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
Gauthier Bouret
New York City, Tribute in light II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$841
Rhythms of Resilience II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$841
Rhythms of Resilience IV
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$841
Bir-Hakeim : Lumière du jour, Éclat de nuit III
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$841
La vie en transit
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$841
Vue en perspective : NYC
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$841
Au Lapin Agile
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$841
Golden Hour à la Porte de Brandebourg III
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$841
Katia Chausheva
Prelude to an escape
Katia Chausheva
Photography - 48 x 33 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$898
Little white magics
Katia Chausheva
Photography - 48 x 33 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$898
Through the glass darkly
Katia Chausheva
Photography - 48 x 33 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$898
Eric Neveu
Fabrice Constant
Water Beyond Water 5
Fabrice Constant
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,234
Water Beyond Water 7
Fabrice Constant
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,234
Water Beyond Water 9
Fabrice Constant
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,234
Water beyond water 14
Fabrice Constant
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,234
Ralf Aubeck
We forgot distance
Ralf Aubeck
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,851
Urban housings in Mumbai
Ralf Aubeck
Photography - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,851
Gone with the wind
Ralf Aubeck
Photography - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,851
Coffee with a Rose
Ralf Aubeck
Photography - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,851
Hollie Miller
We the Living
Hollie Miller
Photography - 21.2 x 37.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 8.3 x 14.8 x 0.1 inch
$617
Glacier Cherry Necklace
Hollie Miller
Photography - 37.4 x 49 x 0.2 cm Photography - 14.7 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,346
Sisyphus
Hollie Miller
Photography - 47.5 x 32.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 18.7 x 12.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,234
Fairy under glass
Hollie Miller
Photography - 31.7 x 47.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 12.5 x 18.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,066
Aperture Rapture
Hollie Miller
Photography - 27.2 x 47.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 10.7 x 18.7 x 0.1 inch
$954
Action with Iodine
Hollie Miller
Photography - 58.4 x 41.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,795
Nel ten Wolde
Free Red Transformed
Nel ten Wolde
Painting - 102 x 137 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 53.9 x 1.2 inch
$6,569
Incidence of light
Nel ten Wolde
Painting - 102 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,898
Nikolay Stefanov
In-between B1
Nikolay Stefanov
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,582
In-between B2
Nikolay Stefanov
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$830
Awaiting the Shore
Nikolay Stefanov
Photography - 40 x 60 x 5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$415
Conception B
Nikolay Stefanov
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$482
Megan Mickael
Pill head study in blue
Megan Mickael
Photography - 40.64 x 40.64 x 2.54 cm Photography - 16 x 16 x 1 inch
$1,930
Pill Head study in orange
Megan Mickael
Photography - 40.64 x 40.64 x 2.54 cm Photography - 16 x 16 x 1 inch
$1,930
Joshua Tree MLRS-02
Megan Mickael
Photography - 14.35 x 21.67 x 2.54 cm Photography - 5.6 x 8.5 x 1 inch
$1,851
Vinal view
Megan Mickael
Photography - 20.32 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm Photography - 8 x 5.3 x 1 inch
$1,851
Waiting for a sign
Megan Mickael
Photography - 20.32 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm Photography - 8 x 5.3 x 1 inch
$1,851
Twisted fate
Megan Mickael
Photography - 20.32 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm Photography - 8 x 5.3 x 1 inch
$1,851
Karine Nicolleau
Impression #2
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$280
Gremlins
Karine Nicolleau
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$224
Impression #3
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$280
Enlightened #1
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$325
Enlightened #2
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$325
Enlightened #3
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$325
Sébastien Béghuin
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Blois
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Reïms,
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Cathédrale de Soissons
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,515
Mindaugas Gabrenas
Spinning the wheel, Oregon
Mindaugas Gabrenas
Photography - 19.5 x 19.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.7 x 7.7 x 0.1 inch
$449