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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Celso Castro
Pensando en ti, Marzo 13
Celso Castro
Painting - 99.6 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.2 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Taxi Driver, June 13
Celso Castro
Fine Art Drawings - 34.9 x 24.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.75 x 9.75 inch
$400
Taxi Driver, June 14 (Diptych)
Celso Castro
Painting - 69.9 x 49.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27.5 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch
$400
Recordando el gran artista Alberto Riano "Mangos" Marzo
Celso Castro
Painting - 99.6 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.2 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Platanos en Tentación
Celso Castro
Photography - 66 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Platanos Asados
Celso Castro
Photography - 50.8 x 66 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 26 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Matthias Leupold
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Wir Thälmannpioniere
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Wachsam Zu Jeder Zeit
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Umerziehung Der Vögel II
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Für Unseren Anton
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Der Jahrhundertschritt
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Handgranaten- Zielweitwurf I
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Zu Besuch Im Veb Elektrokohle
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Goldmedaille für die DDR: 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 klasse
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,011
Nathalie Daoust
Korean dreams, North Korea 9
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,236
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,809
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,809
Korean dreams, North Korea 1
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 75 x 50 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 inch
$1,236
Korean dreams, North Korea 6
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,236
Korean dreams, North Korea 7
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,236
Korean dreams, North Korea 10
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,236
Brad Wilson
Chimpanzee #16
Brad Wilson
Photography - 76 x 110 x 0.2 cm Photography - 29.9 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$4,719
Black Leopard #2
Brad Wilson
Photography - 74 x 58 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.1 x 22.8 x 0 inch
$2,247
Eurasian Eagle Owl #3
Brad Wilson
Photography - 51 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$2,247
Spider Monkey #3
Brad Wilson
Photography - 74 x 58 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.1 x 22.8 x 0 inch
$2,247
Albert Watson
Mike Tyson, Small, Unframed
Albert Watson
Photography - 60.3 x 50.5 cm Photography - 23.75 x 19.88 inch
Sold
Flower Seller, Maroc, 1989
Albert Watson
Photography - 60.3 x 50.8 cm Photography - 23.75 x 20 inch
Sold
Luz
Cody Choi
Calligraphing en l'air #6
Cody Choi
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,962
Above the Clouds #1
Cody Choi
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0 inch
$857
Self portrait #1
Cody Choi
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1.5 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$3,924
Above the Clouds #2
Cody Choi
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0 inch
$857
Above the clouds #5
Cody Choi
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0 inch
$654
Olha Stepanian
Drew Doggett
Chasing Light
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
Shamrock Rising
Drew Doggett
Photography - 68.6 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
Rainbow Trailed
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
Rushing Waters
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$1,900
Kamal Obat
Profile of A Lady
Kamal Obat
Photography - 79.2 x 118.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.2 x 46.8 x 0.1 inch
$500
Virtuous Woman
Kamal Obat
Photography - 59.4 x 41.9 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$350
Portrait of a hijabi (POAH)
Kamal Obat
Photography - 84.1 x 56.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.067 x 0.1 inch
$320
Idan Wizen
The drowning of consumption, teddy bear sauce
Idan Wizen
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,348
I’m sure you did what you could
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,809 $2,107
How do I have so many debts!
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,809
Too busy surviving to be angry
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,809
I would have liked to know the world as it was
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,809
Don’t let me starve
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,809
Culture for all
Idan Wizen
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,809