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.
Discover the styles & movements
Sylvie Gedda
Le soleil joue avec la lune
Sylvie Gedda
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,510
Marick
L'homme en costume vert
Marick
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$377
Orlan
Alberto García-Alix
Elena Mar, odalisca en mio patio
Alberto García-Alix
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$5,550
Viet Ha Tran
Portrait of spring
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 119.9 x 87.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 34.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Monet garden
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 59.9 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,652
Garden of hope I
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 101.6 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,704
Romantic Sakura II
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 91.9 x 89.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36.2 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,150
Take me to your dreams Ophelia III
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 85 x 126 cm Photography - 33.5 x 49.6 inch
$6,305
Yann Gaillot
Verticalités - 6852b
Yann Gaillot
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$400
Silhouettes - 0524
Yann Gaillot
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$400
Edin Mustafic
Temporality 1
Edin Mustafic
Photography - 51 x 37.5 x 1.5 cm Photography - 20.1 x 14.8 x 0.6 inch
$666
Temporality 2
Edin Mustafic
Photography - 51 x 37.5 x 1.5 cm Photography - 20.1 x 14.8 x 0.6 inch
$666
Temporality 3
Edin Mustafic
Photography - 51 x 37.5 x 1.5 cm Photography - 20.1 x 14.8 x 0.6 inch
$666
Temporality 4
Edin Mustafic
Photography - 51 x 37.5 x 1.5 cm Photography - 20.1 x 14.8 x 0.6 inch
$666
Temporality 5
Edin Mustafic
Photography - 51 x 37.5 x 1.5 cm Photography - 20.1 x 14.8 x 0.6 inch
$666
Unsharp #02 (1)
Edin Mustafic
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,995
Hermann Nitsch
Pfingstaktion
Hermann Nitsch
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,031
Pfingstaktion
Hermann Nitsch
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,031
Pfingstaktion
Hermann Nitsch
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,031
Pfingstaktion
Hermann Nitsch
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,031
Christian Lefevre
Magenta
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,043
La forêt
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 72 x 128 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.3 x 50.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,221
Lits double
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,021
Dans ma bulle...
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,165
La ligne bleue
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 128 x 72 x 0.3 cm Photography - 50.4 x 28.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,554
Plage de la Fossette
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 72 x 128 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.3 x 50.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,498
Jean-Pierre Fleury
USA Valley of fire 0934
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,276
Un air d exotisme : Mahe Seychelles
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$2,731
Jan Gordon
Larsen Sotelo
Faith (Mustang)
Larsen Sotelo
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,750