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Portrait Photography For Sale
Bravo
By Jan Rattia
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
22.5 x 30 inches
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
45 x 60 inches
(Edition of 3 + 2 APs)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, loc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Love You Actor Girl - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, expired
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Love You Actor Girl' (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007
40x50cm, Edition 1/10
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory Nr. 6417,
Not m...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Prince on stage, Earls Court, London, June 1992 by Denis O'Regan
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art 20x24" print of musician Prince on stage, Earls Court, London,
June, 1992. Taken by acclaimed photographer, Denis O'Regan
Printed to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm
Fi...
Category
Late 20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Floaties - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Floaties (Beachshoot) - 2005
20x20cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label,
artist Inventory # 1431.
Not mounted.
The Tooth of Time
It is obvious that the photographer Stefanie Schneider has a background in film. All her pictures live from the dust-filled eroticism of American road movies. For Hitchhikers, the thirty-seven-year-old artist sent her protagonists into the desert.
The air shimmers. Desert. A highway, massive autos, dusty kisses. One is familiar with these sorts of images from films, even if one hasn't yet seen this particular one. In any case, it seems to be older: The tooth of time has gnawed at the photos; they are discolored, strangely and incorrectly exposed, covered with white spots.
False! The photographic series Hitchhikers was created this year; the photos got their patina because the photographer Stefanie Schneider only uses film which has passed its expiration date by up to five years, and which accordingly reacts to light in unpredictable ways. Where one's assumptions are correct is in the matter of the cinematic allusions: Schneider received a degree in film at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen and was a cutter for several years. In the USA, she was responsible for the scene photos in the feature-film debut (Everything put together) of Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) and out of tha collaboration developed her own photographic series Suburbia.
Hitchhikers is similarly structured and actually consists of stills, in this case without the accompanying film: loosely staged pictures in which the protagonists have space for spontaneous improvisations. No plot, but moods which seem familiar to us. Schneider remarks that during the shooting she was thinking of Thelma and Louise.
The series is marketed along with other works of Schneider by the Editions Galerie Lumas, the Galerie Caprice Horn in Berlin, and the Zurich gallery nd-projects. The Lumas branch in Munich is featuring Schneider in the exhibition Polaroid Movie through February 28, and starting on February 23 the feature film Stay runs, in which Schneider's pictures play a crucial role. And the thirty-seven-year-old artist, who lives alternately in Berlin and Los Angeles, continues to work on her filmography. At the moment she is developing along with Marc Forster a concept of transferring her typical photographic aesthetic into moving pictures...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Radha Pink (29 Palms, CA) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Radha Pink' (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
38x36cm,
Edition of 30, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #616...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Isabelle Van Zeijl - Let Me Walk With You, Photography 2020, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
"THE MOONSHOT COLLECTION
Emerging from a long evolution stretching back nearly 50 million years comes the horse, a wild beauty, grazing peacefully on the plains, and then suddenly br...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...
Thursday I (Wonder Valley)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Thursday I (Wonder Valley) - 2005
20x24cm,
Edition of 10,
archival Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #3640.
Not mounted.
published ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Marilyn Monroe: Shaking Hands
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe shaking hands with a fan.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Drowning the Noise - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Drowning the Noise', 2020
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory - PL20...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Vicky West Dancing the Cancan with My Daughters, Cori and Julia
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 15)
Signed and numbered, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mariette Pathy Allen has been photographing the trans...
Category
1980s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, In Vogue Acapulco (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
In Vogue, 1966
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Vogue magazine editor Topsy Taylor, a visitor to Acapulco, circa 1966.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Hachiro and Craigie - Vintage Photo 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Hachiro and Craigie is a b/w photographic print on polished paper by The Associated Press of Berlin, taken on July 28, 1939.
Stamp of agency and stereotype in German are printed on t...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tropics Motor Motel II (Memories of Green)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tropics Motor Motel II (Memories of Green) - 1999
Edition 1/10,
58x56cm.
ANALOG C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid.
Artist i...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled Sequence (Stranger than Paradise) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cowboys and Angels)- 2005
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs - 100x60cm.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Matt and Sam
By Jen Davis
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
24 x 30 inches
(Edition of 6)
30 x 40 inches
(Edition of 6)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Plea...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Falling Stars - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Falling Stars - 2022
25x20cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print based on a mixed-media collage of an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper.
Signature ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Monocled Miss, Estate Edition (German model Renata Boeck in 1960s New York)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German fashion model Renata Boeck (wearing a monocle) enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964. She is wearing a black monocle and a fur-lined turquoise robe as she reads the morning paper, propped up against sumptuous yellow pillows. Morning light pours through the sheer curtains...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Ted Williams 'John Coltrane playing the saxophone'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
John Coltrane playing the saxophone
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Ca...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girl with Flag - Black and White Photograph, Black Artist, Child, Portrait
Located in Dallas, TX
Girl with Flag by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., is a black and white portrait of a young African American girl holding a small American flag. The girl is dressed in white, and looks over her ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Powerpuff Girls)
By Amy Stein
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Powerpuff Girls)
2005
Signed and numbered, verso
Digital C-print
30 x 30 inches
(Edition of 5)
$3500.00
20 x 20 inches
(Edition of 10)
$2...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Chalet Costi (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers outside the Chalet Costi in Zermatt, 1968.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Sli...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Rita Hayworth
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph shot by George Hurrell in 1941 and printed at a later date. This image depicts Rita Hayworth, an American actress an...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eve Arnold - Marylin Monroe, Photography 1960, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marilyn Monroe on the set of ‘The Misfits’, Reno, Nevada, 1960.
All available sizes and editions:
20" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
24" x 34", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proo...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Falling Stars - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, 21st Centur
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Falling Stars - 2021
25x20cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper.
Signature label and certificate.
N...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
George Hurrell, "Robert Taylor", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original photograph from the original negative shot by George Hurrell in 1936 and printed at a later date. It depicts the late iconic actor, Robert Taylor...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Falling Stars - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, 21st Centur
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Falling Stars - 2021
50x40cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper.
Signature label and certificate. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
No Surrender, Belfast, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features children playing 'Ring a Ring o' Roses' on a street marked with graffiti reading 'No Surr...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Swan Dive (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Swan Dive (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
1st March 1956.
A man swan diving from the high diving boar...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Frida with Granizo - Black and White Portrait, Frida Kahlo, Celebrity, Animal
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo with her pet fawn, Granizo. Frida crouches down to place her hand on the small deer ...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Reverentia
Located in New York City, NY
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendary and complex relationship between humans and horses is an enduring one. The horse’s distinctive blend of grace and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Jack Frost on Snowflake with Black Background
Located in New York, NY
Jack Frost on Snowflake with Black Background
mid-1960s
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
Digital C-print
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
22 x 2...
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Lovers
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed and numbered, verso
20 x 16 inches, sheet
(Edition of 25)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Forty years after he began documenting the country-music scene in and around Nashville, Henry Horenstein’s deep love for the music and its people continues. Having spent a lifetime around performers and fans, he has been granted access to the high-glamour backstage at the Grand Ole Opry...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eve Arnold - Marylin Monroe, Photography 1960, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marilyn Monroe on the set of ‘The Misfits’, Reno, Nevada, 1960.
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proo...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Inch, Co. Kerry, Ireland (Landscape ocean and cliffs)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. His works depict nature eroded and broken down by civilization, but h...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tales of Self-Illumination (self Portrait)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tales of Self-Illumination (Self Portrait), 2001
22x22cm (plus a 2cm white border)
Fine art print based on a Polaroid
on RAG ULTRA SMOOTH, 305gsm, 100% cotton by HAHNEMÜHLE
Hand sign...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Paper, Polaroid
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Speedboat Landing - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Speedboat Landing - Oversize
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
John Minihan 'Yves Saint Laurent' Limited Edition Photograph Print, 30 x 40
Located in San Rafael, CA
By photographer John Minihan, Yves Saint Laurent, French designer with two fashion models, Betty Catroux (left) and Loulou de la Falaise, outside his 'Riv...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Palm Trees at Night (Stranger than Paradise) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Trees at Night (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999
Edition 3/10,
44x59 cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label. ...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
High School Wrestlers
By Luke Smalley
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso
13.5 x 11 inches, sheet
7 x 5 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
24 x 20 inches, sheet
20 x 16 inches, image
(Edition of 10)
From the series, "Gymnasium"
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please note that prices increase as editions sell.
Luke Smalley was an American artist known for his photographic work, which pairs a coolly minimalist aesthetic with a retro nostalgia. Images from his early in his career were inspired by fitness manuals and yearbooks c. 1910. This is not surprising since Smalley graduated with a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and worked for a number of years as a model and personal trainer. Smalley shot the bulk of his photographs in his home state of Pennsylvania. He used real high school...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Milton H. Greene 'Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly'
Located in New York, NY
Milton H. Greene
Grace Kelly
1955 (printed later)
All archival pigment prints, signed on reverse by the Estate
American actress and then Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly for an Ameri...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saturday Night Live in Elaine's Kitchen, 1976
Located in New York, NY
Elaine's Kitchen - Saturday Night Live • Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi & Lorne Michaels, New York, January 1976
Photographed by Jonathan ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jim & Kevin
By Rick Day
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, recto
20 x 24 inches, sheet
(Edition of 7)
11 x 14 inches, sheet
(Edition of 20)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
About the artist:
Rick Day is an American photographer based in New York City, who names Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, and Victor Skrebneski as influences. His work concentrates on fashion advertising photography and video—his fashion spreads and images have been published in numerous publications across the world including “ELLE,” “Details,” “Vogue Italia,” “Männer,” “DNA,” and “GQ.” Day has produced four photography books since 2008, with BelAmi being the most recent (all published through Bruno Gmünder...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Terry O'Neill 'Sean Connery on the Moon'
Located in New York, NY
Sean Connery on the Moon, 1971
Silver Gelatin Print
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity from ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bob Gruen 'John Lennon - Four Portraits'
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Bob Gruen
John Lennon Four Portraits
1974 (printed later)
C-print
30 x 30 inches images printed separately
Signed and numbered edition of 75
Bob Gruen (born 1945) is an American pho...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Nectar Impérial, Nils
By Jesse Burke
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Signed and numbered, verso
11 x 14 inches
(Edition of 8)
20 x 24 inches
(Edition of 8)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please not...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - Ursula Andress 1955 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ursula Andress 1955 Slim Aarons
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Swiss actress Ursula Andress poses in a hammock, in Rome, Italy, circa 1955.
Produced from the original trans...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer 1981
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Eve Arnold - Charlotte Stribling (also known as Fabulous), 1950, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
"Eve Arnold, born in 1912 to Russian-immigrant parents in Ph...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Sucubo II, Diptych. Limited Edition Portrait Photograph.
By Lèa Bon
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Why do we dream of a simple and unique image of Eden; What happens when pain represents our sanctuary...
Léa Bon work is a profound exploration of dreams and fantasies, transcending...
Category
2010s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Saturday Night Fever" Original Vintage 1977 Movie Film Cinema Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
"Saturday Night Fever" Original Vintage 1977 Lobby Card
Condition Mint
Original vintage 1977 lobby card from the film "Saturday Night Fever" directed by John Badham
FRAMING:
Pleas...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Color
Jim (Demetrios) Dardanis
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print
Western Photography Guild studio stamp in purple ink, verso
Numbered "14-5" in purple ink, verso
Also titled and inscribed in...
Category
1950s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Jean Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front UV Resistant In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Jean Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front UV Resistant In Stock
Billy und Hells are two photographers: Anke Linz (Nürnberg, 1965) and Andreas Oettinger (Munich, 1963). The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Spanish Dancer - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Sailors
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper
Francisco, Spain
Located in New York, NY
Francisco
Spain
2018
Signed and numbered, verso
Archival pigment print
37 x 37 inches
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
$7,500
17 x 17 inches
(Edition of 10 + 2 APs)
$4,000
Please note tha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Barack Obama, Occidental College, No. 34" Lisa Jack, President Photography
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Jack
Barack Obama, Occidental College, No. 34, 1980
Signed, dated, and numbered on the reverse
Gelatin silver print
12 x 17 3/4 inches
Edition 4/75
Provenance:
M&B, Los Angeles...
Category
1980s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Graziella Venturi and the Juggling Doves - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Graziella Venturi and the juggling doves is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s.
The photo depicts the trainer, Graziella Venturi, at the show of the Orfei National C...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled - Stage of Consciousness (29 Palms, CA) - analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled - Stage of Consciousness (29 Palms, CA) - 2007
Edition 5/5,
75x93cm,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the original Polar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Japan – Geisha Girl with Fan – Hand-colored albumen print
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1885. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (268 x 204 mm), hand-numbered 1103 in negative. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear mounting corner...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Watercolor, 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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In a new book compiling 30 years' worth of images, the photographer reveals that it's the in-between moments that make a wedding special.