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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Evelyne Postic
La danseuse au bras coupé
Evelyne Postic
Photography - 29 x 23 x 1 cm Photography - 11.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
$674
Les gardiens
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$1,854
Les poumons fleuris
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$787
Le soleil du soir
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 4.3 inch
$674
L'empreinte du lion
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 14 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.5 inch
$787
Thierry Robert
Passereaux trépassés 1 : Mésange charbonnière
Thierry Robert
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$427
Huit au carré 1, 2, 3
Thierry Robert
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 90 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$764
Sur le bord de ma tasse
Thierry Robert
Painting - 50 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,461
Tableaux N° 1 et N° 2
Thierry Robert
Sculpture - 39 x 25 x 1 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$562
Les couleurs d'A.R. 1 : Vénus Anadyomène
Thierry Robert
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$393
Passereaux trépassés 3 : Fauvette à tête noire
Thierry Robert
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$427
Thomas Louvagny
Women not Allowed
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$730
Bright Night 2
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$730
Motel Bathroom 1
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 45 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$730
Clotilde.MJ
Peachy pink melts my heart
Clotilde.MJ
Design - 21.6 x 81.5 x 1.5 cm Design - 8.5 x 32.1 x 0.6 inch
$1,067
Catch Waves Crew
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$331
Dark Land of Fireflies
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 83.83 x 47 x 0.3 cm Photography - 33 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
$893
Mystique's Cosmos Prisoner
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 55 x 55.84 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.7 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$618
Baba Yaga and Baby Yoda
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 43 x 62.29 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.9 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch
$629
Rika Maja Duevel
One day at a Time
Rika Maja Duevel
Painting - 75 x 115 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 45.3 x 0.6 inch
$1,989
Breathe It In
Rika Maja Duevel
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,360
Stretching Away from the Present
Rika Maja Duevel
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,989
My Searchlight
Rika Maja Duevel
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,989
Complimentary Connection
Rika Maja Duevel
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,984
The path continues
Rika Maja Duevel
Painting - 118 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 46.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,075
Perspective
Rika Maja Duevel
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,360
Valentin Zaharia
Forest magic (shroom) - limited edition of 21
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 100 x 67 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26.4 x 0.4 inch
$950
Forest magic (snowdrop) - limited edition of 21
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 70 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$628
Time traveling - limited edition of 22
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$505
Enter Sandman, dream no. 2 - limited edition of 21
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 90 x 59 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch
$757
Enter Sandman, dream no. 1
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 90 x 59 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch
$611
Door to serenity - limited edition of 23
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$302
Seagull in White Sky - limited edition of 10
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$1,010
Peter Neusser
Chinesischer Turm, München
Peter Neusser
Photography - 122 x 87 cm Photography - 48 x 34.3 inch
$3,596
Flat Iron Building, New York
Peter Neusser
Photography - 122 x 87 cm Photography - 48 x 34.3 inch
$3,596
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
Peter Neusser
Photography - 122 x 87 cm Photography - 48 x 34.3 inch
$3,596
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Peter Neusser
Photography - 87 x 122 x 0.1 cm Photography - 34.3 x 48 x 0 inch
$3,596
Allianz-Auditorium, München
Peter Neusser
Photography - 87 x 122 x 0.1 cm Photography - 34.3 x 48 x 0 inch
$3,596
Wien, Österreich
Peter Neusser
Photography - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$5,843
Shanghai, China
Peter Neusser
Photography - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$5,843
Alexandra Haasz
Polyphonic correlations
Alexandra Haasz
Painting - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,141
Rotas of life - Serie pattern
Alexandra Haasz
Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$1,753
Nature - The Sator of life
Alexandra Haasz
Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$1,899
Kevin Krag
Long live the king
Kevin Krag
Photography - 121.9 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Something got me started
Kevin Krag
Photography - 121.9 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Raining in your bedroom
Kevin Krag
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Too much confusion
Kevin Krag
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
I want you again
Kevin Krag
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Gustave Le Gray
Samuel Bourne
The Taj Mahal from the River, Agra
Samuel Bourne
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch
$247
Christopher Makos
Andy Warhol and Keith Haring
Christopher Makos
Photography - 38.1 x 48.3 cm Photography - 15 x 19 inch
$4,500