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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Saïdou Dicko
Le regard vers l'avenir
Saïdou Dicko
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,349
Le Mur Basquiat
Saïdou Dicko
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,349
La Sieste sous le Manguier
Saïdou Dicko
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,349
The Statue of my Five
Saïdou Dicko
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Juliette Agnel
Taharqa et la nuit #14
Juliette Agnel
Photography - 106 x 160 cm Photography - 41.7 x 63 inch
$7,256
Taharqa et la nuit #6
Juliette Agnel
Photography - 90 x 120 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
$13,395
Gina Soden
Engrenages
Gina Soden
Photography - 44.64 x 64.96 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.6 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$1,451
Gianni Colangelo
Going to nowhere n 21
Gianni Colangelo
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Going to nowhere n 9
Gianni Colangelo
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Odissey 9085
Gianni Colangelo
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Odissey 6227
Gianni Colangelo
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Odissey 9638
Gianni Colangelo
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Going to nowhere n 36
Gianni Colangelo
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Going to nowhere n 29
Gianni Colangelo
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Going to nowhere n 35
Gianni Colangelo
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Sébastien Castillo
Grillagé
Sébastien Castillo
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,898
Tokyo 3
Sébastien Castillo
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,898
Scribe moderne
Sébastien Castillo
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,898
Le pont japonais
Sébastien Castillo
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,116
Simon Procter
The tower /Fall winter 2006 Le Grand Palais Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 150 x 250 x 5 cm Photography - 59.1 x 98.4 x 2 inch
$24,558
High Line, Spring/ Summer 2006, Le Grand Palais Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 142 x 310 x 5 cm Photography - 55.9 x 122 x 2 inch
$24,558
Grand Palais Fall/ Winter le Grand Palais Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 150 x 288 x 5 cm Photography - 59.1 x 113.4 x 2 inch
$24,558
DIOR Grand Palais Spring/Summer 2006 Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 120 x 160 cm Photography - 47.2 x 63 inch
$10,046
Karl & Brides, Haute Couture 2010, Rue Cambon, Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 120 x 216 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 85 x 1.2 inch
$14,512
Karl Lagerfeld in Times Square, Editorial for Harper’s Bazaar 2006 NYC
Simon Procter
Photography - 150 x 278 cm Photography - 59.1 x 109.4 inch
$17,860
Stella McCartney Opéra, Spring- Summer 2006 Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 105 x 150 x 5 cm Photography - 41.3 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$13,395
Chanel - Machine Spring/Summer 2017 Paris - Grand Palais
Simon Procter
Photography - 70 x 178 cm Photography - 27.6 x 70.1 inch
Sold
Frederic Pasquini
Al Italia
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,060
The school kids nº1
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$620
The school kids nº2
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$614
The school kids nº3
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$614
David Salle
Rod Stewart & Britt Ekland – Beverly Hills, 1976
David Salle
Photography - 137 x 100 x 0.01 cm Photography - 53.9 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$4,744
Kampert Klaus
Christophe Catelain
Crazy Yellow Monkey
Christophe Catelain
Print - 31 x 31 x 1 cm Print - 12.2 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,005
Love People Triptych
Christophe Catelain
Print - 110 x 180 x 2 cm Print - 43.3 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$6,698
Fabrizio Trotta
Miles Davis
Fabrizio Trotta
Photography - 40.5 x 31 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.9 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$335