The Gursky Effect

Andreas Gursky is a German photographer who specializes in these incredibly large scale images of large places.  They are highly detailed and leave an immense impression.  One of my absolute favorites is one of Gare Montparnasse in Paris because the train station looks like a Mondrian, so photographing it isn’t hard.  Well, actually it is, because I photographed it and it looked nothing like Gursky’s incredible photograph.

Well, anyway, like all great artists, I try to steal Gursky’s style all the time.  Except my results probably aren’t as good.

As I wrote previously, I visited a bridal expo on Friday.  There was fashion, there was a fashion show, there was me Bill Cunningham-ing it up with my photos.

Before the Bill Cunningham-ing started, I decided to Gursky it up a little in a giant main reading room.  I think the results are less than Gursky:

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