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Description:
- German photography pioneer Karl Blossfeldt (1865–1932) photographed plants so beautifully, and with such originality, that his work transcends the medium itself.
- Over more than 30 years, he took thousands of photographs, revealing a formally rigorous talent whose precision and dedication bridge the 19th- and 20th-century worlds of image-making and bring a distinctly sculptural aspect to a firmly two-dimensional art form.
- Beautifully but starkly composed against plain cardboard backgrounds, Blossfeldt’s images, relying on a northern light for their sense of volume, reveal nothing of the man but everything of themselves.
- They are still lifes, piercingly final statements on their subject, and have endured owing to their aesthetics and the ongoing fascination of students and photographers.
- Like their maker, they are quietly and lastingly effective.
Product details
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Hardcover: 544 pages
- Publisher: TASCHEN; Multilingual edition (June 14, 2017)
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 978-3836550727
