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Art Subject: Portrait
Bob Dylan
By David Bailey
Located in London, GB
David Bailey
Bob Dylan, 1986
Lambda Silver Gelatin print on paper, framed
Signed by the artist, on verso
Sheet: 116 x 140 cm
Edition of 10
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$47,799
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
Ecuador, Mother, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 26, 3 x 22, 7 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
El Campesino by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" photograph on Brushed Aluminiu
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Viñales valley in western Cuba is a place of stunning beauty where perhaps the finest tobacco leaves in the world are grown. The tobacco farmers live hard but proud lives.
The S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Hot Water - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24" x 18"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman diving in a pool in front of bright red background.
There are no rules for luck. I was sure the new girl would need practice and pra...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mujer de Viñales by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36" Photograph on Brushed Aluminium
Located in Coltishall, GB
A woman of vigour and spirit and humour, full of stories, sat on her rocking chair, smoking a cigar, commenting on the world with a word or stream of invective.
The Spirit of the Re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Metal
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
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
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...
Endangered #2
By Blake Little
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Blake Little is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Endangered #2
1993
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 25)
14 x 14 i...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Donna Summer 1979
Located in London, GB
Donna Summer performing, USA 19 November 1979
Donna Summer was a legendary American singer-songwriter known as the "Queen of Disco," celebrated for her powerful vocals and iconic hi...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
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
Sweet Dream - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 18" x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white (sepia) photograph of a naked young woman covered with tulle.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist.
L...
Category
2010s Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jack Harte #3218-1
Located in New York, NY
Jack Harte #3218-1
Stamped and numbered in black ink, inscribed in pencil, verso
Vintage silver print
6.875 x 4.875, sheet
6.5 x 4.5 inches, image
This work is offered by CLAMP in...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan)
After Dark
Nude, Signed
Located in Senoia, GA
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' magazine nude study, photographed in 1972. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium t...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,350 Sale Price
25% Off
Nivaldo 1998 by Salvino Campos
Located in Napoli, IT
Photo b/w signed and dated on back New York 1998, numbered 2 of 5
He was born in Brazil in 1970 in Quartel Geral, in the state of Minas Gerais, where he began his professional activi...
Category
1990s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi in a seductive pose.
Lighty damaged.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Platinum Palladium print, Limited Edition, Homoerotic, Athletic man - Mathew
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Mathew , Platinum Palladium print on Arches Platine paper from Ian Sanderson, unframed.
Edition 1 of 12 plus 2 AP ( small Size )
Portrait of a charismatic man, shirtless, pr...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
Women at fountain Wilhelma gradens, Stuttgart Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Hong Kong, Children, Street, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 30 x 23, 9 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Ellen’s Angel I, Miami
Located in Zurich, CH
Ellen VON UNWERTH (*1954, Germany)
Ellen’s angel I, Miami, 1993
Unique Polaroid
Label signed by the artist
Image 7.5 x 9.5 cm (3 x 3 3/4 in.)
Sheet 8.6 x 10.7 cm (3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Brigitte Bardot and Roger Vadim - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Brigitte Bardot and Roger Vadim is a vintage photographic press print on single coated paper.
Photograph by Antonio Pantano.
A portrait of Roger Vadim an...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
67 Shooting Back #v – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan)
67 Shooting Back #v, 2007
RP Direct print
60 x 50.8 cm (23 5/8 x 20 in.)
Print only
– Nobuyoshi Araki
Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-based p...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Color
Laszlo Willinger, "Lana Turner", original photo from original negative, signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger c. 1939, and printed in the 1980's. This photograph depicts American actress and pin-up mod...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
1930s Photograph of Ansel Adams and Ed Towler
By Wilson D. Ellis
Located in Soquel, CA
Ansel Adams and Ed Towler by Wilson D. Ellis (American, 20th Century). Titled "Ansel and Ed Towler 1936" on verso and signed "Wilson D Ellis" with date 7/16/35 under mat. Silver Brom...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Fabian. From The Series Precolombian Fantasy. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The Series Precolombian Fantasy
One-of-a-kind Photomontage on archival paper
Image size: 27.5 H x 19.5 W in.
Signed, titled and dated by the artist
The root of these unique pho...
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Paper
Coretta Scott King - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Coretta Scott King- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Coretta Scott King shared notes from her husband, Martin Luther King J...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ecuador, Indigenous, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 16, 5 x 23 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Women, dog at Neckar Heiliggeist church Heidelberg, Germany 1936, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Barbados Bliss
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Barbados Bliss by Slim Aarons
Ava Marshall relaxes with a book amongst the bougainvillea in Barbados, April 1976.
60 x 60 inches / 152 x 152 cm paper ...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Autographed Black
White Photograph Portrait of Juan Perón, For Elizabeth Lewis
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare original autographed black and white photograph of Argentinian president Juan Perón, dedicated to Elizabeth Lewis (Bess Huggins Lewis), by an unkn...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Kate Moss #3- Melrose Pink and Black with diamond dust - Framed
Located in New York, NY
Kate Moss #3 - Melrose Pink and Black acrylic paint, screen print on canvas with diamond dust. Floats in a black frame. Paint created by the artist.
About the artist:
Born i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Acrylic, Screen
"Late Afternoon" Nude Photography 30" x 42" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Late Afternoon" Nude Photography 30" x 42" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Comes with COA issued by the artist.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 25" x 35" inch
Edition of 7: 30" x 42" inch
Edition of 3: 40" x 56" inch
AP: 2
* * * ABOUT Larsen Sotelo * * *
Larsen Sotelo is a Filipino-American art and fashion photographer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink
Rudolf Nureyev and Erik Bruhn photographed rehearsing, January 20, 1962
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev and Erik Bruhn photographed during a break in dance class, January 20, 1962. Comes directly fro...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,687 Sale Price
43% Off
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Tina Onassis 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tina Onassis
1958: Athina Livanos Onassis (Tina Onassis) the first wife of Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis relaxing by the swimming pool aboard thei...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Now I’m Here and Now I’m Gone II - Daisy McCrackin Record Shoot
God Willing
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Now I’m Here and Now I’m Gone II - 2011
from the Daisy McCrackin Record Shoot 'God Willing'
30x40cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original P...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Three Wait on Dock, Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY
Located in New York, NY
Three Wait on Dock, Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY
1978
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
20 x 16 inches
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Couple in Paris, 1950s - Street Photography by Erich Andres - Black and White
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Francesca- Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Woman profile portrait
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Francesca - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film in 1986.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Phot...
Johnny Propp
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print
Inscribed, verso
Numbered "56-10" in purple ink, verso
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Photograph by Don Whitman...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White
Olga sucking her thumb
Located in New York City, NY
40x40in
ed.18
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed
Also available:
50x50in
ed.7
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed
60x60in
ed.3
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Fram...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Self Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Self Portrait
1984
Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed “AP,” in pencil, verso; Artist stamp in ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
9.25 x 9.25 inches, image
25 x 21 inches, framed
T...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Daunting (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daunting (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
30x30cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #9...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Hamptons Tennis Club 1955 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
The Hamptons 1955
by Toni Frissell
Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
A scene at a tennis club in The Hamptons USA 1955.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Archival...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Margie Cato, Test Shoot, New York
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed and numbered in pencil on verso
Category
Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
On the set of the film Paris Texas - Wim Wenders - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
On the set of the film Paris Texas - Wim Wenders is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1984.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Robert Smith by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Robert Smith
2022
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists a...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
George Barris, "1B" from The Last Photos, photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This photograph of Marilyn Monroe was shot by photographer, George Barris, in 1962 on Santa Monica Beach in California. This photograph is from a collection entitled "The Last Photos...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Rolling Stones, Primrose Hill, London 1966 by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
The Rolling Stones, taken in London by Gered Mankowitz.
An outtake from the shoot for the front cover of the 1967 Rolling Stones album, Between The Buttons . The photograph was take...
Category
Late 20th Century Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Mathew - Signed limited edition print, Black white, Man underwear, Homoerotic
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Mathew - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
Will be part of Ian Sanderson's future Brighton 1980s retrospective exhibition
This image was captured o...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Lamborghini Star
Rainer W. Schlegelmilch Archive Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
' Lamborghini Star ' Rainer W. Schlegelmilch Archive Limited Edition
Fantastic and fantastical, many of the top car manufacturers like Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini etc launched concept cars...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled (Portrait in a Grand Wig)
By Jimmy DeSana
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Portrait in a Grand Wig)
1972/1991
Offset print (Edition of 50 + 50 APs)
11 x 14 inches
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Offset
Peter Sellers and Karen Lynn by Horn
Griner - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Peter Sellers and Karen Lynn by Horn & Griner is a post-dated press print on Agfa Paper.
Print realized by famous photographers association Steve Horn and Norman Griner in 1964 and reprint for a reissure during late '80s from original film-negative.
Red ink archive code and notes on back
Dim: cm 25.5 x 20
Perfect conditions
A famous hilarious and erotic portrait of the British actors Peter Sellers wile impersonating Bela Lugosi...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Robert Rauschenberg Gemini Editions advertisement" Hans Namuth
By Hans Namuth
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Hans Namuth
Robert Rauschenberg Gemini Editions advertisement
Photograph on paper
14 x 11
Provenance
Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York 2025.
Born in Essen, Germany, ...
Category
1960s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
JFK in Profile, 1960 - Color Photograph Matted and Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Photographer Art Shay was able to get up close and personal in this intimate portrait of John F. Kennedy. Being devoid of any background interference adds to the power of this portrait. It is matted and framed in a black metal frame measuring 18h x 13.75w x 1.25d inches.
Art Shay
JFK in Profile, 1960
archival pigment print
14h x 11w in
35.56h x 27.94w cm
ASY15013
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20th century.” Ellen & Richard Sandor, Renowned photo collectors “I’ve admired Art Shay’s work for almost forty years, and he keeps getting better. He can do anything with a camera, but what he mostly does is capture real moments and transform them into visual poetry. His work continues to be an inspiration to me.” William Friedkin, Director of French Connection “Art Shay is one of our finest photographers. His work over the past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.” Studs Terkel “Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.” Hugh Hefner “Algren, Terkel, Royko, they gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.” Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist “Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson.” Thomas Dyja, author of The Third Coast “Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye, a clear head, and a warm heart...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Oblivion. Hidden identity - Contemporary black
white photography, Figurative
By Joanna Chudy
Located in Warsaw, PL
Signed, numbered out of 10
JOANNA CHUDY
Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 2002, National Film School in Łódź in 2009 and Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where she achi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
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
Sophia Loren - Oversize Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
Sophia Loren - Venice 1955
Oversize Archival Pigment Print
Absolutely Exquisite HUGE 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size print.
Unframed.
Produced on authentic Hahnemühle p...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
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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