Realist Still-life Photography
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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Style: Realist
"Deux tomates", photography by Thierry Genay, 2016
Located in Paris, France
"Citron et verre" by Thierry Genay
Thierry Genay's photography is heir to a style of painting which, in the absence of noble and sublime motifs, is nour...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Pigment
Contemporary minimalist still life fruit photo (photography) "Just an orange"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In this evocative still life minimalist photograph "Just an orange", French artist and photographer Natalya Mougenot captures a moment of serene simplicity: a single, radiant orange ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pool on the Amalfi Coast, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984
Experience the timeless allure of the Amalfi Coast with Slim Aarons' captivating photograph, "Pool on the Amalfi Coast...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
Seventies Psychedelic Flowers, Pink Lilys Bouquet, Modern Still Life, Giclée
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition color Giclée print, printed on matte photographic paper.
The print measures 36 x 24 inches total, with an image size of 32 x 20 in. and a 2 inch...
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2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée
Contemporary minimalist still-life photo on premium paper "Glass by the blue"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary minimalist still-life image, documenting a fleeting moment of calm, was taken by French artist Natalya Mougenot during her journey through Italy. A single glass of ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fine art photography still-life floral "Crystal vase with summer wildflowers"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Title: "Chrystal vase with summer wildflowers"
Medium: Archival pigment print on premium matte photo paper
Dimensions: 20 x 27 cm / 7.8 x 10.6 inches (unframed)
Limited Edition
Each...
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2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Contemporary fine art photography/ photo still life "Le french croissant"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary fine art still life minimalist photograph “Le French Croissant” was captured by French artist and photographer Natalya Mougenot, and belongs to her ongoing series d...
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2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Contemporary Minimalist Still life Photo "Espresso, biscuit.Whst else ? "
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary, evocative fine art photograph, titled "Espresso, Biscuit. What Else?", was captured by French artist and photographer Natalya Mougenot as part of her ongoing serie...
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2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Cut Food - Eggs" Multiple Sliced Egg Composition Yellow, White and Hot Pink
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Cut Food - Eggs" Archival Pigment Print Photograph, Edition 10, 16 1/2 x 23 1/4 Inches Sheet Size.
This photograph is unframed.
Note: Also available in two larger format shee...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Modern fine art photography still-life on premium paper "Coffee with Madonna""
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Title: "Coffee with Madonna"
Medium: Archival pigment print on premium matte photo paper
Dimensions: 20 x 27 cm / 7.8 x 10.6 inches (unframed)
Limited Edition
Each photograph is ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Contemporary minimalist still-life photo on premium paper "Espresso by sea"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary minimalist still-life image, documenting a fleeting moment of calm, was taken by French artist Natalya Mougenot during her journey through Italy. A single cup of es...
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2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Deauville Casino, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an exclusive gambling table at the casino in Deauville, France, 1970.
This is an estate stamped and han...
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1970s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
Rose Orchid Bromeliad
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Walter W. Nelson – American (1942- )
Title: Rose Orchid Bromeliad. From the Fleur portfolio
Year: 1983
Medium: Dye transfer photograph
Sight size: 16.5 x 11 inches.
Sheet size: 21.25 x 16.5 inches
Matted size: 26.75 x 21.25 inches
Edition Size: 25 This one: 9/25
Signature: Reverse
Condition: Very good
Unframed
In the 1980s, Walter Nelson...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Contemporary fine art photography/ photo minimalism still life "Crystal Silence"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary fine art photography in minimalism and abstract realism, "Crystal Silence" was captured by French artist and photographer Natalya Mougenot as part of her ongoing se...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sweet Pea
Pincushion
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Walter W. Nelson – American (1942- )
Title: Sweet Pea & Pincushion. From the Fleur portfolio
Year: 1983
Medium: Dye transfer photograph
Sight size: 16.25 x 11 inches.
Sheet size: 21.25 x 16.5 inches
Matted size: 26.75 x 21.25 inches
Edition Size: 25. This one: 8/25
Signature: Reverse
Condition: Very good
Unframed
In the 1980s, Walter Nelson...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Versailles, Bosquet de l
Arc de Triomphe, 1904, No. 6483
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen silver print from glass negative, 8 1/2 x 7 inches (215 x 178 mm).
From the artist's series on sculptures on the grounds of Versailles. Annotated in Atget's hand in pencil o...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Modern fine art photography still-life on premium matte paper "Latte love"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Title: "Latte love"
Medium: Archival pigment print on premium matte photo paper
Dimensions: 20 x 27 cm / 7.8 x 10.6 inches (unframed)
Limited Edition
Each photograph is printed only ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled (Stacked Cups)
By Jed Devine
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jed Devine American (1944- )
Title: Untitled (Stacked Cups)
Date: 1987
Medium: Platinum-palladium print on Japanese rice paper
Image size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches (9.25 x 7.25 inches within mat)
Sheet size: 12 x 9 inches
Framed size: 20.25 x 16.25 inches
Signature: signed lower right in pencil
Edition: unknown
This sublime photograph is by Jed Devine. It is signed in the lower right in pencil. There is a gallery label from the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco on the reverse of the framed work. It is framed in a simple metal frame. The photograph, mat and frame are in very good condition.
Jed Devine was born in Mount Kisco, New York, in 1944 and raised in Pleasantville, a Westchester County suburb. Devine cites Walter Hahn, his junior high school art teacher, as having an instrumental role in his art career decision: “I don’t know how it happened that a serious artist like Walter Hahn was teaching art at Pleasantville Junior High, but I was most fortunate to have him as a mentor and I’ve always been grateful to him.”
In 1967, Jed Devine graduated cum laude from Yale University with a BA in fine arts and began his career as a painter. In 1972, he returned to Yale to study design and photography and was awarded an MFA degree. He joined the Purchase College faculty in 1977. During his tenure at Purchase, several of his students went on to receive recognition as photographers, among them Adam Baer, Gregory Crewdson, Regina DeLuise, Andrea Modica, Deborah Mesa-Pelly, and Roger Newton.
Jed Devine’s photography is represented in many major museum, corporate, university, and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Victoria and Albert Museum; London; the International Center of Photography, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Originally trained as a painter, Devine began taking photographs in 1972 and became fascinated by the effects of light on objects and surfaces, and the sensuality that was possible with the platinum-palladium process. This sensuality is on full display in Devine’s only book, Friendship, a collaboration with the writer Jim Dinsmore, whose 64 images “form an extended sequence that moves from innocence to decay and return. The images emphasize the beauty and primacy of light while capturing the visual drama and irony of the Maine landscape.”
Devine also has a long-standing relationship with New York City, which is most evident in his portfolio of panoramic photographs celebrating New York bridges...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Paper, Platinum
Untitled #3484 from "Leaves" series: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ green
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eggs and Slicer
Located in Buffalo, NY
Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958)
Eggs and Slicer, 1930
Gelatin silver print, printed later by Cole Weston; signed, titled, dated and numbered '3E' by Cole Weston in pencil and 'Ed...
Category
1950s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled #1940 from "Leaves" series: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ green
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Edward Weston
s Desk, Black and White Photograph, Wild Cat Hill
By Kim Weston
Located in Soquel, CA
Black and white photograph of Edward Weston's desk, by Kim Weston (American, b. 1953). This photograph was taken in the former home of Edward Weston, Kim We...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Signpost In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a signpost indicating various ski slopes and toboggan tracks in the resort of St Moritz,...
Category
1960s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pool on the Amalfi Coast, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984
Experience the timeless allure of the Amalfi Coast with Slim Aarons' captivating photograph, "Pool on the Amalfi Coast...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
Leaf on Asphalt
By Brett Weston
Located in Buffalo, NY
"Leaf on Asphalt is signed and dated on the front of the mount. Limited Edition work from the Hawaii Portfolio.
Category
1970s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Nappe, assiette et trois fruits", photograph by Thierry Genay, 2020
Located in Paris, France
"Nappe, assiette et trois fruits" by Thierry Genay
Thierry Genay's photography is heir to a style of painting which, in the absence of noble and sublime...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Pigment
"Myrtille et assiette", photograph by Thierry Genay, 2017
Located in Paris, France
"Myrtille et assiette" by Thierry Genay 2017
Thierry Genay's photography is heir to a style of painting which, in the absence of noble and sublime motif...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Pigment
Pool on the Amalfi Coast, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984
Slim Aarons
Pool on the Amalfi Coast
Slim Aarons Estate E...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pool on the Amalfi Coast, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984
Experience the timeless allure of the Amalfi Coast with Slim Aarons' captivating photograph, "Pool on the Amalfi Coast...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons
Pool on the Amalfi Coast
(Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984.
Slim Aarons
Pool on the Amalfi Coast
Chromogenic Lambda ...
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1980s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons
Hang Gliding
(Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hang gliding in Kitzbuhel, Austria, 1980
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Chromogenic ...
Category
1970s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
"Trois grains de poivre", photography by Thierry Genay, 2020
Located in Paris, France
"Trois grains de poivre" by Thierry Genay
Thierry Genay's photography is heir to a style of painting which, in the absence of noble and sublime moti...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Pigment
"Still Life of Beets, Blue Cheese and Walnuts" Gray, white, lavender photograph
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Still Life of Beets, Blue Cheese, and Walnuts," Archival Pigment Print Photograph, Edition 10,
16 1/4 x 23 1/2 Inches Sheet Size.
This photograph is unfr...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Signpost In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a signpost indicating various ski slopes and toboggan tracks in the resort of St Moritz,...
Category
1960s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
Signpost In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a signpost indicating various ski slopes and toboggan tracks in the resort of St Moritz,...
Category
1960s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
Signpost In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a signpost indicating various ski slopes and toboggan tracks in the resort of St Moritz,...
Category
1960s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
Untitled #3414 from "Leaves" series: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ green
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled #3569 from "Leaves" series: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ gold
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled #3618 from "Leaves" series: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ orange
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled #3617 from "Leaves" series: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ orange
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled #3440 from "Leaves" series: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ red
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hand
Foot: black
white photograph w/ glove, leopard print
tree bark, feet
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Hand & Foot" is a black & white framed silver gelatin print (photograph) studio still life with glove, leopard print fur, and tree bark textures from artist Jenny Lynn...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Floral Study 13: still life color photograph w/ dried flowers on black field, lg
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the "Flora" series, which is one of three...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Untitled (2917): still life photograph w/ vases, cast hands
feet, and shadows
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the artist's "Still Life" series, which i...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Untitled (2845): still life photograph w/ white vases, bone
cast hands
feet
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the artist's "Still Life" series, which i...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Botanical Rhapsody
Realistic/Abstract Floral Pattern Photograph Blue/White
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Botanical Rhapsody" by Judith Allen-Efstathiou is an exquisite photographic cyanotype print in deep blue and white of wildflowers abstracted. Highly intricate and lavishly depicted...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Mulberry Paper, Photographic Paper
"Leaves" series #0151: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ orange, earth tones
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Laudomia Pucci, Florence, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Italian fashion designer and daughter of Emilio Pucci, Laudomia Pucci, Florence, Italy.
This is a...
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1980s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Lambda
Tablescape - Chinese Food Dinner
Humorous still life composition in white/pink
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Tablescape - Chinese Food Dinner," Archival Pigment Print Photograph, Edition 10, 18 1/2 x 30 Inches Sheet Size.
This photograph is unframed.
Note: Also available in larger fo...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled #3557 from "Leaves" series: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ gold
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled #3455 from "Leaves" series: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ orange
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gardenia: black
white framed photograph, flower w/ vines
leaves in landscape
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Gardenia" is a black & white framed archival pigment print (photograph) of a flower w/ vines & leaves in landscape from artist Jenny Lynn's "Little Rituals" series. It is framed in ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Botanical Rhapsody II
Realistic/Abstract Floral Pattern Photograph Blue/White
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Botanical Rhapsody II" by Judith Allen-Efstathiou is an exquisite photographic cyanotype print in deep blue and white of wildflowers abstracted. Highly intricate and lavishly depic...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Mulberry Paper, Photographic Paper
Realist still-life photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist still-life photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add still-life photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Beth Galton, Eugene Atget, and Jed Devine. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Realist still-life photography, so small editions measuring 7 inches across are also available. Prices for still-life photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $300 and tops out at $6,000, while the average work sells for $1,650.