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The Sea of Windows
Martin Kallay
Photography - 45 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,346
La pointe courte
Claude Cruells
Photography - 80 x 60 x 6 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2.4 inch
$740
Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey
Richard Heeps
Photography - 80 x 63.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25 x 0 inch
$916
Korean dreams, North Korea 8
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,234
Korean dreams, North Korea 5
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,234
Korean dreams, North Korea 3
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,234
Korean dreams, North Korea 2
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,234
Repérage Casse tête chinois New York vers Wall Street, Water street
Cédric Klapisch
Photography - 40 x 53 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.9 inch
$1,122
Un homme attend le bus devant le Louvre, Paris
Cédric Klapisch
Photography - 40 x 53 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.9 inch
$1,122
View from a business district sidewalk
Jason DeBose
Photography - 84 x 54 x 2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,019
Pedestrian treadmill
Jason DeBose
Photography - 58 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 22.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,019
Street in Paris 5
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$729
Street in Paris 4
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$729
Street in Paris 3
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$729
Street in Paris 1
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$729
Cross the bridge
Peter Teuschel
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,458
Dharamshala's Lanscapes
Anaiis Lee
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,346
Once Upon a Time
Rika Maja Duevel
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,357
Parapluies Royal
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$135
Wheels and Heels (Diamond dust)
David Drebin
Photography - 79 x 118 cm Photography - 31.1 x 46.5 inch
$11,780
Ligne 6 Rame Retour
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$606
Tomorrows tower
Barry Cawston
Photography - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,551
Blues d'Eiffel
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$325
Ponte Vecchio
Janice Alamanou
Photography - 48.5 x 64.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.1 x 25.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,019
The man on the street at dusk
Magnus Wahman
Photography - 40 x 73 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,346
Kiev, Ukraine, février 2014
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,683
Kiev, Ukraine, février 2014
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 53 x 73 cm Photography - 20.9 x 28.7 inch
$1,346
Hiding in Italy - Piazza di Spagna
Liu Bolin
Photography - 68 x 90 cm Photography - 26.8 x 35.4 inch
$13,799
Le baiser de Bordeaux
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$606
Grands ensembles 13
Raynald Najosky
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$673
Time to love 1
Raynald Najosky
Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$673
Point de vue new coeur Time Square 1
Raynald Najosky
Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$673
Washing Line
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$381
Turquoise Corner
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$381
Tegucigalpa Street
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$510
Sunny St Louis
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$510
Sunday Morning
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$510
Savannah Collectables
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$381
San Francisco Escapes
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$381
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
$381
Reno Crossing
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$381
Flannery’s Grocery Store
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$510
Basilique-cathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Soissons
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Notre Dame de Strasbourg
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Blois
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Blois
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Reïms,
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Reïms
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
La Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d'Orléans
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d'Orléans
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix-en-Provence
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale de Marseille la Majeur
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Sainte-Marie-Majeure de Marseille
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Delta Zulu Paris
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$539
Lecture d'Opéra
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$129
New York 20
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 58 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 22.8 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,064
New York 46
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 58 x 58 x 1 cm Photography - 22.8 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,064
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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
$1,503
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
$1,099
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
$982
Citizens in Colour
Julia Whitehead
Painting - 35 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,505
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
$5,049
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
$1,122
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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