Thomas Struth
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| - | '''Thomas Ruff''' (born [[February 10]], [[1958]]) is a [[German photographer]] who lives and works in [[Düsseldorf]]. He is often compared with other members of a prominent generation of European photographers that includes [[Thomas Struth]], [[Andreas Gursky]] and [[Rineke Dijkstra]]. He is known for photos such as ''[[Portrait (A. Kachold)]]'' and collections such as ''[[Nudes (Ruff)|Nudes]]'' (2003) and ''[[Jpegs]]'' (2009). | + | '''Thomas Struth''' (born 1954) is a [[German photographer]] who is best known for his Museum Photographs, family portraits and 1970s black and white photographs of the streets of [[Düsseldorf]] and [[New York City|New York]]. Struth currently lives and works in Berlin and New York. |
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| - | Born in [[Zell am Harmersbach]], Thomas Ruff studied photography from [[1977]] to [[1985]] with [[Bernd and Hilla Becher]] at the [[Kunstakademie Düsseldorf]] (Düsseldorf Art Academy). Ruff names [[Walker Evans]], [[Eugene Atget]], [[Karl Bloßfeld]], [[Stephen Shore]] and [[William Eggleston]] as his main influences. From [[2000]] to [[2005]] Ruff taught Photography at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (the previous "Becher-Class"). | + | |
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| - | During his studies in Düsseldorf, Ruff developed his method of conceptual serial photography. His initial main topic was the interior of German living quarters, with typical features of the [[1950s]] to [[1970s]] (room portraits and design details). This was followed by similar views of buildings and portraits of friends and acquaintances. These are typically shown with emotionless expressions, in very large, passport-style portraits of great detail and high resolution. In a discussion with [[Philip Pocock]] (''Journal for Contemporary Art'', 1993), Ruff mentions a connection between these portraits and the police observation methods in Germany in the [[1970s]] during the [[German Autumn]]. | + | |
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| - | Thomas Ruff's building portraits are likewise serial and reclusive, and have been edited digitally to remove obstructing details – a typifying method, which gives the images an exemplary character (Ruff: "This type of building represents more or less the ideology and economy in the West German republic in the past thirty years"). The photographic method was also standardised, regarding light, perspective and location. | + | |
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| - | These series were followed in [[1989]] by images of the night sky, which were not based on photographs by Ruff. In the years from [[1992]] to [[1995]], Ruff produced night images (of exteriors and buildings), with a night vision device, which apparently was deliberately used in analogy to military and espionage applications. In [[1994]] to [[1996]] these were followed by [[Stereoscopy]] images. A further series in the [[1990s]] consists of "Newspaper Images"; here Ruff again utilised others' pictures in a similar fashion to his night sky images. He used newspaper clippings enlarged without their original subtitles. | + | |
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Thomas Struth (born 1954) is a German photographer who is best known for his Museum Photographs, family portraits and 1970s black and white photographs of the streets of Düsseldorf and New York. Struth currently lives and works in Berlin and New York.
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