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David Drebin - Hotlanta, Photography 2005, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be printed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
David Drebin - Blueberry Love, Photography 2018, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be printed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
David Drebin - Capri Selfie, Photography 2016, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be printed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
David Drebin - Girl In Window, Photography 2009, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be printed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
David Drebin - Convertible, Photography 2000, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
David Drebin - Between Rounds, Photography 2018, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be printed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
David Drebin - Swept Away, Photography 2018, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be printed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
David Drebin - Playing With Fire Diamond Dust, Photography 2020, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
Series: Diamond Dust
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
31" x 41
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
David Drebin - Blue Fantasy, Lightbox, Photography 2018, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be printed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
David Drebin - Before The Storm, Photography 2005, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be printed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
David Drebin - Big City Spy, Lightbox, Photography 2013, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be printed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
David Drebin - Beach Shower, Lightbox, Photography 2005, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be printed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
David Drebin - Big City Blonde, Photography 2012, Printed After
By David Drebin
Located in Stamford, CT
” (2016), “Love and Lights” (2017) and “Before They Were Famous” (2019).
This photograph will be printed
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
American Photographer Andreas Feininger Silver Gelatin Vintage Print
By Andreas Feininger
Located in Surfside, FL
the staff of Life magazine, an association that lasted until 1962.
Feininger became famous for his
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
American Photographer Andreas Feininger Silver Gelatin Vintage Print
By Andreas Feininger
Located in Surfside, FL
the staff of Life magazine, an association that lasted until 1962.
Feininger became famous for his
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brutalist Symphony II Kodak Film Rebate - London Architecture Street Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
subtle beauty in the light and colour of this conceptual architectural photograph of the famous Brutalist
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
American Photographer Nature Silver Gelatin Vintage Print
By Andreas Feininger
Located in Surfside, FL
, an association that lasted until 1962.
Feininger became famous for his photographs of New York
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
American Photographer Landscape Silver Gelatin Vintage Print
By Andreas Feininger
Located in Surfside, FL
, an association that lasted until 1962.
Feininger became famous for his photographs of New York
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
American Photographer Nest Silver Gelatin Vintage Print
By Andreas Feininger
Located in Surfside, FL
, an association that lasted until 1962.
Feininger became famous for his photographs of New York
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tribute to Violinist Jascha Heifetz, limited edition David Hockney poster
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
cellist who photographed famous concert soloists performing. He was born in 1920 and raised in San
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Deserted Streets with Shadows, 1989 - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
an empty highway. Inverting the famous Hollywood sign, Ormerod photographs a Texaco sign from the
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Giant Women Signs - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
beauty tainted by a hidden sense of menace and corruption.
The photographs are understated, but show an
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Gold Car, Butte Montana - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
by a hidden sense of menace and corruption.
The photographs are understated, but show an unseen
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Man and Red Arrow - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
beauty tainted by a hidden sense of menace and corruption.
The photographs are understated, but show an
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Roadsign and Field, 1989 - Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
an empty highway. Inverting the famous Hollywood sign, Ormerod photographs a Texaco sign from the
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Boy and Men on Horses - Black and White Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
an empty highway. Inverting the famous Hollywood sign, Ormerod photographs a Texaco sign from the
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Marcel Proust, Unique Acetate delivered by Andy Warhol to Chromacomp Inc. Framed
By Otto Wegener
Located in New York, NY
acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen works were based on a famous 1895 photograph of the French novelist
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Bullish
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
Bearish.
Early in 2024, I travelled to Seville to photograph the famous bulls of the Miura ranch. They
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Bullish
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
Bearish.
Early in 2024, I travelled to Seville to photograph the famous bulls of the Miura ranch. They
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Bullish
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
Bearish.
Early in 2024, I travelled to Seville to photograph the famous bulls of the Miura ranch. They
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Muhammad Ali / 5th Street Gym, Miami Beach - Contact Sheet, Black and White
By Al Satterwhite
Located in Denton, TX
a photoshoot following the famous boxer. Many iconic photographs of Muhammad Ali are featured in
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Easter Island
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of the famous Moai by the Rapa Nui people.
Edition of 15.
Additional sizes available.
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
ZZ Top, Humble, Texas - Color Portrait, Musicians, Barber Shop, Photography
By Michael O
Brien
Located in Denton, TX
Frank Beard and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill, until Hill's passing in 2021. This photograph depicts the
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Willie Nelson, Spicewood, Texas - Black and White Portrait, Country Musician
By Michael O
Brien
Located in Denton, TX
collection of portraits and stories of Texans, both famous and “ordinary.”
O’Brien’s photographs are in the
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Claude François by Gianni Piccione - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Claude François by Gianni Piccione is a a vintage photographic print on Baryta paper.
Photograph
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Greta Garbo - Somber Head Shot by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
By Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first
Category
1930s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Paper
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Eddie Calvert by Pietro Pascuttini - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
.
Photograph by famous portraitist Pietro Pascuttini.
Photographer's ink stamp and pencil notes on the back
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alain Barrière by Pietro Pascuttini - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Alain Barrière by Pietro Pascuttini is a vintage photographic print on baryta paper.
Photograph by
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Charles Aznavour by Pietro Pascuttini - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
.
Photograph by famous portraitist Pietro Pascuttini.
Photographer's ink stamp and pencil notes on the back
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Michael Falco Photography Double Exposure Wonder Wheel Coney Island Ferris Wheel
Located in Nantucket, MA
photographing the war's famous battlefields and sesquicentennial reenactments with large format pinhole cameras
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Giorgio Gaber and Maria Monti - Photographic Print by Giancolombo - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
.
Photograph by famous Italian Photographer Gian Battista Colombo (giancolombo).
Notes and photographer's ink
Category
1960s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Yvonne Monlaur by Franco Pinna - Vintage B/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
not compromise the image quality.
Photograph realized by famous italian photographer Franco Pinna
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fred Buscaglione by Giancolombo - Vintage b/w Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Fred Buscaglione by Giancolombo is a vintage photographic print on single-coated paper
Photograph
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Andy Warhol in his New York studio, 1976 (Palm Springs Art Museum) Signed Framed
By Michael Childers
Located in New York, NY
Biography:
Since the 1960s, Michael Childers has been photographing famous people within the broad genre of
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Michael Falco Photography Amusement Park Ferris Wheel Clouds Landscape New York
Located in Nantucket, MA
the Civil War 150 Pinhole Project photographing the war's famous battlefields and sesquicentennial
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Metal
Large Italian Modernist Surrealist Lady Mod Oil Painting "La Ragazza Ungherese"
By Lazzaro Donati
Located in Surfside, FL
entrance was a smaller studio where Donati sculpted, with a window overlooking the famous old English
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Andy Warhol Mao 1972 announcement (Andy Warhol Leo Castelli gallery)
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
silkscreen”. The following year he created a portrait of the communist leader based on a photograph from his
Category
1970s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Portrait of Italian Singer Luigi Tenco by Pietro Pascuttini - B/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Luigi Tenco by Pietro Pascuttini is a vintage photographic print on baryta paper.
Photograph
Category
1960s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Three Portraits of Italian Singer Pino Daniele by Ennio Antonangeli -Early 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
print on baryta paper.
Photographs by the famous photographer of "Dolce Vita" Ennio Antonangeli
Category
1980s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kate Bush Underwater Tryptich
By Guido Harari
Located in Austin, TX
famous people when you’re photographing them.”
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Andy Warhol in Paris with Sitting Bird 1976 signed photo Palm Springs Art Museum
By Michael Childers
Located in New York, NY
1960s, Michael Childers has been photographing famous people within the broad genre of portraiture. His
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Permanent Marker
Italian Modernist Surrealist Lady With a Hat Oil Painting, Signora dal Cappello
By Lazzaro Donati
Located in Surfside, FL
famous old English cemetery where tourists laid flowers on the grave of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
In
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Man with Tattooed Forehead
By Robert Doisneau
Located in New York, NY
best known for his famous 1950 photograph, "Le baiser de l'ôtel de ville (Kiss by the Town Hall
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cara and the Robbers
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
is signed, dated and numbered on the front.
Edition Size: 20
Photographing a famous person next to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Portrait of Garibaldi - Original Albumen Print - 1874
By Lodovico Tuminello
Located in Roma, IT
photographer's history. Lodovico Tuminello was one of the pioneers of photography in Rome, where he photographed
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Palmist, 1989 - Black and White Photographic Print on Hahnmuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
an empty highway. Inverting the famous Hollywood sign, Ormerod photographs a Texaco sign from the
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Holy Works: Pieta - Contemporary, 21st Century, Digital Print, Limited Edition
By Andres Serrano
Located in Zug, CH
unconventional medium and challenging imagery as in his famous Piss Christ. Through his photographs, Serrano
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
C Print
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Find a variety of famous photographs available on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect modern, contemporary or Surrealist examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add famous photographs that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of gray, black, blue, beige and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Slim Aarons, David Yarrow, Ellen von Unwerth, Jack Graves III and Andy Warhol are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in digital print, c print and pigment print. If space is limited, there are small famous photographs measuring 0.75 across, while our inventory also includes pieces up to 3375 inches across to better suit those in the market for large iterations.
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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 Famous Photographs
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer Benson is Harry Benson. Always in the right place at the right time, Benson has used his camera to give the world a glimpse into events rocking the globe. His black-and-white and color photographs include shots of celebrities, politicians, royalty, political upheavals and social revolutions. In 1989, Benson photographed the student protests in Tiananmen Square and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He was with President Clinton on his historic visit to Kosovo in 1999 and captured New York City in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Benson has also photographed every president since Eisenhower and took numerous images of Queen Elizabeth II. Shop a variety of Harry Benson photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer Salgado is Sebastião Salgado. He is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. Salgado has traveled to over 120 countries for his projects, which have appeared in numerous publications and exhibitions throughout the world. Shop a selection of Sebastião Salgado photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer Slim is Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach. Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books. Shop a collection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer Watson is Albert Watson. His manipulation of contrast and superior sense of composition distinguish his portraits of celebrities and models. With an emphasis on the formal and sculptural properties of the human body, Watson's images have appeared in numerous American and European fashion magazines and in museum and gallery exhibitions. Shop a diverse assortment of Albert Watson photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The most famous photographer in Brazil is arguably Sebastião Salgado. He is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist who has traveled to over 120 countries for his photographic projects. His work has earned him numerous accolades, including the Eugene Smith Award for Humanitarian Photography, an ICP Infinity Award and a Hasselblad Award. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Sebastião Salgado photographic art.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous motion photographer is Eadweard Muybridge. He was responsible for creating some of the most important and groundbreaking photographic studies of motion. He has been referred to as “the father of the motion picture” for his innovative camera use, groundbreaking artistic expression and detailed scientific study of movement. Muybridge is best known for expanding and experimenting with the camera’s ability to capture and freeze motion, as he developed a set of multiple cameras with synchronized shutters. On 1stDibs, explore a range of Eadweard Muybridge photography.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025Slim Aarons is arguably the best-known photographer of the rich and famous, although many other photographers have also taken photos of celebrities. However, Aarons stands out for having captured the 20th century’s international jet set and creating images that are at once candid and polished. Some notable people he immortalized in his images include Lauren Bacall, Tony Curtis, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Princess Grace of Monaco, Jackie Kennedy, Imelda Marcos and Mick Jagger. Find a variety of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous Japanese photographer Araki is Nobuyoshi Araki. He is well-known for his provocative, erotic photographs and prolific production; over 500 books have been devoted to his work. Araki has depicted flowers, food, figurines and bodies with a distinct sensuality that reaches its apex in his close-up shots of female genitalia, pictures of women in traditional Japanese rope bondage and photographs of Tokyo sex clubs. The photographer has had exhibitions at the Tate Modern in London, UK; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California; and the Albertina Museum in Vienna, Austria, among other institutions.
On 1stDibs, explore an assortment of Nobuyoshi Araki photography for sale. - 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer with one eye is Albert Watson. He studied graphic design before becoming a photographer and used the principles he learned to highlight the formal and structural properties of the human body. He was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship in 2010. Shop a range of Albert Watson photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025There isn't a single famous wild horse photographer. Rather, wild horses are the favorite subjects of a few accomplished photographers whose work captures the animals' beauty and raises awareness about conserving and protecting their species. Such photographers include Kimerlee Curyl, Roberto Dutesco, Maria Marriott and Sandy Sharkey. On 1stDibs, shop a large selection of horse photography.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer of Palm Springs was Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Palm Beach and other luxurious settings around the globe. Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death. Find a selection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous architectural photographer in Los Angeles is Julius Shulman. His photography spread California's mid-century modernism around the world and ushered in a new appreciation for the movement in the 1990s. Some of Shulman's architectural photographs, like the iconic shots of Frank Lloyd Wright's or Pierre Koenig's remarkable structures, have been published countless times. The clarity of his work demanded that architectural photography had to be considered an independent art form. Each Shulman image unites perception and understanding of the buildings and their place in the landscape. The precise compositions reveal the architectural ideas behind a building's surface and the visions and hopes of an entire age. A sense of humanity is always present in his work, even when the human figure is absent. Many of the buildings photographed by Shulman have since been demolished or repurposed, lending to the importance of his images. On 1stDibs, find a collection of Julius Shulman photography.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The photographer who is famous for their landscapes of the American West is Ansel Adams. The San Francisco–born photographer is celebrated for his majestic black-and-white photography that brought the deserts, mountains and forests of the American West to the public. His images, beloved for their raw beauty and the magic of their subjects, are known around the world and widely reproduced. Adams’s photographs were first published in 1921. Even these early efforts demonstrate his eye for composition and sensitivity to tonal balance and textural contrast. In the mid-1920s, he began to play with soft focus, as in the dreamy 1927 Lyell Fork Meadows, which appears bathed in a hazy, nostalgic light. The 1948 Sunrise over Sand Dunes in Death Valley exemplifies Adams’s later experiments with stark contrasts in light and geometric framing, transforming the landscape into a near abstraction. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Ansel Adams photography.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025The famous Dutch painter’s works that Kerstens’s photographs resemble is Johannes Vermeer. Since 1995, Dutch photographer Hendrik Kerstens has been photographing his daughter, Paula. A number of the portraits of Paula are clearly reminiscent of Vermeer’s paintings. The austerity of the photographs, their clarity and the characteristic "Dutch" light all combine to create this impression. However, Kerstens was not just imitating the paintings. As the series progressed, he became increasingly interested in the game of creating a conceptual and humorous dialogue between the past and present. The titles give the game away. Napkin looks like a maid's bonnet. In Bag, a plastic grocery bag is shaped to look like a lace hood. In other pictures, no pretense is made to imitate 17th-century clothing, but Paula's face and Kerstens's light turn a thoroughly modern hoodie into a classic and timeless garment. Conceptually, Kerstens's photographs play with the relationship between painting and photography, including with seriality and time. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of Hendrik Kerstens art.
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