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![Photography, Absorbés par le temps - 18, Clara Cena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1278210_1_grid.jpg)
Absorbés par le temps - 18
Clara Cena
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$649
![Photography, Woman with lute ( Ervina Kupferova ), Frantisek Drtikol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171776_1_grid.jpg)
Woman with lute ( Ervina Kupferova )
Frantisek Drtikol
Photography - 11 x 7 cm Photography - 4.3 x 2.8 inch
$783
![Photography, Camo 08, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1120935_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, James Bond from the Castelloland series., Paloma Castello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/854718_1_grid.jpg)
James Bond from the Castelloland series.
Paloma Castello
Photography - 119.9 x 83.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 33 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Photography, Attente, La Havane 994, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/474937_1_grid.jpg)
Attente, La Havane 994
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,796
![Photography, Bruma Portfolio, Miguel Winograd](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166439_1_grid.jpg)
Bruma Portfolio
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 2 inch
$3,000
![Photography, Fernandel / Paris Match, Walter Carone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1801737_1_grid.jpg)
Fernandel / Paris Match
Walter Carone
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,790
![Photography, Montand, Signoret / Paris Match, Walter Carone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1788114_1_grid.jpg)
Montand, Signoret / Paris Match
Walter Carone
Photography - 53 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,237
![Photography, Lollobridgida / Paris Match, Walter Carone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1788096_1_grid.jpg)
Lollobridgida / Paris Match
Walter Carone
Photography - 80 x 53 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 20.9 x 0 inch
$1,790
![Photography, Marlene Dietrich de retour à Paris, Walter Carone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1731963_1_grid.jpg)
Marlene Dietrich de retour à Paris
Walter Carone
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$671
![Photography, Sans Titre 15, Aurélie Sarramon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1154079_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sans titre 4, Aurélie Sarramon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1154055_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, I want to believe, Cristina Rizzi Guelfi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1008954_1_grid.jpg)
I want to believe
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 33 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13 x 1.2 inch
$559
![Photography, Series: The skin of Mars - Skin 7, Antonio Briceño](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/443754_1_grid.jpg)
Series: The skin of Mars - Skin 7
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 60 x 45 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
$2,461
![Photography, Gina Lollobrigida, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159323_1_grid.jpg)
Gina Lollobrigida
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, John Malkovich, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159087_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fabrice Luchini, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159053_1_grid.jpg)
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Jacques Villeret
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, Youssef Chahine, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157310_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, John Waters, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157283_1_grid.jpg)
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Francis Ford Coppola
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$280
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![Photography, Christina (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1920756_1_grid.jpg)
Christina (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.3 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Christina (medium), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1917924_1_grid.jpg)
Christina (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Cyclos y Renacimientos, Diego Echevers Torrez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911207_1_grid.jpg)
Cyclos y Renacimientos
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,456
![Photography, Don Ricardo, Diego Echevers Torrez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911204_1_grid.jpg)
Don Ricardo
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,456
![Photography, Doña Martha, Diego Echevers Torrez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911201_1_grid.jpg)
Doña Martha
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,456
![Photography, El Sueño de la China, Diego Echevers Torrez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911198_1_grid.jpg)
El Sueño de la China
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,456
![Photography, Fiestas y Sueños, Diego Echevers Torrez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911195_1_grid.jpg)
Fiestas y Sueños
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,456
![Photography, Generaciones y Creencias, Diego Echevers Torrez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911192_1_grid.jpg)
Generaciones y Creencias
Diego Echevers Torrez
Photography - 33 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,456
![Photography, Caporal, Diego Echevers Torrez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911183_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled (Id. 101) - (medium), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869957_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled (Id. 101) - (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 83.48 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 32.9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Untitled (Id. 101) - (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869954_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled (Id. 101) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.02 x 42 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Ecstasy of St Teresa (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869945_1_grid.jpg)
Ecstasy of St Teresa (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Into the Darkness (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869936_1_grid.jpg)
Into the Darkness (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 22.8 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, The Waiting Room IV (medium), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869921_1_grid.jpg)
The Waiting Room IV (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 82.25 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Photography, The Waiting Room IV (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869918_1_grid.jpg)
The Waiting Room IV (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.15 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, The Fall (medium), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869912_1_grid.jpg)
The Fall (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 83.44 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Photography, The Dance (Sixth move) - (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869900_1_grid.jpg)
The Dance (Sixth move) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.19 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, The Waiting Room IV (medium), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869894_1_grid.jpg)
The Waiting Room IV (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 83.48 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 32.9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Photography, The Waiting Room III (Lockdown) - (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869891_1_grid.jpg)
The Waiting Room III (Lockdown) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 41.27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.2 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, The Waiting Room II (Hannah and I) - (medium), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869885_1_grid.jpg)
The Waiting Room II (Hannah and I) - (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 82.73 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Photography, The Waiting Room II (Hannah and I)- (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869882_1_grid.jpg)
The Waiting Room II (Hannah and I)- (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.49 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, The Splash (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869873_1_grid.jpg)
The Splash (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, The Waiting Room (medium), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869867_1_grid.jpg)
The Waiting Room (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 83.44 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 32.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Photography, The Waiting Room (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869864_1_grid.jpg)
The Waiting Room (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 59 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, The Lovers (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869855_1_grid.jpg)
The Lovers (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.61 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, The Swimmer (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869837_1_grid.jpg)
The Swimmer (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 59.27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.3 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, The Model (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869819_1_grid.jpg)
The Model (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, End of the Market II (medium), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869804_1_grid.jpg)
End of the Market II (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Photography, The Sunbathers (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869783_1_grid.jpg)
The Sunbathers (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.1 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Red Curtain (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869756_1_grid.jpg)
Red Curtain (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 55.78 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, The Dance (Second move) - (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869738_1_grid.jpg)
The Dance (Second move) - (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 58.19 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Playground II (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869729_1_grid.jpg)
Playground II (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 41.17 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.2 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Playground (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869720_1_grid.jpg)
Playground (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 41.17 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.2 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, The Believer (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869711_1_grid.jpg)
The Believer (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 59.4 x 40.55 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Self-Portrait (small), Jesus Torio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1869696_1_grid.jpg)
Self-Portrait (small)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 42 x 56.82 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Mask, Nicholas Winter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1791450_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Train Conductor, Alain Le Garsmeur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1605072_1_grid.jpg)
Train Conductor
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$509
![Photography, Backstage XI, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1562412_1_grid.jpg)
Backstage XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,114
![Photography, Chaos. Inondations suite à la tempête Alex, 2020 Vallée de la Roja, France, Eric Bouvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1488396_1_grid.jpg)
Chaos. Inondations suite à la tempête Alex, 2020 Vallée de la Roja, France
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,237
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Chaos. Réfugiés de la bataille de Mossoul 2017, Mossoul, Irak
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,237
![Photography, Chaos. Manifestations déclenchées par le verdict du Procès des indépendantistes catalans, 2019 Barcelone, Catalogne, Espagne, Eric Bouvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1488360_1_grid.jpg)
Chaos. Manifestations déclenchées par le verdict du Procès des indépendantistes catalans, 2019 Barcelone, Catalogne, Espagne
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,237
![Photography, Chaos. Victoire des Bleus à la coupe du Monde 2018, Paris, France, Eric Bouvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1488318_1_grid.jpg)
Chaos. Victoire des Bleus à la coupe du Monde 2018, Paris, France
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,237
![Photography, Chaos. Manifestations pro-européenne Euromaidan, 2014, Place Maidan, Kyev, Ukraine, Eric Bouvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1488282_1_grid.jpg)
Chaos. Manifestations pro-européenne Euromaidan, 2014, Place Maidan, Kyev, Ukraine
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,237
![Photography, Chaos. Manifestations pro-européenne Euromaidan, 2014, Place Maidan, Kyev, Ukraine, Eric Bouvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1488255_1_grid.jpg)
Chaos. Manifestations pro-européenne Euromaidan, 2014, Place Maidan, Kyev, Ukraine
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 64 x 79 x 1 cm Photography - 25.2 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,237
![Photography, Nick Cave Portrait, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1431168_1_grid.jpg)
Nick Cave Portrait
Detlev Schneider
Photography - 111 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 43.7 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$5,257
![Photography, Icarus - limited edition of 31, Valentin Zaharia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1414713_1_grid.jpg)
Icarus - limited edition of 31
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$804
![Photography, Monks XXI, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322397_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Monks XXII, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322394_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Monks XXIII, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322379_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Monks VII, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322373_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Monks XLVIII, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322355_1_grid.jpg)
Monks XLVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 105 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,778
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Portrait Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered the process for setting images onto pewter plates. In 1833, upon Nièpce's death, Louis Daguerre and François Arago continued his experiments and invented the daguerreotype, a process which created a printed image on a silver plate that had been exposed to light. Photography was born.
Similarly to how portrait painting had dominated artistic output in previous centuries, portrait photography was to become the pillar of the Second French Empire's photographic industry. Lenses with a shorter focal length, which enabled reduced exposure times, gradually appear on the market. The required equipment was expensive and difficult to handle. Some photographers, called daguerreotypists, decided to open their own photography studios to make a profit from their endeavours. The daguerreotype process was temperamental, and photographers had to take their pictures with great precision and attention to detail. They welcomed many people into their studios and customers choose how they wished to be photographed from catalogue of poses. Originally only accessible to the bourgeoisie, lower prices resulting from the growing number of studios eventually attracted a wider customer base. This phenomenon infuriated the poet Charles Baudelaire who was frustrated by the sense of narcissism sparked by the daguerreotypists.
Despite his protests, the egotistical trend only grew with the emergence of 'carte de visite' portraits (small photographs, the size of today's business cards). These were the brainchild of Adolphe Eugène Disdéri came up with the idea of producing portraits akin to visiting cards in 1859. He printed eight portraits in a variety of poses onto a single plate and once developed they could be cut up into eight distinct “visiting cards". Very popular with the bourgeoisie, they highlighted the sitters' social status. 'Carte de visite' portraits featuring celebrities were also sold to customers, who could subsequently add them to their albums.
The photographer Nadar was one of the first to demonstrate a conscious artistic approach to producing these portraits. He emphasised facial expressions and ensured the sitter was comfortable and at ease before taking the photograph. He photographed the era's greatest thinkers and artists, including Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. He even managed to reconcile Baudelaire with portraiture.
At the end of the 19th century, the art of photography started to enter the mainstream, with the arrival of the Kodak company. The use of the camera, and the taking of portraits, became everyday occurrences. A century later, it was the invention of the digital camera which challenged the status quo. Whereas before alterations could only be made to photographs when they were being taken or developed, with the digital camera editing became easier, quicker and more convenient. Digital photography has given photographers much more freedom when it comes to editing and new methods and techniques are constantly being explored.
Some of the photographers who have left their mark on the last century include: Cindy Sherman, who excelled in self-portraits, Annie Leibovitz, who captured celebrities, the wacky duo, Pierre and Gilles, as well as Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims.
So, do portraits help us to learn more about each other, to remember, to invent, to act, or to reconnect with ourselves? Find out on Artsper, by exploring the works of Formento & Formento, Naomi Vona, Ahmed Bennani, Chou Ching Hui, Samuel Cueto, Brno del Zou, Ren Hang, Markus + Indrani, Jerome Liebling as well as Annina Roescheisen.
A portrait photograph can be a photograph of a person's head and shoulders, but it can also be of an animal or of a different section of the subject's body such as their feet. Portrait photographs in art often tell or hint something about its subject to the viewer, such as an aspect of their personality, but still contain an element of mystery.
The three major types of portrait photography are posed portraits, candid or anonymous portraits, and conceptual portraits. The last type, conceptual or creative portraits, can be experimental and abstract, and may not represent an image close to a traditional portrait.
The six main types of portrait photography are fine art portraits, traditional portraits (for example posed portraits taken at school), lifestyle portraits, group portraits, street portraits and glamour portraits.