Skip to main content

Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

American, b. 1966

Award-winning photographer Julie Blackmon draws inspiration from 17th-century painters. In a very playful way, the American artist makes images that are both autobiographical and fictional, introducing playful updates to the scenes of rowdy tavern interiors that Flemish and Dutch artists created centuries ago with the chaotic situations that family life can bring to the fore. 

Blackmon was born in Springfield, Missouri. She studied at Missouri State University, where she discovered her passion for photography through the works of Sally Mann and Diane Arbus. She didn't formally return to photography until many years later — as a mother of three — and for much of her initial work, Blackmon found compelling subject matter in her very own living room. 

Blackmon’s first major series "Mind Games" won an honorable mention in a 2004 competition at the Santa Fe Center for Photography, as well as an award from the Society of Contemporary Photography in Kansas City, Missouri.

From there, Blackmon's career gained considerable traction. She followed up her inaugural series — which comprised black and white documentary images — with a full-color series that depicted both imagined and realistic domestic situations within the home. Blackmon continued working primarily in color, exploring new scenarios and framing cinematic conceptual shots in hayfields, parking lots and neighbors’ backyards.

Blackmon has exhibited at galleries all over the United States. Her work is held in many public and private collections including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Microsoft Art Collection in Washington and the Fotografiska Museum in New York City. 

Find original Julie Blackmon photography on 1stDibs.

to
12
8
2
2
2
10
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
12
11
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
12
104
2,423
1,769
398
356
11
11
Artist: Julie Blackmon
Loading Zone, Color Photograph, Archival Pigment Ink Print, signed and numbered
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Loading Zone is from Julie Blackmon's ongoing series Domestic Vacations. Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used to...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hair, 2013
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Garage
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tinkertoys
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Laying Out
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmons's images offer fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish aesthetic. Peggy's Beauty Shop is an outstandi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Wicker Swing
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Line-Up
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Book Club
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Afterparty
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Take Off
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dress Rehearsal
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Picnic
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Related Items
Cannes 10:15PM, France
By Leonardo Pucci
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 15 CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through May 6, 2018. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be aft...
Category

2010s Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Milano 6:53AM, Italy
By Leonardo Pucci
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 15 CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through June 10, 2018. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Street Dance 2 - Limited Edition Color Photograph - Urban Contemporary
By Elliott Kaufman
Located in New York, NY
Street Dance 2 is a contemporary color photograph by artist Elliott Kaufman. Kaufman describes New York City as “a laboratory in constant movement." In hi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Digital, Archival Pigment

PARIS POESIE
By Susan Aurinko
Located in Chicago, IL
Archival digital print on Hahnemühle fine art matte paper. Edition size: 11 Paper size: 16 x 20 inches Sold Matted with 3" white mat Also, available in 11" x 1...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

COLOR KISS
By Susan Aurinko
Located in Chicago, IL
Archival inkjet print on Hahnemühle fine art matte paper Edition size: 11 Paper size: 16 x 20 inches Also, available in 11" x 14" • 20" x 24" For larger sizes, please inquire...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bubble No. 7
By Stuart Allen
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 8 Signed, titled, dated and numbered. "This series exploits an optical phenomenon that occurs when visible light is distorted by the thin film membrane of a soap bubble. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bubble No. 7
H 23.75 in W 23.75 in D 0.1 in
Juicy
By Susan Aurinko
Located in Chicago, IL
Archival inkjet print on Hahnemühle fine art matte paper Edition size: 11 Framed size: 21 x 18 Susan Aurinko, photographer and curator, has shown her work in solo exhibitions...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

French Master - an observation on iconic master oil paintings and gilded frames
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a series of observations on French master paintings and their opulent gilded frames FRENCH MASTER by Frank Schott 60 x 48 inches / 152cm x 1...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Rio de Janeiro 2:08PM, Brazil
By Leonardo Pucci
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 20 CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through May 6, 2018. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be aft...
Category

2010s Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Paris 10:24PM, France
By Leonardo Pucci
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 15 CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through june 10, 2018. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a d...
Category

2010s Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Birdman, Lithuania 2018
By Mindaugas Gabrenas
Located in Hudson, NY
This listing is for the unframed photograph. The Robin Rice Gallery proudly announces SUMMERTIME Salon 2019, an annual photography exhibit featuring gallery artists as well as a fe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Rio de Janeiro 5:10PM, Brazil
By Leonardo Pucci
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 20 CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through May 6, 2018. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be aft...
Category

2010s Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Previously Available Items
Records
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
I guess my work is kind of a love letter to the past and that freedom that we had, but also an acknowledgment of the anxiety that I feel, that is real, about not being able to let ou...
Category

2010s Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Concert
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Homegrown Food
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Chaise
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

New Chair
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Julie Blackmon Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Julie Blackmon figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Julie Blackmon figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Julie Blackmon in archival pigment print, pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Julie Blackmon figurative photography, so small editions measuring 22 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Cheryl Maeder, David Graham, and Greg Lotus. Julie Blackmon figurative photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,100 and tops out at $15,000, while the average work can sell for $3,500.

Recently Viewed

View All