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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: Early 1900s
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Betsy Drake - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Betsy Drake, realized in 1950s.
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni arriving in Rapallo to meet Michele Morgan.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice.
Th...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Gondolas on the Grand Canal, Venice, 1950s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This timeless black-and-white photograph captures a tranquil moment along the Grand Canal in Venice, showcasing the iconic gondolas that glide through the city’s waterways. In the fo...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Autographed Portrait of Maria Litto - Original b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Maria Litto is a beautiful b/w photographic portrait, with the additional value of the blue ink autograph by the German ballet d...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
A historical moment of the past through the art of photogra...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Lola Albright's Penthouse
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lola Albrights Penthouse, 1960
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
American singer and actress Lola Albright (1924 - 2017) at Richard La...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Fan Mail 1952 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fan Mail, 1952.
Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Asphalt Jungle’ had been released, B...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Italian Actress Elsa Martinelli - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Elsa Martinelli at the airport
photo by Pais & Sartarelli
Lightly damaged.
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn In New York Taxi Cab
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
Actress Marilyn Monroe rides in the back of a car with Dick Shepherd on March 30, 1955 in New York City, New York.
(Photo by Ed Feingersh)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Actor Cary Grant - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The American Actor Cary Grant is an original black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Portrait of the American actor with his third wife Betsy Drake.
Slightly blurry.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's maste...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
The Italian Actress Elsa Martinelli with Scotti Mancinelli-Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Elsa Martinelli with her husband returning from a trip.
by Fotovedo - Rome.
Lightly damaged.
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Venice Vacation', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the pier at the Lido in Venice, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Venice Vacation
Chromogenic Lambda print
1957, Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
This artwork DOES include a certificate of authenticity from the authenticating body, the estate
Collector will get the next number in the edition
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
24 x 24 inches
$3000
12 x 12 inches
$1800
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Photograph is unframed
Modern estate edition with estate blindstamp signature and hand number in lower margin
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). *
Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Internal: Slim Aarons Venice...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles
1956 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Swedish model Inga Lindgren...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Autographed Portrait of Marianne Koch- Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
This black ink Autograph by Marianne Koch is reported on this b/w postcard reproducing a beautiful photographic portrait of the German actress. Photo realized around 1960s.
This postcard is in excellent condition.
Marianne Koch (Munich,1931)
German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best-known for her appearances in Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She appeared in more than 65 films, Koch had numerous leading roles in the German cinema of the middle century...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1957: Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authe...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Funeral in Tizi-Ouzou of Prince Francesco - Vintage B/W photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Funeral in Tizi-Ouzou of Prince Francesco is a vintage photograph on photography paper, realized by an anonymous photographer
With the stamp of Associated press and type-note on th...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons - Family Snapper 1959- Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Family Snapper 1959, Slim Aarons
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their cottage, Round Hill...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Autographed Portrait of Mady Rahl - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Mady Rahl is a b/w photographic portrait of the German actress, with the added value of a blue ink autograph on the lower margin.
Around 1950s.
Postcard in ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Charlton Heston - Original b/w Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The American actor Charlton Heston on the set of "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Film Still from Lassie
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white film still from the film "Lassie".
Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie dog named Lassie and her companions, ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Vintage Autographed Postcard by Gregory Peck - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage autographed portrait of Gregory Peck is a b/w postcard reproducing ta scene of the same-named movie.
With the additional value of the black mark...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
M. Mastroianni and J. Sassard - Vintage Photography - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni and Jacqueline Sassard in a scene from the movie "Tutti innamorati" by Giuseppe Orlandini.
Lightly damaged.
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Ernst Deutsch - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Ernst Deutsch is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Austrian-German film actor, Ernst Deutsch (1890 – 1969).Around the 1960's.
Photo: Jose Buhs, Berlin.
With the additional value of his blue ink autograph on the lower margin at the center, this autographed postcard is in perfect condition and absolutely to collect for the German cinema connaisseurs!
Ernst Deutsch, also known as Ernest Dorian (Prague, 1890 – Berlin, 1969)
The Jewish Austrian actor, Ernst Deutsch was protagonist in 1916 in the world première of Walter Hasenclever's Expressionist play The Son in Dresden was praised.Deutsch also played the antihero Famulus in Paul Wegener...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Slim Aarons - Ursula Andress - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Ursula Andress - Estate Stamped
Swiss actress Ursula Andress poses in a hammock in Rome, Italy, circa 1955. (
Gorgeous print measuring a large 40 x 40" inches / ca 10...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Autograph Portrait of Doris Kirchner - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Doris Kirchner's Memorabilia is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Austrian stage, film and television actress, Doris Kirchner (born in Grosz, Austria, 3 May...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Gerlinde Locker - Original b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Gerlinde Locker's Memorabilia is a beautiful b/w postcard, reproducing a photographic portrait of Gerlinde Locker (born April 28, 1938 in Linz, Austria) , the Austrian actress, activ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills.
This i...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Saks Fifth Ave, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue cat...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Rex Harrison and Key Kendall - Vintage Photograph - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The English actor Rex Harrison with his wife Key Kendall.
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autograph portrait of Inge Egger - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Inge Egger is a b/w postcard reproducing the portrait of the Austrian stage, television and film actoress, Inge Egger (Linz, Austria, 1923 – Berlin, Germany, ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Jean-Pierre Aumont - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Jean-Pierre Aumont - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This landscape photograph by iconic mid-century photographer Slim Aarons depicts bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1959.
Immerse yourself in the nostalgic allure of Slim Aarons' 'Lake Tahoe Pool,' a stunning estate photograph that captures the essence of 1950s summer leisure at the Tahoe Tavern, California. This piece is a window into a bygone era, where bathers bask by a dazzling turquoise pool, framed by the towering majesty of pine trees, with the Sierra Nevada mountains and the pristine waters of Lake Tahoe forming a breathtaking backdrop.
This idyllic scene is adorned with vintage holidaymakers lounging under chic fringed pastel umbrellas, embodying the effortless style and elegance that Aarons is renowned for. The tranquil poolside setting, framed by nature's grandeur, creates a captivating contrast between serene relaxation and the wild beauty of the Californian landscape.
Slim Aarons
Pool at Lake Tahoe
Chromogenic Lambda print
C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color
Paper weight 210gms
Matte Satin Surface
Captured 1959, Printed later
Collector gets the next number in the edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150).
Internal: Lake Tahoe, vintage tahoe...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Women - Vintage Photograph About Women Rights - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Women - Vintage Photograph About Women Rights is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous photographer.
With the stamp of Avanti"...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Greeting of Duke of Edinburgh - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Greeting of Duke of Edinburgh - vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by Associated Press photo.
With the stamp of ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Working Women - Historical Photographs About the Feminist Movement - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Working women - Historical Photographs about the Feminist Movement is an original vintage photograph realized by anonymous photographer
With the stamp o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women at Work - Vintage Photograph About Women Rights - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Women at Work - Vintage Photograph About Women Rights is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous photographer.
With the stamp of...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's maste...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Peter Cushing in a scene from "The Hound of the Baskervilles", a 1959 British gotich horror and mistery film, directed by Terence Fisher.
Vi...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Lonny Kellner - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Lonny Kellner's Memorabilia is a b/w photographic portrait of the beautiful and talented German actress and singer, Lonny Kellner (Reimscheid, 8 March 1930 – Hamburg, 22 January 2003...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Anna Magnani e La Rosa Tatuata - Original b/w Photograph - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
“VEDO” agency, Anna Magnani and “La Rosa tatuata”, 1956. 23 x 18 cm.
In very good condition, except for some imperceptible folds in the lower right corner.
Back with caption flaps ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Eva Probst - Original b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Eva Probst is a beautiful b/w photographic portrait of the German actress, with the added value of a blue ink autograph on the lower margin at the center.
Po...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Autographed Portrait of Agnes Fink - Original b/w Postcard Portrait - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Agnes Fink's Memorabilia is a b/w photographic portrait of the German actress, with the additional value of her black ink autograph on the lower margin.
Around the 1950s.
Excellent condition, collect this item only for lovers of the German cinema!
Agnes Fink (Frankfurt am Main, 1919 - Munich, 1994)
The German naturalized Swiss actress, Agnes Fink was active in the theater, film and - above all - television. In her forty-year career, she participated in about fifty productions, including cinema and television. Her leading roles include, among others, those in the TV films Maria Stuart...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Autographed Portrait of young Charlton Heston - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of young Charlton Heston is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the famous American actor, Charlton Heston (Wilmette 1923 – Beverly Hills, 20...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Autographed Portrait of Tony Curtis - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Tony Curtis is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Famous American film and television actor, Tony Curtis (...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Autographed Portrait of Ruth Leuwerik - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Ruth Leüwerik is a b/w postcard reproducing a beautiful photographic portrait of the German actress, Ruth Leuwerik, with the a...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Autographed Postcard by Gerhard Riedmann - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Autographed Postcard Signed by Gerhard Riedmann.
A beautiful b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Austrian film actor, Gerhard Riedmann (Vienna, 1925 ...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Autographed Portrait of Oskar Sima - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Oskar Sima a is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Austrian actor during the filming of "Rosemarie kommt aus Wildwest" (1956).
With ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Autograph Portrait of Gus Backus - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Gus Backus is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the American singer and actor, Donald Edgar "Gus" Backus (Long Island, NY, 1937 – Germer...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autograph Portrait of Margit Nünke - Original b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Portrait of Margit Nünke is a beautiful b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of Margit Nünke (Stettin,1930– Munich 2015), the German beauty pageant winner (19...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Autographed portrait of Eva Schreiber - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Eva Schreiber is a b/w photographic portrait of the German actress, with the additional value of a red ink autograph on the lower margin.
Postcard represent...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Autographed Portrait of Martin Benrath - Vintage b/w Postcard -1959
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Martin Benrath is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the German actor Martin Benrath (Berlin, 1926 – Bavaria, 2000), during the filming o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Lido Life, Slim Aarons Estate Photograph in Venice, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lido Life: A group of friends squeeze onto an inflatable raft at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957.
This vibrant photograph by Slim Aarons, taken in 1957...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Capucine 1957
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Capucine
French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 – 1990) fanning herself at a New Years Eve party held at Romanoffs in Beverly Hills.
(Photo b...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1955 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami.
This is an estate stamped and...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock - Vintage b/w Photo - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock is a vintage photographic print on single-coated paper.
Photograph is an official picture from the set of 1957 MGM's fi...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eddie Calvert by Pietro Pascuttini - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Eddie Calvert by Pietro Pascuttini is a vintage photographic print on single coated paper.
Photograph by famous portraitist Pietro Pascuttini.
Photographer's ink stamp and pencil ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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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