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Art Subject: Portrait
Sisterhood, New Orleans
Located in Zurich, CH
Ellen VON UNWERTH (*1954, Germany)
Sisterhood, New Orleans, 1998
Unique Polaroid
Image 7.5 x 9.5 cm (3 x 3 3/4 in.)
Sheet 8.6 x 10.7 cm (3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Frame 29 x 24.5 x 4 cm (11...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Marc Bolan, 1972
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Marc Bolan
Marc Bolan of T-Rex at Le Chateux recording studio France 1972
Marc Bolan was an influential British singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known as ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Funny Face (1957) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives )
1957,
Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face, directed by Stanley Donen.
Additional In...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot - French Film Actress Portrait Brigitte Bardot
Located in Brighton, GB
French actress and blonde bombshell Brigitte Bardot sits outside a luxury residence as she smiles at someone off-camera.
Her trademark pale pink lipstick and contrasting dark kohl-...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Joan Crawford - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Joan Crawford - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
Joan Crawford (1905-1977) US film actress.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Pa...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Ava (1950) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Ava (1950) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1950,
Portrait of the actress Ava Gardner circa.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 1...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Donald J. Trump - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Donald J. Trump- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized by Randy Drouke in the 1960s.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$166 Sale Price
30% Off
Lokope by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount, 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
A girl of the Samburu
A return to Kenya. On this trip John took a different approach to lighting. Building makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets held up by four war...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Gonzalo 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Madre Flower
By Siri Kaur
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In SHE TELLS ALL, Kaur engages questions of identity performance by exploring an ever-present and wildly diverse American identity: the modern American witch. Witches are contemporar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Naughty But Nice
Limited Edition Silver Gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Naughty But Nice' by Christopher Simon Sykes
Guitarist and Rock and Roll Legend, Keith Richards looks elegantly wasted during the Rolling Stones Tou...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
$232 Sale Price
30% Off
El Tabaquero by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36” photo printed direct on aluminium
Located in Coltishall, GB
A tobacco farmer from the Viñales valley in Cuba.
In 1959 residents of Cuba were faced with a stark choice: stay on their island home and live as a “revolutionary” or leave. Some believed wholeheartedly in the new beginning, some were willing to be carried along and some abandoned everything they had and chose exile.
The Buena Vista social club...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Brando On The Waterfornt (1954) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Brando On The Waterfront (1954) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo by Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives)
1954,
Marlon Brando on-set of the Film,
On the Waterfront.
...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne - Vintage press realized in the 1950s.
London.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$114 Sale Price
40% Off
Patti
By Siri Kaur
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In SHE TELLS ALL, Kaur engages questions of identity performance by exploring an ever-present and wildly diverse American identity: the modern American witch. Witches are contemporar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$2,000
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Grace Jones at His Wedding
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photographic work by Andy Warhol of Grace Jones with Arnold Schwarzenegger at his wedding to Maria Shriver in Hyannis Port, Maine in Apr...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Roman Holiday (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Roman Holiday (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(photo by United Archives/ Alamy Archives)
Roman Holiday USA 1953.
Directed by William Wyler, Gregory P...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Day 267 by Juliette Jourdain - Big headed series - Self Portrait
Located in New York City, NY
Juliette Jourdain
Big headed series - Self Portrait
60 x 48 inches
150 x 120cm
edition of 8
Also available in:
40 x 32 inches
100 x 80cm
edition of 8
Archival Pigment Print
Si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Greta Garbo "Mata Hari" Film Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo "Mata Hari" Film Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
A black and white photograph, matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of the star titled 'Mata Hari,' 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," verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp, verso further with two "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...
Category
1930s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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
Sting - Signed Limited Edition Print (1992)
Located in London, GB
Sting - Signed Limited Edition Print
Album Cover Shoot
December 6 1992 Wiltshire
Sting on a Horse
(photo Kevin Westenberg)
NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist. ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Ecuador, Mother, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 26, 3 x 22, 7 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
Jimi Hendrix classic color by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
Jimi Hendrix “Classic Color” 1967 by Gered Mankovitz
Available is the following sizes, signed and numbered by Gered Mankowitz.
16x20” - Edition 50
20x24" - Edition 50
30x40” - Edit...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Gay Liberation
By Lori Grinker
Located in New York, NY
Gay Liberation
2015
Signed and numbered, verso
Archival pigment print
12 x 18 inches
(Edition of 5)
$3,500
This work is offered by ClampArt in New Y...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Colette, Paris
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed later. Signed on the back of the print with date in pencil. Camera Obscura label on back of mat. Overmatted to 18 x 22". Provenance Camera Obscura Gallery (Denver) 1980s to p...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Himba Child l by John Kenny. 54 x 36" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
In the far north of Namibia as you head towards the border with Angola at Epupa Falls, barely visible tracks radiate off the main dirt road into bush and disappear across sandy, dry ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
El Campesino by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" photograph on Brushed Aluminiu
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Viñales valley in western Cuba is a place of stunning beauty where perhaps the finest tobacco leaves in the world are grown. The tobacco farmers live hard but proud lives.
The S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Peter Sellers and Karen Lynn by Horn
Griner - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Peter Sellers and Karen Lynn by Horn & Griner is a post-dated press print on Agfa Paper.
Print realized by famous photographers association Steve Horn and Norman Griner in 1964 and reprint for a reissure during late '80s from original film-negative.
Red ink archive code and notes on back
Dim: cm 25.5 x 20
Perfect conditions
A famous hilarious and erotic portrait of the British actors Peter Sellers wile impersonating Bela Lugosi...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Donald Trump, Dove of Peace
Located in New York, NY
Donald Trump, Dove of Peace 1985
Archival pigment print
image size: 48 x 48 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 10
William Coupon is an American photog...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Brigitte Bardot and Roger Vadim - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Brigitte Bardot and Roger Vadim is a vintage photographic press print on single coated paper.
Photograph by Antonio Pantano.
A portrait of Roger Vadim an...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
On the set of the film Paris Texas - Wim Wenders - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
On the set of the film Paris Texas - Wim Wenders is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1984.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern 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
Portrait of Marty
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of Marty
1999
Titled, dated and inscribed in black ink, recto; Also signed, dated, numbered, and inscribed in black ink, verso
Gelatin silver pr...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
China girl- Intimate signed limited edition sensual fine art print, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
China girl - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 8
This image was captured on film in 1999.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Queen II Album Cover, Color Photography, Fine Art Print, Music Photography
By Mick Rock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20 x 24 in (50.8 x 61 cm)
Archival Semi-Matte 260gsm
Edition of 50
The photographer
Mick Rock was born in London in 1948 and is known as “The Man who shot the seventies.” As well as David Bowie, he has photographed Lou Reed, Queen, Iggy Pop, Roxy Music...
Category
20th Century Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée
Jack Nicholson 1961 portrait by Monte Hellman. Signed silver gelatin print
Located in Austin, TX
Jack Nicholson, 1961 portrait by film director Monte Hellman
Silver gelatin print
16x20
Signed au verso in pencil by the artist
Monte Hellman (1929-202...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paul Dillon by Richard Fegley - Vintage Photograph - 1989
By Richard Fegley
Located in Roma, IT
Paul Dillon by Richard Fegley is a collection of two photographic prints on leyered baryta paper.
Photographs realized in 1989 by famous Playboy's offi...
Category
1980s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Farrah Fawcett
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique work.
Work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity issued by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (pictured).
The work is stamped on the verso by the Es...
Category
1970s Pop Art Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Autographed Black
White Photograph Portrait of Juan Perón, For Elizabeth Lewis
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare original autographed black and white photograph of Argentinian president Juan Perón, dedicated to Elizabeth Lewis (Bess Huggins Lewis), by an unkn...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hong Kong, Children, Street, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 30 x 23, 9 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
Yanomami, Amazonia, Brazil, January 1995
Located in New York, NY
Yanomami, Amazonia, Brazil, January 1995
X
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
28" x 28.5" Archival Pigment Print
Edition Nº 2 of 9
Certificate of Origin
Signed and Titled...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bert Stern, "Here
s To You from The Last Sitting, " original photo, hand signed
By Bert Stern
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original color photograph that was hand developed from the original negative by Bert Stern. This photo is part of The Last Sitting portfolio, taken six weeks before Marilyn Monroe...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bumi
Located in Saint Louis, MO
With his multimedia portraits, Moroccan artist Hassan Hajjaj thrives in a space between cultures, traditions, mediums, and artistic movements. The subjects of his photography range f...
Category
2010s Portrait Photography
Materials
Wood, Lambda
$22,800
Sophia Loren - Oversize Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
Sophia Loren - Venice 1955
Oversize Archival Pigment Print
Absolutely Exquisite HUGE 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size print.
Unframed.
Produced on authentic Hahnemühle p...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Ecuador, Indigenous, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 16, 5 x 23 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
Skiing Holiday, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition. Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiing Holiday, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition. Winter Portrait Photograph
This late 1970s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features A...
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
The Beatles, Ringo Starr, Black and White Photography, 1970s, 20, 8 x 20, 3 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Ancient Albumen Print - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Albumen Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is an albunen photographic print made by Giovanni Puppo in Milan around 1870.
Dim: 14,5 x 11
Header of photographer on the lower edge on the...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open, limited edition by Duffy
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print of an alternative shot from the cover shoot for Aladdin Sane by David Bowie from the official Duffy Archive.
This official Duffy Archive print is avail...
Category
Late 20th Century Conceptual Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Old Days - Little Child - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Little Child is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Photograph of Mary Pickford - Melbourne Spurr Photography - Silent Film Actress
Located in Soquel, CA
Photograph of Mary Pickford - Melbourne Spurr Photography
Photograph depicting Mary Pickford by Hollywood photographer Melbourne Spurr (Canadian-American, 1892-1979). Mary Pickford is depicted wearing a white sleeveless dress, sitting in a lounge chair, facing forward, the side of her face is the focal point. Pickford's blonde hair is shown in tight finger curls, her hands on her lap, with a single pearl...
Category
1920s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting (Biting Thumb), Photograph by Bert Stern
By Bert Stern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bert Stern, American (1929 - 2013)
Title: Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting
Year: 1962
Medium: Chromogenic C-Print Photograph, signed and numbered in marker
Edition: 209/250
...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
On the sofa with Agatha Christie
Located in Cologne, DE
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (born Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer. She is known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stoya Smoking
Located in Austin, TX
Stoya by Markus Klinko, from a stunning collection of contemporary nudes from the celebrated photographer featuring amongst others, Dita Von Teese and Aubrey O’Day
This print is ava...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
C Print
Bert stern Marilyn laughing in the famous Dior dress
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional photo of Marilyn in her Dior black dress during her last session for Vogue magazine.
Photographed by Bert Stern.
Very limited edition of 72 copies.
Signed on the front an...
Category
2010s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
The Drugs Don’t Work by BATIK- Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
The Drugs Don’t Work
By BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print of the 1960s supermodel Twiggy signed & limited edition.
BATIK is a London based fine artist and image maker.
Produce...
Category
2010s Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marlon Brando, Libertyville, Illinois, 1950 - Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
On assignment for Life Magazine in 1950, Art Shay photographed Marlon Brando at his family farm in Libertyville, Illinois, just north of Chicago. Looking straight into Art's lens, Brando is innocent of the fame that is about to become his world. He went on to a career spanning sixty years including winning two Oscars for Best Actor. This photograph is unframed. Contact the gallery for framing options.
Art Shay
Brando Portrait, 1950
silver gelatin print
20h x 16w in
50.80h x 40.64w cm
ASY12088
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20th century.”
Ellen & Richard Sandor, Renowned photo collectors
“I’ve admired Art Shay’s work for almost forty years, and he keeps getting better. He can do anything with a camera, but what he mostly does is capture real moments and transform them into visual poetry. His work continues to be an inspiration to me.”
William Friedkin, Director of French Connection
“Art Shay is one of our finest photographers. His work over the past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.”
Hugh Hefner
“Algren, Terkel, Royko, they gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.”
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist
“Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson.”
Thomas Dyja, author of The Third Coast
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye, a clear head, and a warm heart. What is it about Chicago that keeps giving us men like this?”
Russell Banks, Novelist
“The best images of Simone de Beauvoir and her times have been passed down to us by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gisele Freund, Robert Doisneau, Georges Brassai, and in America, the Chicago-based Art Shay, all world-class photographers.”
Christophe Loviny, Art Editor, Paris
“Art Shay is the best photo-journalist Chicago ever produced.”
Arthur Siegel, photographer; IIT Institute of Design President
“I have one of Art Shay’s pictures over my desk. It reminds me every morning of my Chicago roots. Arts photos, like me, have the Chicago accent, which may be to say he’s telling you the truth. I think it takes a realist to see the humor in things. I know it takes a realist to see the depths of tragedy. Art’s work is so real it feels like a Madison Street guy tapping me on the forearm.”
David Mamet
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Virna Lisi - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Virna Lisi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Authentic 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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In a new book compiling 30 years' worth of images, the photographer reveals that it's the in-between moments that make a wedding special.