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Karl Blossfeldt 13 June — 9 December was a German photographer and sculptor. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things, published in as Urformen der Kunst. He was inspired, as was his father, by nature and the ways in which plants grow.

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He began his career as a sculptor before extending his artistic horizons to other pursuits. After spending three years as an apprentice, Blossfeldt transitioned to studying illustration at Kunstgewerbemuseum's education department in Berlin. During this time, Blossfeldt received a scholarship opportunity to study under Moritz Meurer.

He began working for Moritz Meurer, a decorative artist and professor of ornament and design, in It was while studying under Moritz Meurer that Blossfeldt began his initial experimentation with the field of photography. Blossfeldt continued working for Moritz Meurer until Blossfeldt later continued to develop his skillset, and his collection of photographs, while he was working as a professor.

The photographs he took for Moritz Meurer and during his teaching years were used as reference photographs for his personal work and for his teaching purposes. He kept a detailed log of the common and scientific names of every specimen that he photographed, and eventually produced roughly 6, photographs.