The world’s most expensive photo
Rhein II, 1999, by Andreas Gursky, sold for $4 million
Andreas Gursky, at age 44, took a photo of the Rhine river in Germany in 1999. Yesterday, a print of that photo sold for an impressive $4,338,500. You could call the picture flat, dull, yet somehow mesmerizing; but now you can also call it the world’s most expensive photograph.
On a related note, on the next overcast day, I’ll be heading out to photograph the nearest straight river.
Source: Christie’s via Michael Zhang at PetaPixel. Wikipedia page for Andreas Gursky.
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Comments
Reply by Iris Castro
December 20, 2011
Some would think that the photo is dull and flat but it won’t be bought for that amount if not for its perfect horizon line. Good job on this one!