Contemporary Figurative 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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Mexican Flying Wrestler
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Mexican Flying Wrestler
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1990s
Size: 11x9in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Emergence
40x60" Limited Edition Archival Photograph, Signed, Woman Dancer
Located in Penzance, GB
'Emergence'
Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered
________________________________
From your cocoon my darling,
Your wings are emerging:
Delicate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Rescue Efforts in Skopje - Vintage Photograph - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Rescue efforts in Skopje is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1963.
Army units dig through the ruins of collapsed houses in Skopje, capital of Yugoslav Macedonia, in the ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pool Party IX - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 16x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of two models partially covered with bright tulle scarfs
Original gallery quality print on archival metallic paper signed by the artist.
Paper size: 18" x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Moonlight III - underwater nude photo - archival pigment print 16x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman in the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with reach aquatic tint. This is th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Josephine Baker- Historical Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Josephine Baker is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen Elizabeth II - Vintage Photograph - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth II- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in1968, Garden Party in Marlborough House
Good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24x18"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This dramatic underwater nude photograph of a young woman transforms the aquatic environment into a canvas of intense crimson and coral tones. The composition captures fluid movement...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lie Detector Dog
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Lie Detector Dog
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x8.5in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
$790 Sale Price
39% Off
Early Morning - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35"x27"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young naked woman in a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the author.
Limited edition of 24
Paper size: 36"x29"
Image ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a vintage photo, realized by Helmut Newton in the 1970s.
The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Magic Lite - underwater photograph - archival pigment 15.5" x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young model diving in a pool. Bright sunbeams are going through the water surrounding the girl.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi in a seductive pose.
Lighty damaged.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mercury- underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 26" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This striking underwater nude photograph captures dramatic movement against a pure black backdrop, where flowing crimson fabric creates dynamic contrast with pale forms. The composit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Garden Pool - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 17 x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young women with dark hair on red background. The pool is built in the garden and you can see bright green trees and blue sky through the water su...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"Pola Girls 6" Nude Polaroid Photography - Unique piece by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pola Girls 6" Nude Polaroid Photography - Unique piece by Larsen Sotelo
4.2" x 3.5" inch - including white Polaroid frame
3.1" x 3,1" inch - image area
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Polaroid
The Starfall - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17.5" x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young beautiful golden hair woman on black background. Her body is partially covered with a golden scarf leaving uncovered beautiful buttocks.
Origi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Daisy (yellow center #1)" Print on Canvas 43x43in Ed. of 15 by Mick Fleetwood
Located in Culver City, CA
"Daisy (yellow center #1)" Print on Aluminum 43x43in Ed. of 15 by Mick Fleetwood
Digital print on Canvas
Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and founding member of Fleetwood Mac,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital, Canvas
Robert Mapplethorpe, Vibert
s Back, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite photogravure after Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), titled Vibert's Back, from the folio A Season in Hell, originates from the 1986 edition published by The Limited Ed...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Eames Chillin
Xray photography
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Edition of 25 pieces, 2023.
Accompanied with the catalog of the artist and the certificat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Moonlight IV - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 46x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman in the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with reach aquatic tint.
This is t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Venus Smile #2 – Miles Aldridge, woman, fashion, make up, grill, pop art, colour
Located in Zurich, CH
MILES ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Venus Smiles #2
2011
Chromogenic print
Image 60.5 x 91.5 cm (23 7/8 x 36 in.)
Sheet 70.5 x 101.5 (27 3/4 x 40 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP's...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Kali as The Queen of Earth - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21st Century, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kali as The Queen of Earth (2020)
70x57cm,
Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Photograph printed in Canson Baryta Fiber Rag 340gr,
based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria is a Vintage Photo photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Savor" Ballet Photography 47 x 47 inch Edition 2/18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Savor" Ballet Photography 47 x 47 inch Edition 2/18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography
Year photo was taken: 2022
This artwork is an archival pigment print, offered as a limite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Formula 1 Ferrari - Fernando Alonso, Signed limited edition still life, Race
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Formula 1 Ferrari - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2011 - Edition of 5
Formula 1 , Preseason test, 2011 , Barcelona, Spain.
Fernando Alonso for Ferrari
Photo/R...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
DC III Plane
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
DC III Plane
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8.5x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
$790 Sale Price
39% Off
Untitled (Woman with Dog)
By Evžen Sobek
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
12 x 12 inches
(Edition of 10)
25 x 25 inches
(Edition of 10)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please note that prices increase as editions sell.
Evžen Sobek...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deena
s back - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, French Humanist Photography
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
One of the most famous members of the Humanist photography in France.
Signed lower right by the artist.
Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Generations
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/3
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Figure #70
Located in New York, NY
Type-C print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
20 x 24 inches
(Edition of 10)
30 x 36 inches
(Edition of 5)
40 x 48 inches
(Edition of 5)
This artwork is offered by Clam...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Beau Simmons - La Bella Vita, Photography 2025, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
Series: The Equestrian Collection
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed Sizes:
40" x 32" - $6,250.00
60" x 48" - $9,500.00
75" x 60" - $12,250.00
Framed Sizes:
47" x 39" - $7,750.00
67" ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ali vs The Beatles - Chris Smith, black, white, muhammad ali, beatles, 20x30 in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937)
Ali Versus The Beatles
1964
silver gelatin fibre based print
20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in. / 50 x 92 in.
signed and numbered
printed later
This work...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Figure #19)
Located in New York, NY
Pinhole camera Chromogenic print (Unique)
Signed and dated, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Robert Calafiore employs a hand-built pinhole camer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
French Contemporary Collotype Photograph Black White Photo Andre Naggar
By Andre Naggar
Located in Surfside, FL
Photos pictured of information cards after the images of the black and white photos are not included.
La Chute D'Icare (The Fall of Icarus) is a original, black and white photograp...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
The Italian Actress Alessandra Martines - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The actress and dancer Alessandra Martines dancing in a television ballet.
Photo by Italian news agency S.P.A.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Motion I -kodak professional metallic paper 225g
By Kir Simakov
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The artwork's frame is not visible in front. There is a metal frame on the back to hang the photograph. The photo was printed on photo paper and covered with prexy-glass on top.
Simakov Kirill – Russian photographer. Born on August 15, 1984 in Moscow.
Taking a great interest in photography, Kirill began working at the S.Bermeniev’s National Portrait Gallery in Moscow. He was organizing and conducting photo sessions of world celebrities and outstanding figures of art and politics, curated exhibitions, and belonged to the editorial group on creating books, catalogs in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Milan, Vicenza, New York, etc.
In 2012 he received a certificate of completion of the course “Marketing for photographers” and in 2018 completed “Portrait Photography” course at the New York Institute of Photography.
In 2013, Kirill founded his own Collection of author’s photos for interior decoration of homes and office space.
In 2016 he opened a working studio in Moscow.
In 2017 – 2018 there were Kirill’s solo exhibitions:
– “Borislav Strulev and Friends”, Conservatory, Belgorod (30 portraits);
– “New York or Nowhere”, FLACON Design Factory (40 photos);
– “Outstanding People. Portraits on Skateboard decks “, Design Factory FLACON (15 works).
– “People, Cities” was held in the gallery “Moscow”, with the support of WESTWING and the Nastenka Charity Fund (12 works).
2018 – Exhibition booth during the ArtFair in Tampa, Florida
2018 – 2019 Official Ambassador of Leica Camera in Russia.
2019 – Personal Exhibition Booth at Red Dot during the Art Basel Miami
2020 – Exhibitor at SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
Kirill photographed many personalities – Vasiliy Lanovoi, Dmitry Medvedev, Stephen Seagal, Michail Gorbachev, Boris Efimov, Paul Walker, Vladimir Etush, Al Pacino, Vladimir Putin, Alexey Nemov, Yuriy Solomin, Vyacheslav Fetisov , Woody Allen, Elie Wiesel, Maya Plisetskaya...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Gentleman Caller (Nick Simpson Sepia Victorian Styled Theatrical Photograph)
By Nick Simpson
Located in Hudson, NY
The Gentleman Caller (Nick Simpson Sepia Victorian Styled Theatrical Photograph)
12 x 16 inches, 21 x 26 inches framed in unique, vintage frame, anti-reflective glass, 8 ply off-white mat board.
C-type archival print, edition of 7
This antique style figurative photograph was created by London based photographer, Nick Simpson, in 2013. This scene depicts 4 characters in period dress including a blindfolded man touching a woman's leg as two others peek on. Simpson's aesthetic is enhanced by his playfulness and nostalgia for the Victorian era.
Simpson includes a slight patina around the sepia toned photograph's edge to accentuate its antique inspired quality. The Duratran print is paired with a dark wood frame.
About the work:
London based artist, Nick Simpson, is celebrated for his fictional series entitled The Bumforth Man Collection. The series consists of archival prints inspired by a mythical story concerning a quantity of glass photographic plates discovered in an old oak chest on the Bumforth Manor estate in rural England, the family home of the Gascoigne-Simpson's for over nine generations. These plates, which had laid gathering dust for over a hundred years, were supposedly the work of Simpson’s great grandfather, Samuel Heracles Gascoigne-Simpson, a disciple of William Henry Fox Talbot, commonly considered to be the father of photography. To bring this story to life, Simpson starts by building a set, authentically styled and dressed to re-create the Victorian photographic salons of the late 1900s. This becomes the stage upon which he places his eclectic choice of models and actors, all following his original tight narrative to create a richly detailed tableau. The scene is then captured in a single sitting using an original 1867 'Petzval' lens mounted on a mahogany plate camera...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print
Cuban Socialists - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Cuban Socialists is a black-and-white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events and political issues ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lady with a Bike (atmospheric photograph of Vietnamese woman on her bike)
By Benno Thoma
Located in New Orleans, LA
Benno Thoma's color image of a Vietnamese woman on her bike was taken in Hanoi. It is a painterly image created through photographic technique. This impression is #1 of an edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Zen Beauty - Contemporary black and white photography of Flower series - medium
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This photography is part of a series of zen like beauty of Flowers art photography.
In 3 sizes.
This piece:
Print size: 30 x 37.5 in.
Image dimensions are 22 x 30 in.
Matted in 8 ply museum archival matt.
Ed of 15, signed, editioned on a Certificate of Authenticity by by photographer.
About this series:
With great patience and respect, the photographer observes the life cycle of the flower, viewing the subject much like a portrait photographer views a person, choosing the particular instance which in his view represents the essence of the flower. We feel the piece evokes a certain poetic, quiet, Zen beauty.
The photographer was a London Central Saint Martins graduate and lived in a short spell in a monastery in Japan, and now primarily lives in Japan.
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The artist was born in the UK in 1971, and after leaving Central Saint Martin’s in London in 1992, determined to explore a deeper sense of meaning, and contemplate life, he journeyed to Japan where he lived in a Zen Buddhist monastery and lived and studied in a temple in the mountains of Yamanashi for months, during which he studied Zen Buddhism and joined the monks in their daily prayers and routines.
Over time, the subject matter for this series is borne out of a respect of the inner life of living things, Nature, in this instance and a sense of “mono no aware” (the art of impermanence). His artist vision has drawn influences from his Western artistic culture, Japanese classical aesthetics, and the 1933 classical text, “In Praise of Shadows” by Japanese literary titan, Junichiro Tanizaki (1886–1965). Tanizaki, as translated by scholars, examines the singular standards of Japanese aesthetics and their stark contrast with the value systems of the industrialized West. He writes:
“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates… Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”
“Shadows” presumably refers to the subtle interplay between light and darkness, not a stark dualism between black and white. Hence, the quiet beauty expressed in shadows of light and darkness as a living flower moves through the passage of life.
The art of impermanence refers to a “pathos” (aware) of “things” (mono), deriving from their transience. The flower is a perfect metaphor for the expression of impermanence and beauty. Each flower has its own distinctive character and temperament, and is in constant dynamic motion. Through the passage of its life, it blossoms to its greatest peak, turning always towards the light until they eventually give up their petals. The artist documents this process through hundreds of images over time, essentially capturing the essence of the life of the subject. Both the visual aesthetic and process of his art calls to mind the transcient nature of things and reminds us to rejoice what we do have.
In his gold series - Gold, in turn associated with the sacred, the divine, with supernatural powers and even immortality, has been recognized since ancient times in all the great civilizations as a noble material. Gold leaves have been used to decorate shrines, temples, statues, armor, jewelry since ancient times. At different times of the day, the light reflects off the gold differently as the day progresses, providing a visual context in which the celebration of life was captured.
The artist has been recognized for his work for example, with a merit award at the Art Directors Club 87th Annual Awards N.Y. (2008). His work has been in group exhibitions as a runner up at the National Portrait Gallery in London as part of the Taylor Wessing London – Elle Commendation Portrait Awards, and at the Kiyosato Photo Art Museum in 1999. A successful photographer, the artist’s commercial clients include Adidas, Estee Lauder, Hugo Boss and shot celebrities for magazines / editorials featuring Sam Smith, Jeremy Renner, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Fincher, Zhang Ziyi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled (Girl with Dog in Water)
By Evžen Sobek
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
12 x 12 inches
(Edition of 10)
25 x 25 inches
(Edition of 10)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please note that prices increase as editions sell.
Evžen Sobek...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Synchronised swimming in the Blue - Fine art print, Color underwater photography
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Synchronised swimming in the Blue - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2021 - Edition of 5
Indian Ocean 2021
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-free and lignin-free paper, Museum quality paper for highest age resistance and a popular alternative to analogue baryta paper). The inks used are also known for their longevity.
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity.
Archival pigment print available sizes ( Image size , the white margin is not counted) :
35 x 52.5 cm / 13,77 x 20,47 in. - Edition of 5
60 x 90 cm / 23,62 x 35,43 in - Edition of 5
Olivier Borde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"Feels Good" Polar Bear Photograph - Signed and Numbered Limited Edition
Located in Soquel, CA
Signed and numbered limited edition photograph of a polar bear by Thomas Mangelsen (American, b. 1945). Signed "Thomas Mangelsen" in the lower right corner and numbered "794/950" in the lower left corner. This particular image is no longer produced. Presented in a double mat of light grey and tan, in a wood frame. Image size: approx. 21"H x 31"W
Renowned American nature and wildlife photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen (American, b. 1945) has traveled throughout the natural world for over 40 years observing and photographing the Earth’s last great wild places. A Nebraska native, Mangelsen’s love of nature, his life outdoors and business success were heavily influenced by his father. An avid sportsman, Harold Mangelsen took his sons to favorite blinds along the Platte River in Nebraska to observe the great flocks of ducks, geese and cranes that migrate through the valley. From these adventures, Mangelsen learned important lessons for photographing in the field, most notably patience and understanding animal behavior.
In 1965, Mangelsen began studying business at the University of Nebraska. In 1967, Tom transferred to Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, where he changed his major and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology. Tom continued postgraduate study in zoology and wildlife biology at the University of Nebraska and Colorado State University.
In 1970 Mangelsen moved to Nederland, Colorado. He spent two years living in the Rocky Mountains in an old mining shack without electricity or running water with his English setter, black lab and raccoon. Tom continued to work on his photography and studied arctic alpine ecology at the University of Colorado’s Mountain Research Station near Nederland. There he met Bert Kempers, a CU film producer, who later hired Tom as cinematographer and film editor for his company Westwind Productions, making educational and nature documentaries. Tom longed...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Ariane- Signed limited edition print, Black white, Woman on the beach high heels
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Ariane - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity, unframed
This print that is being offered is...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Coretta Scott King - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Coretta Scott King- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Coretta Scott King shared notes from her husband, Martin Luther King J...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lakelands - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Lakelands is a color vintage photo, realized in 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including hi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Boccia (Beachshoot ) with Radha Mitchell - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Boccia (Beachshoot) - 2005
70x135cm installed, including gaps - 8 pieces, 30x30cm each,
almost sold out Edition of 100 plus 3 Artist Proofs.
Available 100/100, AP 1/3, AP 3/3.
Arc...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Venus Smile #5 – Miles Aldridge, woman, fashion, make up, grill, pop art, colour
Located in Zurich, CH
MILES ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Venus Smiles #5
2011
Chromogenic print
Large:
101.5 × 152.5 cm (40 x 60 in.)
Edition of 6, plus 2 AP's; 3/6
Medium:
67.5 × 101.5 cm (26 5/8 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
"Kam für mich" Black
White Photography 29.5x24
Ed 1/15 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kam für mich" Black & White Photography 29.5x24' Ed 1/15 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Comes with COA issued by the Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Spa Dog
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Spa Dog
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1990s
Size: 8x8.5in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
$790 Sale Price
39% Off
Back to the Future (1985 Film) - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Back to the Future (1985 Film) is a black and white photograph realized in 1985
Vintage Photo Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloid in a scene from "Back to the future" by Robert Zem...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Darkhorse Harley Speedster
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Darkhorse Harley Speedster
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x15in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
$790 Sale Price
39% Off
Oblivion. Hidden identity - Contemporary black
white photography, Figurative
By Joanna Chudy
Located in Warsaw, PL
Signed, numbered out of 10
JOANNA CHUDY
Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 2002, National Film School in Łódź in 2009 and Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where she achi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
"Rise" Photography Edition 2/28 32" x 32" inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Rise" Photography Edition 2/28 32" x 32" inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
"Rise"
Photography
Edition of 28
Year photo was taken: 2017
This picture is a part of Spirit series.
The pic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
The Three Graces
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
The Three Graces (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Edition of 1
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artist whose pract...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
"Oscar" Black
White Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Oscar" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Comes with COA issued by th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Puglia Boys
Located in Burlingame, CA
Large-scale photographer Troy House celebrates people’s primordial attraction to the beach. He travels the world capturing iconic, breathtaking scenes – often from a bird’s-eye view ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment
$8,000
Pill Box
Located in New York City, NY
Available Sizes:
18 x 18 Edition of 3
30 x 30 Edition of 3
45 x 45 Edition of 3
60 x 60 Edition of 3
Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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