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Contemporary Photography

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Abstract Waterscape, Waterfall, Mountain Stream
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Voyeurism for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Voyeurism for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton. Black and white photograph From the series "Voyeurism " realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Trees in the Golden Field, USA, Limited Edition Photograph by Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Upper Belvedere Palace, Panorama, Vienna - black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white photo. Historic building with classical architecture, surrounded by a large open courtyard with water basin and trees. Archival pigment ink print...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Ancient Laurisilva Forest Madeira, black and white panorama photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist landscape photography. Two windswept trees on a flat landscape, grayscale photo with foggy background. Archival pigment ink print as p...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Golden Gate Bridge, Marshalls Beach, black and white landscape art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Marshall's Beach view of Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 8. Signed, title...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Twenty Cherry Trees, Avenue, Austria, black and white art photography landscapes
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Twenty Cherry Trees - Avenue - black and white photography - limited landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape panorama photography. A row of leafless cherry trees standing along a horizon over an open field. Archival pigment ink print as part of...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, black and white cityscape fine art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white photography. Two gondolas docked at a pier on a calm body of water with the cityscape of Venice, Italy. Archival fine art pigment print, Limited ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digita...

Tape Collection - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal past and their personalities. Tapes are significant in both their live...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Voyeurism for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Voyeurism for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton. Black and white photograph. From the series "Voyeurism " realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Santa Maria della Salute, Gondola, Venice, monochrome photograph, limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Basilica Study 2, Venice - no. 11388 // Black and white fine art long exposure cityscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Petit Minou Lighthouse, black and white photograph, seascape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Petit Minou Lighthouse Study 1, France - no. 21181 Black and white fine art long exposure landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Ge...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Mystical Tree, foggy, Fanal, Madeira - black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Single mystical tree in morning fog on madeira island in Portugal. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 5. All G...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Ancient Laurel Cloud Forest, Bent Tree, Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist photography. Two trees in foggy landscape, one large and leaning, the other smaller and more upright. Archival pigment ink print as pa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Rocky Beach, minimalist landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist landscape photography. Large rock formation on a beach with smaller rocks nearby and calm water. Archival pigment ink print, edition o...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Flora Italiana ( Anemone Rosso ) - large format botanical still life photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format botanical still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's botany study series "Flora Italiana", an intensively beautiful body of works...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Trees on the Roof Abandoned House, black and white photograph limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Trees on the Roof Study 1, Norway - no. 21239 // Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Italian Stone Pines Tuscany monochrome photograph limieted edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Italian Stone Pines Study 4, Tuscany - no. 21067 Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer p...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Green Hills in Morning Light, large format photography, limited landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Tuscany landscape photography. Landscape with rolling hills, a single tree, a huge cloud, and a field of dry grass. Archival pigment ink print as part of a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

TODAY - large format photograph of conceptual motivational billboard at night
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph of a billboard against ultramarine blue night sky from a series of conceptual motivational messages on iconic Americana signs and billboards in landsc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

Palms Motel, Santa Barbara, USA, black and white photography, fine art landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Seaside hotel with multiple balconies, a curved walkway, and tall palm trees near the ocean. Archival pigment ink print as...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Couple I, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, elephant, africa
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 5 Two young elephants playing together and hug each other with their trunks. Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galler...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Twenty cherry Trees, avenue, black and white panorama photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white panorama photography. Landscape with a row of leafless trees across a flat field under a cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print, limited edition ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Beautiful Morning Light on the Pacific Coast, Iconic, Classic, Americana
Located in US
"Coastal Rays" In this best-selling print, the mist of the Pacific Northwest lends a textural effect to the air and light. Experience the photographic journey through the cultura...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Shades of Pale - abstract photograph of painterly details of blue toned wall
Located in San Francisco, CA
Shades of Pale (Wallscape) by Frank Schott from a series of photographic observances capturing urban textures and color palettes 29 x 40 inches / 74cm x 102cm edition of 25 si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

Miami Beach Skyline, Florida, USA, black and white fineart landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Beach with palm trees in the foreground and the city skyline of Miami Beach in the background. Archival pigment ink print,...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Georgianna, Paris 1994
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15 signed and numbered Also available in: 90 x 120 cm / 35.4 x 47.2 in 120 x 160 cm / 47.2 x 63 in Thierry Le Gouès, born in Britta...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Black and White

Palm Trees on the Roadside, black and white photography - landscape - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photography. Palm tree next to a sidewalk and crosswalk on a road, with the ocean in the background. Archival pigment ink print as part ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Dragonfly
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Gold Leaf

Pause -Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pause - 2020 40x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-949. N...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA, black and white, fine art, landscape, photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Antelope Canyon sandstone formation detail, Page, Arizona, USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of a...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

San Gimignano, Historic Centre, Tuscany, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Bunker Filing Cabinet, Ho Chi Minh City - Vintage Interior Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This gun metal grey filing cabinet stands in the corner of a mid-century wood panelled bunker office. This interior artwork was photographed in Ho Chi Minh City, and is part of Richa...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Redwood, California - USA - landscape photograph - limited art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Giant redwood tree in Sequoia National Park in California, USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 20. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in li...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, black and white photograph, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Gondolas docked along a canal with the Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, stormy weather. Archival pigment ink print as par...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Eva Herzigová - Model, Nude in sheer dress, Pirelli session, Photographic Print
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber and titled "Women that men live for; Men that women live for." Eva Herzigivá was among the many iconic models photo...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Aquatint, Archival Pig...

Grand Canyon, Mountains, Arizona, USA, Limited Edition Photograph, Landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

"Lira" Nude Photography 24" x 16" in Ed. of 28 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lira" Nude Photography 36" x 24" in Ed. of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Ready to hang. Edition of 28. Mounting the photo under of glossy acrylic glass creates rich colors and strong ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Pigment, Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

154.08.11 by Klaus Kampert - Nude photography, female body, cube
Located in Paris, FR
154.08.11 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Dancing the Cubes". In order to resemble typographic characters, Klaus Kampe...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Night Snake
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey is internationally known for her large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs including her acclaimed series of luminous portraits of birds, flowers and animals in a series called Small Deaths published in 2001 by University of Texas...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 16" x 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photo of a naked young woman wrapped in air bubbles. The photograph depicts only her body, the face is not visible. A very bright eye catching artwork. The pool was f...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Seascape XVIII - large format photograph of monochrome water surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photograph from artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the fleeting surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and dramatic cloudscapes ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Joshua Tree - National Park - California - USA - monochrome photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. Joshua Trees and Rocks in the Mojave desert, California, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numb...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

168.07.12 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman s body
Located in Paris, FR
168.07.12 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Wrapped". This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is availabl...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Wooden Pier in the Sea black and white long exposure photograph landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Wooden pier extending into calm sea under a cloudy sky in Italy, black and white study. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Manhattan Skyscraper New York City USA cityscape, limited edition photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Manhattan Study 5, New York City, USA - no. 18083 Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Untitled (Self Portrait), black and white photograph by Mark Morrisroe
Located in New York, NY
A black and white self portrait of Mark Morrisroe masturbating, Untitled (Self Portrait) 1984/1996 Editioned in pencil, verso Photogravure (Edition of 46) 16 x 11 inches, sheet 3...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Photogravure

Self Portrait, Black and White Nude Male Photography
Located in New York, NY
A black and white nude portrait by Victor Carnuccio. Self Portrait 2000 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso Gelatin silver print (Edition of 25) 14 x 11 inches, sheet 13 x...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bay, Biscay, Giant Rock, Beach, monochrome photograph, limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Portrait - Gregory, Contemporary Black and White Male Nude Portrait Photography
Located in New York, NY
Portrait - Gregory, Contemporary Black and White Male Nude Portrait Photography by Victor Carnuccio. Portrait – Gregory 1991 Signed, titled, dat...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Shaun the Sheep, Tree Avenue, B&W photograph, limited edition landscape, print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photo. A group of sheep in a tree-lined field, with one sheep walking towards the camera in the foreground. Archival pigment ink print,...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, USA, monochrome photo, limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 15. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on H...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Snow covered Central Park, New York City, black and white photography, cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white winter cityscape photography. Leafless trees, rocks, and a small pond in Central Park with skyscrapers. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9....
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Marlon Brando, Hawaii, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
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 actor Marlon Brando. From personality portraits and advertising campaigns t...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

My Girl (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 48x46cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #92...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Wooden Pegs, monochrome photograph, limited edition, minimalist long exposure
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Fisherman s Mission I, Fleetwood - British Vintage Interior Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Ordinary Places' Series, it captures Britain on the brink of change. It was Richard's first colour series and it achieved much success with an exhibition at th...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Joshua Trees and Rocks, California, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

IRIS I - unique abstraction of colors in circular glass frame (45" diameter)
Located in San Francisco, CA
a mesmerizing sea of blue, green and ocre color tones from an ongoing photography project since the late 1990s, capturing the details of the human iris and a pupil's unique abstractions Iris I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film

Contemporary photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Tyler Shields, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and Richard Heeps. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival 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 Contemporary photography, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available.

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