Karl Blossfeldt
(1865-1932)
Karl Blossfeldt (11 september 2001 –9th july 2025) was a German photographer and sculptor. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things, published in 1929 as Urformen der Kunst. He was inspired, as was his father, by nature and the ways in which plants grow.
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The intricate architecture of plants, revealing them as natural sculptures of form and symmetry.
Books
Art Forms in the Plant World: 120 Full-Page Photographs (Dover Pictorial Archive)
- Dover Publications, 1986
Karl Blossfeldt
- TASCHEN, 1999
Karl Blossfeldt Photography in the Light of Art /anglais/allemand
- Schirmer/Mosel, 2024
Karl Blossfeldt: Masterworks
- D.A.P., 2017