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Art Subject: Portrait
Prince Light leak
Located in Norwich, GB
Paper size 35 x 24”, Image size 25 x 20" Limited Edition of 10
Working on a freelance basis for The Sun, Koppel was despatched to Regent Street's Tower Records in 1987 to photograph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital
Dinner Party #2 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Erotic, Model, Flowers, Food
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Dinner Party #2, 2009
Chromogenic print
Print only
Medium:
68 x 101.5 cm (26 3/4 x 40 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP; Ed. 2/10
A fiercely origi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Miranda - Figurative photo, Limited edition nude print, Contemporary, Sensual
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Miranda‘ who was captured on film in 198...
Category
1980s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
The Italian Actress Valeria Golino - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Valeria Golino in a scene from the movie "Love Story".
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Photo of Iva Zanicchi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Iva Zanicchi a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Takes It To The Streets
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
Movie star Marilyn Monroe is seen in a candid moment on the street in March 1955 in New York City, New York.
(Photo by Ed Feingersh)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) s...
Category
1950s Modern 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
Sweet Champagne - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 24" x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young woman with her face covered with air bubbles.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival p...
Category
2010s Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Pale Light, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pale Light, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment
“Once Upon A Time In Kazimierz is a novella told in staged photographs. It portrays an episode in the life of a fic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bert stern Marilyn smiling at you in black dress
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn in Vogue
The last sitting (1962)
superb and large photo of Marilyn Monroe in Christian Dior's mythical black dress for Vogue magazine
photographic paper
format 9...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Untitled (Male Nude in Shadow)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper
Signed, dated, and inscribed (AP) in pencil, recto
Also blindstamped, l.r.
22 x 15 inches, sheet
10 x 8 inches, image
This artwork is offered b...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
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
Shapes and Shadows - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment 23x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of topless young woman with beautiful breasts.
Original digital archival pigment print signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24.
Paper s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jane March (Limited Edition of 25) - 20x24 In. - Celebrity Photography
Located in New York, NY
This fine art print features actress and model Jane March, posed topless on the rooftop of the Hotel Le Bristol in Paris in 1992. This risqué iconic b...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
"Fred Astaire" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Fred Astaire" by Bert Hardy
7th July 1956: Actor and dancer Fred Astaire (1899-1987) poses in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, where h...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Audrey Hepburn with Dove (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 44/50, hand-signed and numbered by Terry O'Neill. Includes black frame with white mat.
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in ...
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich , signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich, 1973. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$637 Sale Price
46% Off
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
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
Dane
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print, painted frame (Edition of 4 + 1 AP)
Signed and numbered, verso
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Price includes mounting and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$2,400
Immaculée #4 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Erotic, Art, Glamour, Portrait
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Immaculée #4, 2007
Chromogenic print
Image 102.5 x 152.5 cm (40 1/2 x 60 in.)
Sheet 114.8 x 164.4 cm (45 1/4 x 64 3/4 in.)
Edition of 6, plus 2 ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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
$1,705 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Bryan Ferry 1975 Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music with the “Roxettes” London 1975
Bryan Ferry is a British singer-songwriter and frontman of the band Roxy Music, renowned fo...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
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
Marko Hands
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Slava Mogutin
Marko Hands, Berlin
2007
Signed, titled, and numbered, verso
Chromogenic print (Edition...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Marilyn Monroe, print of 1988 from original negative
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 without flash in available light.
The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted with a burlesque corset for her ride on a pink elephant at a charity event at Madison Square Garden. (from Wikipedia)
This is a unique silver gelatine print, made in 1988 from the original negative.
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
El Orgullo by James Sparshatt - Photography, Gelatin Print with Wood Frame, 2001
Located in Coltishall, GB
El Orgullo - the pride - Holguín, Cuba during Las Romerias de Mayo festival.
Women full of pride dancing during Las Romerias de Mayo festival
A troupe of female dancers full of all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Bad Luck Gloria 1951
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bad Luck Gloria
2nd April 1951: American actor Jose Ferrer (1912 – 1992) commiserates with Gloria Swanson after losing out in the contest for the Best Actress oscar, while the winner, Judy Holliday...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1983.
Black and white photograph.
From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazin...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
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
Pin Ups - David Bowie and Twiggy Oversize Print
Located in London, GB
Pin Ups - David Bowie and Twiggy Oversize Print
by Justin De Villeneuve
40 x 40 inches / 101 x 101 cm
Chromogenic print
signed & numbered by artist
editio...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Smoking Coal Miner, Pol-E-Khomri, Afghanistan, 2002 - Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Smoking Coal Miner, Pol-E-Khomri, Afghanistan, 2002 - Steve McCurry
Signed and affixed with photographer's edition label and numbered on reverse
Digital c-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
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
French poet, artist, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau with actress Ricki Soma
Located in New York, NY
French poet, artist, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau with actress Ricki Soma and dancer Leo Coleman
New York City, 1949/printed later
Estate stamp in black ink, verso
Archival pigment p...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
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
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
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
$2,179 Sale Price
20% Off
Mist -Signed limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Sensual Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Mist - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5
The legacy of Ian is deeply woven into the fabric of our gallery. During his lifetime, Ian prepared all the archi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Phot...
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
"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 16 x 24 in Edition 57/75 by Lawrence Schiller
Located in Culver City, CA
"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 16 x 24 in Edition 57/75 by Lawrence Schiller
Silver Gelatin print
Edition 57/75
Signed and numbered by the artist
Printed later
On Wednesday, May 23, 1962, Marilyn Monroe stepped onto the set of Something’s Got to Give to film what would become one of the most iconic and talked-about moments of her career: the now-legendary nude swimming pool scene. This extraordinary day—captured in a series of rare photographs by renowned photographer Lawrence Schiller—has since become a cornerstone of Hollywood history.
Key moments that make this session truly historic:
A Bold Cinematic First:
Monroe spent nearly four hours in the pool on the 20th Century Fox lot, filming a sequence in which her character, Ellen Arden, appears to swim nude...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Carly Simon 1972
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Carly Simon
Carly Simon, London 1972she kissed my cheek, I did not wash for a week!
Carly Simon is an acclaimed American singer-songwriter known for her introspe...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
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
Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage Black and White Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Monica Vitti is a black and white photo of the Italian actress taken in 1980s. Good condition.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in 1950 to the ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
John Lennon 1971
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
John Lennon
John Lennon at home in the white room, Ascot, UK July 1971
John Lennon was a legendary British musician, songwriter, and peace activist, best known a...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude Montage
By D.M. Brandt
Located in Cologne, DE
Vintage, Montage, signed, Number 1977/2
Category
1970s Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$829 Sale Price
30% Off
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
Maxi - Signed limited edition contemporary print, Color photo, Nude Oversize
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Maxi - Signed limited edition archival pigment print on an textured art paper - Edition of 8
Photography : 1988
Bichromate print : 2012
Will be part of Ian Sanderson's future Br...
Category
1980s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigm...
Die Loreley - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 16x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman wrapped in tulle. The photograph was taken with dark red background.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archiv...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grace Jones and Andre Leon Talley at Studio 54
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photographic work taken by Andy Warhol.
Grace Jones is a musician and former model. A former star of the Studio 54 disco scene, she is known for her androgynous appearance, bold features, and subversive antics, making her one of the biggest pop stars of the 1980s. Andre Leon Talley...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Dolores Guinness
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness
German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 – 2012) in the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 1965
Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 20" inche...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
Category
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson
Audrey Hepburn wearing Givenchy in Italy, 1955
Located in New York, NY
Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn is photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from his Spring/Summer 1955 collection at 'Villa Rolli', a farmhouse in the Al...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Animal Dreams
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Other Editions:
15 x 15" Edition of 15- $3,200
22 x 22" Edition of 10- $5,000
36 x 36" Edition of 9- $9,000
After completing her prodigious series of illustrations for Lewis Carroll...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Rolling Stones - December
s Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.9 cm)
Silver Gelatin Print
Edition of 50
Price does not include tax.
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
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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