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Shoot again (197)
Yves Cham
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.01 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,357
Shoot again (91)
Yves Cham
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.01 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$1,357
Ecstasy of St Teresa (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.7 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
Into the darkness (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 32.29 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 12.7 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
The Dance (Sixth move) - (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 82.3 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
The Model (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 83.16 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
The Sunbathers (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 83.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
Red curtain (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 78.9 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 31.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
The Dance (Second move) - (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 82.3 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
Playground II (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 58.3 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
Playground (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 58.3 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
The Believer (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.42 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
Please, Do not Splash II (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.11 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.3 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
Self-Portrait (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 80.37 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 31.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,470
Andie MacDowell
Anthony Horth
Photography - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,050
Jean-Paul Belmondo à Venise, Italie
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$905
Appareil photo création Christer HAMP Hidalgo 1995
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$1,006
1995 Homme à la moustache
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$1,120
Kenya - Les Samburu & Turkana_Mont Kenya
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,696
Kenya - Les Samburu & Turkana_Mont Kenya
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,262
Kenya - Les Samburu & Turkana_Mont Kenya
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$905
Algérie -Les Touaregs_Sahara. Tassil N'Ajjer
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,357
Algérie-Les Touaregs_Sahara. Tassili N'Ajjer
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,357
Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II In Blue
Chris Jackson
Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,244
Above the clouds #5
Cody Choi
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0 inch
$662
Poétique Française, 25 éléments.
Pascal Therme
Photography - 80 x 65 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,753
Pierot le fou
Pascal Therme
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,187
La Gravure selon Frédéric Ravel
Pascal Therme
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,301
Jenny Bel'Air
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,074
Malangan Spirit
Wylda Bayrón
Photography - 90 x 60 x 4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$3,958
30's Sensuality
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$204
African God 4
O'kiins Howara
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$961
Spirituality
O'kiins Howara
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$961
Le rêveur - série oiseaux
Henry Ausloos
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$814
Untitled (5). From series: Secret Photography - Cliché Verre and Photograms
Eliška Bartek
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,601
Julia on The Hill, Fusion 40 Éléments, Connemara, Ireland
Pascal Therme
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,640
Absorbés par le temps - 6
Clara Cena
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$656
Nuit d'été
Philippe Martins
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$961
Galaxy brain
Leobardo Huerta
Photography - 39.4 x 31.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.5 x 12.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Rêve imaginaire
Sabyl Ghoussoub
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,131
Last Paradise I
Nathan Brusovani
Photography - 102 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 40.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,018 $865
Absorbés par le temps - 18
Clara Cena
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$656
Sans titre #6
Thierry Valencin
Photography - 47 x 39 x 4 cm Photography - 18.5 x 15.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,583
Moving in Together (Till Death do us Part)
Stefanie Schneider
Photography - 160 x 320 x 0.1 cm Photography - 63 x 126 x 0 inch
$31,665
Sourire Omar
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 28 x 43 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch
$792
Bouche homme
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$792
Bouche femme
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$792
Jeune touareg
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 45 x 38 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$792
Le photographe
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$792
Enfant école coranique sénégal
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$792
Above the clouds #4
Cody Choi
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0 inch
$662
Above the clouds #8
Cody Choi
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0 inch
$662
Above the clouds #7
Cody Choi
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0 inch
$662
Untitled radio II
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 66 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Untitled radio I
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 101.6 x 66 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 26 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Untitled Aspy-Thor IV
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 76.2 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Untitled chimney
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 101.6 x 66 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 26 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Untitled Aspy-Thor II
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Untitled, Aspy-Thor II
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 101.6 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 35 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
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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.