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Beyond Duality, Chroma Concentrics #4
Peta Jacobs
Photography - 32 x 32 x 2 cm Photography - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$737
Shorelines 2
Thomas Kaminsky
Photography - 40 x 120 x 0.8 cm Photography - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.3 inch
$941
Rois et reines dans la foret magique (Hommage à Antoni CLAVÉ)
Philipp Hugues Bonan
Photography - 28.4 x 20.8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.2 x 8.2 x 0 inch
$771
Untitled, 81G_0890
Jurek Wajdowicz
Photography - 55.8 x 39.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 15.5 x 0 inch
$1,616
Encre de Mer
Laurence Gallien
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,155
7 – Pi 81 polygonal rouge sur fond noir – Tirage photographique argentique
Philippe Leveau
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$187
Myriade-RGB_2024_0010
Myriad-RGB
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$544
Esfera
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,815
Rhythmogramm 183A
Heinrich Heidersberger
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$1,531
Dialogue II
Astrid Krehan
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,955
Stars & Stripes
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 100.1 x 150.1 x 2.8 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.1 inch
$5,500
Fields of the Sun 167
Jason Engelund
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0 inch
$3,299
Sel de Gruissan. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,021
The Charming One - Limited Edition Print
Fatima Mian
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$694
Temporal Perception "Golden Moment #1"
Serge Hamad
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
The girl from Seville #4 - Slices of Life Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 100 x 75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 inch
$1,010
Angel and demon
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.02 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,531
West of the way
Justin Pumfrey
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,263
Head in the Clouds
Dasha Pears
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$885
Urban blur VII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,144
Aspérités
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,269
Contemplation
Laurence Winram
Photography - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$646
Codes esthétiques 0373
Konstantin Kornakov
Photography - 60 x 45 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
$794
Entre Vous & Nous
Jean-Claude Byandb
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$692
Stronger
Richard Gaylon
Photography - 114.3 x 76.2 x 0.254 cm Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$3,187
Coquelicot flottant
Léa Dedieu
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,078
Colors Of Africa: Kyalami 1979
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,304
Invitation
Priska Walliman
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,702
Urbain brutalisme - Digital Art digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$170
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
$1,304
Abstraction automnale
Arelys Photos
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,021
Magenta
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,066
On the merry go round I
Adam Regan
Photography - 50 x 74.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
$619
Cloud Gate Sculpture, Millenium
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.04 inch
$4,000
L'horizon des événements N°3
Leah Desmousseaux
Photography - 36 x 55 cm Photography - 14.2 x 21.7 inch
$1,134
Les architectures de l'ombre V.XXXXI
Geraldine Wilcke
Photography - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,361
Close to nothing (Pink)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
$1,616
I think the cops traced it back to grimsby. (6)
Vianca Reinig
Photography - 150 x 120 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$4,537
Essential Workers
Michael Alan
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.04 inch
$2,800
Megan's Demons
Joey Tranchina
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
$2,836
Autumn - Tribute to Mark Rothko
Didier de Radiguès
Photography - 140 x 200 x 5 cm Photography - 55.1 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$5,445
Untitled II
Sébastien Castillo
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$613
Stone Series 1
GK Austin II
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 inch
$3,800
Deterritorialisation 4
David Agius
Photography - 66 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 26 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,248
Photo 111103.4
Gottfried Jäger
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$7,373
Sans titre
Patrick Chappert-Gaujal
Photography - 94 x 74 x 0.2 cm Photography - 37 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,928
Blue Madonna 01
Nathalie Auzepy
Photography - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$5,105
Emerging Light
Sylvia Fournier
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$386
Abstraction désertique - Photographie désert du Néguev, Israël
Danielle Aspis
Photography - 36 x 64 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 25.2 x 0 inch
$1,276
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Abstract Photography for Sale
Abstract photography, also sometimes known as experimental photography, is the art of creating a visual effect with an image that has no immediate attachment to reality, by using processes like focusing, framing, or retouching and editing the photograph in post-processing. For example, an abstract picture can sometimes isolate a fragment of an ordinary image to remove it from its original context and give it a surrealist edge. It can also involve playing with blurring, shadows or lighting, textures or unexpected forms. The image is often created with traditional photographic material (analog or digital cameras, dark room, computer). However, artists can also manipulate and alter the film in order to achieve the desired effect.
The first images known as “abstract photographs" appeared shortly after the invention of photography in the 1830s. In 1842, John William Draper created a new type of images with a spectroscope. This machine dispersed light beams and produced a phenomenon that was previously invisible to the eye. The negatives he produced had nothing in common with the works of other photographers, and they opened the way for innovative photographic works. Draper perceived these images as a scientific discovery, not as artworks, but today his method is widely acclaimed by critics for its inherent originality.
In England, Anna Atkins was also a pioneer of abstract photography; she was the first one to place dry algae on cyanotype paper. This scientific experiment improved photographic techniques by creating unique blue and white images. Moreover, the discovery of X-ray and radioactivity in 1896 provoked a fascination for the invisible and many photographers were immediately drawn to these phenomena. French photographer Louis Darget attempted to capture mental processes by pressing unexposed plates to the foreheads of his and trying to get them to project images from their minds onto the plates. He carried out thousands of similar experiments.
It was only during the 20th century that abstract photography truly became recognised as an artistic practice. Surrealism and cubism started replacing impressionism, especially after the Salon d'Automne in 1903 in Paris. This event highlighted new talents like Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp… Ten years later, in New York, Wassily Kandinsky, Mondrian, Braque and Delaunay shocked audiences. The freedom coming from abstract art inspired some of the greatest photographers to break the rules.
Erwin Quedenfeldt exhibited the first abstract photographs in Cologne in 1914. From 1920 to 1930, Europe became the epicenters of conceptual photography with artists such as Jaroslav Rossler, Josef Sudeck, and Rössler exploring abstraction.
Post-processing became more central to photographic works in the 60s and the 70s, with artists like Josef Newman. Eventually, the growing popularity of computers in the 90s and the 2000s opened up infinite possibilities for creating original work. Some contemporary photographers like Peter Klasen, Dominic Harris, or Nicolas Dubreuille combine photography with other mediums.
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Abstract photography refers to images created using photography equipment that do not directly represent the real visual world as we see it. Abstract photographers use different techniques to manipulate the image captured by the camera.
There are different factors in what makes a good abstract photograph, including composition, color, tone, lighting and mystery.
There are many different ways to produce an abstract photograph. Techniques can include moving the camera during exposure, playing with light and reflections, using different angles, and experimenting with production techniques.