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Color: Blue
Blondie Blue by BATIK- Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Blondie Blue
By BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print of pop culture icon Debbie Harry of punk rock glam band Blondie
Edition of 15
BATIK is a London based fine artist and image ma...
Category
1970s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ice Bar in Lech, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Customers at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
C...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
A Friendly Chat, Estate Edition, Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967
Visual Description: A woman seated in a wicker chair i...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Verbier Skiers, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers at Verbier, 1964.
Skiers in red, blue, and taupe skiwear adjust their gear against a perfect azure ski in Verbier, Switzerland. Snowy mountains rise in the background. Verbier is a stunning mountain and winter ski destination in the Swiss Alps, known for its notoriously challenging slopes as well as its famous apres-ski scene.
Slim Aarons
Verbier Skiers...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
A Friendly Chat, Estate Edition, Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967
Visual Description: A woman seated in a wicker chair i...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Skiing at St. Moritz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector w...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Skiing at St. Moritz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector w...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Ice Bar in Lech, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Customers at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
C...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
A Friendly Chat, Estate Edition, Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967
Visual Description: A woman seated in a wicker chair i...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Waiting in the Shade, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman shelters under a parasol on a beach on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 1967.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marina Piccola, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marina Piccola, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marina Piccola, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Snowman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Snowman
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1990s
Size: 10x8in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provided
Ref...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Vuelo Azul (Blue Flight)
Located in VALLAURIS, FR
"The 2021 photo performance Blue Flight reflects the ways Paredes draws from numerous spheres including her autobiography, literature, mythology, and spirituality, to grapple with th...
Category
2010s Performance Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Grenadier of the 41st Regiment of Foot", Niagara-on-the-Lake, Fort George.
Located in Toronto, ON
"Grenadier of the 41st Regiment of Foot", Niagara-on-the-Lake, Fort George National Park, Ontario, Canada,
An 1812 Re-enactor - Grenadier of the 41st Regiment of Foot - of the infamous war between Canada and the U.S. forever know as the "War of 1812...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Debbie Harry, 1978
By Mick Rock
Located in New York, NY
11 x 14”
Limited Edition Estate Print
Next available edition printed upon purchase. Please allow 3 weeks for production.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bent Sound - underwater portrait of Njomza Vitia - archival pigment print 44x64"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater portrait of the singer Njomza Vitia.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist.
Paper size: 44" x 64"
Image size: 43" x 62"
Limited editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tiger sharks - Signed limited fine art print, Contemporary underwater photo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tiger Sharks into the blue - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
Bahamas, 2016
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-free and lignin-free paper, Museum quality paper for highest age resistance and a popular alternative to analogue baryta paper). The inks used are also known for their longevity.
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity.
Archival pigment print available sizes ( Image size , the white margin is not counted) :
46 x 100 cm / 18,11 x 39,37 in. - Edition of 5
69.5 x 150 cm / 27,16 x 59.05 in - Edition of 5
Olivier Borde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, "Poolside in Arizona" (Midcentury Architecture, Vintage Desert)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Poolside In Arizona' by Slim Aarons
Fabulously fashionable guests by the calm water of the swimming pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973. This classi...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
"Milla pink blue Uke" Photography 29" × 20" in Edition of 20 by Kate Garner
By Kate Garner
Located in Culver City, CA
"Milla pink blue Uke" Photography 29" × 20" in Edition of 20 by Kate Garner
Hahnemuhle fine art archival paper
Kate Garner: Seeker, Sage, and Preservationist of Identity
A thought...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
1950s Girly Pin-Up Hangs out on Miami Beach in the 1970s
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Besides being a pioneering staged photograph, the composition is unique as well. A five-inch cutout appears to be monumental. The subject fills the pictorial space from the bottom to the top. It dominates the vast beachscape and dwarfs the life-size figures to the lower right. By photographing a reproduction of a person on paper, Funk pushes the boundaries of portraiture in 1977. Robert Funk is a pioneer of Staged Photography. The work is signed, numbered 3/15, dated, and titled lr. printed later, unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy, doll, miniature, plastic thingies and staged photography. He also photographs his own paintings. Most of his work is done on location. He does not use photoshop to strip in images. He doesn’t take photographs he creates photographs and has works dating from 1973. He was widely published in the 1970's and early 1980's. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Nirvana Nevermind Underwater
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition photographic print of Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana by photographer Kirk Weddle.
Outtakes from photograph...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Joan Jett - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Joan Jett - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Joan Jett, I Love Rock’n’Roll album cover photograph, 1981. (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vagabond Vagrant - Life on the Fringe in the Bowery - The Streets of New York
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago in 1969, it was qu...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco), Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978.
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco)
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
72 x 48 inches
$4900
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
20 x 16 inches
$2150
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). *
Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Glamour Photography, Vintage Backgammon, Vintage Sport, Acapulco, Vintage Pools, Vintage Games...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
Photo by Slim Aarons
Paper size 20 x 30 inches / 51 x 76 cm
Slim Aarons...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Debbie Harry photographed in New York City in 1978. (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sonny and Cher, Beverly Hills, CA, 1966
By Art Kane
Located in New York, NY
Estate Stamped
Please allow four weeks extra production time.
Other sizes available.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Black Boy Broken Glass Brooklyn Museum Color Photography Show by Henri Ghent
Located in Miami, FL
An early example of a street photography portrait in color and multiple exposures with an image of broken glass . Exhibited: Images en Couleur, Brooklyn Museum, 1970. ( This was firs...
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink
Street People Bowery - New York City's "Skid Row - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
For decades the Bowery as the home of a huge vagrant population in New York City. This 1970 portrait captures a derelict with piercing blue eyes that echos his blue state of mind a...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
BEYONCE, DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE dancing by Markus Klinko
Located in Austin, US
Museum quality fine art print of Beyonce by photographer Markus Klinko. Shot in 2003 during the cover sessions for the album, Dangerously In Love
This print is available in the fol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
NEW RELEASE David Bowie, Flipped, 2001 by Markus Klinko
Located in Austin, US
New release September 2022. David Bowie, Flipped, 2001 by Markus Klinko
Reworked negative image of David Bowie, taken from Markus Klinko's original image, and re-worked by Markus h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Jimi Hendrix "Blue Smoke", London, February, 1967 by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, US
Jimi Hendrix, London 1967 by Gered Mankowitz
A portrait of Jimi looking serious while holding a cigarette in an embroidered jacket. "Shot during my first session with Jimi at my Stu...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Minny Crushing Surfing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American society girl Minnie Cushing carries her surfboard under her arm, September 1965.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the e...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
South Beach in the 1970s. Old Man Walking Enters Building - Old Miami Beach
Located in Miami, FL
This image of an elderly man entering a dilapidated Miami Beach apartment building shows how the famous resort looked before it became a hip international resort. Mitchell Funk's gra...
Category
1970s Color-Field Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lady Gaga Hello Kitty
Located in Austin, US
Museum quality fine art print of Lady Gaga by photographer Markus Klinko. Shot in 2009 in London for 35th anniversary of Hello Kitty.
This print is availa...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Bent Sound - an underwater portrait of singer Njomza Vitia - aluminum 24x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater portrait of the singer Njomza Vitia.
Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 12, print #2
The artwork is furnished with cert...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Spain, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fosca, Vera, and Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain, 1978.
Slim Aarons
Roca Llisa
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition of 150
Embo...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Desert Visions - Contemporary, Portrait, Men, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Desert Visions, 2020
20x24cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory - PL20...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
In Bloom - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In Bloom - 2022
20x25cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print based on a mixed-media collage of an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper.
Signature label...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Dugong IV - Stay, Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Coney Island, Animal, Blue
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dugong IV (Stay), from Ryan Gosling's memory sequence
2006, 31x39cm, Edition 1/5, analog C-Print, printed by the artist on Fuji Archive Crystal Paper, based on a Polaroid. Certificat...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Falling Stars - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Falling Stars - 2022
50x40cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print based on a mixed-media collage of an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper.
Signature ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Starburst - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Starburst - 2022
40x50cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print based on a mixed-media collage of an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper.
Signature labe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Polaroid, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color
Noemie Lenoir
Located in Austin, US
From a stunning collection of contemporary nudes from celebrated photographer, Markus Klinko, featuring amongst others, Dita Von Teese, Stoya and Aubrey O’Day
This print is availabl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Night Blue Kate by BATIK - Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Night Blue Kate
By BATIK- Signed Limited Edition
Artwork of the supermodel Kate Moss
Made and signed by London based pop artist BATIK.
Produced from the original transparency
Ce...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue
Located in Austin, US
From a stunning collection of contemporary nudes from celebrated photographer, Markus Klinko, featuring amongst others, Dita Von Teese, Stoya and Aubrey O’Day
This print is availabl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Keith Haring William Burroughs Apocalypse (announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring and William Burroughs 1990:
Vintage original announcement card for “Keith Haring and William S. Burroughs, Apocalypse and the Valley at Charles Lucien Gallery.”
Medium: Folded invitation, offset printed on card stock. 1990.
Dimensions 8 x 5 ¼ inches.
Very Good overall vintage condition.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Photo: Tseng Kwong Chi.
Further Background:
When Keith Haring was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988, he collaborated with author, and close friend, William S. Burroughs on this Apocalypse series, which offers an insight into Haring’s personal struggle with the disease.
In 1980, William S. Burroughs delivered a speech at the Planet Earth Conference titled ‘The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’. In this speech, Burroughs, following religious tradition, says that the four horsemen of the apocalypse are Famine, Plague, War, and Death and moves on to predict a more contemporaneous apocalypse.
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Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
Blondie Blue by BATIK- Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Blondie Blue
By BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print of pop culture icon Debbie Harry of punk rock glam band Blondie
BATIK is a London based fine artist and image maker.
Produced...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer 1981
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Reflection (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Reflection (Suburbia) - 2004
20x20cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Not mounted, Certificate and signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 2765.
This project...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Joan Jett - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Joan Jett - signed limited edition print
Joan Jett, I Love Rock'n'Roll album cover photograph, 1981. (photo Mick Rock)
paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lilies - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lilies - 2022
50x50cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper.
Signature label and certificate.
Not moun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
In Bloom - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In Bloom - 2022
50x50cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper.
Signature label and certificate.
Not mo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
In Bloom - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In Bloom - 2022
25x25cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper.
Signature label and certificate.
Not mo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Lilies - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lilies - 2022
25x25cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper.
Signature label and certificate.
Not moun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
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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