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Cher in Costume, by Julian Wasser -2/15 - Contemporary Celebrity Photography
By Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
. Weegee was a major influence on Wasser's style of photography. After serving in the Navy in San Diego
Category

20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

C Print

John Biggers in His Studio by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1986, Gelatin Silver Print
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and the Virginia Museum of
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

John Biggers in His Studio by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1986, Gelatin Silver Print
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and the Virginia Museum of
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

2 Boys, 2 Dogs, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and the Virginia Museum of
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Long Wall, Berwick, Northumberland, England. 1991
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures
Category

20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bowood Gardens, Study 2, Wiltshire, England. 1987
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures
Category

20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Quixote s Giants, Study 1, Campo de Criptana, Spain.
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures
Category

20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Summer Dress, 1997
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures
Category

20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Le Desert de Retz, Study 8, France.
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures
Category

20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Morning Walk, Marly, France,
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures
Category

20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dawn Mist, Mont St. Michel, France
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Moss Landing Power Station, Study 2, Moss Landing, California, USA, 1987
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures
Category

20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cliff, 1990s Queer Male Portrait Photography
Located in New York, NY
Cliff, 1990s Queer Male Portrait Photography by Victor Carnuccio Cliff 1996 Signed, titled, dated
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Guardian - Father and Daughter, Child, Black Artist, American Flag, Skyline
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Art.
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mother with Sons, 3rd Ward, Houston, TX
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, National Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
Category

20th Century Modern Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

70s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Black woman striptease dancer, Framed
Located in London, GB
at Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, in 2014 and in the same year the group show on
Category

1970s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Glass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Silv...

Fat Johnnies Kid with Gun
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Finickey s
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Pink s LA
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Jay Leno, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of American comedian, ac...
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Superdawg s at Night
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Munchie s Cart
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Ian McKellen, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of the famous English ac...
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Grace Jones, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of the Jamaican model, s...
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Halle Berry, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of the American actress....
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Glenn Close, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of the famous American ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Odges
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Blues Bros.
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Eartha Kitt, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Printed later Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of Eartha...
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Faye Dunaway, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of American actress Fay...
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Evander Holyfield, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 10 Also available in 101 x 127 cm 40 x 50 inch and as combined Edition 25 in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch Black and white Portrait of America...
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Elton John, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of British singer and s...
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Debbie Harry, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of American singer, son...
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Brian Ferry, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of British singer and s...
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Boy George, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of British-American sta...
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Gold Coast Dogs
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Dee s Pit Shop
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of Actor, Bodybuilder an...
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Barbara Streisand, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of the young Barbara Str...
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jake s Pup in the Ruff
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Untitled / 1002
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
Contemporary Photography. Paper dimension is 24 x 20 inch. The image is 22 5/8 x 17 7/8 inches. Unique
Category

Late 20th Century 85 New Wave Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Shelby s
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Byrons
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

99 Cent
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Irving s
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Iman, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Black and white portrait of Supermodel Iman, wife of David Bowie. From personality portraits and advertising cam...
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
By Bruce Cratsley
Located in Surfside, FL
collection. In 1999, Cratsley was included in the volume Desire: contemporary photography from the visual
Category

1980s American Modern Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
By Bruce Cratsley
Located in Surfside, FL
fine art photography based in SoHo. He was photographed by Elsa Dorfman who shot many luminaries
Category

1980s American Modern Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
By Bruce Cratsley
Located in Surfside, FL
collection. In 1999, Cratsley was included in the volume Desire: contemporary photography from the visual
Category

1980s American Modern Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
By Bruce Cratsley
Located in Surfside, FL
Desire: contemporary photography from the visual AIDS archive project. In 2011 a photograph by Cratsley
Category

1980s American Modern Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
By Bruce Cratsley
Located in Surfside, FL
fine art photography based in SoHo. He was photographed by Elsa Dorfman who shot many luminaries
Category

1980s American Modern Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
By Bruce Cratsley
Located in Surfside, FL
collection. In 1999, Cratsley was included in the volume Desire: contemporary photography from the visual
Category

1980s American Modern Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hip Hop, Galveston, TX - Black and White Photograph, Black Artist, Portrait
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, National Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Street Champion, 4th Ward - Black White Photograph, Black Artist, Documentary
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Art.
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Two Sisters, Easter Sunday, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, National Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
Category

1980s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Guardian by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1991, Silver Gelatin Print
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and the Virginia Museum of
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greek Mosaics, Diptych Figurative Photography, Framed
By Paul Meleschnig
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Greek Mosaics- Diptych figurative photography framed by Paul Meleschnig Image size :10" x 20
Category

1990s Contemporary Contemporary Vintage Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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Contemporary Vintage Photography For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate piece of contemporary vintage photography for your needs in our varied inventory. If you’re looking for an item from our selection of contemporary vintage photography from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right choice in our collection of contemporary vintage photography for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, black, brown and blue. An object in our assortment of contemporary vintage photography from Miroslav Tichy, Richard Heeps, Stefanie Schneider, Leonard Freed and Rebecca Skinner — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these — often created in paper, photographic paper and silver gelatin print — can elevate any room of your home. A large option in this array of contemporary vintage photography can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller piece of contemporary vintage photography, measuring 3 high and 2 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Contemporary Vintage Photography?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a piece of contemporary vintage photography in our inventory may begin at $72 and can go as high as $83,813, while the average can fetch as much as $798.

A Close Look at Contemporary Art

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.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Photography for You

Find a broad range of photography on 1stDibs today.

The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later. 

Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide. 

What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?

Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.

Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.

Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more. 

Questions About Contemporary Vintage Photography
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
    Vintage photography are the earliest prints that photographers could make from negatives. Yet even later copies from the same negative are considered original vintage prints. Find a collection of photography today on 1stDibs.