>>2914692>Andreas Gursky is first and foremost a photographer.No, Andreas Gursky is first and foremost an artist.
He doesn't hold sacrosanct the "photograph". A picture, or pictures, are his palette. His goal isn't to create a picture, it's to manifest his vision irrespective of what steps, photographic or nonphotographic he has to take. He rarely just "edits" his photographs. Seriously look up his workflow. I could agree with you if he were even slightly interesting in capturing what his camera saw at that moment or exhibited even slightly the belief that his photographs were anything but pieces with which he can realize his vision, but that's not the case. He doesn't care the slightest about verisimilitude, realistic representation, or purity of the medium.
