Gursky's mature work deals with globalism and capitalism in contemporary society, but this image was conceived from individual experience while cooking when "after a while I saw it as an image." Although this early photograph was not made upon complete impulse, his later work relies on extensive research and logistical planning.
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His unique compositional strategies result in dramatic images that walk the line between representation and abstraction.
In the years since, Gursky has been frank about his reliance on computers to edit and enhance his pictures, creating an art of spaces larger than the subjects photographed. Summary of Andreas Gursky Emerging from the renowned Düsseldorf School in the late 1980s, Andreas Gursky was pivotal in creating a new standard in contemporary photography, a pioneer who furthered the possibilities of scale and ambition. In his large-format, high-definition photographs, he presents hyperfocused scenes that privilege neither foreground nor background. The artist lives and works in …
From images of nature to photographs of cities, crowds, and commercial products, Andreas Gursky invents new worlds from existing elements, constructing tableaux based on his methodical observations.
In 2001, Tomki… Welcome to the personal website of the German artist Andreas Gursky.
Andreas Gursky, (born January 15, 1955, Leipzig, East Germany), German photographer known for his monumental digitally manipulated photographs that examine consumer culture and the busyness of contemporary life.
In September 2020, Andreas Gursky will present a major new body of work. Directing his attention towards international politics and environmental crises, including sustainable and ethical treatment of animals, Gursky continues to expand his “Encyclopedia of Life.”
In his resplendent large-scale photographs, Andreas Gursky captures the modern world, and its landscapes, people, architecture, and industries, in seductive detail. German photographer and professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Before the 1990s, Gursky did not digitally manipulate his images. In the same publication, critic Calvin Tomkins described Gursky as one of the "two masters" of the "Düsseldorf" school. Shot from an elevated perspective and produced on an epic scale, Gursky’s images show the individual or granular— supermarket products, soccer players, windows on a building, or islands in the sea—subsumed by the masses or the …