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Burma Blur LXIX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,896
Burma Blur XXII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,120
Human Vision I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,896
Gravity Liquid 02 (Medium)
Seb Janiak
Photography - 110 x 86 cm Photography - 43.3 x 33.9 inch
$4,579
Multiple Pictures
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 75 x 105 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,871
Mots META 1
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$684
Mots croisés 5
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$684
A drop of milk
Claude Billès
Photography - 60 x 110 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.2 inch
$2,132
HK fragments IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,120
Saigon Blur XVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,120
Psychiatric Observation
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 180 x 240 cm Photography - 70.9 x 94.5 inch
$17,794
Panel B - Brutality of Creation
Gianfranco Pezzot
Photography - 240 x 180 cm Photography - 94.5 x 70.9 inch
$17,794
Desvelando Gaudí 010
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 53 x 40 cm Photography - 20.9 x 15.7 inch
$673
Desvelando Gaudí 08
Ivanna Alejandra Sanchez Moretti
Photography - 53 x 40 cm Photography - 20.9 x 15.7 inch
$673
Portraits Of “Áo Dài”
Chiron Duong
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,010
Vanishing Point, Sky Valley
Jason Engelund
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
$3,925
Persistence of the sun (Abstract photography)
Jason Engelund
Photography - 102 x 76 cm Photography - 40.2 x 29.9 inch
$3,140
Portraits Of “Áo Dài”
Chiron Duong
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,010
Spirit of the West
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.04 inch
$4,000 $3,400
The Red Bench
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.04 inch
$4,500
I am fleeting #2. From I am fleeting Series
Javier Rey
Photography - 165 x 110 x 0.3 cm Photography - 65 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,450
Yellow and Yellow
Sandra Salamonová
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$898
Spur. Photograph intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 52.8 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$3,800
Sled. 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
$3,800
Kamalika. Photograph intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 54.6 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.5 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Ceremony II, Photograph intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 54.6 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.5 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Ceremony. Photograph intervened by the artists
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 44.5 x 54.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.5 x 21.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Reflets de Ville
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 150 x 100 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 inch
$4,218
Hommage à Brassai - Portrait craché
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$2,760
Mete-o-Rage - Hommage à Zao Wou Ki
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$2,648
Hommage à Pierre Soulages
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$2,648
L'Huile_en_Gros_Plan_02
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,111
L'Huile_en_Gros_Plan_01
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,111
L'huile en Gros Plan_010
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,447
Hong Kong Urban Arch IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,120
Singapore Blur III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,008
After Image of love series - Petals
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 10 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch
$561
Pointless Love Series
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.1 inch
$628
Petals-After Image of Love
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 10 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch
$561
Cathedral of the forest n.3
E. Ofza
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,178
Cathedral of the forest n.5
E. Ofza
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,178
Ulysses and Polyphemus
E. Ofza
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,178
Cathedral of the forest n.1
E. Ofza
Photography - 45 x 65 x 3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,178
We forgot distance
Ralf Aubeck
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,851
Liberty (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.32 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch
$785
Evening light portal
Cristina Fontsare
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$673
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Drawing No. 453
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,346
La vie en effervescence
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch
$1,178
Let us hold each other
Barbara Piller
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,122
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $1,020
Abstract Photography for Sale
Abstract photography, also sometimes known as experimental photography, is the art of creating a visual effect with an image that has no immediate attachment to reality, by using processes like focusing, framing, or retouching and editing the photograph in post-processing. For example, an abstract picture can sometimes isolate a fragment of an ordinary image to remove it from its original context and give it a surrealist edge. It can also involve playing with blurring, shadows or lighting, textures or unexpected forms. The image is often created with traditional photographic material (analog or digital cameras, dark room, computer). However, artists can also manipulate and alter the film in order to achieve the desired effect.
The first images known as “abstract photographs" appeared shortly after the invention of photography in the 1830s. In 1842, John William Draper created a new type of images with a spectroscope. This machine dispersed light beams and produced a phenomenon that was previously invisible to the eye. The negatives he produced had nothing in common with the works of other photographers, and they opened the way for innovative photographic works. Draper perceived these images as a scientific discovery, not as artworks, but today his method is widely acclaimed by critics for its inherent originality.
In England, Anna Atkins was also a pioneer of abstract photography; she was the first one to place dry algae on cyanotype paper. This scientific experiment improved photographic techniques by creating unique blue and white images. Moreover, the discovery of X-ray and radioactivity in 1896 provoked a fascination for the invisible and many photographers were immediately drawn to these phenomena. French photographer Louis Darget attempted to capture mental processes by pressing unexposed plates to the foreheads of his and trying to get them to project images from their minds onto the plates. He carried out thousands of similar experiments.
It was only during the 20th century that abstract photography truly became recognised as an artistic practice. Surrealism and cubism started replacing impressionism, especially after the Salon d'Automne in 1903 in Paris. This event highlighted new talents like Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp… Ten years later, in New York, Wassily Kandinsky, Mondrian, Braque and Delaunay shocked audiences. The freedom coming from abstract art inspired some of the greatest photographers to break the rules.
Erwin Quedenfeldt exhibited the first abstract photographs in Cologne in 1914. From 1920 to 1930, Europe became the epicenters of conceptual photography with artists such as Jaroslav Rossler, Josef Sudeck, and Rössler exploring abstraction.
Post-processing became more central to photographic works in the 60s and the 70s, with artists like Josef Newman. Eventually, the growing popularity of computers in the 90s and the 2000s opened up infinite possibilities for creating original work. Some contemporary photographers like Peter Klasen, Dominic Harris, or Nicolas Dubreuille combine photography with other mediums.
Find them all on Artsper with our unique selection of abstract photographs.
What is considered abstract photography?
Abstract photography refers to images created using photography equipment that do not directly represent the real visual world as we see it. Abstract photographers use different techniques to manipulate the image captured by the camera.
What makes good abstract photography?
There are different factors in what makes a good abstract photograph, including composition, color, tone, lighting and mystery.
What are the different types of abstract photography?
There are many different ways to produce an abstract photograph. Techniques can include moving the camera during exposure, playing with light and reflections, using different angles, and experimenting with production techniques.