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
Incerta Gloria
Sueños adolescentes
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,002
El despertar de la vida (I)
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,002
Camino de recuerdos
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,002 $852
Huida hacia la libertad
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,002
La flor y el mar
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,002
La vida es una cantan
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,002
Fantasmas en el tiempo
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,002
La Memoria
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,002
Chahrazed Fekih
Métamorphose I
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,109
... C’est Naturel !
Chahrazed Fekih
Photography - 20 x 10 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$555 $388
Abeille I
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$133
Abeille II
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$144
Abeille III
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$133
Interconnectivité I
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$555 $361
Portrait I
Chahrazed Fekih
Fine Art Drawings - 40.5 x 29.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$555 $361
Michael Dessein
Deux arbres coucher de soleil
Michael Dessein
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$666 $599
Escalier et panorama
Michael Dessein
Photography - 40 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$499
Coucher de soleil et arbuste
Michael Dessein
Photography - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$499
Lever de soleil sur maison
Michael Dessein
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$777
Maison centrale
Michael Dessein
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$888 $799
Rieulay, arbre seul
Michael Dessein
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$832 $749
Panorama couchant
Michael Dessein
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$666
Lac coucher de soleil
Michael Dessein
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$555
Olga Tobreluts
E. Ofza
Ulysses and Polyphemus
E. Ofza
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,165
Cathedral of the forest n.1
E. Ofza
Photography - 45 x 65 x 3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,165
Cathedral of the forest n.5
E. Ofza
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,165
Cathedral of the forest n.3
E. Ofza
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,165
Brendan North
Does your Gucci make you happi?
Brendan North
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Photography - 20 x 16 inch
$1,550
Michel Eisenlohr
La Bollène-Vésubie
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$499
Fort Central
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$499
Palmyre, Le tétrapyle
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,110
Palmyre, temple de Bél
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$1,332
Apaemée, grande colonnade de torsadée
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$1,332
Gauthier Bouret
New York City, Tribute in light II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$832
Golden Hour à la Porte de Brandebourg III
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$832
Rhythms of Resilience II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$832
Rhythms of Resilience IV
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$832
Bir-Hakeim : Lumière du jour, Éclat de nuit III
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$832
La vie en transit
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$832
Vue en perspective : NYC
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$832
Au Lapin Agile
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$832
Jean-Claude Mathier
Parcelles de vigne
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,234
Etre dans le bleu
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,440
Islande sauvage 2
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$846
Marais salants
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 80 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,714
Langage des mains 2
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,120
Huelva 1
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$846
Architecture 1
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,234
Champs de colza
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,234
Hollie Miller
We the Living
Hollie Miller
Photography - 21.2 x 37.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 8.3 x 14.8 x 0.1 inch
$610
Glacier Cherry Necklace
Hollie Miller
Photography - 37.4 x 49 x 0.2 cm Photography - 14.7 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,332
Sisyphus
Hollie Miller
Photography - 47.5 x 32.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 18.7 x 12.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,221
Fairy under glass
Hollie Miller
Photography - 31.7 x 47.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 12.5 x 18.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,054
Aperture Rapture
Hollie Miller
Photography - 27.2 x 47.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 10.7 x 18.7 x 0.1 inch
$943
Action with Iodine
Hollie Miller
Photography - 58.4 x 41.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,776
Arnaud Rinuccini
And the Sea will be there 10
Arnaud Rinuccini
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$1,665
And the Sea will be there 01
Arnaud Rinuccini
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$1,665
And the Sea will be there 02
Arnaud Rinuccini
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$943
And the Sea will be there 03
Arnaud Rinuccini
Photography - 65 x 100 cm Photography - 25.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,387
And the Sea will be there 06
Arnaud Rinuccini
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$1,665
And the Sea will be there 07
Arnaud Rinuccini
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$943
And the Sea will be there 08
Arnaud Rinuccini
Photography - 65 x 100 cm Photography - 25.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,387
And the Sea will be there 11
Arnaud Rinuccini
Photography - 65 x 100 cm Photography - 25.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,387
Nikolay Stefanov
In-between B1
Nikolay Stefanov
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,565
In-between B2
Nikolay Stefanov
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$821
Awaiting the Shore
Nikolay Stefanov
Photography - 40 x 60 x 5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$411
Conception B
Nikolay Stefanov
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$477