It occurred to me how much this resembled the entire tone of Speed Racer, so I dug deeper into Gursky's portfolio. His Chicago Board of Trade photograph completely resembles the crowd shots during the first race.
From Speed Racer...
Here's another Gursky
Even his abstract work was paid homage in Speed Racer. His work "Bahrain"...
Also this neo-industrial photo is very similar...
...to the city-shot when the Racer family visit Royalton's factory.
And the transponder scene from Speed Racer...
...is clearly a hybrid of these two Gursky gems
Wow I just totally gave an art lesson.
I had this translated from some blog...
"His photographs, large format and rich in color and detail, often represent more human interchange linked to late-capitalist society, public spaces like airports, stations, clubs, stock exchanges, parliaments, factories, offices, hotels, supermarkets, or pools, as well as places where the human footprint is only anecdotal."
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