Andreas Gursky is the artist I've been looking at this week. His work speaks to the use of color and the geometry that I strive for and am so attracted to. His straightforward way of shooting is so appealing to me. Gursky lends the viewer a new way of looking at the world, his way. Looking at his images, I am always left wondering, "how did he do that?" Even knowing that Gursky started using digital media to manipulate his images after 1990, the effect still leaves me awed. I think that I choose to embrace the suspension of disbelief, because I like the idea that Gursky just stumbles across these moments and captures them to share with the rest of us. Gursky's intrigue with the man-made is a characteristic we share, in different ways. I am fascinated with the excess of corporate America, and big businesses worldwide. His display of these companies and factories as larger than life entities, but as art and also as beautiful and terrifying is a combination that gets me thinking.
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