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Bishop, CA (Strange Love) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Bishop, CA (Strange Love) - Polaroid, Contemporary

Bishop, CA (Strange Love) - Polaroid, Contemporary

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Bishop, CA (Strange Love) diptych - 2005 2 Archival C-Prints, based on two Polaroids. 40x105 installed, 40x50cm each. Signature label and certificate, artist Inventory No. 9930. ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Swimmers by the Red Pool 3
Swimmers by the Red Pool 3

Swimmers by the Red Pool 3

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS PIECE: Beauty, elegance and fierce attitude defines Elena’s eye-catching work. She is known for her high impact colorful portraits. Her style is permeated with the passion f...

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2010s Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph

Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph

By Bruce Cratsley

Located in Surfside, FL

Bruce Cratsley, American (1944-1998) Vintage gelatin silver print Lifting Hand (Scot) Chez Moi A surrealist image of a hand with a light study Hand signed, titled and dated 1986-1988 verso image (each): 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches, matted to 24 X 20 inches Provenance: From the collection of AGFA Graphics Corporation David Bruce Cratsley (1944 - 1998) was an American photographer specialized in still lifes, portraits of friends, and life in New York City. He had a reputation of master of light and shadow. Bruce Cratsley attended Swarthmore College, graduating in 1966, and then, in the early 1970s, The New School for Social Research, studying under Lisette Model. Cratsley worked for many years as a gallerist at Marlborough Gallery before quitting in 1986 to become a full-time photographer. As "Bruce Cratsley", he exhibited in various New York galleries, like: Laurence Miller Gallery, Howard Greenberg Gallery and Witkin Gallery. Cratsley was represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery, a dealer of fine art photography based in SoHo. He was photographed by Elsa Dorfman who shot many luminaries including, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Anaïs Nin and more. In 1978 Cratsley contributed the photo sequences for the musical The Class, performed by The New Ballet School at the New York City Center. In 1980, Cratsley showed his work, Atlantic City, 1977, an August beach scene, at the 11th Anniversary show at the Witkin Gallery. In 1989 Cratsley was awarded with the Guggenheim Fellowship for Photography, US & Canada. Cratsley documented gay life in NYC including his life with David Waine, who died in 1991. "I'd been photographing David since long before he became sick [...] at some point I realized that this was an extraordinary thing that was happening, and that I had an intimate relationship to it. I photographed David just a few hours before he died, not knowing what was about to happen [...] David was very spiritual [...] My pictures are a poetic, spiritualized look at AIDS". In 1995 Cratsley was included together with Barbara Norfleet, Olivia Parker and John Sturges in the list of bestselling photographer at Robert Klein Gallery...

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1980s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Historical Photo of Prison - Vintage photo - 1970s

Historical Photo of Prison - Vintage photo - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Historical Photo of Prison  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.

Category

1970s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Massimo Listri, Biblioteca de Mafra V, Mafra, Portugal

Massimo Listri, Biblioteca de Mafra V, Mafra, Portugal

By Massimo Listri

Located in New York City, NY

Chromogenic Print – Unframed Free Shipping – Ask us foar custom framing options. 40 x 48 inches - edition of 5 48 x 60 inches - edition of 5 71 x 88.5 inches - edition of 5 "My p...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print

Tyler Shields - Champagne, Photography 2021, Printed After

Tyler Shields - Champagne, Photography 2021, Printed After

By Tyler Shields

Located in Greenwich, CT

Series: Silhouettes Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes & editions: 18" x 18" 30" x 30" 45" x 45" 60" x 60" 70" x 70" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Pro...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Cicciolina Puppet Vintage Photograph, Black and White, 1980s, Unframed

Cicciolina Puppet Vintage Photograph, Black and White, 1980s, Unframed

Located in Roma, IT

Cicciolina Puppet - Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions with slight foxing.

Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Madonna: Mythical Swans, Rolling Stone Magazine Portfolio, David LaChapelle
Madonna: Mythical Swans, Rolling Stone Magazine Portfolio, David LaChapelle

Madonna: Mythical Swans, Rolling Stone Magazine Portfolio, David LaChapelle

By David LaChapelle

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: David LaChapelle (1963) Title: Mythical Swans: Madonna, New York, Rolling Stone, 1998 Year: 1998 Medium: ​Chromogenic print, front-mounted to acrylic, flush-mounted to alumin...

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1990s Pop Art Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Self Portrait on Holiday in Athens, Greece
Self Portrait on Holiday in Athens, Greece

Self Portrait on Holiday in Athens, Greece

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Legendary photographer Slim Aarons relaxes in a self portrait shot in Athens, near the Acropolis. Slim Aarons said, "I love a solo holiday. It tends to refresh the part of oneself that is most depleted by modern life — patience. "Let me dispel a few myths. You will be lonely. No: you won’t. My solo travels in Paris have brought many perfect hours of being alone but not a moment of loneliness. People who depend on other people are often in hiding from themselves. Two and a quarter million people live in the City of Light: you will see many of them and you will pass them in the street, but when you see Notre Dame after dark and walk home and perhaps stop to have a drink in the Marais, you can feel that the only thing that is missing from your experience is the common dependency on someone to distract your attention. "I’ve had solo pints of Guinness in the pubs of County Kerry and County Cork. I’ve walked across the sage- and juniper-scented maquis of Corsica on a spring day, where you can still find the world of Napoleon’s childhood. More than once I went to the Isle of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides...

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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Ancient Views of Guatemala City - Photos - 1880s
Ancient Views of Guatemala City - Photos - 1880s

Ancient Views of Guatemala City - Photos - 1880s

Located in Roma, IT

Ancient Views of Guatemala City is a set of two original albumen prints made in 1880s. Prints in very good condition, applied on a single cardboard. Caption in Italian ink hand-wri...

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1880s Figurative Photography

Materials

Paper, Photographic Paper

Drinks at Gstaad - Models Pose in Furs with Cocktails for Apres Ski Drinks
Drinks at Gstaad - Models Pose in Furs with Cocktails for Apres Ski Drinks

Drinks at Gstaad - Models Pose in Furs with Cocktails for Apres Ski Drinks

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Drinks at Gstaad - Models Pose in Furs with Cocktails in Gstaad by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" Digital C-Type Print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color

Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph

Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph

By Bruce Cratsley

Located in Surfside, FL

Bruce Cratsley, American (1944-1998) Vintage gelatin silver print Lifting Hand (Scot) Chez Moi A surrealist image of a hand with a light study Hand signed, titled and dated 1986-1988 verso image (each): 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches, matted to 24 X 20 inches Provenance: From the collection of AGFA Graphics Corporation David Bruce Cratsley (1944 - 1998) was an American photographer specialized in still lifes, portraits of friends, and life in New York City. He had a reputation of master of light and shadow. Bruce Cratsley attended Swarthmore College, graduating in 1966, and then, in the early 1970s, The New School for Social Research, studying under Lisette Model. Cratsley worked for many years as a gallerist at Marlborough Gallery before quitting in 1986 to become a full-time photographer. As "Bruce Cratsley", he exhibited in various New York galleries, like: Laurence Miller Gallery, Howard Greenberg Gallery and Witkin Gallery. Cratsley was represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery, a dealer of fine art photography based in SoHo. He was photographed by Elsa Dorfman who shot many luminaries including, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Anaïs Nin and more. In 1978 Cratsley contributed the photo sequences for the musical The Class, performed by The New Ballet School at the New York City Center. In 1980, Cratsley showed his work, Atlantic City, 1977, an August beach scene, at the 11th Anniversary show at the Witkin Gallery. In 1989 Cratsley was awarded with the Guggenheim Fellowship for Photography, US & Canada. Cratsley documented gay life in NYC including his life with David Waine, who died in 1991. "I'd been photographing David since long before he became sick [...] at some point I realized that this was an extraordinary thing that was happening, and that I had an intimate relationship to it. I photographed David just a few hours before he died, not knowing what was about to happen [...] David was very spiritual [...] My pictures are a poetic, spiritualized look at AIDS". In 1995 Cratsley was included together with Barbara Norfleet, Olivia Parker and John Sturges in the list of bestselling photographer at Robert Klein Gallery...

Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Beneath the Setting Sun - Color gold photo, Limited edition print, Sunset Shower
Beneath the Setting Sun - Color gold photo, Limited edition print, Sunset Shower

Beneath the Setting Sun - Color gold photo, Limited edition print, Sunset Shower

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Beneath the Setting Sun - Limited edition pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm, 2008 - Limited Editions of 15 Shower after a swim in the ocean, in the light of th...

Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...

Vintage Photo Of A Painting - Mid-20th Century

Vintage Photo Of A Painting - Mid-20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Vintage Photograph Of A Painting on a paper, Seppia colored photograph, realized in the mid-20th century. Good conditions.

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Robert Mapplethorpe, Vibert's Back, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
Robert Mapplethorpe, Vibert's Back, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)

Robert Mapplethorpe, Vibert's Back, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)

By Robert Mapplethorpe

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite photogravure after Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), titled Vibert's Back, from the folio A Season in Hell, originates from the 1986 edition published by The Limited Ed...

Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Man Back, One. Motion Series. Male Sepia Photograph
Man Back, One. Motion Series. Male Sepia Photograph

Man Back, One. Motion Series. Male Sepia Photograph

By Ricky Cohete

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Through his exploration of bodily movement, with modern and ballet dancers, and with particular attention to the male physique, the artist has focused on the curves and lines of thei...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

A Beach Day - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century

A Beach Day - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

A beach day is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid-20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments,...

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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Morgan Library II, New York
Morgan Library II, New York

Morgan Library II, New York

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Morgan Library II New York 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed n Morgan Library II, Rein...

Category

2010s Conceptual Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print, Lambda

The Girl - Vintage Photo - 1970s

The Girl - Vintage Photo - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

The Girl- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the 1970s. Good conditions and aged.

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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Tyler Shields - Mouths B&W, Photography 2020, Printed After
Tyler Shields - Mouths B&W, Photography 2020, Printed After

Tyler Shields - Mouths B&W, Photography 2020, Printed After

By Tyler Shields

Located in Greenwich, CT

Series: Mouths Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 30" x 40" 48" x 72" 63" x 84" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs Tyler Shields is a phot...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Lila Running (Stay) - featuring Naomi Watts - Polaroid, 21st Century

Lila Running (Stay) - featuring Naomi Watts - Polaroid, 21st Century

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Stefanie Schneider's work was used for Marc Forster's movie 'Stay', featuring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling. Naomi and Ryan were both portraying artists and Stefanie Sc...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Army Of Caine Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
Army Of Caine Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition

Army Of Caine Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Army Of Caine by B A T I K Pop art work featuring multiples of Michael Caine in Get Carter mode - possibly his most iconic movie role. Archival pigment pop art print signed & ...

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2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition
Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition

Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition

By Jill Furmanovsky

Located in London, GB

Catalogue No: OA056JF Artists: Oasis, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher Location: Slane Castle, Ireland Date: 22nd July 1995 Era: The 1990's Edition: hand signed Limited Edition 17/50 Print type: Giclée Print Paper type: Archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag printed this year Oasis performing at Slane Castle in 1995 as the support for REM. Fourteen years later they would headline the festival. paper size 61 x41 cm / 24 x 16 inches © Jill Furmanovsky Slane Castle, Ireland. 22 July 1995 Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity 'I feel blessed to have photographed so many extraordinary musicians over my 50-year career. Their music formed a soundtrack to my life and has inspired my work. This exhibition at Proud is homage to their magical gifts. ‘No Music No Life’ says it all.' Jill Furmanovsky Her legacy is profound.' Gail Buckland (guest curator and author of 'Who Shot Rock & Roll - Brooklyn Museum) 'She reveals you to yourself.' Nile Rodgers (Chic) 'Through the honesty of Jill’s work, we are brought closer to the frailty and humanity of celebrity.' (Neville Brody, designer of The Face Magazine) 'Jill is one of my favourite photographers of all time.' Jools Holland Jill Furmanovsky body of work exudes at its heart her love of music and unique ability to capture its vibrancy and spirit throughout her career. Her intimate and candid shots of Oasis reflect her close relationship with the band during their zenith. Rockarchive founder, Jill Furmanovsky, was born and brought up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her parents moved to London in 1965 when she was eleven. As a teenager, she became a Beatles fan and often stood outside Abbey Road Studio hoping to catch sight of them. Her first rock shot was of Paul McCartney and two school friends taken on a Kodak Instamatic outside of his home in St. John’s Wood. Jill studied textile and then graphic design at the Central School of Art and Design in London. In January 1972, whilst on a two-week block course in photography, she had a lucky break when she was offered a job as in-house photographer for premier rock venue, The Rainbow Theatre. From then on, she took live shots and features for the music press of the day of the 1970’s and 80’s, including NME, Melody Maker, Sounds, Smash Hits and The Face. In the 1990s Jill became the main photographer for Oasis. Jill has won many awards for her music photography including The Jane Bown...

Category

1990s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

American Cowboy Head, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo
American Cowboy Head, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo

American Cowboy Head, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

A classic American icon, the roadside giant Cowboy "Muffler Man", captured on Richard Heeps' road trip between Mecca and the Salton Sea. Part of a series of pictures by Richard Heeps...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Sunscreen II (Beachshoot) with Radha Mitchell - Polaroid, Contemporary
Sunscreen II (Beachshoot) with Radha Mitchell - Polaroid, Contemporary

Sunscreen II (Beachshoot) with Radha Mitchell - Polaroid, Contemporary

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Sunscreen II (Beachshoot) - 2005 48x46cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 1394. ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #7 of dancer Francisco Moncion
George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #7 of dancer Francisco Moncion

George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #7 of dancer Francisco Moncion

By George Platt Lynes

Located in Glenford, NY

George Platt Lynes Photograph #7 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition. This photograph is #7 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian. Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...

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1940s Post-War Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Stan Laurel - Vintage Autographed Photograph - 1940s

Stan Laurel - Vintage Autographed Photograph - 1940s

Located in Roma, IT

Stan Laurel - Vintage Autographed Photograph  is a vintage photo, realized in the 1940s. Hand-signed by the actor Stan Laurel and his friend and colleague Oliver Hardy the most famo...

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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Prince 1986
Prince 1986

Prince 1986

By Michael Putland

Located in London, GB

© Michael Putland Prince Prince performs at small London club gig after show at Wembley Arena, London 1986 Limited edition Estate print. Edition 20 only this size. Limited edi...

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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Italian Contemporary Photo by Ian Art - Surfer_III, Two Men

Italian Contemporary Photo by Ian Art - Surfer_III, Two Men

By Ian Art

Located in Paris, IDF

Surfer_III, Two Men (2012-2018) 180 x 100 cm - original / single unique print + 1AP Museum-Quality Fine Art Printing Ships in a well protected, solid tube Original Warranty for all ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Paper, Digital

BEFORE THE WHITE MAN CAME - PALM CANYON
BEFORE THE WHITE MAN CAME - PALM CANYON

BEFORE THE WHITE MAN CAME - PALM CANYON

By Edward Curtis

Located in Santa Monica, CA

EDWARD CURTIS (1868 - 1952) BEFORE THE WHTE MAN CAME - PALM CANYON, 1924 Photogravure. Printed title along with 1924 copyright line. Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co., Cambridge Mass...

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1920s American Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Kennedy, Jackie in Pink with JFK in Yellow Room, John Look on, 1959

Kennedy, Jackie in Pink with JFK in Yellow Room, John Look on, 1959

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Jackie in Pink Dress in Yellow Room nb_114a -- A portrait of Jackie and JFK. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS ONLY OFFERED IN AND EDITION OF 15. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x...

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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Giclée

Cats on the Sidewalk, 1984 - Color Print, Archival Pigment Print, 16 x 20

Cats on the Sidewalk, 1984 - Color Print, Archival Pigment Print, 16 x 20

By Tria Giovan

Located in Brighton, GB

Cats on the Sidewalk, 1984 by Tria Giovan From a 35mm negative, scanned in 2020 Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 16" x 20" in an Edition of 12 with 3 Artist Proofs ...

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20th Century American Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Color

Find Figurative Photography for Your Home or Office

Life becomes art in figurative photography. Shared moments are captured and history is recorded in images of people and their lives.

Figurative photography is often used to describe a kind of photography in which people are the subject. Early black and white photography of people can be a glimpse into a past century — witness the celebrated work of photographers such as Ansel Adams or lesser-known artists like Berenice Abbott, for example. The cultural and social standards of the time are captured in these figurative photographs.

Mid-century photos might show the life and fashions of the day, sometimes with the shared thread of humanity, joy and love. Indeed, figurative photographs can be a source of inspiration and wonder, speaking of common life experiences and beauty. Vintage photos of celebrities and iconic actors can be valuable keepsakes as snapshots of a bygone era.

Just as if you were bringing paintings, prints or drawings into your space as part of the decor, there are many ways to arrange your figurative photography. Large photos can be statement pieces in a room. Smaller photographs can be placed on bookcases or on compact wall spaces to add an artistic element to a living room or a bedroom.

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