![Photography, Flower Girl Faces, Melvin Sokolsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/343219_1_grid.jpg)
Everyday life Photography for Sale
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Save your search to find it quickly
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
![Photography, Flower Girl Faces, Melvin Sokolsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/343219_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Souk des tanneurs, Fès, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1898913_1_grid.jpg)
Souk des tanneurs, Fès
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Les cantonniers, Rue des Martyrs, Paris 9, 1950, Louis Stettner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/448917_1_grid.jpg)
Les cantonniers, Rue des Martyrs, Paris 9, 1950
Louis Stettner
Photography - 25 x 20 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.9 inch
Sold
![Photography, La Nuit au Chalet 1935, Willy Ronis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699500_1_grid.jpg)
La Nuit au Chalet 1935
Willy Ronis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Ikit's Drop Knee (Landscape), Archie Geotina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571313_1_grid.jpg)
Ikit's Drop Knee (Landscape)
Archie Geotina
Photography - 60.96 x 88.9 cm Photography - 24 x 35 inch
Sold
![Photography, Broadway, New York, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225017_1_grid.jpg)
Broadway, New York
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Paris, métro Royal 1954, Willy Ronis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699485_1_grid.jpg)
Paris, métro Royal 1954
Willy Ronis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Nogeant 1947, Willy Ronis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699449_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Leslie Caron (actrice) et Mary Quant (couturière), aparté entre femmes dans la chambre de la femme de Stanley Donen, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224153_1_grid.jpg)
Leslie Caron (actrice) et Mary Quant (couturière), aparté entre femmes dans la chambre de la femme de Stanley Donen
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 28.5 x 42.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.2 x 16.7 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Callipyges dans une rue de New York, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1132707_1_grid.jpg)
Callipyges dans une rue de New York
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Séance de relaxation chez les Rowan à Chicago, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1132704_1_grid.jpg)
Séance de relaxation chez les Rowan à Chicago
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Bronx Teenagers - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print, Alain Le Garsmeur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1603782_1_grid.jpg)
Bronx Teenagers - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, APING'S JOY, Archie Geotina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571274_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tatouage, de la série - Un été sans fin, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327896_1_grid.jpg)
Tatouage, de la série - Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Pêche aux coquillages, de la série - Un été sans fin, Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327887_1_grid.jpg)
Pêche aux coquillages, de la série - Un été sans fin
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Sans titre 25, de la série "un été sans fin", Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1210668_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre 25, de la série "un été sans fin"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Sans titre 23, de la série "un été sans fin", Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1210542_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre 23, de la série "un été sans fin"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Sans titre 20, de la série "un été sans fin", Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1210530_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre 20, de la série "un été sans fin"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Sans titre 16, de la série 'un été ans fin', Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1210242_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre 16, de la série 'un été ans fin'
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Sans titre 12, de la série 'un été sans fin', Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1210227_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre 12, de la série 'un été sans fin'
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Sans titre 9, de la série 'un été sans fin', Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1210191_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre 9, de la série 'un été sans fin'
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Sans titre 7, de la série 'un été sans fin', Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1210185_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre 7, de la série 'un été sans fin'
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Sans titre 6, de la série 'un été sans fin', Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1210182_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre 6, de la série 'un été sans fin'
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Sans titre 5, de la série 'un été sans fin', Irène Jonas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1210176_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre 5, de la série 'un été sans fin'
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Penang Blur II, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/755940_1_grid.jpg)
Penang Blur II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
Sold
![Photography, Human Focus VI, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1538799_1_grid.jpg)
Human Focus VI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
Sold
![Photography, Human proximity XI, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1540428_1_grid.jpg)
Human proximity XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
Sold
![Photography, Man standing on Wall/Group Shot, Miami Beach, Andy Sweet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1627809_1_grid.jpg)
Man standing on Wall/Group Shot, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Brothers in Arms, Andy Sweet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1627803_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Miami Beach #3, Andy Sweet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1627800_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marilyn Resting, Ed Feingersh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/900660_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Girls in the Windows, Ormond Gigli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/596421_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Upper Glasses Royal Ascot, Arthur Steel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2115813_1_grid.jpg)
Upper Glasses Royal Ascot
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, No77 SPIRIT Series, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1437924_1_grid.jpg)
No77 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Le baiser, Gaëlle Simon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/323071_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chanel Autrement / Océan., Franck Doat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660128_1_grid.jpg)
Chanel Autrement / Océan.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, The Dorothy Hotel, Miami Beach, Andy Sweet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1627854_1_grid.jpg)
The Dorothy Hotel, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Leslie Hotel, Miami Beach, Andy Sweet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1627851_1_grid.jpg)
Leslie Hotel, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Angry Dockers, Arthur Steel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2115600_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Grozny, Tchétchénie, août 1996, Eric Bouvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1373127_1_grid.jpg)
Grozny, Tchétchénie, août 1996
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Pocahontas - Fallen princess, Dina Goldstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131048_1_grid.jpg)
Pocahontas - Fallen princess
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Alep, souk, Michel Eisenlohr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2078472_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Saint Laurent Ovation à la fin de sa collection, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1681911_1_grid.jpg)
Saint Laurent Ovation à la fin de sa collection
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24.5 x 30.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9.6 x 11.9 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Usa-Les Navajo_Arizona, Nadia Ferroukhi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1236867_1_grid.jpg)
Usa-Les Navajo_Arizona
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
Sold
![Photography, Marie Chantal en manteau d'ocelot, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1020369_1_grid.jpg)
Marie Chantal en manteau d'ocelot
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Untitled, Maurice Tabard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/476275_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Port de Tel Aviv 1, Rosine Klatzmann-Wasserman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1023723_1_grid.jpg)
Port de Tel Aviv 1
Rosine Klatzmann-Wasserman
Photography - 42 x 75 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Photo de banksy (1), Steve Lazarides](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006823_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nice, le plongeoir, La Réserve, bateau en direction de la Corse, Patrice CLEMENT](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1050624_1_grid.jpg)
Nice, le plongeoir, La Réserve, bateau en direction de la Corse
Patrice CLEMENT
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/938097_1_grid.jpg)
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/659055_1_grid.jpg)
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, La pluie, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165534_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La mariée qui pleure, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165524_1_grid.jpg)
La mariée qui pleure
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Les princesses, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165488_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Quiet Moment, Ed Feingersh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/900756_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, M's Back, Hassan Hajjaj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581438_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Gang of Marrakesh, Hassan Hajjaj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580835_1_grid.jpg)
Gang of Marrakesh
Hassan Hajjaj
Photography - 126 x 89 x 1 cm Photography - 49.6 x 35 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Le petit parisien, Willy Ronis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1016853_1_grid.jpg)
Le petit parisien
Willy Ronis
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, La Petite Rêveuse, Jean-Michel Landon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/974826_1_grid.jpg)
La Petite Rêveuse
Jean-Michel Landon
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Far Away X, Cheryl Maeder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/577404_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Far Away IX, Cheryl Maeder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/577392_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vieux Nice, Willy Ronis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329981_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Agnès Varda - Les plages d'Agnès, Jean-Loup Gautreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006437_1_grid.jpg)
Agnès Varda - Les plages d'Agnès
Jean-Loup Gautreau
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
Sold
![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/972084_1_grid.jpg)
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Ballon au Trocadéro, Walter Carone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1731975_1_grid.jpg)
Ballon au Trocadéro
Walter Carone
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Horse Bath, Alain Le Garsmeur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1604664_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le Souper, Estelle Lagarde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1159281_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fiango, 1958 / Paris Match, Maurice Jarnoux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1788159_1_grid.jpg)
Fiango, 1958 / Paris Match
Maurice Jarnoux
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Dandy à la plage, Stéphane Martin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919518_1_grid.jpg)
Dandy à la plage
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Marseille, Sugiton, Claude Vesco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1126122_1_grid.jpg)
Marseille, Sugiton
Claude Vesco
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Liberté peuple, Richard Unglick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/623562_1_grid.jpg)
Liberté peuple
Richard Unglick
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
Sold
![Photography, Quai de Seine, Paul Khayat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964019_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Balade en vallée d’Ubaye, Didier Bizet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1256055_1_grid.jpg)
Balade en vallée d’Ubaye
Didier Bizet
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Sagneurs, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1753632_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nice, plongeoir de « La Réserve »,, Patrice CLEMENT](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223958_1_grid.jpg)
Nice, plongeoir de « La Réserve »,
Patrice CLEMENT
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, De Myrha à Babylone - Les Primeurs du Château, Valérie Donzelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1102935_1_grid.jpg)
De Myrha à Babylone - Les Primeurs du Château
Valérie Donzelli
Photography - 52 x 77 cm Photography - 20.5 x 30.3 inch
Sold
![Photography, Be Iconic, Pola 4.0](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155554_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Notre-Dame, Olivier Marchesi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1728363_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le cœur à résoudre, Julie Peiffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1521753_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/965709_1_grid.jpg)
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/961644_1_grid.jpg)
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, 1-Tour de France 2022 11ème étape Albertville-Col du Granon. Le Col du Galibier situé à 2642 mètres dans les Alpes Françaises. Une stèle est érigée en souvenir d'Henri Desgrange créateur du Tour de France en 1903., Jérémy Lempin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1976253_1_grid.jpg)
1-Tour de France 2022 11ème étape Albertville-Col du Granon. Le Col du Galibier situé à 2642 mètres dans les Alpes Françaises. Une stèle est érigée en souvenir d'Henri Desgrange créateur du Tour de France en 1903.
Jérémy Lempin
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
Sold
![Photography, Flooded Mall, H.F. Davis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157370_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chatsworth Library, Christopher Simon Sykes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/886341_1_grid.jpg)
Chatsworth Library
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
Sold
![Photography, Faye Dunaway Reclining The Morning After, Terry O'Neill](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161539_1_grid.jpg)
Faye Dunaway Reclining The Morning After
Terry O'Neill
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.001 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Central Park, Nadine Track](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/837837_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vespas à Montmartre, Paris, vers 1950, Maurice Bonnel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1409283_1_grid.jpg)
Vespas à Montmartre, Paris, vers 1950
Maurice Bonnel
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, No Problem Only Solutions !, Amandine André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173480_1_grid.jpg)
No Problem Only Solutions !
Amandine André
Photography - 18 x 13 x 1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Duke Ellington, Harry Hammond](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898899_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Scott’s Expedition Team, Herbert Ponting](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896754_1_grid.jpg)
Scott’s Expedition Team
Herbert Ponting
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
Sold
![Photography, Entering The Ice Pack, Herbert Ponting](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898515_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Porte de la Chapelle (Bus 60), Camille Léage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/950892_1_grid.jpg)
Porte de la Chapelle (Bus 60)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
Sold
![Photography, Door of an Arab House Cairo, Gabriel Lekegian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898908_1_grid.jpg)
Door of an Arab House Cairo
Gabriel Lekegian
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
Sold
Discover the styles & movements
Discover the selection of our experts
Everyday life Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered how to print images onto metal plates. When he died in 1833, Louis Daguerre, followed by Francois Arago, continued to develop his research, resulting in the invention of the daguerreotype which consisted of an image printed onto a silver plate when exposed to the light. Together they had invented photography.
The first ever photographs began to appear. Initially used for research purposes, photography started to spread as daguerreotype studios opened everywhere. Portrait photography immortalized the faces of the upper middle classes and were later used to capture all members of society. Celebrities were also a popular subject choice and many photographers specialized in taking their portraits, as Jean-Loup Sieff did all throughout his career almost a century after the invention of photography.
In the beginning, taking a portrait or even the simplest of family photos required a great deal of preparation and time in the studio. However, key technological developments brought about the invention of more compact cameras including the Leica and later the digital single-lens reflex, which meant shorter exposure times and made it easier to produce a greater number of photographs.
These advances also helped contribute to the development of the genre of everyday life photography, which became more popular at the end of the Second World War and focused at first on photographing wealthy or urban families. Families, couples, communities... artists were interested in everyday moments (marriage, lovers kissing, children's games). The simplest of moments in life were seen as the most important and were immortalized in film as testaments to the beauty of human life.
Some of the great photographers made a name for themselves in the genre. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, David Goldblatt, Martin Parr and Vivian Maier are only a few of the artists associated with everyday life photography.
Vivian Maier is an American photographer who was born in 1926 in New York. A professional nanny in Chicago, she spent her spare time photographing the world around her and produced around 150,000 photos. Having remained anonymous throughout her artistic life, her genius and photographic accomplishments were finally recognized publicly in 2007.
Cofounder of the Magnum Photographic Cooperative in 1947 alongside David Seymour and Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneer of photojournalism but also an excellent photographer in a more artistic sense. He revolutionized photography by working with incredibly lightweight equipment. He didn't use a tripod or a darkroom and treasured a sense of immediacy when taking photographs. He believed that “above all else, the camera is a sketchbook". Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographic technique is unique and unmistakably recognizable. He never photographed with flash and only worked with natural light, something which was highly characteristic of everyday life photography. Often in the same black and white image, the subjects coexist together but are not centred. His framing, focus and depth of field all help us to see the simple beauty of everyday life that he so exquisitely enhances.
Artsper has a range of everyday life photographs for you to discover, including works from Cartier-Bresson as well as many other artists, whose photos reveal the precious moments of the everyday lives of people from around the world.
Everyday life photography is a type of photography that captures moments from normal, daily life, such as urban street scenes, everyday objects, or children playing.
Examples of everyday life photography include photojournalistic pictures of a town or city, or snapshots of found or everyday objects.
Mundane photography has the same meaning as everyday life photography, meaning photography that captures images of day-to-day, mundane or banal life.