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Original Figurative Culture Photography by Cody Choi

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, 30 W x 40 H x 0.1 D in

United Kingdom

$965
Original Figurative Pop Culture/Celebrity Photography by Cody Choi

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, 30 W x 20 H x 0.1 D in

United Kingdom

$760
Original Abstract Portrait Photography by Bojan Jevtić

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, 36.7 W x 39.3 H x 0.1 D in

$1,790
Original Abstract Seascape Photography by Teodora Djordjevic

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, 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 0.1 D in

Original Abstract Animal Photography by Sven Pfrommer

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, 55.1 W x 27.6 H x 1.2 D in

$2,450
Original Abstract Landscape Photography by Lynne Douglas

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, 96 W x 60 H x 0.1 D in

United Kingdom

$2,780

Prints from $70

Original Abstract Expressionism Landscape Photography by Jacob Berghoef

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, 35.4 W x 35.4 H x 0.1 D in

$890

Prints from $55

Original Conceptual Abstract Photography by Angelo Dorigo

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, 11.8 W x 15.7 H x 0.1 D in

$995

Prints from $100

Original Abstract Women Photography by Cody Choi

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, 50 W x 75 H x 0.1 D in

United Kingdom

$3,175
Original Abstract Cities Photography by Sven Pfrommer

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, 47.2 W x 31.5 H x 1.2 D in

$2,340
Original Abstract People Photography by Sven Pfrommer

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, 24 W x 24 H x 1.2 D in

$1,470
Original Cubism Abstract Photography by Paul Brouns

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, 17.7 W x 17.7 H x 0.1 D in

Netherlands

$690
Original Abstract Popular culture Photography by Paslier Morgan

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, 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 0.1 D in

$740
Original Conceptual Abstract Photography by Agnieszka Maria Zieba

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, 31.5 W x 31.5 H x 0.1 D in

Original Fine Art Abstract Photography by Igor Vitomirov

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, 39.4 W x 27.6 H x 0.4 D in

$1,620

Prints from $72

Original Abstract Photography by Sven Pfrommer

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, 55.1 W x 27.6 H x 2 D in

$2,510
Original Abstract Photography by Igor Vitomirov

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, 59.1 W x 39.4 H x 0.4 D in

$1,340

Prints from $75

Original Abstract Architecture Photography by Yvonn Zubak

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, 31.5 W x 23.6 H x 0.1 D in

Slovakia

$1,820
Original Abstract People Photography by Jct Li

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, 24.8 W x 37.8 H x 0.2 D in

Germany

$1,490
Original Abstract Architecture Photography by Yvonn Zubak

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, 35.4 W x 21.7 H x 0.4 D in

Slovakia

$1,860
Original Abstract Botanic Photography by Mona Vayda

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, 15.7 W x 23.2 H x 0.1 D in

$1,080

Prints from $100

Original Abstract Beach Photography by Serge Horta
Original Abstract Seascape Photography by Teodora Djordjevic

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, 26.3 W x 39.4 H x 0.1 D in

$1,075

Prints from $60

Original Abstract Cities Photography by Sven Pfrommer

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, 47.2 W x 31.5 H x 1.2 D in

$2,340
Original Abstract Landscape Photography by Yvonn Zubak

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, 35.4 W x 35.4 H x 0.1 D in

Slovakia

$1,160
Original Abstract Photography by Igor Vitomirov

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, 19.7 W x 27.6 H x 1.6 D in

$3,510

Prints from $76

Original Abstract Botanic Photography by Viet Ha Tran
Original Fine Art Abstract Photography by Yvonn Zubak

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, 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 0.1 D in

Slovakia

$1,660
Original Documentary Nature Photography by Carlos Canet Fortea

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, 39.3 W x 47.2 H x 0.1 D in

Original Conceptual Abstract Photography by Dana And Stephane Maitec

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, 63 W x 63 H x 0.1 D in

Original Abstract Expressionism Abstract Photography by Mary Mansey

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, 23 W x 16 H x 0.1 D in

$1,140
Original Abstract Expressionism Fashion Photography by Frank Uhlig

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, 26.3 W x 39.4 H x 0.1 D in

$870
Original Minimalism Abstract Photography by Igor Vitomirov

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, 29.5 W x 39.4 H x 0.4 D in

$2,120

Prints from $80

Original Conceptual Abstract Photography by Javiera Estrada

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, 50 W x 40 H x 0.1 D in

United States

$2,290
Original Conceptual Architecture Photography by Emilie Möri

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, 35.4 W x 35.4 H x 0.1 D in

$1,340
Original Abstract Floral Photography by Agnieszka Maria Zieba

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, 31.5 W x 31.5 H x 0.1 D in

Original Abstract Portrait Photography by Michal Zahornacky

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, 23.6 W x 23.6 H x 0.1 D in

Czech Republic

$1,460
Original Abstract Photography by Petra Senn

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, 23.6 W x 31.5 H x 0.1 D in

Germany

$860
Original Fine Art Landscape Photography by Nadia Attura

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, 20 W x 20 H x 0.1 D in

United Kingdom

$550
Original Portraiture Portrait Photography by Bojan Jevtić

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, 34.3 W x 43.3 H x 0.1 D in

$1,780
Original Abstract Beach Photography by Nadia Attura

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, 50 W x 50 H x 0.1 D in

United Kingdom

$1,880
Original Art Deco Abstract Photography by Igor Vitomirov

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, 15.7 W x 23.6 H x 0.4 D in

$730

Prints from $73

Original Abstract Landscape Photography by Sven Pfrommer

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, 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 2 D in

$2,410
Original Conceptual Abstract Photography by Matthew Farrar

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, 30 W x 45 H x 0.1 D in

United States

$2,053
Original Conceptual Abstract Photography by Carlos Canet Fortea

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, 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 0.1 D in

Original Figurative Abstract Photography by Sven Pfrommer

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, 63 W x 31.5 H x 1.6 D in

$2,370
Original Abstract Floral Photography by Agnieszka Maria Zieba

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, 23.6 W x 23.6 H x 0.1 D in

Original Minimalism Abstract Photography by Igor Vitomirov

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, 27.6 W x 27.6 H x 0.4 D in

$1,620

Prints from $79

Original Fine Art Nature Photography by Koen Lybaert

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, 31.5 W x 15.7 H x 0.1 D in

$1,000
Original Abstract Geometric Photography by Igor Bajenov

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, 31.5 W x 31.5 H x 0.4 D in

$1,900

Prints from $40


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With 41,545 limited edition and open edition prints to choose from, Saatchi Art offers high quality Abstract photography perfectly suited for your space.

Through abstract photography, even the most mundane objects can be artistically represented in fresh, exciting ways. Via an array of photographic tools and techniques such as extreme close-up, specialty lenses, filters, simple cropping, and lighting, a photographer can translate figurative subject matter into beautiful abstract forms. If you’d like to discover new abstract works by emerging photographers, we invite you to explore the international selection of abstract photography for sale on Saatchi Art.

History of Abstract Photography

Abstract photography emerged during a shift from figurative subjects in other fields of art in the early 1900s. Modernist artistic movements sought to create optical art that did not refer to objects in the real world, and this desire carried over into photography. Photographers rendered figurative objects unrecognizable by taking a new approach to the medium, cropping and manipulating their compositions. Early abstract photographers banded together into collectives, like the Subjektive Fotografie and the Photo-Secession, to explore the purely visual aspect of medium. These groups experimented with close-ups, cropping, negative printing, and different exposure settings. Later movements, most notably Surrealism, also embraced the medium’s capabilities, further developing unrealistic images through solarization and layering methods. These abstract photographers aimed to establish photography as a field requiring artistic skill and challenged the strictly informative quality of the photograph. Today, photographers are still interested in creating abstract compositions, this time aided by refined camera technology and software programs.

Abstract Photography Techniques

The Subjektive Fotografie collective, founded by Otto Steinert in the 1950s, created abstract art photography using techniques like close-ups, solarization, and negative printing. They also experimented with different time exposure settings and played with perspective. The Surrealist photographers were also known for using similar manipulation tactics in their abstract body photography. Double exposure, solarization, combination printing, montage, rotations, and other forms of distortions were employed by the Surrealists to render their photographs of female nudes uncanny and dreamlike. Contemporary abstract photographers are able to experiment with different lenses and focus settings as well as use macro technology to zoom in closely on even the tiniest of subjects. Photographers also usually play with light, shadow, texture, and the lines and curves of their subjects to create dense, abstract compositions.

Artists Known For Abstract Photography

Paul Strand is credited with creating some of the first significant abstract photographs. Strand played with light and shadow and incorporated hard lines and geometry in his images. His “Abstraction, Twin Lakes, Connecticut” (1916) literally depicts tables, but Strand focused on the play of shadows falling across them. Strand’s mentor Alfred Stieglitz is also known for his modern abstract compositions like his “Equivalents” series (1926), in which he took snapshots of passing clouds. Stieglitz is also known for his semi-abstract portrait photography of his wife, Georgia O’Keeffe. Surrealist Man Ray is recognized for his manipulated abstract compositions like “Untitled” (1924), in which Ray played with mirrors to create doubles of his subjects. Edward Weston zoomed in on objects of nature, creating abstract landscapes of vegetation. Other artists known for their abstract photography include Aaron Siskind, Hans Bellmer, Maurice Tabard, Andre Kertesz, and Charles Sheeler.