Karl Blossfeldt

Karl Blossfeldt Karl Blossfeldt was a German photographer best known for his severe close-up pictures of plants, seeds, twigs, leaves, and other flora. He was born in Schielo, Germany, on June 13, 1865, and died in Berlin on December 9, 1932. Blossfeldt began his study in 1881 as an apprenticeship at the Art Ironworks and Forge in Mägdesprung, Germany, where he concentrated on modeling and iron casting. From that, he traveled to Berlin to enroll in the School of the Museum of Decorative Arts (Kunstgewerbemuseum). Blossfeldt obtained a scholarship in 1890 to further his education in Rome under the tutelage...
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