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Andreas Gursky

1955 - Today

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Andreas Gursky (born 15 January 1955) is a German photographer and professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Gursky is the 43rd most popular photographer (down from 39th in 2019), the 2,449th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,374th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Andreas Gursky ranks 43 out of 148. Before him are Napoleon Sarony, Peter Lindbergh, Astrid Kirchherr, David Bailey, Berenice Abbott, and Lewis Hine. After him are Jan Saudek, Philippe Halsman, Daidō Moriyama, Inge Morath, Gisèle Freund, and Edward Weston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Andreas Gursky ranks 137. Before him are John de Mol Jr., Mulatu Teshome, Dominique Pinon, Peter Gallagher, Lindsey Graham, and Sirindhorn. After him are Matti Vanhanen, Kevin Peter Hall, Gloria Guida, Anton Corbijn, Kazuyoshi Nakamura, and Jean-Hugues Anglade.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Andreas Gursky ranks 2,450 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter Högl (1897), Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1594), Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1769), Walter Sickert (1860), Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1763), and Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (1536). After him are Fastrada (765), Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820), Agnes of Hesse (1527), Dietrich Kraiss (1889), Wilhelm Marschall (1886), and Wilhelm Filchner (1877).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Germany

Among photographers born in Germany, Andreas Gursky ranks 8. Before him are Helmut Newton (1920), Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), Gunter Sachs (1932), August Sander (1876), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), and Astrid Kirchherr (1938). After him are Gisèle Freund (1908), Grete Stern (1904), Lothar Wolleh (1930), Karl Blossfeldt (1865), Erich Salomon (1886), and Heinrich Zille (1858).

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