Elger esser biography definition

German landscape photographer

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]

Career

Esser was born in Stuttgart, Germany and grew up in Rome. He is the son of the German writer Manfred Esser and the French photographer Régine Esser. He spent his childhood and youth in Rome, since the age of two. His father received a scholarship from the Villa Massimo in 1969