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Andreas Gursky
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Andreas Gursky (born 15 January 1955) is a German photographer and professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.[1]
Andreas Gursky | |
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![]() Gursky in 2013 | |
Born | (1955-01-15) 15 January 1955 (age 69) Leipzig, East Germany (now Germany) |
Known for | Photography |
Notable work | Rhein II |
Movement | Düsseldorf School of Photography |
Website | Official website |
He is known for his large format architecture and landscape colour photographs, often using a high point of view. His works reach some of the highest prices in the art market among living photographers. His photograph Rhein II was sold at Christie's for $4,338,500 on 8 November 2011. At the time it was the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction.[2]
Gursky shares a studio with Laurenz Berges, Thomas Ruff and Axel Hütte on the Hansaallee, in Düsseldorf.[3] The building, a former electricity station, was transformed into an artists studio and living quarters, in 2001, by architects Herzog & de Meuron, of Tate Modern fame.[4] In 2010–11, the architects worked again on the building, designing a gallery in the basement.[5]