ARTBOOK BLOGEventsStore NewsMuseum Stores of the MonthNew Title ReleasesStaff PicksImage GalleryBooks in the MediaExcerpts & EssaysArtbook InterviewsEx LibrisAt First SightThe Artbook 2023 Gift GuidesArtbook Featured Image ArchiveArtbook D.A.P. Events ArchiveDATE 7/22/2024 Explore the influence of Islamic art and design on Cartier luxury objectsDATE 7/18/2024 Join us at the San Francisco Art Book Fair, 2024!DATE 7/18/2024 History and healing in Calida Rawles' 'Away with the Tides'DATE 7/16/2024 Join us at the Atlanta Gift & Home Summer Market 2024DATE 7/15/2024 In 'Gordon Parks: Born Black,' a personal report on a decade of Black revoltDATE 7/14/2024 Familiar Trees presents a marathon reading of Bernadette Mayer's 'Memory'DATE 7/11/2024 Early 20th-century Japanese graphic design shines in 'Songs for Modern Japan'DATE 7/8/2024 For 1970s beach vibe, you can’t do better than Joel Sternfeld’s ‘Nags Head’DATE 7/5/2024 Celebrate summer with Tony Caramanico’s Montauk Surf JournalsDATE 7/4/2024 For love, and for countryDATE 7/1/2024 Summertime Staff Picks, 2024!DATE 7/1/2024 Enter the dream space of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret CameronDATE 6/30/2024 Celebrate the extraordinary freedom of Cookie Mueller in this Pride Month Pick | EVENTSANNA SKRABACZ | DATE 3/24/2017Artbook Pages Through Karl Blossfeldt: MasterworksThe flora in Karl Blossfeldt: Masterworks do not scream "botanical photography." Instead the plants appear to be composed in another medium entirely—maybe iron sculpture or illustration. This visual play may be attributed to the fact that Blossfeldt (1865–1932)—who is now best remembered as a photographer—was actually, primarily, a sculptor. His photographs of plants were originally made as teaching tools, visual references for his students at a Berlin art school in the early 1900s. As a self-taught photographer, Blossfeldt brought an air of innocence and experimentation to the photographs. With a sculptor's eye for gesture and an inherent fascination with patterns in nature, he created a highly original way of photographing plants. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |