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
Pierre Schwartz
Vallée des roses Maroc
Pierre Schwartz
Photography - 78 x 120 cm Photography - 30.7 x 47.2 inch
$1,051
Panthère de l'Amour 01
Pierre Schwartz
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$1,095
L'oeil et la petite fumée
Pierre Schwartz
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$775
Ren Hang
Théo Gosselin
Lost and Found
Théo Gosselin
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,328
Samuel Cueto
My husband's story
Samuel Cueto
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$996
Hengki Koentjoro
Noir 01 “Black River”
Hengki Koentjoro
Photography - 43 x 43 x 0.02 cm Photography - 16.9 x 16.9 x 0 inch
$1,051
Altitude 02
Hengki Koentjoro
Photography - 43 x 43 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.9 x 16.9 x 0 inch
$1,051
Underwater-15 (Melody)
Hengki Koentjoro
Photography - 43 x 43 x 0.02 cm Photography - 16.9 x 16.9 x 0 inch
$1,051
Free Play 06 (Vulnerable)
Hengki Koentjoro
Photography - 43 x 43 x 0.02 cm Photography - 16.9 x 16.9 x 0 inch
$1,051
Modou Dieng Yacine
Esprit Noir
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 106.7 x 109.2 x 3 cm Photography - 42 x 43 x 1.2 inch
$9,405
Lumumba #4
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$8,299
Lumumba #2
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$8,299
Aurélie Trabaud
Mythologie grecque
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 65 x 54 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,213
L I N E S - Fragment N°3
Aurélie Trabaud
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 30 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$387 $349
Vase céramique femme à la cithare
Aurélie Trabaud
Design - 28 x 13 x 13 cm Design - 11 x 5.1 x 5.1 inch
$686
Contact color relief
Aurélie Trabaud
Sculpture - 54 x 54 x 4.2 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 21.3 x 1.7 inch
$3,541 $3,187
Monotype Cloudy sky
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.6 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,328 $1,195
Lilies - Printemps à Giverny
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 46 x 61 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$1,438
Gor Avetisyan
Mark Elst
The Weekend House by Knut Hjeltnes Architects
Mark Elst
Photography - 70 x 105 cm Photography - 27.55 x 41.33 inch
$996
Black and Color series: New York City - Lower Manhattan
Mark Elst
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$996
Light falls on El Capitan N2
Mark Elst
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$830
Clouds on the Rockies
Mark Elst
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$830
Wylda Bayrón
The Grand Chief
Wylda Bayrón
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,873
The Art of War
Wylda Bayrón
Photography - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,873
Baining Nature Power
Wylda Bayrón
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$3,873
Leo Matiz
Frida Kahlo, Casa Azul Coyoacan
Leo Matiz
Photography - 22.2 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 8.75 x 6.5 x 1 inch
$4,500
Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. (3)
Leo Matiz
Photography - 35.6 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
Staring into Space
Leo Matiz
Photography - 35.6 x 43.2 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 17 x 1 inch
$2,000
Hand on the Camera
Leo Matiz
Photography - 30.5 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Photography - 12 x 15 x 1 inch
$2,000
Frida Kahlo in the blue house, Coyoacán, Mexico.
Leo Matiz
Photography - 35.6 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
Logan Hicks
Harlem bridge overpass dark
Logan Hicks
Photography - 66 x 96 cm Photography - 26 x 37.8 inch
$1,992