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Contemporary Color Photography

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Unión 2 and Errabundeo Cordoba 7. Nude in a landscape color photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Errabundeo Series Though each love is experienced as unique and though the subject rejects the notion of repeating it elsewhere later on, he sometimes discovers in himself a kind of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Seawater Canyon Panorama, Green Cliffs, La Hong Bay - seascape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color landscape photography. Lush green cliffs surrounding a calm, emerald waterway with misty atmosphere. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

Retoni, Fishermans hut in the middle of nowhere - panorama color photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color long exposure seascape photography. A small house on stilts stands over calm water on a foggy day, with a light sky. Archival pigment ink print as part of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

Door - Lariat Motel, Nevada - Cinematic Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
From Richard Heeps Dream in Color series a cinematic scene, a doorway in a motel in Nevada on an American road trip. Warm evening sunlight glows casting shadows across the picture. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Jose. From The series Guerreros. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The series Guerreros One-of-a-kind Photomontage on archival paper Unframed The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist retur...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

Sun loungers on the Beach - landscape - umbrellas - shore - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist landscape photography. Empty beach with striped lounge chairs and blue umbrellas on sandy shore, overcast sky. Archival pigment ink print as par...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

Sun loungers on the Beach - minimalist sea landscape, Italy - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Landscape Photography. Beach chairs and canopies on a sandy beach with a pathway leading to the water, overcast sky. Digital pigment ink print, edition of 7...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

Nothing to hide - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Nothing to Hide' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019 20x20cm, Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signature label and c...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

El Nene. From The series Guerreros. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The series Guerreros One-of-a-kind Photomontage on archival paper Unframed The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist retur...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

So Still (Sidewinder) - analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
So Still (Sidewinder) - 2005 Edition 1/5 or 2/5, 150x128cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Pr...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Grammia Virgo Female - Coral Red Black Peach Moth Insect Patterned Wings, 2007
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary, hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a coral red moth with black markings on its wings and abdomen and pale peach on its upper wings is dr...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Male Nude from the 29 Palms, CA series - Polaroid, 20th Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition 4/10. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 293. Not mounted THE GREA...
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Please (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Nude, 21st Century, Color, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Please (Sidewinder) - 2005 48x60cm, Edition 1/10. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 3391. Not mounted. Consider Stef...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Shelbourne Hotel - Strange Love, 4 pieces, 100x100cm each
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Sherburne Hotel' (Strange Love) - 2010 98x96cm each, 4 pieces, installed with gaps 430x96cm, Edition of 5, analog C-Print printed on Fuji Archive Paper, hand-printed by the artist...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Retoni, seascape, fishing hut, panorama - large color photography, seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape photography. A small wooden fishing hut on stilts on a rocky jetty extending into calm water with a muted, foggy sky. Archival pigment ink print a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Léa by Camille Brasselet - Fine art photography, woman, pastel colours, beige
Located in Paris, FR
Léa is a photograph by French contemporary artist Camille Brasselet. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *75 × 50 cm (29.5 × 19.7 in)...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Pigment

Tinderbox - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tinderbox' - A girl called N - 2019 50x549cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL20...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Agitazione by Gina Soden - Urbex photography, abandoned place, interior, stairs
Located in Paris, FR
Agitazione is a limited-edition photograph by British contemporary artist Gina Soden. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *44,64 × 64...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Giclée

Topiary I - x large format photograph of ornamental shaped tree
Located in San Francisco, CA
from a series of photographic observances capturing the antics of urban gardening and striking art of topiaries' green minimalism Topiary I by Frank Schott 59.5 x 59.5 inches (1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Napoleon Bonaparte II - interior photograph of elegant French palace villa
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale photograph of elegant interior view of the French revolutionary ballroom in the Villa Napoleone in Elba, Tuscany. Napoleon Bonaparte II (2025) by Frank Schott 48 x 72 i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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

Steps - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal underwater fine art photograph captures a figure suspended above submerged pool steps, rendered in soft aquamarine and pearl tones. The crystalline water creates a drea...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ballad (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ballad (Bombay Beach) - 2023 40x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2023-08. N...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Fair Weather (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fair Weather (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005, 20x24cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label Artist ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Palm Trees on Wilcox - Contemporary, Polaroid, mounted under Plexi
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Trees on Wilcox (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 78x76cm, Edition of 100. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Mounted under matte Plexiglass. Artist inventory number: 398. Signed on back and Certificate. Stefanie Schneider – Palm Trees on Wilcox...
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Forlorn - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Forlorn - 2021 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1032. Not ...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Controversy - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Controversy - 2018 20x25cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-1096. Not ...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Untitled X. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist returned from Italy to live back in Colombia in 1987. Castro wanted to produce from t...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

D. and Felix - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
D. and Felix (Stranger than Paradise) - 1997 Edition of 2/30. Image size 16 x 21.6 inch, External dimensions: 17.7 x 23.3 inch. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Mounted...
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

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Wood, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #9503 Not mounted....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Ever present - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ever present - 2021 80x80cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1077. N...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Mother India II, Delhi - India Color Street Photograph of Books
Located in Cambridge, GB
Mother India, photograph from Richard Heeps series 'The Ambassador's Window', a pilgrimage from Kerala in the South to Meerut in the North, the birthplace of his Grandfather. As boo...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Seascape XVIII Diptych - large scale abstract monochromatic ocean water surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large format abstract photograph diptych of mesmerizing water surface and ephemeral abstract ripple patterns from a series of photographic works capturing the monochromatic oceanic b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

She - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'She' part of the series 'A Girl Called N.' - 2019 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate....
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

As if - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'As if' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist ...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Fairy Forest - Bent Old Trees - large scale photography print - limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

My Girl (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #9506...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

You, the desert and me - 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'You, the desert and me' (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) 125x150cm, Edition of 5, Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and Sign...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

Chase - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Chase - 2018 20x25cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-1097. Not mounte...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Fugitives (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fugitives (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 40x48cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Silence then (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Nude, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Silence then (Sidewinder), 2005 Edition of 1/10, 40x50cm, digital C-Print based on an expired Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Not mounted. Life’s a Dream (The Personal...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Computer, Bletchley Park - British Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Computer, from Richard Heeps Bletchley Park series. Richard photographed Bletchley Park in partnership with Hertfordshire University and Bletchley Park Trust, to document Alan Turing’s historic past at Bletchley. He was privileged to gain access not open to the public. This World War II German Enigma Machine...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Curved Laurel Tree, minimalist photograph - large format color - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Reef - X large format photograph of sun reflections on a coral reef
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of sun reflections on a coral reef water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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

The Receiving End - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Receiving End - 2018 48x60cm, Edition 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-480...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Red Jet - iconic vintage private jet plane on desert airport tarmac (26 x 40")
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large format photograph of iconic cherry red vintage private airplane on airport runway tarmac in the California desert - available in two edition s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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

Come on - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Come on' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 4/7. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signature label and certificate. Artist invent...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Bless me Father for I have sinned (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bless me Father for I have sinned (Sidewinder) - 2005 Edition of 1/10, 20x20cm, digital C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory # 3751.01....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

My Girl (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #92...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Powerline - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Powerline - 2021 - 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1063. Not m...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 20x24cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - Polaroid, Pop-art, Contemporary, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - 1999 published in 'Stranger than Paradise' 128x126cm Sold out edition of 5, Artist proof 2/2, Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Metal

Innuendo
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Innuendo, 2016, 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-2001. No...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

On the Run (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
On the Run (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 24x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventor...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Road with Cypress Trees, Indian Summer, Tuscany color photography landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color landscape photography. A winding dirt road lined with tall, green cypress trees on both sides in a dry, open landscape. Archival pigment ink print as part ...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

Lampedusa (framed) - large scale photograph of Mediterranean summer beach scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large format photograph of a summer beach scene on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, from an earlier body of works (2012) by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure Lampedusa (2012) 61.25” x 81.7” / 156 cm x 207,5 cm limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity) last available edition: AP1 original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility Disclaimer of authenticity: although it is possible to acquire (small size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the artist studio strongly dissuades collectors from purchasing these single page prints outside of the context and authenticity of the complete portfolio. About the artist: Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944. He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path. Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995. Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy. Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization. Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World. Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato. Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany). __________________________ SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2025 94/22 Zander Galerie, Cologne 2024 Photolux Festival - Il bel paese? Palazzo Ducale, Lucca, Italy 2023 La Grande Oasi - The way we live, now OCA, Oasy Contemporary Art, Pistoia 2023 Standing Still Cortona On The Move, Arezzo, Italy 2022 Massimo Vitali PhotoESPANA Biblioteca Central Cantabria, Santander 2022 Endless Summer Edwin Hook Gallery, New York 2022 Massimo Vitali: Leporello 2020 Melbourne 2022 Ti ho visto Mazzoleni Gallery, Turin 2021 PienoVuoto Forte di Belvedere, Florence 2021 No Country For Old Men Visionarea Art Space, Rome 2020 'Human Constellations' Museo Ettore Fico, Turin 2019 Massimo Vitali: Short Stories' Mazzoleni, London 2018 'Coastal Colonies' Spiral, Tokyo 2017 ‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’ Benrubi Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Always Sometimes - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Always Sometimes, 2020 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory - P...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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

What Are We Gonna Do? - including the book A Half Forgotten Dream
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
What Are We Gonna Do? (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005 Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Flora 09, 2015 - Nude Renaissance Style Portrait Flower Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 09 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in a Limited Edition of 15 in this size by contemporary photographer duo Tortora & Travezan. Photography duo Tortora & Travezan create vib...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Color

Contemporary color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Tyler Shields, Richard Heeps, and Chad Kleitsch. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary color photography, so small editions measuring 1.58 inches across are also available.