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![Photography, David Bowie, Mick Rock](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1601796_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Good night and good luck, Nathalie Roux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/807564_1_grid.jpg)
Good night and good luck
Nathalie Roux
Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$67
![Photography, The enigma - H0371, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145787_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Kouros Triptych 01, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145263_1_grid.jpg)
Kouros Triptych 01
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 61 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$12,000
![Photography, Memento, in pulverem reverteris, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009217_1_grid.jpg)
Memento, in pulverem reverteris
Idan Wizen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$503
![Photography, Girls just wants to have fun, Sacha Haillote](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992774_1_grid.jpg)
Girls just wants to have fun
Sacha Haillote
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$895
![Photography, In Spite of dreams (Diptychs), Portfolio of 6 photographs, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170582_1_grid.jpg)
In Spite of dreams (Diptychs), Portfolio of 6 photographs
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$15,000
![Photography, No Lust Here, Philippe Shangti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160556_1_grid.jpg)
No Lust Here
Philippe Shangti
Photography - 120 x 114 x 5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 44.9 x 2 inch
$18,387
![Photography, Divadlo na Prádle, Lukas Dvorak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140932_1_grid.jpg)
Divadlo na Prádle
Lukas Dvorak
Photography - 61 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
![Photography, A fleur de peau #06, Malo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181636_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Naissance, Charles Bayonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171455_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Origine, Charles Bayonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171454_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, ADN Symphonie, Charles Bayonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171447_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Reverie, Brendan North](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137456_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled (Nr. 2790), Rowan Daly](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136204_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ombre, Gabriel Quirant - Pidet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2104074_1_grid.jpg)
Ombre
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, Prisme 2, Gabriel Quirant - Pidet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2104053_1_grid.jpg)
Prisme 2
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, ConCoscienza, Selfportrait, Chiara Mazzocchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152546_1_grid.jpg)
ConCoscienza, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$554
![Photography, La piscine, Camille Brasselet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130625_1_grid.jpg)
La piscine
Camille Brasselet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,510
![Photography, Golden Girl 3, La Calva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1959840_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bus 60, Canal de l'Ourcq, 2019, Camille Léage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1518453_1_grid.jpg)
Bus 60, Canal de l'Ourcq, 2019
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$167
![Photography, There are no coincidences II, Mary Rozzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118183_1_grid.jpg)
There are no coincidences II
Mary Rozzi
Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$1,342
![Photography, There are no coincidences I, Mary Rozzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118171_1_grid.jpg)
There are no coincidences I
Mary Rozzi
Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Lorenzo Triptych, Celso Castro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102991_1_grid.jpg)
Lorenzo Triptych
Celso Castro
Photography - 68.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Arara IV - Guacamaya. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil, Antonio Briceño](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/443709_1_grid.jpg)
Arara IV - Guacamaya. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$7,606
![Photography, Tono - Hombre de bosque. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil, Antonio Briceño](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/443682_1_grid.jpg)
Tono - Hombre de bosque. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$7,606
![Photography, Wrapped Series Untitled #1B, Robert Mack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133694_1_grid.jpg)
Wrapped Series Untitled #1B
Robert Mack
Photography - 106 x 71 cm Photography - 41.7 x 28 inch
$6,000
![Photography, Kahleesi, Cécile Plaisance](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2089125_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les mariées, Cécile Plaisance](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1798518_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marie de Magdala, Patrick Strajnic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1474122_1_grid.jpg)
Marie de Magdala
Patrick Strajnic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,443
![Photography, Make your Transition, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897462_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Infrahumana, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/867504_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Collection Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon - HB1809, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168721_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon - HB1809
Idan Wizen
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$168
![Photography, Collection Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon - HB1552, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168710_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Purity - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon - HB1552
Idan Wizen
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$168
![Photography, Overcrowded, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152871_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Magnetism, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152867_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Muddyfight, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152862_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Into the Wild, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152858_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Balanced, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152853_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Gárgara detail III, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139731_1_grid.jpg)
Gárgara detail III
Léa Bon
Photography - 9.9 x 15 x 0.3 cm Photography - 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Gárgara detail II, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139730_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Gárgara detail I, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139728_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, That flies in the night, Brian Ziff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137244_1_grid.jpg)
That flies in the night
Brian Ziff
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,500
![Photography, In the howling storm, Brian Ziff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133631_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rawr, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130697_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Milk, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130676_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sucubo II, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2124012_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Gargolas III, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2119365_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Gargolas II, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2119344_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Heaviness, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005290_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Voltage, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005284_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Oversquashed, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005281_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Serie "Anna. Moscow" 2001, Stanley Greene](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177435_1_grid.jpg)
Serie "Anna. Moscow" 2001
Stanley Greene
Photography - 10.8 x 8.9 x 1 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch
$559
![Photography, Serie "Anna. Moscow", Stanley Greene](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177409_1_grid.jpg)
Serie "Anna. Moscow"
Stanley Greene
Photography - 10.8 x 8.9 x 1 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch
$559
![Photography, Corona, Nir Hadar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1789359_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Silhouette Yas IV, Deana Nastic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675926_1_grid.jpg)
Silhouette Yas IV
Deana Nastic
Photography - 101 x 76 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
$5,928
![Photography, Fauna #5, Zoltan Gerliczki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209603_1_grid.jpg)
Fauna #5
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Fauna #6, Zoltan Gerliczki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209594_1_grid.jpg)
Fauna #6
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Jardin avec vue, Joss Uñac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1109502_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fauna #4, Zoltan Gerliczki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079223_1_grid.jpg)
Fauna #4
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Fauna #3, Zoltan Gerliczki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1076253_1_grid.jpg)
Fauna #3
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 121.9 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Yanira IV, Joss Uñac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028955_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Yanira III, Joss Uñac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028952_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Yanira II, Joss Uñac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028949_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Don't Tell Mamma #17, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/675675_1_grid.jpg)
Don't Tell Mamma #17
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Self Touches #05, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/671634_1_grid.jpg)
Self Touches #05
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Self Touches #40, Koray Erkaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/671574_1_grid.jpg)
Self Touches #40
Koray Erkaya
Photography - 119.4 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 47 x 32 x 1 inch
$4,900
![Photography, Half Angels Half Demons #45, Mauricio Velez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515885_1_grid.jpg)
Half Angels Half Demons #45
Mauricio Velez
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
$3,500
![Photography, Towards the land of joy, Guido Argentini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1552719_1_grid.jpg)
Towards the land of joy
Guido Argentini
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$10,066
![Photography, Modernismo M102, Giuliano Bekor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144273_1_grid.jpg)
Modernismo M102
Giuliano Bekor
Photography - 130 x 120 x 10 cm Photography - 51.2 x 47.2 x 3.9 inch
$16,777
![Photography, Martina, Andreas Sundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142613_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Paulina #2, Andreas Sundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142418_1_grid.jpg)
Paulina #2
Andreas Sundgren
Photography - 120 x 160 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 63 x 0 inch
$3,442
![Photography, Welcome On Board Rolls Royce, Philippe Shangti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179438_1_grid.jpg)
Welcome On Board Rolls Royce
Philippe Shangti
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$20,132
![Photography, Fragmented-Untitled 4, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1618788_1_grid.jpg)
Fragmented-Untitled 4
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, Fragmented-Untitled 3, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1618743_1_grid.jpg)
Fragmented-Untitled 3
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Photography, A fleur de peau #03, Malo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181788_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, A fleur de peau #06 (1), Malo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181639_1_grid.jpg)
A fleur de peau #06 (1)
Malo
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$13,869
![Photography, Butterfly B29, Giuliano Bekor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153337_1_grid.jpg)
Butterfly B29
Giuliano Bekor
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
$20,500
![Photography, Playboy Daydream, Brendan North](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151216_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Red Illusion, Franck Rozet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017653_1_grid.jpg)
Red Illusion
Franck Rozet
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.6 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$2,852
![Photography, Chess and a Chase #1, Rani Bruchstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803858_1_grid.jpg)
Chess and a Chase #1
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,871
![Photography, A whirlwind of emotions #2, Rani Bruchstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803852_1_grid.jpg)
A whirlwind of emotions #2
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,871
![Photography, Postura, Franck Rozet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1763943_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Human Alienation, Selfportrait, Chiara Mazzocchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181360_1_grid.jpg)
Human Alienation, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$554
![Photography, Nike, Louvre, Selfportrait., Chiara Mazzocchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174969_1_grid.jpg)
Nike, Louvre, Selfportrait.
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$554
![Photography, Unione, Selfportrait, Chiara Mazzocchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165909_1_grid.jpg)
Unione, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$554
![Photography, Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1976, David Steen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154539_1_grid.jpg)
Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1976
David Steen
Photography - 97 x 137 x 0.01 cm Photography - 38.2 x 53.9 x 0 inch
$4,138
![Photography, The Fall, Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869915_1_grid.jpg)
The Fall
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 118.14 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,461
![Photography, The Lovers, Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869861_1_grid.jpg)
The Lovers
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 117.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,461
![Photography, The Swimmer, Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869843_1_grid.jpg)
The Swimmer
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 118.69 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 46.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,461
![Photography, End of the Market III, Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869834_1_grid.jpg)
End of the Market III
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 83.79 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 33 x 0.1 inch
$2,461
![Photography, End of the Market II, Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869807_1_grid.jpg)
End of the Market II
Jesus Torio
Photography - 118.9 x 83.79 x 0.2 cm Photography - 46.8 x 33 x 0.1 inch
$2,461
![Photography, 0205. From The ONE Series, Salvatore Arnone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1763628_1_grid.jpg)
0205. From The ONE Series
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 89.9 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,165
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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.