits.