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Abstract Color Photography

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Holding Light In Darkness #10
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper

Cosmica #68, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo Cosmica #115, 4 Elements, Archival Pigment Print Unframed Ask us for framing options. 40 x 40 inches Edition of 13 Archival Pigment Print Unframed
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Metal

Seastar, Lockheed T-33 Silverstar, Chino, USA, 2015 - Aero series (Air)
Located in New York City, NY
Manolo Chretien, France Seastar, Lockheed T-33 Silverstar, Chino, USA, 2015 27 x 43 in Edition of 9 Dye Sublimation on Aluminum 35 x 57 in Edition of...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Dye Transfer

Friends, 2025. Cyanotype photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The photos from the series Let Me Tell You a Story show, each one individually, certain themes through strongly narrative visual units. Each photograph is dedicated to a specific rep...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper

Anemorphose Cabo Verde #9
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 44 in Edition of 9 EUR 3.500 35 x 57 in Edition of 9 EUR 5.500 48 x 71 in Edition of 9 EUR 7.100 Dye Sublimation on Aluminum 48 x 77 in Edition of 9 EUR 9.100 Dye Sublimation...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Dye Transfer

Untitled I. From LenkPlay Series. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled II. From LenkPlay Series. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

A Panda. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Set of 4 Abstract color photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world. Tcherassi's w...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Urban Art Street Art, Graffiti Wall In Soho, New York City, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Graffiti wall in Soho district in Manhattan was photographed in 2007 that's more than a decade before the Urban Art craze had seized the attention of the art world. Art photographer...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

A Tiger. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

A Horse. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Spiare. From The Lavori in Corso series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eduardo Rezende’s 2024 series Lavori in Corso revisits one of the artist’s most enduring themes: the urban and architectural landscape — this time focused on construction sites, scaf...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Canvas, Archival Pigment

Eiffel Tower in Jackson Pollock Drip Lighting - Paris France
Located in Miami, FL
When the Eiffel Tower was conceived in 1886, it was to be a symbol of aesthetic avant-garde thinking. In 1994, Photographer Mitchell Funk pays homage to Gustave Eiffel's spirit of ...
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1990s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Aluminum Siding Bale
Located in New York, NY
60"x40" framed photograph This photograph is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" and depicts bailed Aluminum Siding. The recycling industry in America and its va...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Vintage Red Ferrari in Florence, Italy - Race Cars, Red Sports Cars
Located in Miami, FL
A cluster of vintage red Ferraris lounge on displayed in a square in Florence, Italy. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk was struck by the unexpected site and documented the scene em...
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1990s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red Window (artist framed) - large scale abstract monochromatic photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale monochromatic abstract observation of geometric architectural elements, from Raymond Meier's series Renderings Red Window (Renderings 05) by Ra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
This is the quintessential image of a bygone era. Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Untitled 16 and 17, Diptych. From The While You Are Surfing Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Blue Zoom, New York Skyline, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
With an upward zoom and a slow exposure, Photographer Mitchell Funk reimagines one of the world's most iconic landmarks. The photograph is a lyrical evocation of a normally cold stre...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Trimmings
Located in New York, NY
C Print Photograph, signed on reverse available as 30"x45" edition of 5 This is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" which captures the abstract beauty within d...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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C Print

Echnops Ritro Veitch s Blue - Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley
Located in Brighton, GB
Echinops Ritro Veitch's Blue by Giles Revell This is an Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 50cm x 50cm in a limited edition of 25 prints. In Cartographic Colour, Gil...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Pigment

Daydream - abstract colour photography Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Daydream' London, United Kingdom 2020 Limited edition of 20. The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Carefully placed in a secure ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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Giclée, Color

Phlox Paniculata Blue Evening - Blue Evening Royal Horticultural Society Wisley
Located in Brighton, GB
Phlox Paniculata Blue Evening by Giles Revell This is an Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 50cm x 50cm in a limited edition of 25 prints. In Cartographic Colour, Gil...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Pigment

Between Rain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Also available 50 x 70 in. $9,500, edition of 10. Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas. Her LIGHT a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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C Print

Yellow Ball, East Hampton
Located in East Hampton, NY
Yellow Ball, East Hampton, NY, Archival Pigment Print, $ Ed. 3/5, 2016 Printed to Order *Photography: U Wash Truck, Death Valley and Mulford Lane, Amagansett 2012 have been feature...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

30x40” River Landscape - acrylic mounted 30x40
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series available exclusively through gallery. This series is largely influenced by the abstract expressionist field paintings of the 40’s and 50’s with a nod to Gerhar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vanilla Sky - large scale photograph of iconic American national park landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vanilla Sky by Frank Schott a series of images capturing the epique infinety of White Sands 48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183cm edition of 7 signed 27 x...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

Untitled 12 and 18, Diptych. From The While You Are Surfing Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

Materials

Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Untitled 5 and 9, Diptych. From The While You Are Surfing Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Pigment

HOT Red Photography Signed limited signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography, abstract, limited edition of 5, will be signed. For me reflecting a very strong emotion.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Untitled 7 and 11, Diptych. From The While You Are Surfing Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

Materials

Inkjet, Archival Pigment

New York City Street Art: Literally - Hot Pink Umbrella - Like Rothko
Located in Miami, FL
New York City is renowned as a center of world-class Museums and tastemaker Art Galleries. However, some of the greatest art is street art mad...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

9170 - Ed 1/8 - Mounted on Plexiglass - Could be vertical as well
Located in New York, NY
Water photography - abstract feel - close up of blue hues. About the Artist: Known for his large format prints of equestrian portraits and stun...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Spire with Moon - Art Deco skyscraper
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering Color Photographer Mitchell Funk carefully crafts a composition where the graceful Art Deco shapes of the Chrysler Building spire play off t...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Neon Bar Sign Glow on Moody Manhattan Nocturne
Located in Miami, FL
Manhattan Nocturne by Mitchell Funk. The colors are the music of the night. The image is a stunning example of the artist’s blending of the abstract and representational. Signed, ...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

1/THE MAGICIAN, From The Tarot of The Golden Scissors Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Emma Anna is an Australian-born visual artist, curator, and creative writer who currently lives and works between the Colombian Caribbean and the East Coast of Australia. A former ...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

The Blue Fire Bird. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

A Dinosaur Lake. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red Pause and Artificial Blast, Diptych. From The While You Are Sleeping Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
‘While you are sleeping’ (Seascape Series) In his seascape works, Sukan manipulates his imagery connected to the constant tensions between the mental grasp of the specificity and rep...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color

Untitled 15 and 3, Diptych. From The While You Are Surfing Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

Materials

Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Golden Flame. Landscape architectural color limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's photographs capture the transformation of everyday life into another reality. Images that explore what the future will be like. Industrial, eccentric and progressive, Ca...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Untitled 13 and 14, Diptych. From The While You Are Surfing Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Landscape I. Areal Landscape ocean limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Peters has gone on to capture and document man’s wider imprint on nature. Whether it’s the graphic symmetry of urban architecture or the abstract choreography of the forms and hues o...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Snowy Night, Rainy Night in Manhattan with Orange Sky
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary hooded figure crosses a desolate Manhattan street as light snow and rain come down. For 54 years, Mitchell Funk has been chronicling the effects of light on form; here, h...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Retaining Wall II, Rockingham - Abstract Blue Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Blue abstract photograph from Richard Heeps' series Trading Paint. Richard Heeps has a history of photographing Drag Racing in the UK, America and Europe. Trading Paint is a term tha...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Academy. Cyanotype photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The photos from the series Let Me Tell You a Story show, each one individually, certain themes through strongly narrative visual units. Each photograph is dedicated to a specific rep...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper

Lenka. Cyanotype photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The photos from the series Let Me Tell You a Story show, each one individually, certain themes through strongly narrative visual units. Each photograph is dedicated to a specific rep...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper

Taos Mission, New Mexico- San Francisco de Asis, Mystical Negative Color
Located in Miami, FL
Taos Mission, New Mexico San Francisco de Asis in Negative Color - The work is Signed dated and numbered lower right, 2/15, Printed Later, and Unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine ...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Torquidos
Located in Storrs, CT
"Torquidos" is a painting of light 'unseen.' When light travels, the human eye doesn't see its trails, but the camera does. My usual version of light painting involves leaving the li...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Metal

New York City Abstract Multiple Exposure Kaleidoscope Reds Blues, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
In-camera Multiple Exposure using colored gels and negative color. Eye-popping and optically stimulating interpretation of New York skyscapers. Signed and dated on lower right, num...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dogs Running In Park With Early Morning Light, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
High angle view of dogs in park with long shadows. . Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art ...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Gaze Into The Lake 02 and Hearing Gaia 02, Diptych. Abstract color photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world. Tcherassi's wo...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Holding Light In Darkness #6
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...
Category

2010s Abstract Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper

I Got Your Back 03 and Healing 03. Abstract color photographs, Diptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world. Tcherassi's w...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Scream - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 43"x63"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An abstract composition capturing the dramatic interplay between vibrant crimson and stark white elements. The photograph presents a swirling vortex of deep red textures that dominat...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Exocet, North American B25 Mitchell, Oshkosh, USA
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 44 in Edition of 9 EUR 3.200 35 x 57 in Edition of 9 EUR 5.200 48 x 71 in Edition of 9 EUR 6.800 Dye Sublimation on Aluminum 48 x 77 in Edition of 9 EUR 8.800 Dye Sublimation...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Dye Transfer

Multilayer 328 - unique abstract collage of layered torn sculpture photographs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Multilayer 328 unique abstract photo paper collage (1 of 1), signed 28.8" x 21.7" / 73cm x 55cm About the artist Felix Schramm was born in Hamburg, Ger...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archiv...

I Got Your Back 02 and Healing 02. Abstract color photographs, Diptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world. Tcherassi's w...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cieux, Sky 5
Located in New York City, NY
27.5 x 27.5 in 70 x 70 cm Edition of 9 USD 6.000 40 x 40 in 100 x 100 cm Edition of 9 USD 8.000 51 x 51 in 130 x 130 cm Edition of 9 EUR 11.500 Dye Sublimation on Aluminum 48 x 77...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Dye Transfer

Abstract color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract color photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add color photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Michael Banks, Stuart Möller, and Carol Inez Charney. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract color photography, so small editions measuring 7 inches across are also available. Prices for color photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $105 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $4,141.

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