Andreas Gursky

Art, Photography — Wesley @ 6:09 pm on July 10, 2009

Andreas Gursky is a German photographer best known for his massive architectural and perspective photographs. He uses extremely wide, panoramic-like angles to create an overwhelming sense of presence and space. He generally shoots subjects that bear some sort of repetition – people, windows, foodstuffs, you name it – and exploits their undiscovered beauty for the world to appreciate.

Andreas Gursky also holds the record for the worlds most expensive photograph ever sold. His 99 Cent II Diptych – sized at 207cm by 337cm – sold three prints, each over $2,000,000. The highest one topping out at an astonishing and record breaking $3,340,456.

More of Andreas Gursky’s work after the break.

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17 Responses to “Andreas Gursky”
  1. adam, on July 10th, 2009 at 6:44 PM Said:

    Crazyyyy

  2. Mark, on July 10th, 2009 at 7:04 PM Said:

    Things look so different when you step way back.

  3. vidos, on July 11th, 2009 at 1:48 PM Said:

    j’adore !

  4. godfrey, on July 11th, 2009 at 5:22 PM Said:

    wow. are those the northkorean human-pixels?

  5. Wesley Yendrys « Yow Yow!, on July 11th, 2009 at 10:17 PM Said:

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  6. ภาพถ่ายที่แพงที่สุดในโลก «, on July 12th, 2009 at 1:43 PM Said:

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  7. royreid, on July 12th, 2009 at 8:39 PM Said:

    Unfortunately, this site does not allow one to fully enjoy the work of Gursky. His images do not translate well into a web format. You HAVE to see the prints in person. Sorry…

  8. Dominique, on July 12th, 2009 at 10:14 PM Said:

    Strongly reminds me of Edward Burtynsky’s work.

  9. Dominique, on July 12th, 2009 at 10:20 PM Said:

    Yeah Wesley, that second picture with the factory workers belongs to Edward Burtynsky. It’s from his “China” Serie.

  10. Wesley, on July 12th, 2009 at 10:24 PM Said:

    Thanks for pointing that out!
    Fixed.

  11. Overwhelming Perspectives | City of Skies, on July 16th, 2009 at 2:25 PM Said:

    [...] shoots his subjects to convery repetition by use of people, grocery aisles, windoes, rooms, etc. [via] #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: [...]

  12. thorr, on July 27th, 2009 at 11:47 AM Said:

    Fast scroll on the last pictures, up and down… it creates a strange illusion :D

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  14. dale, on October 2nd, 2009 at 11:11 PM Said:

    oh i love gursky so much!
    saw his exhibition in melbz last year, so incredible.

  15. presence and space in photography - Mike Drnek, on October 16th, 2009 at 10:35 PM Said:

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