Abstract Photography
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Pillow III./ Photography/ Signed/
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Pillow III. photography belongs to a concept of three photographies done on a sole bank in a park. Will be signed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$370 Sale Price
20% Off
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shadow
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
abstract photography, signed by the author, limited 3.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
$256 Sale Price
88% Off
Photosyntesis, 2023
Located in Miami, FL
Part of Eduardo Rezende’s Billboard series, this work explores the dialogue between image, architecture, and illusion. In this series, Rezende photographs urban façades and overlays ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton Canvas
$7,920 Sale Price
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Breathe # 202503 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Edition: 1/3
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supplied) or the screw-eye system if it needs support from wire or above.
Available in 4-5 weeks turnaro...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Changing Moods pink 2- Floral landscape pink color contemporary abstract photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Streets of Kowloon (navy), Hong Kong - Abstract color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Streets of Kowloon Navy, part of Richard Heeps series photographing on the streets of Hong Kong in Kowloon in 2016 this stunning abstract piece is so striking in a room.
The whole 20...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Submerge I
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
30 x 45 inches ($5200) and 40 x 60 inches ($7200) limited editions of 10, printed on Archival Watercolor Fine Art Paper, 335 gram weight, signed by the artist.
Cheryl Maeder was b...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Caribbean Sandy Shore, Black and White Abstract Seascape, Sunny Waves, Limited
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition black and white giclée print, on 100% cotton Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art matte paper.
This series of black and white photographs captures the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Emulsion, C Print, Giclée
Manhattan Panorama, Skyline, New York City, black white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Manhattan skyline with breakwater in foreground, New York city, USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Kuss - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
$2,042 Sale Price
20% Off
Pillow II. /Photography / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Pillow II. photography belongs to a concept of three photographies done on a sole bank in a park. Will be signed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$313 Sale Price
20% Off
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stream of men and Ignited. The Alignment Series. Male nude color Photographs
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the series “The Alignment” which is materialized from video footage shot with two ballet dancers underwater; he is carrying on the theme of wat...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
White Books Photography Fine Art Print Limited Edition
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The item White Books could be also delivered framed. I like the color, the quietness of the situation when I took the picture. Edition of 15, signed by the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
$399 Sale Price
72% Off
Eugene 8 - Floral landscape white dominant contemporary abstract color photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Istan Petal
Oversize Archival Pigment print Framed in white
Located in London, GB
' Istan Petal ' Oversize Archival Pigment print Framed in white
A Bougenvillia petal floats on the surface of a swimming pool.
(photo Stuart Möller)
Archival Pigment Print sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Prophetess - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 19 x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Prophetess” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series Reflections - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of maste...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
C3H6-PRO-01
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Informed by microbiology, Laurent Lamarche’s sculptural installations and photographic production look like living unidentified microorganisms. Its narrative is ambiguous, constantly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital Pigment
Serenity. Cyanotype
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The photos from the series Let Me Tell You a Story show, each one individually, certain themes through strongly narrative visual units. Each photograph is dedicated to a specific rep...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Ephemera, Huangshan, China
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Ephemera, Huangshan, China, 2017
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Voyeur, 2024
Located in Miami, FL
From Eduardo Rezende’s Lavori in Corso series, this work contemplates the quiet intervals within construction—those suspended moments when form is still becoming. Shadow, texture, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton Canvas
$6,320 Sale Price
51% Off
Stripe
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
I like minimalism, this orange stripe I found occasionally, the picture is limited edition of 5 in the size. Signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Digital, Archival Pigment
$304 Sale Price
78% Off
#68, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Anesthesia - underwater photograph from series REFLECTIONS - acrylic 36x54"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Anesthesia” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Archival Pigment
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Song for dead heroes #2 dark color abstract floral landscape photo composition
Located in New York, NY
This abstract floral landscape photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Four Lines, Monochrome Print, Minimalist Photograph, Limited Edition Landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama photography. Row of breakwaters in the sea in front of the beach of Sylt island, Germany. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Barbara Hocker, Water Verse XVI, 2022, encaustic, photography, Naturalism
Located in Darien, CT
Barbara Hocker sees her life’s vocation as being an ambassador for the natural world through her art.
Nature is facing many challenges right now. Hock...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Panel, Digital, Monotype
Barbara Hocker, Water Moments III, 2019, encaustic, photography, Naturalism
Located in Darien, CT
Barbara Hocker sees her life’s vocation as being an ambassador for the natural world through her art.
Nature is facing many challenges right now. Hock...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Digital
Abstract Landscape #24
Located in New York City, NY
Daniel Mansur
Abstract Landscape #24
Canvas Fine Art - Framed
Archival Pigment Print
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Desert Sunrise (22 x 13 abstract cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though it resembles a giant abstract watercolor painting owing to its soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyano...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Strata # 202501 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Unique.
Paul Snell is an Australian artist who blurs the boundaries between photography and painting, creating contemplative works that replace constant image saturation with moment...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Concrete
Gaia 129 - Black and White Monochrome Spanish Mountain Landscape Diptych
Located in Brighton, GB
Gaia Diptych 129 - Black and White Monochrome Spanish Mountain Landscape Diptych by Jaume Llorens Bach
Gaia Diptych 129 is is a 18cm x 24cm Black and White Photographic print on Pre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Digital, Photographic Paper
The Long Night - NYC Skyline Photography, 30"x40", Signed Limited Edition of 10
By Viet Chu
Located in New York, NY
" I took this picture when New York was the epicenter of the Covid pandemic in the U.S., to reflect the idea that the nights are always darkest before they turn bright. As it turned ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eugene 8- Floral landscape white dominant contemporary abstract color photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
#199, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Colméia. From the Trama series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The interlacing of what sustains In the series Trama, Eduardo Rezende turns his gaze to the hidden structures of the built environment — the elements usually concealed beneath the po...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Deslocado. From the Trama series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The interlacing of what sustains In the series Trama, Eduardo Rezende turns his gaze to the hidden structures of the built environment — the elements usually concealed beneath the po...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Lavori in Corso. From The Lavori in Corso series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eduardo Rezende’s 2024 series Lavori in Corso revisits one of the artist’s most enduring themes: the urban and architectural landscape — this time focused on construction sites, scaf...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Dripping Paint, Graffiti Forms in Blue Tones, Floating Abstract Shapes on Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This unique monotype cyanotype, rendered in rich blue tones, invites the viewer into a dreamlike rhythm of interwoven shapes. Created using the cyanotype process, this one-of-a-kind ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype
Untitled 1994: still life photograph w/ coffee cups
abstract shadow patterns
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 "Table Top" series, which is one of t...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
The Sea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition 2/15
Archival pigment print
“Water's Edge” a collection of photos by Marian Crostic defines the power of the ocean
and the land which borders it. Having spent much of her l...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Song for Dead Heroes #5 bright floral abstract landscape photo
Located in New York, NY
This abstract floral landscape photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Barbara Hocker, Water Verse XIV, 2022, encaustic, photography, Naturalism
Located in Darien, CT
Barbara Hocker sees her life’s vocation as being an ambassador for the natural world through her art.
Nature is facing many challenges right now. Hock...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Digital, Panel, Monotype
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Two Faces: black
white framed photograph, male
female figures, abstract
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Two Faces" is a black & white framed silver gelatin print (photograph) of a man and woman in an embrace from artist Jenny Lynn's "Little Rituals" series. I...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Erosion #1", Abstract, Tree, Roots, Landscape, Black and White Photograph
Located in Franklin, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Erosion #1” was photographed on the shoreline of Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. The textural beauty is natures own art form. The 18 x 12 inch abstract blac...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Lily in Charcoal
abstract expressionism photography edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash. The charc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$413 Sale Price
20% Off
Clear
By Susie Loucks
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Time lapse photograph, archival pigment print.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Looking Glass
By Susie Loucks
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Time lapse photograph
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Pink Flight - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 28” x 36”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This dreamy underwater fine art photograph captures a woman suspended in soft coral and rose-toned waters, creating a feeling of weightless freedom. The gentle pink palette ranges fr...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Lily in Charcoal
abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash. The charc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$674 Sale Price
20% Off
Poppy on ink - floral film photography in composition with ink abstraction
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Poppy on Ink' 2023
Black and white floral film photography combination with ink painting. Made using a large format 4x5 film camera, developed in the studio by the artist.
Print...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
$1,126 Sale Price
20% Off
Dahlia on Ink #2 - floral film photography, Limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Dahlia on Ink #2' 2023
Black and white floral film photography combination with ink painting. Made using a large format 4x5 film camera, developed in the studio by the artist.
P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Dahlia on Ink - floral film photography in composition with ink abstraction
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Dahlia on Ink' 2023
Black and white floral film photography combination with ink painting. Made using a large format 4x5 film camera, developed in the studio by the artist.
Prin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
$1,126 Sale Price
20% Off
Large format vintage multiple exposure male nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure male nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Arch...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wiborg Sky: Fuschia/Yellow, Abstract Photographic Print by Lucia Engstrom
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucia Engstrom
Title: Wiborg Sky: Fuschia/Yellow
Date: 2014
Photograph
Size: 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Rastro VIII 2008 by Concha Prada Color Digital Photograph Edition of 3
Located in Madrid, MD
Spanish artist Concha Prada (born 1963, León, Spain) explores the boundaries between photography and painting, using photographic language as a means to reflect on pictorial space an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lumina # 202210 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Lumina # 202210 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas Box - Unframed.
Edition: 1/3
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole op...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract 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 photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Paul Snell, Michael Banks, and Seb Janiak. 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 Abstract photography, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $50 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $3,359.