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Tokyo Passage I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,647
Tokyo Crossing I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 75 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$3,384
Hong Kong Blur
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,270
Tokyo crossing VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,384
Tokyo crossing VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,384
Tokyo crossing VI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,384
Tokyo crossing IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,384
Tokyo crossing III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 150 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,384
Tokyo Crossing II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 75 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$3,384
New York Color XXV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,365
New York Color XXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,365
New York AVENUE I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,591
Sleepless In San Francisco (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
Sleepless In San Francisco (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
Sleepless In San Francisco (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 30 x 72 inch
Price upon request
Shanghai Nights (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
Price upon request
Shanghai Nights (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
Price upon request
Shanghai Nights (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 114.3 cm Photography - 30 x 45 inch
Price upon request
Shanghai Love (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
Shanghai Love (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
Shanghai Love (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 30 x 72 inch
Price upon request
San Francisco Nights (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
San Francisco Nights (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
San Francisco Nights (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 30 x 72 inch
Price upon request
San Francisco Dusk (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
San Francisco Dusk (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
San Francisco Dusk (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 30 x 72 inch
Price upon request
San Francisco Dawn (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
San Francisco Dawn (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
San Francisco Dawn (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 30 x 72 inch
Price upon request
Rio (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 158.5 cm Photography - 48 x 62.4 inch
Price upon request
Rain In Paris (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 203.2 cm Photography - 40 x 80 inch
Price upon request
Rain In Paris (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 203.2 cm Photography - 40 x 80 inch
Price upon request
Rain In Paris (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 152.4 cm Photography - 30 x 60 inch
Price upon request
Paris, Jardin des Tuileries Fashion Week Défilé Dior
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$622
The Souk of Marrakech - Collection Morocco
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.7 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.5 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,126
Rue de Rivoli (au temps de la Covid 19)
Alexis Duclos
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$611
Coopérative
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$588
Mary Flor
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 45 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$611
Washing Line
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$385
Turquoise Corner
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$385
Tegucigalpa Street
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$515
Sunny St Louis
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$515
Sunday Morning
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$515
Savannah Collectables
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$385
San Francisco Escapes
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$385
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
$385
Reno Crossing
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$385
Flannery’s Grocery Store
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$515
Rainy days in Saigon VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,139
Broadway-Simplon
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$170
De mon point de vue
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$170
Moon Shin Totem Noir au blanc, Barcarès construction
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$3,282 $1,641
Pont Alexandre III
Paul Khayat
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$566
Cathédrale d'Albi
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Berlin Nights #5
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$599
Berlin Nights #4
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$599
Berlin Nights #3
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$599
Berlin Nights #2
Niklas Soestmeyer
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$599
Utopian Foyer IV, Milan
Richard Heeps
Photography - 38 x 28 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15 x 11 x 0.2 inch
$239
Save the rabbit !
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$883
Diagonale tropicale
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,064
Les fenêtres rouges
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$815
Eux trois
Bogdan Kotewicz
Photography - 100 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,697
Les visiteurs
Bogdan Kotewicz
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$928
Les deux tours
Bogdan Kotewicz
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$928
St Lazare #04
Bogdan Kotewicz
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$928
St Lazare #05
Bogdan Kotewicz
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$928
Le banc public devant la ville - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$453
Le banc public à Paris - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$453
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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!