Elger Esser

Elger Esser
Born11 May 1967
Stuttgart, West Germany
EducationBernd Becher
Known forphotography
MovementDüsseldorf School of Photography
WebsiteOfficial website

Elger Esser (born 11 May 1967)[1] is a German landscape photographer. He is associated with the Düsseldorf School of Photography. He lives and works in Düsseldorf. [2] "He is primarily associated with large-format images of European lowlands with his characteristic low horizon lines, pale luminous colours and vast skies".[3]

Esser's work is held in many public collections such as the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art in New York.[4] He has won the Rheinischer Kunstpreis[2] and the Oskar Schlemmer Prize.[5]

  1. ^ "Elger Esser". Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  2. ^ a b "Kompakt: Kompakt". Die Welt. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  3. ^ "Aesthetica Magazine – Conciliating Landscapes". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  4. ^ "Beyond the bombs: Elger Esser's Middle Eastern landscapes – in pictures". The Guardian. 31 March 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
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