Fine Photographs
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Lots: 351
This May, Chiswick Auctions presents a diverse and exciting selection of vintage, modern, and contemporary photography, going under the hammer on 21 May 2026. Central to the sale is a curated selection of British photography from across the 20th century — including iconic works by Martin Parr, definitive Picture Post images from social documentarians Bert Hardy and Thurston Hopkins, luminous landscapes by rambler-photographer Fay Godwin, and a fascinating archive of personal vintage prints from the studio of Dorothy Wilding, Britain's first female royal photographer. The sale also features a wide-array of 20th-century photographs from across the pond, including vintage prints by American landscape masters Edward Weston and Brett Weston, a rare Ansel Adams view of Unicorn Peak, Yosemite, a unique combination print-postcard, hand-annotated and posted by Sally Mann in 1975, and an impressive print of William Klein's 1954 "Gun I, New York", contact sheet, overpainted in 2004 and editioned as an oversized print. Highlights from later in the 20th century include a strong selection of fashion photographs, including works by Terence Donovan, Sarah Moon, Helmut Newton, Patrick Demarchelier, Herb Ritts, and Juergen Teller, among many others.
Lot 290 - § David Yarrow (b.1966) Wild Encounters [Deluxe Edition], 2016
Sold for £1,197
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 291 - Peter Beard (1938-2020) 15-16 Foot Nile 'Dile [Crocodile, Uganda], 1966
Sold for £5,040
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 292 - Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025) Genesis [Two-Volume Collector's Edition]
Sold for £2,772
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 293 - § David Yarrow (b.1966) The Beast, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2017
Sold for £10,710
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 295 - Edward Burtynsky (b.1955) Wushan #3, Yangtze River, China, 2002
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
Lot 296 - § Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025) Fireball, Greater Burgan Oil Field, 1991
Sold for £32,130
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 298 - § Nadav Kander (b.1961) The Polygon Nuclear Test Site, XII, 2011
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 301 - Steve McCurry (b.1950) Afghan Girl (Sharbat Gula), 1984
Sold for £7,560
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 302 - § Simon Norfolk (b.1963) Unreparable Military Equipment at Qual-Y-Shanan, 2001
Sold for £1,764
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 303 - Steve McCurry (b.1950) Red Boy, Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, Mumbai, India, 1996
Sold for £3,024
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 306 - Nobuyoshi Araki (b.1940) Photo Maniac's Diary [Watermelon on the Rooftop], 1991
Sold for £2,142
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 310 - § Guy Marineau (b.1947) Linda Evangelista, Paris, 1995
Sold for £353
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 314 - § Albert Watson (b.1942) Lisa Cooper, from the Twelve Portfolio, 1977
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 315 - Herb Ritts (1952-2002) Nicole Kidman, Culver City, 1999
Sold for £2,520
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 319 - Morton Bartlett (1909-1992) Untitled (Girl at the Beach)
Sold for £756
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 320 - Eve Arnold (1912-2012) Marilyn Monroe, Studio Session, 1960
Sold for £1,008
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 321 - Morton Bartlett (1909-1992) Untitled (Startled Girl), 1950
Sold for £479
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 322 - Bert Stern (1929-2013) Marilyn With Blue Classic Roses, 1962
Sold for £1,260
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 325 - § Christopher Bucklow (b.1957) Guest (1.23 pm, 1st June, 1999), 1999
Sold for £2,142
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 327 - § Joy Gregory (b.1959) Wire & Glass Bead Bag #3 2003
Sold for £378
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 330 - Alessandra Sanguinetti (b.1968) The Necklace, 1999
Sold for £2,268
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 332 - § Andreas Gursky (b.1955) Paris, Montparnasse, 1993
Sold for £1,512
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 333 - Sadik Kwaish Alfraji (b.1960) Ali's Boat Diary 3 [Page 6], 2015
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Lot 336 - Andres Serrano (b.1950 Klansman [Imperial Wizard], 1990
Sold for £10,080
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 339 - Roger Ballen (b.1950) Groping [Die Antwoord], 2018
Sold for £1,260
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 344 - Richard Prince (b.1949) 8 x 10 [Portfolio], 1999
Sold for £10,080
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 345 - § Martin Schoeller (b.1968) Valentino, from the series 'Close Up', 2005
Sold for £3,024
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 348 - Jacqueline Hassink (1966-2018) Funda-in 1 [Subtemple of Tofuku-ji], Southeast Kyoto, 2008
Sold for £2,772
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 349 - Joel Meyerowitz (b.1938) Cézanne's Objects: Pitcher, 2011
Sold for £1,008
Includes Buyer's Premium
