Andreas Gursky German photographer Born: 15 January 1955 (age 65 years), Leipzig, Germany https://www.andreasgursky.com/en

Andreas Gursky is a German photographer and professor at the Kunst Akademie Düsseldorf, Germany. He is known for his large format architecture and landscape colour photographs, often using a high point of view in most of his photos On view: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Edward Weston Born: 24 March 1886,  Illinois, United States Died: 1 January 1958,  California, United States https://edward-weston.com/

American photographer Edward Henry Weston was a 20th-century American photographer. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers..." and "one of the masters of 20th century photography."  On view: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Baltimore Museum of Art

Andreas Gursky - Edward Weston

Look at the work of both of these photographers. We have used them in our last project on Abstract Photography. Have a look at their websites if you can because that will allow you a better idea of what they do.

https://edward-weston.com/ https://www.andreasgursky.com/en

Now try to think about them as photographers . When were they alive ? What kind of photography did they make? Why are they important ? Did they use black and white photography ? Did they use colour ? What size were their best photographs ? Write about each of the photographers best photograph. (Use the template )

Photographer : Andreas Gursky Born

Died

What is their most famous photograph ? __________________________________________________________

What kind of photographs did they take ? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How did they compose their work ? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What things did they photograph ? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What kind of exhibitions did they have ?_____________________________________________________________

Where did they work? ____________________________________________

What special cameras did they use ? _____________________________________________________________

Describe your favourite photograph ? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Photographer : Edward Weston Born

Died

What is their most famous photograph ? __________________________________________________________

What kind of photographs did they take ? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How did they compose their work ? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What things did they photograph ? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What kind of exhibitions did they have ?_____________________________________________________________

Where did they work? ____________________________________________

What special cameras did they use ? _____________________________________________________________

Describe your favourite photograph ? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________