# The most expensive photograph ever sold

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**Created:** [August 11, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-most-expensive-photograph-ever-sold/264689 "2012-08-11T13:39:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-most-expensive-photograph-ever-sold/264689/1 "2012-08-11T13:39:47Z")

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Is a picture of a river that was photoshopped…

[![http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Rhein_II.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Rhein_II.jpg)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Rhein_II.jpg)

> **[Rhein II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhein_II)**
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> Rhein II is a photograph made by German visual artist Andreas Gursky in 1999. In the image, a river (the Lower Rhine) flows horizontally across the field of view, between flat green fields, under an overcast sky. Extraneous details such as dog walkers and a factory building were removed by the artist using digital editing.
> In 2011, a print was auctioned for $4.3 million (then £2.7m), making it the most expensive photograph ever sold.
> The photograph was produced as the second (and largest) of a ...

:ahh

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**Author:** ![HudsonFalcon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hudsonfalcon/32/6460_2.png) [@HudsonFalcon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HudsonFalcon)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-most-expensive-photograph-ever-sold/264689/2 "2012-08-11T14:33:12Z")

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It speaks to me.

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**Author:** ![AVB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avb/32/6751_2.png) [@AVB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AVB)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-most-expensive-photograph-ever-sold/264689/3 "2012-08-11T15:16:53Z")

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> [@More Fail then you thought existed](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/more-fail-then-you-thought-existed/50443/15):
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> It speaks to me. Would trade the evo for it.

Fixed

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**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-most-expensive-photograph-ever-sold/264689/4 "2012-08-12T06:21:20Z")

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wow 4.3 mil for a giant print of a photoshopped picture, because the guy who took it is famous. :skid

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**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-most-expensive-photograph-ever-sold/264689/5 "2012-08-12T10:52:22Z")

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Worth every penny, personally I can’t think of a better way to say fuck you to red cross and the orphans.

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**Author:** ![Gundamzeppelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Gundamzeppelin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gundamzeppelin)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-most-expensive-photograph-ever-sold/264689/6 "2012-08-12T15:19:35Z")

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> [@The "Oil Prices" thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-oil-prices-thread/44739/574):
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> Worth every penny, personally I can’t think of a better way to say fuck you to red cross and the orphans.

:rofl