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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Cafe Terrace In Nice (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Cafe Terrace In Nice (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera, 1...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Guests At The Furstenberg Villa (1975) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Guests At The Furstenberg Villa (1975) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Elena Pratolongo, Prince Edward Egon von Furstenberg, Contessa Geronaffo, Luca Stu...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

La Coquille (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
La Coquille (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) An aerial view of Palm Beach, Florida, 1955, showing La Coquille Hotel and its swimming pool. Additio...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The Hotel Pfefferkorn and Hotel Tannbergerhof ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Mexico Fishing Boats (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Mexico Fishing Boats (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Fishing nets and boats on the shore in Mexico, 1952. Additional Information: Unframed Pap...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mo...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

J. Gordon Douglas (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
J. Gordon Douglas (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Mr. and Mrs. J Gordon Douglas in the formal gardens of their residence, Santa Barbara, California,...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Metropolitan Opera Lights (1966) Oversized Print
Located in London, GB
Metropolitan Opera Lights (1966) (Photo By Phillip Harrington) New York City, 1966. interior of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center About the Image: The Metropolitan...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Charter Ketch (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Charter Ketch (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Sixty eight-foot charter ketch ‘Traveller II’ at anchor in the lee of Stocking Island, across the harbour from G...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Christmas Traffic (1953) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Christmas Traffic (1953) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Red and white automobile lights on Park Avenue, New York at Christmas time. The rear and headlights at nigh...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Metropolitan Opera Lights (1966)
Located in London, GB
Metropolitan Opera Lights (1966) (Photo By Phillip Harrington) New York City, 1966. interior of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center A...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Down To Earth Duchess circa 1990 Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Down To Earth Duchess circa 1990 by Christopher Simon Sykes Deborah Cavendish, nee Mitford, the Duchess of Devonshire, feeds the chickens at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, 1990 Thi...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

The Fontainebleau Hotel Pool, Miami Beach, 1955
Located in New York, NY
The Fontainebleau Hotel swimming pool, Miami, circa 1955. The Fontainebleau Pool 1955 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certifi...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Billy Bob Thornton - Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Actor Billy Bob Thornton, Los Angeles, August 2001 Photographed for Maxim Magazine (photo Kevin Westenberg) NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist. Unframed Signed and numbered by the artist. Edition limited to 25 only this size Printed 2020 This size image: 24 x 30 inches / 61 x 76 cm OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE : Size 1. 16 x 20" Signed and numbered edition of 25. cost $ 2,500 Size 2. 20 x 24" Signed and numbered edition of 25. cost $ 2,950 Size 3. 24 x 30" Signed and numbered edition of 25. cost $ 3,375 Size 4. 30 x 40" Signed and numbered edition of 10 (+2 a/p). cost $ 5,605 Size 5. 40 x 60" Signed and numbered edition of 3 (1 a/p). cost $ 18,500 About the artist : Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie stars for over 25 years. His technique of lighting, colour and composition has helped to produce his own unique visual style. Shortly after receiving an Architecture degree he moved to London where he’s been based since 1983. Westenberg is self-taught and learned his trade working for the UK inkies “New Musical Express” and “Melody Maker” mainly throughout the late 80’s and 90’s documenting amongst others all the UK ‘Britpop’ bands. The breakthrough came in 1993-1994 with the release of Sting’s Ten Summoner’s Tales and Mary J Blige’s Share My World. These two album covers changed the perception of the work worldwide and thus began a run of 20 years of commissions and choice opportunities. For the last 25 years, his musical heritage includes portraits of Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Coldplay, White Stripes, Jane's Addiction, Sting, Bjork, Nirvana, Jeff Buckley, Luther Vandross, Nine Inch Nails, Stone Roses, The Pixies, Paul Weller, Rufus Wainwright, Michael Stipe, U2, Mary J. Blige, R.E.M., Black Sabbath, Massive Attack, BB King, The Rolling Stones, PJ Harvey, Marilyn Manson, Pete Doherty, Oasis, Soundgarden, Jake Bugg, and Bon Jovi among many others. Also included are 100’s of albums, singles, magazine & book covers from around the world. He’s also been chosen as official photographer for the LIVE 8 Hyde Park event in 2005 and for Led Zeppelin reunion concert at the 02 Arena, London. The work & interest also include a wide range of artists portraits beyond the music world. David Lynch, Paul Auster, The Coen Brothers, Rupert Friend, Sir Tom Stoppard, Orla Kiely, Vincent Cassel, Audrey Tautou, Billy Bob Thornton, Ethan Hawke, Alan Rickman, Daniel Bruhl, Sean Penn, Shirley Henderson, Aaron Eckhart, Robin Wright, Rhys Ifans, Frances McDormand, Jean-Luc Godard, Ray Winstone, Michel Gondry and Naomi Watts are amongst these portraits. “Rolling Stone”, “Spin”, “Q”, “Time Out”, “Les Inrockuptibles”, “Vogue”, “Rockin On Japan”, “Esquire”, “New York Times Magazine”, “Telegraph” and “Observer” Magazines, “Interview” and dozens of others around the world have commissioned him. The last 15 years he’s been a staff photographer at MOJO Magazine producing many covers and features. Most recently photographing Sir Paul McCartney for the cover story of the November 2013 issue. Westenberg’s biggest honour to date arrived in 2012 when he had his first major global museum show. The location was the ‘Kobe Fashion Museum’, one of Japan’s largest museums. The whole museum was dedicated to Westenberg’s works for a 3 month period. Over 70 images were included in a wide range of sizes, styles and presentation. The catalogue produced sold out during the exhibition’s run. The 20-year attendance record for the museum was also broken by the exhibition. actor hollywood la california...
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Early 2000s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

David Gilmour - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print
Located in London, GB
David Gilmour - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print David Gilmour, singer and guitarist of Pink Floyd Album shoot for Gilmour's fourth solo studio al...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Marilyn Manson - signed Limited Edition Oversize print (1998)
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Manson - Signed Limited Edition Oversize print NME Cover Shoot August 14, 1998 Los Angeles (photo Kevin Westenberg) Unframed Signed and numbered by the artist. Limite...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Nick Cave - signed Limited Edition Oversize print (2008)
Located in London, GB
Nick Cave - Signed Limited Edition Oversize print Mojo Magazine Cover December 8, 2008 Brighton (photo Kevin Westenberg) Unframed Signed and numbered by the artist. Limited to an edition of 3 Printed 2020 This Size 24x30''/ 60x76 cm Signed and numbered edition of 25 About the Image: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds...
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Early 2000s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Marbella House Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967. 60x40 inches paper size Estate Sta...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Flowers, Compote Buttons (Still Life Photograph of Flowers on a Tabletop)
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary color still life photograph of yellow, purple, and white flower with red buttons in a silver compote cup on a wood tabletop "Flowers, Compote & Buttons", photographed by David Halliday in 2008 archival pigment print, ed. of 25 10 x 14 inch image on 16 x 12 inch paper, unframed Print is made to order "Flowers, Compote & Buttons" is an archival pigment print by photographer, David Halliday. Here, the artist beautifully situates colorful flowers and buttons in a silver compote cup on an old wooden table...
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Early 2000s Modern Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Blondie NYC Album Cover Shoot - signed, limited edition
Located in London, GB
Debbie Harry ( Blondie) New York 1978 - Oversize C print limited edition by Martyn Goddard Signed limited edition of 10 only this size keywords Blondie Debbie Harry Pop art pop music rock punk fashion...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Backgammon Hood 1984 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Backgammon Hood' 1984 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Friends playing backgammon on the hood of a car during a break at a polo match, Kentucky, USA, 1984. Paper size : 40x30 inches / 101 x 76 cm Limited edition Edition Size 5 only this paper size Printed 2021 certificate of authenticity provided All prints are on archival photographic papers and limited edition per paper size offered. Total editions per image 100 only. 10x12 inches edition size 25 12x16 inches edition size 20 20x16 inches edition size 20 20x24 inches edition size 15 30x20 inches edition size 8 40x30 inches edition size 5 60x40 inches edition size 5 72x48 inches edition size 2 Alain Le Garsmeur was born in France in 1943 and after assisting the likes of Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin and Donald Silverstein became a prolific editorial documentary photographer for publications which included Fiagaro Magazine, The Independent, Newsweek and the The Observer as well as The Sunday Times. See photo Bio for more details. 1980s 1980 80s car city bumper picnic grass blanket friends youth retro girls fashion...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

With the Ford V8 on a wet street, 1930 Limited ΣYMO Edition, Copy 1 of 50
Located in Cologne, DE
The photographers note regarding this work is "With the Ford V8 on a wet street, Germany 1930s." This work comes to you as a new Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle William Turner, careful...
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1930s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Pop And Society Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Pop And Society 1968 From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed pa...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Waiting To Cross - New York 1973 - Oversize Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Waiting To Cross by Alain Le Garsmeur Fur coated twins waiting to cross the road, New York City, USA, 1973. Paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm P...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Barrels of Shell oil in Hamburg 1930, Limited ΣYMO Edition, Copy 1 of 50
Located in Cologne, DE
The photographers note regarding this work is "Shell oil barrell being loaded at Hamburg freight port, Germany 1930s." This work comes to you as a new Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle W...
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1930s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Little boy on a motorcycle , Limited ΣYMO Edition, Copy 1 of 50
Located in Cologne, DE
The photographers note regarding this work is "A little boy on the motorbike of a kiddy carousel at the christmas market, Germany 1930s." This work comes to you as a new Fine Art Pr...
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1930s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons, Deck Dwellers Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
A view from the mast looking down on sunbathers on the deck of the yacht 'Traveler II', off the coast of Exuma in the Bahamas, April 1967. Slim Aarons Deck Dwellers 1967 C print (Pr...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, North Conway Sleigh Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
1955, An open sleigh taking skiers to Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, USA. Slim Aarons North Conway Sleigh 1955 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Travelling through Austria in Opel, 1930 Limited ΣYMO Edition, Copy 1 of 50
Located in Cologne, DE
The photographers note regarding this work is "Travelling through Austria by car, 1930s." This work comes to you as a new Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle William Turner, carefully prin...
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1930s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons - Nice Spot For Lunch - Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'A Nice Spot For Lunch' A group enjoy a picnic at a rocky coastline in Bermuda, 1957. Gorgeous print measuring a Large 40 x 40" inches / ca 1...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Dasha Mari - Tennis - limited edition
Located in London, GB
Dasha & Mari - Tennis - limited edition 30x30" inches oversize C print - numbered and stamped limited to 10 only this size. edition no 3/50 Sumptuous, sensual with erotic undertones, this is a beautiful fine art image from the twin artists duo from Kiev. Steeped in fashion iconography and with more than a dash of Helmut Newton - these works are fast becoming collectable. About the artists : DASHA & MARI are award-winning photographers, twin sisters from Kiev, Ukraine. Specialise in Fashion, Art Nude and Psychological Portrait. They have an extensive experience in fashion industry in London, Paris, Milan and Berlin. Art photography they create has a cinematic feel, it is original and storytelling. HEARST Magazines UK have selected them for the Master's Photography program in Cambridge, UK. Artists have received a Masters Degree from Kingston University, London, UK in 2018. HONORS & AWARDS PARIS PHOTO 2018, Fashion Nude Expo. Collective exhibition. Paris, France MA Art + Design Exhibition The Brick Lane Gallery, London UK 2018 13th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2018 - Nominee in Fine Art The Game 12th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2017, Beverly Hills, CA - Winner in Fashion category 11th Annual International Color Awards , Beverly Hills, CA 2017 - Nominee in Fashion category HOME GALLERY, Personal Photography Exhibition 'FUTURO EROICO'. Salerno, Italy 2017 10th Annual INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS 2017, Beverly Hills, CA - Winner, Honorable Mention in Fashion category FASHION 2ND PLACE WINNER (PROFESSIONAL), FAPA 2016 FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS PHIFEST Exhibition of Photography, Milan, Italy 2016 Photography Exhibition at SALONE DEL MOBILE 2016 - Milan, Italy Photography Exhibition at 55th annual week of Design in Milan in co-operation with SM Samuele Mazza Outdoor Collection and Ipe Cavalli. Exhibition at The ART BOWL GALLERY, Amsterdam 2016 10th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2015, Beverly Hills, CA - Nominee in Fashion MONOCHROME AWARDS 2015 - Honorable Mention (Professional) in Fashion / Beauty Finalists of the HASSELBLAD MASTERS AWARDS 2014 8th Annual INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS, Beverly Hills, CA - Nominee in Fashion category International Color Awards 2014 Sony World Photography Awards - Shortlisted in the Fashion category 2012, London, United Kingdom. Solo Exhibition in Russia 2011 Art Nude Photography Exhibition 'SECRET GARDEN', Ryazan city, Russia. PUBLICATIONS & PROJECTS NORMAL magazine (France), OPENEYE magazine (France), ELLE Magazine UK, THE COMMISSION LONDON (UK), THE HUFFINGTON POST (US), PH Magazine (Canada), INSIDE BRACKETS (Paris), IDOLL Magazine (USA), Professional Photographer (UK), CHIC LIFESTYLE Magazine (Mexico), BOREALIS (Canada), PORTFOLIOS Magazine (Spain), The View Magazine (Netherlands), ZEPHYR Magazine (US), NOCTIS Magazine (UK), VOGUE ITALIA (Italy), HOLISTIC FASHIONISTA (LA, US), TARTARUS Magazine (US), IT-MAGAZINE (Switzerland), AFTER NYNE Magazine (UK), ARCHIDESART Magazine (UK), NIF Magazine, WHY NOT Magazine, POLISART Magazine (Portugal), PLAYBOY Photo Awards (Ukraine), BIZZARE Magazine (UK), Sensual Photography...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

David Bowie, Aladdin Sane Eyes Open, 1973. Duffy Archive.
Located in London, GB
David Bowie, Aladdin Eyes Open, 1973 by Brian Duffy. This photograph was taken during the photo shoot for the album cover for Aladdin Sane, January 1973, London. This is an exquisite FRAMED* Archival Pigment print. *Note delivery includes secure art crating & shipping. Framed in black wood with glass and matt Stamped by The Duffy Archive, UK. Supplied with certificate of authenticity. Gorgeous print measuring 115 x 115 x 3 cm (framed). The image area is 95 x 95 cm. Produced utilising the original contact sheet. We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and ship to all international locations. About these images : “It wasn’t until we saw the contact sheets the next day I remember thinking, God this is spectacular. You just knew you had cracked it, boy, did you know it.” Celia Philo DAVID BOWIE: FIVE SESSIONS PHOTOGRAPHS BY DUFFY Brian Duffy photographed David Bowie over five sessions between August 1972 and April 1980, and made the iconic Aladdin Sane album cover image. January 1973–Session two–Aladdin Sane. It has been called ‘The Mona Lisa of Pop’. Who could have imagined that the moment he clicked the shutter on the Hasselblad in early 1973 that one of those images would become known as a cultural icon? – Chris Duffy Some background to the shoot. The background stories to the Aladdin Sane shoot are told in rich detail in the book Bowie Duffy – Five Sessions. In particular it is a delight to read Duffy’s (a self confessed Marxist anarchist) analysis and compare that with the measured tone of Tony Defries. If you don’t have a copy of the book, here’s a flavour of their respective views – which amount to much the same thing – just expressed in different ways. First up, Tony Defries: “I was looking for an iconic cover image and artwork that would help me to persuade RCA that Bowie was sufficiently important to warrant megastar treatment and funding in order to propel him to exactly that status. Engaging a master, world-class photographer to shoot the project /brand and to design the artwork was the best way to send that message. Brian had the ability to make the mundane image interesting and the interesting image fascinating.” Then Duffy: “Tony wanted to make the most expensive cover he could possibly get a record company to pay for, because he realised that if it cost fifty quid, well, so what – but if it cost £5,000 the record company were now having to pay attention. He said “Can you make it expensive?“and I said “No problem old love.” I proposed– One: A Dye-transfer. A genius method of being able to spend the most amount of money to get a reproduction from a colour transparency onto a piece of paper. Two: Get the plates made, where? Switzerland. Then employ me to design it and create it – even better and more wasteful.” The Aladdin Sane session was a real team effort. The location was Duffy’s studio at 151a King Henry’s Road in Primrose Hill, London, which had been the setting for the Ziggy Stardust session the previous August. Duffy had agreed with Tony Defries that his design agency, Duffy Design Concepts, which he ran with Celia Philo, would design the sleeve. Present in Primrose Hill on that January day in 1973 were Duffy, David Bowie, Celia Philo, Tony Defries, French make-up artist Pierre Laroche, and Duffy’s studio manager Francis Newman, who also acted as his assistant that day. Follow-up work on the detailed airbrushing required to create the final artwork was carried out by Philip Castle. What about that lightning bolt flash and the liquid pool? The idea for the lightning bolt came from David Bowie. The realisation of that lighting bolt into the form that appeared on the sleeve was down to Duffy. Its source is believed to be a rice cooker that was in Duffy’s studio – and which had a small logo with a red and blue flash. Francis Newman remembers, “Pierre stared to apply this tiny little flash on his face and when Duffy saw that he said, “No, not like that, like this” and literally drew it right across his face and said to Pierre, “Now, fill that in.”” The red colour was lipstick. Adding the pool of liquid to the collarbone was Duffy’s idea, and this was brilliantly airbrushed in as part of the post-production work by Philip Castle. David Bowie explained the background to Rolling Stone magazine, that it was a “Lightning bolt. An electric kind of thing. Instead of, like, the flame of a lamp, I thought he would probably be cracked by lightning. Sort of an obvious-type thing, as he was sort of an electric boy. But the teardrop was Brian Duffy’s. He put that on afterward, just popped it in there. I thought it was rather sweet.” DAVID BOWIE David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ˈboʊi/ BOH-ee),[2] was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded ten platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, and released eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Born in Brixton, South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity" became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that came to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance; the album's title track topped both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. He also continued acting; his roles included Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Hiking in Germany in 1920
By Carl Simon
Located in Cologne, DE
The Carl Simon Archive was a sleeping treasure of photos for 60 years. In 2011 finally the sensational life work of Carl Simon was rediscovered in an old storage room in Unterbilk,...
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1920s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Mara Lane At The Sands - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane At The Sands Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Yellow Leaf II Signed Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Yellow Leaf II ' Signed Limited Edition Oversize print by Stuart Möller limited edition to 10 only this size - signed Gorgeous Archival pigment print on Hahanemühle art pape...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967 El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 P...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tiffanys New York City - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Tiffanys' by Stuart Möller limited edition to 10 only this size - signed & numbered by the artist A young woman passes by the infamous diamond and jewellery store, Tiffany's in N...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Aluminum

Pool In Sotogrande Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Pool In Sotogrande Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, Spain, August 1975. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Gorgeous print measuring 60x40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size. Estate Stamped...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Fan Mail - Slim Aarons Official Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Fan Mail', 1955 Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Asphalt Jungle’ had been released....
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Walter Rudolph, Alassio, Italian Riviera, Liguria, ΣYMO Edition, Copy 1 of 50
Located in Cologne, DE
Walter Rudolph His photographs are reminiscent of the jet-set photographer Slim Aarons. Walter Rudolph discovered the world as a photographer on the idea, travel was his passion, hi...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Color

The Jam - Paul Weller - signed, limited edition
Located in London, GB
The Jam - Paul Weller - signed, limited edition by Martyn Goddard Signed limited edition of 25 only this size One of three rolls of film used to produce the 'In the City' album cover for the Jam shot in my studio in London March 1977. The band had style and the slick black suits helped produce what was to be one of Polydor Records first monochrome album covers. Martyn made album cover photographs for The Jam, Blondie, The Cure and others over the course of a 20 year career. After a period assisting acclaimed photographer Gered Mankowitz, Martyn Goddard became a regular face on the New Wave music scene of the seventies and early eighties. This was an era of LP picture discs with serious budgets requiring creative photography. Photographing acts such as Blondie, The Jam, The Cure, Sham 69, Ian Dury, and Toyah lead to commissions from Queen and Elton John’s Rocket Records in the rock mainstream. While working for the Sunday Telegraph Magazine, You and Sunday Times Magazine in the 1980’s Goddard shot portraits and features with recording acts such as Genesis, U2, Jethro Tull, UB40 and Wham, progressing to portraits of great writers, artists, actors and politicians. A period of working with Wham in the late 1980’s, including their groundbreaking tour of China, closed a chapter of life within the music business. Martyn went on to work for Car magazine, creating new techniques of automotive and travel photography. keywords The Jam Paul Weller MOD Mods british punk rock fashion 1970s 70s mens fashion sunglasses...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Sundowners
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Sundowners Two bikini-clad holidaymakers enjoy a glass of wine outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958 Gorgeous print measuring a HUGE 60 x 60" inches / ca 152 x 152 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-numbered in ink on the front Blind embossed Slim Aarons signature Certificate of authenticity included Unframed archival pigment print (Full framing service available – please enquire) Worldwide shipping from London, England, issued by The Slim Aarons Estate...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Sugarbush Slopes 1960
Located in London, GB
Sugarbush Slopes 1960 Slim Aarons Estate Edition Skiers relaxing on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont, USA, circa 1960. The Sugarbush resort is one...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Jam - Paul Weller - signed, limited edition
Located in London, GB
The Jam - Paul Weller - signed, limited edition by Martyn Goddard Signed limited edition of 25 only this size One of three rolls of film used to produce the 'In the City' album cover for the Jam shot in my studio in London March 1977. The band had style and the slick black suits helped produce what was to be one of Polydor Records first monochrome album covers. Martyn made album cover photographs for The Jam, Blondie, The Cure and others over the course of a 20 year career. After a period assisting acclaimed photographer Gered Mankowitz, Martyn Goddard became a regular face on the New Wave music scene of the seventies and early eighties. This was an era of LP picture discs with serious budgets requiring creative photography. Photographing acts such as Blondie, The Jam, The Cure, Sham 69, Ian Dury...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967 El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Verbier Vacation 1964 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964. 50 x 50” / 127 x 127 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aar...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955 American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Pop And Society Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Pop And Society 1968 From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed pa...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poolside Pairs 1970 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

C.Z. Guest 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest' American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a poodle and a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Flor...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Palm Springs Riders 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Palm Springs Riders' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A group of riders among Washingtonia palms in Andreas Canyon, Palm Springs, southern...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Skiing Holiday Slim Aarons 20th century color photography
Located in London, GB
'Skiing Holiday' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print by Slim Aarons American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break from skiing ne...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

U2 On Tour 1980 by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
U2 On Tour U2 in their tour van at Leeds University 1980 Photo by Martyn Goddard Printed 2024. Signed limited edition photograph; edition of 25 in this size. Oversize 20×20 inche...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Eden-Roc Hotel du Cap 1976 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc 1976 Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size. Photo by Slim Aarons Archival ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Hotel Il San Pietro Slim Aarons ESTATE ptrint
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Il San Pietro' by Slim Aarons Guests at the Hotel Il San Pietro in Positano, Italy, August 1979. In his words, he photographed 'beautiful peopl...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Desert Party Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Desert Party Lita Baron talking with a guest at a poolside party at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra fo...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Slim Aarons Capote At Home 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Capote At Home' Author Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette in his cluttered apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York. 1958. 30x30" inches / 76 x 76 cm p...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marbella House Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967. 20 x 24 inches paper size Estate S...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Marshmallow Building signed limited edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
'Marshmallow Building' by Stuart Möller A building appears to be strangely warped. An effect caused by a double reflection of the building opposite in New York City, 2013. Abstract ...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Modern color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Toni Frissell, and Alain Le Garsmeur. 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 Modern color photography, so small editions measuring 3 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 $36 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work sells for $2,500.

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