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Oceano, Favelas, Rio de Janeiro
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Jump - Collection Hey Mars
Rodrigo
Photography - 40 x 26.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 10.4 x 0 inch
$1,415
5 vs 5 - Collection Hey Mars
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.5 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,415
Blue Pearl - Collection Morocco
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.7 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.5 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$792
Port of Miami, Aerial photograph
Jill Peters
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Spider, Aerial photograph
Jill Peters
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Batman's view of the 1st Avenue of New York City - Panoramic Color Photography
Jean Pierre De Neef
Photography - 220 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 86.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,591
Le petit marseillais - Collection Hey Mars
Rodrigo
Photography - 23.8 x 14.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 5.8 x 0 inch
$849 $679
Art Deco ott.c
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Global warming 1.6
Franck Guedj
Photography - 62.5 x 165 x 1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 65 x 0.4 inch
$5,092
Global warming 1.7
Franck Guedj
Photography - 61 x 121 x 1 cm Photography - 24 x 47.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,413
Global warming 1.5
Franck Guedj
Photography - 53 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,413
"Cairo 2" from series: Synthetical Landscapes
Nikolaus von Wolff
Photography - 100 x 120 cm Photography - 39.4 x 47.2 inch
$3,169
Impulse 1.0
Franck Guedj
Photography - 100 x 150 x 10 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 3.9 inch
$4,413
Global warming 1.2
Franck Guedj
Photography - 91 x 139 x 10 cm Photography - 35.8 x 54.7 x 3.9 inch
$4,413
Places des Fêtes, Paris (Bus 60)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$203
T-Bar and Rice Field (Vision of Taiwan)
Cheng Chang Wu
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,600
Jia Dong (Vision of Taiwan)
Cheng Chang Wu
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,600
Vision of Taiwan- Taihsi
Cheng Chang Wu
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
$2,600
Madrid, Gran Vía Otoño
Leticia Felgueroso
Photography - 120 x 200 cm Photography - 47.2 x 78.7 inch
$4,385
Late Coffee, Route 66
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$396
Vista Las Palmas #1
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$396
Urban inclines
Jason DeBose
Photography - 58 x 83 x 2 cm Photography - 22.8 x 32.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,490
Touareg. Ouarzazate. Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,471
Alley Bending
Mathieu Fournier
Photography - 32 x 32 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$362
La Grande Mosquée des Omeyades
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 61 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$566
City Hall
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 71 x 71 x 0.2 cm Photography - 28 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$566
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 3
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 4
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 5
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 6
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 7
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 1
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 29 x 21 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$3,395
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 2
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 1
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 4
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 7
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 9
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 10
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 29 x 21 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$3,395
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 13
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 29 x 21 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$3,395
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 12
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 29 x 21 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$3,395
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 3
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 1
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,395
Montmartre (Bus 60)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$169
New York
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 109 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 42.9 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$7,299
Arc de Triomphe
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 110 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$7,865
Tour Eiffel brume
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 150 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$7,865
So Close yet So Far Out
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Soleil sur Paris
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$317
Varosha 3
Dimitri Bourriau
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,527
USA LA Last day Down town 5152-2
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,671
USA LA Last day Down town
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,671
Terminal Station/Rusell Federal Building
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Hunter Street/Martin Luther King JR Drive
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
The Taj Mahal from the River, Agra
Samuel Bourne
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch
$249
Une journée à Berlin-Est (Ein Tag in Ost Berlin)
Kurt Buchwald
Photography - 90 x 160 cm Photography - 35.4 x 63 inch
$4,527
Porto harbor at night
Didier Fournet
Photography - 100 x 200 cm Photography - 39.4 x 78.7 inch
$6,167
New York 15
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,342
L'impasse
Jean-Léonard Polo
Photography - 130 x 130 x 0.1 cm Photography - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$509
Secrétariat à Chandigarh
Lucien Hervé
Photography - 26 x 26 x 0.2 cm Photography - 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
$4,300
Venice beach #2
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$554
Affiche et Tags mural
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,584
Promenade sous la pluie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,471
Rail de lumière
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,471
Pavé de lune et brume
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,469
Rail de Tags
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,471
Porte et Tags
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,471
Marine Stadium
Jill Peters
Photography - 121.9 x 172.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 68 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Miami Herald
Jill Peters
Photography - 121.9 x 172.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 68 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Dans les ruelles de Calcutta. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,584
Antibrouillard. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,584
Poulpe. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,584
Pélican. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
Barbecue. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
Huile et Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,584
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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!