| | Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1952) - Checklist |
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Early in his working life the German photographer Karl Blossfeldt worked as a sculptor in iron foundries but he became interested in the relationships between natural forms and decorative art - an endeavor that was supported by the Prussian government. From 1898 he taught at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Berlin and built up an archive of plant photographs each meticulously detailed and on a plain background to remove any distractions. In 1928 he published "Urformen Der Kunst. Photographische Pflanzenbilder" (Berlin) which has become one of the seminal books in the history of photographic publishing. |
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