Photography for ideas and inspiration

whilst photography is an art in itself, artists’ often use photography as a source of ideas and to find inspiration for paintings. This page shows some examples of photography, ranging from race horses, to buildings, and nature. Visit the art portfolio page to see examples of fine art works where some of the shapes and architectural images from photographs have been used to create geometry and shapes for paintings. Take a look at the figurative art work page, to see art based on photographs of women including the famous red velvet photo’s of Marilyn Monroe by Tom kelley, and others by Man Ray, & Helmut Newton. T J Conway

fashion & figurative photography.

Helmut Newton, born Helmut NeustÃdter (31 October 1920, Berlin ) was a German-Australian photographer. He was a prolific, widely imitated  fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-and-white  photos were a mainstay of Vogue and other publications source wikipedia. View more fashion related art. This photograph of Monica Belluci is a great example of his work.

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These photographs show the Peter Blake art bus. This is a mobile exhibition contributing to the mending Broken hearts charity. Using iconic Pop art images for livery, the gallery becomes a work of art itself. The exhibition space inside is well worth seeing if it appears near you.  Find Popart prints.

Photograph of New York skyscraper against a misty sky-scape. The grainy effect gives an unearthly feel to this picture.. Buy this print now

Visit the artist links page to find figurative adult and erotic art, glamour & contemporary, erotic artists, or view nude female art.

Photograph of stonehenge , England,  as light fades. The grainy effect gives a vintage photo feel to this image, as well as adding a sense of eeriness to the image.

This version of the Stonehenge photograph is digitally altered. The amber sky plays a more prominent role in the composition. See more digitally enhanced images.

This photograph of moonlight on the atlantic ocean was taken on a recent trip to the canary islands.

Photograph taken at The Birling Gap, England. The  beach view in the photograph includes the ‘sculpture’ created by the larger stones in the centre.

Photograph of Stubborn horse.

This photograph of a butterfly shows the amazing design of the creature complimented with fantastic colours.

Wildlife and animal photography.

Close up photography: elephant. This photograph shows the texture of the elephants skin. This elephant photograph is available to buy as a print from fineartamerica.

Animal art and posters.

Photograph with the image showing the effect of hurtling through the stars. Created using lights and Canon digital camera. This image combined using photoshop with the Ballerina to produce the digital Cosmic Dancer’ work.