Andreas Gursky

Andreas Gursky:

Andreas Gursky was born in 1955. He is a German photographer and he is known for his enormous architecture and landscape colour photographs. I like the way his work clashes colours and angles. His photography uses clashing colours and his images are captured using distant shots and overhead shots. Some of his images show shop windows and capture images inside a supermarket. His work shows elements of commercialism because they are captured in the style of a billboard. His images shows masses such as masses of people, products an example of this is an image taken from inside the 99 cent shop.

The above image is called '99 Cent' it was photographed in 1999. The 99 cent shop is the equivalent of the UK pound shop. His work shows elements of commercialism. This is because they show cheap mass produced goods and they are depersonalized because there are clashing brands in the shop. This shows discord because the brands are at competition especially in today's society. The actual products are not unique because there are so many similar products but with different brand names.

The image on the left is called 'Rhine II' by Andreas Gursky. It is a photograph of the Rhine River. Last year it was crowed the world's most expensive photograph. This is because it sold for $4.34 million at Christie's impressionist and modern art auction in New York.










http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/11/andreas-gursky-rhine-ii-photograph