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Portrait Photography For Sale
Tall Hat
Located in New York, NY
William Wegman is an American artist renowned for his iconic dog photographs featuring his Weimaraners, who he sees as "perfect fashion models", utilizing their elegant forms and abi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Pigment
$8,800 Sale Price
26% Off
Robert
Patti, New York 1969 “Patti with Cigarette”
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, taken in her kitchen in New York by celebrated photographer and filmmaker, Norman Seeff in 1969.
This Patty Smith...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cary Grant And Grace Kelly In To Catch A theift(1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Cary Grant And Grace Kelly In To Catch A thief (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Paramount/Getty Images Archive London England).
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly publicity por...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Fabrizio Bentivoglio by Angelo Frontoni - Vintage Photograph - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Fabrizio Bentivoglio t by Angelo Frontoni is a lot of two photographic prints on baryta paper.
Photographer's ink stamp on back, high quality prints.
...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Renée
s Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006
20x24cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signatur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
David Bowie Aladdin Sane - Black
White Neg Remaster - Limited Estate Edition
By Brian Duffy
Located in London, GB
ALADDIN SANE REMASTERED BLACK & WHITE NEGATIVE
* 24 x24" inches limited edition of 50 ONLY *
unsigned but numbered and stamped by the Archive
printed later 2020
Taken by Duffy during the second of Five Sessions with David Bowie – Duffy...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Spectral (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Spectral (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
The Decision (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Decision - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999
50x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Artist Inventory #762.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
Stefanie Schneider's photographs evoke scintillating moments suspended between daydreams and waking reality. Each scene, captured in the southwestern United States, radiates a surreal enchantment. The artist's role appears minimal yet pivotal, providing the decisive impulse that sets the imagery into motion. The figures in her photographs remain as elusive as the motivations behind their actions, and the narratives woven through her sequences are tantalizingly open to interpretation.
Atmospheric disturbances in Schneider's work emerge as the result of a deliberate narrative arrangement, compelling viewers to navigate between visual mementos and the gaps in memory they conjure. Yet, her artistry is no less purposeful in its engagement with medium. Despite the inherent unpredictability of expired Polaroid film, Schneider wields it with calculated intent. The photo-chemical self-developing process, altered by age and decay, transforms the initial exposure into something alien yet mesmerizing. This dysfunction is a cornerstone of MIND SCREEN, a multi-part work that explores the fragility of reality, authenticity, and comprehension.
Schneider juxtaposes this brittleness with a magical realism steeped in chimeras, crafting dreamlike sequences that resist definitive narratives. She entrusts viewers with the responsibility of piecing together presumed storylines, refusing to offer a manual for interpretation. Instead, her work draws us into a realm where the unreal reigns—shimmering scenes that evoke the mirage of a road movie, a moment of violence, or a tragic self-sacrifice.
Film genres are invoked and subverted in a single breath: Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders is reimagined through a rose-tinted lens, Thelma...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lunch on Fifth Avenue, 1960 - Audrey Hepburn Black and White Portrait
Located in Brighton, GB
Lunch on Fifth Avenue, 1960 - Audrey Hepburn Black and White Portrait
Iconic Belgian-born actress Audrey Hepburn pauses and poses for the photographer. She is situated outside the e...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Candid Moment (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Michael Ochs
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Candid Moment (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Ed Feingersh/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - MARCH 1955: Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the book "To ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people relaxing at the chalet of stockbroker A Albert Sack Jr, at the Sugarbus...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Caped Skiers, 1967 - American Winter Sports Destination Colorado Skiing Fashion
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Caped Skiers, 1967 - American Winter Sports Destination Colorado Skiing Fashion by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Piece of Mind, contemporary, wildlife, black and white photography, Lion
Located in München, BY
Edition of 12
more sizes on request
A Portrait of big majestic male lion lying in the sun.
Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are amo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie Ohio 1976 by Janet Macoska
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of David Bowie, photographed performing live on stage in Ohio, 1976 by Janet Macoska
Available in various sizes:
16x20" Lambda C-Type Edition: 25
20x24...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
VIP American in 1960s - Vintage b/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
VIP American in 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
With the stamp of copyright on the rear.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$114 Sale Price
20% Off
Cristal (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Cristal (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
49x48cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Soulmates, Elephant, animal, wildlife, black and white photography
Located in München, BY
Edition No. 8/15
image size 50 x 38 cm / 20 x 15 in
framed size 70 x 60 cm / 27.5 x 23.6 in
signed and numbered
Framed with mat and anti-reflex glass
Young orphan elephants that nes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sarah
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print, painted frame (Edition of 4 + 1 AP)
Signed and numbered, verso
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Price includes mounting and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$3,000
A Kiss (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
38x37cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inv...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tirana, Albania, 2012
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. His works depict nature eroded and broken down by civilization, but he does not put man and the environm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Co-signed Raquel Welch on the cross by Terry O
Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Co-signed by both Raquel Welch and photographer Terry O'Neill, 20x24" silver gelatin print.
Actress Raquel Welch in a photo conceived by photographer Terry O'Neill after Welch noted that she was afraid that the press would "crucify" her for her film choices, taken on the Fox Lot in the late 1960s. Originally deemed too scandalous for promotional use at the time, the photo wasn't published until 30 years later, on the cover of The Sunday Times...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$11,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Japan – Samurai - Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1890.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (258 x 198 mm), numbered B 1161 and captioned in negative at lower right; very light cockling, brightly col...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
In Other Words (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In Other Words (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Invent...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Halt by Mark Harvey. B+W Photo of horses legs. Stallion of power
Located in Coltishall, GB
Halt – by Mark Harvey
A moment of control. The horse is brought ot a halt during dressage. Dramatic light and flying sand captures this dynamic, authoritative moment as power comb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
HM Queen Elizabeth II profile portrait, 2015
Located in New York, NY
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is photographed in profile while wearing The State Diadem, the same tiara she wore on the way to her coronation at Westminster Abbey, during a London p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Muse (29 Palms, CA) - analog, mounted - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Muse (29 Palms, CA) - 2009
38x37cm,
Edition of 5, Artist Proof 1/2,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the Artist,
mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection, based on the Pol...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Jon Gould
Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This work is unique taken at the direction of Andy Warhol at a performance of "Gotta Get Wet." Others in attendance were Jon Gould, Christopher Makos & Peter Wise. Warhol gazes very ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hotel Camino Real - Mexican Resort Photograph Swimming Pool Palm Trees
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Hotel Camino Real - Mexican Resort Photograph Swimming Pool Palm Trees by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Hotel C...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Vintage Photo of an Orientalist Painting - Cityscape - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of an orientalist Painting - Cityscape is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, m...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Led Zeppelin by Barrie Wentzell
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Led Zeppelin by Barrie Wentzell, taken in 1972.
This print is available in the following sizes.
16" x 20" - Edition 50
20" x 24" - Edition 50
30" x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Boy 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.
Plea...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Two Wild Horses, Mother and Foal, Minimal, Calming, Horizontal, Equestrian
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Take Heart"
In this iconic, best-selling image of a wild horse sharing a tender moment with her young, she appears to have a heart on her forehead.
The print series Discovering t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of a Young Woman in East Kenya, Iconic, Empowerment, Fashion
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"A Young Goddess; Mindisayo"
Confident and poised, Mindisayo represents the next generation of women who will set the course for the future of her village and her peers in the years...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Greta Garbo "Her Rise And Fall #2" - 1931 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo "Her Rise And Fall #2" - 1931 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
A black and white photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979), matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) on the set of the film Susan Lenox (Her Fall And Rise) directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Greta Garbo poses in a hat, her hand resting on her face, while gazing into the camera. Printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," on verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp and with "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western painter...
Category
1930s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Lech Ice Bar, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960 photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The mountain in the background is the Omershorn.
...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Kate Moss during a night out, 2007
Located in New York, NY
Kate Moss is photographed during a night out at the Donmar Warehouse in Covent Garden in London on the 16th of January in 2007. The British supermodel and businesswoman rose to fame ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fish Trap by Stuart Redler. Black and white photo of fisherman on Lake Inle
Located in Coltishall, GB
Series: People
Location : Lake Inle, Myanmar
Stuart Redler's black and white images use bold contrast to emphasize both structure and emotion.
The tones of his archival prints are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nice Pool
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nice Pool'
60 x 60" inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in 2025
Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Caitlin and Charlie (Chicks and Chicks and sometimes Cocks)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Caitlin and Charlie (Chicks and Chicks) - 2017
50x49cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist inve...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
La vie c
est comme une cigarette, Paris
By Sonia Sieff
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7
Also available in 73 x 100 cm / 28.7 x 43.3 in, Edition of 3, price on request
A very sexy and beautiful naked woman is sitting on chair and smokes a cigarette in very ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sade (Nude) – Albert Watson, Black
White, Celebrity, Fashion, Sade, Nude, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Sade (Nude), 1992
Archival pigment print
142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only
Drake purchased a series of Albert's ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cowboy by Stuart Redler. Black and white photo of cowboy with a saguaro cactus
Located in Coltishall, GB
A cowboy in contemplative pose in front of a saguaro cactus. The man is wearing a stetson hat and smoking a pipe. The image evokes the solitude of life on the plains and seems to e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Oasis Liam and Noel Gallagher on stage at Slane Castle by Jill Furmanovsky
Located in Austin, TX
Signed, limited edition print of Oasis, Liam and Noel Gallagher by Jill Furmanovsky. Taken on stage performing at Slane Castle in 1995 as the support for REM.
Signed and numbered a...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Terry O
Neill
Audrey Hepburn in the Pool
(signed)
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn in the Pool
1966 (printed later)
C-print
16 x 20 inches
signed and numbered edition of 50
Actress Audrey Hepburn, swimming in the South of France during the filming ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Al Pacino LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Scarface, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 10
Also available in
101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch
and as combined Edition 25 in
40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch
50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch
This picture shows a scene of the movie blockbuster "Scarface" with Al Pacino.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph.
Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chet Baker in Lucca - Jazz Trumpet Player Jazz Chet Baker Portrait
Located in Brighton, GB
American jazz trumpet player and singer Chet Baker harmonises on his trumpet whilst sitting on an open window ledge in his hotel room in Lucca, Italy.
He wears jeans and a button-u...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Four Sisters and a Brother - diptych - Contemporary, Polaroid, Childhood
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Four Sisters and a Brother - diptych - 2020 -
25x65cm, Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Photograph printed in Canson Barita Fiber Rag 340gr,
based ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Francisco From Ibiza Series
By Mikael Kenta
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“People from Ibiza” Kenta first came to visit the magic island of Ibiza as a young man at the age of 18 and fell in love with the diversity of personalities and expressions of freedo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
The Beatles in Concert - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Beatles in Concert - is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Debbie Harry Blondie 1977
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
Debbie Harry of Blondie - London 1977 limited edition print by Brian Duffy.
Debbie Harry of “Blondie” wearing a Patti Smith Group T-shirt shot...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives )
Joan Crawford, on-set of the Film “Possessed”,
1931.
Additional Informati...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Nuns of New York - black and white photography, limited edition 11 of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Nuns of New York'
New York, United States 2019
Limited edition of 20.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Film, Giclée
Men with Black Sand. Sepia Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Channeling the energy of “water-signs” in astrology, he captures these mysterious men thru a romantic lens. The embrace of the shadows and the light mixed with the gaze of their bodi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New York City, Harlem, African American Children 1960s, Muscle Boy, Limited Ed
Located in New york, NY
Muscle Boy is an iconic image by Leonard Freed who was a pioneer in socially conscious photojournalism. In this photo a boy flexes his muscles for the camera perhaps making a statem...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Pop Artist Robert Indiana posing in his studio with his famous LOVE sculpture
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Robert Indiana posing in his studio with his famous LOVE sculpture, 1969.. This is a print tha...
Category
1960s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Guatemala, Men, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 26, 4 x 24, 2 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Shaken Not Stirred
1968 Baryta Print
By Peter Ruck
Located in London, GB
'Shaken Not Stirred' by Peter Ruck 1968
English actor Roger Moore, downs a Martini, 17th July 1968.
Moore has recently been awarded his second Bravo Otto award for most popular te...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Meryl Streep, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of famous actress Meryl Streep.
From personality portrait...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Woman at a Horse Festival, Tagong, Tibet, 1999 - Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Woman at a Horse Festival, Tagong, Tibet, 1999 - Steve McCurry
Signed and affixed with photographer's edition label and numbered on reverse
Digital c-type print
20 x 24 inch pap...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs
Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.
Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.
Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.
While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.
Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.
Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.
On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.
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