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- ↑ O. Grosenick (ed.), Andreas Gursky Fotografien 1994-1998, Ostfildern-Ruit 1998, p. 58 (German)
- ↑ Peter Galassi, Gursky's World, Andreas Gursky, New York. 2001, p. 35
- ↑ David Bate, Photography after Postmodernism: Barthes, Stieglitz and the Art of Memory, Rutledge, 2022
- ↑ Untitled V, Christie's
- ↑ Untitled V, Kunstmuseum Wolfburg
- ↑ Untitled V, Astrup Fearnley Museum