
Everyday life Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered how to print images onto metal plates. When he died in 1833, Louis Daguerre, followed by Francois Arago, continued to develop his research, resulting in the invention of the daguerreotype which consisted of an image printed onto a silver plate when exposed to the light. Together they had invented photography.
The first ever photographs began to appear. Initially used for research purposes, photography started to spread as daguerreotype studios opened everywhere. Portrait photography immortalized the faces of the upper middle classes and were later used to capture all members of society. Celebrities were also a popular subject choice and many photographers specialized in taking their portraits, as Jean-Loup Sieff did all throughout his career almost a century after the invention of photography.
In the beginning, taking a portrait or even the simplest of family photos required a great deal of preparation and time in the studio. However, key technological developments brought about the invention of more compact cameras including the Leica and later the digital single-lens reflex, which meant shorter exposure times and made it easier to produce a greater number of photographs.
These advances also helped contribute to the development of the genre of everyday life photography, which became more popular at the end of the Second World War and focused at first on photographing wealthy or urban families. Families, couples, communities... artists were interested in everyday moments (marriage, lovers kissing, children's games). The simplest of moments in life were seen as the most important and were immortalized in film as testaments to the beauty of human life.
Some of the great photographers made a name for themselves in the genre. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, David Goldblatt, Martin Parr and Vivian Maier are only a few of the artists associated with everyday life photography.
Vivian Maier is an American photographer who was born in 1926 in New York. A professional nanny in Chicago, she spent her spare time photographing the world around her and produced around 150,000 photos. Having remained anonymous throughout her artistic life, her genius and photographic accomplishments were finally recognized publicly in 2007.
Cofounder of the Magnum Photographic Cooperative in 1947 alongside David Seymour and Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneer of photojournalism but also an excellent photographer in a more artistic sense. He revolutionized photography by working with incredibly lightweight equipment. He didn't use a tripod or a darkroom and treasured a sense of immediacy when taking photographs. He believed that “above all else, the camera is a sketchbook". Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographic technique is unique and unmistakably recognizable. He never photographed with flash and only worked with natural light, something which was highly characteristic of everyday life photography. Often in the same black and white image, the subjects coexist together but are not centred. His framing, focus and depth of field all help us to see the simple beauty of everyday life that he so exquisitely enhances.
Artsper has a range of everyday life photographs for you to discover, including works from Cartier-Bresson as well as many other artists, whose photos reveal the precious moments of the everyday lives of people from around the world.
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Dining Alone
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 41 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,691

In service to joy
Brooke Shaden
Photography - 25 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$846

Rouille Eau Huile 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,240 $1,116




Poolside Ladies
Slim Aarons
Photography - 31 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 12.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$2,571






Daily Bread - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$671

Into the Mist
Soohyun Kim
Photography - 60.96 x 40.24 x 1 cm Photography - 24 x 15.8 x 0.4 inch
$564


14 juillet 1936 - Rue Saint Antoine Paris
Willy Ronis
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
$3,270


Prince of Wale's Diving #7 "Lookers"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$958

The World Needs More Cowgirls (L)
Beau Simmons
Photography - 152.4 x 190.5 cm Photography - 60 x 75 inch
$15,250

That beach
Corinne Dubreuil
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,691






Coney Island
Alexandra Breznay
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$676

Nithya(Eternel)
Laurence Verney
Photography - 57.5 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 22.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$564

Le passant bleu
Luc Masson-Todeschini
Photography - 10.7 x 8.8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 4.2 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,255

Mutum Village, Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 35 x 1 inch
$18,500

Tornando con le spese, Novembre 1955 - New York
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,860

Procession of Nuns, Rangoon, Burma
Steve McCurry
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$10,147

Cambodge, Prey Nup, Bantei Prey, jeune fille
Eric Benard
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$564



Cinematography inspired session #24
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$214






Madonna
Kristina Trudorudo
Photography - 35 x 27.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 13.8 x 10.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,240



Marilyn Monroe et l'éléphantin du cirque Barnum
Walter Carone
Photography - 30 x 44 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.3 inch
$2,029


La combi
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 100 x 190 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 74.8 x 0.2 inch
$6,201


Ibrid Cracovia
Alessandra Bisi
Photography - 47 x 35 x 1.5 cm Photography - 18.5 x 13.8 x 0.6 inch
$372


Berlin Tour
Thorsten Ritzmann
Photography - 75 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,255


Teinturières
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$789


Surreal Cemetery
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,800


Projection view (Palms and yellow boom)
Vincent Lamouroux
Photography - 134 x 93.5 x 1 cm Photography - 52.8 x 36.8 x 0.4 inch
$9,583



XXVIII 1 // XXVIII Wodaabe, Chad (XL)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 170 x 207.5 cm Photography - 66.93 x 81.69 inch
$60,000

Gréco, Piccoli, 1966 / Paris Match
Patrice Habans
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$595



Nice, plongeoir de « La Réserve »,
Patrice CLEMENT
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$789

Children dancing amongst the embers
Helga Leunig
Photography - 42 x 59 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$2,029

The Man-Machine #1, Tokyo
David Tesinsky
Photography - 18.67 x 28 cm Photography - 7.4 x 11 inch
$282

Identity Transformation, Mohacs, Hungary
Marco Bulgarelli
Photography - 20 x 15.93 cm Photography - 7.9 x 6.3 inch
$451

Pink Hawaii 1957 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Toni Frissell
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.001 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$891


Eurêka Joaquin
Audrey Barbosa
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$620

Reliquaire pour un culte de venus 28e version
Jean-Jacques Lebel
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
$395


Mostar Bridge
Ludovic Careme
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,522

Brothers in Arms
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,353

Un rêve éveillé
Florence Le Van
Photography - 25 x 19 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.5 x 0.4 inch
$564

Place de Fürstenberg, Paris
Maurice Bonnel
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$789



Guerre d'Algérie, 1962
Maurice Jarnoux
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$676

Clark Gable à Paris
René Vital
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$789

Impressionist Ephemerisms N.4
Anna Levesh
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$891



Cardiff by night
Jodi Bieber
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,503


Zouin My Maroc #2
Karine Nicolleau
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$564

Guerre d'Algérie / Paris Match
François Pages
Photography - 55 x 55 x 0.1 cm Photography - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$676

Jour des rameaux
Matthieu Chazal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$902

Fail (applause)
Clare Cornell
Photography - 23 x 30 x 2 cm Photography - 9.1 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$902 $722




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Everyday life photography is a type of photography that captures moments from normal, daily life, such as urban street scenes, everyday objects, or children playing.
Examples of everyday life photography include photojournalistic pictures of a town or city, or snapshots of found or everyday objects.
Mundane photography has the same meaning as everyday life photography, meaning photography that captures images of day-to-day, mundane or banal life.