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Artists

Andreas Gursky

b. Leipzig, Germany, 1955

German photographer Andreas Gursky is known for his large-scale color images of landscapes, architecture, and human activity. Widely regarded as one of the most influential contemporary photographers, his works explore themes of globalization, capitalism, consumerism, and the sublime, depicting scenes such as factories, airports, highways, landscapes, and buildings, among many other subjects. Framing his photographs from high points of view, Gursky reveals visual patterns in crowds of people and industrial infrastructure, all in sharply focused detail that favors neither the foreground nor the background. According to Gursky, “You never notice arbitrary details in my work. On a formal level, countless interrelated micro and macrostructures are woven together, determined by an overall organizational principle.”

–From the Glenstone Field Guide