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Portrait Photography For Sale
Artist: Stefanie Schneider
Artist: Chuck Close
There is no solution (Till Death do us part) - Polaroid, Figurative, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
There is no solution (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 8565, Not mounted. On offer is a piece from the movie: Till Death do Us part Stefanie Schneider’s Till Death...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (Olancha) - Stranger than Paradise - analog C-Print based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Olancha) - 2006 38x37cm. Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist I...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Mrs. Jones (Suburbia) - analog - 21st Century, Contemporary, Polaroid, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Mrs. Jones (Suburbia) 2004, 60x80cm, Edition of 1/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid, not mounted, Signature label and Certificate, artist inventory...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

Radha Mitchell on the Set of 'The Crazies' - Polaroid, Women, expired, movies
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Mitchell on the Set of 'The Crazies'' both sizes Edition of 10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. Artist inventory 11678. not mounted. ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Floaties (Beachshoot) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Floaties (Beachshoot) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 1435. Not ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Olancha - Stranger than Paradise
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Olancha (Stranger than Paradise) - 2006, published in 'Stranger than Paradise', Edition 5/5, 38x37cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed and enlarged by the artist, based on a Polaroid...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Max - Oxana's 30th Birthday
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max - Oxana's 30th Birthday (29 Palms, CA) - 2007 30x30cm, sold out Edition of 4, Artist Proof 2/2, Lambda Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and signed in front, artist Inven...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Max by the Pool - 29 Palms, California, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max by the Pool (29 Palms, CA) - 1999, 20x20cm, Edition of 10, archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist inventory number: 614. Not mounted...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Color

Untitled 08 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled 08 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) - 2007 40x48cm, Edition of 10. Archival C-Print print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 4745. Not mo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

I will be just fine (Memories of Green)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I will be just fine (Memories of Green) - 2003 Edition of 5, 58x56cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid, Artist inventor...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 355...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006, 50x60cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

'Sitting Bull II' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Sitting Bull II' (Immaculate Springs) - 1998 Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. 50x50cm, Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature Label and Certif...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (Olancha) - Stranger than Paradise - analog C-Print based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Olancha) - 2006 38x37cm. Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 822. Not mo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dayworker - diptych, analog, based on two SX-70 Polaroids
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dayworker (American Depression), diptych - 1999 Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. 58x57cm each, 58x122cm installed including an 8cm gap in between both pieces. 2 analog C-Prin...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Wonder Valley (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wonder Valley (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 40x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label artist Inv...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Done Crying (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Done Crying (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory #14083...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

In the Range of Light (Wastelands)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In the Range of Light (Wastelands) - 2003 Edition of 30, 38x37cm. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory #559.24. Not mounted....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Discarded Momories (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photography, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Discarded Momories (Suburbia) 2004, 20x24cm, Edition of 1/10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted, Signed on verso with Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 1712.01. Thi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

'Untitled' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Udo Kier
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Immaculate Springs) - 1998 58x57cm Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on her expired original Polaroid. Signature Label ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Courtyard (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Courtyard (Suburbia) - 2004, 20x24cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventory No. 432. Not mounted. This proje...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Birdy (Stage of Consciousness) - 20x24cm, starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Birdy (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 20x24cm, Edition of 10. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. artist Inventory No. 7865. Not mounted. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Patriot (Haley and the Birds) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'The Patriot' (Haley and the Birds) 2013, 128x125cm, Edition 1/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Crystal Fuji Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and sign...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Insatiable (Wastelands) - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21st Cetury, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Insatiable - he came to my Valley (Wastelands) Edition 2/5 , 57x56cm, 2003, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid. Artist i...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

When would forever be a good time? part II (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
When would forever be a good time? part II (Till Death do us Part) - 2007, 20x24cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label, a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Mayfair Lane, #02 (The last Picture Show) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Mayfair Lane, #02 (The last Picture Show), 2004, 58x56cm, Edition 1/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid, signature la...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (Saigon)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Saigon) - 2003 Edition 2/5, 58x56cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, on matte Fuji Crystal Archive Paper. based on an expired Polaroid. Artist inventory Num...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Clackers (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Clackers (Sidewinder) 2005, Edition of 1/10, 20x24cm, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 3020.01. not mounted. 2005 SIDEWIN...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Places of Uncertainty (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Places of Uncertainty (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 20x24cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print, based on an expired Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Arti...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Bus Depot (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bus Depot (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 20x24cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print, based on an expired Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Preppers - Heavenly Falls
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Preppers' (Heavenly Falls) 2016, 50x60cm, Edition 2/10, Lambda Print based on a Polaroid Certificate and signature label artist inventory number: 19678.02 Not mounted. Stefanie ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Salton Sea Life (American Depression)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Salton Sea Life (American Depression) - 1999 50 x 50 cm, Edition of 10 plus two artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label an...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Oxana's 30th Birthday - starring Radha Mitchell, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Oxana's 30th Birthday (29 Palms, CA) - 2007 Edition of 5, 38x37cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archival Paper with a matte surface, based o...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dancer on the Beach - 21st Century, Contemporary, Woman, Landscape, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Venice) - 1999 48x56cm, Edition 4/5, Analog C-Print, enlarged and hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte finish. Based on a Polaroid. Artist in...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Oxana (Stage of Consciousness) - part of the 29 Palms, CA project - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Oxana (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007, 38x47cm, Edition of 2/30, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory # 3048.18. Not mounted. A...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Stairway (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photography, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stairway (Suburbia) 2004, 50x50cm, Edition of 1/10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 20964.01. This projec...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Max Blue (The Last Picture Show), triptych
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Max Blue', triptych (The Last Picture Show), 2005, each 38x36cm, 38x122cm installed, Edition 1/5, 3 analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Achive Paper, matte...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dugong IV - Stay, Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Coney Island, Animal, Blue
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dugong IV (Stay), from Ryan Gosling's memory sequence 2006, 31x39cm, Edition 1/5, analog C-Print, printed by the artist on Fuji Archive Crystal Paper, based on a Polaroid. Certificat...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Sam, Interior Hospital - featuring Ewan McGregor, Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sam, Interior Hospital - featuring Ewan McGregor (Stay) - 2006, 38x36cm, Edition 1/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Archive Crystal Paper, based on the ori...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Owen's Valley (Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Owen's Valley (Last Picture Show), 20 x 20 cm, 2001 Edition 5/10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Artist Inventory 1088.05, not mounted Stefanie Schneider's scintillating situations take place in the American West. Situated on the verge of an elusive super-reality, her photographic sequences provide the ambience for loosely woven story lines and a cast of phantasmic characters. Schneider works with the chemical mutations of expired Polaroid film stock. Chemical explosions of color spreading across the surfaces undermine the photograph's commitment to reality and induce her characters into trance-like dream scapes. Like flickering sequences of old road movies Schneider's images seem to evaporate before conclusions can be made - their ephemeral reality manifesting in subtle gestures and mysterious motives. Schneider's images refuse to succumb to reality, they keep alive the confusions of dream, desire, fact, and fiction. Stefanie Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schule Essen, Germany. Her work has been shown at the Museum for Photography, Braunschweig, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt, the Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Museum für Moderne Kunst Passau, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Foto -Triennale Esslingen. “It was Stefanie Schneider, who inspired me to start the company THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT after seeing her work, which seems to achieve the possible from the impossible, creating the finest of art out of the most basic of mediums and materials. Indeed, after that one day, I was so impressed with her photography that I realized Polaroid film could not be allowed to disappear. Being at the precise moment in time where the world was about to lose Polaroid, I seized the moment and have put all my efforts and passion into saving Polaroid film. For that, I thank Stefanie Schneider almost exclusively, who played a bigger role than anyone in saving this American symbol of photography.” –Florian Kaps, March 8th 2010 (“Doc” Dr. Florian Kaps, founder of “The Impossible Project”) Exhibitions Selected (selected) 2018 Participation Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, USA (G) March Available to All, Rough Play Projects - Site Specific, Joshou Tree, USA (G) curated by Deborah Martin...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The other day I was sure I knew what is good and what is bad - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The other day I was sure I knew what is good and what is bad (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2015 50x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-Print, based o...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Pasolini - from Immaculate Springs - starring Jacinda Barrett
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pasolini (Immaculate Springs), 1998, Edition 1/5, 58x57cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid, not mounted, signature Label and Certificate. Starring ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Circle of Magic - A Wish - 29 Palms, CA
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A Wish (Circle of Magic) from the 29 Palms, CA project - 2009 20x24cm, Edition of 10/10. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. artist inventory ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper

Alice (Stranger than Paradise), analog, 5 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Alice (Stranger than Paradise) - 2004 38x37cm each, installed with gaps 38x210cm, Edition of 2/7, 5 analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, base...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Heather and Zeuss - The Girl behind the White Picket Fence
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Heather and Zeuss' - 2013 (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence), 38x48cm, Edition 3/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid Certificate and Signatu...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 50x60cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label, art...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) 50x50cm, Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) 2005, 50x50cm, Edition 2/10, Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 9257.14. Not mounted. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Randy (Wastelands)< Edition 3/4, not mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Randy - could get me (Wastelands), Edition 3/5 , 57x56cm, 2003 analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on an expired Polaroid, Artist inventor...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (Beachshoot) - Polaroid - featuring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Beachshoot) - 2005 48x46cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 21396. Not...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (Beachshoot) - Polaroid - featuring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Beachshoot) - 2005 48x46cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 21337. Not ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Enchanted - Saigon - 58x56cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Enchanted' (Saigon) - 1999 58x56cm, Edition 1/5, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte Surface, Vintage Print, ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Housewife's Chores II (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photography, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Housewife's Chores II (Suburbia) - 2004 20x24cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Not mounted, Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventory No. 1684. Th...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Ladybird (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ladybird (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks) 2019 - Edition of 10, 20x20cm, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid Artist inventory 22256. Signature label and Certificate. Not mounted. The 'Chicks and Chicks' series is part of my Desert Living Project, which encompasses all aspects of organic...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Autumn
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Autumn - 2001, 20x29cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid Slide. Signature label and Certifi...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Desert Center - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Desert Center (Stranger than Paradise) - 2000 Edition of 10, 58x56cm Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inve...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

'Penelope' from the movie Immaculate Springs - starring Jacinda Barrett
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Penelope' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998 Edition of 5, 58x56cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signature Label ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

'Hunting' from the movie Immaculate Springs
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Hunting' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998 Edition of 5, 58x56cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (Olancha) - Stranger than Paradise - Hand print - analog C-Print
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Olancha) - 2006 38x37cm. Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist I...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs

Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.

Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.

Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.

While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.

Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.

Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.

On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.

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