Thomas Ruff

Thomas Ruff (born 1958 in Zell am Harmersbach) is an internationally renowned German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf.
From 2000 to 2005 Ruff taught Photography at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
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.
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This is Thomas Ruff 2007

For this part of the work we looked at images that are made up of pixels that can be seen. One artist that uses this method alot. This was Thomas Ruff. 

 

Thomas Ruff

Thomas Ruff is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today. Ruff went to Dusseldorf Art Academy and studied under Bernd and Hilla Becher. He claims that they are part of his inspiration for his work. 

Thomas Ruff has done work with pixels. He did this by showing the pixels in his photographs.