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Niagara Falls// 1989// C-Print, Diasec. // 278.7 x 221 x 6.2 cm
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Bangkok 1// 2011 // Inkjet print// 307 x 237 x 6.2 cm
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Andreas Gursky makes large-scale, colour photographs distinctive for their critical look at the effect of capitalism and globalization on contemporary life. He studied under Bernd and Hilla Becher in the early 1980s and adopted a similar style, following the Becher's approach to photography, creating small, black and white prints. He then broke from tradition, using colour film to make a series of images of people at leisure. Since the 90s, Gursky has concentrated on sites of commerce and tourism. I like the simplicity of his works. I love the exposure and the way it takes you a moment to see what is going on in the two photographs. They almost look like paintings, with their monotone colours. The slightly abstract view of the second image is part of it's beauty. When I first saw it, I wasn't sure what I was looking at. The shadows make it look more like a rock face than anything else. The lighting in these images are both natural and both very different. There is a lot of shadow in the second, with little highlights in places to bring out detail. It almost looks under exposed. I like the two photographs, they're simple yet beautiful.
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