Categories: Design

This Is The World’s Most Expensive Photograph

Every year there are billions of photographs taken. It’s not just a number, it’s actually the truth, and it is a growing industry. Not only have our cameras gotten way better, we have gotten a million more uses for our pictures with the Internet. You can do pretty much anything with them. The options span from making a few personal family galleries on Facebook to blurbing them out through Flickr. The possibilities are endless as you might understand. However, did you know that one single photograph actually costs more than what 10 of those ordinary houses on your street cost combined? It’s completely true!

When I saw today that the world’s most expensive photograph was sold on an auction, I was quite excited to see what it was, what it pictured and why someone would pay an obscene amount of money to own it. I was more surprised about the whole thing that I thought I would be. I was thinking it would be a picture of some legendary historic event that had never been seen before or of course maybe a never seen before photograph of Marylin Monroe or something like that. I couldn’t have been more wrong.

The photograph named “Rhein II” was auctioned off for the mind boggling price of $4.3 million. This price makes it the most expensive photograph ever sold. However, I can’t quite pinpoint what it is with this photograph that makes it so invaluable. Quite honestly, I don’t get it at all. I mean, it’s of a river, and it’s a pretty plain one. Am I missing something? Is there a hidden alien, troll or entity in this picture? Is there a hidden meaning that I can’t seem to decipher from this quite… boring photograph? I guess art really is in the eye of the beholder. Have a look at it and see if you can make more sense of it… (Photographer: Andreas Gursky)

Richard Darell

Richard Darell is the founder and CEO of Bit Rebels, a multifaceted online news outlet that reports daily on the latest developments in technology, social media, design and everything geek. Today this media entity welcomes more than 3.5 million unique visitors per month and is considered the go-to place for people in constant motion. As an Internet entrepreneur, he is dedicated to constantly trying to develop new ways to bring content faster and closer to the end user in a more streamlined way. His excitement for statistics has allowed him to further develop systems that continuously produce accurate and fast-paced analytics to better optimize the approach by which Bit Rebels presents news and content. His graphic design background has proven to be an important tool when designing new systems and features for Bit Rebels since the development of solid and stable code depends entirely on their structure and implemented procedures. Richard currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden and directs the Bit Rebels offices in both Stockholm and Atlanta. You can reach Richard at richard@bitrebels.com

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