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Artist a Day:  Thomas Ruff 

Thomas Ruff  (b. 1958) 

German photographer Thomas Ruff has an obsession with editing and re-imagining photographs. He shares a studio on Hansaallee, Düsseldorf, Germany with fellow photographers Laurenz Berges and An.

o.T. Badezimmer Radisson SAS (Badewanne), 2009

76 x 56 cm. (29.9 x 22 in.), Lithograph

Thomas  Works

ch.phg.01, 2013

94 x 72.5 x 2.38 in. (238.8 x 184.2 x 6 cm.) , Contemporary Art

Thomas  Works

Thomas Ruff created photo images by printing out compressed images (jpgs) he'd downloaded from the Net, in large formats.

Negatives II, 2016

70 x 100 cm. (27.6 x 39.4 in.) , Photographs, Prints and multiples, Digital pigment print, on rag paper

Thomas  Works

phg.02_I, 2013

94.5 x 72.87 x 2.63 in. (240 x 185.1 x 6.7 cm.), Contemporary Art

Thomas  Works

Trichinopoly Tripe | Myanmar Series, 2018

40 x 50 cm. (15.7 x 19.7 in.), inkjet print

Thomas  Works

"You cannot explain the whole world in one photograph. Photography pretends. You can see everything that's in front of the camera, but there's always something beside it." -Thomas Ruff

ri 03, from the series jpegs, 2007

231 x 163.5 cm. (90.9 x 64.4 in.),  C-print on Diasec

Thomas  Works

Zycles 3, 2009

69.7 x 121.6 cm. (27.4 x 47.9 in.), Ditone print on semi-transparent polyester film

Thomas  Works

“If things are the way they are, why should I try to make them look different?" -Thomas Ruff

flower.s_10 (Flowers), 2020

70 x 60 cm. (27.6 x 23.6 in.), inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g

Thomas  Works

#Stern 20h 00m / -35° 1992/2016, 2016

42 x 30 cm. (16.5 x 11.8 in.),  C-Print

Thomas  Works

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