Photographers
A photographer is a person who creates an image of the world using a camera. Given that nowadays, everyone takes photographs with their smartphones, it is necessary to distinguish this mass flow of images from the work of fine art photographers who have an artistic intention and aim to create original artworks.
Thus we consider an fine art photograph to be a work that is created with artistic intention and includes a reflection on ideas and technique. Art photography must be an original work by an artist who recognises their role in the creation by signing their name. The concept of an original work is also linked to the limited edition. Generally, the fewer copies are made, the higher the price of each photograph.
All the photographic processes are based on two fundamental requirements, first of all the ability to capture an image and then capacity to fix image onto a support, rendering it visible. It took a lot of experimentation in order achieve this. The very first photograph dates from 1826 and was taken by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce. This photograph shows an image of his house and it took ten hours of exposure time to capture it. It was over ten years until the first photograph representing a human being was taken in 1838. It is an image of the Pont Neuf in Paris on which we can distinguish two passerbys. This photograph is the work of a former student of Nicéphore Niépce: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre. Daguerre gave his name to a new technique which consists of fixing a negative image onto a silver plate: the daguerreotype.
The next major breakthroughs were the replacement of the glass plate with dry gel on paper or film which allowed for a wider diffusion of photography and the appearance of colour photography at the beginning of the 20th century. All these techniques can be grouped together under the term analog photography. In the mid 20th century the invention of digital photography revolutionised the medium. It was a technical and artistic revolution, photographers could now see on a screen the image they had just captured and could adjust their shots accordingly and they could also take advantage of the infinite possibilities offered by computer retouching.
Photography is often broken down and classified into different groups including: fashion photography, nude photography, conceptual photography, colour photography, black and white photography, street art photography, and so on.
Some of the greatest photographers in history include: Robert Mapplethorpe, Li Wei, Bert Stern, Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier Bresson, Vivian Maier, Philippe Ramette, Bernard Pras, Steve McCurry, Richard Avedon, David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton and Martin Parr.
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Cédric Bouteiller
Guess - NYC - 2012
Cédric Bouteiller
Photography - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,172
Waiting here 1010
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,465
C'est si bon
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 130 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$21,767
Abstract winter III
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,791
Justin Pumfrey
West of the way
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,227
Silbury Hill
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$2,227
The Shimmering
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.001 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$966
Every Song
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,227
Green Candle
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.001 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,340
Franco Fontana
Paesaggio South Dakota
Franco Fontana
Photography - 45 x 63.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 25 x 0 inch
$4,800
Paesaggio Puglia
Franco Fontana
Photography - 63.5 x 43 x 0.1 cm Photography - 25 x 16.9 x 0 inch
Sold
Paesaggio, Puglia 1987
Franco Fontana
Photography - 45 x 63.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 25 x 0 inch
Sold
Paesaggio, Basilicata, Italy
Franco Fontana
Photography - 30 x 44.8 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.6 x 0.2 inch
Sold
Heike Bohnstengel
Textures, White Sands
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$614
Mojave Sunset, Joshua Tree
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 65 x 65 x 0.1 cm Photography - 25.6 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$927
Palm Tree Skies, Palm Springs
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$614
Saguaro, Baja California
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$636
Bird of Paradise, LA
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$636
Vista Las Palmas #1
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$391
Late Coffee, Route 66
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$391
Gregory Crewdson
Production Still (Oak Street 02)
Gregory Crewdson
Photography - 55.9 x 43.2 cm Photography - 22 x 17 inch
$6,474
Emanuele Cucuzza
Paul J Bucknall
Under The Bridge
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$942
Architectural Minimalism Lisbon #12
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 61 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$903
The Tired Facade
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$752
Ballet Practice
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 45.7 x 30.5 x 0 cm Photography - 18 x 12 x 0.01 inch
$556
Street comfort
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 61 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$687
Interconnected Gondoliers
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0 cm Photography - 12 x 18 x 0.01 inch
$648
Bunny Yeager
Bettie Page 'Brushing Hair'
Bunny Yeager
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Bettie Page Clutching Robe
Bunny Yeager
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Bettie Page ‘Two- Peace Leopard Print Suit', Key Biscayne, FL
Bunny Yeager
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Daido Moriyama
Vik Muniz
Sick Bacchus, after Caravaggio (Pictures of Magazine 2)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 132 x 101.6 cm Photography - 52 x 40 inch
$37,000
The Great Turf, after Dürer (Pictures of Paper)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 136.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 53.7 x 40 inch
$42,000
Montagne Sainte Victoire, seen from Montbriand, after Cezanne (Pictures of Pigment)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 101.6 x 125.7 cm Photography - 40 x 49.5 inch
$37,000
Fragment in Four Dimensions (Blue and Green)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 76.2 x 55.9 cm Photography - 30 x 22 inch
$28,000
Metachrome (Homage to the Square: Glow, after Joseph Albers)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 102.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40.3 x 40 inch
Sold
Russell Young
Marilyn crying (Fire red)
Russell Young
Painting - 66 x 50.8 x 4 cm Painting - 26 x 20 x 1.6 inch
$20,093
Marilyn Glamour 2010
Russell Young
Photography - 92 x 72 x 2 cm Photography - 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$18,977