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Harlem NY, Black and White Photograph, African Americans, Fashion Show 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
fashion back in the day when African Americans in Harlem enjoyed long necklaces, glamorous gowns, and
Category

1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Mr. Harlem, Photograph of African American Life New York City 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The image capturing African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s, Mr. Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed
Category

1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

New York City, Harlem, 1960s, Photograph of African-American Body Builder
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The image of a body builder from the 1960s captures African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s
Category

1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Sammy Davis Junior, New York City, Times Square, African American, Photo History
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
portrait of Sammy Davis Jr., a legendary African American celebrity, singer, dancer, actor, and comedian
Category

1950s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Digital

African American jazz composer, conductor, and musician David Baker, signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of African American jazz composer, conductor, and
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1990s Pop Art Vintage African Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New York City, Harlem, African American Children 1960s, Muscle Boy, Limited Ed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
: Photographies 1954 - 1990" and in "The Concerned Photographer." W. A. Ewing, N. Herschdorfer, and W. van
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1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...

New York, Harlem, African American Children, Black and White Photo, Fire Hydrant
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and
Category

1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

African American Dancer/Founder Donald McKayle leading his company in class
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of African American Dancer/ Company Founder Donald
Category

1960s Pop Art Vintage African Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New York City, Harlem, Black and White Photo of African Americans, Fire Hydrant
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police
Category

1960s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

African American Man on Street, 1989 - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
African American Man on Street is a dramatic Black & White photographic print on Hahnemuhle Paper
Category

20th Century Contemporary Vintage African Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color

Mitchell Epstein Signed Vintage Color Photograph C Print Photo Florence Italy
By Mitch Epstein
Located in Surfside, FL
Contemporary African Photography from The Walther Collection: Appropriated Landscapes (2011), Brian Wallis
Category

1970s American Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

C Print

Why Do I Love You? Louis Armstrong at 14, 000 feet over Africa, May 1956
By Larry Burrows
Located in New York, NY
A 16 x 20 inch gelatin silver print, with image size of 12 x 17.75 inches. Printed in 2004. "Larry Burrows Collection" and copyright stamps on verso. Larry Burrows career as a LIFE ...
Category

1950s Vintage African Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Original 1950s travel poster to South-Africa
Located in PARIS, FR
- Photography - South Africa Printed by Rotogravure in Leiden
Category

1950s Vintage African Photography

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Africa, Original Poster from Samaritaine Exhibition Paris - African Art - Framed
Located in Encino, CA
a black African mask. This poster inspired from this Man Ray photography depicts an African lady
Category

1990s French Vintage African Photography

Materials

Paper

Africa, Nomad Princesses, Tribal Women, Ethiopia, on Japanese Paper, Edition
By Jean-Michel Voge
Located in New york, NY
the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. Printed on handmade Awagami Japanese paper. by the artist, this is
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Africa, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Tribal Family Photographic Portrait, Two Sisters
By Jean-Michel Voge
Located in New york, NY
Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa by JM Voge. An editioned print, 1/5, signed, titled, dated on verso
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Africa, Indigenous Woman, Rooster, Ethiopia, Photo on Japanese Paper, Edition
By Jean-Michel Voge
Located in New york, NY
. Among JM's personal projects, he photographed the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa and
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage African Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Landscape, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
Hideoki, Black & White Photography, Landscape, Africa, 1994 Photos of Hideoki™ are being sold for
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Landscape, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
Hideoki, Black & White Photography, Landscape, Africa, 1994 Photos of Hideoki™ are being sold for
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
Hideoki, Black & White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994 Photos of Hideoki™ are being sold for
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
Hideoki, Black & White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994 Photos of Hideoki™ are being sold for
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Trees, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Landscape, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Trees, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Trees, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Trees, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Landscape, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Landscape, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Trees, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Trees, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Trees, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Trees, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Landscape, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hideoki, Black White Photography, Untitled, Africa, 1994
By Hideoki Hagiwara
Located in New York, NY
since. Photography became a medium of his self expression, rich with the pangs of his past from post-war
Category

1990s Modern Vintage African Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

20th Century Cheetah Landscape Black and White Photography Mother Cubs African
By Michel Christine Denis-Huot
Located in Paris, Paris
Photography taken by Michel and Christine Denis-Huot Baryta paper Edition of 50 Signed and
Category

20th Century Vintage African Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

Dunes, Namibia, Africa
By Kurt Markus
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Kurt Markus, Dunes, Namibia, Africa, 2002. gelatin silver print Signed print recto.
Category

Late 20th Century Vintage African Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dunes, Namibia, Africa
By Kurt Markus
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Kurt Markus, Dunes, Namibia, Africa, 2002. gelatin silver print Signed print recto.
Category

Late 20th Century Vintage African Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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Vintage African Photography For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact piece of vintage african photography you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. In our selection of items, you can find Contemporary examples as well as a Modern version. Finding the perfect item from our selection of vintage african photography may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a choice in our collection of vintage african photography to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of black, gray, purple, blue and more. An object in our assortment of vintage african photography from Hideoki Hagiwara, Jean-Michel Voge, Leonard Freed, Mitchell Funk and Slim Aarons — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paper, silver gelatin print and digital print can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Vintage African Photography?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a piece of vintage african photography in our inventory may begin at $100 and can go as high as $22,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,800.

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 Vintage African 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.